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The Huffington Post:
Gibbs Stands By His ‘Professional Left’ Critique, Expects Liberals To Vote In 2010 — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Speaking publicly for the first time since he disparaged the “professional left,” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said he stands by his comments, has no plans to resign …
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Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Is it time for Gibbs to move on? — The truth hurts.
Is it time for Gibbs to move on? — The truth hurts.
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Raw Story, Truthdig and Don Surber
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Rep. Alan Grayson wants Gibbs fired, calls him ‘Bozo the Spokesman’
Rep. Alan Grayson wants Gibbs fired, calls him ‘Bozo the Spokesman’
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The Note:
Jane Hamsher: Obama in ‘Trouble Across the Board’ with Liberals
Jane Hamsher: Obama in ‘Trouble Across the Board’ with Liberals
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Balloon Juice, CNN, Pundits Blog and The Foundry
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Gibbs returns to press podium after battle with ‘professional left’
Gibbs returns to press podium after battle with ‘professional left’
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The Politico, CNN, The Huffington Post, Taylor Marsh, Shakesville and The Hill
The White House:
Statement by the President on the Occasion of Ramadan — On behalf of the American people, Michelle and I want to extend our best wishes to Muslims in America and around the world. Ramadan Kareem. — Ramadan is a time when Muslims around the world reflect upon the wisdom and guidance …
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David Gibson / Politics Daily:
At Ramadan, Obama Hails Islam As ‘Part Of America’
At Ramadan, Obama Hails Islam As ‘Part Of America’
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Mosque a teachable moment?
Fhardingj / CNN:
Overwhelming majority oppose mosque near Ground Zero
Overwhelming majority oppose mosque near Ground Zero
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The Hill, Swampland, The Daily Politics, New York Magazine and National Review
Fhardingj / CNN:
Americans split evenly on gay marriage
Americans split evenly on gay marriage
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NY Daily News, Opinion L.A., LGBT POV, Hot Air and AMERICAblog Gay
Bryan Fischer / action.afa.net:
No more mosques, period — Permits should not be granted to build even one more mosque in the United States of America, let alone the monstrosity planned for Ground Zero. This is for one simple reason: each Islamic mosque is dedicated to the overthrow of the American government.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
State Department: Maybe We'll Publish Remarks of Ground Zero Mosque Opponents, Too
State Department: Maybe We'll Publish Remarks of Ground Zero Mosque Opponents, Too
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Weasel Zippers, Ben Smith's Blog and Michelle Malkin
Pew Hispanic Center:
Unauthorized Immigrants and Their U.S.-Born Children — An estimated 340,000 of the 4.3 million babies born in the United States in 2008 were the offspring of unauthorized immigrants, according to a new analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center.
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
Study Looks at Babies Born to Illegal Immigrants
Study Looks at Babies Born to Illegal Immigrants
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Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Why the GOP really wants to alter the 14th Amendment
Why the GOP really wants to alter the 14th Amendment
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24Ahead, Immigration Chronicles, Washington Monthly, Democratic Strategist, ACS Blog, Left Coast Rebel and Daily Kos
Shawn Millerick / Now! Hampshire:
Local Democrats wish death upon Sarah Palin — There's only one way the tragic airplane crash in Alaska that ended the life of former-U.S. Senator Ted Stevens could have been better, according to New Hampshire Democratic activist and State Rep. candidate Keith Halloran: If Sarah Palin had been on it.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Exclusive: Rand Paul's accuser clarifies “kidnapping” — The woman who sparked a national firestorm by recounting Rand Paul's — youthful indiscretions to GQ magazine is now clarifying her account: She says she was not kidnapped nor forced to do drugs by Paul.
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
A Primary Victory Boosts White House, for Now — WASHINGTON — President Obama and his White House on Wednesday were savoring one of their sweetest victories of the midterm election season, as Senator Michael Bennet's triumph in the Colorado Democratic primary on Tuesday interrupted …
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John F. Harris / The Politico:
Primary night yields good news for President Obama and Democrats
Primary night yields good news for President Obama and Democrats
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Power Line
Neil Steinberg / Chicago Sun Times:
Former U.S. Representative Dan Rostenkowsi has died — Dan Rostenkowski was the most important congressman ever to represent Chicago, “Mr. Chairman” of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, confidante of presidents, pride of the Polish community and bringer of millions upon millions …
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Don Babwin / Associated Press:
Rostenkowski became symbol of power and excesses
Rostenkowski became symbol of power and excesses
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Congressman Rangel's Party a Display of Defiance — It was a dramatic but fitting start to an evening that brimmed with political defiance. About 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, as guests began strolling into the Plaza Hotel to celebrate Representative Charles B. Rangel's 80th birthday …
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Fouad Ajami / Wall Street Journal:
The Obsolescence of Barack Obama — The magic of 2008 can't be recreated, and good riddance to it. — Not long ago Barack Obama, for those who were spellbound by him, had the stylishness of JFK and the historic mission of FDR riding to the nation's rescue.
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Pajamas Media, Riehl World View, Macsmind and Nice Deb
Wall Street Journal:
Deficit in July Totals $165.04 Billion — The U.S. government spent itself deeper into the red last month, paying nearly $20 billion in interest on debt and an additional $9.8 billion to help unemployed Americans. — Federal spending eclipsed revenue for the 22nd straight time, the Treasury Department said Wednesday.
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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
The End of Retirement as We Know It — “I don't know if it's ever going to be realistic that everyone saves enough to spend the last third of their life on vacation.” — That quote is from Allison Schrager, and it's my favorite line in my newest column for the magazine.
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The Enterprise Blog, EconLog and Balloon Juice
Robert Bluey / Big Journalism:
Thoughtcrime: D.C. Reporter Suspended for Accurate Report on BP's Donations to Obama — WJLA-TV, a Washington, D.C. ABC affiliate, suspended reporter Doug McKelway following his alleged “partisan” comments at a liberal rally on Capitol Hill marking the three-month anniversary of the Gulf oil spill.
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Wall Street Journal:
Grim Voter Mood Turns Grimmer — Pessimism Rises on Economy and War; Bad Reviews for Both Democrats and GOP — Americans are growing more pessimistic about the economy and the war in Afghanistan, and are losing faith that Democrats have better solutions than Republicans, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
On the Issues, Obama Finds Majority Approval Elusive — Scores best on race relations, education — PRINCETON, N.J. — Barack Obama's 52% approval rating for handling race relations is the only issue among 13 tested in two recent Gallup polls for which the president receives majority-level approval.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll — The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 26% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-five percent (45%) Strongly Disapprove …
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Matt Bai / New York Times:
Waiting in the Wings to Be Chief G.O.P. Dealmaker — WASHINGTON — As lawmakers head home this week for what remains of summer, one question transfixes Washington: Will Democrats lose control of the House and possibly even the Senate in November, or will they hang on to fragile majorities?
Michael Barone / Associated Press:
Obama's state capitalism: A failure of modesty — “The pace of economic recovery is likely to be more modest in the near term than had been anticipated.” Those were the carefully chosen words of the Federal Reserve Board after its meeting Tuesday. Translation into English: We wuz wrong.
James Dao / New York Times:
Officer Sues to Block His Discharge Under Gay Ban — In early 2008, just eight days before he was to deploy in support of the war in Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach, a decorated Air Force flight officer, was told he was under investigation on charges of sexually assaulting a civilian …
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Robert Winnett / Telegraph:
Barack Obama ‘may be prepared to meet Iranian president’ — Barack Obama's national security adviser, Gen James Jones, has indicated the President may be prepared to meet Mahmoud Ahmadinejad if the regime resumed negotiations over its nuclear programme. — The retired general also indicated …
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Anne Barnard / New York Times:
Organizers of Muslim Center Underestimated Its Opponents — Joy Levitt, executive director of the Jewish Community Center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, remembers her first conversation with Daisy Khan around 2005, years before Ms. Khan's idea for a Muslim community center …
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Gothamist, Crooks and Liars, City Room, Talking Points Memo, The Reaction and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
NYT On The So-Called Ground Zero Mosque.
NYT On The So-Called Ground Zero Mosque.
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Christian Science Monitor, Washington Monthly, JustOneMinute, American Power and Obsidian Wings
Paul Krugman:
The Meaning Of 2.71 — As of right now, the 10-year bond rate is 2.71 percent. As you can see from the chart above, this puts it back where it was in the early spring of 2009 — higher than it was during the Oh-my-God-we're-all-gonna-die period of winter 2008-2009, but lower than anything else we've seen for decades.
Dean Baker / Beat the Press:
Has the Washington Post Gone Mad? — Confused readers may wonder based on its lead editorial complaining that supporters of Social Security: “pursue a maddening strategy of minimizing the existence of any problem and accusing those who seek solutions of trying to destroy Social Security (emphasis added).”
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