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Fhardingj / CNN:
Legislator resigns after ‘dead Palin’ comment — New Hampshire State Rep. Timothy Horrigan resigned Thursday after making comments about Sarah Palin on Facebook. — (CNN) - A New Hampshire state legislator resigned his office Thursday after becoming the second Democrat in as many days …
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Fox News:
New Hampshire Democrat Says He's Sorry for Palin Death Wish — June 29: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks in Duluth, Ga. — A New Hampshire Democratic candidate has apologized for a Facebook post in which he wished Sarah Palin and the father of her grandchild, Levi Johnston …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
N.H. legislator resigns over Palin remark
N.H. legislator resigns over Palin remark
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Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
Judge keeps California gay marriage ruling on hold — The federal judge who last week overturned the state's gay marriage ban, Proposition 8, agreed to a continued hold on his ruling while foes appeal. — Reporting from San Francisco — A federal judge Thursday refused to permanently stay …
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Carlos Lozano / L.A. NOW:
Judge who overturned Prop. 8 extends temporary hold on gay marriage [Updated]
Judge who overturned Prop. 8 extends temporary hold on gay marriage [Updated]
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David Lat / Above the Law:
Breaking: Judge Walker Won't Stay Prop 8 Ruling Pending Appeal!
Breaking: Judge Walker Won't Stay Prop 8 Ruling Pending Appeal!
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Ed Whelan / National Review:
Walker Rejects Stay Request
Walker Rejects Stay Request
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Jeremy Holden / Media Matters for America:
FULL AUDIO: Dr. Laura Schlessinger's N-word rant — On August 10, Dr. Laura Schlessinger launched into a racially charged rant, during which Schlessinger — in her own words — “articulated the ‘n’ word all the way out — more than one time.” Among other things, Schlessinger also told …
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Danny Shea / The Huffington Post:
Dr. Laura's N-Word Rant: Radio Host Apologizes For Offensive Language (AUDIO) — What's Your Reaction: … Dr. Laura Schlessinger has apologized after a shocking rant on her radio show this week during which she said the n-word 11 times over the course of five minutes.
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KPIX-TV:
CBS 5 Poll: Fiorina Widens Lead Over Boxer — Dead Heats In Governor, Lt. Governor Races; Marijuana Prop. 16 Passing — SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) ― California Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina has increased her lead over Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer …
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Daily Kos:
Are We At War With All Of Islam? Right Wingers Think So — Nearly every oath of service in this nation includes the phrase “Defend and protect the Constitution of the United States of America” in some form or the other. Not having a King we needed an object of loyalty, something bigger than the individual to focus our loyalty on.
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Eric Hague / McSweeney's:
OUR DAUGHTER ISN'T A SELFISH BRAT; YOUR SON JUST HASN'T READ — ATLAS SHRUGGED. — I'd like to start by saying that I don't get into belligerent shouting matches at the playground very often. The Tot Lot, by its very nature, can be an extremely volatile place—a veritable powder keg …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Op-Ed Columnist: Paralysis at the Federal Reserve — Ten years ago, one of America's leading economists delivered a stinging critique of the Bank of Japan, Japan's equivalent of the Federal Reserve, titled “Japanese Monetary Policy: A Case of Self-Induced Paralysis?”
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Ian M. / Think Progress:
GOP candidate calls for internment camps for ‘people that snuck into the country.’ — Speaking at a rally sponsored by Glenn Beck's 9/12 Project, GOP state house candidate in Florida, Marg Baker, endorsed building concentration camps for undocumented immigrants: … Watch it:
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Wall Street Journal:
The Anti-Obama Democrats — Democrats in deep-red states who voted against health reform and higher spending may yet survive the midterm. — It's 81 days to the election. Expect many of them to be filled with the explanations Democrats are now serving up as to why Nov. 2 is likely to be a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day.
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Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
Elizabeth Warren, likely to head new consumer agency, provokes strong feelings — Somewhere along the line, Elizabeth Warren became a symbol. — She's either the plain-spoken, supremely smart crusader for middle-class families that her supporters adore, or she's the power-hungry headline seeker …
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TBogg and Balloon Juice
David S. Cloud / Los Angeles Times:
Defense chief Gates orders review of Marines' role — Acknowledging concerns among current and former Marines that the Corps has evolved into another ground combat force, the Defense secretary aims to define the service's future path. — Reporting from San Francisco …
Alan Riquelmy / Ledger-Enquirer.com:
Justice Alito refers Orly Taitz's request to reverse sanctions to U.S. Supreme Court — A request to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito by “birther” attorney Orly Taitz asking that $20,000 in sanctions against her be reversed was referred on Tuesday to the entire court.
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Crooks and Liars, TPMMuckraker and Weigel
Reihan Salam / National Review:
Brief Post on Immigration — The Pew Research Center has a new report on the children of unauthorized immigrants: … I've noticed that defenders of the birthright citizenship status quo are emphasizing that unauthorized immigrants can't immediately obtain citizenship by virtue of giving birth …
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Washington Wire, RedState and The American Scene
Ace / minx.cc:
The “Neutral Story Line” and How The Media Uses It To Justify Its Perpetual Game of “Guess That Party!” — Several months ago I wrote one of my better-received pieces. If you've read that you can skim and get to the new stuff; if not, I think (IMHO) it's worth reading. Excerpts below:
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Gallup: Spending slumps lower than 2009 levels in Recovery Summer — The advance retail numbers for July will come out tomorrow from the Commerce Department, but Gallup's survey of consumer spending gives a pretty good indication that the report won't boost the notion of Recovery Summer.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Department of Strategery — The latest poll numbers show the same thing that poll numbers have shown since January of 2009. Barack Obama is more popular than congressional Democrats who are more popular than congressional Republicans: — The vast majority of congressional Democrats have …
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Sacrilege at Ground Zero — A place is made sacred by a widespread belief that it was visited by the miraculous or the transcendent (Lourdes, the Temple Mount), by the presence there once of great nobility and sacrifice (Gettysburg), or by the blood of martyrs and the indescribable suffering of the innocent (Auschwitz).
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Ezra Klein:
The difficulty of opposing gay marriage — When we talk about gay marriage, we should first be clear about what we're discussing: State-sanctioned marriage is a central element in American life. It includes both legal and substantial, important cultural benefits.
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The Daily Dish, The American Scene, Ross Douthat and Rumproast
Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:
With Off-the-Record Lunch, Obama Extends a Hand — It may seem odd, but the journalists assigned to cover President Obama on a daily basis often have less access to him than the columnists, television personalities and feature writers who cover the president less frequently.
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Beltway Confidential and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Kristol group's game plan: Make it politically toxic for Dems to criticize Israel — Bill Kristol's hawkish, pro-Israel group, which has been running ads blasting Dems as anti-Israel, is now making it explicit: It is targeting Dems with paid media for the express purpose of making it politically toxic for them to criticize Israel.
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Zandar Versus The Stupid, Israel Matzav and Israpundit
Fast Company:
Inside the World's MOST EXCLUSIVE (and Most Accessible) CLUB with SPECIAL GUESTS including — The other day, I got an email from a new friend. The subject line read “Are you a TED talk person?” — It linked to an 18-minute video of MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely talking about the bugs in our moral codes.
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Ezra Klein:
The Bush tax plan vs. the Obama tax plan in one chart — Source. — United States - Tax - Democratic Party - Accounting - President
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Updated Senate and Governor rankings! — With the 2010 primary season (nearly) over, the Fix and Post senior political reporter — and co-author of “The Battle for America” — Dan Balz sat down to revisit our rankings of the most competitive Senate and governor's races in the country.