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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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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Opinion on Same-Sex Marriage Appears to Shift at Accelerated Pace — In April, 2009, when we last took a survey of gay marriage polls, we found that support for it had converged somewhere into the area of 41 or 42 percent of the country. Now, it appears to have risen by several points …
The Huffington Post:
Glenn Beck: Gay Marriage NOT Threat To America (VIDEO) — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Why doesn't Glenn Beck cover gay marriage? Because he doesn't believe it's a threat to the nation. — In a conversation with Bill O'Reilly on why he avoids culture war issues, Beck admitted …
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Washington Monthly, Joe. My. God., Advocate and AMERICAblog Gay
Carlos Lozano / L.A. NOW:
Judge who overturned Prop. 8 extends temporary hold on gay marriage [Updated] — A federal judge Thursday refused to permanently stay his ruling overturning Proposition 8's ban of gay marriage but extended a temporary hold to give supporters time to appeal the historic ruling.
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Poliglot, The Daily Dish, Think Progress, Law Blog, Crooks and Liars, The Page, The Washington Independent and Wonkette
Bmaz / Emptywheel:
Breaking News: Judge Walker's Prop 8 Stay Decision
Breaking News: Judge Walker's Prop 8 Stay Decision
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Washington Monthly and The Volokh Conspiracy
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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Tim Graham / NewsBusters.org:
Daily Kos Holocaust Denial: 9/11 Attacks ‘Were More About Optics Than Actual Harm’ — While the Ground Zero Mosque controversy strikes the media as an opportunity for “healing” that's being denied by stubborn conservatives, the leftists at the Daily Kos see it as an opportunity for Holocaust Denial.
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Infidel Bloggers Alliance, Weasel Zippers and Gateway Pundit
Clifford D. May / National Review:
The Taboo of the Intellectuals
The Taboo of the Intellectuals
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Weekly Standard, No More Mister Nice Blog, Townhall.com, Commentary and Power Line
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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The Political Carnival, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Freedom's Lighthouse, Politics Daily, Don Surber and GayPatriot
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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The Swamp, Associated Press, Weasel Zippers, Left Coast Rebel, Conservatives4Palin.com and The Political Carnival
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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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Washington Post, Mediaite, Politics Daily, Scared Monkeys, Now! Hampshire and Right Wing News
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Dem group launches ‘F*ck Tea’ campaign — Last summer, Democrats argued that the Tea Party movement was the astroturf creation of corporate groups. Now that the grassroots conservative resurgence has emerged as a clear force on the right, the left is making a different case: That tea parties are simply the enemy.
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The Hill, The Last Tradition, Left Coast Rebel, The Daily Caller, Pirate's Cove, Mediaite, The TrogloPundit, iOwnTheWorld.com, RedState, Outside the Beltway, No More Mister Nice Blog, Gateway Pundit, Michelle Malkin, Political Byline, Another Black Conservative, Hot Air, Fausta's Blog, Da Techguy's Blog, Confederate Yankee, Questions and Observations, NRSC, Weasel Zippers, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, NewsBusters.org, Pat Dollard, Riehl World View, The Mahablog, Gawker, Wake up America and JammieWearingFool
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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TigerHawk, Donklephant and The Daily Dish
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Ezra Klein:
Portrait of a frustrated electorate — Want sure-footed polling analysis? Ask Nate Silver. Want a sort of bemused confusion? Well, then you're in the right place. — I was on “Morning Joe” today talking about the new NBC/WSJ poll (pdf), and I don't think we had time to really dig into how weird the results are.
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ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and Donkeylicious
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Department of Strategery — The latest poll numbers show …
Department of Strategery — The latest poll numbers show …
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A plain blog about politics
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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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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MiamiHerald.com, The Political Carnival, TBogg and Salon
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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
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
How propagandists function: Exhibit A — Jeffrey Goldberg, in the new cover story in The Atlantic, on an Israeli attack on Iran: … Good news! Israel can successfully end a country's nuclear program by bombing them, as proven by its 1981 attack on Iraq, which, says Goldberg, halted …
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A Tiny Revolution, Swampland, The Atlantic Online, Democratic Strategist, TBogg and Pajamas Media
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 »
Joseph Epstein / Weekly Standard:
Adios, Gray Lady — Joseph Epstein cancels his ‘New York Times’ subscription. — The New York Times used to be called the Gray Lady of American newspapers. The sobriquet implied a certain stateliness, a sense of responsibility, the possession of high virtue. But the Gray Lady is far from the grande dame she once was.
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Mediaite and Commentary
William Poole / New York Times:
Say Goodbye to Fannie and Freddie — THE Federal National Mortgage Association — known as Fannie Mae — and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation — Freddie Mac — were poorly structured from the time, 40 years ago, when they were set up as so-called government-sponsored enterprises.
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The Big Picture, Mother Jones, The Washington Independent and Beltway Confidential
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John Carney / New York Times:
Too Big Not to Fail — THE Obama administration is set …
Too Big Not to Fail — THE Obama administration is set …
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Felix Salmon, The Huffington Post and The Atlantic Online
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.
Michelle Malkin:
The vulgarity of liberal female “comedians” — Left-wing female comedians are proving that they can be as crude and stupid as their male counterparts. Who knew that striving for gender equality meant pursuing the dream that one day, someday, liberal women would be able to mock …
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Dependable Renegade, bustardblog, Don Surber, The Radio Equalizer, iOwnTheWorld.com, Wonkette, Gateway Pundit and Nice Deb
Paul Bedard / US News:
Obamas Plan Fifth Vacation Since July — There they go again. For the fifth time since July, the first family has set plans to board Air Force One for a frilly vacation, a 10-day return trip to exclusive Martha's Vineyard where they are expected to stay at the 28-acre oceanfront Blue Heron Farm that rents for up to $50,000 a week.
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Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Fausta's Blog and NewsBusters.org
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Strategic Angle — This week, the campaign for Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sharron Angle will run 1,000 to 1,600 points' — about $575,000 — worth of television advertising. Normally, an advertising onslaught such as this one would be well-suited to the final weeks of a campaign — and a bit much for the dog days of August.
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The Page and Riehl World View
Jonathan Martin / Ben Smith's Blog:
After Fox News hit, Paul avoids local TV reporter - in reporter's own studio — After he sought to put to rest questions stemming from the GQ piece yesterday in a friendly appearance on Fox News, Rand Paul declined to do an on-camera interview with the Lexington, Ky., Fox affiliate where he just taped his national interview.
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Bluegrass Politics
Wall Street Journal:
Passenger: Attendant Started Fray — A passenger on the JetBlue fight from which attendant Steven Slater disembarked Monday by activating the emergency chute and sliding down with beers in hand said Mr. Slater, apparently after being hit in the head by a passenger, was the one who instigated …
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Hot Air, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Gothamist, New York Times, newsfeed.time.com, George's Bottom Line, New York Times and Gawker
Denver Post:
Maes treated to silence from GOP after gubernatorial primary win — Colorado Republican leadership Wednesday struggled to accept Dan Maes as the gubernatorial nominee, as any attempts to force him out of the race — at least at this point — were considered futile.
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Weigel and ColoradoPols.com
Peter Baker / New York Times:
The First Wave of Weary Aides Heads for the Exits — WASHINGTON — Linda Douglass slept nearly 12 hours the day after she left her job as a communications aide at the White House. And the day after that and the day after that. It took two weeks until she finally felt rested.
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Daniel W. Drezner, Outside the Beltway, National Review and Mother Jones