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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
At Ramadan Iftar dinner, Obama supports new mosque on private property near Ground Zero — Text of President Obama's remarks at the White House Iftar dinner on Ramadan — Good evening. Welcome to the White House. To you, to Muslim Americans across our country, and to more than one …
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Associated Press:
Obama Comes Out in Favor of Allowing Mosque Near Ground Zero — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday forcefully endorsed building a mosque near ground zero, saying the country's founding principles demanded no less. — “As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Obama Strongly Backs Islam Center Near 9/11 Site — WASHINGTON — President Obama delivered a strong defense on Friday night of a proposed Muslim community center and mosque near ground zero in Manhattan, using a White House dinner celebrating Ramadan to proclaim that “as a citizen …
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama Defends Plan for Mosque Near Ground Zero — WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama defended the plan to build a mosque near the site of the 2001 terror attacks in New York, telling Muslim guests at a Ramadan dinner at the White House that the nation's commitment to freedom of religion “must be unshakable.”
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Obama defends “Ground Zero mosque” — (updated below) — This is one of the most impressive and commendable things Obama has done since being inaugurated: … What makes this particularly commendable is there is virtually no political gain to be had from doing it, and substantial political risk.
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msnbc.com:
Obama defends plans for mosque near ground zero — Ramadan dinner speech: ‘Muslims have the right to practice their religion as anyone else’ — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday endorsed plans for a Muslim mosque two blocks from ground zero in New York City, declaring that …
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Ed Driscoll / Pajamas Media:
‘Obama Defends Ground Zero Mosque Plans’ — Two words. Unforced error: … The White House was much better off declaring the Cordoba House a local issue. By wading into this, if conservatives weren't already fired up, ready to go (to coin a phrase) this November, they will be now after reading this.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Obama on the Ground Zero mosque: Sounds like a plan
Obama on the Ground Zero mosque: Sounds like a plan
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Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Obama Sides With Ground Zero Mosque Builders vs. Americans
Obama Sides With Ground Zero Mosque Builders vs. Americans
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Conservative Bloggers Select The 25 Worst Figures In American History — Out of all the gangsters, serial killers, mass murderers, incompetent & crooked politicians, spies, traitors, and ultra left-wing kooks in all of American history — have you ever wondered who the worst of the worst was?
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Ed Whelan / National Review:
The Most Egregious Performance Ever by a Federal District Judge — Consider the totality of Judge Walker's conduct in the anti-Prop 8 case: — Let's start with Walker's initial case-management conference when he determined, to the surprise even of plaintiffs' lawyer Ted Olson …
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Associated Press:
Judge Doubts Gay Marriage Ban's Backers Can Appeal — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The federal judge who overturned California's same-sex marriage ban has more bad news for the measure's sponsors: he not only is unwilling to keep gay couples from marrying beyond next Wednesday …
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
WaPo Columnist Ruth Marcus Calls Left, Blogosphere ‘Deranged’ — During an appearance on Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie's Daily Rundown, Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus may have one-upped Robert Gibbs' “Professional Left” comments. Having already written a column agreeing with Gibbs …
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Les Francis / FrumForum:
Why the 2010 Midterms Won't Be a Repeat of 1994 — Having written a few days ago of my objections to the media's obsession with public opinion polls, I probably should have passed on the suggestion from my friends at FrumForum to address the topic de jour—a new CNN poll showing likely major Republican gains …
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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Longshot US Senate candidate from SC indicted — COLUMBIA, S.C. — Longshot U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene was indicted Friday on two charges, including a felony charge of showing pornography to a South Carolina college student. — A Richland County grand jury indicted Green for disseminating …
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Lymari Morales / Gallup:
In U.S., Confidence in Newspapers, TV News Remains a Rarity — No more than 25% say they have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in either — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans continue to express near-record-low confidence in newspapers and television news — with no more than 25% …
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aolnews.com:
New Video Game Will Let You Play as the Taliban — It's a standard feature of World War II-themed video games like Electronic Arts' best-selling “Medal of Honor” series: In multiplayer sessions, while some players take the roles of Allied troops, the other half wind up playing as soldiers of the Third Reich.
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Tom Scott / Tom Scott's updates:
CONTENTS NOT VERIFIED — It seems a bit strange to me that the media carefully warn about and label any content that involves sex, violence or strong language — but there's no similar labelling system for, say, sloppy journalism and other questionable content. — I figured it was time to fix that, so I made some stickers.
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Sara Jerome / The Hill:
Tea Party groups out against net neutrality — Tea Party groups are staking out an anti-regulatory position in the fight over net neutrality rules for phone and cable companies. — A coalition that included 35 Tea Party groups sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) …
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Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear:
The Tea Party Hates Net Neutrality Because It's An ‘Affront’ …
The Tea Party Hates Net Neutrality Because It's An ‘Affront’ …
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The Huffington Post:
Pat Tillman's Father To Army Investigator: ‘F— You... And Yours’ (EXCLUSIVE) — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — There always was a dark cinematic thread to the story of Pat Tillman: the football star imbued with post-9/11 patriotism who was killed in a friendly-fire incident in the Afghan mountains …
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CNN:
Quayle stands by ‘worst president in history’ critique — Arizona House candidate Ben Quayle stood by his latest campaign ad on Friday. — Editor's Note: Watch John King USA on CNN at 7 p.m. ET — (CNN) - Arizona House candidate Ben Quayle on Friday stood by a statement in a new campaign ad …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Yes, Reid tried to end birthright citizenship — but he apologized profusely for it — Right wing blogs think they've unearthed a lethal hit on Harry Reid: He apparently introduced a bill to end birthright citizenship back in 1993. — Conservatives are pointing to this as proof …
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Republicans are ramping up the birthright battle
Republicans are ramping up the birthright battle
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