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9:00 AM ET, August 14, 2010

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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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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 …
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 …
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.
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.”
Washington Post:
At Ramadan dinner, Obama defends plans for Ground Zero mosque  —  President Obama on Friday forcefully joined the national debate over construction of an Islamic complex near New York's Ground Zero, telling guests at a White House dinner marking the holy month of Ramadan that opposing the project is at odds with American values.
Discussion: Creeping Sharia
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Obama on the Ground Zero mosque: Sounds like a plan  —  C'mon, did anyone expect differently?  Would you have expected differently from Bush?  He's playing to a global audience so he took it as an opportunity to reiterate the “Islam vs. radical Islam” distinction.  Domestic sensitivities are secondary.
Discussion: Washington Post
Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Obama Sides with Ground Zero Mosque Builders vs. Americans
Discussion: alicublog and Firedoglake
Abby Phillip / The Politico:
Obama stands up for Ground Zero mosque
Discussion: Power Line
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Obama backs Manhattan mosque
Discussion: Think Progress
Los Angeles Times:
Obama supports plan for mosque near ground zero
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?
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 …
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 …
Discussion: American Power
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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 …
Discussion: Macsmind and Firedoglake
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 …
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
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Washington Post:
Five myths about midterm elections
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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% …
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 …
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.
Washington Post:
In weekly address, Obama returns to campaign chestnut: Warning of threat to Social Security  —  Reviving a scare tactic that Democrats have used before, President Obama said in his radio address Saturday that “some Republican leaders in Congress” want to privatize Social Security.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Firedoglake
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.
Susan Saulny / New York Times:
Mixed Views on Blagojevich  —  CHICAGO — The jury is still out in the wide-ranging corruption trial of the ousted former governor, self-proclaimed political martyr and sometime Elvis impersonator Rod R. Blagojevich.  But across Chicago, there is some evidence that the court of public opinion has already rendered its verdict.
Discussion: Don Surber and TalkLeft
Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear:
The Tea Party Hates Net Neutrality Because It's An ‘Affront’ To Free Speech.  Umm...  The Tea Party, the “American socio-political movement that emerged in 2009 through a series of locally and nationally coordinated protests,” and known for its colorful protest signs (as seen here), hates Net Neutrality.
Discussion: Digital Society and Balloon Juice
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