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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
New Hampshire Democrat Says He's Sorry for Palin Death Wish
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neo-neocon and New York Magazine
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
N.H. legislator resigns over Palin remark
N.H. legislator resigns over Palin remark
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Don Surber, Washington Post, Politics Daily and Mediaite
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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Pam's House Blend and New York Magazine
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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Outside the Beltway, New York Times, Daily Kos, The Awl, L.A. NOW and skippy the bush kangaroo
Ed Whelan / National Review:
Walker Rejects Stay Request
Walker Rejects Stay Request
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Hot Air, Power Line and Patterico's Pontifications
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 …
Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
U.S. SENATE CAMPAIGN: Angle, Reid race still tight — More voters picking sides as senator's clout comes into play — Locked in a dead heat, both U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and Sharron Angle picked up support in the past two weeks, according to a poll for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and 8NewsNow …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Strategic Angle — This week, the campaign for Nevada GOP …
The Strategic Angle — This week, the campaign for Nevada GOP …
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Marc Caputo / MiamiHerald.com:
Negative ads help push Bill McCollum ahead of Rick Scott, poll shows
Negative ads help push Bill McCollum ahead of Rick Scott, poll shows
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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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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
‘Professional left’ not ready to back an Obama primary challenger in '12 — As angry as they might be, the professional left isn't ready to back a primary challenger to President Obama just yet. — Two high-profile liberals on Thursday said they are not interested in running against the president in 2012 …
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Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:
With Off-the-Record Lunch, Obama Extends a Hand
With Off-the-Record Lunch, Obama Extends a Hand
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Beltway Confidential and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“Not An Ounce Of Contrition” — There is some bizarre notion among …
“Not An Ounce Of Contrition” — There is some bizarre notion among …
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Economist:
Disappointed, down, despondent — And not about to rush to the polls in November, either — WHY, asks a Democrat leading a training session for fellow activists, doesn't “Yes we can” work as a slogan any more? “Because we haven't,” a jaded participant responds.
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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Prairie Weather, Clusterstock and Economist's View
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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The BLT, TBogg and Balloon Juice
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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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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The Politico:
Can Ken Buck buck the system? — Ken Buck is congratulated by a supporter after winning the Republican Senate nomination. AP — DENVER — Among political candidates, there has always been a familiar type: the white-hot ambitious prosecutor with an Ivy League degree …
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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 …
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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Pajamas Media and Nice Deb
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.
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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Betsy's Page, Weekly Standard and Gateway Pundit
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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National Review
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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