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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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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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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Obama Strongly Endorses 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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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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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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Ed Driscoll / Pajamas Media:
‘Obama Defends Ground Zero Mosque Plans’
‘Obama Defends Ground Zero Mosque Plans’
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Obama on the Ground Zero mosque: Sounds like a plan
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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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
ALL THE ERRORS OF FACT AND JUDGMENT ROLLED UP INTO ONE COLUMN. …
ALL THE ERRORS OF FACT AND JUDGMENT ROLLED UP INTO ONE COLUMN. …
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Los Angeles Times:
Obama supports plan for mosque near ground zero
Obama supports plan for mosque near ground zero
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Blue Texan / Firedoglake:
Charles Krauthammer: A Mosque in Lower Manhattan Like a Wagner Concert at Auschwitz
Charles Krauthammer: A Mosque in Lower Manhattan Like a Wagner Concert at Auschwitz
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MAinfo, American Power, Washington Post, The New Republic and Mondoweiss
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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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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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 …
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Analysis: Prop. 8 case, less than anticipated?
Analysis: Prop. 8 case, less than anticipated?
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Fhardingj / CNN:
CNN Poll: Who's on top in hunt for 2012 GOP nomination? — Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul (left to right) top a list of potential 2012 GOP contenders, according to a new CNN poll. (PHOTO CREDITS: Getty Images) — Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) …
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Les Francis / FrumForum:
Why the 2010 Midterms Won't Be a Repeat of 1994
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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Red Dog Report and PostPartisan
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 …
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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Fox News:
Facing Ethics Charges, Rep. Waters Points Finger at Bush Administration — Embattled Rep. Maxine Waters on Friday blamed the Bush administration for her ethics problems — saying she had to intervene with the Treasury Department on behalf of minority-owned banks seeking federal bailout funds …
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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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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Nicholas Kulish / New York Times:
German Growth Bolsters Its Stance on Recession — BERLIN — Germany has sparred with its European partners over how to respond to the financial crisis, argued with the United States over the benefits of stimulus versus austerity, and defiantly pursued its own vision of how to keep its economy strong.
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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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