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Shlomo Shamir / Haaretz:
Muslim leaders to abandon plans for Ground Zero community center — Insiders say Muslim spiritual leaders behind the controversial initiative are considering giving up on the former World Trade Center location, in a gesture of appeasement. — After weeks of heated debate over plans …
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New York Post:
Terror group's leader: ‘Have to build it’ — By S.A. MILLER in Washington and TOM TOPOUSIS in New York — A leader of the Hamas terror group yesterday jumped into the emotional debate on the plan to construct a mosque near Ground Zero — insisting Muslims “have to build” it there.
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Mark Halperin / Time:
Why Republicans Must Avoid a ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Battle — From left: J. Scott Applewhite / AP; Mike Segar / Reuters — Dear Republican Party: — Your moment is now. — This weekend, President Obama defended the right of Muslims to build a community center and mosque two short blocks …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Islam in Two Americas — There's an America where it doesn't matter what language you speak, what god you worship, or how deep your New World roots run. An America where allegiance to the Constitution trumps ethnic differences, language barriers and religious divides.
Justin Elliott / Salon:
How the “ground zero mosque” fear mongering began — A group of progressive Muslim-Americans plans to build an Islamic community center two and a half blocks from ground zero in lower Manhattan. They have had a mosque in the same neighborhood for many years. There's another mosque two blocks away from the site.
Daryl Lang / History Eraser Button:
“Hallowed Ground” — A few photos of stuff the same distance from the World Trade Center as the “Ground Zero Mosque”: — What's my point? A month ago, I wrote about my support for a group of Muslim New Yorkers—whom I consider my neighbors—and their right to put a religious building …
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Scott Keyes / Think Progress:
King Panders To Town Hall Bigots: Obama's ‘A Marxist’ …
King Panders To Town Hall Bigots: Obama's ‘A Marxist’ …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Firedoglake
Josh Barro / National Review:
A Very Long Post on Cordoba House
A Very Long Post on Cordoba House
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Mediaite, Matthew Yglesias, Blue Wave News, The Huffington Post, Outside the Beltway and Marginal Revolution
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Talking to the Void — Mark Halperin has a highly unusual …
Talking to the Void — Mark Halperin has a highly unusual …
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Zaid Jilani / Think Progress:
Laura Ingraham To Co-Founder Of Ground Zero Mosque In December 2009 …
Laura Ingraham To Co-Founder Of Ground Zero Mosque In December 2009 …
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Atlas Shrugs and The Reaction
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Breaking: Reid calls for mosque to be built “someplace else” — Harry Reid is breaking with the President, claiming that while he respects freedom of religion, he's not willing to support an Islamic center near Ground Zero. — Specifically, says Reid spokesman Jim Manley, he thinks the “mosque” should be built “some place else”:
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CNN:
Reid breaks with Obama, opposes mosque near Ground Zero — (CNN) - Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid is breaking ranks with President Obama over the issue of the proposed construction of a controversial Islamic center and mosque just blocks away from Ground Zero.
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Weekly Standard, Washington Monthly, The Politico, TPMDC, The Hill, The Note, Politics Daily, Hot Air, The Page and iOwnTheWorld.com
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Reid breaks with Obama, opposes Ground Zero mosque
Reid breaks with Obama, opposes Ground Zero mosque
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Harry Reid weighs in on N.Y. mosque: It ‘should be built someplace else’
Harry Reid weighs in on N.Y. mosque: It ‘should be built someplace else’
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Craig Robinson / The Iowa Republican:
Huckabee Leads 2012 Iowa Caucus Poll - Palin Finishes Fourth behind Newt — Believe it or not, the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination is already underway in Iowa. Potential candidates like Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum, and Newt Gingrich are already making frequent visits …
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The Fix, Hot Air, Weigel, The Atlantic Online, Outside the Beltway, Ben Smith's Blog and GOP 12
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Ace / minx.cc:
Holy Frickin' Reagan: Best Advertorial You'll See — Seriously, watch it. — This comes from the Republican Study Committee, which is headed, if I have the information right, by Rep. Tom Price of Georgia. — So now you can't say the GOP isn't doing anything to advance the message.
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The War Planner, Gateway Pundit, Hyscience, RedState and The Other McCain
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Feds clear DeLay after six years — The Justice Department has informed former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) that the government has ended a six-year investigation of his ties to the disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, according to DeLay's lead counsel in the matter, Richard Cullen, chairman of McGuireWoods.
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Hot Air, theblogprof, Wonkette, JOSHUAPUNDIT, Pat Dollard, The Eye, Washington Wire, Don Surber, Sweetness & Light, Swampland, Say Anything and TRAIL BLAZERS
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
DeLay calls Rangel ethics trial ‘unfair’
DeLay calls Rangel ethics trial ‘unfair’
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Houston Chronicle, The Politico and USA Today
Guy Adams / The Independent:
President goes for a swim in the Gulf - or does he? — President Barack Obama wanted to convince America that the Gulf of Mexico remains open for business. But perhaps he didn't want the world to catch another glimpse of his hairless chest. — So when he and his daughter, Sasha …
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Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
It Begins... Dem Congresswoman Brings In Street Thug at Town Hall Meeting to Threaten Constituents (Video) — SUMMER SLAM 2010... Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL) brought Bruno the Bone-Crusher with her to a town hall meeting this weekend to threaten constituents.
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Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit: The meeting was held at Round Lake …
Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit: The meeting was held at Round Lake …
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YID With LID and The Right Scoop
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Attacking Social Security — Social Security turned 75 last week. It should have been a joyous occasion, a time to celebrate a program that has brought dignity and decency to the lives of older Americans. — But the program is under attack, with some Democrats as well as nearly all Republicans joining the assault.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The fear campaign and Social Security
Nathan Hurst / Detroit News:
Levin hit in face with pie in Big Rapids — Washington — Sen. Carl Levin was hit in the face with a pie this morning at a question-and-answer session on what should've been friendly ground in Big Rapids. — The Democrat from Detroit was speaking to members of the Mecosta County Democratic Party …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Dept. of propaganda — Rep. Darrell Issa is out with a report this morning claiming that the Obama administration has engaged in an unprecedented amount of illegal propaganda. — The charge is almost undoubtedly true: As the report drily catalogues, virtually every 20th century administration …
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Red Dog Report, Hullabaloo and Say Anything
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Issa: Obama administration conducted propaganda campaigns for agenda
Issa: Obama administration conducted propaganda campaigns for agenda
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Pajamas Media, The Daily Caller, Nice Deb, The Confluence and Political Byline
ESPN:
Mich. school practices 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. — DEARBORN, Mich. — A Michigan high school football team is holding preseason practices in the middle of the night to help its Muslim players practice both faith and football. — The predominantly Muslim squad from Dearborn says the nocturnal regimen …
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Jihad Watch, The League of Ordinary …, National Review, Weasel Zippers and Townhall.com
WIS-TV:
Alvin Greene howls and wails at reporter … Alvin Greene's mugshot from Richland County arrest — MANNING, SC (WIS) - In a bizarre interview at his home in Manning, South Carolina, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Alvin Green said he is not quitting the race even after his indictment on a felony charge of obscenity.
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Ben Smith's Blog, The Hill, Red Dog Report, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, Outside the Beltway, Gawker and TPMDC
Fred Kaplan / Foreign Policy:
The Transformer — Bob Gates never thought he'd be Barack Obama's defense secretary. Now, in an exclusive interview, the most revolutionary Pentagon leader since Robert McNamara tells FP why he said yes, when he'll get out of Washington, and what legacy he hopes to leave behind.
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Politics Daily, Washington Post, Josh Rogin's blog, Advocate, The Hill, Ben Smith's Blog, At War, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Swampland
FiveBooks:
Traditional and Liberal Conservatism — Let's start with John Stuart Mill, On Liberty. You'd think it's obvious but no one else has suggested it. Why On Liberty? — I don't know that it's obvious since it's a classic text of liberalism, not conservatism. — Explain that to me.
Richard Goldstein / New York Times:
James J. Kilpatrick, Conservative Voice in Print and on TV, Dies at 89 — James J. Kilpatrick, a prominent conservative voice for half a century as a newspaper editor and columnist, author and television personality, died Sunday in Washington. He was 89. — The cause was congestive heart failure, said his wife, Marianne Means.
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The Moderate Voice
Gordon Lubold / The Politico:
Stanley McChrystal to Yale — Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who was forced to retire in July after an embarrassing Rolling Stone article quoted him and his staff making disparaging remarks about top White House officials, is taking a job at Yale, POLITICO has learned.
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