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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
The Beginning of the End of the Ground Zero Mosque — A column (h/t, MEMRI) in the August 16, 2010 London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat by Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid, director of Al-Arabiya TV and the paper's former editor, “A House of Worship or a Symbol of Destruction?” should mean the end of plans for a mosque near Ground Zero.
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Al-Arabiya Director: The Majority of Muslims Do Not Want or Need a Mosque Near Ground Zero — In an August 16, 2010 column in the London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, 'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Rashed, Al-Arabiya TV director-general and the paper's former editor, criticized President Obama for supporting …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Religious tolerance, then and now — “To bigotry no sanction.” — “Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate.” — Two hundred twenty years ago today, the Jews of Newport, R.I., wrote a proclamation for President George Washington on his visit to their synagogue the next day.
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
NY members in swing districts coming out against mosque — After almost total silence from New York elected officials over the weekend after President Obama's mosque speech (in which some members were out of town, or pocket), the reactions from members in swing districts are starting to come in …
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Roger Simon / The Politico:
Obama, the one-term president — Q: Will Barack Obama be a one-term president? — A: Yes, he might last that long. — Honest to goodness, the man just does not get it. He might be forced to pull a Palin and resign before his first term is over. He could go off and write his memoirs and build his presidential library.
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Ed Hornick / CNN:
Critics say Obama's message becoming ‘incoherent’
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Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
President Obama OK with Harry Reid's mosque stance
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Chicago Breaking News:
Guilty on just 1 count, Blago taunts U.S. attorney — Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after the verdict in his corruption trial today. (Michael Tercha / Tribune) — After a federal jury convicted him of just one count — lying to the FBI …
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Natasha Korecki / Chicago Sun Times:
Blagojevich guilty of one count; jury hung on 23 counts — Ex-gov: ‘This was a persecution. . . . I did not lie to the FBI’ — The jury is finally in on Rod Blagojevich — and the verdict is decidedly undecided. — A federal jury of six men and six women just returned a split verdict …
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Monica Davey / New York Times:
Blagojevich Guilty on 1 Corruption Count; Mistrial Declared on 23 Others
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Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
BARBRA STREISAND SKIPS DEMOCRATIC FUNDRAISER — Barbra Streisand and Jeffrey Katzenberg were no-shows at a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser the two were to co-host Monday night at the Los Angeles home of television producer John Wells.
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Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
L.A. fuming over Obama traffic, demands investigation [Updated] — The massive traffic jam that resulted from President Obama's motorcade and speech Monday night in Hancock Park is prompting calls for an investigation from some residents, who say they were caught in traffic for hours.
The Note:
Sarah Palin: Proposed ‘Mosque’ Like a Weapon — ABC News' Devin Dwyer reports: — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin delivered a scathing rebuke Monday night to the proposed “mosque” near Ground Zero and President Obama's comments supporting it. — “He just doesn't get it …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Liberal group to launch attack on Palin
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Elliott Abrams / The Atlantic Online:
Obama Bombing Iran? Don't Be Surprised — This post is part of our forum on Jeffrey Goldberg's September cover story detailing the prospects and implications of an Israeli strike against Iran. Follow the debate here. — Jeffrey Goldberg's main subject is an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear program …
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Wall Street Journal:
A Tea Party Manifesto — The movement is not seeking a junior partnership with the Republican Party. It is aiming for a hostile takeover. — On Feb. 9, 2009, Mary Rakovich, a recently laid-off automotive engineer, set out for a convention center in Fort Myers, Fla. with protest signs …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Toomey moves ahead in PA-Sen race
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Zaid Jilani / Think Progress:
GOP WI Sen. candidate Ron Johnson claims ‘sunspot activity’ is the cause of extreme weather trends. — Yesterday, Wisconsin businessman and U.S. Senate candidate for the Republican Party Ron Johnson gave a wide-ranging interview to the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel.
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Wired:
The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet — Sources: Cisco estimates based on CAIDA publications, Andrew Odlyzko — Two decades after its birth, the World Wide Web is in decline, as simpler, sleeker services — think apps — are less about the searching and more about the getting.
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Washington Post:
Justice Dept. threatens to sue Ariz. sheriff Arpaio in civil rights inquiry — A federal investigation of a controversial Arizona sheriff known for tough immigration enforcement has intensified in recent days, escalating the conflict between the Obama administration and officials in the border state.
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Weasel Zippers, Law Blog and The Washington Independent
Tanya Somanader / Think Progress:
Rand Paul's Answer To Kentucky's Drug Epidemic: Help ‘Rich People’ — Last week, Kentucky Senate candidate and Tea Party darling Rand Paul (R) told the AP of his desire to cut federal funding for undercover drug investigations and drug treatment programs that are “badly needed” in his state.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Rand Paul's solution to unemployment and drugs: Rich people?
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Fox parent gives $1 million to RGA — News Corp., which owns Fox News and the New York Post, gave $1 million to Haley Barbour's Republican Governors Association this year, according to the RGA's most recent filing. — The company's media outlets play politics more openly than most …
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Does News Corp's Donation To The Republican Governors Association …
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Peter Beinart / The Daily Beast:
America Has Disgraced Itself — Conservative fury over the “ground zero” mosque shows that when it comes to the battle for freedom and religious liberty, the U.S. has thrown in the towel. — The president is furiously backtracking; Republicans are clawing over each other to demonize Muslims; Democrats are dead silent.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Giannoulias has a small lead — In a race pitting two of the weakest Senate candidates in the country Alexi Giannoulias continues to hold a small lead over Mark Kirk, 37-35, with Green Party candidate LeAlan Jones pulling 9%. Voters in the heavily Democratic state it seems would narrowly prefer …
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Fhardingj / CNN:
Gingrich went too far, says Buchanan — Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich, left, is being criticized by conservative stalwart Pat Buchanan. — (CNN) - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's latest comments regarding the controversial Islamic center near the site …
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