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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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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
A CNN anchor expresses the crux of “mosque” opposition — CNN anchor Don Lemon hosted a “debate” this weekend over the Park 51 Community Center in Lower Manhattan (misleadingly described everywhere as the “Ground Zero mosque") in which Lemon dropped his mask of journalistic objectivity completely and …
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Kenneth R. Bazinet / NY Daily News:
Democrats: We were blindsided by President Obama's Ground Zero mosque comments — WASHINGTON - Democrats complain they were blindsided when President Obama weighed in on the Ground Zero mosque and handed the GOP a new club to beat them with. — Capitol Hill Democrats, including those facing tough races …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Chris Christie warns GOP on mosque — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a new national icon for the Republican Party thanks in part to his push for pension reforms, on Monday became the most prominent GOP figure to warn against “overreacting” to the threat of terror and painting “all of Islam” …
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Arguing About the Mosque — Dan Drezner fully supports the construction of Cordoba House (i.e., the “Ground Zero” mosque) but says there's one argument against the mosque's opponents that he's tired of: … I think this is right, but too narrow. I agree that the Cordoba House controversy …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Breaking: Reid calls for mosque to be built “someplace else”
Breaking: Reid calls for mosque to be built “someplace else”
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Christie: Both sides playing politics, don't paint all Muslims as ‘radical’
Christie: Both sides playing politics, don't paint all Muslims as ‘radical’
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Erin Einhorn / NY Daily News:
Mosque gets all the press, but area near Ground Zero full of bars …
Mosque gets all the press, but area near Ground Zero full of bars …
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Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
Park 51/Cordoba Initiative's Antisemitic Tweets
Park 51/Cordoba Initiative's Antisemitic Tweets
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
What Obama Meant to Say About the Mosque
What Obama Meant to Say About the Mosque
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
G.O.P. Sees Mosque Near Ground Zero as Campaign Issue
G.O.P. Sees Mosque Near Ground Zero as Campaign Issue
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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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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Court Extends Stay on Allowing Gay Marriage — SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court has extended a stay on same-sex marriages in California until it decides whether a ban on such unions is constitutional. — It is just the latest turn in a protracted legal battle over Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban.
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Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
Federal appeals court puts California gay marriages on hold
Federal appeals court puts California gay marriages on hold
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Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
Federal panel puts same-sex marriage on hold as appeal of Prop …
Federal panel puts same-sex marriage on hold as appeal of Prop …
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Jim Tankersley / Los Angeles Times:
Obama raises a quick $1 million — and some L.A. commuter ire — During his trip west, the president also pitches his efforts to create clean-energy jobs. — President Obama leaves Air Force One upon his arrival at Los Angeles International Airport. (Jewel Samad, AFP/Getty Images / August 16, 2010)
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama boasts of most ‘progressive’ political triumphs in decades — President Obama told a Hollywood fundraiser Monday night that he and congressional Democrats have passed the most progressive legislation in decades. — “We have been able to deliver the most progressive legislative agenda …
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Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Obama pleads to voters: 'Don't give in to fear'
Obama pleads to voters: 'Don't give in to fear'
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
GOP Shows Strongest Positioning Yet in 2010 Vote Test — Leads Democrats by 50% to 43% in latest update on congressional voting preferences — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup's latest update on 2010 congressional voting preferences finds 50% of registered voters saying they would vote …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Total destruction: GOP out to biggest generic ballot leads in history in both Gallup and Rasmussen — The most amazing thing about this? When Democrats tell people that voters hate the GOP as much as they hate them, they're not blowing smoke. That's basically true.
Geoff Boucher / Hero Complex:
Ray Bradbury hates big government: ‘Our country is in need of a revolution’ — Ray Bradbury is mad at President Obama, but it's not about the economy, the war or the plan to a construct a mosque near Ground Zero in New York City. — “He should be announcing that we should go back to the moon …
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Bob Herbert / New York Times:
No ‘Graceful Exit’ — In his book, “The Promise,” about President Obama's first year in office, Jonathan Alter describes a brief conversation between the president and Vice President Joe Biden that took place last November at the end of Mr. Obama's long deliberation about what to do in Afghanistan.
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Michelle Malkin:
The next big government/Big Labor bailout — And the hits just keep coming. Fresh off the $26 billion BigGovJobs union bailout, the Dems are pushing another labor-backed rescue for beleaguered pension funds. Estimated initial cost: $8 to $10 billion, with as much as $165 million …
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Jeff Dunetz / YID With LID:
Hey Taxpayers, Get Ready To Pay For the Union Pension Failure Tsunami
Hey Taxpayers, Get Ready To Pay For the Union Pension Failure Tsunami
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Economy Led to Cuts in Use of Health Care — WASHINGTON — The economic crisis in the United States has reduced the use of routine medical care, and the cutbacks here are much deeper than in countries with universal health care systems, researchers say in a new report.
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
GOP reveals midterm blueprint — The GOP blueprint for winning control of the House is rapidly coming into focus, with the National Republican Congressional Committee readying a $22 million TV ad blitz aimed at a handful of powerful, long-serving incumbents and several dozen of the most junior members of the Democratic majority.
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Ed Hornick / CNN:
Critics say Obama's message becoming ‘incoherent’ — Washington (CNN) — President Obama's comments on a plan to build a mosque in the shadow of ground zero are not only giving opponents an opportunity to attack him but also reveal a messaging problem from the White House, a communications expert said.
Fred Lucas / CNSNews:
White House Directive: Erect Signs at All Stimulus Projects as 'Symbol of President Obama's Commitment to American People' — (CNSNews.com) - Federal contractors receiving money for projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)—the $862 billion economic stimulus law …
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Chris Blank / Associated Press:
Judge: Missouri funeral protest ban unconstitutional — JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that Missouri laws restricting protests near funerals are unconstitutional. — Missouri legislators passed two laws in 2006 in response to protests at servicemembers' funerals …
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Ginger Thompson / New York Times:
U.S. Said to Plan Easing Rules for Travel to Cuba — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is planning to expand opportunities for Americans to travel to Cuba, the latest step aimed at encouraging more contact between people in both countries, while leaving intact the decades-old embargo …
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Mark Milian / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
AP decides not to LOL — The Associated Press almost shared a page with LOLcats. — Pet Holdings Inc., which owns a network of blogs that post pictures of felines with silly captions, and videos of men getting hit in the groin on its Fail Blog, had been wrapped in rather lengthy negotiations …
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Steve / Sweetness & Light:
Auto Workers Chase Out UAW Executives — From the irony proof Communists at the World Socialist Website: … Isn't it hilarious to see the shoe on the other foot. The national UAW are ‘the bosses’ now that they effectively own General Motors. Now they are the ones riding the backs of the proletariat.
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Radio, RIAA: mandatory FM radio in cell phones is the future — Music labels and radio broadcasters can't agree on much, including whether radio should be forced to turn over hundreds of millions of dollars a year to pay for the music it plays. But the two sides can agree on this …
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