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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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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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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” …
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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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
The Beginning of the End of the Ground Zero Mosque
The Beginning of the End of the Ground Zero Mosque
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The Constitution and the Mosque — President Obama showed …
The Constitution and the Mosque — President Obama showed …
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Jim Axelrod / CBS News:
Mosque Opponents Leaving Ground Zero Shops Alone
Mosque Opponents Leaving Ground Zero Shops Alone
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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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Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
Woah! LA OUTRAGED After Obama Fundraiser Shuts Down Traffic For Hours
Woah! LA OUTRAGED After Obama Fundraiser Shuts Down Traffic For Hours
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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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Hunter Walker / The Wrap:
President Obama Owes Los Angeles a Big Apology — I am coming to you live from the center of the worst traffic jam I have ever seen in my life. I've been trapped here for over three hours because President Obama and a group of Hollywood insiders are having a fancy fundraiser.
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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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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.
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Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Michelle Obama to enter campaign fray — The White House may risk tarnishing the first lady's nonpartisan image by sending her to campaign for Democratic candidates this fall. — First Lady Michelle Obama appears on the cover of Ladies' Home Journal September issue, one of five women's …
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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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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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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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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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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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Agence France Presse:
Israel has ‘8 days’ to hit Iran nuclear site: Bolton — WASHINGTON (AFP) - Israel has “eight days” to launch a military strike against Iran's Bushehr nuclear facility and stop Tehran from acquiring a functioning atomic plant, a former US envoy to the UN has said.
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Jonathan Weisman / Wall Street Journal:
Voters Back Tough Steps to Reduce Budget Deficit — RICHMOND, Va.—Frustrated voters, fixing on the $1.5 trillion federal deficit as a symbol of Washington's paralysis, appear increasingly willing to take drastic steps to address the red ink. — Leonard Anderson, 56 years old, a Richmond …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
McCain blames press for new image — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Monday blamed the “Eastern press” for planting the idea he has changed his positions on key issues in recent months. — McCain dismissed the notion that he has tacked to the right on matters such as immigration and climate change …
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Jill Lawrence / Politics Daily:
John McCain: I Haven't Changed My Positions, and Don't Ask Me About Trust
John McCain: I Haven't Changed My Positions, and Don't Ask Me About Trust
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Toomey moves ahead in PA-Sen race — With Joe Sestak's victory in the Democratic primary and the poll bump that came with it now three months in the rear view mirror, Pat Toomey has taken a 45-36 lead in the Pennsylvania Senate race. That's a big change from the tie PPP saw in a June survey …
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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.
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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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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
2 Zombies to Tolerate for a While — Representative Barney Frank was furious. — The Massachusetts Democrat had been watching a morning news program that had me on, and soon afterward he was calling my cellphone to fume about that morning's discussion. The topic?
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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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Los Angeles Times:
The Obama administration's attacks on the media — Cases brought against journalists who ferreted out confidential information appear to have little to do with protecting national security interests. — It is a popular conservative myth to suggest that the “mainstream media” …
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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 billion …
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