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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Howard Dean: “Mosque” should move — (updated below - Update II - Update III) — Certain things are disappointing and surprising even for the most hardened cynics. Hearing Howard Dean — the former liberal standard-bearer — join Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin by saying the following is definitely one of them:
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Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
In flap over mosque near Ground Zero, conservative writers gaining influence — Long before President Obama waded into the vociferous debate over a proposal to build a mosque near Ground Zero, a group of conservative writers and bloggers critical of Islam had seized on the issue and helped transform …
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Little Green Footballs, The Atlantic Online, Jihad Watch, Atlas Shrugs, Gateway Pundit and Whiskey Fire
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Howard Dean: Mosque ‘an affront’ — Calling for compromise, Dean said on WABC radio today the mosque plan “a real affront to people who lost their lives” and laments Islam's being “in the 12th century” in Iran and some other Muslim countries. — He also says he believes the Cordoba organizers …
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TPMDC, Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, American Power and The Page
The Huffington Post:
Dean Stands By Mosque Remarks, Charges Liberal Critics With Being Inflexible
Dean Stands By Mosque Remarks, Charges Liberal Critics With Being Inflexible
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Talking Points Memo, Hot Air and Washington Post
Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Anti-'Mosque' Geller: 'Strip Clubs Didn't Bring Down The Towers'
Anti-'Mosque' Geller: 'Strip Clubs Didn't Bring Down The Towers'
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The Atlantic Online, Atlas Shrugs and Firedoglake
NBC New York:
Mosque Developer Rejects Meeting With Paterson
Mosque Developer Rejects Meeting With Paterson
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Gateway Pundit, TPMDC, Weasel Zippers, Townhall.com, Moonbattery, Sweetness & Light, The Mahablog, Hot Air and Nice Deb
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Mosque supporters beg George W. Bush to come to Obama's rescue
Mosque supporters beg George W. Bush to come to Obama's rescue
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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
Did Sarah Palin really say that? … - Bogus Trends: Kiddie Porn, Sextortion, and Chinese Hymenoplasty- The Incredible Jazz Photography of Herman Leonard- Was Hurricane Katrina Good for the Environment? - A Wonderful, Enigmatic Poem About a Badger- Puny, Decadent …
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Alana Goodman / NewsBusters.org:
Sheryl Crow Bashes Sarah Palin: 'Someone Unplug Her Microphone!"
Sheryl Crow Bashes Sarah Palin: 'Someone Unplug Her Microphone!"
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Hot Air, The Huffington Post and Weasel Zippers
Ernesto Londoño / Washington Post:
Final U.S. combat brigade pulls out of Iraq — Lt. Col. Mark Bieger huddled his infantrymen in a darkened parking lot minutes before they were to depart Baghdad for the last time. — “This is a historic mission!” he bellowed, struggling to be heard over the zoom of fighter jets …
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New York Times, Hot Air, Ò" and BLACKFIVE
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
As Combat Troops Leave Iraq, News Media Ride Along
As Combat Troops Leave Iraq, News Media Ride Along
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Aljazeera, Los Angeles Times, Crooks and Liars and Wonkette, more at Mediagazer »
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
NRSC: ‘The Next Time Democrats Call You Extreme, Show Them This Video.’ — You see it here first, folks: the new web video from the NRSC about just whose views are “extreme” around here. — Their closing sequence, showcasing that the so-called extreme candidates are either leading or in dead heats …
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American Glob, Hot Air, Macsmind and Nice Deb
The Politico:
Mosque a long shot to be built — When President Barack Obama turned the battle over a planned New York Islamic center into a national debate over religious freedom, he unwittingly allied himself and his party with an ill-planned, long-shot development project described by one of its most prominent allies as “amateur hour.”
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Hullabaloo
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Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
Islamic Center Backers Won't Rule Out Taking Funds from Saudi Arabia, Iran
Islamic Center Backers Won't Rule Out Taking Funds from Saudi Arabia, Iran
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JOSHUAPUNDIT, Weasel Zippers, Tammy Bruce, Gateway Pundit, Keep America Safe and Viking Pundit
Chris Moody / The Daily Caller:
Ann Coulter to WorldNetDaily Editor: 'He's a swine' and ‘publicity whore’ — Conservative pundit Ann Coulter responded today to the announcement that WorldNetDaily was dropping her as a speaker for one of their events, calling WorldNetDaily Editor Joseph Farah a “publicity whore” and a “swine.”
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The Huffington Post, Hot Air and GayPatriot
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Tanya Somanader / Think Progress:
World Net Daily Drops Ann Coulter From Conference For Speaking …
World Net Daily Drops Ann Coulter From Conference For Speaking …
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WorldNetDaily and Raw Story
Fox News:
Decision Not to Rebuild Church Destroyed on 9/11 Surprises Greek Orthodox Leaders — (Herman Krieger/Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America) — Greek Orthodox leaders trying to rebuild the only church destroyed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks expressed shock this week after learning …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, TalkLeft, The Powers That Be, Gateway Pundit, The Jawa Report, Cold Fury, The Right Scoop and Nice Deb
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Coup of 2011 — It occurred to me today that there's at least some chance that in January of 2011 the US Senate will have 49 Democrats, Joe Lieberman, Charlie Crist, and 49 Republicans. Which is to say that Lieberman & Crist could form a two-man caucus, hold the balance of power, and drive organization of the Senate.
Washington Post:
Poll: 1 in 5 Americans thinks Obama is a Muslim — The number of Americans who believe — wrongly — that President Obama is a Muslim has increased significantly since his inauguration and now account for nearly 20 percent of the nation's population. — Those results, from a new Pew …
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MyDD, Hullabaloo and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
More Disapprove Than Approve of Obama Mosque Remarks — PRINCETON, NJ — More Americans disapprove than approve of President Barack Obama's recent comments concerning the planned construction of a mosque near where the Sept. 11 terror attacks occurred in New York City, but 4 in 10 do not have an opinion on the matter.
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Hot Air, Balloon Juice, Weasel Zippers, Top of the Ticket, HotAirPundit, Politics Daily and Front Row Washington
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
America, the Decent — My views on the mosque are pretty well aired out now. I think it's a bad idea to build right there (though not the end of the world), and — as I argue today — if Bloomberg and Obama had more talent and statesmanship this mess never would have come to pass in the first place.
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Robin Marantz Henig / New York Times:
What Is It About 20-Somethings? — ROW 1, left to right: Annie Ling, Jen Davis, Latoya Ruby Frazier, Elizabeth Weinberg. ROW 2: Dru Donovan (1,2,4); Marvin Orellana (3). ROW 3: David Wright, Latoya Ruby Frazier, Jen Davis, Annie Ling. — Why are so many people in their 20s taking so long to grow up?
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ParaPundit and Mediaite
The Huffington Post:
Famed Investor Bill Gross Calls For Massive Taxpayer-Backed Mortgage Refinance Initiative — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — The head of the world's biggest bond fund, bemoaning the slow economic recovery, reignited debate Tuesday by publicly supporting a massive new refinance program currently roiling …
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Modeled Behavior, Newshoggers.com and Paul Krugman
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
U.S. role at heart of housing debate
U.S. role at heart of housing debate
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Grist, Firedoglake, The Foundry, Hit & Run and TPMDC
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
The U.S. Department of Education's spokesperson hung up on The Daily Caller Wednesday when seeking clarification regarding the Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's planned speech at an Aug. 28 protest march that the Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network (NAN) are holding …
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Weasel Zippers and Balloon Juice
Tim Cavanaugh / Hit & Run:
Obvious Failure of Stimulus Becomes Obvious Even To Economists — Where do Keynesians go now that even public radio is talking about the failure of one of history's costliest Keynesian stimulus efforts? — At City Journal, Guy Sorman notes how quickly the managed-market winds have shifted.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Condemning mosque, Gingrich echoed Mussolini — A regular correspondent wondered why Newt Gingrich's recent declaration on the planned downtown mosque sounded so familiar, and found this: — Gingrich: — There should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia.
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Weasel Zippers, Commentary and Crooked Timber
Wall Street Journal:
The Great American Bond Bubble — If 10-year interest rates, which are now 2.8%, rise to 4% as they did last spring, bondholders will suffer a capital loss more than three times the current yield. — Ten years ago we experienced the biggest bubble in U.S. stock market history …
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Grasping Reality …, The Big Picture, Modeled Behavior, Felix Salmon and Fortune
Corinna Jessen / Spiegel Online:
Tensions Rise in Greece as Austerity Measures Backfire — The austerity measures that were supposed to fix Greece's problems are dragging down the country's economy. Stores are closing, tax revenues are falling and unemployment has hit an unbelievable 70 percent in some places.
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Obsidian Wings, The Moderate Voice, The Impolitic, Economist's View and Clusterstock
David Carr / Media Decoder:
Zakaria Jumping to Time From Newsweek — Time magazine will announce on Thursday that Fareed Zakaria, a columnist for The Washington Post and Newsweek and editor of Newsweek's international edition, has been named a contributing editor for Time and will write a column for the magazine every other week.
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TVNewser, American Power, Gawker and Romenesko, more at Mediagazer »
WXII-TV:
Furious Parent Blasts Senator Over Health Care — Sen. Kay Hagan's ‘Conversations With Kay’ Turns Into Health Care Debate — KERNERSVILLE, N.C. — “Conversations with Kay” quickly turned into “Confrontation With Kay” when Sen. Kay Hagan visited the Kernersville Senior Enrichment Center.
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JOSHUAPUNDIT, Riehl World View and AmSpecBlog
Ayaan Hirsi Ali / Wall Street Journal:
How to Win the Clash of Civilizations — The key advantage of Huntington's famous model is that it describes the world as it is—not as we wish it to be. — What do the controversies around the proposed mosque near Ground Zero, the eviction of American missionaries from Morocco earlier this year …
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Commentary
Emptywheel:
How a Previously Qualified Elizabeth Warren became Unqualified, According to a Previously Progressive Chris Dodd — July 27: Chris Dodd says of Elizabeth Warren, “She's qualified, no question about that” — August 9: Katrina vanden Heuvel tweets that several sources have told her Elizabeth Warren would be nominated “next week”
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The New Republic, Firedoglake and Daily Kos
WBBM-TV:
Blagojevich Jury Holdout Remaining Silent — Jurors Say One Woman Kept Them From Convicting On Senate Seat Scheme — CHICAGO (CBS) ― Jurors who handed down a single guilty verdict against former Gov. Rod Blagojevich have said there was one hold out who kept them from convicting Blagojevich …
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Big Government
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
JOHN L. SMITH: Angle's soft-lens tactics do little to obscure past pronouncements — Maybe the showdown between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and firebrand Republican Sharron Angle was inevitable. — You would certainly think so after reading the angry letter Angle wrote to Reid on Nov. 20 …
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Wonkette, TPMDC, Salon and The New Republic
James Risen / New York Times:
Blackwater Founder Moves to Abu Dhabi, Records Say — WASHINGTON — Erik Prince, whose company, Blackwater Worldwide, is for sale and whose former top managers are facing criminal charges, has left the United States and moved to Abu Dhabi, according to court documents.
Village Voice:
Inside Rick Lazio's Biggest Wall Street Deal—The Chummy E-Mails — Diverting nearly a billion in retiree benefits into subprime risk? Oh, just watch him work the e-mail. — Within Hours of George Bush's May 3, 2007, announcement that he was naming Charles Millard head …
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