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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
In Defining Obama, Misperceptions Stick — WASHINGTON — Americans need only stand in line at the grocery checkout counter to glimpse the conspiracy theories percolating about President Obama. “Birthplace Cover-Up,” screams the current issue of the racy tabloid Globe. “Obama's Secret Life Exposed!”
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Sweetness & Light, Balloon Juice, Prairie Weather and Marbury
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People-Press.org:
Growing Number of Americans Say Obama is a Muslim — Religion, Politics and the President — OVERVIEW — A substantial and growing number of Americans say that Barack Obama is a Muslim, while the proportion saying he is a Christian has declined. More than a year and a half into his presidency …
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The Fix, The Politico, Hotline On Call, Swampland, Politics Daily, Washington Wire and Gawker
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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NewsBusters.org, Brendan Nyhan, Macsmind, MyDD, Hullabaloo, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Page and New York Magazine
Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Poll: Growing number incorrectly call Obama Muslim
Poll: Growing number incorrectly call Obama Muslim
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Pew Research Center, Sweetness & Light, Associated Press and msnbc.com
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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New York Post:
The shame of New York — The real story of the Ground Zero mosque is that the project only became feasible because of the appalling and astonishing fecklessness of the officials who were charged with the reconstruction of the site and the neighborhood all the way back in 2001.
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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Outside the Beltway, The Atlantic Online, New York Magazine and Atlas Shrugs
Wcbsmark / CBS New York:
Dolan Offers To Mediate Moving Ground Zero Mosque
Dolan Offers To Mediate Moving Ground Zero Mosque
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New York Times
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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The Huffington Post:
Dean Stands By Mosque Remarks, Charges Liberal Critics With Being Inflexible — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — In an interview late Wednesday, former DNC Chair Howard Dean reiterated his belief that the controversial “Ground Zero” mosque should be re-located, arguing that critics of his position were …
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Talking Points Memo, Hot Air and Washington Post
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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Scared Monkeys, TPMDC, Raw Story, American Power, Gateway Pundit, Corrente and The Page
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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Washington Monthly, Sister Toldjah, ATTACKERMAN, Ò", BLACKFIVE and DISSENTING JUSTICE
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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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CNN, Federal Eye, Los Angeles Times, Mediaite, Aljazeera, Crooks and Liars, The Agonist, New York Magazine 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, Macsmind, Hot Air and Nice Deb
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Breaking: Blago Holdout Retired State Employee Who Once Handed Out Campaign Literature For Relative Seeking Office; NPR and Liberal Talk Radio Listener — Here's what Fox local news in Chicago reports: … Note that that is not yet confirmed. It is now confirmed by CBS local news Chicago.
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WBBM-TV, Wizbang and JOSHUAPUNDIT
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Alana Goodman / NewsBusters.org:
Sheryl Crow Bashes Sarah Palin: 'Someone Unplug Her Microphone! " — Pop-singer Sheryl Crow has always been outspoken about her own political views, but now she's telling former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin to zip it. — “I saw you ranting on TV today, I heard you tell me to reload.
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Hot Air, The Daily Caller, The Huffington Post and Weasel Zippers
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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
Did Sarah Palin really say that? … - Bogus Trends …
Did Sarah Palin really say that? … - Bogus Trends …
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Gawker, NewsReal Blog and Washington Post
CNBC:
Weekly Jobless Claims Post Surprise Jump, Hit 500,000 — New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly climbed to a nine-month high last week, yet another setback to the frail economic recovery. — Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 500,000 …
Quinnipiac University:
Sink Inching Up In Close Florida Gov Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Crist Leads Three-Way Senate Race — Apparently bolstered by the civil war for the Republican nomination for Governor in Florida, State Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, the Democrat, is on the plus side …
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The Hill, Post on Politics, Riehl World View and The Eye
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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Guardian and 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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Commentary, JOSHUAPUNDIT, Weasel Zippers, Tammy Bruce, Gateway Pundit, CNN, Betsy's Page, Viking Pundit and Keep America Safe
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, USA Today, Top of the Ticket, Scared Monkeys, Politics Daily, Weasel Zippers, Balloon Juice and HotAirPundit
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, NewsBusters.org and Balloon Juice
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.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Conservative Elites, Cont'd: Being in on the Joke — Apropos my earlier post about conservative elites and the Park 51 controversy, I want to address the general relationship between certain influential figures in the conservative movement — Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Andrew Breitbart …
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Riehl World View
Sarah Tully / Orange County Register:
Muslim employee accuses Disney of discrimination — A Disneyland Resort hotel employee accused Disney of discrimination for refusing to let her wear a Muslim head scarf at work in public. — Imane Boudlal, a restaurant hostess at the Storytellers' Cafe in the Grand Californian Hotel in Downtown Disney …
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Jihad Watch, Atlas Shrugs and Knowledge is Power
Murray Wardrop / Telegraph:
Young will have to change names to escape ‘cyber past’ warns Google's Eric Schmidt — The private lives of young people are now so well documented on the internet that many will have to change their names on reaching adulthood, Google's CEO has claimed. — Eric Schmidt suggested …
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Don Surber, Balloon Juice and Hillicon Valley
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.
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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 …, Clusterstock, Felix Salmon, The Big Picture, Fortune and Modeled Behavior
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 and Commentary