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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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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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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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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Muslim view spreads
Muslim view spreads
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American Prospect, Media Matters for America and Politics Daily
ap.org:
AP Standards Center issues staff advisory on covering New York City mosque — Associated Press Deputy Managing Editor for Standards and Production Tom Kent sent the following note to the staff about covering the New York City mosque story: — Colleagues,
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Pajamas Media
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Alex Altman / Time:
TIME Poll: 61% of Americans Oppose ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ — An opponent of the proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque near Ground Zero holds a sign during a community board meeting to debate the issue — Opponents of the planned Islamic community center and mosque near Ground Zero …
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
Tribalism And Constitutional Rights, Ctd. — The Economist has a disturbing new poll on the proposed Islamic community center near Ground Zero, and it has some rather disturbing numbers. Among them, only 50% “think that Muslims have a constitutional right to build a mosque there,” 57% of Democrats and only 32% of Republicans.
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DISSENTING JUSTICE and Ben Smith's Blog
Democracy in America:
Mosque-building and its discontents — From this week's Economist/YouGov poll:
Mosque-building and its discontents — From this week's Economist/YouGov poll:
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Outside the Beltway and The Awl
Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:
AP advises staff on location of Islamic center and mosque
AP advises staff on location of Islamic center and mosque
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The Politico:
Mosque a long shot to be built
Mosque a long shot to be built
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Brian / Weasel Zippers:
Music Video Sums Up Opposition to Ground Zero Mosque - “Salt in the Wound” - Video
Music Video Sums Up Opposition to Ground Zero Mosque - “Salt in the Wound” - Video
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The Jawa Report
Bobby Ghosh / Time:
Does America Have a Muslim Problem?
Does America Have a Muslim Problem?
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Mediaite, Hot Air, Washington Wire and The Huffington Post
Raymond Ibrahim / Pajamas Media:
Top Muslims Condemn Ground Zero Mosque as a ‘Zionist Conspiracy’
Top Muslims Condemn Ground Zero Mosque as a ‘Zionist Conspiracy’
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Washington Post, Hot Air, Sister Toldjah, Weekly Standard and Israel Matzav
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 …
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Ezra Klein:
If only Obama had ... See if this structure seems familiar to you: Over the past two years, Barack Obama has done X. Now, his poll numbers have slipped to 44 percent. His party is slated to lose a lot of seats in the 2010 midterms. Obama's decision to do X is to blame. — “X” can be a lot of things.
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The U.S. Department of Labor:
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis
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Bob Willis / Bloomberg:
Jobless Claims in U.S. Rose to Highest Since November
Jobless Claims in U.S. Rose to Highest Since November
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Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Markets Slump as Jobless Filings Increase
Markets Slump as Jobless Filings Increase
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Randy / The Turner Report:
Blunt employing throw everything at Robin and hope something sticks strategy — I am having a hard time understanding the campaign strategy of Seventh District Congressman Roy Blunt. In the accompanying video, Blunt apparently wants us to be deeply offended because Robin Carnahan …
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Think Progress and MyDD
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
GOP Senate candidate yanks video showing smoldering 9/11 site
GOP Senate candidate yanks video showing smoldering 9/11 site
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Washington Monthly, Show Me Progress …, Weigel and Wonkette
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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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Clemens to Be Indicted for Perjury in Doping Testimony — Federal authorities have decided to indict Roger Clemens on charges of making false statements to Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, according to two people briefed on the matter. — An announcement is expected later today.
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Jessica Grose / doublex.com:
The Battle for the Term “Feminist”: Sarah Palin Wins This Round — Yesterday, the pro-choice group Emily's List released a video with a bunch of women in “mama grizzly” suits telling Sarah Palin that she doesn't speak for them. Well, Palin's seen the video, and she's responded with an epic …
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Glynnis MacNicol / Mediaite:
Sarah Palin Supports Dr. Laura In N-Word Controversy, Wants Her To ‘Reload’
Sarah Palin Supports Dr. Laura In N-Word Controversy, Wants Her To ‘Reload’
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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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Larry Yellen / Chicago News and Weather:
Speculation Abounds on ‘Holdout’ Blago Juror
Speculation Abounds on ‘Holdout’ Blago Juror
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Big Government and Patterico's Pontifications
CNN:
Last U.S. combat convoy has left Iraq — Mosul, Iraq (CNN) — The last U.S. brigade combat team in Iraq has left the country, a move that helps U.S. President Barack Obama reach his goal of 50,000 troops in the country by September 1. — Their departure leaves about 56,000 U.S. troops in the country, according to the U.S. military.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
McCain says Bush administration deserves ‘some credit’ for Iraq troop exit
McCain says Bush administration deserves ‘some credit’ for Iraq troop exit
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Fred Clark / slacktivist:
Please forgive me for the actions of extremists I have never met who commit acts of violence that I have never advocated — As a white male Baptist, it is my duty today to denounce the violence perpetrated by Patrick Gray Sharp, 29, who yesterday attacked the police headquarters in McKinney …
Hotline On Call:
How To Lose A Guy In 75 Days — Two years after his coattails helped sweep two dozen Democrats into office, President Obama is proving more a boon to Republicans than to Democrats during the midterm elections. His poll numbers are so morose that Democrats are planning ways to avoid his shadow …
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Hot Air and Beltway Confidential
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Skip the lecture on Israel's ‘risks for peace’ — In the intifada that began in 2000, Palestinian terrorism killed more than 1,000 Israelis. As a portion of U.S. population, that would be 42,000, approaching the toll of America's eight years in Vietnam. During the onslaught …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama on the Trail — Illinois voters say they would be negatively influenced if a candidate was endorsed by Barack Obama. And if his support isn't an asset in his home state it's hard to imagine where it is. — 40% of voters in the state say they'd be less likely to support …
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Hot Air, Beltway Confidential and National Review
Michael Sokolove / New York Times:
Joe Sestak, the 60th Democrat — Joe Sestak stepped out of a Chevy Suburban on the morning of July 3 and met up with a group of 15 campaign volunteers gathered in the parking lot of a drugstore in Canonsburg, Pa., just southwest of Pittsburgh. The town is the birthplace of Perry Como.
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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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New York Post:
Nancy's nefarious conspiracy theory — Is Nancy Pelosi making a bid to join Rob ert Welch, longtime leader of the John Birch Society, as a truly great conspir acy theorist? — It would seem only an inspired paranoic could find it so unaccountably strange — cue the “Twilight Zone” …
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
‘Ground Zero’ Imam: ‘I Am a Jew, I Have Always Been One’ — The right-wing campaign against the so-called “Ground Zero mosque” includes vicious personal attacks on the Muslim cleric who leads the Cordoba Initiative, the organization behind the plan. I know Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf …
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Little Green Footballs