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Samuel Goldsmith / NY Daily News:
They won't build it! Hardhats vow not to work on controversial mosque near Ground Zero — The site of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero. Many construction workers are vowing not to work on the controversial project. — A growing number of New York construction workers are vowing …
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Andrew Grossman / Metropolis:
For Strippers Near Ground Zero, It's Business as Usual Amid Mosque Uproar … After the World Trade Center towers fell, a stripper named Chris went to volunteer in the recovery effort for the Red Cross. Nearly 10 years later, she dances just down the street from Ground Zero at the Pussycat Lounge.
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New York Post:
Muslim-born Miss USA says she opposes Ground Zero Islamic center
Muslim-born Miss USA says she opposes Ground Zero Islamic center
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The Huffington Post:
Howard Dean's Democracy For America Breaks With Him On Mosque Debate
Howard Dean's Democracy For America Breaks With Him On Mosque Debate
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Crooks and Liars
Sally Quinn / Washington Post:
Daisy Khan: “When will Muslims be accepted?”
Daisy Khan: “When will Muslims be accepted?”
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Townhall.com, ABCNEWS and Weasel Zippers
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Dean: ‘Some’ Dems demonizing N.Y. mosque opponents
Dean: ‘Some’ Dems demonizing N.Y. mosque opponents
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Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Jim Newell / Gawker:
Our Muslim Miss USA Thinks ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Should Move!
Our Muslim Miss USA Thinks ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Should Move!
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Obama has himself to blame for Muslim problem — In 1985, Barack Obama had just arrived in Chicago for his new job as a community organizer when he headed to Smitty's Barbershop, a tiny storefront on the South Side. As Smitty cut his hair, Obama listened to the men in the shop talk politics and racial grievance.
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Matthew Murray / Roll Call:
Ganley Calls Obama's Religion ‘Irrelevant’ to Campaign
Ganley Calls Obama's Religion ‘Irrelevant’ to Campaign
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Alex Seitz-Wald / Think Progress:
GOP House Candidate On Obama: 'I Don't Have A Position On Whether He's A Muslim'
GOP House Candidate On Obama: 'I Don't Have A Position On Whether He's A Muslim'
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The Politico, Beltway Confidential and Democracy in America
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Treasury Admits HAMP Expectations Not Met, Thinks “Extend and Pretend” Is a Virtue — The Latin inscription reads: “We shall attain the excellence of virtue with the grace of God and the effort of our will.” Federal government seems to be relying on similar methods to avert mortgage crisis.
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The Huffington Post:
Critics Target Housing Policy
Critics Target Housing Policy
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Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Online:
July Marks Another Ugly Month For Government Mortgage Modifications
July Marks Another Ugly Month For Government Mortgage Modifications
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The Washington Independent
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Obama now blames poor job numbers on congressional inaction. Wait! His party runs Congress — Just a few minor things to catch up on for the weekend now that the Fundraiser-in-Chief has gone on another vacation (Don't worry though. White House chef Sam Kass went along, so the first family need not eat ordinary human food.)
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Rich Miller / The Capitol Fax Blog:
This just in... Quinn's media firm fired, fires shots — * 10:30 am - More really bad campaign news for Gov. Pat Quinn. His media firm, AKPD, has just exited the campaign [it was fired]. And check out this harsh goodbye statement... Oh, man, what a shot that was.
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The Politico:
The new battle: What it means to be American — It's a classic case of be careful what you wish for. President Barack Obama wanted to end the baby boomer-era culture wars — and he's done it. — But along the way, Obama has sparked an even more visceral values debate about whether he's moving …
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Boston Herald:
Will bacteria count beach Barack Obama? — WEST TISBURY - Welcome to Martha's Vineyard, Mr. President - but don't go in the water! — President Obama, who took a plunge in the Gulf last week to show Americans it was safe to swim the oil spill-plagued area, arrived on this supposedly …
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Wall Street Journal:
Why Political Sage Sees GOP Romp in November — In the panoply of political prognosticators populating Washington, few have painted a bleaker picture of Democrats' 2010 election prospects than Charlie Cook. — And he doesn't see that picture getting any brighter.
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The Note, The Politico, Washington Wire, The Daily Caller, Freedom's Lighthouse and Commentary
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Jeffrey Goldberg's fabrication on NPR — (updated below Update II - Update III) — This is really quite strange. Yesterday, my inbox began filling up with email telling me that Jeffrey Goldberg had gone on NPR and, when asked about my critiques of his Atlantic article on bombing Iran …
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Ezra Klein:
Luxuries and necessities in one graph — I'd say people are underestimating the importance of computers given the evolving nature of the economy, overestimating the importance of appliances, and the centrality of cars doesn't bode well for pricing carbon. — Source. Hat tip.
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John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
The Palin Twitter Backlash — Black Republicans tell John Avlon that Sarah Palin's tweet in defense of Dr. Laura was ridiculous and indefensible—and that she may be “no longer fit to lead.” — Sarah Palin's post-VP nominee career has so far benefitted from bomb-throwing.
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The Huffington Post:
In First 2010 TV Ad, DNC Raises Specter Of Bush Once Again — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — The Democratic National Committee is once again using the imagery and words of former President George W. Bush to present a stark “choice” to voters heading into November in what an aide said is the DNC's …
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Mark Niquette / DispatchPolitics:
Obama had facts wrong about visit here — Finance director: Stimulus dollars didn't aid project — A local project that President Barack Obama cited during a visit Wednesday to Columbus as an example of how the federal stimulus package has worked isn't actually being funded with stimulus dollars.
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Mitch Daniels / Economist:
The right stuff — Indiana's governor is a likeable wonk. Can he save the Republicans from themselves and provide a pragmatic alternative to Barack Obama? — CLAY COUNTY — THE governor does not like to keep people waiting. On a recent morning this small man leapt out of a trooper's Toyota …
Los Angeles Times:
Target feels backlash from shareholders — Institutions with stakes in the retail giant are demanding that the company revamp its donation process after a $150,000 contribution backed an anti-gay-rights candidate. — Reporting from Washington — After weeks of public protest …
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Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Franklin Graham: President Obama Was Born a Muslim — We've got an economy that's a mess, people who have been unemployed forever that need jobs, massive flooding in Pakistan, millions of gallons of oil and dispersants still floating in the water in the Gulf of Mexico and what is the media spending hours upon hours covering?
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New York Times:
U.S. Persuades Israel That Iran's Nuclear Threat Is Not Imminent — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, citing evidence of continued troubles inside Iran's nuclear program, has persuaded Israel that it would take roughly a year — and perhaps longer — for Iran to complete …
Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
BioShock Takes On American Exceptionalism. — I've written before about the horror/shooter BioShock series of video games being about the closest thing I've ever seen to narrative art in the genre, in part because the games tend to wrestle with political high concepts.
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New York Times:
At the Far Edge — For months, it has been clear that Republican Congressional candidates would benefit from independent voters' dissatisfaction with President Obama. With the Republican field now largely in place, all voters might want to take a close look at who those candidates are.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
That 20% — Allahpundit says all that needs to be said about new polling on the perception of Obama's religion: … South Park put it more succinctly. — (Cable news fail via Pareene) — Christianity - United States - Barack Obama - South Park - President
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ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Be More Aggressive’: Tom DeLay Says GOP Needs to Go After ‘Obama Agenda’ Even Harder — Former GOP Leader Says He Still Speaks to Abramoff; Won't Rule Out Return to Politics — Despite the corruption and lobbying scandals that ensnared Republicans in Congress and triggered …
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David Broder / The Fix:
The expanding Senate playing field — As we sat down to rank which ten Senate races are most likely to flip party control on November 2, it became immediately clear that our Line wasn't big enough. — The simple truth is that over the past six to nine months, the Senate playing field …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Why won't the Pentagon help WikiLeaks redact documents? — (updated below) — When the controversy first arose over the lack of redactions in the war documents released by WikiLeaks, the website insisted that, using the New York Times as an intermediary, it had asked the Obama administration …
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Joseph Stiglitz / Financial Times:
Needed: a new economic paradigm — The blame game continues over who is responsible for the worst recession since the Great Depression - the financiers who did such a bad job of managing risk or the regulators who failed to stop them. But the economics profession bears more than a little culpability.
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