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Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
ATLAS EXCLUSIVE!  GROUND ZERO MOSQUE IMAM FEISAL'S EXTREMISM EXPOSED: IN HIS OWN WORDS: “the United States has more blood on its hands than al Qaida,” Elimination of Israel, the N-Word, “Fahrenheit 911”  —  The media frenzy to destroy good, decent Americans who oppose a 15-story mega-mosque on Ground Zero is rabid.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Many More Now Following Mosque Controversy - And Don't Like It  —  A lot more voters are paying attention to the plans to build a mosque near the Ground Zero site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City, and they don't like the idea.  —  A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds …
Jonathan Strong / The Daily Caller:
True stories of bloggers who secretly feed on partisan cash  —  Katie Couric once described bloggers as journalists who gnaw at new information “like piranhas in a pool.”  But increasingly, many bloggers are also secretly feeding on cash from political campaigns, in a form of partisan payola …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Blogger payola?  —  Election season usually means better ad rates …
Discussion: Townhall.com
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Far from Ground Zero, other plans for mosques run into vehement opposition  —  MURFREESBORO, TENN. — For more than 30 years, the Muslim community in this Nashville suburb has worshipped quietly in a variety of makeshift spaces — a one-bedroom apartment, an office behind a Lube Express …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The “mosque” debate is not a “distraction”  —  (updated below - Update II)  —  Opponents of the Park51 Islamic community center held a rally yesterday in Lower Manhattan, and a 4-minute video, posted below, reveals the true sentiments behind this campaign.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Now That's Rich  —  We need to pinch pennies these days.  Don't you know we have a budget deficit?  For months that has been the word from Republicans and conservative Democrats, who have rejected every suggestion that we do more to avoid deep cuts in public services and help the ailing economy.
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Kbh / KeithHennessey.com:
Responding to Dr. Krugman's column on tax cuts for the rich
Discussion: Chicago Boyz and Ezra Klein
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama.  —  David H. Koch in 1996.  He and his brother Charles are lifelong libertarians and have quietly given more than a hundred million dollars to right-wing causes.  —  KEYWORDS … On May 17th, a black-tie audience …
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Anti-Semitic Incident at Ground Zero Mosque Counter Protest  —  At Sunday's Ground Zero mosque protest, I spoke to one man who had been with the counter-protesters, Joey “Boots” Bassolino, immediately after the police pulled him out from the crowd.  What happened, I asked?
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Dana Loesch / thedanashow.wordpress.com:
Rage Against Teh Joos! WTC Supporters Attack Man at Rally
Adam Kirk / wokv.com:
Islamic Radicals Threaten Suicide Bombings Against Gainesville Church  —  A Gainesville church plans to go ahead with the burning of the Muslim holy book on Sept. 11, despite threats of bombings and the lack of a permit.  —  According to the Wall Street Journal, Terry Jones …
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Weasel Zippers
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Andrew Ian Dodge / paintmainered.ning.com:
So you are coming to the 8/28 Glenn Beck March on Washington?  —  by Bruce Majors  —  Herein a visitors' guide.  I will be updating it daily.  Please post any issues you want addressed or researched.  —  I am told (but did not check) that hotels are very full.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:   Tea Party guide to D.C.: Stay Northwest
David Weigel / Weigel:
A Purge at the Cato Institute?  —  The libertarian Cato Institute is parting with two of its most prominent scholars.  Brink Lindsey, the institute's vice president of research and the author of the successful book The Age of Abundance, is departing to take a position at the Kauffman Foundation.
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
Sessions: ‘Sick to my stomach’ over Miller attacks  —  National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions is trying to referee an increasingly bitter Florida 24th District primary, criticizing a new mailer from Florida Republican Craig Miller questioning rival Karen Diebel's mental fitness as out of bounds.
The Smoking Gun:
Justice Department Seeks Ebonics Experts  —  DEA wants “Black English” linguists to decipher bugged calls … The Department of Justice is seeking to hire linguists fluent in Ebonics to help monitor, translate, and transcribe the secretly recorded conversations of subjects of narcotics investigations, according to federal records.
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
The best (positive) campaign ad of the cycle?  —  Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) is out with a new ad in his bid for the state's open governorship that perfectly captures the anti-politician sentiment coursing through the electorate.  —  “I'm John Hickenlooper and I guess …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Poll numbers in 1994, a bad year for Democrats, don't bode well for them in 2010  —  Is it deja vu all over again for Democrats?  —  Some neutral observers and senior strategists within the party have begun to believe that the national political environment is not only similar to what they saw in 1994 …
Kristi Keck / CNN:
10 things Obama must do in 10 weeks  —  (CNN) — President Obama is facing criticism that his message has gone off track at a crucial time for his party and administration.  With the midterm elections just 10 weeks away, the president's approval ratings are at their lowest.
Washington Monthly:
College Dropout Factories  —  It was money—or the lack of it—that determined where Nestor Curiel chose to go to college.  The third of six children in an immigrant Mexican family, Nestor grew up in Blue Island, a gritty working-class suburb near Chicago's South Side.
Discussion: Economix and The Daily Dish
Manu Raju / The Politico:
The son tries to rise  —  LAS VEGAS — Rory is fighting like a Reid.  —  Trailing by double digits in the polls in his bid to be Nevada's next governor, Rory Reid is looking for a knockout punch against Republican opponent Brian Sandoval, promising a major fall offensive attacking him before the November election.
Discussion: CNN
Zaid Jilani / Think Progress:
Rep. Jordan: If GOP wins the House, we won't get anything done except frame the 2012 election.  —  Last Thursday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) held a town hall with his constituents in Shelby, Ohio, and fielded questions on a variety of topics ranging from health care to the economy.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Islamic group calls Boehner's mosque stance ‘un-American’  —  An Islamic organization is urging its supporters to contact House Minority Leader John Boehner's office to object to his stance on the Lower Manhattan mosque, calling his stance “un-American.”  —  The Cincinnati chapter of the Council …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Real Estate's Gold Rush Seems Gone for Good  —  Housing will eventually recover from its great swoon.  But many real estate experts now believe that home ownership will never again yield rewards like those enjoyed in the second half of the 20th century, when houses not only provided shelter but also a plump nest egg.
Boston Herald:
Obama: Tee-ing off nation, 1 Sunday at a time  —  EDGARTOWN - Another Sunday, another missed opportunity for President Obama to prove to America he's not a Muslim.  —  But instead of attending church services at one of the dozens and dozens of quaint, island Christian churches yesterday morning …
CNN:
Judge stops federal funding of embryonic stem cell research  —  Washington (CNN) — A U.S. district judge granted a preliminary injunction Monday to stop federal funding of embryonic stem cell research that he said destroys embryos, ruling it went against the will of Congress.
Discussion: Think Progress and Truthdig
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Raising the Ceiling of the House Projections  —  Patrick Ruffini wants a new update on the overall outlook for the House.  —  I had a list of 99 back in May.  A few races have been added since then (Bob Etheridge had not grabbed anyone by the neck back then), and the outlook has shifted a bit.
Discussion: Hot Air, Moe Lane and PoliPundit.com
Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Paul money bomb falls short  —  Republican Rand Paul's latest money bomb appears to have, well, bombed.  —  While the Kentucky Senate nominee raised an impressive $258,000 in his two-day fundraising quest Thursday and Friday, that's far short of the $400,000-plus his campaign hoped to raise.
Discussion: cn|2 Politics and Wonkette
 
 
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Blogger beware: Postings can lead to lawsuits
Discussion: TalkLeft and Law Blog
Sara Jerome / The Hill:
Net-neutrality group challenged by ties to MoveOn.Org, ACORN
Discussion: Big Government and Hot Air
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
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