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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.
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TPMDC, National Review, Outside the Beltway, loonwatch.com, The Plum Line, Gawker, New York Magazine, Unqualified Offerings and Taylor Marsh
Jonathan Weisman / Wall Street Journal:
Protests, Rhetoric Feed Jihadists' Fire — Islamic radicals are seizing on protests against a planned Islamic community center near Manhattan's Ground Zero and anti-Muslim rhetoric elsewhere as a propaganda opportunity and are stepping up anti-U.S. chatter and threats on their websites.
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NY Daily News, Gateway Pundit, Washington Monthly, City Room, New York Times and Washington Post
Adam Kirk / wokv.com:
Islamic Radicals Threaten Suicide Bombings Against Gainesville Church
Islamic Radicals Threaten Suicide Bombings Against Gainesville Church
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Jihad Watch and Weasel Zippers
Borzou Daragahi / Los Angeles Times:
New York mosque controversy worries Muslims overseas
New York mosque controversy worries Muslims overseas
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Patterico's Pontifications
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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Power Line, The Jawa Report, National Review, Weekly Standard, Big Journalism, POWIP, Jihad Watch and American Power
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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 …
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Freedom's Lighthouse, Don Surber, Grim's Hall, Weasel Zippers, Gateway Pundit, Atlas Shrugs and New York Times
Jason Mattera / Human Events:
Ground Zero Imam Says U.S. Worse than al-Qaeda
Ground Zero Imam Says U.S. Worse than al-Qaeda
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Michelle Malkin, Breitbart.tv, Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers
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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Dan / Riehl World View:
My Response To The Daily Caller's Payola Allegations — May as well tell the whole story around this weak BS from the Daily Caller as regards me. Yeah, I guess I kinda did set them up a bit. But I got pissed when I heard Strong was insinuating my name into a payola story without having contacted me.
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minx.cc, The Daily Caller, Liberty Pundits Blog, Right Wing News, The Other McCain and Don Surber
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Blogger payola? — Election season usually means better ad rates …
Blogger payola? — Election season usually means better ad rates …
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Townhall.com
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 …
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.
The Politico:
Dems urge Obama to take a stand — White House press secretary Robert Gibbs's recent complaint about the ingratitude of the “professional left” is a small symptom of a larger problem for President Barack Obama: He has left wide swaths of the Democratic Party uncertain of his core beliefs.
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Swampland, Taylor Marsh and Ben Smith's Blog
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Boston Herald:
Obama: Tee-ing off nation, 1 Sunday at a time
Obama: Tee-ing off nation, 1 Sunday at a time
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Big Journalism and JammieWearingFool
Mark Halperin / Time:
How Obama's Social Security Tactics Hurt Bipartisanship
How Obama's Social Security Tactics Hurt Bipartisanship
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Wall Street Journal, No More Mister Nice Blog, Liberty Pundits Blog, Hot Air, The Page and Commentary
Orange Squeezer / Nick Egoroff Orlando …:
Was Mike Huckabee Ready To Sell His Endorsement to Rick Scott for $250,000? — I have spoken with a reliable source telling me that a little over a week ago, Mike Huckabee approached the Rick Scott campaign and made overtures that his endorsement could be had for $250,000 dollars.
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The Atlantic Online, Ben Smith's Blog, Weigel and Ballot Box
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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 …
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The Fix, Don Surber, Outside the Beltway, Left Coast Rebel, Commentary and Wake up America
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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Little Green Footballs, Outside the Beltway and Weigel
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Tea Party guide to D.C.: Stay Northwest
Colby Itkowitz / Morning Call:
So far, Sestak back on his heels — Aggressive Toomey has sharper campaign message, more money to spread it. — WASHINGTON — Joe Sestak is halfway to learning whether his defeat of Arlen Specter will end with a seat in the U.S. Senate. — But so far Pat Toomey has controlled …
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weaskamerica.com, The Swamp and Commentary
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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.
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.
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Pirate's Cove, Sister Toldjah and Shakesville
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.
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Washington Monthly, Salon and Hit & Run
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 …
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The Atlantic Online and Mediaite
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.
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Economix
Sara Jerome / The Hill:
Net-neutrality group challenged by ties to MoveOn.Org, ACORN — A bipartisan coalition in favor of net neutrality has lost a key conservative supporter amid signs that the issue is becoming more divisive. — The Gun Owners of America (GOA) severed ties with the net-neutrality coalition Save …
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Big Government and Hot Air
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Obama Weekly Job Approval Average at New Low of 43% — Obama's ratings improved near end of week — PRINCETON, NJ — President Obama's job approval rating slipped to 43% for the week of Aug. 16-22, down one percentage point from the previous weekly low set a week ago.
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Politic365 and Commentary
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Eric Cantor: Mosque builders ‘not interested in healing’ — ASHLAND, Va. — Rep. Eric Cantor, one of the highest-ranking Jewish lawmakers, says Muslims building a community center in lower Manhattan are “insensitive” and “not interested in healing or bringing people together.”
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Commentary and Weasel Zippers
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Blogger beware: Postings can lead to lawsuits — A false sense of Internet security can mean legal quagmires for critics who are careless about facts. — Reporting from Washington — The Internet has allowed tens of millions of Americans to be published writers.