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Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org:
Andrea Mitchell Lectures U.S. on Ground Zero Mosque: America Needs to Be ‘More Sensitive to Minority Communities’ — Andrea Mitchell on Tuesday fretted that the “angry voices” protesting against the Ground Zero mosque will hurt Barack Obama's attempts to reach out to the Muslim world.
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JammieWearingFool and Freedom's Lighthouse
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Karen Hughes: I don't remember any of my work with Imam — As you may have heard, former Bush senior adviser Karen Hughes came out against Cordoba House over the weekend. Hughes called on Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf to move the project in order to “provide a path toward the peaceful relationships …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Firedoglake, Washington Post, TPMDC, Salon, Mother Jones and Think Progress
Fox News:
‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Imam: America Killed More Innocents Than Al Qaeda — The controversial imam at the center of the debate over the construction of a mosque near Ground Zero says his goal is to create coalitions across the religious divide, but during a 2005 conference in Australia, he said America may be worse than Al Qaeda.
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Riehl World View
Cristian Salazar / Associated Press:
NY archbishop worries about tone of mosque debate
NY archbishop worries about tone of mosque debate
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Associated Press, Ben Smith's Blog and Riehl World View
National Review:
Inventing Moderate Islam
Inventing Moderate Islam
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Coalition to Honor Ground Zero, Israel Matzav and Cold Fury
Claudia Rosett / Forbes:
Cashing In On Ground Zero
Cashing In On Ground Zero
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Big Peace, Pajamas Media, Weasel Zippers, Fausta's Blog, Weekly Standard and Front Page Magazine
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Minority leader Boehner to call for mass firing of Obama's economic team — CLEVELAND — House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) will call Tuesday for the mass firing of the Obama administration's economic team, including Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and White House adviser Larry Summers …
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DownWithTyranny!, Top of the Ticket, Peter Daou, American Glob, Wonk Room, The Politico, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Washington Note, Firedoglake, Don Surber, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air, MyDD, AMERICAblog News, The Swamp, Michelle Malkin, Weasel Zippers, The Powers That Be, The Page, iOwnTheWorld.com, The Moderate Voice and CNN
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Dan Pfeiffer / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Their Economic Policies Haven't Changed, So They Won't Bring the Change We Need
Their Economic Policies Haven't Changed, So They Won't Bring the Change We Need
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TPMDC, ABCNEWS, Washington Monthly, iOwnTheWorld.com, Swampland, msnbc.com, The Fix, The Politico, New York Times, The Caucus, Political Punch and Politics Extra
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Boehner on the national stage
Boehner on the national stage
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CNN, National Review and The Page
Ed Hornick / CNN:
10 things Republicans must do in 10 weeks
10 things Republicans must do in 10 weeks
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Don Surber and Pirate's Cove
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
John Boehner Mocked His Deficit Reduction Plan Before He Proposed It
John Boehner Mocked His Deficit Reduction Plan Before He Proposed It
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Weigel, Daily Kos, Politic365, Capital Gains and Games blogs and Gateway Pundit
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Meek wins; Scott leads McCollum — The anti-incumbent wave menacing Washington this year faced its toughest test to date Tuesday in primaries from Florida to Alaska, as an array of well-funded, energetic political veterans appeared poised to turn back primary challenges from insurgent outsider candidates.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Rubio back on top — Democrats will get their stronger candidate if Kendrick Meek wins the Florida Senate primary tonight as expected- but the biggest winner coming out of the primary may be Marco Rubio. PPP finds he would begin the general election in the lead at 40%, followed by Charlie Crist at 32%, and Meek at 17%.
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Power Line, Hot Air, Daily Kos, Don Surber, Weekly Standard, National Review, Post on Politics, Taegan Goddard's …, American Glob and GOP 12
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
10 Questions for Marco Rubio
10 Questions for Marco Rubio
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Colorlines, Firedoglake, Democracy in America, MyDD, GOP 12 and Commentary
Nathan Hodge / Washington Wire:
Conway: U.S. Withdrawal Deadline Boosts Taliban in Afghan War — The top U.S. Marine general said President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 deadline to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan had given “sustenance” to the Taliban. — “We know the president was talking to several audiences …
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Hot Air, YID With LID and NO QUARTER
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Alex Pareene / Salon:
Jonah Goldberg: Caring about Muslims is a hate crime against Real Americans — Jonah Goldberg, whose columns are apparently published in grown-up newspapers for consumption by literate adults, uses today's to expand on a theme that he first toyed with at The Corner last week …
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Suhail A. Khan / Foreign Policy:
America's First Muslim President
America's First Muslim President
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The Huffington Post, Hit & Run and Guardian
realtor.org:
July Existing-Home Sales Fall as Expected but Prices Rise — Existing-home sales were sharply lower in July following expiration of the home buyer tax credit but home prices continued to gain, according to the National Association of Realtors®. — Existing-home sales1 …
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Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Online:
How Bad Was July's Plummet in Home Sales?
How Bad Was July's Plummet in Home Sales?
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NO QUARTER, Political Economy, Vox Popoli, Mother Jones, New York Times and Politics Daily
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
GOP Maintains Edge in Midterm Voting Preferences — Holds 47% to 44% advantage in latest update — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup tracking of 2010 midterm congressional election voting preferences shows 47% of registered voters saying they would vote for the Republican candidate and 44% …
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Ballot Box and Gallup.Com
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
For Obamacare supporters, judgment day approaches
For Obamacare supporters, judgment day approaches
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Hot Air, NewsBusters.org, Wake up America and Beltway Confidential
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
MoJo for President: The Fantasy Continues — Joe Scarborough, former congressman from Florida and co-host of MSNBC's agenda-setting wake-up show Morning Joe, has protested, kindly and loudly (he is kind and loud), when speculation arises about his presidential ambitions.
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Salon and The Daily Caller
CNN:
Greene escorted from campaign event — South Carolina Democratic Senate nominee Alvin Greene was escorted from an event on Saturday. — Washington (CNN) - Embattled Democratic Senate candidate Alvin Greene was escorted from a meeting of the Oconee County Democratic Party on Saturday …
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Associated Press, Sister Toldjah and Weasel Zippers
Kevin Allocca / TVNewser:
‘CBS Evening News’ Ties All-Time Low — The network newscast ratings for last week are in and “CBS Evening News with Katie Couric” tied its all-time low in total viewers with an average of 4.89 million tuning in during the five days. — The low was set last June, when ABC also hit its own low.
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Media Decoder, Weasel Zippers, Pajamas Media, The Impolitic, The Daily Caller and NewsBusters.org
Julie Appleby / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Colleges say new health law may imperil student policies — WASHINGTON — Colleges and universities say that some rules in the new health law could keep them from offering low-cost, limited-benefit student insurance policies, and they're seeking federal authority to continue offering them.
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Right Wing News and Sister Toldjah
Wall Street Journal:
The Twenty Years' War — Defeating Saddam took 19 years too long. — Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990. Two decades later, on Aug. 18, 2010, the U.S. withdrew its last combat brigade from Iraq. Throughout those years U.S. military operations went under a variety of names …
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Commentary
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Zaid Jilani / Think Progress:
Pickens Laments That He Failed To Convince Bush And Obama To Take Iraq's Oil
Pickens Laments That He Failed To Convince Bush And Obama To Take Iraq's Oil
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Aspen Daily News Online
The Politico:
Is ‘Beckapalooza’ about cause or Beck? — Even as he prepares for a Saturday rally that could cement his status as an unparalleled force in conservative politics, Glenn Beck is facing quiet but persistent questions from some on the right about whether he can be a reliable partner …
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Think Progress, Wonkette, Taylor Marsh, Ben Smith's Blog and Strupp
msnbc.com:
Rachel Maddow Show on — Guests: Eugene Robinson, Kent Jones, Suhail Khan, Gail Hillebrand — RACHEL MADDOW, HOST: Good evening, Lawrence. Thanks very much for that. — And thanks for you—thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour.
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Pam's House Blend
Scott / Power Line:
A question too far... ...for Obama's counterrorism adviser John Brennan, who has declared jihad a legitimate tenet of Islam. Pressed on the issue by Washington Times editorial writer James Robbins — author of the terrific forthcoming book This Time We Win: Revisiting the Tet Offensive …
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Weasel Zippers, Moonbattery and Pajamas Media
Shai Oster / Wall Street Journal:
China Traffic Jam Could Last Weeks — BEIJING—A 60-mile traffic jam near the Chinese capital could last until mid-September, officials say. — Traffic has been snarled along the outskirts of Beijing and is stretching toward the border of Inner Mongolia ever since roadwork on the Beijing-Tibet Highway started Aug. 13.
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Hot Air, Left Coast Rebel, New York Magazine and Felix Salmon
David Brooks / New York Times:
A Case of Mental Courage — In 1811, the popular novelist Fanny Burney learned she had breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy without anesthesia. She lay down on an old mattress, and a piece of thin linen was placed over her face, allowing her to make out the movements of the surgeons above her.
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Hit & Run, Sadly, No!, The Future of Capitalism and Shakesville