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8:00 PM ET, August 25, 2010

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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Alleged anti-Muslim attacker works at pro-Park51 group  —  The apparent anti-Muslim assault on a New York city cabbie by a man shouting “Assalamu Alaikum.  Consider this a checkpoint” produced an immediate round of recriminations over its connection to opposition to a New York Islamic Center and an apparent rising tide of Islamophobia.
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NY1:
A city cab driver is in the hospital after being stabbed by a passenger who allegedly asked if he was Muslim, police tell NY1.  —  Investigators with the New York City Police Department say it all began Monday night when a 21-year-old man hailed a cab at 24th Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan.
City Room:
Student Arraigned in Anti-Muslim Stabbing of Cabdriver  —  The man charged with the anti-Muslim slashing and stabbing of a cabdriver was arraigned Wednesday afternoon in Manhattan Criminal Court on charges of second-degree attempted murder as a hate crime, first-degree assault as a hate crime …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Enright made ‘nonsensical’ statements to cops; no warning signs at work  —  The alleged anti-Muslim cabbie stabber made “nonsensical” statements to police after his arrest, a law enforcement source told me just now, adding to the puzzle over what drove Michael Enright to the apparent hate crime.
NY Daily News:
Muslim cab driver slashed by boozed-up bigot just back from filming Marines in Afghanistan: cops  —  A boozed-up bigot who just returned from filming U.S. Marines in Afghanistan used a pocket knife to slash a cabbie - just because the driver was Muslim, police said Wednesday.
Discussion: Colorlines
Intersections International:
INTERSECTIONS STATEMENT ON RECENT HATE CRIME
Discussion: TPMMuckraker and Runnin' Scared
Eric Lach / TPMMuckraker:
NY Cab Driver Allegedly Stabbed For Being Muslim: ‘I Feel Very Sad’
Shushannah Walshe / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Palin Foe Mulls Third-Party Run  —  There's a new wrinkle in Alaska's hotly contested GOP Senate primary.  With Senator Lisa Murkowski trailing Palin-endorsed insurgent Joe Miller, a source inside Murkowski's campaign tells The Daily Beast the senator may abandon the GOP for a third party run.
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Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Miller holds slim lead in early Senate vote  —  Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski was battling for her political life against Republican challenger Joe Miller in early primary election returns on Tuesday night.  —  Miller was leading Murkowski with nearly 52 percent of the vote to her 48 percent …
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
‘Embarrassing defeat for Sarah Palin will happen at any moment (fingers crossed)’ … From a no-doubt-bewildered Becky Bohrer at the Associated Press, just minutes ago: … Note to self: No matter what you think you know about an upcoming election and how much you want one candidate or the other to lose …
Emi Kolawole / Washington Post:
DNC spokesman can't name Alaska Dem running for Senate  —  Your Browser DoesNot Support IFrames.  —  Watch ABC's ‘Top Line’ weekdays at noon, ET here.  —  Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee spokesmen were on ABC's “Top Line” Wednesday with dueling messages coming out of last night's primary.
Jonathan Bernstein / A plain blog about politics:
Palinization  —  First, give the Sage of Wasilla credit.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Weigel
John Dickerson / Slate:   All the candidates Sarah Palin backed had a great night.
Jeanne Devon / The Huffington Post:
Palin-Backed Joe Miller Poised to Overthrow Murkowski Dynasty …
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Bush Campaign Chief and Former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman: I'm Gay  —  Ken Mehlman, President Bush's campaign manager in 2004 and a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, has told family and associates that he is gay.  —  Mehlman arrived at this conclusion about his identity fairly recently, he said in an interview.
The Huffington Post:
Alan Simpson: Social Security Is ‘A Milk Cow With 310 Million Tits’  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Alan Simpson believes that Social Security is “like a milk cow with 310 million tits,” according to an email he sent to the executive director of National Older Women's League Tuesday morning.
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Paul Krugman:
Fire Alan Simpson  —  I always thought that the deficit commission was a bad idea; it has only looked worse over time, as the buzz is that Democrats are caving in to Republicans, leaning ever further toward an all-cuts, no taxes solution, including a sharp rise in the retirement age.
The Huffington Post:
Enough with the Pink Panthers Bit
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:   Simpson apologizes: 'When I make a mistake, it's a doozy'
Chris Good / The Atlantic Online:
Social Security Group Calls on Simpson to Resign After ‘Sexist’ Remark
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
New Forecast Shows Democrats Losing 6 to 7 Senate Seats  —  The Democratic majority is in increasing jeopardy in the Senate, according to the latest FiveThirtyEight forecasting model.  The Democrats now have an approximately 20 percent chance of losing 10 or more seats in the Senate …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
More House Dems fleeing (and bashing) Obama and Pelosi  —  Little by little, we're starting to see more House Dems running ads distancing them from President Obama and Nancy Pelosi — and even directly taking them on.  Some of the spots bash the Obama/Dem agenda in ways that echo GOP talking points.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
Some House Dems Run TV Ads Heralding Opposition to President Obama …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Matt Friedman / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Christie blames Washington bureaucracy for state's failed ‘Race to the Top’ application  —  TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie this morning acknowledged the state made a clerical error that blew its chance at winning $400 million in federal money for schools, but he blamed Obama administration bureaucrats …
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New Jersey Online:
Error on ‘Race to the Top’ application costs N.J. $400M in federal funds
Discussion: Metropolis and The Hill
Media Decoder:
National Journal Hires Major Garrett From Fox News  —  Major Garrett, the chief White House correspondent for Fox News, is quitting his job at the cable news channel after eight years.  He is joining National Journal as a Congressional correspondent.  —  Mr. Garrett's surprise departure comes …
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Breaking: Major Garrett Leaving Fox News (UPDATED)
Reuters:
(Updates with details from statement)  —  Mass., Aug 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama held a conference call with his top economic advisers on Wednesday to discuss recent data reports, global markets and economic growth, the White House said.  —  Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama breaks from vacation to phone Geithner, Summers
Discussion: The Swamp and The Hill
Nat Hentoff / Jewish World Review:
Am I also a bigot?  Pols clueless on Ground Zero mosque  —  If one of her sleuths knocks on my door, this opponent will readily state that I need no outside funding as a reporter who is deeply investigating the motivation of Imam Rauf's choice of this site of mass murder for the mosque.
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Solomonia
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Scott upset ripples beyond Florida  —  HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Millionaire businessman Rick Scott's surprise win in the Florida Republican gubernatorial primary Tuesday left both parties scrambling over how to cope with a candidate who possesses both glaring flaws and considerable assets.
Ted Nesi / WPRI.com Blogs:
Chris Young's surprise marriage proposal  —  Chris Young, Rhode Island's perennial gadfly candidate, was relatively well-behaved in tonight's mayoral debate.  (And as Dan McGowan points out, sometimes he makes good points.)  But he managed to steal the show toward the end when he used …
Wikileaks:
CIA Red Cell Memorandum on United States “exporting terrorism”, 2 Feb 2010  —  This CIA “Red Cell” report from February 2, 2010, looks at what will happen if it is internationally understood that the United States is an exporter of terrorism; 'Contrary to common belief, the American export …
Los Angeles Times:
Why California should just say no to Prop.  19  —  Taxing marijuana sales wouldn't bring in much money because homegrown is tax free, drug officials say.  Besides, any revenue would be wiped out by increases in healthcare and criminal justice costs.  —  This commentary was written by Gil Kerlikowske …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Hit & Run
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
Elin Nordegren Speaks: ‘I Feel Stronger Than I Ever Have’  —  Her divorce is final and she's ready to talk.  Elin Nordegren breaks her nine-month silence in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE magazine.  —  “I have been through the stages of disbelief and shock, to anger and ultimately grief …
 
 
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Nobody / Chicago Breaking Business:
Will Eisner be Tribune Co.'s next chairman?
Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
For Liberals, It's Not About The Size Of Government.
WKOW 27:
Johnson's company got government loan
Discussion: Daily Kos
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
John McCain, your country is calling
Matt Bai / New York Times:
Yes, Cut the Budget, Says a Progressive
Discussion: Hot Air and Hit & Run
WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show:
“Time To Speak Up”: Former Adviser Ken Adelman Calls on Bush …
Marc Lynch / Foreign Policy:
How Arabs view the anti-mosque movement
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Atlantic Online
 Earlier Items: 
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“The False and ‘Seedy’ Claim That Obama Is Muslim.”
Discussion: alicublog
Washington Post / Ezra Klein:
Research Desk: Where would unemployment and GDP growth be without the stimulus?
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
More than 3M seniors may have to switch drug plans
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Jason Kuznicki / The League of Ordinary Gentlemen:
Cash for Clunkers, Indeed
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
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