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msnbc.com:
Drunk shouts ‘terrorists,’ urinates on mosque rugs — Some worry NYC mosque controversy could lead to more attacks — msnbc.com staff and news service reports — NEW YORK — In the latest in a spate of anti-Muslim incidents over the last two days, an intoxicated man entered a mosque …
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Latest Open Salon Blog and Jihad Watch
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ABCNEWS:
Lawyer Says Alleged Cab Driver Stabber Was Not Motivated By Anti-Muslim Hate — Michael Enright, 21, Is Charged With Attempted Murder and Hate Crime For New York Knife Attack — The attorney for Michael Enright, the New York City college student charged with attempted murder as a hate crime …
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TalkLeft and NewsBusters.org
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Far From Ground Zero, Obscure Pastor Is Ignored No Longer — GAINESVILLE, Fla. — If building an Islamic center near ground zero amounts to the epitome of Muslim insensitivity, as critics of the project have claimed, what should the world make of Terry Jones, the evangelical pastor here who plans …
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Left Coast Rebel, ACS Blog, Guardian, No More Mister Nice Blog, Sweetness & Light, Gawker, The Lede and The Awl
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Another Failed Eliminationist Narrative
Another Failed Eliminationist Narrative
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The Daily Caller, Right Wing News, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Pajamas Media
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Republican lawyer heads to Alaska for Lisa Murkowski — Alaska attorney Joe Miller leads Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the state's Republican Senate primary. AP photo — Sean Cairncross, the general counsel of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, is headed to Alaska at the request …
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Hot Air, About.com US Liberal Politics, Daily Kos, Don Surber, The Other McCain, TPMDC, Conservatives4Palin.com and The Daily Beast
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Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Meet Joe Miller: The Alaska Tea Partier Who Has Dems Licking Their Lips — If Joe Miller ultimately prevails in Alaska's Republican primary and unseats Sen. Lisa Murkowski, you can expect the Democratic Party to go after him with gusto and paint him as an extremist.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Democratic Strategist, New York Times, Anchorage Daily News and The Fix
Spencer MacColl / OpenSecrets.org:
Joe Miller's Tea Party Cavalry, Parties Chase Campaign Cash …
Joe Miller's Tea Party Cavalry, Parties Chase Campaign Cash …
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Crooks and Liars, FiveThirtyEight, The Daily Beast and Washington Post
Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Miller's lead slims; Murkowski awaits absentees
Miller's lead slims; Murkowski awaits absentees
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msnbc.com, Outside the Beltway, Weigel, Daily Kos, Swing State Project, Weekly Standard, Taegan Goddard's … and The Politico
Tanya Somanader / Think Progress:
An Irksome Arrangement: Glenn Beck Uses Charitable Donations To Pay For Restoring Honor Rally — This Saturday, the polarizing Fox News pundit Glenn Beck is hosting his Restoring Honor Rally in Washington, DC. Even though conservative celebrity and “potential 2012 presidential candidate” …
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The Moderate Voice, The Huffington Post and The Political Carnival
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Ben Dimiero / Media Matters for America:
WATCH: Glenn Beck's egomania reaching comical proportions — At long last, Glenn Beck's “Restoring Honor” self-aggrandizement festival is almost upon us. In Beck's words, the rally will mark a “turning point” in American history, where “miracles” will happen.
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The Huffington Post, Wonkette, Washington Monthly and Hullabaloo
South Union Street:
Eggs and Issues: Bright's Comments about Pelosi Draw Laughter — U.S. Congressman Bobby Bright, the first-term Democrat and former mayor of Montgomery, was heard having a little fun at U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's expense during his recent participation in the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce's Eggs and Issues.
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The Caucus, Politics Daily, The Hill, USA Today, The Fix, Mediaite, The Political Carnival, Hotline On Call, The Note, theblogprof, Hot Air, TPMDC, msnbc.com and The Plum Line
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Reporter: Blue Dog Dem joked that Pelosi might “get sick and die”
Reporter: Blue Dog Dem joked that Pelosi might “get sick and die”
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Weasel Zippers, Michelle Malkin, Daily Kos and Betsy's Page
Michael Grunwald / Time:
How the Stimulus Is Changing America — New juice Obama, right, tours a huge solar array in Nevada. Catching rays is easy; storing and shipping solar energy is harder. — John Locher / Getty Images — The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 — President Obama's $787 billion stimulus …
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Honey, I Shrunk My Approval Ratings
Honey, I Shrunk My Approval Ratings
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Liberty Pundits Blog, NRSC and Commentary
Frederic J. Frommer / Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Stimulus assessments overly optimistic
FACT CHECK: Stimulus assessments overly optimistic
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Hot Air, National Review, Beltway Confidential and Riehl World View
Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:
How Ken Mehlman's ‘open secret’ stayed hidden — Ken Mehlman says he only recently concluded that he's gay. The media seems to have reached that conclusion years ago. — The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz is one of several journalists to quickly follow up on Mehlman's announcement Wednesday …
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Mediaite, Think Progress, The TrogloPundit, Political Punch, LA Observed and Riehl World View, more at Mediagazer »
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Peter Wehner / Commentary:
On Ken Mehlman — The announcement that former Republican …
On Ken Mehlman — The announcement that former Republican …
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Think Progress, Advocate, American Prospect, The Other McCain, AmSpecBlog, Firedoglake, GayPatriot and National Review
Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. / The Jawa Report:
Comedy Gold: Moonwalking Idol Contestant Indicted for Terror — Best terrorism story evah? It's like watching a real life Da Ali G show. Only, you know, funny. — His name is Khuram Sher and apparently he's the third wheel in a pretty serious domestic terror plot in Canada:
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The Lede, Mediaite, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
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Michelle Shephard / Toronto Star:
Third terror suspect was ‘Canadian Idol’ contestant
Third terror suspect was ‘Canadian Idol’ contestant
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Jihad Watch
New York Post:
MSNBC's Ed Schultz goes bonkers — MSNBC talk show screamer Ed Schultz had a meltdown in the network's 30 Rock newsroom, shouting at staff, “I'm going to torch this [bleep]ing place.” — The hot-tempered anchor of “The Ed Show” lost it during a phone call in the packed studio and slammed down the phone before exploding.
Adam Smith / The Buzz:
Crist nightmare? Rubio agrees to seven debates — Soon after Charlie Crist agreed to participate in an Oct. 24 debate presented by CNN and the St. Petersburg Times, Marco Rubio upped the ante by agreeing to that debate - and six more. The first would be on NBC's Meet the Press Sept. 5.
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Hotline On Call:
Why Democrats Will Keep The House — House Republicans are measuring the drapes in preparation for big gains in the lower chamber, convinced that Minority Leader John Boehner is going to become the next Speaker of the House. On a macro level, that wouldn't be a bad guess …
Daniel Foster / National Review:
How Vindictive Is This Administration? — I'm not usually the conspiratorial type, but watch Gov. Chris Christie explain how the Obama administration disqualified the state of New Jersey from hundreds of millions in education funds because some clerk in Trenton turned in the wrong excel spreadsheet:
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Beltway Confidential and Power Line
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
President Obama, It's Time to Can the Catfood Commission … Pete Peterson, the hedge fund billionaire who made his money by not paying his fair share of taxes, has pursued a decades-long quest to destroy Social Security and has pledged $1 billion to achieve that goal.
Eleison Group:
National Church Leaders Condemn Misrepresentations of President Obama's Christian Faith — Washington, DC (August 25, 2010)—Over 70 prominent Christian leaders and denominational heads from across the ideological spectrum joined together today to call for a stop to the misrepresentation of President Obama's Christian faith.
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Weasel Zippers, The Political Carnival, Political Punch and Religion Dispatches
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Exclusive: Bristol Palin Is Coming to Dancing With the Stars — It's the Dancing With the Stars casting that no one saw coming! — We can report to you exclusively that Sarah Palin's 19-year-old daughter Bristol Palin has been cast on the 11th season of DWTS, set to premiere Sept. 20, according to sources.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama in the Swing States — Barack Obama expanded the map in 2008 but for the most part you're still going to find Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania as the most important states at the Presidential level because of their size and competitiveness and Obama's numbers in those places right now are brutal.
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GOP 12 and Riehl World View
Stephen Power / Washington Wire:
Obama Stance on Climate Suit Stuns Allies — The Obama administration has riled up environmental groups by siding with big utilities in a lawsuit over whether states can sue power plant operators for contributing to climate change. — It isn't that the Obama administration is in favor of unfettered emissions.
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Wonk Room and Climate Progress
Ted Mann / The Day newspaper:
Dead wrestler's father blasts McMahon, WWE — ‘Lance Cade’ saga underscores issue of wrestling empire — Harley McNaught was planning to stay silent and grieve. Then he saw what Linda McMahon said about his dead son. — McMahon, the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment …
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Ballot Box, Salon, The Atlantic Online and msnbc.com
Chicago Breaking News:
Charges dropped against Blago's brother ‘in interests of justice’ — Robert Blagojevich takes a phone call after talking with reporters today outside his son's Uptown condominium. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune) — Federal prosecutors announced today they have dropped all charges …
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TalkLeft and TPMMuckraker
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Bloomberg to headline fundraiser for Reid — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) is set to host a fundraiser for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in September. — Ira Stoll has a copy of the invitation, which lists Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) as one of the guests.
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CNN, The Future of Capitalism and Weasel Zippers