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6:05 PM ET, August 26, 2010

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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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ABCNEWS:
Lawyer Says Alleged Cab Driver Stabber Was Not Motivated By Anti-Muslim Hate
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and TalkLeft
New York Post:
‘Drunk’ desecration at mosque
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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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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CNN:
Biden touts stimulus during New Hampshire visit
Discussion: The Swamp
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Honey, I Shrunk My Approval Ratings
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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Michael Luo / New York Times:
Former G.O.P. Leader Says He Is Gay
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.
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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Spencer MacColl / OpenSecrets.org:
Joe Miller's Tea Party Cavalry, Parties Chase Campaign Cash …
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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 …
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:
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Michelle Shephard / Toronto Star:
Third terror suspect was ‘Canadian Idol’ contestant
Discussion: Jihad Watch
The Politico:
Party-less Charlie Crist faces harsh reality  —  WEST MIAMI, Fla. — First, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist was supposed to be the Republican nominee for Senate.  Then he seemed on track to be the de facto Democratic candidate.  Now, following Rep. Kendrick Meek's victory in Tuesday's Democratic primary …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and NRSC
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Adam Smith / The Buzz:
Crist nightmare? Rubio agrees to seven debates
Discussion: The Page
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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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Glenn Beck rally will be a measure of the tea party's strength
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.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Trumka: Palin will ‘go down in history like McCarthy’  —  AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, speaking to the Alaska AFL-CIO in Anchorage today, will take a swipe at Palin for her employment of the term “union thugs,” according to prepared remarks.  —  Palin, he said, has come …
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Union leader will blast Sarah Palin, calling her rhetoric ‘poisonous’
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 …
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:
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Power Line
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.
Discussion: TalkLeft, Mediaite, Hot Air, Gawker and GOP 12
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 …
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.
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.
Discussion: Wonk Room and Climate Progress
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.
Discussion: GOP 12 and Riehl World View
 
 
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Nicholas Confessore / City Room:
Paterson Misled Investigators Over Tickets, Report Says
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New York Times:
Save-the-Senator Program  —  Senator Blanche Lincoln …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Barbour hits speaking circuit for RGA [UPDATED]
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
Conservative Economist: ‘Find the Unemployed and Hire Them’
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
New Reid ad: Sharron Angle is a dangerous maniac
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Dark outlook for Midwestern Dems …
Michelle Malkin:
Obama jobs death toll watch: More health care layoffs
Timothy Egan / Opinionator:
Building a Nation of Know-Nothings
Jason Pinter / The Huffington Post:
Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Weiner Speak Out On Franzen Feud: HuffPost Exclusive
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Stephen Prothero / CNN:
New York's Bloomberg: We are all Muslims
 

 
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