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2:50 AM ET, August 27, 2010

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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Who Is Michael Enright?  —  The suspect in an anti-Muslim hate crime worked for an outfit that backs the Ground Zero mosque.  —  “It's not even Islamophobia, it's beyond Islamophobia,” Daisy Khan, wife of Ground Zero mosque planner Feisal Abdul Rauf, told ABC's Christiane Amanpour Sunday.
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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 …
Tom Hays / Associated Press:
NY official: Stabbing suspect had war journals
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Another Failed Eliminationist Narrative
John R. Parkison / ABCNEWS:
Tea Party Spells KKK, Rights Leader Says  —  Black Leaders Outraged Over ‘Restoring Honor’ Rally  —  A civil rights activist and former congressman equated the Tea Party with the Ku Klux Klan today as he blasted a conservative rally planned in Washington, D.C., this weekend.
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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” …
Michael Memoli / The Swamp:
Miller: NRSC ‘meddling’ in Alaska race  —  Joe Miller, currently the leader in Alaska's surprisingly competitive Republican Senate primary, accused the National Republican Senatorial Committee of “meddling” in the contest while charging that his opponent was trying to “pull an Al Franken.”
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Chris Pizzello / Associated Press:
Levi Johnston takes back his apology to Palin … ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Levi Johnston, the father of Sarah Palin's grandson, says he wishes he hadn't apologized for telling lies about the former Alaska governor because he's “never lied about anything.”  —  Johnston said in an interview on CBS' …
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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.
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Union Brothers and Sisters, Join Our Commonsense Cause!  —  Two years ago almost to the day, I was thrilled to meet with union members at the Alaska AFL-CIO Convention in Anchorage to sign important job-creation legislation related to the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act.
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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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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:   Maddow Mocks Gov. Christie's Math Skills Before Making Same Subtraction Error
John / Power Line:
Who's Stupid?  —  Lately there has been a rash of news stories and columns decrying the stupidity of Americans, mostly based on a finding by the Pew Research Center that 18 percent of Americans think that Barack Obama is a Muslim.  Predictably, the New York Times joined the pile-on with this column …
Discussion: Fox News and Wonkette
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Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
KABOOM!  TPM Muckraker Comes Clean - Admits Their Blogger Is Suspected Carnahan Firebomber  —  KABOOM!  —  Far Left website TPM Muckraker took the offical walk of shame today and admitted that one of their unhinged bloggers was arrested for firebombing Congressman Russ Carnahan's office.
Discussion: The Hill
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Jeff Poor / NewsBusters.org:
Cramer: ‘Mass Panic’ in Markets Tomorrow After ‘Shocker’ GDP Released  —  It is a curious phenomenon - the way the media have handled the economy since President Barack Obama has taken office.  Generally the coverage has been on the optimistic side over the last 18 months.
Discussion: Hot Air
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Gay Bush Aide?  No Bombshell in Age of Fiscal Issues  —  Had a former chairman of the Republican National Committee announced in 2004 that he was gay, it would have been a bombshell.  In that hard-fought election year, Republicans and Democrats were rushing to condemn a court for establishing …
Discussion: Power Line
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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: Mediaite, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
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Michelle Shephard / Toronto Star:
Third terror suspect was ‘Canadian Idol’ contestant
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Jihad Watch
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: MyDD, Riehl World View and GOP 12
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
‘Debate Marriage Proposal’ Segment Goes From Sweet to Awkward...to Weird  —  On MSNBC Live this morning, anchor Tom Roberts thought he was introducing an airy bit of news cotton candy in the story of Providence, RI mayoral candidate Chris Young's mid-debate marriage proposal to girlfriend Kara Russo.
Discussion: Wonkette
Jay Cost / HorseRaceBlog:
Will Money Save the Democrats?  —  Reid Wilson, our former colleague and now the editor-in-chief of the Hotline On Call, had an interesting column today explaining “why Democrats will keep the House.”  —  He offers four reasons. … Each of these points has some validity, but in each one Wilson is over-stating his case.
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Simon Johnson / Economix:
Fiscal Austerity and America's Future
The Huffington Post:
Dodd Questions Elizabeth Warren's Management Experience …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Daily Kos
Nathan Burchfiel / NewsBusters.org:
Chris Cuomo: Christians Shouldn't Condemn Jihad Because of Crusades
Discussion: Mediaite and Weasel Zippers
Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Displaced Workers Summary
Discussion: Real Time Economics
Adam Smith / The Buzz:
Crist nightmare? Rubio agrees to seven debates
Discussion: The Page
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Bloomberg to headline fundraiser for Reid
 Earlier Items: 
Stephen Power / Washington Wire:
Obama Stance on Climate Suit Stuns Allies
Discussion: Wonk Room and Climate Progress
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
Conservative Economist: ‘Find the Unemployed and Hire Them’
Discussion: Economist's View
Ted Mann / The Day newspaper:
Dead wrestler's father blasts McMahon, WWE
South Union Street:
Eggs and Issues: Bright's Comments about Pelosi Draw Laughter
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MSNBC's Ed Schultz goes bonkers
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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