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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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NewsBusters.org, Jihad Watch, Sadly, No!, Patterico's Pontifications, Z STREET, Gothamist and Washington Monthly
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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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The Moderate Voice, newsfeed.time.com, NewsBusters.org and TalkLeft
msnbc.com:
Drunk shouts ‘terrorists,’ urinates on mosque rugs
Drunk shouts ‘terrorists,’ urinates on mosque rugs
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Jihad Watch, Latest Open Salon Blog, New York Post, The Reaction, Hatewatch and Little Green Footballs
Tom Hays / Associated Press:
NY official: Stabbing suspect had war journals
NY official: Stabbing suspect had war journals
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Atlas Shrugs, TPMMuckraker and msnbc.com
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, Pajamas Media and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Henry Stewart / The L Magazine:
Meet Michael Enright: Photo Essay
Meet Michael Enright: Photo Essay
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TPMMuckraker, Metropolis, Little Green Footballs, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Talking Points Memo
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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Weasel Zippers, American Power and JammieWearingFool
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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” …
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Swampland, The Huffington Post, The Moderate Voice and The Political Carnival
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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RushLimbaugh.com, Los Angeles Times, sisu, Riehl World View and The Other McCain
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David Broder / The Fix:
Dueling polls in Colorado Senate race
Dueling polls in Colorado Senate race
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Denver Post, Pennsylvania Ave., Swing State Project, Daily Kos, TPMDC, Riehl World View, Weigel and Politics Daily
Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Meet Joe Miller: The Alaska Tea Partier Who Has Dems Licking Their Lips
Meet Joe Miller: The Alaska Tea Partier Who Has Dems Licking Their Lips
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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Reuters, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller, The Political Carnival and American Glob
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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.
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Politics Daily, PopEater, TalkLeft, Mediaite, Joe. My. God., Gawker, Hot Air and GOP 12
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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The Huffington Post, Washington Wire, YID With LID, Politics Daily and Ben Smith's Blog
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Trumka: Palin will ‘go down in history like McCarthy’
Trumka: Palin will ‘go down in history like McCarthy’
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Hot Air, Beltway Confidential, Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Conservatives4Palin.com and CNN
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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Pajamas Media, American Glob, Left Coast Rebel, Beltway Confidential and Power Line
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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 …
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Timothy Egan / Opinionator:
Building a Nation of Know-Nothings
Building a Nation of Know-Nothings
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Washington Times, The Nation, Harry's Place, Mother Jones, Crooks and Liars and Washington Post
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.
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The Hill
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Rachel Slajda / TPMMuckraker:
Ex-Campaign Worker ID'd As Suspect In Carnahan Arson
Ex-Campaign Worker ID'd As Suspect In Carnahan Arson
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RedState, Hot Air, Gateway Pundit and thedanashow.wordpress.com
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.
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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 …
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Power Line
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Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:
How Ken Mehlman's ‘open secret’ stayed hidden
How Ken Mehlman's ‘open secret’ stayed hidden
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Wonk Room, Balkinization, The Awl, Mediaite, Riehl World View and LA Observed, more at Mediagazer »
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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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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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.
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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.
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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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Beltway Confidential and New York Times
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