Top Items:
Alex Sundby / CBS News:
Glenn Beck Rally Attracts Estimated 87,000 — An estimated 87,000 people attended a rally organized by talk-radio host and Fox News commentator Glenn Beck Saturday in Washington, according to a crowd estimate commissioned by CBS News. — The company AirPhotosLive.com based the attendance …
Discussion:
CNN, Washington Monthly, McClatchy Washington Bureau, theblogprof, American Power, MyDD, iOwnTheWorld.com, Balloon Juice, Freedom's Lighthouse, The Political Carnival, Firedoglake, Gawker, Brilliant at Breakfast, Guardian, Raw Story, Top of the Ticket, Weasel Zippers, skippy the bush kangaroo, Rumproast and The Note
RELATED:
![](/100828/i46.jpg)
Sarah Palin: 'We like what we're doing' — A casually dressed Sarah Palin talked briefly with POLITICO as she walked through Reagan National Airport on her way out of town after speaking at Glenn Beck's “Restoring Honor” rally on the Natonal Mall. — Holding her BlackBerry up with one hand …
Discussion:
Tammy Bruce, GOP 12 and The Page
![](/100828/i38.jpg)
Snoring Honor: Beck's big rally just a long-winded and boring sermon. And boy, was the crowd white. — Glenn Beck promised there wouldn't “be a dry eye in the house” after his big speech today at the Lincoln Memorial for his “Restoring Honor” rally — because, you know, it was going to be “so stirring.”
Discussion:
Little Green Footballs, Wonkette, Comments from Left Field, Riehl World View, Hullabaloo and New York Times
![](/100828/i39.jpg)
RESTORING HONOR RALLY - 500,000 Patriots Gather to Honor America — The patriotic crowd that had already gathered at the Lincoln Memorial today in our nation's capital stood and sang “God Bless America” at 6:30 AM during a sound check. — No wonder the left hates these guys. — (Free Republic Pete Photo)
Discussion:
The Politico, The Other McCain, Left Coast Rebel, Don Surber, AMERICAN DIGEST and Gawker
![](/100828/i49.jpg)
Sharpton's ‘Reclaim the Dream’ event brings thousands to honor MLK
Discussion:
THEROOT.COM, Doug Ross, YID With LID, skippy the bush kangaroo, Politics Daily and JammieWearingFool
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Restoring Honor — What an honor it was to speak today at the …
Restoring Honor — What an honor it was to speak today at the …
Discussion:
Commentary, New York Times, TPMDC and Mediaite
New York Times:
At Lincoln Memorial, a Call for Religious Rebirth
At Lincoln Memorial, a Call for Religious Rebirth
Discussion:
CNN, Washington Monthly, USA Today, Freedom's Lighthouse, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Politico, Hot Air, ABCNEWS, NPR Topics, Pajamas Media, NPR, Scared Monkeys, Weasel Zippers, Politics Daily, Mediaite, Associated Press, The Nation, Towleroad News #gay, AMERICAN DIGEST, Runnin' Scared, TUNDRA TABLOIDS, Outside the Beltway and Atlas Shrugs
Kevin Dolak / ABCNEWS:
Alveda King Speaks at Glenn Beck's DC Rally
Alveda King Speaks at Glenn Beck's DC Rally
Discussion:
Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys and NewsReal Blog
Scott Keyes / Think Progress:
Political Rally Or Not? We Report, You Decide
Political Rally Or Not? We Report, You Decide
Discussion:
Left Coast Rebel, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Salon, The Political Carnival, TPMDC, Crooks and Liars and CNN
Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Sarah Palin Thanks America's ‘Giants,’ Large And Small, At Restoring Honor Rally
Sarah Palin Thanks America's ‘Giants,’ Large And Small, At Restoring Honor Rally
Discussion:
Tammy Bruce, Cubachi, PalinTV, Liberal Values, GOP 12, The Other McCain and Think Progress
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Subliminal Deception — The image on The Washington Post …
Subliminal Deception — The image on The Washington Post …
Discussion:
Pajamas Media, Washington Post, Reason.tv, HotAirPundit, Colorlines, The New Republic, Solomonia, Whiskey Fire and Firedoglake
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Beck, Palin, Faith, Hope, and Charity
Rick Moran / The Moderate Voice:
The Tea Party as Inheritors of Dr. King's Legacy?
The Tea Party as Inheritors of Dr. King's Legacy?
Discussion:
Hit & Run, Beltway Confidential and normblog
![](/100829/i9.jpg)
The Billionaires Bankrolling the Tea Party — ANOTHER weekend, another grass-roots demonstration starring Real Americans who are mad as hell and want to take back their country from you-know-who. Last Sunday the site was Lower Manhattan, where they jeered the “ground zero mosque.”
Discussion:
Prairie Weather, Hit & Run, The Mahablog and DownWithTyranny!
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
MOVEMENTS ARE ABOUT SOMETHING REAL.... I tried to keep up on today's festivities at the Lincoln Memorial, but as the dust settles, I find myself confused. — For a year and a half, we've seen rallies and town-hall shouting and attack ads and Fox News special reports.
![](/100829/i12.jpg)
Fire at Tenn. Mosque Building Site Ruled Arson — Construction Equipment at Site of Planned Islamic Center Torched; Vocal Protests Against Mosque Have Been Ongoing — Federal officials are investigating a fire that started overnight at the site of a new Islamic center in a Nashville suburb.
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, Salon and Suburban Guerrilla
![](/100829/i15.jpg)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson violated rules, steered scholarships to relatives — tgillman@dallasnews.com — choppe@dallasnews.com — Longtime Dallas congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson has awarded thousands of dollars in college scholarships to four relatives and a top aide's two children since 2005 …
Discussion:
Michelle Malkin and National Review
Paul / Power Line:
The role of information in American “Islamophobia” — One theme in the recent MSM hand-wringing about America's alleged “Islamophobia” is the notion that Americans are giving Muslims a more difficult time now than they did in the immediate aftermath of 9/11.
Discussion:
Jerusalem Post
![](/100829/i8.jpg)
Match-fixer pockets £150k as he rigs England Test at Lord's — THE News of the World has smashed a multi-million pound cricket match-fixing ring which RIGGED the current Lord's Test between England and Pakistan. — In the most sensational sporting scandal ever …
Discussion:
Telegraph, Guardian, Samizdata.net and Tim Blair
Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
David Vitter wins Senate primary — NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Republicans appear to have forgiven Sen. David Vitter's “serious sin.” — NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Republicans appear to have forgiven Sen. David Vitter's “serious sin.” The first-term Republican brushed aside his primary challengers …
Discussion:
The Note
RELATED:
![](/100828/i52.jpg)
Policy Options Dwindle as Economic Fears Grow — THE American economy is once again tilting toward danger. Despite an aggressive regimen of treatments from the conventional to the exotic — more than $800 billion in federal spending, and trillions of dollars worth of credit from the Federal Reserve …
Discussion:
Daily Kos and Calculated Risk
![](/100828/i54.jpg)
The Hazards of LiveTV: #25,077 — One would think the network with the “Best Political Team on Television” could tell the difference between Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin....not to mention spell Palin's name right... Update: Or knew that she ran for VICE-President. How'd I miss that one?
Discussion:
Pajamas Media, American Glob, Weasel Zippers and The Daily Caller
![](/100828/i44.jpg)
Egypt intercepts shipment of missiles — Authorities uncover large weapons cache hidden in Sinai. — Talkbacks (23) — Make JPOST.COM your Home Page — Iranian Threat — Jewish World — Local Israel — Arts & Culture — Français — Classifieds — Israel — Middle East
Discussion:
Gateway Pundit, Israpundit and TUNDRA TABLOIDS
Paul Krugman:
Angela And The Fifty Hoovers — Via Mark Thoma, Dean Baker points out that real government consumption of goods and services — that's government buying things, as opposed to cutting taxes or handing out checks — has risen more in “austerity” Germany than in the United States.
Discussion:
Marginal Revolution and Vox Popoli
RELATED:
![](/100829/i3.jpg)
Park51 developer Sharif El-Gamal has a history of run-ins with the law — Years before his latest real-estate project ignited an uproar, Sharif El-Gamal racked up at least seven run-ins with the law, including a bust for patronizing a prostitute. — “I regret many things that I did in my youth.
Discussion:
Jihad Watch, Weasel Zippers, Atlas Shrugs and JammieWearingFool
RELATED:
Sumathi Reddy / Wall Street Journal:
Mosque Meeting in Disarray
Mosque Meeting in Disarray
Discussion:
Jihad Watch and Weasel Zippers