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msnbc.com:
Police kill Discovery building gunman — Three hostages safe, police say; man told NBC he had several bombs — on msnbc.com -
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Andrea Nill / Think Progress:
Purported Eco-Terrorist Angered Over ‘Immigration Pollution And Anchor Baby Filth’ — This afternoon, a gunman entered the Discovery Communications building in Silver Spring, MD and appears to have taken at least one person hostage. Among his various bizarre, eco-related demands, one relates directly to immigration.
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Mark Hemingway / Beltway Confidential:
Will the media call the Silver Spring/Discovery Channel gunman …
Will the media call the Silver Spring/Discovery Channel gunman …
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Townhall.com and American Spectator
ABCNEWS:
Radical Environmentalist Shot, Killed at Discovery HQ
Radical Environmentalist Shot, Killed at Discovery HQ
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
ECO-TERRORISM? Gunman who took hostages at Discovery Channel inspired by Al Gore.
ECO-TERRORISM? Gunman who took hostages at Discovery Channel inspired by Al Gore.
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Washington Post:
Negotiations underway with James J. Lee in Discovery hostage situation
Negotiations underway with James J. Lee in Discovery hostage situation
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Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Sixty Days to Go — The Crystal Ball's Labor Day Predictions — Larry J. Sabato, Director, U.Va. Center for Politics — For decades I've advised students to let the facts speak for themselves, while avoiding the indulgence of shouting at the facts. In other words, we should take in …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Gloom for Democrats as they look to November
Gloom for Democrats as they look to November
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Democratic Strategist, Blogcritics, The Confluence and Liberty Pundits Blog
Tim Mak / FrumForum:
Romer: My Plan Failed — Dr. Christina Romer's economic speech today, marking her last speech as an administration official, is an admission that the fiscal stimulus package that she helped craft has failed. — Calling the economic recovery “insufficient”, she noted that a .6% drop …
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Sister Toldjah and National Review
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Economist Christina Romer serves up dismal news at her farewell luncheon
Economist Christina Romer serves up dismal news at her farewell luncheon
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Red Dog Report and Betsy's Page
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Deval Patrick on Beck rally: “It's a free country. I wish it weren't.” — And you thought that a libtalker declaring a public space too sacred for God would be the dumbest quote from the Left on the Restoring Honor rally hosted by Glenn Beck. Michael Graham from Boston's WTKK posts a clip …
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Quinnipiac University:
Lazio Up 12 Pts. In New York GOP Primary For Governor, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Dems Still Don't Know Who's Running For Attorney General — Former Congressman Rick Lazio leads businessman Carl Paladino 47 - 35 percent among New York State Republican likely primary voters in the race for Governor …
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Pew Hispanic Center:
U.S. Unauthorized Immigration Flows Are Down Sharply Since Mid-Decade — The annual inflow of unauthorized immigrants to the United States was nearly two-thirds smaller in the March 2007 to March 2009 period than it had been from March 2000 to March 2005, according to new estimates by the Pew Hispanic Center.
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Tara Bahrampour / Washington Post:
Number of illegal immigrants in U.S. drops, report says
Number of illegal immigrants in U.S. drops, report says
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Right Wing News and Wonkette
Carlos Lozano / L.A. NOW:
Illegal immigration declines sharply in California, across the country, report says
Illegal immigration declines sharply in California, across the country, report says
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Mother Jones
Ann Coulter / Townhall.com:
Obama is Not a Muslim — The nonsense about President Obama being a Muslim has got to stop. I rise to defend him from this absurd accusation by pointing out that he is obviously an atheist. — Leave aside Obama's fanatical opposition to allowing Illinois hospitals to save the lives …
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The Volokh Conspiracy, Macsmind, Instapundit and Hot Air
Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
Glenn Beck's George Washington Whopper — The Fox host says he held the inaugural address of the famously truthful founding father. Yeah right, says the National Archives. — Post Comment — During his much-ballyhooed “Restoring Honor” rally on Saturday, Glenn Beck told a whopper involving …
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Diane Macedo / Fox News:
Scientist's Firing After 36 Years Fuels ‘PC’ Debate at UCLA — A longtime professor at UCLA, told that he would not be rehired because his “research is not aligned with the academic mission” of his department, says he's being fired after 36 years at the prestigious school because his scientific beliefs are “politically incorrect.”
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The Huffington Post:
Obama Should Feel ‘Uncomfortable’ That Conservatives Are Co-opting Gay Rights Issues: Top Dem — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — The notion that the gay rights community would abandon the Obama White House over its unwillingness to fully embrace their legislative priorities may seem absurd to the casual political observer.
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Top GOP Party Strategists Attending Log Cabin Event
Top GOP Party Strategists Attending Log Cabin Event
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Karl E. Case / New York Times:
A Dream House After All — IF you read the coverage of the latest figures on the sales of existing homes from the National Association of Realtors, you may well have come to the conclusion that the American dream is dead. It is indeed worrisome that sales in July were down 25 percent from a year ago.
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Paul Revoir / Daily Mail:
Yes, BBC was biased: Director General Mark Thompson admits a ‘massive’ lean to Left — BBC Director General Mark Thompson has admitted the corporation was guilty of a ‘massive’ Left-wing bias in the past. — The TV chief also admitted there had been a ‘struggle’ to achieve impartiality …
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NY Daily News:
Charles Rangel foe Adam Clayton Powell took campaign cash from ex-con who owns strip club Sin City — The leading contender to dethrone Rep. Charles Rangel took thousands in campaign cash from an ex-con Wall Streeter who owns a notorious Bronx strip club. — Asked about the donations on Wednesday …
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Ballot Box, City Room and Runnin' Scared
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
Warren fuels speculation by dropping class — When fall classes began Wednesday at Harvard Law School, Elizabeth Warren was scheduled to be teaching contract law to first-year students. But something happened on the way to the chalkboard. — “I'm writing to let you know that Professor Jerry Frug …
Los Angeles Times:
Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina battle hard in first Senate debate — Candidates discuss hot topics from the economy to climate change to abortion. Boxer gives scathing critiques of Fiorina's record as Hewlett-Packard CEO and Fiorina calls Boxer ‘bitterly partisan.’
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Judy Lin / Associated Press:
Boxer, Fiorina tussle over economy in first debate
Boxer, Fiorina tussle over economy in first debate
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Associated Press:
Israelis, Palestinians resume direct talks — WASHINGTON - Seeking to broker a Mideast peace agreement that has eluded U.S. presidents for decades, the Obama administration is overseeing the first direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly two years.
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Yossi Beilin / Bloomberg:
Obama Peace Talks for Israel, Palestine Will Fail: Yossi Beilin
Obama Peace Talks for Israel, Palestine Will Fail: Yossi Beilin
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New York Times:
Tabloid Hack Attack on Royals, and Beyond — IN NOVEMBER 2005, three senior aides to Britain's royal family noticed odd things happening on their mobile phones. Messages they had never listened to were somehow appearing in their mailboxes as if heard and saved.
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Adam Serwer / The Plum Line:
ADL'S Abe Foxman denounces anti-mosque rally as ‘un-American’ — Adam Serwer of the American Prospect is guest blogging on The Plum Line this week. — Earlier this week, the Sept. 11 victims' families group “Where to Turn” sent out a letter expressing opposition to a planned Sept. 11 …
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Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
Matthews: Obama Needs To Get Rid Of ‘Damn Teleprompter’ — This website uses IntenseDebate comments, but they are not currently loaded because either your browser doesn't support JavaScript, or they didn't load fast enough.
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