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Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Private Sector in U.S. Added More Jobs Over the Summer — American businesses added more jobs in the last three months than originally estimated, but the wheels of the economic recovery are still spinning in place. — Multimedia — Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
PRIVATE-SECTOR JOB GROWTH.... In the last post, we talked about the new monthly jobs report, with the chart we've all come to know and love. But many of you have emailed to suggest it's time for a slightly different chart — one showing just the private sector job market. — It's a fair request.
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Donklephant, The Daily Whim and Matthew Yglesias
Political Punch:
President Obama Reacts to August Jobs Numbers, Doesn't Mention Net Job Loss of 54K
President Obama Reacts to August Jobs Numbers, Doesn't Mention Net Job Loss of 54K
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The Foundry and Hot Air
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama stands by ‘Recovery Summer’
Obama stands by ‘Recovery Summer’
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The Curious Capitalist, NPR, Michelle Malkin and The Confluence
New York Times:
New York Poll Finds Wariness for Muslim Site — Two-thirds of New York City residents want a planned Muslim community center and mosque to be relocated to a less controversial site farther away from ground zero in Lower Manhattan, including many who describe themselves as supporters of the project, according to a New York Times poll.
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Charles Leaf / myfoxny.com:
Mosque Investor Was Terror Contributor
Mosque Investor Was Terror Contributor
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Fausta's Blog, Weasel Zippers, National Review, Gateway Pundit and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Rachel Slajda / TPMMuckraker:
Gingrich: Make Ground Zero A National Battlefield To Stop The Supposed Mosque
Gingrich: Make Ground Zero A National Battlefield To Stop The Supposed Mosque
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Hit & Run, Washington Monthly, Right Wing Watch, Outside the Beltway and Daily Kos
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Real Story — Next week, President Obama is scheduled to propose new measures to boost the economy. I hope they're bold and substantive, since the Republicans will oppose him regardless — if he came out for motherhood, the G.O.P. would declare motherhood un-American.
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Washington Monthly, The Impolitic, Daily Kos, Balloon Juice, Calculated Risk and The Nation
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David Dayen / news.firedoglake.com:
Administration's September Rollout: Big Payroll Tax Cut
Administration's September Rollout: Big Payroll Tax Cut
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The Atlantic Online, Crooks and Liars, Matthew Yglesias, The New Republic and Eschaton
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Is a Payroll Tax Holiday a Good Idea?
Is a Payroll Tax Holiday a Good Idea?
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EconLog, Guardian and Questions and Observations
Wall Street Journal:
The Small Business The 97% Fallacy — The president's plan to raise top marginal rates is holding back the very people who should be leading the economic recovery. — When Congress returns from its summer recess, members will face a pivotal decision about the expiring Bush tax cuts.
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National Review, AmSpecBlog, Fausta's Blog, The Politico and Washington Post
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Democrat won't apologize for joke about Pelosi
Democrat won't apologize for joke about Pelosi
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Alex Seitz-Wald / Think Progress:
Ryan Knocks GOP Tax Cut Fantasy: 'I'm Not One Of These People …
Ryan Knocks GOP Tax Cut Fantasy: 'I'm Not One Of These People …
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Washington Monthly, The Hill and TPMDC
Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:
AP: ‘Combat in Iraq is not over, and we should not uncritically repeat suggestions that it is’ — Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 5:30 PM — Subject: Standards Center guidance: The situation in Iraq — Many AP staffers are producing content that refers to the situation in Iraq.
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Outside the Beltway and The Atlantic Wire
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
AP refuses to use WH/NBC propaganda terms for Iraq
AP refuses to use WH/NBC propaganda terms for Iraq
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The Moderate Voice
Charlie Cook / National Journal Online:
The Senate's In Play — For much of this year, it seemed a near mathematical impossibility that Republicans could score the 10-seat net gain needed to flip the Senate, which is split between 59 Democrats (including two independents who caucus with Democrats and largely vote with the party) and 41 Republicans.
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Hot Air, The Fix, JustOneMinute, Red Dog Report and Pundit & Pundette
Arizona Daily Star:
Brewer: No more debates - period — PHOENIX - Arizona voters won't be seeing any more debates between the top gubernatorial contenders. — Incumbent Republican Jan Brewer said Thursday she has no intention of participating in any more events with Democrat Terry Goddard.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Sestak backs off Israel letter — Bill Kristol and Gary Bauer's hawkish Emergency Committee for Israel has been attacking a series of members of Congress who were among the 54 signatories to a letter, circulated by the liberal group J Street, which pressed Israel to ease conditions in Gaza …
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Weekly Standard, pa2010.com, Commentary and FrumForum
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Alex Roarty / Politics PA:
PoliticsPA: Obama coming in for Sestak on Sept. 20
PoliticsPA: Obama coming in for Sestak on Sept. 20
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Ballot Box, The Page and pa2010.com
Howie Beigelman / ou.org:
US SENATE CANDIDATE JOE SESTAK MEETS WITH ORTHODOX LEADERSHIP
Kirk Johnson / New York Times:
Fewer Young Voters See Themselves as Democrats — FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The college vote is up for grabs this year — to an extent that would have seemed unlikely two years ago, when a generation of young people seemed to swoon over Barack Obama. — Enlarge This Image
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Alternate History — The Democrats could be heading toward a defeat of historic proportions in November, but it is possible to imagine a scenario in which things might have turned out differently: — On Dec. 16, 2008, President-elect Barack Obama and his senior aides gathered for a briefing on the state of the U.S. economy.
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Ezra Klein, TalkLeft, NewsBusters.org, Prairie Weather and Commentary
Mark Levin / Facebook:
Perspective, boys, perspective — As I recall, National Review endorsed John McCain over J.D. Hayworth. I don't recall any concerns mentioned about his Keating Five role or his widely reported temper tantrums. No, J.D., we were told, had all kinds of flaws.
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Riehl World View
Dan / Riehl World View:
Oh, Great, Now We Have Sand “Castle” Conservatives, Too — They say neurotics build sand castles and psychotics live in them. From what I've seen at many conservative blogs, they look determined to enable the ongoing building of a sand castle of a Republican Party by helping Mike Castle in Delaware.
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National Review, AmSpecBlog, The Other McCain and The Freedomist
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Pulling the Plug in Delaware: The Liberty.com and Christine O'Donnell Matter
Pulling the Plug in Delaware: The Liberty.com and Christine O'Donnell Matter
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Hotline On Call, National Review, TPMDC, The Daily Caller, AmSpecBlog, Wonkette and Red Dog Report
CNN:
Palin's ‘impotent’ comments make rounds — Sarah Palin has set the blogosphere ablaze again. — (CNN) - Sarah Palin has managed to set the blogosphere ablaze again, this time after appearing to use sexual metaphors to slam mainstream media reporters who rely on anonymous sources.
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The Moderate Voice, The Other McCain, Mediaite, Weigel, Weasel Zippers and his vorpal sword
The New York Times Company:
Peter Orszag to Write New York Times Op-Ed Column — Peter Orszag, economist and former director of the Office of Management and Budget, will become a contributing columnist for The New York Times Op-Ed page. Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 7, his columns will appear one to two times a month …
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Ezra Klein, Matthew Yglesias, New York Magazine, The Page and Gawker
Henry Payne / Detroit News:
The irony of Jesse Jackson's stripped SUV — Add Jesse Jackson's ride to prominent vehicles being stripped in Detroit. — Following the embarrassing news that Mayor Dave Bing's GMC Yukon was hijacked by criminals this week, Detroit's Channel 7 reports that the Reverend's Caddy Escalade SUV …
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AmSpecBlog, Red Dog Report and Weasel Zippers
The Huffington Post:
Mark Kirk Increasingly Brings Up Greek Financial Crisis To Criticize His Greek Opponent Alexi Giannoulias — What's Your Reaction: … In recent months, Mark Kirk, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Illinois, has increasingly been bringing up the financial crisis in Greece as a warning …
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Washington Monthly and Wonk Room
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CNN:
Senior Florida Democrat bucks party, endorses Crist — Florida Gov. Charlie Crist received a surprising endorsement on Thursday. — (CNN) - The highest ranking Democrat in Florida's state Senate on Thursday endorsed Republican-turned-independent Gov. Charlie Crist in his bid for the U.S. Senate.
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TPMDC
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
New evidence undermines feds' case against Arizona — You've heard a lot about the Justice Department's lawsuit to stop the new Arizona immigration law. But that's just one part of the Obama administration's multi-front war on immigration enforcement in Arizona.
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Tammy Bruce, YID With LID, Right Wing News, Liberty Pundits Blog, 24Ahead and Los Angeles Times
Robert B. Reich / New York Times:
How to End the Great Recession — THIS promises to be the worst Labor Day in the memory of most Americans. Organized labor is down to about 7 percent of the private work force. Members of non-organized labor — most of the rest of us — are unemployed, underemployed or underwater.
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ColoradoPols.com, Commentary, NewsBusters.org and protein wisdom
The Huffington Post:
Sharron Angle Claims Unemployment Insurance 'Really Doesn't Benefit Anyone' — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — In an interview this Wednesday, Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle heightened her criticisms of unemployment insurance, insisting that the benefits program to help the jobless ended up benefiting nobody.
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Washington Monthly, 24Ahead, Daily Kos and TPMDC