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Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Koran Burning Is Insensitive, Unnecessary; Pastor Jones, Please Stand Down — Book burning is antithetical to American ideals. People have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation - much like building a mosque at Ground Zero.
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TPMDC, Gawker, The Right Scoop, Hot Air, TPMMuckraker, The Daily Caller, JustOneMinute and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Melissa Clouthier / Liberty Pundits Blog:
BREAKING: Qu'ran Burning Church Linked To Westboro Baptist Church-UPDATED — By Guest Author Tom Reynolds aka Beregond — I'll never be a tenth the expert on cults that my late wife was, but you can't be married to someone for almost 20 years without learning something about their passions.
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The Jawa Report, Gateway Pundit, Wizbang and Right Wing News
Spiegel Online:
Terry Jones Accused of ‘Spiritual Abuse’ at Cologne Church — US fundamentalist pastor Terry Jones, who wants to burn copies of the Koran on Sept. 11, ran a church in the western German city of Cologne until last year when members of the congregation expelled him.
Michael Sheridan / NY Daily News:
Attorney General Eric Holder calls Rev. Terry Jones' 'International …
Attorney General Eric Holder calls Rev. Terry Jones' 'International …
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Jihad Watch, Weasel Zippers, Fox News and Associated Press
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Mitt Romney: ‘Burning the Quran is wrong’
Mitt Romney: ‘Burning the Quran is wrong’
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Christian Science Monitor, No More Mister Nice Blog and KN@PPSTER
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Why aren't politicians speaking out against the would-be Quran …
Why aren't politicians speaking out against the would-be Quran …
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Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Guardian and Progressive Fix
Asra Q. Nomani / The Daily Beast:
Get Over the Quran Burning — As a Florida pastor plans …
Get Over the Quran Burning — As a Florida pastor plans …
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Michelle Malkin, The Daily Beast, iOwnTheWorld.com and Jihad Watch
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
FOX Business TV Appearance: Geller on the Dove Church Qur'an Burning
FOX Business TV Appearance: Geller on the Dove Church Qur'an Burning
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National Review, Riehl World View and Jihad Watch
Erika Lovley / The Politico:
Barbara Boxer aide charged with possession of pot — A senior aide for Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) was arrested Tuesday for attempting to bring marijuana into the Hart Senate Office Building, according to U.S. Capitol Police reports. — Marcus Stanley, who served as a senior economic adviser …
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CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: All tied up in California races — It's neck and neck in California's Senate and gubernatorial battles, according to a new poll. — (CNN) - It's too close to call in California's Senate and gubernatorial battles, according to a new poll. — A CNN/Time/Opinion Research …
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SFGate, Associated Press, The Moderate Voice and Doug Ross
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Paul campaign: Online impersonator was impersonated
Paul campaign: Online impersonator was impersonated
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Daily Kos, The Atlantic Online and Little Green Footballs
Devlin Barrett / Washington Wire:
Boxer Staffer Quits After Pot Arrest
Boxer Staffer Quits After Pot Arrest
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TPMMuckraker and Gawker
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Obama vs. the Republicans (With Full Speech Text) — I think it's safe to say that President Obama has given up on bipartisanship, at least for the foreseeable future. — The White House just released prepared text of his economic speech to the City Club of Cleveland.
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The Other McCain, Newshoggers.com, Pirate's Cove, Hullabaloo and Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog!
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New York Times:
Obama, in Rally Mode, Steps Up Jabs at G.O.P. — CLEVELAND — Seeking to rally his struggling party for the final weeks of the midterm election, President Obama delivered his most partisan speech of the campaign so far on Wednesday, casting Democrats as fighters for the middle class …
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Obama Writes His Thesis Statement
Obama Writes His Thesis Statement
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Grasping Reality …
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
“Middle Class” Tax Cuts — I know I saw this on some of the other wonky progressive blogs last week (or maybe the week before) but it didn't really hit home until I saw it again. The point is that when we talk about a distinction between the “Bush tax cuts for the rich” and the …
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Political Byline and Guardian
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Court Sides With C.I.A. on Seizure of Terror Suspects — WASHINGTON - A sharply divided federal appeals court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit involving the Central Intelligence Agency's practice of seizing terrorism suspects and transferring them to other countries for imprisonment and interrogation.
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Salon, Politics Daily, Emptywheel, American Power, Hot Air, The BRAD BLOG, Prairie Weather and BLACKFIVE
Mitch Daniels / Wall Street Journal:
Time for Emergency Economic Reform — How about a payroll tax holiday, funded by a federal spending, hiring and pay freeze? — Ronald Reagan enjoyed telling of the elderly Blitz victim rescued from her demolished London flat in World War II. A fireman found a bottle of brandy under …
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Ezra Klein, Weekly Standard, No Left Turns and AmSpecBlog
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Mitch Daniels Wins The Fiscal Special Olympics
Mitch Daniels Wins The Fiscal Special Olympics
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Ezra Klein and National Review
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Fidel: 'Cuban Model Doesn't Even Work For Us Anymore' — There were many odd things about my recent Havana stopover (apart from the dolphin show, which I'll get to shortly), but one of the most unusual was Fidel Castro's level of self-reflection. I only have limited experience with Communist autocrats …
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Little Green Footballs, Reuters, Harry's Place, The Daily Dish, Hot Air, The Blaze, TalkLeft, Fausta's Blog and Pajamas Media, more at Mediagazer »
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Paul Haven / Associated Press:
Report: Castro says Cuban model doesn't work — HAVANA - Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that Cuba's communist economic model doesn't work, a rare comment on domestic affairs from a man who has conspicuously steered clear of local issues since stepping down four years ago.
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Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers
National Review:
This Is Where We Begin to Say No — On the Ground Zero mosque, Americans reject the opinion elites that empower the Islamists. — A tectonic shift is in motion: How fitting that its focal point is Ground Zero, the inevitable fault line between Islam and the West.
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INSTAPUTZ and Power Line
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Bob Connors / NBC Connecticut:
City Council Meetings to Begin with Muslim Prayers
City Council Meetings to Begin with Muslim Prayers
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theblogprof, Moonbattery, Weasel Zippers, The Mahablog and The Two Malcontents
CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: Heated battle for Florida Senate — Charlie Crist and Kendrick Meek are part of a close three way race for Senate in Florida. — (CNN) - A new poll indicates that the three way-battle for Florida's open Senate seat, arguably the most fascinating Senate contest this year, is deadlocked at the top.
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National Review, The Washington Independent, Hot Air and Post on Politics
Karen Farkas / Plain Dealer:
Tri-C students recruited to fill the seats for Obama's appearance — PARMA, Ohio - With less than an hour before President Obama's scheduled speech, 75 seats remained empty in the recreation center at Cuyahoga Community College's Western Campus. — So organizers went around campus and recruited more students to fill the seats.
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Weasel Zippers, AmSpecBlog and Pajamas Media
Janet Adamy / Wall Street Journal:
Health Insurers Plan Hikes — Rate Increases Are Blamed on Health-Care Overhaul; White House Questions Logic — Health insurers say they plan to raise premiums for some Americans as a direct result of the health overhaul in coming weeks, complicating Democrats' efforts to trumpet …
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Benjamin Niolet / Raleigh News & Observer:
Don't that beat all: Andy sinks in polls — Andy Griffith has been a beloved figure in North Carolina for years, but his ad to pitch the new health care law may have soured public opinion. — politics | state — How bad is it for Democrats in North Carolina? Even Sheriff Andy Taylor is taking a beating in the polls.
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Politics Daily, AmSpecBlog, Sister Toldjah, Riehl World View and RedState
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Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
Andy Griffith throws away 50 years of good faith in 30 seconds
Andy Griffith throws away 50 years of good faith in 30 seconds
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Public Policy Polling, The Political Carnival, Weasel Zippers and Outside the Beltway
Ezra Klein:
Why did Barack Obama do health care first? — Joe Romm says that “future generations are likely to view Obama's choice of health care over energy and climate legislation as a blunder of historic proportions,” which is certainly possible. But like Matthew Yglesias, I don't think it was a choice at all.
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National Review, Matthew Yglesias, A plain blog about politics and Balloon Juice
Scott Keyes / Think Progress:
GOP House Candidate On Civil Rights: ‘We Need To Get Our Federal Government Out Of The Way’ — Fireworks occurred during a town hall in Canton, OH, last night when Rep. John Boccieri (D-OH) unexpectedly showed up at his Republican opponent's public event. Challenger Jim Renacci …
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Repository, Washington Monthly, Little Green Footballs and Oliver Willis
Reuters:
Merkel to honor Mohammed cartoonist at press award — (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel risked angering Muslims by speaking at an awards ceremony on Wednesday for a Dane whose cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed provoked sometimes violent protests by Muslims five years ago.
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Hit & Run, Hot Air, Weekly Standard, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Dallas Morning News:
Letters bearing Eddie Bernice Johnson's signature ask that scholarship money be sent directly to her grandsons — Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson apparently asked the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation to send scholarship checks directly to her two grandsons and two great-nephews, rather than to their colleges.
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Hot Air and Pajamas Media