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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, The Right Scoop, Hot Air, The Daily Caller and TPMMuckraker
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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.
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Mitt Romney: ‘Burning the Quran is wrong’
Mitt Romney: ‘Burning the Quran is wrong’
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KN@PPSTER and JustOneMinute
Melissa Clouthier / Liberty Pundits Blog:
BREAKING: Qu'ran Burning Church Linked To Westboro Baptist Church-UPDATED
BREAKING: Qu'ran Burning Church Linked To Westboro Baptist Church-UPDATED
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The Jawa Report and Right Wing News
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
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
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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The Washington Independent, Taegan Goddard's …, Hot Air and Post on Politics
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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, Taegan Goddard's … and Doug Ross
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Paul campaign: Online impersonator was impersonated — I posted yesterday that DailyKos appeared to have caught a Rand Paul staffer pretending, in the comments, to be a progressive with doubts about Jack Conway. Paul aide Gary Howard, however, tells me — and has evidence to back it up …
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Daily Kos, The Atlantic Online and Little Green Footballs
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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Pirate's Cove, The Other McCain, Hullabaloo and Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog!
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Obama Lays Out Economic Proposals and Assails G.O.P. — CLEVELAND — President Obama called on Wednesday for an end to the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy, saying the country can not afford the $700 billion price tag for tax breaks that would benefit “millionaires and billionaires.”
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Grasping Reality …, Felix Salmon, Gawker, New York Times and Wonkette
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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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Obama Writes His Thesis Statement
Obama Writes His Thesis Statement
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Grasping Reality …
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, AmSpecBlog and GOP 12
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Ezra Klein:
Mitch Daniels has a plan
Mitch Daniels has a plan
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Zandar Versus The Stupid, The New Republic, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Balloon Juice
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
Lee Fang / Think Progress:
Right Wing Leaders Plan To Use September 11th Anniversary To Make Money — Last year, Glenn Beck and a variety of right-wing organizations and corporate front groups exploited the anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks to stage a protest of President Obama.
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Human Events, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog!
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Palin and Beck to mark 9/11 in Alaska
Palin and Beck to mark 9/11 in Alaska
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Politics Daily, Facebook, The Politico, PalinTV, Outside the Beltway and GOP 12
Blue Texan / Firedoglake:
Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck Exploit 9/11 for Profit
Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck Exploit 9/11 for Profit
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Politics Daily and No More Mister Nice Blog
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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New York Times, Power Line and INSTAPUTZ
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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
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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Washington Wire, SFGate, TPMMuckraker and Wonkette
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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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Firedoglake, The Foundry, Zandar Versus The Stupid, White House.gov Blog Feed, Mother Jones, The Atlantic Online, Hot Air, Hit & Run, Wizbang, Wonk Room, NRSC, Salon, protein wisdom, Michelle Malkin, Right Wing News, Raw Story, Betsy's Page, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Campaign For Liberty Blog, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog!
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
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Light bulb factory closes; End of era for U.S. means more jobs overseas — WINCHESTER, VA. - The last major GE factory making ordinary incandescent light bulbs in the United States is closing this month, marking a small, sad exit for a product and company that can trace their roots to Thomas Alva Edison's innovations in the 1870s.
The Politico:
Obama may look inside for Rahm job — Amid mounting signs that Rahm Emanuel will leave the White House to run for mayor in Chicago, Democratic insiders say President Barack Obama is likely to choose a new chief of staff who's already in his orbit but has experience with previous administrations.
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Why aren't politicians speaking out against the would-be Quran-burner who's endangering our troops? … Like This Story Follow Slate's Politics … - Dickerson: Democrats Finally Get the Feisty, Fired-Up Obama They Want- The Flirty Repartee of the New Parker Spitzer Rom-Com- You're Not Responsible for Quran Burners.
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Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Guardian and Progressive Fix
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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
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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Hot Air, The Blaze, TalkLeft, The Daily Dish, Harry's Place, Little Green Footballs, Fausta's Blog and Pajamas Media, more at Mediagazer »
CBS New York:
Long Island Man Arrested For Defending Home With AK-47 — Says Many Gang Members Were Coming After His Family — UNIONDALE, N.Y. (CBS 2) — He was arrested for protecting his property and family. — But it's how the Long Island man did it that police say crossed the line.
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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American Power and Prairie Weather