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10:55 AM ET, September 9, 2010

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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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George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
President Obama to Pastor Jones: ‘Stunt’ Endangers Troops - Full Transcript of Exclusive Interview  —  I covered a lot of ground with the president in Cleveland yesterday: His decision to make John Boehner the midterm punching bag.  Will he veto a sanction of Bush tax cuts for the wealthy?
Mike Allen / The Politico:
What Speaker Boehner would do first — Matt Bai thinks Obama may have missed his Mt. Rushmore moment - Kinsley and Scarborough to write columns for POLITICO — Ceci Connolly to McKinsey  —  “THE PRESIDENT TAKES ON THE PASTOR” — PRESIDENT OBAMA on “Good Morning America,” …
ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: President Obama Says Terry Jones' Plan to Burn Korans Is ‘A Destructive Act’  —  President: Pastor's ‘Stunt’ Could Endanger Lives Here and Abroad  —  A Florida pastor's plan to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11 could result in “serious violence” …
ABCNEWS:
FBI Says Retaliation for Koran Burning ‘Likely’  —  Intel Bulletin Cites ‘High Confidence’ of Backlash  —  The FBI is concerned that Islamic extremists might attack and retaliate at this Saturday's Koran burning planned by radical Florida pastor Terry Jones, ABC News has learned.
Matt Spetalnick / Reuters:
Obama firm against tax cuts for rich  —  (Reuters) - President Barack Obama stood firm on Thursday in opposition to a Republican push to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the rich but stopped short of threatening to veto such a measure if passed by Congress.  —  “There are a whole bunch …
Discussion: The Reaction
CNN:
Imam: Handling of Islamic center plan a matter of national security  —  (CNN) — The religious leader behind plans to erect an Islamic center and mosque a few blocks from New York's ground zero said Wednesday night that America's national security depends on how it handles the controversy.
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Washington Post:
Political controversy over Islam surrounds 9/11 anniversary
Paul / Power Line:
Feisal Abdul Rauf then and now — positively the same guy
Discussion: Whiskey Fire and New York Times
Associated Press:
Imam fears moving NYC mosque could inflame tension
Discussion: JammieWearingFool and Jihad Watch
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Court Dismisses a Case Asserting Torture by C.I.A.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that former prisoners of the C.I.A. could not sue over their alleged torture in overseas prisons because such a lawsuit might expose secret government information.
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Christina Wilkie / The Hill:
Biden: Bush deserves ‘a lot of credit’  —  Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday night said that former President George W. Bush deserves ‘a lot of credit’ for his handling of the initial Iraq war drawdown.  —  Speaking to Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert, who conducted a rare …
Discussion: CNN and Weasel Zippers
Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
Florida College Shuts Down Conservative Event After Seeing Anti-Obama Literature (Video)  —  It begins... School officials at Palm Beach State College kicked members of the Young America's for Freedom off campus after they saw anti-Obama literature at their table.  —  It was offensive.
Discussion: Power Line
Jay Newton-Small / Time:
Whatever Happened to Obama's Army?  —  What happened to Barack Obama's once vaunted political machine?  The outfit that put upwards of 8 million volunteers on the street in 2008 — known as Organizing for America — is a ghost of its former self.  Its staff has shrunk from 6,000 to 300 …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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.
The Hill:
Wall Street fills coffers of top GOP candidates  —  Wall Street and financial interests are putting their money behind a handful of top-tier Senate Republican candidates as the GOP looks to win back power in the midterm elections.  —  The industry's contributions, which favored Democrats …
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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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Pacifica Radio in talks to air Al Jazeera in major U.S. markets  —  Pacifica Radio, the nonprofit organization that runs the nation's oldest public-radio network, is in talks with the Al Jazeera Network to put the Persian Gulf-based news service on its five stations, including WPFW-FM in Washington.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Janet Adamy / Wall Street Journal:
Health Outlays Still Seen Rising  —  The health-care overhaul enacted last spring won't significantly change national health spending over the next decade compared with projections before the law was passed, according to government figures set to be released Thursday.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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 …
ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblower Claims Many U.S. Interpreters Can't Speak Afghan Languages  —  Says Translators Failed Language Tests, Were Still Embedded With US Troops In Afghanistan  —  More than one quarter of the translators working alongside American soldiers in Afghanistan failed language proficiency exams …
Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
Jerry Brown: 'I Have a Plan, I'll Tell You After the Election'  —  While speaking to business leaders in Silicon Valley, California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown announces that he has a plan for the State's fiscal crisis, but he won't reveal it until after the election.
John Stanton / Roll Call:
Murkowski Likely to Lose Leadership Spot if Campaign Continues  —  Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) will likely be forced out of her party leadership position should she decide to launch a write-in or third-party candidacy, a Senate Republican said Wednesday.  —  Murkowski, who conceded …
Discussion: Firedoglake, Fox News and Guardian
Christina Wilkie / The Hill:
DNC Chair: Gibbs ‘had a bad day’  —  Democratic National Committee chairman and former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine on Wednesday said that White House spokesman Robert Gibbs was having “a bad day” when he lambasted the “professional left” in an interview with The Hill last month.
Bloomberg:
Super PACs Flourish to Influence U.S. Vote After Companies Freed to Give  —  At least 25 “super PACS,” including one linked to Karl Rove, are fueling a surge in money for this year's elections following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down limits on corporate campaign spending.
 
 
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U.S. names Asian carp czar
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Neil Irwin / Washington Post:
Federal Reserve ‘beige book’ signals widespread slowdown of economic growth
Discussion: Hot Air and Robert Reich
CNN:
Group vows to replace burned Qurans
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Scarborough and Kinsley Will Write for Politico
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Republican Governors Association moves $500,000 to New Mexico
Discussion: Hotline On Call
BBC:
Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs fined £17.5m by FSA
Discussion: The First Post and Truthdig
Alissa Torres / Salon:
9/11 widow: The media duped us
 Earlier Items: 
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Big lead for GOP in Maine
Discussion: Daily Kos and National Review
Mark Liberman / Language Log:
“They talk about me like a dog”  —  President Obama went off script …
Discussion: Wonkette
Mike / Rortybomb:
What Can Goolsbee's Early Academic Work Tell Us About the R&D Tax Credit?
Discussion: Firedoglake
CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: Heated battle for Florida Senate