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Rush Limbaugh, Pastor Terry Jones Were High School Classmates — Terry Jones, the Florida pastor threatening to burn a Koran tomorrow on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, was a high school classmate of Rush Limbaugh. — The Cape Central High School (Missouri) website …
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Florida pastor's daughter says “he needs help” — BERLIN — The estranged daughter of a U.S. pastor who has threatened to burn copies of the Koran believes he has gone mad and needs help, she said in a German media interview conducted on Friday. — Emma Jones, who lives in Germany …
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Washington Post, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Left Coast Rebel, Mediaite, Hot Air, msnbc.com and The Political Carnival
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Guilt By High School Classmate
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Politics Daily and The Daily Caller
CNN:
Florida pastor unclear about Quran burning
Florida pastor unclear about Quran burning
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Politics Daily, The Donkey Edge and Weasel Zippers
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans OK Allowing Tax Cuts for Wealthy to Expire — One in three favor keeping tax cuts for all taxpayers — PRINCETON, NJ — A majority of Americans favor letting the tax cuts enacted during the Bush administration expire for the wealthy. While 37% support keeping the tax cuts for all Americans …
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The New Republic, The Plum Line, DownWithTyranny!, The Washington Independent, Firedoglake, Think Progress, Politics Daily, Hotline On Call, Washington Monthly, Ezra Klein, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Daily Kos, The Page, TPMDC, AMERICAblog News, HotAirPundit, TalkLeft, No More Mister Nice Blog, Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog!, The Hill and The Politico
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Not Paying as You Go — Cutting taxes exclusively on rich people is unpopular:
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Ezra Klein and Salon
Ronald Brownstein / National Journal Online:
Obama's Electoral Headwinds
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Dear Dems: You can win the argument over Bush tax cuts
Dear Dems: You can win the argument over Bush tax cuts
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Crooks and Liars, Open Left, Hullabaloo, TPMDC, Politics Daily and Hot Air
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
NRA backs Tea Party candidate in Delaware — The National Rifle Association endorsed conservative commentator Christine O'Donnell Friday in Delaware's Republican Senate primary. The Tea Party-backed O'Donnell is looking to upset Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) on Tuesday.
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Oliver Willis and Daily Kos
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The Ruling Class Hits Christine O'Donnell
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The Eye, Hot Air, sisu, AmSpecBlog, Riehl World View, Eunomia, The Other McCain, National Review and Doug Ross
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Sarah Palin endorses Christine O'Donnell: Will it matter?
Sarah Palin endorses Christine O'Donnell: Will it matter?
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Pollster.com All Content, National Review, Don Surber and Gateway Pundit
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PRESIDENT OBAMA GOES RINGLESS AT PRESSER — Sometimes, a White House press conference can be a chance for a president to take some weight off his shoulders ... but weight off his fingers? — Eagle-eyed reporters noticed that President Barack Obama wasn't sporting his wedding ring during Friday's White House press conference.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
'IT'S JUST US'.... President Obama hosted an unusually-long White House press conference this morning, which I thought went extremely well for him. And for the most part, the press corps stuck to substantive issues and avoided some of the more sensationalistic issues of the day. — But there were exceptions.
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Associated Press, Breitbart.tv and The Awl
Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
The whole story: How Angle asked for a debate with Reid, how Reid agreed and Angle backed out — UPDATE: Here is the statement I received this morning from Angle spokesman Jarrod Agen: — “We obviously gave you the wrong signal and I apologize for that. We have other events planned …
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Ballot Box, Ben Smith's Blog, National Review, Daily Kos and The Eye
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Self-Described ‘Christian Counterpart To Osama Bin Laden’ Arrested In Plot To Bomb Abortion Clinic — A study released today by former leaders of the 9/11 Commission finds that “terrorism is increasingly taking on an American cast.” Warning of “a much more diverse threat,” …
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Firedoglake, WCNC-TV, The Charlotte Observer, The Impolitic and Little Green Footballs
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Ryan Seals / News-Record.com:
Concord man charged in plot to bomb abortion clinic
Concord man charged in plot to bomb abortion clinic
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pandagon.net and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Obama awards living soldier the Medal of Honor — Under a bright Afghan moon, eight U.S. paratroopers trudged along a ridge in the Korengal Valley, unaware they were walking right into a trap. Less than 20 feet away, a band of Taliban fighters executed the ambush plan perfectly …
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Weasel Zippers, The Moderate Voice and Mudville Gazette
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The White House:
Readout of the President's call with Specialist Salvatore Giunta
Readout of the President's call with Specialist Salvatore Giunta
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New York Times, Hot Air, White House.gov Blog Feed, Swampland and Outside the Beltway
Pundit Review Radio / BLACKFIVE:
First Living Medal of Honor Recipient from Iraq or Afghanistan Announced
First Living Medal of Honor Recipient from Iraq or Afghanistan Announced
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Bookworm Room, JammieWearingFool and The Jawa Report
Ted Koppel / Washington Post:
Nine years after 9/11, let's stop fulfilling bin Laden's goals — The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, succeeded far beyond anything Osama bin Laden could possibly have envisioned. This is not just because they resulted in nearly 3,000 deaths, nor only because they struck at the heart of American financial and military power.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The pastor and cheap, selective concern for “blood-spilling”
The pastor and cheap, selective concern for “blood-spilling”
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Washington Times, Pajamas Media and Unqualified Offerings, more at Mediagazer »
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One block between Ground Zero mosque and human remains — Tweet — Here's the chilling proof that Ground Zero stretches well beyond the boundaries of the World Trade Center site, and reaches close to the proposed mosque and community center. — A map compiled by firefighters …
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Samuel G. Freedman / New York Times:
Muslim Prayer Room Was Part of Life at Twin Towers
Muslim Prayer Room Was Part of Life at Twin Towers
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Runnin' Scared, Little Green Footballs and Obsidian Wings
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Suddenly, their house is taken over — A Long Beach couple struggling with mortgage payments find out their home's been auctioned off by Wells Fargo when the new owner's representative shows up on their doorstep. — Mike and Ellen Kahara knew times were tough.
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National Review, Felix Salmon and Calculated Risk
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
G.O.P. Has 2-in-3 Chance of Taking House, Model Forecasts — Republicans have a two-in-three chance of claiming a majority of House seats in November, the FiveThirtyEight forecasting model estimates. And their gains could potentially rival or exceed those made in 1994, when they took a net of 54 seats from the Democrats.
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The Atlantic Online, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Don Surber and Taegan Goddard's …
Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
Infrastructure, you say? Ask the city of San Bruno why we need it — Last night a neighborhood exploded. One minute people were cooking dinner or sitting down to watch the football game or the news, and the next, their neighborhood was rocked by what felt like a terrible earthquake and then it just...exploded.
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San Francisco Chronicle, The Moderate Voice, SFist, Shakesville and Twitlonger
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Afghan Protests Against Koran Burning Turn Violent — KABUL, Afghanistan — Numerous protests broke out in Afghanistan on Friday and two of them turned violent in response to plans by a Florida pastor to burn copies of the Koran, even after the pastor announced he had suspended those plans.
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Genteel Nation — Most people who lived in the year 1800 were scarcely richer than people who lived in the year 100,000 B.C. Their diets were no better. They were no taller, and they did not live longer. — Then, sometime around 1800, economic growth took off — in Britain first, then elsewhere.
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Matthew Yglesias, Shakesville, No More Mister Nice Blog and Paul Krugman
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Jon Stewart: MSNBC Should Take Notes From Fox News — Tonight, Jon Stewart noted President Obama's shift from bipartisan love machine to Republican-killing campaign shark, and—namely—the media's reaction to it. The verdict? MSNBC should emulate Fox News' skew-the-news-to-fit-our-narrative mantra …
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Crooks and Liars and Raw Story