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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Basic Religion Test Stumps Many Americans — Americans are by all measures a deeply religious people, but they are also deeply ignorant about religion. — Researchers from the independent Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life phoned more than 3,400 Americans and asked them 32 questions about the Bible …
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Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life:
U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey — Executive Summary — Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge, outperforming evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics on questions about the core teachings …
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features.pewforum.org, Telegraph, Shakesville, CNN, USA Today, Pam's House Blend, Politics Daily and Truthdig
Mitchell Landsberg / Los Angeles Times:
Atheists, agnostics most knowledgeable about religion, survey says
Atheists, agnostics most knowledgeable about religion, survey says
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ABCNEWS:
Rahm Emanuel Likely to Leave White House This Week — Final Decision Not Yet Made, White House Chief of Staff All but Certain to Explore Campaign for Mayor of Chicago — Although no final decision has been made because of family considerations, ABC News has learned that White House officials …
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Peter Daou:
How a handful of liberal bloggers are bringing down the Obama presidency — This post was originally written about the frightening case of Anwar al-Aulaqi, a heinous individual who now faces a judge, jury and executioner in President Barack Obama. The body of the post remains the same …
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New York Times, Shakesville, Firedoglake, Althouse, MyDD, The Politico, Comments from Left Field and The Other McCain
The Politico:
Insider likely to replace Rahm Emanuel
Insider likely to replace Rahm Emanuel
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New York Times, Washington Wire, The Daily Beast, Wonkette, New York Magazine, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and The Caucus
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
Vice President Biden to Democratic Base: ‘Stop Whining’
Vice President Biden to Democratic Base: ‘Stop Whining’
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ABCNEWS, TalkLeft, Taylor Marsh, Firedoglake, The Reaction, Scared Monkeys, IMAO, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Sundries Shack, Outside the Beltway, Right Wing News, Another Black Conservative, Pundit & Pundette, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, AMERICAblog News, Suburban Guerrilla, The American Pundit, All American Blogger, Moe_Lane's blog and Riehl World View
Michael Sneed / Chicago Sun Times:
Rahm Emanuel kept out of Chicago home by tenant?
Rahm Emanuel kept out of Chicago home by tenant?
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Politics Daily, Lynn Sweet and Ben Smith's Blog
FactCheck.org:
Rep. Grayson Lowers the Bar — The Florida Democrat manipulates video to make his opponent seem to urge wives to ‘submit’ to husbands. He didn't. — We thought Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida reached a low point when he falsely accused his opponent of being a draft dodger during the Vietnam War …
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Mark Schlueb / Orlando Sentinel:
Grayson's ‘Taliban Dan’ ad takes Webster's words out of context, twists meaning — In an attack ad labeling his opponent “ Taliban Dan” Webster, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson uses Webster's own words to prove the Republican thinks wives should be subservient to their husbands.
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National Review, Moe Lane, Betsy's Page and Orlando Sentinel
Caleb Howe / RedState:
Alan Grayson: WHORE.
Alan Grayson: WHORE.
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Hit & Run, Townhall.com, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite, The Right Scoop and The Other McCain
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Mrs Taliban Dan submits and dutifully defends her husband
Mrs Taliban Dan submits and dutifully defends her husband
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The Sideshow, The Politico, ECHIDNE of the snakes, TalkLeft and American Power
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: Worst political ad ever?
Video: Worst political ad ever?
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TPMDC, Ben Smith's Blog, Orlando Sentinel, Orlando and Central …, RedState, Wonkette, Sister Toldjah and Verum Serum
Jann S. Wenner / Rolling Stone:
Obama in Command: The Rolling Stone Interview — In an Oval Office interview, the president discusses the Tea Party, the war, the economy and what's at stake this November — The following is an article from the October 15, 2010 issue of Rolling Stone. — We arrived at the southwest gate …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Obama says he has ‘grudging admiration’ for Mitch McConnell
Obama says he has ‘grudging admiration’ for Mitch McConnell
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The Politico and Ben Smith's Blog
Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Obama: Democratic voter apathy ‘inexcusable’
Obama: Democratic voter apathy ‘inexcusable’
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CBS News, TalkLeft and Weasel Zippers
Quinnipiac University:
Angry Voters Push McMahon Closer In Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Connecticut Poll Finds; But Most Voters Say Her Ads Are Annoying — Propelled by Connecticut likely voters who say they are “angry” with government, former wrestling executive Linda McMahon, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate …
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Politics Daily, CNN, Ballot Box, The Atlantic Online, Online NewsHour, Washington Wire, The Eye, TPMDC, Real Clear Politics, Rick Green, Taegan Goddard's …, Moe Lane and Instapundit
Manu Raju / The Politico:
DeMint vows roadblock — South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint warned Monday evening that he would block all legislation that has not been cleared by his office in the final days of the pre-election session. — Bret Bernhardt, DeMint's chief of staff, said in an e-mail to GOP aides that his boss …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats to stuff 20 bills into post-election lame-duck session — Democrats are considering cramming as many as 20 pieces of legislation into the lame-duck session they plan to hold after the Nov. 2 election. — The array of bills competing for floor time shows the sense …
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Right Wing News and AmSpecBlog
Gawker.TV:
Did Sarah Palin Just Get Booed on Dancing with the Stars? — Sarah Palin is in tonight's DWTS audience to support her daughter, Bristol (watch Bristol's grody routine from last week here). Tom Bergeron interviewed Palin a bit ago, and—just beforehand—the audience booed. Loudly! What gives?
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Mediaite and Politics Daily
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Lisa de Moraes / Moraes on TV:
On ‘Dancing with Stars,’ it's the week of jive talk, quick steps — and Sarah Palin
On ‘Dancing with Stars,’ it's the week of jive talk, quick steps — and Sarah Palin
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The Note, Washington Post, Conservatives4Palin.com, msnbc.com and newsfeed.time.com
Siobhan Gorman / Wall Street Journal:
Drones Target Terror Plot — CIA Strikes Intensify in Pakistan Amid Heightened Threats in Europe — WASHINGTON—In an effort to foil a suspected terrorist plot against European targets, the Central Intelligence Agency has ramped up missile strikes against militants in Pakistan's tribal regions, current and former officials say.
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The BLT and Neptunus Lex
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Darren Samuelsohn / The Politico:
Global warming critic plots revenge — Most House Republicans envision killing Nancy Pelosi's special global warming committee if they claw their way back into the majority this November. — But one senior GOP lawmaker has another idea in mind: sweet revenge.
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Washington Monthly and Wonk Room
William Yardley / New York Times:
A Dark Horse Emerges in Alaska: The Incumbent — JUNEAU, Alaska — The night Lisa Murkowski announced she would mount a write-in campaign to retain her Senate seat, she acknowledged to a crowd of supporters that her odds were slim. Then she prompted a defiant roar: invoking Native Alaskan culture …
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The New Republic and The Page
Felicia R. Lee / New York Times:
MacArthur Foundation Honors 23 — The creator of the television series “The Wire,” about drugs, poverty and corruption in Baltimore; a historian who traced the lives of a slave family connected to Thomas Jefferson; and an economist who helped calculate the worth of a standout kindergarten teacher …
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The Reality-Based Community and The Awl, more at Mediagazer »
Timothy Noah / Slate:
Why income distribution can't be crowd-sourced. — Earlier this month I published a 10-part Slate series (PDF; serial version; slide show) about the 30-year rise in income inequality that Princeton's Paul Krugman has dubbed “The Great Divergence.” In the first installment, I noted that in 1915 …
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Matthew Yglesias, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and The Atlantic Online
Robert Weisman / Boston Globe:
Harvard Pilgrim cancels Medicare Advantage plan — Harvard Pilgrim Health Care has notified customers that it will drop its Medicare Advantage health insurance program at the end of the year, forcing 22,000 senior citizens in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine to seek alternative supplemental coverage.
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The Incidental Economist
Ezra Klein:
Why the offshoring bill? — One other thing about the Democrats' dumb anti-offshoring proposal: They don't expect it to pass. No one does. The bill increases the deficit by about $700 million, and so Ben Nelson will vote against it, and so too will every Republican.
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Eschaton
Associated Press:
FBI Investigating Ex-SEIU President Andy Stern — WASHINGTON — The FBI and the U.S. Labor Department are investigating prominent labor leader Andy Stern in their probe of corruption at the Service Employees International Union, according to two people who have been interviewed by federal agents.
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Ben Smith's Blog, Michelle Malkin, Los Angeles Times and Riehl World View
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Obama demands more than Israel can give — Every so often, the sayings of Casey Stengel come to mind. The longtime manager of the New York Yankees, accustomed to a Prussian professionalism in the hitting and fielding of baseballs, moved over to the astonishingly hapless New York Mets in 1962 and …
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Israel Matzav, Tablet Magazine and Commentary
Calculated Risk:
Case-Shiller: “Home Prices Stable in July” — S&P/Case-Shiller released the monthly Home Price Indices for July (actually a 3 month average of May, June and July). — This includes prices for 20 individual cities, and two composite indices (10 cities and 20 cities).
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Free exchange, The Big Picture and theGrio
Fox News:
Obama Team Still Looking to Fill Crowd for University of Wisconsin Rally — President Obama campaign found plenty of enthusiasm among students in the 2008 presidential race, but 2010 is another year — and with seats to fill at a Tuesday rally at the University of Wisconsin-Madison …
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Michelle Malkin