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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Gloria Allred Says Letter Is Proof Meg Whitman Knew Housekeeper Was Illegal — Meg Whitman Accuses Jerry Brown of Orchestrating ‘Smear’ — Lawyer Gloria Allred released a letter today that she claims proves California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman knowingly employed an undocumented immigrant as her housekeeper.
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TMZ.com:
Gloria Allred: Meg Whitman Is a Liar — Gloria Allred just went after Meg Whitman with a vengeance ... waiving a letter from the Social Security Administration sent to Meg back in 2003, putting Meg and her husband on notice there was a problem with their housekeeper's Social Security number — a sign she was here illegally.
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CNN, Michelle Malkin, American Power, PolitiCal, RedState, Hot Air, The Political Carnival and ABCNEWS
Illegal Immigration:
ALIPAC Calls for Arrest of Candidate Meg Whitman & Nicky Diaz!
ALIPAC Calls for Arrest of Candidate Meg Whitman & Nicky Diaz!
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TPMMuckraker, Hit & Run, The Washington Independent, Opinion L.A. and Joe. My. God.
Seema Mehta / PolitiCal:
Whitman says she would take polygraph test to prove she didn't …
Whitman says she would take polygraph test to prove she didn't …
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Hot Air, Los Angeles Times and Ben Smith's Blog
The Caucus:
Emanuel's Departure Set; Rouse to Replace Him — Updated President Obama will give his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, a send-off Friday as Mr. Emanuel officially announces his departure from the West Wing to run for mayor of Chicago, officials familiar with the decision said.
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Don Babwin / Associated Press:
AP sources: Emanuel leaving White House on Friday
AP sources: Emanuel leaving White House on Friday
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Obama 52%, Clinton 37% for 2012 Democratic Nomination — Clinton's support highest among conservative, less well-educated Democrats — PRINCETON, NJ — If Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were to challenge President Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2012 …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Romney, Palin at Front of GOP Presidential Field — Preferences for leaders similar among conservative, moderate/liberal Republicans — PRINCETON, NJ — Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin lead other potential candidates in Republicans' preferences for the party's 2012 presidential nomination.
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Janet Adamy / Wall Street Journal:
McDonald's May Drop Health Plan — McDonald's Corp. has warned federal regulators that it could drop its health insurance plan for nearly 30,000 hourly restaurant workers unless regulators waive a new requirement of the U.S. health overhaul. — The move is one of the clearest indications …
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The Politico:
WSJ bombshell: McDonald's mulls dropping coverage - Schwarzenegger runs up against deadline for health exchange law - Health reform workforce board picked today - The SGR fight returns — DRIVING YOUR DAY: WILL SCHWARZENEGGER TERMINATE REFORM? The California governor must decide today whether …
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National Review
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Sebelius: WSJ Report on McDonald's Health Insurance “Flat Out Wrong”
Sebelius: WSJ Report on McDonald's Health Insurance “Flat Out Wrong”
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Science Business, Conservatives4Palin.com and National Review
The Huffington Post:
O'Donnell's Oxford Education Claim On Second Website Was Authored By Her, Says Site Spokesman — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Delaware Republican Senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell has responded to accusations that she overstated her education in her resume by insisting …
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Christine O'Donnell / ZoomInfo.com:
Results found for this person at Intelius.com
Results found for this person at Intelius.com
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Closing the book on Christine O'Donnell Oxford flap
Closing the book on Christine O'Donnell Oxford flap
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The Huffington Post:
Linda McMahon: ‘We Ought To Review’ The Minimum Wage — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Linda McMahon, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Connecticut, suggested Thursday that the U.S. ought to take a second look at the federal minimum wage. — “The minimum wage now in our country …
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Ted Mann / The Day newspaper:
McMahon: Congress should consider lowering minimum wage
McMahon: Congress should consider lowering minimum wage
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Think Progress, The DSCC, Daily Kos and Rick Green
Christine Stuart / CT News Junkie:
McMahon Accepts Business Group's Endorsement, Doesn't Rule Out Reducing Minimum Wage
McMahon Accepts Business Group's Endorsement, Doesn't Rule Out Reducing Minimum Wage
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Politics Daily and Ben Smith's Blog
Vox Popoli:
Gay rights killed Clementi — The body count of the gay rights movement grows by one. … It was obvious from the start that the orientationally-challenged activists would attempt to blame Clementi's death on his roommate. But the surreptitious filming of sexual activity …
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The Daily Caller, Truth Wins Out, Sadly, No!, Good As You and alicublog
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Lisa W. Foderaro / New York Times:
Private Moment Made Public, Then a Fatal Jump — It started with a Twitter message on Sept. 19: “Roommate asked for the room till midnight. I went into molly's room and turned on my webcam. I saw him making out with a dude. Yay.” — That night, the authorities say …
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AKMuckraker / The Mudflats:
The Arrogance of Joe Miller — You hear an awful lot from the Joe Miller campaign about Lisa Murkowski being “entitled” and acting like she's owed the senate seat. It seems to bug them. And it bugs a lot of Alaskans. — These Tweets from Joe Miller were captured by a Murkowski supporter before Miller deleted them.
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Ivan Moore / Anchorage Press:
The Moore Report: New poll numbers
The Moore Report: New poll numbers
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Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Sen. Murkowski targets Tea Party Express in new ad
Sen. Murkowski targets Tea Party Express in new ad
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The Fix, Washington Post, Ben Smith's Blog, CNN and Outside the Beltway
NY Daily News:
New Yorkers outraged as bureaucrats order city to change lettering on every single street sign — The city will change the lettering on every single street sign - at an estimated cost of about $27.5 million - because the feds don't like the font. — Street names will change from all capital letters …
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Jeremy Olshan / New York Post:
$27 million to change NYC signs from all-caps
$27 million to change NYC signs from all-caps
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Marty Beckerman / Esquire:
Exclusive: Ben Wetmore Explains CNN Boat Sex Prank — On Wednesday CNN reported that right-wing provocateur James O'Keefe — the fake pimp whose YouTube video cost ACORN its federal funding, and who pled guilty to entering Senator Mary Landrieu's office under false pretenses — planned to …
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Jennifer Fermino / New York Post:
Paladino and Post reporter square off — Tweet — Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino and Post State Editor Fredric U. Dicker last night got into an angry confrontation — during which Paladino threatened, “I'll take you out.” — It started when Dicker asked Paladino …
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Joe / Joe. My. God.:
Sen. Saxby Chambliss Just Called Me To Offer His “Sincerest Apologies” — I just got off the phone with Sen. Saxby Chambliss, who said he was calling to personally apologize for the “All faggots must die” comment left here on JMG last Tuesday. I'll paraphrase what Chambliss said to me …
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The Politico:
White House scorecard: MSNBC up, bloggers down — At one point not that long ago, Greenwald's critiques were taken as constructive criticism, in much the same way Maddow's are. Marc Ambinder wrote in The Atlantic in May 2009 that “whereas the White House does not give a scintilla of attention …
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The Huffington Post and The Nation
Jeremy P. Jacobs / Hotline On Call:
DSCC Cancels Ad Buy In Kentucky — The DSCC has canceled some ad reservations in Kentucky, a likely sign that the Democratic committee is re-evaluating whether it is worth spending money there this year. — A Republican source who monitors ad buys told Hotline On Call that the DSCC has canceled reservations there for next week.
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
J Street, Down the Rabbit Hole — Jeremy Ben-Ami, the founder and president of J Street, the liberal Jewish group, e-mailed Goldblog last night: “Reports of our demise (including from you) are greatly exaggerated....” He was referring to a question I posted earlier in the day …
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Matt Viser / Boston Globe:
Middle class tax-cut issue backfiring on Democrats — WASHINGTON — President Obama's urgent call for Congress to immediately extend tax breaks for the middle class was supposed to create a defining Democratic issue and cast Republicans as defenders of the rich on the eve of crucial midterm elections.
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Hot Air and Liberty Pundits Blog
Barton Gellman / Time:
Locked and Loaded: The Secret World of Extreme Militias — Camouflaged and silent, the assault team inched toward a walled stone compound for more than five hours, belly-crawling the last 200 yards. The target was an old state prison in eastern Ohio, and every handpicked member of Red Team 2 knew …
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Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:
Judge who struck down Prop. 8 to retire — (09-30) 11:19 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, who struck down California's ban on same-sex marriage last month, will retire in February, his court said Wednesday. — The unexpected announcement gave no reason …
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Emptywheel, ACS Blog, Law Blog and L.A. NOW
Chicago Breaking News:
UIC faculty may jump into Ayers fray — University of Illinois at Chicago faculty leaders are weighing whether to ask the board of trustees to reconsider its controversial decision to deny emeritus status to retired professor William Ayers. — It's the latest twist in a showdown 40 years …
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Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
In a Computer Worm, a Possible Biblical Clue — Deep inside the computer worm that some specialists suspect is aimed at slowing Iran's race for a nuclear weapon lies what could be a fleeting reference to the Book of Esther, the Old Testament tale in which the Jews pre-empt a Persian plot to destroy them.
Charlie Butts / OneNewsNow.com:
U.N. ‘wactivist’ agenda made clear — The United Nations is pressing for acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle worldwide, which was made evident during a recent human rights meeting in Geneva. — A written statement from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on U.N. members to abolish laws that discriminate against homosexuals.
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Townhall.com:
Alan Grayson: Hates Children, Hates Seniors, Loves Satan — “In context, out of context, whatever.” In light of Alan Grayson's false attack ads against his Republican opponent Dan Webster, the Townhall.com editorial team approves this out-of-context message.
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National Review and Gateway Pundit