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Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
Rick Sanchez Calls Jon Stewart “A Bigot”; Says CNN Is Run By Jews — CNN's Rick Sanchez is not happy with being made fun of constantly on The Daily Show and Colbert Report. It is from this jumping off point that he absolutely unleashed on Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, and at times his own network …
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Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
BREAKING: Rick Sanchez Fired From CNN — CNN released this statement today: — “Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company. We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well.” — They will broadcast CNN Newsroom from 3-5pm for the foreseeable future. — Here's more from the story earlier today:
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Stand UP!:
CNN's Rick Sanchez Calls Jon Stewart ‘Bigot’ — Cuban-American anchor Rick Sanchez came on Stand Up! with Pete Dominick today for a loose exchange on current events, media, and journalism. Throughout much of the interview, the discussion touched on race. To our surprise, at various points …
The Huffington Post:
Rick Sanchez: Jon Stewart A ‘Bigot,’ Jews Run CNN & All Media — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — CNN's Rick Sanchez made controversial comments on a Sirius radio show Thursday, calling Jon Stewart a “bigot” and saying that CNN and the other networks are all run by Jewish people.
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Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Rick Sanchez's formula for achieving more balanced media coverage
Rick Sanchez's formula for achieving more balanced media coverage
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TPM LiveWire and Balloon Juice
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
What Rick Sanchez said about CNN and Jews
What Rick Sanchez said about CNN and Jews
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The Moderate Voice, Little Green Footballs and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Byron York / Beltway Confidential:
Obama: 'I'd appreciate a little break' — It's often remarked that President Obama has enjoyed a number of getaways, vacations, and mini-vacations during his 20 months in office. But at a Democratic fundraiser Thursday night, the president said, “I'd appreciate a little break.”
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: Palin jousts with Rouse
TRENDING: Palin jousts with Rouse
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Political Punch, The Politico and Outside the Beltway
Paul Blumenthal / Sunlight Foundation:
Rahm Emanuel's White House visitor trail
Rahm Emanuel's White House visitor trail
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The Politico, Ezra Klein, Hillicon Valley and The Washington Independent
Ezra Klein:
Wonkbook: The Pete Rouse reader
Wonkbook: The Pete Rouse reader
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The New Republic, The Plum Line, Guardian, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Confluence and Federal Eye
Alex Wagner / Politics Daily:
It's Official: Rahm Emanuel Departs White House; Peter Rouse …
It's Official: Rahm Emanuel Departs White House; Peter Rouse …
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The Daily Caller, MiamiHerald.com, The Fix, Washington Post and Hot Air
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
TARP Bailout to Cost Less Than Once Anticipated — WASHINGTON — Even as voters rage and candidates put up ads against government bailouts, the reviled mother of them all — the $700 billion lifeline to banks, insurance and auto companies — will expire after Sunday at a fraction of that cost …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
NOT A BAD RETURN ON A COSTLY INVESTMENT.... Whether one approves of 2008's financial industry bailout or considers it the worst piece of legislation in American history, there's one thing we can all be very glad about: its price tag. … Two years ago, the assumption among many was that these hundreds …
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Cost of TARP — Jackie Calmes reports on the good news …
The Cost of TARP — Jackie Calmes reports on the good news …
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The Daily Caller
AnnArbor.com News:
UPDATED: Assistant AG takes leave of absence after national attention over blog against U-M student body president — One would expect that the current Republican attorney general contender, along with Rick Snyder and other major GOP state candidates, had a word or two with Mike Cox.
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Laura Berman / Detroit News:
Assistant AG suspended over gay-bashing blog
Assistant AG suspended over gay-bashing blog
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blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Eco-fascism jumps the shark: massive, epic fail! — I predicted this morning that No Pressure - Richard Curtis's spectacularly ill-judged eco-propaganda movie for the 10:10 campaign - would prove a disastrous own goal for the green movement. — But what I could never have imagined …
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Phillip Smith / StoptheDrugWar.org:
California Governor Signs Marijuana Decriminalization Bill — Posted in: - Budgets/Taxes/Economics - Decriminalization - Marijuana — Personal Use - News Brief - State & Local Executive Branches - State & Local Legislatures — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) …
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Reed Abelson / New York Times:
Insurer Cuts Health Plans as New Law Takes Hold — The Principal Financial Group announced on Thursday that it planned to stop selling health insurance, another sign of upheaval emerging among insurers as the new federal health law starts to take effect. — The company, based in Iowa …
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Avery Johnson / Wall Street Journal:
Principal Financial Quits Writing Health-Care Policies
Principal Financial Quits Writing Health-Care Policies
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David Freedlander / Associated Press:
Paladino Concedes: I Got No Proof [VIDEO] … Well, that's awkward. This comes after Paladino doubled-down on Liz Benjamin's show last night, saying that he has evidence of Cuomo's “paramours” and will furnish that evidence “when we are good and ready.” — “Andrew Cuomo has to account for all of his past.
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Carolyn Lochhead / San Francisco Chronicle:
Whitman within law, immigration lawyers say — (10-01) 04:00 PDT Washington - — Whether or not Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman received a letter from the Social Security Administration saying her former housekeeper's false documents did not match its records …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / Think Progress:
Fiorina Called For Imprisoning 'Employers Who Knowingly Hired …
Fiorina Called For Imprisoning 'Employers Who Knowingly Hired …
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Exercise and Weight Loss — Ta-Nehisi Coates writes some about losing weight: … I think that's largely true. The biggest gym-related thing I've done to lose weight is that I did some sessions with a personal trainer who warned me up front that you can't really lose weight in the gym—you need to eat less food.
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Bolton for President: A ‘Goldwater Conservative’ — John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, tells National Review Online that he is seriously considering a 2012 presidential run. “I am a Goldwater conservative,” he says. “I am not a professional politician.
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Graham Bowley / New York Times:
A Single Sale Worth $4.1 Billion Led to the ‘Flash Crash’ — A single sale of $4.1 billion in futures contracts by a mutual fund touched off a series of events that led to the so-called flash crash, the sharp stock market decline that shook investors and markets on May 6, federal regulators said on Friday.
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Mark Naymik / Metro:
Lawsuit accuses Tom Ganley of sexual assault; his lawyer calls suit extortion — A 39-year-old Cleveland woman sued auto dealer and Republican congressional candidate Tom Ganley on Thursday, accusing him of sexually assaulting her in his office last year. — The married mother of four filed …
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Politics Daily, The Atlantic Online, Ballot Box, Swing State Project and TPMMuckraker
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sen. Thune sees third party if GOP strays — Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said a third party similar to the Tea Party could emerge as early as 2012. — Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said a third party could emerge as early as 2012 if Republicans stray from their principles.
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Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Reminder to journalists: O'Keefe was not dressed as a pimp inside ACORN offices — With Andrew Breitbart's protégé back in the news this week for allegedly having no common sense, it's important that reporters be accurate about James O'Keefe's most infamous claim to fame …
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Hullabaloo
Robert Shrum / The Week Magazine:
Democrats will hold the House and Senate — For Democrats, it's Rove time: rally the base and save Congress — Maybe I'm wrong. — In fact, maybe I'm really, really wrong, which is the reaction I hear when I dare even to broach this notion to commentators and political strategists in both parties.
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Robert Bazell / msnbc.com:
U.S. apologizes for Guatemala STD experiments — Government researchers infected patients with syphilis, gonorrhea without their consent in the 1940s — U.S. government medical researchers intentionally infected hundreds of people in Guatemala, including institutionalized mental patients …