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12:20 PM ET, October 2, 2010

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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
The Political Wild Card  —  WILMINGTON — Before she was a Tea Party cause célèbre, liberal laughingstock and perhaps the embodiment of a can-you-top-this-for-bizarre political season, Christine O'Donnell grew up in a “Brady Bunch” household of six kids (three Democrats …
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Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Christine O'Donnell: After Witchcraft I Tried to Be A Hare Krishna — But Liked Meatballs Too Much (VIDEO)  —  In 1999 Christine O'Donnell told Bill Maher that she'd briefly tried Buddhism, and that she'd tried to be a Hare Krishna but couldn't take the vegetarianism.
Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
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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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Rick Sanchez fired from CNN  —  The formal announcement is shockingly brief — which, actually, speaks volumes.  —  Monday's “Daily Show” should be a very special episode indeed, my friends. … I assume everyone already knows why, but if you missed Ed's post this morning, read it now.
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Happy Hour Links
Discussion: Power Line
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:   CNN Fires Sanchez After Critique of Stewart
Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Sanchez out at CNN  —  Rick Sanchez lost his job at CNN on Friday …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Exclusive: Gibbs eyed for DNC chair  —  Democratic insiders are taking the temperature of some top party donors about the possibility of naming White House press secretary Robert Gibbs as chairman of the Democratic National Committee heading into President Barack Obama's reelection campaign in 2012, senior officials tell POLITICO.
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Palin jousts with Rouse
Lynn Sweet:
Obama huddles with Chicago reporters: Emanuel would be “excellent” mayor
Marisa Lagos / San Francisco Chronicle:
Guv signs marijuana decriminalization bill  —  (10-01) 16:49 PDT Sacramento — Citing the need to reduce spending on prosecution and courts, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a measure that makes marijuana possession an infraction, on par with traffic and littering tickets.
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
California Reduces Its Penalty for Marijuana
Discussion: Bloomberg, Hot Air and The Snitch
Phillip Smith / StoptheDrugWar.org:
California Governor Signs Marijuana Decriminalization Bill
Discussion: Left Coast Rebel and Dean's World
The White House:
Weekly Address: President Obama Lauds Clean Energy Projects as Key to Creating  —  WASHINGTON - In this week's address, President Obama announced that - due to clean energy incentives launched by his administration - a company called BrightSource plans to break ground this month on a new, revolutionary type of solar power plant.
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J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Obama launches campaign recess with shots at GOP agenda
Discussion: The Politico
Andrew Breitbart / Big Journalism:
O'Keefe Owes His Supporters an Explanation  —  I proudly stood behind James O'Keefe on his groundbreaking ACORN investigation.  I also defended him when the media, including CNN — during a previous regime, “the Rick Sanchez era” - falsely reported the Sen. Mary Landrieu story as a “wiretapping” plot gone wrong.
Discussion: TPMMuckraker and Mediaite
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
McConnell slams Dems for adjourning, warns tax increases are on horizon  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) used the Republicans' weekly radio address to criticize Democrats for adjourning to campaign without voting on a tax-cut extension and for failing to help boost the still-sagging economy.
Discussion: CNN
Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
French women cause a stir in niqab and hot pants in anti-burka ban protest  —  Two French female students have made a film of the pair of them strolling through the streets of Paris in a niqab, bare legs and mini-shorts as a critique of France's recently passed law.
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
What's Dumb, Really?  —  Big-city liberals and their blogging buddies love to paint Tea Partiers as yokels with incoherent candidates and language-mauling signs.  (Some have even dubbed their misspellings and grammatical gaffes “Teabonics.")  On some level, this may be true.
Discussion: JustOneMinute, Hot Air, CNN and Gallup
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 …
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
‘Family Guy’ Episode Featuring Rush Limbaugh: A Preview  —  Opinions will no doubt vary among Rush fans for his agreeing to lend his voice to an entire Family Guy episode revolving around him.  The show airs Sunday night on Fox.  —  I'm not a regular viewer of the show …
Discussion: protein wisdom and Weasel Zippers
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Movement of the Moment Looks to Long-Ago Texts  —  The Tea Party is a thoroughly modern movement, organizing on Twitter and Facebook to become the most dynamic force of the midterm elections.  —  But when it comes to ideology, it has reached back to dusty bookshelves for long-dormant ideas.
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David Freedlander / Associated Press:
Paladino Concedes: I Got No Proof [VIDEO]
Discussion: Liberty Pundits Blog
Reuters:
Bin Laden criticises Pakistan relief mission  —  * Al Qaeda leader urges action against climate change  —  Osama bin Laden criticised relief efforts in Pakistan and called for action against climate change in what appeared to be a new audio tape from the al Qaeda leader issued on Friday in an Islamist forum.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
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Conservative House Dem compares self to Boehner in TV ad
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
ALL TOMORROW'S TEA PARTIES:
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Iain Murray / Washington Examiner:
Fish enough for all  —  Ron Arnold alleged yesterday …
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
DeMint targets Senate colleagues
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Julia Kollewe / Guardian:
UN warns of unemployment unrest
Discussion: naked capitalism and Truthdig
Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times:
U.S. Apologizes for Syphilis Tests in Guatemala
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Lachlan Markay / NewsBusters.org:
Hypocritical Liberals Beg Murdoch to Force Amnesty Views on Fox News
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Toby Harnden / Telegraph:
Al Gore fails to mention President Barack Obama during Democratic rally in Florida
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and theblogprof
Scott Wong / The Politico:
Liberals hope rally rivals Beck's
Spencer Ackerman / Danger Room:
Exclusive: Blackwater Wins Piece of $10 Billion Mercenary Deal
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Salon
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Exercise and Weight Loss
 

 
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Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart

Devin Gordon / New York Times:
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