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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Here's Your Enthusiasm Gap: One Nation Rally Draws More Attendees Than Beck's “Whitestock” — Enthusiasm gap, schmenthusiasm gap. Without the benefit of months and months of advertising and promotion on Fox News Channel (in fact, I'm only aware of Ed Schultz on MSNBC doing any kind of TV promotion) …
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Directorblue / Doug Ross:
15 Photos From the #OneNation Rally You'll Never See In Legacy Media — The SEIU arrives, courtesy of your tax dollars, one would presume. — Child abuse. Apparently Mom never learned about the Soviet Union. Or Cuba. Or Zimbabwe. Or North Korea. — Note the guy in the American …
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Liberal Groups Rally, Challenging Tea Party — WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of union members, environmentalists and peace activists rallied at the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, seeking to carry on the message of jobs and justice that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. trumpeted at a rally at the same site 47 years ago.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
At ‘One Nation’ rally, a unionized show of unity — Organizers of Saturday's “One Nation Working Together” rally at the Lincoln Memorial are proud of their diversity. Before the event, they predicted it would be the “most diverse march in history.” It turned out they were right.
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Marooned In Marin:
“One Nation” (Of Commies, Unions, & Other Leftist Extremists)...Trashing The Mall — Thanks to Lucianne.com, Kristinn Taylor, Jim Hoft at Big Government and Gateway Pundit, Connie Hair at Human Events, Liberty Central, Lagniappe's Lair, Hancaqan.com, Verum Serum and FreeStateRevolution for the links …
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Washington Post:
Tens of thousands attend progressive 'One Nation Working Together …
Tens of thousands attend progressive 'One Nation Working Together …
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Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
Figures. CSPAN Uses Tea Party Rally Crowd Shot for Leftist …
Figures. CSPAN Uses Tea Party Rally Crowd Shot for Leftist …
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Frances Martel / Mediaite:
‘One Nation Working Together’ Rally Claims Bigger Numbers Than ‘Restoring Honor’
‘One Nation Working Together’ Rally Claims Bigger Numbers Than ‘Restoring Honor’
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Philip Elliott / Associated Press:
Thousands gather in DC in support of Dems agenda
Thousands gather in DC in support of Dems agenda
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Third Party Rising — A friend in the U.S. military sent me an e-mail last week with a quote from the historian Lewis Mumford's book, “The Condition of Man,” about the development of civilization. Mumford was describing Rome's decline: “Everyone aimed at security: no one accepted responsibility.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
FRIEDMAN'S THIRD-PARTY MESS.... Thomas Friedman joins a long list of centrist media figures to call for a third party to offer a sensible alternative to Democrats and Republicans. To put it charitably, the column is wildly unpersuasive. — The general pitch is common, but lazy …
Travel.State.Gov:
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE — Europe — The State Department alerts U.S. citizens to the potential for terrorist attacks in Europe. Current information suggests that al-Qa'ida and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks. European governments have taken action to guard …
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Sanders: GOPs ‘do not want Americans to succeed’; Obama should steer left — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Sunday that Republicans “do not want Americans to succeed” in laying out his case for energizing the liberal base to go to the polls in November. — Sanders, a self-proclaimed …
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Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
Rev. Franklin Graham: Islam ‘evil’ — Rev. Franklin Graham, the son of Rev. Billy Graham, called Islam “wicked” and “evil” on Sunday during a televised town hall-style discussion about American's feelings about the religion. — “They want to build as many mosques and cultural centers …
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Cornyn: ‘Significant’ wins ahead; Menendez: No GOP Senate ahead — The two heads of the senatorial campaign arms sparred Sunday over how their parties would fare in elections a month from now, with Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (N.J.) …
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Juliet Williams / ABCNEWS:
GOP's Whitman Blames Opponent for Housekeeper Flap — GOP's Whitman blames opponent for controversy over former housekeeper's immigration status — GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman accused Democratic rival Jerry Brown on Saturday of orchestrating a scandal over her former illegal …
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Frank Rich / New York Times:
The Very Useful Idiocy of Christine O'Donnell — ALL it took was some 30,000 Republican primary voters in a tiny state to turn Christine O'Donnell into the brightest all-American media meteor since Balloon Boy. For embattled liberals, not to mention the axis of Comedy Central …
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Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Ahmadinejad calls for US leaders to be ‘buried’ — TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's president Sunday called for U.S. leaders to be “buried” in response to what he says are American threats of military attack against Tehran's nuclear program. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is known for brash rhetoric in addressing the West …
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