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4:10 PM ET, October 3, 2010

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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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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.
Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Reason.tv: What We Saw At And Who We Talked With at the One Nation …
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Here's Your Enthusiasm Gap: One Nation Rally Draws More Attendees …
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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Scott Shane / New York Times:
U.S. Issues Terrorism Alert for Travel to Europe
Fox News:
U.S. May Issue Travel Alert to Americans in Europe, Officials Say
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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David S Morgan / CBS News:
Sanders: GOP Doesn't Want America to Succeed  —  Says Republicans Choose Regaining Power Over Initiatives to Help Economy; Richardson: Dems Must Fight Tea Party Rhetoric  —  (CBS) A progressive Senator accused the Republican Party of putting their drive for power ahead of the public interest …
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 …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Glenn Beck is obsessed with Hitler and Woodrow Wilson.  (I'm just saying.)  —  Glenn Beck, the conservative television and radio host, is an amateur historian.  Very amateur.  —  One day, he rhetorically asked his Fox News viewers: “Why did we buy Alaska in the 1950s?”
Discussion: Daily Kos
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 …
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Washington Examiner:
Tea Party dominance was inevitable — and I told you so  —  I told you so.  —  On April 15, 2009, as the first nationwide wave of Tea Party protests broke out, I wrote: “What's most striking about the tea-party movement is that most of the organizers haven't ever organized, or even participated, in a protest rally before.
Discussion: Riehl World View, sisu and Don Surber
Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
Midterms outlook: Purely partisan  —  Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) sparred Sunday over how well their respective parties will do on Nov. 2.  —  Cornyn, who once predicted a tsunami that would wipe out Democratic majorities in Congress, seemed less confident that Republicans would run the table.
Discussion: CNN
Los Angeles Times:
Brown, Whitman heatedly debate illegal immigration  —  The California gubernatorial candidates tangle in a blistering dispute over Whitman's employment of an illegal immigrant housekeeper as they meet for a Spanish-language debate.  —  Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown meet at Cal State Fresno …
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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.) …
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
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Kathleen Hennessey / Los Angeles Times:
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
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David Barrett / Telegraph:
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
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JEREMY JENNINGS  —  When Mao Tse-Tung launched the Cultural Revolution …
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Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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