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Cuts in Government Led U.S. Economy to Lose 95,000 Jobs — The economy shed 95,000 nonfarm jobs in September, the Labor Department reported Friday, with most of the decline the result of the layoffs by local governments and of temporary decennial Census workers.
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Welcome to the anti-stimulus — The good news: The private sector gained 64,000 jobs in September. The bad news? The public sector lost 159,000. And they weren't all census jobs, either. Local governments fired 76,000 workers. In other words, this is the first jobs report in recent months that isn't driven by census layoffs.
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Firedoglake, National Review, AmSpecBlog, The New Republic, Clusterstock and The Big Picture

Time's running out for job growth
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Calculated Risk, The Daily Caller, The Daily Dish and The Big Picture


Economy Sheds 95,000 Jobs; Rate at 9.6% as Easing Looms
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msnbc.com, protein wisdom, Don Surber and Stop The ACLU

Biggest Local Cuts in 30 Years
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Washington Monthly, PostPartisan and The New Republic

An associate of Jerry Brown calls Meg Whitman a “whore” over pension reform (AUDIO) — In a private conversation that was inadvertently taped by a voicemail machine (audio below), an associate of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown can be heard referring to his Republican opponent Meg Whitman as a …
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Brown or aide is heard slurring Whitman — In a private conversation inadvertently captured on voicemail, someone calls the GOP candidate for governor a ‘whore,’ saying she made a deal to protect law enforcement pensions while seeking endorsements. — In a private conversation inadvertently captured …
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The Atlantic Online, The Caucus and Hotline On Call


California governor candidates spar over ‘whore’ remark — The campaign for California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman wants an apology from her opponent, Jerry Brown, after his aide called the former eBay CEO a “whore” — (CNN) — The California governor's race has devolved into a skirmish over the word “whore.”
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Left Coast Rebel, New York Magazine and American Power

Donilon to Replace Jones as National Security Adviser — President Obama will announce on Friday that Gen. James Jones, the national security adviser, is resigning and will be replaced by Thomas E. Donilon, the principal deputy national security adviser, senior administration officials said.
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Michelle Malkin, Swampland and Weekly Standard
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Breaking: Jones stepping down — By: — (CNN) - The White House will announce Friday that National Security Adviser James Jones is stepping down, according to two senior administration officials. Jones will be replaced by Deputy National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, the advisers said.
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Ben Smith's Blog

James Jones resigns as National Security Council chief
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CNN and The Political Carnival


Nobel Peace Prize Given to Jailed Chinese Dissident — BEIJING — Liu Xiaobo, an impassioned literary critic, political essayist and democracy advocate repeatedly jailed by the Chinese government for his writings, won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in recognition of …
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Liu Xiaobo's Peace Prize: A Victory for Tibet
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Great news: Federal judge finds ObamaCare mandate constitutional — The worst part? This really is well in line with the Supreme Court's ridiculously expansive Commerce Clause jurisprudence. You can't opt out of interstate marijuana commerce by growing and using your own at home …
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Patterico's Pontifications and The Blast
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Michigan District Court Upholds Individual Mandate Against Challenge …
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New York Times, Hit & Run, The Mahablog, Left in the West, NewsBusters.org, Maggie's Farm and The Agitator

Tyranny Of The Compassionate — A Federal judge in Michigan …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Swampland and Ben Smith's Blog

The End of the Tunnel — The Erie Canal. Hoover Dam. The Interstate Highway System. Visionary public projects are part of the American tradition, and have been a major driver of our economic development. — And right now, by any rational calculation, would be an especially good time to improve the nation's infrastructure.

Paladino Meltdown Watch. — Faced with a political race that didn't involve proving he hated Muslims more than the other candidate, Republican gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino's candidacy has struggled to gain ground on Democrat Andrew Cuomo. An initial Quinnipiac poll showed Paladino …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, The Daily Politics and NY Daily News
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Paladino: Andrew Cuomo's ‘prowess is legendary’
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The Moderate Voice, New York Times, City Room and newsfeed.time.com


A Florida Double Crist? — Kendrick Meek might drop out of the Florida senate race and thereby pave the path to victory for Charlie Crist. — TAMPA — Republican leaders in the Sunshine State are fretting that a deal may be in the works to get Democratic nominee Kendrick Meek …
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Hot Air, The Reid Report, JustOneMinute, YID With LID, Post on Politics, Sun-Sentinel, Saint Petersblog and George's Bottom Line

Lou Dobbs: ‘I have done nothing illegal’ — Lou Dobbs is firing back against claims of hiring undocumented workers. In an exclusive interview on Msnbc's Lawrence O'Donnell on Thursday, the radio host said, “The bottom line is I have done nothing illegal.”
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Flawed Foreclosure Documents Thwart Home Sales — OCALA, Fla. — Amanda Ducksworth was supposed to move in to her new home this week, a three-bedroom steal here in central Florida with a horse farm across the road. Instead, she is camped out with her 7-year-old son at her boss's house.
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The Colbert Democrats — A president's first midterm election is inevitably a referendum on his two years in office. The bad news for Democrats is that President Obama's “reelect” number is 38 percent — precisely Bill Clinton's in October 1994, the eve of the wave election …
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Shopfloor, NewsBusters.org and Betsy's Page

Rory Reid: Healthcare reform could end up hurting Nevada — Gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid (D) said Thursday that the new health reform law could hurt Nevada. — During a televised debate, Rory Reid, the son of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), said he does not support the legal challenges against the health overhaul.
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Weasel Zippers, Gateway Pundit, Betsy's Page and GayPatriot

HHS errs on Medicare Advantage — The Department of Health and Human Services quietly changed the web version of a speech in which HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius described how the health care overhaul is going to affect Medicare Advantage plans, a controversial section of the law …
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Ezra Klein, Weasel Zippers and Hit & Run
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Why Barack Obama is an anti-colonialist — If you want to understand what is going on in the White House today, you have to begin with Barack Obama. No, not that Barack Obama. I mean Barack Obama Sr., the president's father. Obama gets his identity and his ideology from his father.
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Sadly, No! and American Thinker
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Pete Rouse braces White House for GOP gains
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Caught Spying on Student, FBI Demands GPS Tracker Back — A California student got a visit from the FBI this week after he found a secret GPS tracking device on his car, and a friend posted photos of it online. The post prompted wide speculation about whether the device was real …
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Engadget and Balloon Juice

Mayor Blasts Sick Bill — Mayor Michael Bloomberg all but vowed to veto legislation that would mandate paid sick leave for all workers in New York City, arguing it would be “disastrous” for small businesses. — Mr. Bloomberg, who has previously voiced concerns about the bill …
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The Awl


Sarah Palin in West Palm Beach: “I'll run for president if the American people want me to!” — Former vice-presidential hopeful and governor of Alaska Sarah Palin told a small studio audience during the taping of a Newsmax.com webcast Wednesday in West Palm Beach that she would run for president in 2012 if …
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Conservatives4Palin.com, The Political Carnival and GOP 12

The Real Israel Lobby — Now we know who constitutes the real Israel lobby: the American public. Especially the Republican-leaning part of it. — Consider the results of a new poll, a survey of 1000 likely voters done October 3 to 5 by McLaughlin and Associates for the Emergency Committee for Israel.
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Commentary and Ben Smith's Blog