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N. Gregory Mankiw / New York Times:
I Can Afford Higher Taxes. But They'll Make Me Work Less. — AN important issue dividing the political parties is whether to raise taxes on those earning more than $250,000 a year. Democrats say these taxpayers can afford to chip in a bit more. Republicans say raising taxes …
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Mankiw's Taxes — Greg Mankiw admits that he could afford to pay higher tax rates, but says that higher rates do affect his incentives to take on more work: … Do you see the card he palmed? Basically, the effect of letting the Bush cuts expire is so tiny that the only way to make it noticeable …
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Emptywheel
CNN:
Axelrod signals White House opposition to foreclosure moratorium — Washington (CNN) — The Obama administration opposes a moratorium on home foreclosures, but wants problems involving improper paperwork resolved as quickly as possible, senior adviser David Axelrod said Sunday.
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Emptywheel:
Remember cramdown? It was a proposed change to bankruptcy law that would have allowed judges to modify the mortgages on primary homes for people entering bankruptcy. Supporters of the change argued that cramdown would provide an important stick to force lenders into modifying loans …
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Grasping Reality …
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Government had been warned for months about troubles in mortgage servicer industry
Government had been warned for months about troubles in mortgage servicer industry
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Crooks and Liars
Brad / Think Progress:
Gillespie Claims NY Times And Wash. Post Have ‘Refudiated’ ThinkProgress On Secret Corporate Spending — On Face the Nation this morning, host Bob Schieffer grilled both White House advisor David Axelrod and GOP strategist Ed Gillespie on the millions of dollars being secretly funneled …
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CNN, The Political Carnival and Beltway Confidential
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New York Times:
Outraged, and Outrageous — Top row from left: RT America; Atlas Shrugs; ABC News; Atlas Shrugs. Second row: Fox News; Canadian Broadcasting Company; Atlas Shrugs; MSNBC. Third row: CNN; Atlas Shrugs (Three photos). Bottom Row: CBS NEWS; CNN; Atlas Shrugs (2 photos).
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Power Line, Hullabaloo, Atlas Shrugs, Little Green Footballs and Jihad Watch
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Mark Townsend / Guardian:
English Defence League forges links with America's Tea Party — As the far-right group marches in Leicester, details are emerging of growing contacts with extremist US groups in a 'war on Islamification" — The English Defence League, a far-right grouping aimed at combating the …
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
The New York Times: Outraged, Outrageous and Unhinged
The New York Times: Outraged, Outrageous and Unhinged
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Israpundit, iOwnTheWorld.com, The Other McCain, New York Times and Jihad Watch
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Number of Competitive House Races Doubles from Recent Years — The House forecast that we released on Friday establishes an over-under line for Republican gains at a net of 47 or 48 seats. But, as I noted at the end of the article, the confidence interval on this forecast is very wide.
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Prairie Weather and Moe Lane
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
No ‘brainwashing’ on homosexuality (Updated) — Carl Paladino, who's made a few stops in heavily religious Jewish areas of Brooklyn today, has said during at least one stop that he will veto a gay marriage bill if he is governor, a pledge he made on another visit with Orthodox Jews a few weeks ago.
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The Daily Dish and Capital Tonight
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE GOP TO LOVE OBAMA IN 2026.... In light of the news that Democrats love to see former President Bill Clinton out on the campaign trail, while former President George W. Bush keeps a much lower profile, it's almost amusing to see Republicans decide maybe the Big Dog wasn't so bad after all.
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Ballot Box and Associated Press
Ian M. / Think Progress:
After Embracing Privatizers, Tenthers, Tea Partiers, & An Ex-Witch, Cantor Distances GOP From Nazi Reenactor — Appearing today on Fox News Sunday, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) finally revealed just how extreme a GOP candidate needs to be in order to be rejected by their party leadership.
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The Political Carnival, The Moderate Voice, TPMDC and Wonk Room
Associated Press:
‘SNL’ hits O'Donnell again — WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” has taken another jab at Christine O'Donnell - and the Delaware Senate candidate says the riff on her recent television campaign ad “was really funny.” — In the ad that debuted this week, O'Donnell tells the camera, “I'm not a witch.”
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CNN, The Political Carnival and Gateway Pundit
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Jerry Brown: Mammograms not effective — Smelling blood after a Jerry Brown associate used the word “whore” in connection with Meg Whitman's campaign strategy, Republican sources have provided a 15-year-old video of the Democratic gubernatorial hopeful dismissing mammograms in an old interview.
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Scared Monkeys, Left Coast Rebel, The Last Tradition, Ben Smith's Blog, The New Editor, American Power and NO QUARTER
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Jeff Dunetz / YID With LID:
Jerry Brown “There Is No Evidence That Mammograms Are Effective”
Jerry Brown “There Is No Evidence That Mammograms Are Effective”
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theblogprof, Moe Lane and GayPatriot