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David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
Call a Waaahmbulance: NAACP exhaustively details how the Tea Party's connections empower racism — Cue the right-wing wailing and gnashing of teeth: The NAACP has now fully backed up its accusations of racism within the Tea Party movement with a meticulously documented report …
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Zandar Versus The Stupid and Hullabaloo
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Shane D'Aprile / The Hill:
THE HILL POLL: Voters are not worried about ‘extreme’ label on candidates
THE HILL POLL: Voters are not worried about ‘extreme’ label on candidates
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The Note, Commentary and The Politico
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Climate Change Doubt Is Tea Party Article of Faith
Climate Change Doubt Is Tea Party Article of Faith
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The Reality-Based Community and New York Times
Judy L. Thomas / Kansas City Star:
NAACP releases report accusing tea party groups of links to bigots
NAACP releases report accusing tea party groups of links to bigots
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Tea Party Express's pricey cruises
Tea Party Express's pricey cruises
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CNN, Anchorage Daily News and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Spiegel Online:
‘Obama Has Turned Out to Be an Utter Disaster’
‘Obama Has Turned Out to Be an Utter Disaster’
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Oliver Willis, Pajamas Media, Mediaite, Raw Story, Hot Air, Left Coast Rebel, The Daily Caller and Riehl World View
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
NPR Ends Analyst's Contract After Comments on Muslims — NPR has terminated its contract with Juan Williams, one of its senior news analysts, after he made comments about Muslims on the Fox News Channel. — NPR said in a statement that it gave Mr. Williams notice of his termination on Wednesday night.
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Michelle Malkin:
Firing offense: NPR axes Juan Williams for opinions on Muslims & post-9/11 travel — Un-freaking-believable. — Cable news blogger Johnny Dollar red-flagged NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik's Twitter feed, which announced tonight that liberal NPR analyst/Fox News contributor Juan Williams' contract …
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PR Newswire, The Huffington Post, The Sundries Shack, The Daily Dish and HotAirPundit
Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Stays DADT Injunction — A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued a temporary stay of U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips's Oct. 12 order in Log Cabin Republicans v. United States halting all enforcement of the military's “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy.
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Every big Senate race just got closer — A new wave of polling shows virtually every close Senate race growing even more competitive, raising the pressure on both parties in the final days of the midterm campaign. — In several states, Democratic candidates are on the upswing.
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New York Magazine and Swampland
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Aharding / CNN:
TRENDING: ‘Extreme’ debate in Pennsylvania — (CNN) - “Extreme” was the word of the night as the two Pennsylvania Senate candidates debated for the first time on Wednesday. — Democrat Rep. Joe Sestak and Republican Pat Toomey, a former Congressman, seldom agreed on the issues during the hour-long debate …
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The Politico
Steve Peoples / Roll Call:
GOP Has Absentee Ballot Advantage in Pennsylvania
GOP Has Absentee Ballot Advantage in Pennsylvania
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Beltway Confidential and National Review
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Soros Donates $1 Million to Media Matters — Media Matters, the liberal activist group that wages a rhetorical war against Fox News Channel and others in the conservative press, will announce on Wednesday the receipt of a $1 million donation from the philanthropist George Soros.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
George Soros' “foreign” money — George Soros announced today that he was making his first-ever contribution to Media Matters, in the amount of $1 million. Rush Limbaugh denounced this as “foreign money in American politics” and called Soros “a foreigner.”
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Media Matters for America and Mediaite
Timothy Egan / Opinionator:
John Roberts's America — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — I wish Chief Justice John Roberts could spend a day and a night in the Rocky Mountains experiencing what his activist Supreme Court majority has dumped on the American voter in 2010. — The sludge flow from out-of-state, secretive political groups is unrelenting.
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Chris Good / The Atlantic Online:
Don't Blame Citizens United
Lpratapas / CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: All tied up in Alaska Senate race — (CNN) - A new poll indicates a dead-even race in the Alaska battle between Republican Senate nominee Joe Miller and GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who's running for re-election as a write-in candidate. But a CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corporation …
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Time and Conservatives4Palin.com
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Vauhini Vara / Washington Wire:
Joe Miller Files FEC Complaint
Joe Miller Files FEC Complaint
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The Immoral Minority and Progressive Alaska
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Majority of independent voters say Dem leadership is more left wing than they are — In another potentially troubling sign for Democratic candidates, three in five independent voters in key House districts say Congress's Democratic leadership is to the left of them on the political spectrum.
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Weasel Zippers
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Bush defends bailout of financial firms — Former President George W. Bush said a decision to use taxpayer money to bolster the financial system in 2008 wasn't difficult and was needed to avoid an economic collapse. — “Depression, no depression,” Bush told about 2,000 people during …
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Newsalert
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Andy Borowitz / News Desk:
Shouts & Murmurs: Three Things to Do When Clarence Thomas's Wife Calls You — Like many Americans, over the past several years I have been the recipient of multiple unwelcome voicemails from the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. These calls have come in the middle of the night …
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Blue Gal
Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
MEMO: Health Insurance, Banking, Oil Industries Met With Koch, Chamber, Glenn Beck To Plot 2010 Election — In 2006, Koch Industries owner Charles Koch revealed to the Wall Street Journal's Stephen Moore that he coordinates the funding of the conservative infrastructure of front groups …
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Crooks and Liars, Media Matters for America, Firedoglake, Gawker, The BRAD BLOG, 24Ahead, Yglesias, Hullabaloo, No More Mister Nice Blog, Daily Kos, Raw Story, Washington Monthly, Beltway Confidential, Weigel, The New Republic, The Political Carnival, Ben Smith's Blog, Ezra Klein, Climate Progress, The Washington Independent, ACS Blog and JammieWearingFool
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
What Role Have Scalia And Thomas Played In The Koch Money Machine?
What Role Have Scalia And Thomas Played In The Koch Money Machine?
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Washington Post, The Huffington Post and The Caucus
David Weigel / Weigel:
Cindy Sheehan Goes Republican — After a fashion, anyway: She encourages Nancy Pelosi to debate her Republican opponent, John Dennis, and suggests that voters should take a look at him. … I talked to Dennis, who is happy with the quasi-endorsement — he, too, mentioned that he was backed by Gonzalez …
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Weasel Zippers and Beltway Confidential
Kevin Sieff / Washington Post:
Virginia 4th-grade textbook criticized over claims on black Confederate soldiers — A textbook distributed to Virginia fourth-graders says that thousands of African Americans fought for the South during the Civil War — a claim rejected by most historians but often made by groups seeking …
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Rough Sketch, The Atlantic Online, Grim's Hall, The Lede, Gawker, Little Green Footballs, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Maddow Blog and Unfogged
Sean J. Miller / The Hill:
Majority says no ‘change’ under Obama, or change for the worse — A majority of voters in key battleground races say President Obama has either brought no change to Washington or has brought change for the worse. — In 10 competitive House districts, 41 percent of likely voters say Obama …
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Weasel Zippers and Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Spitzer's Harvard Club Application? Rejected — In his emergence from political disgrace, Eliot Spitzer has played multiple roles: political commentator, financial columnist, college professor, and, most recently, CNN host. — One role he will not be playing: a member of the Harvard Club of New York City.
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Above the Law, Mediaite, ProfessorBainbridge.com, Gothamist, Room Eight, New York Magazine, The Daily Politics and DealBook
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Citing Rep. Grayson's ‘gutter theatrics,’ GOP challenger refuses to debate — After Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) attacked his Republican challenger Dan Webster as “Taliban Dan” in a recent campaign ad, Webster is refusing to share the stage with him for a debate.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Times and JammieWearingFool
Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Al Qaeda Leader Dined at the Pentagon Just Months After 9/11 — Oct. 2008: American-born Al Qaeda-linked cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. — Anwar Al-Awlaki may be the first American on the CIA's kill or capture list, but he was also a lunch guest of military brass …
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Hot Air, Emptywheel, Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Jillian Rayfield / TPM LiveWire:
Glenn Beck: Evolution Is 'Ridiculous — I Haven't Seen A Half-Monkey, Half-Person Yet' — Have you ever seen a half-monkey, half-person? No? Well neither has Glenn Beck, which is how he knows evolution doesn't exist. — On his radio show today, Beck wondered how many people …
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Rough Sketch, Pharyngula, Little Green Footballs, Washington Monthly, Raw Story, Mediaite and Climate Progress
Luke Funk / Traffic News:
Audit: NJ Turnpike Wasted Millions On Perks — MYFOXNY.COM - Auditors say the New Jersey Turnpike Authority wasted $43 million on unneeded perks and bonuses. In one case, an employee with a base salary of $73,469 earned $321,985 when all payouts and bonuses were included.
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POWIP and National Review
Aharding / CNN:
White House Dispatch: ‘Baby on Board’ in the Beast — Portland, Oregon (CNN) - The presidential limousine, known colloquially as ‘The Beast,’ carried what was probably one of its youngest passengers ever on Wednesday evening. — President Obama, who flew to Oregon as part …
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The Politico
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Rival Gives Frank Some Unflattering New Steps — REVERE, Mass. — Representative Barney Frank was dancing around the issues — first doing a version of the Running Man, then the Sprinkler, then a disco boogie. — The latest on President Obama, his administration and other news from Washington and around the nation.
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Boston Globe, American Glob, The Other McCain and Da Techguy's Blog