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Washington Post:
Rally to Restore Sanity: ‘If we amplify everything, we hear nothing’ — Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, the first names in fake-news anchormen, drew throngs of exuberant supporters to Washington on Saturday for a televised and live-streamed joint rally that shut down streets, overloaded the transit system and flooded the Mall.
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Louise Radnofsky / Washington Wire:
Counting the Crowd: Hard to Do for Jon Stewart's Rally — How many people are on the National Mall for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert? The final answer? We don't know. — Mr. Stewart opened the rally with an allusion to the difficulties of figuring this out, proposing to the assembled crowd, “We're going to count them all.”
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J.P. Freire / Beltway Confidential:
“Rally to Restore Sanity” pledges to “strictly prohibit filming” at National Mall — Irony reaches new heights as Comedy Central is going to “strictly prohibit filming” of the Rally to Restore Sanity/March to Keep Fear Alive. PJTV's Washington Bureau chief Richard Pollock inquired …
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Crowd estimates for Stewart-Colbert rally uncertain, but Mall was packed — Jon Stewart estimated a crowd of 10 million. Stephen Colbert, Stewart's partner in Saturday's political-comedy rally tweeted his early guess of 6 billion. — Later in the afternoon, Colbert pondered on Twitter: “What a fantastic turnout at my rally!
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TPMDC, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Moderate Voice and NPR
Dave Itzkoff / The Caucus:
Live Blog: At the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear — Thousands gathered on the National Mall with the comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert on Saturday for the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. Below is the live blog of the event. [Related Article]
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The Nation, Joe. My. God. and The Daily Beast
Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Stewart-Colbert rally draws tens of thousands — In election's shadow, comedians entertain throngs at D.C. ‘sanity’ event — WASHINGTON — In the shadow of the Capitol and the election, comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert entertained a huge throng Saturday at a “sanity” …
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New York Times:
At Rally, Thousands — Billions? — Respond
At Rally, Thousands — Billions? — Respond
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The Daily Dish, The Caucus, The Nation and Guardian
The Politico:
Jon Stewart points finger at media
Jon Stewart points finger at media
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No More Mister Nice Blog, CNN, Guardian and JammieWearingFool
The Huffington Post:
Rally To Restore Sanity LIVE: Video, Updates From The Jon Stewart Rally In DC
Rally To Restore Sanity LIVE: Video, Updates From The Jon Stewart Rally In DC
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Democrats Recruit Volunteers Outside Stewart-Colbert Rally
Democrats Recruit Volunteers Outside Stewart-Colbert Rally
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Beltway Confidential, JammieWearingFool, TPMDC, Prairie Weather and Hot Air
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Cat Stevens Appearance At Sanity Rally Rankles Right Winger — Conservative bete noir Yusuf Islam (a.k.a. Cat Stevens) made a guest appearance at the Comedy Central rally today, inspiring an instant backlash from at least one right winger, a group fond of accusing the musician of sympathizing with terrorists.
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Aaron Worthing / Patterico's Pontifications:
WTF?! Islamofascist at the Rally to Restore Sanity?! (Update: A trip Down Memory Lane with Stewart and South Park; Salman Rushdie on Yusuf Islam; Video: Yusuf Islam on Wishing He Could Burn Rushdie Alive) — [Guest post by Aaron Worthing; send your tips here.
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American Power, TPMDC, Outside the Beltway and Theo Spark
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Fatwa-endorsing singer featured at “Restoring Sanity” rally? — I tuned in to the “Restoring Sanity” rally on the National Mall today during the prep time before the NARN broadcast this afternoon, just in time to see “Peace Train” performed live — and I said to my radio partner Mitch Berg …
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Ed Driscoll / Pajamas Media:
Video: Riding the Peace Train
Video: Riding the Peace Train
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blogs.telegraph.co.uk and American Power
Coordinator / ABC News' Press Room:
Breitbart's Participation in ABC News Digital Town Hall Event Draws Fire — The following is attributable to Andrew Morse, Executive Producer, ABC News Digital: — Since conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart announced on his website that he was going to be a participant …
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Tea Party Kingmaker Becomes Power Unto Himself — On election night last year, South Carolina's freshman senator, Jim DeMint, convened a conference call with 4,000 supporters to declare the next battle: conservatives had to rally behind Marco Rubio, a relative unknown who was trailing …
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Clinton rallies base, slams ‘fact-free’ Republican midterm campaigning
Clinton rallies base, slams ‘fact-free’ Republican midterm campaigning
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The Politico and CNN
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Bill Clinton's Role in Florida Senate Race Seems to Cost Democrat Some Black Votes
Bill Clinton's Role in Florida Senate Race Seems to Cost Democrat Some Black Votes
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protein wisdom, msnbc.com and Hot Air
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Obama fires back at AIDS protesters, tells them to hassle GOP — President Obama deflected heckling by AIDS protesters during a Saturday rally, suggesting they take up their cause with “the other side” that's opposed to funding. — A group of people interrupted Obama's speech before 9,000 in Connecticut chanting “Fund Global AIDS.”
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Weasel Zippers and Gateway Pundit
msnbc.com:
Yemen: Woman detained in terror bomb plot — More packages examined for explosives; U.S. suspects al-Qaida affiliate — Yemeni authorities on Saturday arrested a woman thought to be involved in sending explosive packages headed to the United States and were searching for more suspects …
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Associated Press, Hot Air, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and The Daily Beast
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Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
Republicans lose ground for second straight day in early voting, maintain turnout percentage edge — Republicans lost ground to the Democrats in the urban counties on the largest and last day of early voting Friday, surely giving Democrats hope that a surge to blunt the GOP momentum could carry over into Election Day.
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National Review, Daily Kos and POLISING
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Lisa, are you going to shut down my Facebook page for writing this? — Yesterday, Lisa Murkowski's hired guns threatened radio host Dan Fagan, and more importantly, the station that airs Fagan's show, with legal action for allegedly illegal “electioneering.”
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Hot Air, Liberty Pundits Blog, GOP 12, Gateway Pundit, POWIP, Wake up America, The Right Scoop, Right Wing News, Riehl World View and five feet of fury.
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Palin's plan to stop Obama — Charleston, West Virginia (CNN) - Stopping the Obama agenda means electing John Raese to the Senate, Sarah Palin said Saturday. — At an event in West Virgnia, the former Alaska Governor and 2008 vice presidential nominee appeared with rock star and conservative activist …
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CQ-Roll Call / The Eye:
Rich Iott Won't Commit to Backing Boehner for Speaker — TOLEDO, Ohio — Republican Rich Iott, the controversial Congressional candidate who has drawn fire for donning a German Waffen SS uniform, refused on Saturday to say whether he would support Minority Leader John Boehner for Speaker …
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Obama urges cooperation after election, calls GOP remarks ‘troubling’
Obama urges cooperation after election, calls GOP remarks ‘troubling’
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theblogprof, Weasel Zippers, The Politico, CNN and JammieWearingFool
The White House:
Weekly Address: President Obama Calls on GOP Leadership to Put Aside Partisan Politics and Focus on Strengthening the Economy — WASHINGTON - In his weekly address, President Obama called the recent comments by the GOP leadership, which put scoring political points over solving the problems facing …
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Jesse Lee / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Weekly Address: Working Together on the Economy
Weekly Address: Working Together on the Economy
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Politics Daily and Washington Monthly