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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump collapses — Donald Trump has had one of the quickest rises and falls in the history of Presidential politics. Last month we found him leading the Republican field with 26%. In the space of just four weeks he's dropped all the way down to 8%, putting him in a tie for fifth place with Ron Paul.
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
The myth of American exceptionalism — “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line,” W.E.B. Du Bois wrote in 1903 — and I will not quibble. But the problem of the 21st century is the problem of culture, not just the infamous “culture of poverty” but what I would call the culture of smugness.
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Walter Shapiro / The New Republic:
The Long Shot
The Long Shot
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New York Times:
U.S. Was Braced for Fight With Pakistanis in Bin Laden Raid — WASHINGTON — President Obama insisted that the assault force hunting down Osama bin Laden last week be large enough to fight its way out of Pakistan if confronted by hostile local police officers and troops, senior administration and military officials said Monday.
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Jim Sciutto / ABCNEWS:
Osama Bin Laden Son Missing From SEAL Raid, Pakistan Says — One of Osama bin Laden's sons went missing in the midst of the Navy SEAL raid that took the life of the al Qaeda leader more than a week ago, Pakistani security officials told ABC News today. — The officials said bin Laden's three wives …
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John Hudson / The Atlantic Wire:
The Associated Press's Case for Releasing the Bin Laden Photo
The Associated Press's Case for Releasing the Bin Laden Photo
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Bin Laden Sons Say U.S. Violated International Law
Bin Laden Sons Say U.S. Violated International Law
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Rob Crilly / Telegraph:
Osama bin Laden son ‘disappeared during compound raid’
Osama bin Laden son ‘disappeared during compound raid’
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Jack Shafer / Slate Magazine:
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The Osama Putz Videos
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Alexander Bolton / Healthwatch:
Republican rift widens on Medicare — A deep rift is opening wider and wider in the Republican Party over controversial proposals to cut Medicare. — Senate Republicans have decided to avoid jeopardizing their chances of capturing the upper chamber in next year's elections and will not echo …
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: Boehner's debt-ceiling demands — (Kathy Willens - AP) In a speech before a Wall Street crowd on Monday, John Boehner laid out the three legs of the GOP's opening bid on the debt ceiling. They are: — 1) “Without significant spending cuts and reforms to reduce our debt, there will be no debt limit increase.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Boehner Outlines Demands on Debt Limit Fight — WASHINGTON — Speaker John A. Boehner said Monday that Republicans would insist on trillions of dollars in federal spending cuts in exchange for their support of an increase in the federal debt limit sought by the Obama administration to prevent a government default later this year.
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner's hard line on debt ceiling gets cool reception from Wall St.
Boehner's hard line on debt ceiling gets cool reception from Wall St.
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Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:
The Tragedy of Sarah Palin — From the moment Sarah Palin's acceptance speech electrified the Republican convention, she was seen as an unbending, hard-charging, red-meat ideologue—to which soon was added “thin-skinned” and “vindictive.” But a look at what Palin did while in office in Alaska …
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Yereth Rosen / Reuters:
Sarah Palin wins restraining order against father-son pair
Sarah Palin wins restraining order against father-son pair
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Kris Hundley / St. Petersburg Times:
Billionaire's role in hiring decisions at Florida State University raises questions — A conservative billionaire who opposes government meddling in business has bought a rare commodity: the right to interfere in faculty hiring at a publicly funded university.
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Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver announce separation — The former first lady has moved out after 25 years of marriage. Maria Shriver helped bolster Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign against charges that he groped women during his movie career. — Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Missing Fifth — In 1910, Henry Van Dyke wrote a book called “The Spirit of America,” which opened with this sentence: “The Spirit of America is best known in Europe by one of its qualities — energy.” — This has always been true. Americans have always been known for their manic dynamism.
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Matthew Yglesias / Yglesias:
Human Capital Can't Explain The Precipitous Rise In Unemployment Across America
Human Capital Can't Explain The Precipitous Rise In Unemployment Across America
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Romney plans major healthcare speech in Michigan on Thursday — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) will deliver a major speech Thursday on healthcare in his native state of Michigan. — Romney will make a presentation at the University of Michigan's cardiovascular center laying …
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Feifei Sun / The Page:
Taking It On — First on The Page: Romney to give major health …
Taking It On — First on The Page: Romney to give major health …
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The Atlantic Online:
Hillary Clinton: Chinese System Is Doomed, Leaders on a 'Fool's Errand' — In an exclusive interview, the secretary of state says Beijing's human rights record is “deplorable” and it is “trying to stop history” by opposing the advance of democracy — In my latest Atlantic cover story …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Gingrich Set to Run, With Wife in Central Role — WASHINGTON — Callista Bisek's friends from rural Wisconsin were stunned when, well over a decade ago, she confided that she was secretly dating an older, married man: Newt Gingrich. — Still in her 20s when they met …
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
GOP Sen. Rand Paul questions whether White House has ‘enemies list’ — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) asked Tuesday if the White House had an “enemies list” in light of the National Labor Relations Board's complaint against Boeing for moving some of its operations to South Carolina.
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Ron Paul's land of second-rate values
Ron Paul's land of second-rate values
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Rasmussen Reports:
59% Favor Cutoff of Federal Funds to Sanctuary Cities — New legislation being considered by the House would stop all federal funding for cities that give sanctuary to illegal immigrants, and most voters like the idea. But very few believe Congress is likely to pass such a measure.
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Aharding / CNN:
CNN Poll: Democrats up 50-46 percent in battle for House — Washington (CNN) - It's one of the storylines for 2012: Can the Democrats win back control of the House of Representatives? — A new poll suggests that they may have a chance. — Full results (pdf)
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Beyond Obama's Bin Laden Bounce — A week after the news broke of the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden, bettors at Intrade, a political futures market, are barely any more likely to think that Barack Obama will win re-election. — As of this writing, Mr. Obama's Democrats are given …
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Kevin Drum Feed:
Alan Simpson, Social Security Illiterate — Is it true that life expectancies have gone up dramatically since 1940, when Social Security first went into effect? Sort of. In 1940, lots of children still died young, and this skewed the average way down. Fifty years later those kids mostly didn't die, so the average was higher.
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
A Wider War on Terror — A week after the death of Osama bin Laden, Congress is expanding the War on Terror. — A week after the death of Osama bin Laden, Congress is expanding the War on Terror. — Last week's raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad was made possible by the 2001 Authorization …
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Brad Poole / Yahoo! News Canada:
Liberals in southern Arizona seek to form new state — TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A long-simmering movement by liberal stalwarts in southern Arizona to break away from the rest of the largely conservative state is at a boiling point as secession backers press to bring their longshot ambition to the forefront of Arizona politics.
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Associated Press:
Suspect in flight disturbance had Calif. ID — SAN FRANCISCO - The passengers sat stunned as they watched a man walk quickly toward the front of American Airlines Flight 1561 as it was descending toward San Francisco. He was screaming and then began pounding on the cockpit door.
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