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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
NBC's David Gregory Defends Medicare Question As Newt Gingrich Spokesman Blasts Media ‘Minions’ … NEW YORK — When Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) sits down on “Meet the Press” this Sunday, he can expect to be asked about former House Speaker Newt Gingrich comparing his Medicare voucher plan to “right-wing social engineering.”
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Ross Douthat:
The Lessons of Gingrich v. Ryan — There are two obvious ways to look at the firestorm that greeted Newt Gingrich's criticisms of the Ryan budget, and the humiliating walkback that quickly followed. From one perspective, it's a sign that Gingrich is hopelessly out-of-touch …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Schumer: You're damn right we'll use Gingrich's criticism of Ryan against the GOP
Schumer: You're damn right we'll use Gingrich's criticism of Ryan against the GOP
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Gingrich spokesman: The Beltway “literati” …
Gingrich spokesman: The Beltway “literati” …
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Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
Newt Spokesman Pens Epic Poem In Tribute To Gingrich's Heroic Crusade Against The Media
Newt Spokesman Pens Epic Poem In Tribute To Gingrich's Heroic Crusade Against The Media
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Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
Newt Apologizes To Paul Ryan, Begs Democrats Not To Use His Own Quotes In Ads
Newt Apologizes To Paul Ryan, Begs Democrats Not To Use His Own Quotes In Ads
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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Cantor tells Gingrich he's out of line
Cantor tells Gingrich he's out of line
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Weasel Zippers, The Hill and FrumForum
Paul Waldman / TAPPED:
Newt Gingrich Gets Asked to Show His Papers
Newt Gingrich Gets Asked to Show His Papers
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ECHIDNE of the snakes, Eschaton, The Caucus, USA Today and Daily Kos
Mark Warren / Esquire:
BREAKING: Jerome Corsi's Birther Book Pulled from Shelves! — In a stunning development one day after the release of Where's the Birth Certificate? The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President, by Dr. Jerome Corsi, World Net Daily Editor and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Farah …
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
How Not to Write Satire — An Esquire writer lobs an egg at the birthers, but the yolk's on him. — “In a stunning development one day after the release of Where's the Birth Certificate? The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President, by Dr. Jerome Corsi …
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Political Punch:
Obama Campaign Hawks Birth Certificate T-Shirt, Campaign Claims Its A “Mobile Version” of Truth Squad to Refute Birther Book — President Obama's 2012 presidential campaign today started selling “Made in the USA” t-shirts featuring images of both President Obama and the long-form birth certificate he released copies of last month.
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New York Post:
IMF accuser in apt. for HIV vics — Dominique Strauss-Kahn may have more to worry about than a possible prison sentence. — The IMF chief's alleged sex-assault victim lives in a Bronx apartment rented exclusively for adults with HIV or AIDS, The Post has learned.
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
In Two Current Cases, Scrutiny Falls on the Women
In Two Current Cases, Scrutiny Falls on the Women
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Fay Schlesinger / Daily Mail:
The floodgates open: Strauss-Kahn's tangled love life and the women who claim he abused them
The floodgates open: Strauss-Kahn's tangled love life and the women who claim he abused them
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Agence France Presse:
Peter Fonda calls Obama ‘traitor’ at Cannes — CANNES, France — Peter Fonda launched a four-letter attack on US President Barack Obama at the Cannes film festival on Wednesday, calling him a traitor over the handling of the aftermath of the Gulf oil spill.
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Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
Many With New College Degree Find the Job Market Humbling — The individual stories are familiar. The chemistry major tending bar. The classics major answering phones. The Italian studies major sweeping aisles at Wal-Mart. — Now evidence is emerging that the damage wrought …
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THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Mother Jones
Liz Goodwin / Yahoo! News:
Loud cell-phone talker removed from quiet car by police — A woman who was escorted off an Amtrak train by police this weekend after she allegedly refused to stop talking loudly on her cell-phone has the Internet cheering her fate. — Civilians and quiet-car champions are supporting …
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Cornel West on Obama is no better than a birther — Anyone who knows me, and knows me well, knows that I have little patience for the “Blacker than thou” crowd. These are the self-appointed guardians of what it means to be black — a decidedly limited and ignorant perspective …
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Bill Keller / New York Times:
The Twitter Trap — Last week my wife and I told our 13-year-old daughter she could join Facebook. Within a few hours she had accumulated 171 friends, and I felt a little as if I had passed my child a pipe of crystal meth. — I don't mean to be a spoilsport, and I don't think I'm a Luddite.
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Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
You can be an expert if you try
You can be an expert if you try
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Eschaton and Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality …
Joshua Rhett Miller / Fox News:
CDC Warns Public to Prepare for ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ — Are you prepared for the impending zombie invasion? — That's the question posed by the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention in a Monday blog posting gruesomely titled, “Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse.”
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Daily Mail:
You idiot! Shamed politician John Edwards rages at mistress Rielle Hunter for not destroying sex tape — Furious John Edwards has allegedly vented his anger at mistress Rielle Hunter over the steamy sex video they made during his White House run. — In an amazing outburst …
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AMERICAN DIGEST and Don Surber
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Republicans ‘depressed’ by 2012 options — The political story of the day appears to be this piece from Mike Allen, noting that “top Republicans are increasingly convinced that President Barack Obama will be easily reelected if stronger GOP contenders do not emerge.”
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Matthew Yglesias / Yglesias:
Tim Pawlenty And The Conservative Elite
Tim Pawlenty And The Conservative Elite
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
GOP elite see Mitch Daniels as 2012 savior
GOP elite see Mitch Daniels as 2012 savior
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Juana Summers / The Politico:
Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin jump to top in new Gallup poll
Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin jump to top in new Gallup poll
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MyFOX Detroit:
Michigan Man Still Receiving Food Assistance Despite Winning $2 Million Jackpot — (WJBK) - A Michigan man has continued to accept food aid from the state even though he won big in a state lottery game and said he told officials about it. — Leroy Fick won the $2 million jackpot in the “Make Me Rich!” contest in June.
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Christopher Shea / Ideas Market:
Republican and Democratic Professors Grade Differently — When it comes to grading, Republican and Democratic professors at one unnamed elite university put their ideologies into practice, a new study finds: Republicans welcomed inequality, handing out more very high and very low grades …
Julie Mason / Reuters:
Obama's one-way conversation — President Obama today met King Abdullah of Jordan in the Oval Office — statements, no questions. Still, it was better than last week's meeting with the NATO leader: No pool, no statements, no questions, no photos. — Yesterday, Obama met with flood victims and first responders in Memphis.
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Hillary Chabot / Boston Herald:
White House shuts out Herald scribe
White House shuts out Herald scribe
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Amanda Carey / The Daily Caller:
New documents suggest Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan involved with crafting legal defense of Obamacare — Newly released documents reveal Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan was more involved with President Obama's health-care law than she disclosed previously.
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The White House:
President Obama Nominates Justice Morgan Christen for the United States Court of Appeals — WASHINGTON- Today, President Obama nominated Justice Morgan Christen for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. — “I am proud to nominate this outstanding candidate to serve …
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The Volokh Conspiracy, Verum Serum and The Politico
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Senator questions benefits to ‘adult baby’ — Coburn sees possible fraud — Stanley Thornton Jr., 30, is being fed with a bottle by his roommate, Sandra Dias. They were featured on National Geographic Channel's “Taboo” program. Sen. Tom Coburn is questioning their disability payment eligibility.
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David Ingram / The BLT:
Key Senators to Support Filibuster of Goodwin Liu — Three Republicans who have rarely supported filibusters of judicial nominees said today they will vote to filibuster appellate nominee Goodwin Liu, a bad omen for Liu a day before a crucial Senate vote. — Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
President will call for a new chapter of support for Arab Spring — President Obama will declare that the U.S. is firmly in support of democracy in the Arab world in a major speech Thursday intended to show administration policy has caught up with rapidly unfolding events in the Middle East.
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