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Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
Déjà Vu: Another Congressman Bares Naked Torso (and More) for Online Pal — BigGovernment.com and BigJournalism.com have reported throughout the morning about the emergence of new details in the Weinergate saga, after a young woman came forward with new information that tends …
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Chris Cuomo / ABCNEWS:
Rep. Anthony Weiner: ‘The Picture Was of Me and I Sent It’ — Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York said today he has engaged in “several inappropriate” electronic relationships with six women over three years, and that he publicly lied about a photo of himself sent over Twitter to a college student in Seattle over a week ago.
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Dylan Howard / RADAR:
Weinergate Grows: Another Woman Provides Sex Messages From His Account — Weinergate is getting bigger and bigger. — Another woman has come forward to RadarOnline.com and Star magazine and provided a sexting exchange with embattled New York Representative Anthony Weiner.
Meagan Broussard / Big Government:
My Story — My name is Meagan Broussard. I am 26 years old. I served in the U.S. Army, and I am a full-time college student and a single mom. — I admired Rep. Anthony Weiner because I had seen a video of him standing up for the 9/11 responders. It was a rant, but he came across …
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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Nancy Pelosi calls for Anthony Weiner ethics inquiry — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Steve Israel, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, are calling for an investigation into Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) over the series of sexually explicit conservations …
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Anthony Weiner admits tweet, will not resign — A tearful Rep. Anthony Weiner admitted Monday that he has sent photographs and other sexually suggestive messages to at least a half dozen women he's met online over the last three years, but will not resign. — “I am deeply regretting …
Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
Weinergate Bombshell: New Woman Comes Forward Claiming Cache of Intimate Photos and Online Communications with Beleaguered Congressman — A new woman has come forward with what she claims are photographs, chats, and emails with Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY). These appear to undermine severely …
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Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
'It's Me': Rep. Weiner Sends Playful Photo to New Friend — Earlier today, BigGovernment.com and BigJournalism.com revealed that a woman had come forward with what she claims are photographs, chats, and emails she exchanged with Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY). — The following photograph …
Danb / RADAR:
Weiner Used Jewish Sexual Stereotype To Facebook Sexting Partner — Rep. Anthony Weiner used an unflattering Jewish sexual stereotype during another Facebook sexting session with a middle-aged woman, RadarOnline.com and Star magazine are exclusively reporting in a joint newsgathering operation.
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Weasel Zippers, Mediaite, UNCOVERAGE.net and Patterico's Pontifications
City Room:
Weiner Says He Sent Photos and Lied, But Won't Resign — At a news conference in Midtown Monday afternoon, Representative Anthony D. Weiner tearfully confessed to sending a photo of himself in his underwear to a woman over Twitter, then lying about it. — Mr. Weiner said the indiscretion …
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The Atlantic Online:
Should We Care About Anthony Weiner's Photo Scandal?
Should We Care About Anthony Weiner's Photo Scandal?
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Crooks and Liars and Salon
Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
‘Me and the pussys’: Weiner Sends Intimate Home Pic; Apparently Relishes Double Entendres, Too
‘Me and the pussys’: Weiner Sends Intimate Home Pic; Apparently Relishes Double Entendres, Too
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The Gateway Pundit and Gothamist
City Room:
Web Site Posts Image Said to Be of Bare-Chested Weiner
Web Site Posts Image Said to Be of Bare-Chested Weiner
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Mediaite, Runnin' Scared, TPMDC and Washington Post
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
ABC News ‘likely’ to name woman who says she received shirtless Weiner pic, source says
ABC News ‘likely’ to name woman who says she received shirtless Weiner pic, source says
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Weasel Zippers and Moe Lane
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Andrew Breitbart takes over Anthony Weiner news conference
Andrew Breitbart takes over Anthony Weiner news conference
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Breitbart.tv
The Huffington Post:
Anthony Weiner Twitter Scandal: New Photos Emerge (VIDEO)
Anthony Weiner Twitter Scandal: New Photos Emerge (VIDEO)
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The Raw Story
The Note:
Weiner Flashback: “I Was the Victim of This”
Weiner Flashback: “I Was the Victim of This”
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National Review, Pajamas Media, ABCNEWS and POWIP
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oh my: Pelosi calls for House ethics investigation of Weiner
Oh my: Pelosi calls for House ethics investigation of Weiner
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Right Wing News, Washington Post and Patterico's Pontifications
Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Roger Ailes Plays Nice
Roger Ailes Plays Nice
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Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs:
Anthony Weiner Schedules Press Conference to Deal with Latest Accusations
Anthony Weiner Schedules Press Conference to Deal with Latest Accusations
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Nice Deb and Datechguy's Blog
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Weiner apologizes for lying, ‘terrible mistakes,’ refuses to resign
Weiner apologizes for lying, ‘terrible mistakes,’ refuses to resign
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The Moderate Voice, The Politico and Outside the Beltway
Chris Cassidy / Boston Herald:
Experts back Sarah Palin's historical account — You betcha she was right! — Sarah Palin yesterday insisted her claim at the Old North Church last week that Paul Revere “warned the British” during his famed 1775 ride — remarks that Democrats and the media roundly ridiculed — is actually historically accurate.
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Sheila Marikar / ABCNEWS:
Historians: Palin Made an ‘Obvious Blooper’ — Sarah Palin said that Paul Revere warned the British during his midnight ride in 1775. Historians beg to differ. — “He didn't warn the British,” said James Giblin, author of “The Many Rides of Paul Revere.” “That's her most obvious blooper.”
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Little Green Footballs, ThinkProgress, Oliver Willis, The Raw Story and TPMDC
Joel J. Miller / National Review:
What Sarah Palin Got Wrong — And We Did, Too — Before we all ride the Palin-Revere fiasco utterly into the ground, it's worth noting what she really got wrong, and what the rest of us did as well. — Sarah Palin said that Paul Revere “warned the British that they weren't gonna be taking away our arms …
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Ben Smith's Blog and GOP 12
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
You know how Sarah Palin said Paul Revere warned the British? Well, he did. Now, who looks stupid?
You know how Sarah Palin said Paul Revere warned the British? Well, he did. Now, who looks stupid?
Matt Schneider / Mediaite:
Joe Scarborough On Sarah Palin's Paul Revere Defense: 'Everything's A Gotcha Question With Her'
David Weigel / Weigel:
Editing Wikipedia to Make Palin Right About Paul Revere
Editing Wikipedia to Make Palin Right About Paul Revere
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The Huffington Post, Guardian, Wonkette, Runnin' Scared, Crooks and Liars and Mediaite
Peter A. Diamond / New York Times:
When a Nobel Prize Isn't Enough — LAST October, I won the Nobel Prize in economics for my work on unemployment and the labor market. But I am unqualified to serve on the board of the Federal Reserve — at least according to the Republican senators who have blocked my nomination. How can this be?
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
With Rebuke of Senate Republicans, Fed Nominee Withdraws
With Rebuke of Senate Republicans, Fed Nominee Withdraws
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The Atlantic Online
James Surowiecki / New Yorker:
THE WARREN COURT — Elizabeth Warren may well be the most popular person in Washington.
THE WARREN COURT — Elizabeth Warren may well be the most popular person in Washington.
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Felix Salmon
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Rick Santorum's 12 Most Offensive Statements — This morning, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum (R) announced his candidacy for the GOP presidential nomination, telling ABC's George Stephanopoulos, “We are ready to announce that we are going to be in this race and we're in it to win.”
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George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Exclusive - Rick Santorum Will Run for President: 'We're In It to Win'
Exclusive - Rick Santorum Will Run for President: 'We're In It to Win'
Jillian Rayfield / TPMDC:
Santorum: D-Day Troops Fought For Health Care Freedom
Santorum: D-Day Troops Fought For Health Care Freedom
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Firedoglake and The Politico
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
DWS: GOP wants to bring back ‘Jim Crow’ — Raising the rhetorical stakes around local battles over voting laws, DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz yesterday compared Republican efforts to tighten access to the polls to notorious segregation-era Jim Crow laws.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Wasserman Schultz retracts Jim Crow analogy
Wasserman Schultz retracts Jim Crow analogy
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Washington Monthly, The Hill and americanthinker.com
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Vouchercare Is Not Medicare — What's in a name? A lot, the National Republican Congressional Committee obviously believes. Last week, the committee sent a letter demanding that a TV station stop running an ad declaring that the House Republican budget plan would “end Medicare.”
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David Frum / CNN:
Don't doom GOP's chance to win in 2012
Don't doom GOP's chance to win in 2012
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NewsBusters.org and The New Republic
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Carville: 2012 could be ‘very rough’ for Obama, says civil unrest ‘imminently possible’ — Who ever thought the saying, “It's the economy stupid” from James Carville in 1992 would become a staple in presidential elections 20 years later? — That expression made its way into the campaign …
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Russ Britt / MarketWatch:
Firms to cut health plans as reform starts: survey — 30% of companies say they'll stop offering coverage — Front Page - News Viewer - Commentary - Markets - Investing - Personal Finance - Community - Games — LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Once provisions of the Affordable Care Act start …
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Weasel Zippers
Ben Tracy / CBS News:
Chronic unemployment worse than Great Depression — The unemployed have, on average, remained unemployed longer than in the 1930s; Employers wary of job gaps in resumes — There is an unfortunate adage for the unemployed: The longer folks are out of a job, the longer it takes them to find a new one.
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Moonbattery, Hot Air, Wake up America, Speaker, Weasel Zippers and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
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Dean Baker / The New Republic:
Disaster Not Averted — The latest jobs numbers and the very …
Disaster Not Averted — The latest jobs numbers and the very …
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AMERICAblog News
Jan Crawford / CBS News:
Bachmann Taps Rollins to Run Campaign — As she prepares to enter the race in Iowa later this month, Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has signed on high-profile political strategist Ed Rollins to run her presidential campaign, according to two sources close to Bachmann.
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The Hill, Ben Smith's Blog, Outside the Beltway, Erick's blog and GOP 12