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The Atlantic Online:
CNN's Crazy, No-Holds-Barred, Social-Media Debate — It's got more bells and whistles than a video game and could send the candidates into anaphylactic shock — Manchester, N.H. — By nature, I'm a debate skeptic. They're hard to differentiate, and the last one is usually forgotten as soon as the next one rolls around.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
GOP DEBATE: Bachmann grabs spotlight with filing announcement — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) announced during Monday evening's presidential debate that she'd filed paperwork to run for president. — “I filed today my paperwork to run for president of the United States ... I wanted you to be the first to know,” she said.
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The Politico, ABCNEWS, CNN, The Note, Guardian and The Lonely Conservative
A.Killough / CNN:
5 things we learned tonight — Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) - Five things we learned at the debate: — 1) Michele Bachmann is now a candidate for president. The congresswoman from Minnesota was the only person on the stage who was not officially a candidate at the start of the debate.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
New Hampshire Republican debate: Winners and losers — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney answers a question as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, left, and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, listen during the first New Hampshire Republican presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Monday, June 13, 2011.
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The Moderate Voice and New York Magazine
Matt Lewis / The Daily Caller:
While we do not encourage drinking, it sometimes makes debates more fun.
While we do not encourage drinking, it sometimes makes debates more fun.
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Outside the Beltway, Feministing, Wizbang and Gallup
Mark Preston / CNN:
CNN Republican debate: 5 things that could shape the 2012 race
CNN Republican debate: 5 things that could shape the 2012 race
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Hot Air, PERRspectives, The Nation, Anderson Cooper 360, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and ABCNEWS
msnbc.com:
Obama: ‘I would resign’ in Weiner's situation — President talks scandal, debt ceiling in an exclusive interview with TODAY's Ann Curry — Below: — In an exclusive interview with TODAY's Ann Curry that will air on Tuesday's show, President Barack Obama said that if he were Democratic …
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Matt Schneider / Mediaite:
Joe Scarborough To RNC Chairman: ‘Shut Up’ With ‘Cheap Shots’ On Rep. Weiner
Joe Scarborough To RNC Chairman: ‘Shut Up’ With ‘Cheap Shots’ On Rep. Weiner
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Salon
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Democratic source: Weiner ‘on the fence’ about resigning, in state of ‘despair’
Democratic source: Weiner ‘on the fence’ about resigning, in state of ‘despair’
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Hot Air, The Reaction, The Hill, Weasel Zippers, Pajamas Media and Mediaite
Catalina Camia / USA Today:
House ethics committee begins inquiry on Rep. Weiner
House ethics committee begins inquiry on Rep. Weiner
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Weasel Zippers and HotAirPundit
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Obama on Weiner: ‘If it was me, I would resign’
Obama on Weiner: ‘If it was me, I would resign’
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The Politico and The Note
Peter Beinart / The Daily Beast:
Why Anthony Weiner Shouldn't Quit
Why Anthony Weiner Shouldn't Quit
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
RNC chair struggles to defend double standard
RNC chair struggles to defend double standard
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Washington Post, Balloon Juice, Comments from Left Field and Right Wing Watch
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
White House won't say Weiner should resign
White House won't say Weiner should resign
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The Politico, The Gateway Pundit and Pajamas Media
Washington Post:
‘Paula Brooks,’ editor of ‘Lez Get Real,’ also a man — Just one day after the author behind a popular Syrian lesbian blog admitted to being a married, American man named Tom MacMaster, the editor of the lesbian news site Lez Get Real, with the tagline “A Gay Girl's View on the World,” acknowledged that he is also a man.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Turning More Frequently to Dictionary, and Not Just for Big Words — WASHINGTON — In a decision last week in a patent case, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. puzzled out the meaning of a federal law by consulting the usual legal materials — and five dictionaries. — One of the words he looked up was “of.”
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Joan Biskupic / USA Today:
Ethics rules don't violate free speech, Supreme Court says
Ethics rules don't violate free speech, Supreme Court says
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The Atlantic Online:
Herman Cain's Anti-Muslim Bigotry Should Be Disqualifying — The loyalty test he proposes for Muslim Americans isn't just discriminatory and unconstitutional — it would never work — Presidential candidate Herman Cain has reiterated his position that any Muslim serving in his administration …
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Herman Cain: “Am I Black?” — GREENFIELD, N.H. — At the end of a short press scrum here, Herman Cain got a question he's always asked semi-nervously: So, uh, how's it going out there for a black Republican candidate? His answer is that he's lived a while, he's seen racism …
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Weekly Standard, Salon, The Other McCain, Balloon Juice and AmSpecBlog
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WI Democrat Tells Female Constituent He Wants to “Smack Her Around” in Message (Audio) — Typical democrat. — A Wisconsin democrat running in a recall election left a message on a woman's answering machine. The democrat said he ought to smack her around in a message he didn't know was being recorded.
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iOwnTheWorld.com and The Lonely Conservative
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama fundraiser underwhelms — The empty seats at President Obama's fundraiser in Miami, Fl. were hard to miss. — MIAMI, Fla. — A low-dollar fundraiser here Monday felt like a throwback to the 2008 campaign. — There was the same old soundtrack - including “City of Blinding Lights” …
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Political Punch, The Gateway Pundit, RealClearPolitics Video Log and HotAirPundit
Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
Gov. Perry: Economic Crisis Is Part of God's Plan To Return Us To Biblical Principles — For the past week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has been roundly criticized by religious and LGBT groups alike for inviting other governors to join him at an anti-gay prayer event hosted by stridently bigoted American Family Association.
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
US Is in Even Worse Shape Financially Than Greece: Gross — When adding in all of the money owed to cover future liabilities in entitlement programs the US is actually in worse financial shape than Greece and other debt-laden European countries, Pimco's Bill Gross told CNBC Monday.
Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:
McLean woman ‘involuntarily committed’ in alleged Red Line bomb threat — [This story was originally posted at 8:39 a.m. with updates at 12:15 p.m., 1:50 p.m. and 2:33 p.m. Stay with PostLocal.com as more information becomes available.] — A 51-year-old Mclean woman was “involuntarily committed” …
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rebelpundit:
Indiana Senate Candidate Mourdock's Campaign Assaults Citizen Journalist — This weekend we attended a Tea Party event in Kokomo, Indiana. As we were interviewing Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Richard Mourdock; his campaign manager, Chief Deputy & General Counsel for Indiana …
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Ballot Box, Moe Lane, Big Journalism and The Gateway Pundit
Aaron Wiener / TPMDC:
Chart Of The Day: For American Workers, No Economic Recovery — Workers tend to bear the brunt of the American economy's boom and bust cycles. When recessions hit and unemployment rises, workers' share of the national income — the money people earn through wages and salaries …
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The Moderate Voice, FrumForum and ECHIDNE of the snakes
Los Angeles Times:
Palestinian statehood: What is the U.N.'s role? — A divisive showdown is almost certain. — A Palestinian protester holds a Palestinian flag in one hand and a stone in the other hand on the 44th Anniversary of the Arab defeat in the 1967 Six Day War of the Middle East. (David Vaaknin / Getty Images)
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City Room:
In Reversal, 3 Democratic Senators Will Back Gay Marriage — ALBANY — Three wavering Democratic lawmakers in the State Senate have agreed to support legislation legalizing same-sex marriage in New York, several people with knowledge of the negotiations said on Monday, marking a potential turning point for the long-debated measure.
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Sarah Palin's letter from God — Two items of note this morning on America's most interesting, reviled and adored politician who isn't a candidate for anything and probably won't be in 2012 — Sarah Palin. — Up first is Toby Harnden, a prolific author and correspondent for the Daily Telegraph of London.
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Brobinson / Fox Nation:
Obama Jokes at Jobs Council: ‘Shovel-Ready Was Not as Shovel-Ready as We Expected’ — President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness met today in Durham, NC at Cree Inc., a company that manufactures energy-efficient LED lighting. One of the Council's recommendations to President Obama …
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Power Line, Hot Air, The Lonely Conservative, Pajamas Media and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
Did Mitt Romney commit voter fraud when he cast a ballot for Scott Brown in last year's special election in Massachusetts? On Monday, one of his lesser known opponents for the GOP presidential nomination, Fred Karger, filed a complaint with Massachusetts state election officials alleging …
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The BRAD BLOG
truth-out.org:
EXCLUSIVE: New Documents Claim Intelligence on Bin Laden, al-Qaeda Targets Withheld From Congress' 9/11 Probe — On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, just as he has done in years past, a top military intelligence analyst identified by the US government only as “Iron Man” will hunker down in front …
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Firedoglake
John / Power Line:
As the GOP Presidential Debate Begins... ...we were reminded again today that Barack Obama is eminently beatable. The 2012 election will be mostly a referendum on the success or failure of his administration's economic policies. Every day, more voters are becoming convinced that the verdict is in, and Obama is a failure.