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In the ruins of Gadhafi's lair, rebels find album filled with photos of his ‘darling’ Condoleezza Rice — Msnbc.com and Associated Press report: — “Deeply bizarre and deeply creepy.” — That's how the State Department is describing a surprising find inside the compound …
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John T. Bennett / The Hill:
Report: Rebel forces say they have Gadhafi pinned down
Report: Rebel forces say they have Gadhafi pinned down
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PhotoBlog and The Politico
Bill Keller / New York Times:
Asking Candidates Tougher Questions About Faith — If a candidate for president said he believed that space aliens dwell among us, would that affect your willingness to vote for him? Personally, I might not disqualify him out of hand; one out of three Americans believe we have had Visitors and, hey, who knows?
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John / Verum Serum:
For Bill Keller: A Score of Religious Questions for President Obama
For Bill Keller: A Score of Religious Questions for President Obama
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Bill Keller / The 6th Floor:
Tougher Questions for the Candidates
Tougher Questions for the Candidates
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National Review, Pajamas Media and Ricochet Conversation Feed
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Guy Benson Of Course: NYT Editor Suddenly Very Interested in Candidates' Churches
Guy Benson Of Course: NYT Editor Suddenly Very Interested in Candidates' Churches
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Hot Air
Steve Jobs / The Daily Beast:
Kinky for Perry — Kinky Friedman once ran against Rick Perry for the Texas governorship. So would the singer and writer vote for him for president? Hell, yes! The world's most famous Jewish cowboy on why he wants to live in Rick Perry's America.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Perry: Romney realizing Massachusetts healthcare law is ‘huge problem for him’
Perry: Romney realizing Massachusetts healthcare law is ‘huge problem for him’
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Will Rick Perry's ‘Homosexuality Is Like Alcoholism’ Comparison Hinder His Campaign?
Will Rick Perry's ‘Homosexuality Is Like Alcoholism’ Comparison Hinder His Campaign?
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
With Hurricane Bearing Down Cantor Spox Says Disaster Relief Should Be Paid For With Spending Cuts — Looks like House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) will extend his requirement that federal disaster relief be paid for by cutting spending elsewhere in the budget to Hurricane Irene.
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Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Cantor Says No Earthquake Disaster Relief For His Home State Unless Spending Is Cut Elsewhere
Cantor Says No Earthquake Disaster Relief For His Home State Unless Spending Is Cut Elsewhere
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Roll Call, Associated Press and TPMDC
JSOnline:
Special prosecutor: No charges for Prosser, Bradley in fracas — By The Associated Press and Jason Stein of the Journal Sentinel — Madison - Neither Supreme Court Justice David Prosser nor fellow Justice Anne Walsh Bradley will face criminal charges for an altercation this summer involving the two …
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
David Prosser ‘chokehold’ case produces no charges in Wisconsin
David Prosser ‘chokehold’ case produces no charges in Wisconsin
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Nick Schulz / National Review:
Steve Jobs: America's Greatest Failure — Steve Jobs's announcement that he is stepping down as CEO of Apple is not surprising. He's a very sick man; and running the world's largest market-cap technology firm can't be easy for someone with pancreatic cancer and who-knows-what other ailments.
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St. Petersburg Times:
Fla poll: Romney beating Obama, neck and neck w Perry — A new Sachs/Mason-Dixon Florida Poll finds Barack Obama trailing Mitt Perry in America's biggest battleground and in a dead heat with Texas Gov. Rick Perry among Republicans. — “Unlike 2008, if the election were held today …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Majority of NJ voters say Obama doesn't deserve reelection
Majority of NJ voters say Obama doesn't deserve reelection
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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Rep. Steve Chabot Criticized By Tea Party Activists For Seizing Cameras From Democrats At Town Halls … WASHINGTON — After banning and confiscating cameras at his town hall events, Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) is taking heat from all sides — including from Tea Party activists Eric Odom and Judson Phillips.
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
‘Angry’ Mitt Romney ‘Loses His Cool’ With Voter At New Hampshire Town Hall
‘Angry’ Mitt Romney ‘Loses His Cool’ With Voter At New Hampshire Town Hall
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Obama Leadership Image Takes a Hit, GOP Ratings Decline — Continued Dissatisfaction with Republican Field — OVERVIEW — The public is profoundly discontented with conditions in the country, its government, political leadership and several of its major institutions.
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Washington Wire, The Politico, Hot Air, Prairie Weather, Politics and The Raw Story
Byron Tau / The Politico:
AFL-CIO head: Labor to ditch Democrats — The growing rift between labor and their Democratic allies was on full display Thursday, as AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told reporters that labor groups are planning to scale back their involvement with the Democratic Party in advance of the 2012 elections.
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Taylor Marsh, Hot Air, Pajamas Media and Weasel Zippers
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Kase Wickman / The Raw Story:
AFL-CIO president: Obama is aligned with tea party, not fixing jobs
AFL-CIO president: Obama is aligned with tea party, not fixing jobs
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TPMDC and Booman Tribune
New York Times:
U.S. May Back Refinance Plan for Mortgages — The Obama administration is considering further actions to strengthen the housing market, but the bar is high: plans must help a broad swath of homeowners, stimulate the economy and cost next to nothing. — One proposal would allow millions …
Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
Kate Marshall expresses support for Israel, says “useful” to do so because “timely topic” — You don't see this too often: A campaign puts out a statement by a candidate on an issue she has never talked about and then helpfully explains the political strategy at play at the end.
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Nevada candidate's Israel gaffe
Nevada candidate's Israel gaffe
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Weasel Zippers, ThinkProgress, Israel Matzav, Atlas Shrugs and The Daily Caller
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Robertson Suggests Crack In The Washington Monument Was A Sign From God — During The 700 Club's “The Sign Of The Times” series on the end of the world this week, Pat Robertson today addressed Tuesday's earthquake on the east coast that left a four-foot long crack in the Washington Monument.
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The Huffington Post:
Rick Perry Sought State Profits From Teacher Life Insurance Scheme … WASHINGTON — Two weeks before Thanksgiving in 2003, top officials from Texas Governor Rick Perry's office pitched an unusual offer to the state's retired teachers: Let's get into the death business.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Cheney Says He Urged Bush to Bomb Syria in '07 — WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney says in a new memoir that he urged President George W. Bush to bomb a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor site in June 2007. But, he wrote, Mr. Bush opted for a diplomatic approach after other advisers …
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Jeff Masters / Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog:
Irene an extremely dangerous storm surge threat to the mid-Atlantic and New England — Back in 1938, long before satellites, radar, the hurricane hunters, and the modern weather forecasting system, the great New England hurricane of 1938 roared northwards into Long Island, New York at 60 mph …
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Brad Hooker / OpenSecrets.org:
Obama Victory Fund Brings in Cash From Lawyers, Wall Street and Hollywood — The Obama Victory Fund, a joint fund-raising committee that supports both President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee, raised a total of $39 million during the first half of 2011.
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Weasel Zippers, Political Punch, The Gateway Pundit, The Lonely Conservative and Naked Politics
Charlie Gasparino / FOXBusiness.com:
Madoff: I'm a Victim, Too — Bernie Madoff is feeling pretty grand these days. He's got reporters (including myself) hounding him for interviews and his insight into Wall Street and its misgivings. He's the toast of the federal prison in Butner, NC., where he's serving a life sentence …
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Dealbreaker, Mediaite, The Atlantic Online and New York Magazine
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Ohio GOP Rep. Wants Drug Tests For Anyone Who Seeks Unemployment Benefits — Ohio state Rep. Tim Grendell (R) said today that he will introduce legislation requiring Ohioans in need of unemployment benefits, welfare, or other government aid to take a drug test first.
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Telegraph:
Market crash ‘could hit within weeks’, warn bankers — A more severe crash than the one triggered by the collapse of Lehman Brothers could be on the way, according to alarm signals in the credit markets. — The cost of insuring RBS bonds is now higher than before the taxpayer was forced to step in and rescue the bank in October 2008
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Taylor Marsh and Vox Popoli
Anne-Marie Slaughter / Financial Times:
Why Libya sceptics were proved badly wrong — Let us do a thought experiment. Imagine the UN did not vote to authorise the use of force in Libya in March. Nato did nothing; Colonel Muammer Gaddafi over-ran Benghazi; the US stood by; the Libyan opposition was reduced to sporadic uprisings, quickly crushed.
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RealClearWorld, Democracy in America and Hit & Run