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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Republicans Against Science — Jon Huntsman Jr., a former Utah governor and ambassador to China, isn't a serious contender for the Republican presidential nomination. And that's too bad, because Mr. Hunstman has been willing to say the unsayable about the G.O.P. — namely, that it is becoming the “anti-science party.”
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Erik Jensen / Sydney Morning Herald:
Mental illness rise linked to climate — RATES of mental illnesses including depression and post-traumatic stress will increase as a result of climate change, a report to be released today says. — The paper, prepared for the Climate Institute, says loss of social cohesion in the wake …
Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Perry Again Calls Social Security a Ponzi Scheme
Perry Again Calls Social Security a Ponzi Scheme
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Perry back to ‘Ponzi scheme,’ ‘monstrous lie’ on Social Security
Perry back to ‘Ponzi scheme,’ ‘monstrous lie’ on Social Security
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Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Michele Bachmann rally draws over 1,000 in Sarasota, but some prefer Rick Perry — SARASOTA — Hurricane Irene bypassed the state and spared Michele Bachmann's first campaign foray in Florida this weekend, but now she has to contend with Hurricane Perry. — Even as the Minnesota congresswoman …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Bachmann sees Irene as divine message on spending — Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann campaigned in Florida yesterday, attending services at a Baptist megachurch near Tampa. Afterwards, the right-wing lawmaker offered a rather unique perspective on the weekend's weather developments.
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Bachmann Campaign: Bachmann Spoke ‘In Jest’ When She Said God Was Communicating Via Earthquakes And Hurricanes
Bachmann Campaign: Bachmann Spoke ‘In Jest’ When She Said God Was Communicating Via Earthquakes And Hurricanes
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Michele Bachmann: Natural disasters a warning to D.C.
Michele Bachmann: Natural disasters a warning to D.C.
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Jonathan Martin / Reuters:
Is Rick Perry dumb? — Another Texas governor who drops his “g's” and scorns elites is running for president and the whispers are the same: Lightweight, incurious, instinctual. — Strip away the euphemisms, and Rick Perry is confronting an unavoidable question: is he dumb - or just misunderestimated?
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Jack Cashill / American Thinker:
Early Obama Letter Confirms Inability to Write — On November 16, 1990, Barack Obama, then president of the Harvard Law Review, published a letter in the Harvard Law Record, an independent Harvard Law School newspaper, championing affirmative action. — Although a paragraph from this letter …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Perry defends book, slams Social Security
Perry defends book, slams Social Security
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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Leaders Bring Some Bad Blood to Race
GOP Leaders Bring Some Bad Blood to Race
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Brian Patrick / Eric Cantor:
Memo On Upcoming Jobs Agenda — MEMORANDUM — As you know, we released The House Republican Plan for America's Job Creators earlier this year. While the debt crisis has demanded much of our attention, our new majority has passed over a dozen pro-growth measures to address …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Cantor: No Disaster Relief Funding For Hurricane Irene Without Budget Cuts
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
FEMA, to pay for Irene damage, delays funds for rebuilding in tornado-ravaged areas
FEMA, to pay for Irene damage, delays funds for rebuilding in tornado-ravaged areas
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Josh Boak / The Politico:
Hurricane Irene an economic blow or boost?
Hurricane Irene an economic blow or boost?
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David Wessel / Wall Street Journal:
Labor Economist to Fill Key Post — President Barack Obama on Monday plans to nominate Princeton University's Alan Krueger to be chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, a White House official said. — If confirmed by the Senate, Mr. Krueger, a labor economist …
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Postal Service paying fewer workers to do nothing — The U.S. Postal Service, expecting $7 billion in losses this year amid slumping mail volume, is still paying thousands of its workers millions of dollars each year to do nothing. — But it's paying tens of millions of dollars less for …
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Audit: USPS spent $4M on ‘nothing’
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
American Theocracy Revisited — During George W. Bush's presidency, many liberal and secular Americans came to regard religious conservatives not merely as their political opponents, but as a kind of existential threat. The religious right, they decided, wasn't a normal political movement.
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Nic Robertson / CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Lockerbie bomber comatose, near death, family says — Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi is comatose, near death and likely to take secrets of the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 to his grave. — CNN found al-Megrahi under the care of his family …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
President Obama arrived back in Washington after his August vacation to deal with a hurricane, but Irene was only the first of many tests awaiting the embattled commander-in-chief. — With his approval ratings at the lowest point in his presidency, Obama returns to face a restless Congress …
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Joseph / Coffee Strong:
Veteran and Military Spouse Dragged from Rumsfeld Book Signing — Yesterday Coffee Strong published a summary of the events that took place at the Donald Rumsfeld book signing on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Below is the text from our official press release, sent to our media contacts this morning:
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Matt Misterek / FOB Tacoma:
Ranger's widow ejected from Rumsfeld book signing
Ranger's widow ejected from Rumsfeld book signing
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Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Mayor Making It No Secret: He'll Endorse Quinn in 2013 — It is the worst-kept secret in City Hall. Michael R. Bloomberg has told almost everyone who asks — but only privately, so far — that he hopes the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, will succeed him as mayor in 2013.
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Daniel S. Hamermesh / New York Times:
Ugly? You May Have a Case — Daniel S. Hamermesh, a professor of economics at the University of Texas, Austin, is the author of “Beauty Pays,” published this month. — BEING good-looking is useful in so many ways. — In addition to whatever personal pleasure it gives you …
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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
George Will Slams Dick Cheney For Not Apologizing For Iraq — Damn it, I hate it when this happens. I actually agree with George Will. As I reel from worlds colliding, let's look at the astonishing admission of wrongness on behalf of a Republican to which George Will wants an apology:
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The Daily Beast:
A Hurricane of Hype — Irene fell far short of the media's dire warnings even before it was downgraded. Howard Kurtz on the scaremongering by television and local officials.
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