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Rob Bluey / The Heritage Foundation:
Conservative Nabs Naming Rights to ‘American Jobs Act’ After Obama Delay — President Obama repeatedly asked members of Congress to pass the American Jobs Act last week. But when no Democrat filed Obama's bill after he presented it to Congress, a conservative congressman swiped the name for his own legislation.
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Obama: 'If you love me, you've got to help me pass this bill' — Obama promoted his jobs bill in North Carolina on Wednesday, the third stop on what White House press secretary Jay Carney has called a “campaign” for jobs. — Not for the first time, Obama called back to an audience member who shouted …
Financial Times:
Obama to propose Medicare and Medicaid cuts — Barack Obama is expected to lay out a plan next week that would cut several hundred billion dollars from Medicare and Medicaid, the large government healthcare schemes for the elderly and the poor, as part of a pitch to cut future deficits by more than $1,500bn.
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
GOP increases pressure on Obama to move trade deals
GOP increases pressure on Obama to move trade deals
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
GOP Rep Introduces ‘Jobs’ Bill That Would Completely Eliminate Corporate Taxes
GOP Rep Introduces ‘Jobs’ Bill That Would Completely Eliminate Corporate Taxes
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Julianna Goldman / Bloomberg:
Obama Approval Plummets on Jobs Plan: Poll
Obama Approval Plummets on Jobs Plan: Poll
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Elizabeth Flock / Washington Post:
Attack Watch, new Obama campaign site to ‘fight smears,’ becomes laughing stock of the Internet — As the 2012 presidential campaign heats up, President Obama's campaign team has set up a new Web site, AttackWatch.com, to challenge negative statements about the president made by Republican presidential candidates and conservatives.
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Nick Baumann / Mother Jones:
The GOP's Genius Plan to Beat Obama in 2012 — If Pennsylvania Republicans and their buddies in other states execute a plan to change election rules, Obama has a one-way ticket to Losertown. — Post Comment — Republican state legislators in Pennsylvania are pushing a scheme that …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Ridiculous NY-09 spin: “It's a very difficult district for Democrats”
Ridiculous NY-09 spin: “It's a very difficult district for Democrats”
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National Enquirer:
WORLD EXCLUSIVE! SARAH PALIN BOMBSHELL BOOK SHOCKING CLAIMS! — In a bombshell NATIONAL ENQUIRER world exclusive, the new issue of The ENQUIRER hitting newsstands today breaks major news on SARAH PALIN and her husband TODD, according to a new book. — Publishing sources familiar …
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Jack Dickey / Deadspin:
New Biography Claims Sarah Palin Had A One-Night Stand With Glen Rice In 1987 — The National Enquirer grabbed some details from the upcoming Joe McGinniss Sarah Palin book, and this chunk is too delightful not to share with you immediately. Apparently Palin had a fling …
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Gosh, Could Obamacare Be Working? — Need a reason to believe the Affordable Care Act is starting to work? The Census Bureau just gave you a half million of them. — That's how many young adults had health insurance in 2010, as compared to 2009, according to the official estimates.
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Perry knocks Bachmann's HPV story — RICHMOND, Va. - Rick Perry criticized Michele Bachmann Wednesday for relaying the story of a woman who claimed her daughter became mentally retarded after being vaccinated against HPV. — “I think that was a statement that had no truth in it …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Perry maintains double digit lead
Perry maintains double digit lead
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Is It Weird Enough Yet?
Is It Weird Enough Yet?
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Some Democrats Are Balking at Obama's Jobs Bill — WASHINGTON — President Obama anticipated Republican resistance to his jobs program, but he is now meeting increasing pushback from his own party. Many Congressional Democrats, smarting from the fallout over the 2009 stimulus bill …
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Blue Dogs Cool To Obama Jobs Vision
Blue Dogs Cool To Obama Jobs Vision
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ABCNEWS:
Solyndra Loan: Now Treasury Dept. Is Launching Investigation — The Treasury Department's inspector general has opened a new front in the investigation of the government loan to Solyndra, the now bankrupt company that had been touted as a model of President Obama's ambitious green energy program …
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Mariano Castillo / CNN:
Bodies hanging from bridge in Mexico are warning to social media users — (CNN) — Social media users who denounce drug cartel activities along the Mexican border received a brutal warning this week: Two mangled bodies hanging like cuts of meat from a pedestrian bridge.
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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
3 more murders linked to Gunwalker — Weapons linked to ATF's controversial “Fast and Furious” operation have been tied to at least eight violent crimes in Mexico including three murders, four kidnappings and an attempted homicide. — According to a letter from U.S. Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich …
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Abdon M. / Chicago Sun Times:
Judge scolds Rep. Joe Walsh, orders him to prove he doesn't owe back child-support — Laura Walsh outside Daley Center courtroom after an appearance in divorce case with Rep. Joe Walsh Wednesday, September 14, 2011. Rich Hein~Sun-Times — A judge in Chicago issued a preliminary ruling Wednesday …
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Dave Levinthal / The Politico:
Lobbying reform push lacks scandalous spark — It seems like all the key players are in place to push through a new lobbying reform proposal — lawyers, scholars, public interest groups and even lobbyists themselves. — But there's one missing ingredient: outrage.
A.Killough / CNN:
President pauses for beer with future Medal of Honor recipient — Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama enjoyed a beer with Dakota Meyer on the patio outside the Oval Office Wednesday. The president will present Meyer with the Medal of Honor Thursday during a ceremony at the White House.
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Republican State Legislators Can Win The 2012 Election Tomorrow If They Want To — “Pennsylvania Ponders Bold Democrat-Screwing Electoral Plan” is Dave Weigel's brilliant headline for a proposal pending in the PA state legislature. The way this would work is for Pennsylvania …
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David Weigel / Slate:
Pennsylvania Ponders Bold Democrat-Screwing Electoral Plan
Pennsylvania Ponders Bold Democrat-Screwing Electoral Plan
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David Gardner / Daily Mail:
Strip or starve: Cash-strapped lawyer turns to exotic dancing to pay her debts — A lawyer has told how she turned to stripping to pay bills after struggling to find a legal job in recession-weary America. — The attorney, giving her name only as Carla, graduated from law school ten years ago.
The Politico:
GOP: Python ban squeezes economy — Snakes alive! Giant pythons in the Everglades are the latest focal point in the Hill's partisan squabble over federal regulations that House Republicans say are squeezing the nation's job growth. — At issue is a proposed rule from the Interior Department …
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Be The Change You Want To See In The World — I got a great email today from a self-described “well-educated, politically literate, 30-something person with a job and a kid” who spends “let's say 45 minutes a day that I spend thinking about politics” and who had a great question:
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