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New York Times:
Abbas Says He Will Seek Palestinian State at the Security Council — JERUSALEM — The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, announced Friday that he would seek membership for a state of Palestine from the United Nations Security Council next week, putting him on a collision course with Israel …
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Outside the Beltway, UN Dispatch, Truthdig, Taylor Marsh and Balloon Juice
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The Politico:
Palestinian officials: Jews welcome — Palestinian officials are rolling out the welcome mat for Jews to come to a new Palestinian state. — Trying to tamp down a controversy over whether a Palestinian state would be Jew-free, Mahmoud Habbash, the Palestinian minister of religious affairs …
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ThinkProgress, Weasel Zippers, Elder of Ziyon, USA Today and Associated Press
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Obama Tries to Look Beyond Palestinian Bid at UN
Obama Tries to Look Beyond Palestinian Bid at UN
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The Politico and CNN
Rick Perry / Wall Street Journal:
The U.S. Must Support Israel At the U.N.
The U.S. Must Support Israel At the U.N.
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ThinkProgress, National Review and Ben Smith's Blog
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Clinton Popularity Prompts Buyer's Remorse — The most popular national political figure in America today is one who was rejected by her own party three years ago: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. — Nearly two-thirds of Americans hold a favorable view of her and one-third are suffering …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama team pushes back against suggestions the president is in trouble
Obama team pushes back against suggestions the president is in trouble
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Weasel Zippers, Ben Smith's Blog and Questions and Observations
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: Poll: Americans optimistic about Hillary Clinton presidency
TRENDING: Poll: Americans optimistic about Hillary Clinton presidency
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CANNONFIRE, The Politico and Politics
Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Uptick in Texas Jobless Rate Puts Perry on the Spot — The unemployment rate in Texas rose a bit in August to 8.5%, its highest rate since 1987. … That leaves the Lone Star State in the middle of the pack nationally, but it's jobless rate remains below the national rate of 9.1%.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Austin American-Statesman
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
You Don't Make Social Security More Solvent By Eliminating Its Funding Base — Television hosts who like to ask Republican Party members politically charges questions about Social Security (you know who you are) really ought to take 10-20 minutes to think about how Social Security works …
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Don Surber, Washington Monthly, Campaign 2012, Corrente and Eschaton
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Anthony McCartney / Associated Press:
Book: Treasury Secretary ignored Obama directive — NEW YORK (AP) — A new book offering an insider's account of the White House's response to the financial crisis says that U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner ignored an order from President Barack Obama calling for reconstruction of major banks.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Free to Die — Back in 1980, just as America was making its political turn to the right, Milton Friedman lent his voice to the change with the famous TV series “Free to Choose.” In episode after episode, the genial economist identified laissez-faire economics with personal choice and empowerment …
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
A dose of reality for the HPV debate — If Republican presidential candidates want to debate sexual health and hygiene, it would be nice if they displayed more collective knowledge and judgment than your average eighth-grade family-life class. During the Tampa debate, a viewer longed for a blunt …
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Little Green Footballs, Business Insider and The Atlantic Online
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New York Post:
Weiner gets 'brush'off — By S.A. MILLER in Washington and CARL CAMPANILE in NY — Scrub out the stench of Weiner! — Newly sworn-in Republican Rep. Bob Turner's family ordered a thorough cleaning of the House office space he inherited from his disgraced predecessor, Anthony Weiner …
David Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court halts Texas execution — Justices act on an emergency appeal for a murderer sentenced to die after jurors were told he posed a greater danger because he is black. Gov. Rick Perry and state judges had refused to intervene. — Duane Edward Buck, 48, was sentenced to die …
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Nation Now, Firedoglake and Truthdig
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Justin Fishel / Fox News:
General Reported He Was Pressured on Testimony About White House-Backed Project, Sources Say — Gen. William Shelton, head of the Air Force Space Command, told House members in a classified briefing earlier this month that he was pressured to change prepared congressional testimony …
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iOwnTheWorld.com, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Big Government, Pajamas Media, Scared Monkeys and The Daily Beast
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems slam Obama for going ‘AWOL’ on mortgage crisis
Dems slam Obama for going ‘AWOL’ on mortgage crisis
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Hot Air, The Crawdad Hole, Sister Toldjah, Pajamas Media, The Lonely Conservative and JammieWearingFool
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Republican leaders assess Obama jobs plan in memo to members — House Republican leaders assessed President Obama's jobs plan Friday in a memo to their rank and file, and they found plenty of proposals to criticize. — The leaders cited trade agreements and incentives for small businesses …
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The Politico
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Tyler Kingkade / The Huffington Post:
House Republicans Seek Auto Industry Cuts To Cover For Disaster Relief Funds
House Republicans Seek Auto Industry Cuts To Cover For Disaster Relief Funds
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Left Coast Rebel, Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Wow: Ford ad blasts bailouts — and perhaps more — Is this just a business seeing a competitive edge against two of its rivals — or a political statement meant for wider purposes? Ford has a new ad series called “Press Conference,” in which sales staff escort a Ford buyer into a room supposedly …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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CBS Denver:
2 Men Accused Of Taking Dead Friend Out For Night On The Town — DENVER (CBS4) - Two men are facing charges in a crime that has family members shocked. — They are accused of putting their deceased friend into a car and then heading out for a night of bar hopping. — Jeffrey Jarrett died last month.
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The Daily What, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Mediaite
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Planning Fallacy — When the Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman was a young man, he led a committee to write a new part of the curriculum for Israeli high schools. The committee worked for a year, and Kahneman asked his colleagues how long they thought the rest of the project would take.
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ThinkProgress, Firedoglake, Sadly, No! and Booman Tribune
NY Daily News:
Mayor Bloomberg predicts riots in the streets if economy doesn't create more jobs — Mayor Bloomberg warned Friday there would be riots in the streets if Washington doesn't get serious about generating jobs. — “We have a lot of kids graduating college, can't find jobs,” Bloomberg said on his weekly WOR radio show.
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Runnin' Scared, Flower & Thistle, Weasel Zippers, Wonkette, Business Insider and JammieWearingFool
Joshua Green / Business Week:
Teaparty.com Could Make a Rock Band Rich — Political operatives may pay top dollar for the domain name, owned by a Canadian rock band that pioneered a style called “Moroccan roll” — There's no hotter name in politics right now than the Tea Party. But anyone seized with a desire …
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Ballot Box and Mediaite
Glenn Kessler / Associated Press:
John Boehner's misfire on pending federal regulations — “At this moment, the Executive Branch has 219 new rules in the works that will cost our economy at least $100 million. That means under the current Washington agenda, our economy is poised to take a hit from the government of at least $100 million — 219 times.”
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A plain blog about politics, Washington Post, Washington Monthly, Speaker, Firedoglake and Business Insider
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Perry on TARP support: No 'Ma'am' — After an appearance in Newton, Iowa today, Rick Perry denied to an unidentified woman that he'd ever supported the 2008 bank bailout known as TARP. — “No Ma'am,” he told her. — “I thought I saw a letter where you had written encouraging the support of TARP legislation,” he persisted.
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Steve Deace, ThinkProgress, American Thinker, Trail Blazers Blog and Campaign 2012