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David Brooks / New York Times:
Obama Rejects Obamaism — I'm a sap, a specific kind of sap. I'm an Obama Sap. — When the president said the unemployed couldn't wait 14 more months for help and we had to do something right away, I believed him. When administration officials called around saying that the possibility …
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In early Obama White House, female staffers felt frozen out — Friction about the roles of women in the Obama White House grew so intense during the first two years of the president's tenure that he was forced to take steps to reassure senior women on his staff that he valued their presence and their input.
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Hannah Poturalski / Dayton Daily News:
Man announces intent to run against Boehner
Man announces intent to run against Boehner
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Raw Replay
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Perry Looks Better Against Romney Than Against Obama — Leads Romney by 10 points in “narrow down” but trails Obama — PRINCETON, NJ — Rick Perry leads Mitt Romney by 31% to 24% in a new USA Today/Gallup poll of Republican presidential nomination preferences.
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Bloomberg:
Israel Calls on Palestinians to Abandon UN Bid, Hold Talks — Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) — Israel called on the Palestinians to abandon their drive for United Nations recognition and restart peace talks as the U.S. and other countries try to work out a compromise aimed at avoiding a Security Council showdown.
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FACT CHECK: Are rich taxed less than secretaries? — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama makes it sound as if there are millionaires all over America paying taxes at lower rates than their secretaries. — “Middle-class families shouldn't pay higher taxes than millionaires and billionaires,” Obama said Monday.
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Wall Street Journal:
The Buffett Alternative Tax
The Buffett Alternative Tax
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CARPE DIEM, Hot Air and Left Coast Rebel
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A future for drones: Automated killing — One afternoon last fall at Fort Benning, Ga., two model-size planes took off, climbed to 800 and 1,000 feet, and began criss-crossing the military base in search of an orange, green and blue tarp. — The automated, unpiloted planes worked on their own …
Seth McLaughlin / Washington Times:
Liberals vow to challenge Obama in Democratic primaries — President Obama's smooth path to the Democratic nomination may have gotten rockier Monday, after a group of liberal leaders, including former presidential candidate Ralph Nader, announced plans to challenge the incumbent in primaries next year.
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Justin Elliott / Salon:
Ralph Nader praises Sarah Palin
Ralph Nader praises Sarah Palin
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Did Wall St. bet on credit downgrade? — Securities and Exchange Commission officials have sent subpoenas to financial firms in a probe of whether there was insider trading - betting on a market crash - before the United States' long-term credit rating was cut by S&P last month, reports the Wall Street Journal.
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New York Magazine
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The Appraisal: A Glimpse at Bloomberg's Lavish Tastes at Home — He has been known to serve tuna on crackers during cocktail hour. He prefers diners to power-breakfast spots like the Regency. His sartorial style remains buttoned down, with a salmon-color crew neck and matching socks about as gaudy as it gets.
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Business Insider, New York Magazine and Vos Iz Neias
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The President's “balanced” misdirection — The White House is marketing the President's new deficit reduction proposals as “A Balanced Approach.” … The President argues that “balance” between spending cuts and tax increases is good. He further argues that he achieves this desired balance …
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EconLog
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Weak and Bumpy Global Recovery Ahead — The global economic recovery is slowing, with world growth projected at 4 percent in both 2011 and 2012, down from over 5 percent in 2010, the IMF said in its latest forecast. — And even this lowered projection counts on a lot going well.
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ThinkProgress and Guardian
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Joe McGinniss: Threats are the ‘Palin way’ — Sarah and Todd Palin “scare” and “threaten” people - that's the “Palin way,” author Joe McGinniss charged on Tuesday. — In an interview on CNN for the release of his new book, “The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin,” McGinniss said he spoke to …
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CNN
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Day No. 972: President Obama unveils a deficit reduction plan … Barack Obama took office Jan. 20, 2009. That was 972 days ago this morning, almost to the hour when he finally offered his newest full-blown deficit reduction plan. (See full Obama text below.) — Or as he put it, “Good morning, everybody.
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Associated Press
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The Huffington Post:
Michele Bachmann ‘Surprised’ By Jay Leno Interview Questions (AUDIO) … During a radio interview on Monday, Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said she was “surprised” by questions presented to her during a recent appearance on NBC's “Tonight Show.”
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ThinkProgress, Mock, Paper, Scissors and New York Magazine
Thers / Whiskey Fire:
Flings of the Waistcoat Crowd — Bill Keller has a column at the NYT because he can have a column at the NYT, not because anybody is clamoring to hear what he has to say. — Print journalism dies preening. — When the newly sworn-in president congratulated us all on choosing unity …
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Eschaton, Doug Ross, Patterico's Pontifications and NewsBusters.org
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
House Dems outraise Republicans for Aug. — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) outraised the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) in August and narrowly leads it in overall fundraising for the year to date. — The DCCC raised $3.6 million last month to the NRCC's $3 million.
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CNN and americanthinker.com
Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Rick Perry's Lesser-Known First Book Could Be A Distraction From Economy-Centered Message … WASHINGTON — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has taken plenty of heat for making dubious assertions about modern medicine and health, but she's not the only Republican presidential candidate to have done so.
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New York Times and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Anti-Gay NOM Activist Maggie Gallagher Attends Staged Broadway Benefit for Team Challenging Proposition 8 — So, I attended last night's wonderful staged reading to a packed house of Dustin Lance Black's ‘8’, the dramatization of the federal case in California against Proposition 8 …
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Good As You and Joe. My. God.
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Greek Crisis Exacts the Cruelest Toll — HERAKLION, Greece—The first time he despaired of his debts, Vaggelis Petrakis drank a poisonous brew of beer and gasoline. — A note he left didn't mention the financial woes of his fruit and vegetable business, of which his family was well aware.
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Business Insider, Guardian and naked capitalism
Wilson Ring / The Huffington Post:
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal: Navy Lt. Gary Ross, Partner Dan Swezy Wed As Military's Gay Ban Formally Ends … DUXBURY, Vt. — Just as the formal repeal of the military's “don't ask, don't tell” policy took effect, Navy Lt. Gary Ross and his partner were married before a small group of family and friends.
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The Politico and Towleroad News #gay
Jeffrey Leonard / Washington Monthly:
Get the Energy Sector off the Dole — Why ending all government subsidies for — fuel production will lead to a cleaner energy future—and why Obama has a rare chance — to make it happen. — ast September, President Obama promised that the cornerstone of his legislative program …