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David Frum / FrumForum:
The GOP's Bernanke Letter — I'm not shocked by much any more, but I am shocked by this: the leaders of one of the great parties in Congress calling on the Federal Reserve to tighten money in the throes of the most prolonged downturn since the Great Depression.
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Real Time Economics:
Full Text: Republicans' Letter to Bernanke Questioning More Fed Action — The top four congressional Republicans sent the following letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Monday ahead of the central bank's two-day meeting that began today: — Dear Chairman Bernanke,
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
GOP Leaders Write Unprecedented Letter Urging The Federal Reserve To Keep Unemployment High — In a move without precedent in the modern era, Republican congressional leaders including House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Reality Check — This nugget is devastating: … And even Palin is now not a universe behind the president in the polls (I note that Carville now thinks she is going to run as well). — I think the explanation is simple enough: Obama gave the impression that the recovery was happening - and then it stalled.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
When economic motives come into question
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Sen. Durbin slams GOP for sending message to the Federal Reserve
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For immediate release — Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in August indicates that economic growth remains slow. Recent indicators point to continuing weakness in overall labor market conditions, and the unemployment rate remains elevated.
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Fed Moves on Long-Term Interest Rates to Spur Growth
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Rich Shulman / PhotoBlog:
Barack Obama joins Open Government Partnership for group photo — U.S. President Barack Obama waves while standing with other leaders during the Open Government Partnership event at the United Nations September 20 in New York City. The United Nations General Assembly kicks off September 21 …
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Zombie / Pajamas Media:
Obama waving-hand gaffe picture NOT a hoax or a Photoshop after all! — Over the last few hours a photo has begun to circulate on the blogs showing Obama supposedly at the “Open Government Partnership” conference today committing an egregious gaffe by raising his hand to block the face of another world leader.
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Obama, at U.N., Explains Rationale for Opposing Palestinian Statehood Bid — UNITED NATIONS — President Obama declared his opposition to the Palestinian Authority's bid for statehood in the Security Council on Wednesday, throwing the weight of the United States directly in the path …
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George Stephanopoulos / Politics:
UN Ambassador Susan Rice Fires Back at Mitt Romney and Rick Perry: Don't ‘Play Politics’ with Diplomacy
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Elizabeth Mendes / Gallup:
In U.S., Significantly Fewer 18- to 25-Year-Olds Uninsured — Percentage of uninsured 26- to 64-year-olds increasing — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fewer young adults in the U.S. reported lacking health insurance coverage in each of the three quarters since the new healthcare law …
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Tony Bennett / Facebook:
A Statement from Tony Bennett — A Statement from Tony Bennett (clarifying comments made on yesterday's Howard Stern program): — I am so grateful to be an American and as a World War II veteran, I was proud to fight to protect our values, which have made America the greatest country on the planet.
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Frank Lovece / Newsday:
Tony Bennett apologizes for 9/11 remarks
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New York Times:
A Grievous Wrong — Troy Davis is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday for the 1989 killing of a police officer in Savannah, Ga. The Georgia pardon and parole board's refusal to grant him clemency is appalling in light of developments after his conviction: reports about police misconduct …
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court blocks another Texas execution
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Yafb / Rumproast:
I got your class warfare right here … She's doing well in the early polls running against Scott Brown for his Senate seat. If she doesn't get it, can we in the UK have first dibs on her?
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — TPM Tipster: Scott Brown Feeling The Heat Over Warren's Polling Bump
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Emily Goodin / GOP 12:
Palin suggests she'll make a 2012 decision by November — Sarah Palin seemed to give a November deadline for a decision on a 2012 bid. — Speaking to Sean Hannity on Fox News Tuesday night, Palin said there is still time but conceded that a deadline was rapidly approaching.
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Rolling Stone:
R.E.M. Break Up After Three Decades — Legendary rock band have ‘called it a day’ — R.E.M. have announced that they have broken up after 31 years together. “As lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band,” the band said in a statement on their official website today.
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Mj Lee / The Politico:
Bill Clinton: No more taxes now — Former President Bill Clinton says now is not the time to hike taxes. — “I personally don't believe we ought to be raising taxes or cutting spending, either one, until we get this economy off the ground,” Clinton told Newsmax in an interview Tuesday.
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Marine Recruiters Visit Gay Center in Oklahoma — TULSA, Okla. — Master Sgt. Anthony Henry, a top Marine recruiting trainer for the southwestern United States, pulled up to Tulsa's biggest gay community center on Tuesday morning and left his Chevy where he could make a fast getaway.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Ron Paul says he'd consider putting Dennis Kucinich in his Cabinet — Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) says he would consider putting the liberal congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) in his Cabinet if he wins the presidency in 2012. — Paul said his libertarian political philosophy helps him connect …
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Jason Grotto / Chicago Tribune:
Law gives huge pension perks to union leaders — In all, 23 expected to collect combined $56 million in their lifetimes — Dennis Gannon, then-president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, speaks with a bullhorn in April 2010 outside the Willis Tower as he joins around union members …
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David Shere / Media Matters for America:
AP “Fact Check[s]” Claim Obama Isn't Making — The Associated Press attempted to “fact check” President Obama's call for the reform of the tax code, especially as it relates to the so-called Buffett Rule. The White House describes the rule as the principle that “people making more than $1 million …
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New York Times:
American Hikers Leave Iran After Prison Release — LONDON — Two Americans arrested while hiking along the Iran-Iraq frontier two years ago and sentenced to eight years for espionage were released Wednesday and left the country by plane, their families said in a statement.
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Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia:
The “Christianist” Nightmare: It's Just A Bad Dream — Recently I posted a short piece saying that the specter of a “Christianist” takeover of the United States is a figment of overheated imaginations, mostly on the left. Every few years a leftie journalist dabbles in right wing websites …
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