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The Politico:
Vote shows Boehner's lack of control — House Republicans tried a fresh strategy Wednesday night: Go it alone on a spending bill. — The result was an embarrassing setback. — Wednesday night's rank-and-file rebuke of GOP leadership — with 48 Republicans bolting on a temporary spending bill …
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Opinion L.A. and Balloon Juice
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GOP House leaders rebuked on spending — The surprise defeat in the House Wednesday of a special funding measure to keep the federal government functioning past Sept. 30 was a sharp rebuke of the GOP leadership that controls the chamber and a testament to the fragility of the majority itself.
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ThinkProgress, The Maddow Blog and New York Magazine
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
House GOP flubs vote, inches closer to shutdown
House GOP flubs vote, inches closer to shutdown
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ThinkProgress and Firedoglake
Ann Coulter / Official:
COP-KILLER IS MEDIA'S LATEST BABY SEAL — For decades, liberals tried persuading Americans to abolish the death penalty, using their usual argument: hysterical sobbing. — Only when the media began lying about innocent people being executed did support for the death penalty begin to waver …
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Associated Press, Clayton Cramer's Blog and thenation.com/blogs/163230
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Davis Is Executed in Georgia — Protesters outside the prison after Troy Davis was executed on Wednesday night. Reporters who witnessed his death said Mr. Davis remained defiant about his innocence until the end. More Photos » — JACKSON, Ga. — Proclaiming his innocence …
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Troy Davis, from gurney, proclaims innocence before execution
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The Huffington Post, Fox News, Slate Magazine, The Raw Story, The Jawa Report, Lawyers, Guns & Money and New York Times
Associated Press:
Troy Davis executed, supporters cry injustice
Troy Davis executed, supporters cry injustice
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CBS News, CBS New York and CBS Minnesota
Colleen Curry / ABCNEWS:
Troy Davis Execution Delayed
Troy Davis Execution Delayed
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Slate Magazine, News One, Reuters, THEROOT.COM, The Moderate Voice, Boing Boing, WJLA-TV, Booman Tribune and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Palestine Logo Suggests Elimination of Israel — The logo of “the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations” - on their website and on top of their official statements at the U.N. - shows the Palestinian Authority's claim to a Palestine that stretches throughout …
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americanthinker.com and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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Obama Rebuffed as Palestinians Pursue U.N. Seat — UNITED NATIONS — A last-ditch American effort to head off a Palestinian bid for membership in the United Nations faltered. President Obama tried to qualify his own call, just a year ago, for a Palestinian state.
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JustOneMinute, Ben Smith's Blog, Weasel Zippers, Rick Perry 2012 Campaign …, Ynetnews, The Caucus, PhotoBlog and msnbc.com
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Obama Tells Palestinians to Stay in Back of Bus
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US Politics, Prairie Weather and The Politico
Ehud Olmert / New York Times:
Peace Now, or Never — AS the United Nations General Assembly opens …
Peace Now, or Never — AS the United Nations General Assembly opens …
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The Atlantic Online
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Handicapping the GOP Debate — The candidate with the best economic platform likely will prevail. — As Republicans gather in Florida for Thursday's Fox News-Google presidential debate in Orlando, the contest remains very fluid, raising the stakes (and hopes) for all nine candidates.
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The Hill, New York Magazine, Politics and Hot Air
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Florida Will Decide the GOP Nominee. Who Has the Upper Hand There? — When Rick Perry lays down his head on Saturday night, he's going to be one tired Texan. By then, the consensus GOP front-runner will have endured a 48-hour gauntlet of events in Orlando, Florida, including …
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Romney discusses Perry, Palin and the polls — Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney was interviewed by phone Wednesday by USA TODAY's Susan Page. Questions and answers have been edited for space and clarity. — Q: Does Gov. Perry's position on Social Security …
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GOP 12 and Business Insider
Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Rick Perry: Mitt Romney is ‘Obama lite’
Rick Perry: Mitt Romney is ‘Obama lite’
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ABCNEWS, FiveThirtyEight, Outside the Beltway, CNN, The Caucus and Connecting.the.Dots
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ELIZABETH WARREN ON CLASS WARFARE: ‘THERE IS NOBODY IN THIS COUNTRY WHO GOT RICH ON HIS OWN’ — Former White House financial reform adviser Elizabeth Warren, who is now seeking to challenge Republican Senator Scott Brown in Massachusetts, is definitely not shy in voicing her views on class warfare …
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Pajamas Media
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Class warfare, Elizabeth Warren style
Class warfare, Elizabeth Warren style
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Mediaite, National Review, The BRAD BLOG, Crooks and Liars and 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
‘The underlying social contract’
‘The underlying social contract’
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The New Republic, The Mahablog, Gawker, Sky Dancing, Wizbang, The Huffington Post, Rumproast, Balloon Juice and Eschaton
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Fox News-Google Debate Draws Nearly 20,000 Viewer Questions — With online submissions now closed for Thursday's Fox News-Google debate, more than 18,000 questions and 100,000 votes have been offered via text and videos on YouTube. — About a dozen of the questions will be delivered …
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Mitt Romney strong in New Hampshire, Jon Huntsman gaining
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CNN, Advocate, Ricochet Conversation Feed and Rasmussen Reports
Washington Post:
Solyndra employees: Company suffered from mismanagement, heavy spending — Former employees of Solyndra, the shuttered solar company that exhausted half a billion dollars of taxpayer money, said they saw questionable spending by management almost as soon as a federal agency approved …
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Hot Air, The Heritage Foundation, Pajamas Media, Weasel Zippers, National Review and The Other McCain
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Who Benefited from Job Growth In Texas? — A Look at Employment Gains for Immigrants and the Native-Born, 2007 to 2011 — Steven A. Camarota is the Director of Research and Ashley Monique Webster a demographerat the Center for Immigration Studies. — Governor Rick Perry (R-Texas) …
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FrumForum, Business Insider, Campaign 2012 and National Review
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Conservatives Stop New Boehner CR That Permitted Funding for Obamacare, Planned Parenthood, Palestinian Authority — (CNSNews.com) - The Republican leadership tried to pass a continuing resolution through the House of Representatives on Wednesday afternoon that would have permitted funding …
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Weasel Zippers
Paul Krugman:
Millionaires, The Middle Class, and Taxes — Actual Numbers — Further to this post about whether the Obama/Boo-Fay — sorry, Obama/ Buffett with two t's - claim is true: the Tax Policy Center has new numbers about the distribution of average tax rates by income class.
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Economist's View
Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Grassley: Fire the $16-muffin buyer — Sen. Chuck Grassley said Thursday unless “heads roll” at the Department of Justice following revelations of extravagant spending on conferences that included $16 muffins, the scandal will not change the way government agencies use taxpayer money.
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ThinkProgress and Associated Press
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Bill Clinton: Rick Perry's like Israeli ‘militants’ — Former president Bill Clinton suggested Thursday that Texas Gov. Rick Perry was ideologically in line with “militant subgroups in Israel” and was too willing to let the Jewish state do whatever it wants.
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Ben Smith's Blog and Weasel Zippers