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Karen McVeigh / Guardian:
Occupy Wall Street: ‘Pepper-spray’ officer named in Bush protest claim — Anthony Bologna, NYPD officer named in pepper-spray incident, is accused of civil rights violations at the time of the 2004 Republican national convention protests — A senior New York police officer accused …
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DealBook:
Goldman Sachs Draws Up Deeper Cuts — Goldman Sachs, bracing for what could be one of its worst quarters since it went public 12 years ago, is preparing to expand its cost-cutting initiative by hundreds of millions of dollars, a move that could lead to additional job losses at the Wall Street bank.
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msnbc.com, Prairie Weather, New York Magazine and Business Insider
Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
Wall Street Demonstrations Test Police Trained for Bigger Threats
Wall Street Demonstrations Test Police Trained for Bigger Threats
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The Atlantic Online, Feministe, Concurring Opinions, City Room, Balloon Juice, The Awl, Guardian and Feministing
Bloomberg:
Romney Lures Obama Wall Street Donors in Race for Campaign Cash
Romney Lures Obama Wall Street Donors in Race for Campaign Cash
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ThinkProgress and Politics
Ben White / The Politico:
Obama out West: Opens slashing re-election effort …
Obama out West: Opens slashing re-election effort …
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Business Insider
Jeanne Mansfield / Boston Review:
Why I Was Maced at the Wall Street Protests
Why I Was Maced at the Wall Street Protests
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Corrente, Washington Post, Guardian, Booman Tribune, Balloon Juice, Pastebin, The Moderate Voice, New York Magazine and OccupyWallSt News
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Huntsman Spot in Oct. 18 Debate Endangered — Jon Huntsman, the former governor of Utah, has been in every presidential debate since he threw his hat in the ring last June. — Now, that may change. — CNN, which is hosting a debate in Las Vegas on Oct. 18, has set criteria for participation …
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Tom Hamburger / Los Angeles Times:
Obama advisors raised warning flags before Solyndra bankruptcy — Treasury chief Timothy F. Geithner and others were worried that the selection process for federal loan guarantees fell short and raised the risk that funds could be going to the wrong firms. — Reporting from Washington …
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Power Line, Hot Air and Washington Post
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Washington Post:
The birthing of Solyndra — Solyndra is trying to rival …
The birthing of Solyndra — Solyndra is trying to rival …
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The Atlantic Online and Washington Monthly
Aamer Madhani / USA Today:
Critic of Obama clean-energy loans lobbied Energy Department
Critic of Obama clean-energy loans lobbied Energy Department
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The Hill, Daily Kos and The Politico
Bill Carter / New York Times:
MSNBC Is Close to Falling to Third Place in Cable News Ratings — How badly has MSNBC been hurt by the loss of Keith Olbermann? Enough, apparently, to be on the verge of falling back into third place among the cable news networks. — The ratings results for the month of September show that CNN …
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Shushannah Walshe / Politics:
Sarah Palin Threatens to Sue ‘Rogue’ Book Publisher — Sarah Palin's family attorney John Tiemessen has written a letter to Maya Mavjee, the publisher of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, that Palin may sue her, the company, and the book's author Joe McGinniss …
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Burgess Everett / The Politico:
McGinniss attacks media over alleged snubs
McGinniss attacks media over alleged snubs
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CNN, Connecting.the.Dots and Michelle Malkin
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Decision on health-care law means Supreme Court will likely determine constitutionality next summer — The constitutionality of the 2010 health-care law will likely be determined by the Supreme Court this term, meaning the decision could come next summer in the thick of the 2012 presidential campaign.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Lost Decade? — If you want a big swig of despair, listen to the people who know something about the global economy. Roger Altman, a former deputy Treasury secretary, is arguing that America and Europe are on the verge of a disastrous double-dip recession.
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The Moderate Voice, driftglass, Swampland and Mother Jones
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Wealthy, Influential and Pushing a Christie Bid for President — They are rich. They are unattached. They are looking for a little excitement. — Meet the Draft Christie committee, a small but influential group of Republican-leaning donors and activists, many based in New York …
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The Moderate Voice, Washington Post and Hotline On Call
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Dan Amira / New York Magazine:
Five Things Conservative Voters Would Hate About Chris Christie
Five Things Conservative Voters Would Hate About Chris Christie
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ThinkProgress, UPI, Hot Air, National Review and Iowa Caucuses
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Senate leaders announce bipartisan agreement to avert government shutdown — Senate leaders announced a bipartisan agreement Monday evening that would keep government agencies funded until Nov. 18, potentially ending a contentious dispute over how to pay for disaster funds.
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Gail Russell Chaddock / Christian Science Monitor:
Government shutdown averted: Why did Congress get this close?
Government shutdown averted: Why did Congress get this close?
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Hit & Run and The Agonist
Julie Mason / The Politico:
POTUS testy in BET interview — Making the cross face: Obama sits down with Emmett Miller — President Obama, slipping in the polls among black supporters and under fire from black Democratic leaders for policies they say fail to address black poverty and unemployment …
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UrbanGrounds, Weasel Zippers and The Hinterland Gazette
A.Killough / CNN:
Perry moves to reassure Republicans in Iowa, South Carolina — Washington (CNN) - As he faces growing scrutiny about his conservative credentials, Texas Gov. Rick Perry called grassroots activists in the key early states of Iowa and South Carolina on Monday evening to address his record and take questions.
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Democracy in America, Big Government, The Politico, msnbc.com, Trail Blazers Blog, Associated Press, The Page and Iowa Caucuses
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Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Perry faces immigration hurdles in Iowa
Perry faces immigration hurdles in Iowa
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ThinkProgress, Iowa Caucuses, Nation Now and ImmigrationProf Blog
NY Daily News:
Bible-thumping heckler identified as David Serrano calls President Obama ‘the Antichrist’ — A bizarre Bible-thumping heckler called President Obama “the Antichrist” as the Secret Service dragged him out of a presidential fund-raiser Monday. — The bearded young man …
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Wall Street Journal:
Blue-State Math Is Boon to Obama, Target for GOP — Amid those dark political clouds overhead right now, President Barack Obama can console himself with this silver lining: The electoral map remains stacked in favor of him and his Democrats. — In a close presidential election …
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Democratic Strategist
Teds Take:
Class Warfare - Yuck! — Let me get this on the record. — My dad was a waiter. My mom was a secretary. Neither attended college. I grew up in Brooklyn, NY and Lowell, Massachusetts. I attended public schools. My parents - in their best year - earned $31,000 combined.
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National Review
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The Republicans Can Win, but They Can't Lead — ORLANDO — Jon Huntsman, poor dear, truly is a lost soul. He came here this weekend, for the Florida presidential debate and the ensuing straw poll, running what appeared to be a complicated simulacrum of a national presidential campaign.
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Super Committee's Cuts Anything But Automatic … WASHINGTON — The 12-member super committee created to slash the federal deficit is powered by the threat that if it doesn't come up with $1.2 trillion in savings, automatic, across-the-board cuts will be instituted to reach that same goal, with half of those cuts hitting the Pentagon.
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ThinkProgress and Eschaton
Shira Schoenberg / Boston Globe:
Obama aide Axelrod acknowledges hurdles to president's reelection — GOFFSTOWN , N.H.- With a still-foundering economy and Americans increasingly fed up with the government, President Obama's top campaign strategist today acknowledged the difficulties the incumbent president will face.
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The Hill and Business Insider
BBC:
Saudi woman to be lashed for defying driving ban — Saudi women will soon be allowed to vote but driving remains a banned activity — A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a woman to 10 lashes for breaking the country's ban on female drivers. — The woman, identified only as Shema, was found guilty of driving in Jeddah in July.
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Weasel Zippers and National Review