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Nycga / NYC General Assembly:
Declaration of the Occupation of New York City — As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.
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HousingWire, Felix Salmon, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and Firedoglake
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John Nichols / The Nation:
AFL-CIO's Trumka Hails Occupy Wall Street
AFL-CIO's Trumka Hails Occupy Wall Street
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ThinkProgress, Firedoglake and Daily Kos
Nathaniel Popper / Los Angeles Times:
Obama's former campaign funders on Wall Street turn against him
Harry Siegel / Runnin' Scared:
Mayor Bloomberg: “We'll See” If The City Will Let Occupy Wall Street Continue
Mayor Bloomberg: “We'll See” If The City Will Let Occupy Wall Street Continue
Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Radiohead Is Playing for Wall Street Protesters Today
Radiohead Is Playing for Wall Street Protesters Today
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City Room, msnbc.com, ReadWriteWeb, Gothamist, Mediaite, Business Insider, OccupyWallSt News, newsfeed.time.com and New York Magazine
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Chris Christie is not too fat to be president — There is a sudden rash of op-eds arguing that Chris Christie is too fat to be president. Over at Bloomberg View, my colleague Michael Kinsley makes the case. Here at The Washington Post, my colleague Eugene Robinson does the, ahem, heavy lifting.
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NewsBusters.org, Campaign 2012 and Gothamist
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Chris Christie Is Fat. So What? — In 2004, my friend Paul Campos wrote a book called The Obesity Myth. In it, he argued that claims about the health dangers of obesity by public authorities are overblown — that eating healthy food and exercise matter, but the impact that fat itself has on health is less than we think.
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ThinkProgress, Hot Air, The Atlantic Online, Sister Toldjah, Washington Post, National Review, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Swampland
Michael Kinsley / Bloomberg:
Requiem for a Governor Before He's in the Ring — Look, I'm sorry, but New Jersey Governor Chris Christie cannot be president: He is just too fat. Maybe, if he runs for president and we get to know him, we will overlook this awkward issue because we are so impressed with the way he stands up to teachers' unions.
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Ricochet Conversation Feed, Wonkette, Power Line, Swampland, The Atlantic Online, Outside the Beltway and GOP 12
Kim Dixon / Reuters:
Huckabee looks again at Republican presidential bid — (Reuters) - Mike Huckabee has been approached by Republican and conservative activists unhappy with the current crop of presidential hopefuls and he is considering entering the fray, two sources who have spoken with Huckabee told Reuters.
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Huckabee, HuckPAC shoot down report that he is reconsidering a 2012 run
Huckabee, HuckPAC shoot down report that he is reconsidering a 2012 run
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CNN
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
Bernie Marcus on Obama White House: ‘Amateurs Surrounded by Amateurs’ — ATLANTA - The Georgian who every Republican presidential candidate wants in his camp still hasn't decided who he's going to back. But although Bernie Marcus believes in abortion and gun control, he knows who he won't support: Barack Obama.
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JammieWearingFool
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Connecticut a Toss Up? — Connecticut isn't a place that would go on anybody's list of swing states but Barack Obama is in a statistical tie with Mitt Romney there, leading only 47-45. — Obama's poor showing in Connecticut is mostly a function of his own unpopularity.
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Hot Air, Pajamas Media and US Politics
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Is Mitt Romney a Keynesian?
Is Mitt Romney a Keynesian?
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The New Republic, ThinkProgress, Political Correction RSS and Washington Monthly
Donna Leinwand Leger / ABCNEWS:
Target killing of al-Awlaki raises legal questions — When Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki became the first U.S. citizen placed on the CIA's “kill or capture” list, his father sued to challenge the government's authority to kill a U.S. citizen outside a war zone. He lost.
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The Politico, CNN and National Review
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The due-process-free assassination of U.S. citizens is now reality
The due-process-free assassination of U.S. citizens is now reality
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The Sundries Shack, Lawfare, Weasel Zippers, Political Mojo, Politics, Swampland, The Atlantic Online, New York Times, National Review, American Glob, The Hill, Right Wing Nut House, The Washington Independent, Washington Wire, Washington Monthly, RedState, Pajamas Media, ABCNEWS, msnbc.com, Guardian, Danger Room, ProfessorBainbridge.com, Michelle Malkin, The Jawa Report, Mediaite, Firedoglake, New York Magazine, Examiner, Don Surber, Jihad Watch, Ricochet Conversation Feed, The Moderate Voice, The Politico, Hot Air, The Daily Dish, ThinkProgress, The Other McCain, CBS News, JustOneMinute, Little Green Footballs, The Duck of Minerva, Gothamist, UrbanGrounds, Right Wing News, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Agonist and BBC, more at Mediagazer »
Robert Chesney / Lawfare:
Al-Awlaki as an Operational Leader Located In a Place Where Capture Was Not Possible
Al-Awlaki as an Operational Leader Located In a Place Where Capture Was Not Possible
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The Volokh Conspiracy and The Daily Dish
Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
Ron Paul Condemns U.S. ‘Assassination’ of al-Awlaki; Perry, Romney Praise Obama
Ron Paul Condemns U.S. ‘Assassination’ of al-Awlaki; Perry, Romney Praise Obama
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Washington Post, Gary Johnson 2012, Hit & Run, American Spectator and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Alex Lazo / Money & Company:
California breaks from 50-state probe into mortgage lenders [Updated] — California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris will no longer take part in a national foreclosure probe of some of the nation's biggest banks, which are accused of pervasive misconduct in dealing with troubled homeowners.
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US Politics, naked capitalism and Firedoglake
Wall Street Journal:
A Thin Line on Skirts — Note to women in the South Park Slope and surrounding Brooklyn: You might want to think twice before wearing shorts or skirts when you walk home alone at night. — That's the message some women say police officers are spreading as they step up patrols in the area …
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Feministe, Runnin' Scared, Gothamist, Feministing, ThinkProgress, The Awl, Althouse and New York Magazine
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Warren Buffett sparks storm over millionaires' tax-rate hike — Investment guru Warren Buffett set off a political firestorm Friday with a series of interviews in which he appeared to distance himself from the tax policy proposal President Obama introduced under the billionaire's name.
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Mediaite, RealClearPolitics Video Log, Daily Kos, Politics, Washington Monthly, Reuters and TPMDC
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Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Note To GOP And The Media: Buffett Did Not Disagree With The Buffett Rule
Note To GOP And The Media: Buffett Did Not Disagree With The Buffett Rule
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TPMDC, Yahoo! News, Examiner, Verum Serum, Pajamas Media and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Rena Havner Philips / Breaking News …:
After immigration ruling at Foley school with Hispanic population, students cry, withdraw, no-show — FOLEY, Alabama — Many of the 223 Hispanic students at Foley Elementary came to school Thursday crying and afraid, said Principal Bill Lawrence. — Nineteen of them withdrew …
Joan Biskupic / USA Today:
Supreme Court term could influence 2012 election — WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court opens a potentially epic term Monday that could roil debate in the 2012 presidential election campaign. — The justices have taken a raft of cases that would affect people in their daily lives …
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The BLT
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RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Cornell Belcher: Cain's “Brainwashed” Remark Was “Racist, Bigoted” — Democratic strategist Cornell Belcher says there is a media “double-standard” over Herman Cain saying blacks have been “brainwashed.” Belcher calls Mr. Cain a bigot and a racist and says this incident is a “teachable moment.”
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The Right Scoop, The Democratic Daily and Weasel Zippers
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Juana Summers / The Politico:
Jesse Jackson: ‘Plantation’ comments insult black voters
Jesse Jackson: ‘Plantation’ comments insult black voters
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Weasel Zippers
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Republican, Democratic Party Images Equally Negative — Approval of Republicans, Democrats in Congress at or near record lows — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans have similar, mostly negative views of the Republican and the Democratic parties. Gallup's Sept. 8-11 update on party favorable …
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The Politico, Weasel Zippers and Campaign 2012
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Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Online:
Did Congress Kill the Debit Card? — Some Americans are outraged that Bank of America intends to charge its customers a $5 fee for using their debit card. And simply switching banks might not help: others are expected to follow. While frustration over yet another bank fee is understandable, this one should surprise no one.
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RedState and American Spectator
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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Finance:
NEIN, NEIN, NEIN, and the death of EU Fiscal Union — Judging by the commentary, there has been a colossal misunderstanding around the world of what has just has happened in Germany. The significance of yesterday's vote by the Bundestag to make the EU's €440bn rescue fund (EFSF) more flexible is not that the outcome was a “Yes”.
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National Review, Samizdata.net and MarketBeat
Michael Ricci / Speaker:
The Piketon Promise: Amid Solyndra, Will The Obama Administration Betray Southern Ohio? — Hundreds of Southern Ohio workers stand to lose their jobs if the Obama Administration reneges on the president's promise to support an energy project in the small town of Piketon, OH.
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The Politico and TPMDC
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Bicycles Are Cheap — One of the stranger political phenomena of the past 10 years has been the extent to which the non-automobile transportation in many cities has been coded a “white” area of concern. When someone writes a piece about the growing market for automobiles in China …
Paul Krugman:
Defeatism — Martin Wolf is getting frantic, as well he should. The austerians have brought us to the brink of a vast disaster. A recession in Europe looks more likely than not; and the question for the United States is not whether a lost decade is possible, but whether there is any plausible way to avoid one.
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Hullabaloo, Financial Times and AMERICAN FUTURE
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Ronald McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:
Where Are the Bond Vigilantes? — During the Clinton administration …
Where Are the Bond Vigilantes? — During the Clinton administration …
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The Big Picture and AMERICAN FUTURE
JSOnline:
Gilkes to leave Walker's staff to head campaign for expected recall attempt — By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — Madison - In the latest sign Gov. Scott Walker is preparing for a recall effort, his chief of staff is leaving the governor's office to work on his campaign.
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TPMDC
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Dinesh Ramde / The Republic:
Wisconsin Gov. Walker's chief of staff resigns, hints at preparation to fight recall effort
Wisconsin Gov. Walker's chief of staff resigns, hints at preparation to fight recall effort
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The Politico