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10:35 AM ET, October 1, 2011

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Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Obama to Congress: Get your act together and pass jobs bill  —  President Obama used his weekly radio address to urge Congress “to get its act together” and pass his jobs bill.  —  “It's been almost three weeks since I sent the American Jobs Act to Congress - three weeks since I sent …
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Barack Obama wants jobs bill back  —  President Barack Obama sent his $447 billion jobs bill to Congress nearly three weeks ago and, he said Saturday, he wants it back.  —  “This jobs bill is fully paid for.  This jobs bill contains the kinds of proposals that Democrats and Republicans …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Hill
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
White House sends Hill Fast & Furious docs, but withholds some  —  The White House sent another installment of documents to Congress on Friday detailing White House staffers' knowledge about the controversial “Operation Fast & Furious” gunrunning probe run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives.
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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
New Fast and Furious docs released by White House  —  WASHINGTON - Late Friday, the White House turned over new documents in the Congressional investigation into the ATF “Fast and Furious” gunwalking scandal.  —  The documents show extensive communications between then-ATF Special Agent …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
Bernie Marcus on Obama White House: ‘Amateurs Surrounded by Amateurs’
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
NY Daily News:
Occupy Wall Street protest, swelled by Radiohead hoax, marches on NYPD HQ, but gets lost  —  Radiohead didn't rock out with the Occupy Wall Street mass yesterday, but the crowds sure did as the protest marched into its third weekend - but had a little trouble finding NYPD headquarters.
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John Nichols / The Nation:
AFL-CIO's Trumka Hails Occupy Wall Street
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
Discussion: Salon and Wonkette
Peter Finn / Washington Post:
Secret U.S. memo sanctioned killing of Aulaqi  —  The Justice Department wrote a secret memorandum authorizing the lethal targeting of Anwar al-Aulaqi, the American-born radical cleric who was killed by a U.S. drone strike Friday, according to administration officials.
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Donna Leinwand Leger / ABCNEWS:
Target killing of al-Awlaki raises legal questions
Discussion: The Politico, CNN and National Review
Robert Chesney / Lawfare:
Al-Awlaki as an Operational Leader Located In a Place Where Capture Was Not Possible
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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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Imagining a Christie Campaign for President  —  Ask Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey whether his ample weight is a political asset or an election-year liability, and the governor of New Jersey shrugs.  —  “It depends on the day,” Mr. Christie said earlier this year, noting that his visible struggles …
The Politico:
Bill Clinton wants more credit  —  Among friends and longtime supporters, the 65-year-old looked at ease and spoke lovingly about the aides and Arkansans who helped him get to the White House two decades ago.  —  “We were looking at total meltdown about a week before New Hampshire,” …
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.
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
Discussion: CNN
Dan Merica / CNN:
Iranian pastor faces death for rape, not apostasy - report  —  Washington (CNN) — Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani will be put to death for several charges of rape and extortion, charges that differ greatly from his original sentence of apostasy, Iran's semi-official Fars News agency reported Friday.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
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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Andrew Cohen / The Atlantic Online:
The Top 10 Supreme Court Previews
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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 …
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.
Discussion: Hot Air, Pajamas Media and US Politics
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Jonathan Weisman / Wall Street Journal:
Perry Steps Up Criticism of Romney
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post
Juana Summers / The Politico:
Jesse Jackson: ‘Plantation’ comments insult black voters  —  Black voters have not been “brainwashed,” and suggesting as much — as Herman Cain and Pat Buchanan have recently — is demeaning and derogatory, Jesse Jackson said Friday.  —  “Those are very strong words,” the veteran civil rights activist told POLITICO.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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David J. Lynch / Bloomberg:
Investors Back Obama's Buffett Rule  —  Global investors overwhelmingly support President Barack Obama's proposed tax increase for those earning annual incomes of $1 million or more in an effort to reduce the deficit.  —  By a margin of 63 percent to 32 percent, respondents …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Warren Buffett sparks storm over millionaires' tax-rate hike
 
 
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AP Investigation: NC plant deal may enrich donors
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Economist:
Be afraid  —  Unless politicians act more boldly …
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Warren Murray / Guardian:
Rocket's red glaring error: China sets space launch to America the Beautiful
Discussion: msnbc.com and Business Insider
Michael Ricci / Speaker:
The Piketon Promise: Amid Solyndra, Will The Obama Administration Betray Southern Ohio?
Discussion: The Politico and TPMDC
 Earlier Items: 
John T. Bennett / The Hill:
Akin: DOD allowing chaplains to officiate same-sex marriages is illegal
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich: Obama's Repeal Of Don't Ask, Don't Tell Demonstrates His ‘Extraordinary Anti-Military Prejudice’
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Bicycles Are Cheap  —  One of the stranger political phenomena …
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Finance:
NEIN, NEIN, NEIN, and the death of EU Fiscal Union
Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Online:
Did Congress Kill the Debit Card?
Discussion: RedState and The Spectacle Blog
 

 
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Bloomberg:
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

 
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