memeorandum: Obama HRC Speech 2011: President Talks Gay Rights At Human Rights Campaign Dinner (Amanda Terkel/The Huffington Post)

4:10 PM ET, October 2, 2011

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Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:

At Rick Perry's Texas hunting spot, camp's old racially charged name lingered — Paint Creek, Tex. — In the early years of his political career, Rick Perry began hosting fellow lawmakers, friends and supporters at his family's secluded West Texas hunting camp, a place known by the name painted …

Mike Allen / The Politico:

Rick Perry disputes Washington Post story on slur — The presidential campaign of Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) complained Sunday that a front-page Washington Post story contains “incorrect, inconsistent” claims. — The article, headlined “Rick Perry and a word set on stone …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, americanthinker.com, Hot Air, Crooks and Liars, Tea Party Brew and NewsBusters.org

Fox News:

Cain: Name of Perry's Hunting Camp ‘Insulting’ to Blacks — Businessman Herman Cain on Sunday called it “insulting” that the family of Rick Perry leased a hunting camp with a racially charged name well into the 1980s and possibly even later. — According to a Washington Post article that appeared Sunday …

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Rich Oppel / The Caucus:
Perry Open to Military Intervention in Mexico's Drug War

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:

The Bankers and the Revolutionaries — AFTER flying around the world this year to cover street protests from Cairo to Morocco, reporting on the latest “uprising” was easier: I took the subway. — The “Occupy Wall Street” movement has taken over a park in Manhattan's financial district and turned it into a revolutionary camp.

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Thereisnospoon / Hullabaloo:

An excellent beginning by David Atkins — An excellent beginning — The official list of grievances of the General Assembly of Occupy Wall Street: … There are those who will argue that this list is far too broad and inclusive for a specifically anti-Wall Street protest.

Discussion: CBS News, The Huffington Post, Corrente and LAist

New York Post:
Wall St. protesters shut down Brooklyn Bridge

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City Room:
Police Arrest More Than 700 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge

Ray Sanchez / Reuters:
More than 500 arrested in Wall Street protest

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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:

Restless House GOP members pointing fingers at one another — House Republicans return to Washington this week a restless bunch in the wake of an embarrassing legislative defeat and months before they face primary voters in the 2012 election. — The stunning downfall of a stopgap spending bill …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …

Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:

Obama HRC Speech 2011: President Talks Gay Rights At Human Rights Campaign Dinner … Barack Obama , Human Rights Campaign , Obama Gay Rights , Dadt , Gay Marriage , Gay Rights , Same-Sex Marriage , Video , Defense Of Marriage Act , Obama Gay Rights Speech , Obama HRC Speech …

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Yahoo! News:
Obama: Commander in chief must support gay troops

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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Obama advocates ‘big America’ in speech to gay activists

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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:

Cheney wants Obama apology for saying Bush administration ‘overreacted to 9/11’ — Former Vice President Dick Cheney applauded the U.S. drone strike that killed American-born al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki but added that President Obama now owed the Bush administration an apology for claiming they “overreacted to 9/11.”

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RealClearPolitics Video Log:

Roseanne Barr: Behead Bankers, Rich Who Won't Give Up Wealth — Actress, comedienne and now author Roseanne Barr shares her solution for dealing with the rich and how the banks could repay the money the U.S. government bailed them out with in 2008. “Part of my platform is, of course …

Discussion: The Strata-Sphere, Althouse and The Lonely Conservative

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:

Figures. White House Tipped Off AP Reporter Ahead of Michelle Obama's Target Photo-Op — Another staged moment in the lives of Barack and Michelle Obama. — Michelle Obama just had to get out to Target to do a little shopping last week. But, before the shopping run …

Discussion: The Crawdad Hole, americanthinker.com, Obama Foodorama, Big Journalism, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Lonely Conservative

Reuters:

Exclusive: Democrats push tax hikes first in deficit talks — (Reuters) - Democrats want tax hikes to be the first item negotiated in “super committee” deficit-reduction talks, trying to force Republicans to confront an issue at the heart of this year's budget fights, sources told Reuters.