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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 …
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At Rick Perry's Texas hunting spot, camp's old racially charged name lingered — “Ever since, any time I ever saw the rock it was painted over,” Perry said. — Perry's version of events differs in many respects from the recollections of seven people, interviewed by The Washington Post …
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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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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Rick Perry disputes Washington Post story on slur
Rick Perry disputes Washington Post story on slur
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Bloomberg:
Koch Brothers Flout Law Getting Richer With Secret Iran Sales — In May 2008, a unit of Koch Industries Inc., one of the world's largest privately held companies, sent Ludmila Egorova-Farines, its newly hired compliance officer and ethics manager, to investigate the management of a subsidiary in Arles in southern France.
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Patrick / Politicalgates:
In new bombshell story, “Bloomberg Markets” reveals that Koch Industries sold petrochemical equipment to Iran and paid bribes in six countries — Thanks to our excellent contacts, we got hold of a copy of the still unpublished November issue of “Bloomberg Markets” magazine, because the cover story sounds more than just promising:
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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.
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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.
NY Daily News:
700 arrested at Occupy Wall Street protest as demonstrators and NYPD shut down Brooklyn Bridge
700 arrested at Occupy Wall Street protest as demonstrators and NYPD shut down Brooklyn Bridge
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Hippies and Hipsters Exhale
Hippies and Hipsters Exhale
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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 …
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Restless House Republican 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 …
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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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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Washington Wire:
Christie Stays Mum on 2012 Run at N.J. National Guard Event — With fervor growing about “will he or won't he,” a larger than normal local and national press corps watched eagerly as Gov. Chris Christie presided over an annual awards ceremony for National Guard at a training center on the New Jersey shore.
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