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9:40 AM ET, October 4, 2011

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Andrew Ross Sorkin / DealBook:
On Wall Street, a Protest Matures  —  “I think a good deal of the bankers should be in jail.”  —  That is what Andrew Cole, an unemployed 24-year-old graduate of Bucknell University, told me Monday morning in Zuccotti Park, the epicenter of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
'You're creating a vision of the sort of society you want to have in miniature.'  —  David Graeber is an anthropologist at Goldsmiths, University of London, and author of ‘Direct Action: An Ethnography.’ He was also one of the initial organizers of the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests.
The New York Observer:
Exclusive: Occupy Wall Street Activist Slams Fox News Producer In Un-Aired Interview [Video]  —  Even if Geraldo Rivera was at the Zuccotti Park yesterday, Fox News has generally been a tad dismissive of the Occupy Wall Street movement.  Foxnews.com (as of this writing) …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
White House on Occupy Wall Street: ‘We understand’  —  I'm pretty sure this exchange at today's briefing with Jay Carney represents the first time the White House has been asked to weigh in on the Occupy Wall Street protests — yet another sign of the movement's astonishing growth in recent days:
Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Top 5 Reasons Why The Occupy Wall Street Protests Embody Values Of The Real Boston Tea Party
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Judson Berger / Fox News:
Wall Street Protesters Brewing Tea Party of the Left? Not Yet, Strategists Say
Keach Hagey / The Politico:
ESPN yanks Hank Williams for comparing Obama to Hitler  —  Hank Williams Jr., the voice famous for asking millions of viewers if they're ready for some football, has been pulled from Monday's broadcast of “Monday Night Football” over a comment he made on Fox News this morning.
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ESPN:
ESPN pulls Williams from MNF opening  —  The Hank Williams Jr. song that has opened Monday Night Football for 20 years was not part of the opening of this week's Indianapolis-Tampa Bay game after Williams made controversial comments about President Barack Obama.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Obama is Hitler: Hank Williams Jr. Impersonates a Tea Party Sign on Fox & Friends  —  Hank Williams Jr. joined the morning crew of Fox & Friends and meandered off the rails.  It even had the Ailes puppet crew freaking out, causing them to disavow his comments at the end of the segment.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
James Crugnale / Mediaite:
Hank Williams Jr. Likens Obama To Hitler In Uncomfortable Fox and Friends Interview  —  Country music singer Hank Williams Jr. compared President Obama to Adolph Hitler in an awkward interview Monday morning on Fox and Friends.  Williams called the golf summit the president had with Speaker …
Discussion: msnbc.com, News Hounds and The Reaction
Nina Mandell / NY Daily News:
Hank Williams Jr. bounced from tonight's Monday Night Football opener after controversial comments
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Rick Perry slips, Herman Cain rises in bid for GOP nomination, poll finds  —  After a quick rise in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has experienced an almost equally dramatic decline, losing about half of his support over the past month, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Marc Caputo / St. Petersburg Times:
Fla poll: Romney 28%, Cain 24, Gingrich 10, Perry 9  —  Debates matter.  So did Florida's straw poll.  Just ask two guys: Herman Cain and Rick Perry.  —  Cain is now running in second place in Florida now that his support surged nearly 19 percentage points after last month's Republican Party …
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Mitt Romney's risky immigration play  —  Mitt Romney has finally found a groove on the right.  But he could find himself stuck there if he wins the GOP nomination.  —  With Romney's recent move to wield the immigration issue as a club against Rick Perry — painting him as “soft” …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney says the name of Rick Perry's hunting camp is ‘offensive’
Gary Langer / Politics:
Majority Expects Obama to Lose Re-Election  —  A majority of Americans expect Barack Obama to be a one-term president, an assessment on which, in past elections, the public more often has been right than wrong.  —  Just 37 percent in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll say they expect Obama …
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Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
Obama Admits Americans No Better Off
Jon Cohen / Washington Post:
Republicans expect to win in 2012
Discussion: Washington Wire
Washington Examiner:
‘Durbin fee’ will cost bank customers billions  —  U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) conducts a news conference in the Rock Island Country Market grocery store in Rock Island, Ill. on Sept. 30, 2011 to discuss reforms to the debit interchange system that will go into effect on Oct. 1, 2011.
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
After Ruling, Hispanics Flee an Alabama Town  —  ALBERTVILLE, Ala. — The vanishing began Wednesday night, the most frightened families packing up their cars as soon as they heard the news.  —  They left behind mobile homes, sold fully furnished for a thousand dollars or even less.
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ABCNEWS:
Obama on Solyndra: ‘Hindsight Is Always 20/20’
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
GOP's Christie announcement could come any day  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to say any day now whether he will reverse his long-held decision to stay out of the 2012 Republican presidential campaign.  —  While the hotly courted …
Discussion: Iowa Caucuses, Bloomberg and Politics
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Brian Bakst / Associated Press:
More aides leave Bachmann presidential campaign
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Senate votes 79-19 to move bill punishing China on currency  —  The Senate voted Monday to advance legislation pressuring the Chinese government to stop undervaluing its currency, a practice most economists agree is giving the country an unfair trade advantage and is costing the U.S. jobs.
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Poll: 7 in 10 say Obama has not helped economy  —  CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto  —  A new CBS News poll finds that nearly seven in 10 Americans believe President Obama has not made real progress in fixing the economy.
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Alex Sundby / CBS News:
Poll: Half of U.S. says Afghan war not a success
Wall Street Journal:
Fund-Raiser Offers Clues on Governor's Intentions  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has kept the political world in suspense for weeks over his presidential intentions, told prominent California fund-raisers and donors as recently as last Wednesday he had no plans to seek the White House.
 
 
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Facebook is fine with hate speech, as long as it's directed at women
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ABCNEWS:
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Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
Fannie Mae Knew Early of Abuses, Report Says
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U.S. Senate Race Poll Data, Oct. 2, 2011
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The Politico:
Lobbyists in on ‘super’ secrets
Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:
Hansen rakes it in  —  Disclosure Obtained by ATI Environmental …
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Karl Smith / Modeled Behavior:
Investment  —  I get the sense that a lot of people believe …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and TheMoneyIllusion
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Is America Suffering from Rogue Leaders or Broken Institutions?
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Neal Stephenson / World Policy Institute:
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Discussion: The Other McCain
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How Obama's tax hikes would really impact the rich, in three easy charts
Discussion: Political Mojo