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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Russ Feingold endorses Occupy Wall Street: “This will make the Tea Party look like ... a tea party.” — “I'm really encouraged by what I'm seeing. People around the country are finally organizing to stand up to the huge influence of corporations on government and our lives.
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Dems rally behind ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protest movement — Democrats are rallying behind the “Occupy Wall Street” movement, with several lawmakers endorsing the protests in New York City that have begun to spread to other cities. — Several liberal House lawmakers endorsed the protests Wednesday …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Herman Cain On Occupy Wall Street: 'If You Don't Have A Job And You're Not Rich, Blame Yourself!' — Asked about the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protests in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that posted today, GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain said he suspected that they were “orchestrated” to help President Obama.
Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Cain to protesters: 'If you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself' — Herman Cain said that he believed the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protests were “orchestrated” to help president Obama, and denounced the protesters during an interview published by the Wall Street Journal Wednesday.
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Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke On Occupy Wall Street: 'I Can't Blame Them'
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Washington Wire:
Herman Cain: I'm More Than the ‘Anti-Romney’
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Vince Coglianese / The Daily Caller:
Leading House Democrat: ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests, Van Jones part of US ‘Arab Spring’
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Sarah B. Boxer / NationalJournal.com:
Romney: Wall Street Protests ‘Class Warfare’
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David Weigel / Slate:
Bill Daley on Business and #OccupyWallStreet
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Erica Werner / Associated Press:
Senate Democrats rewrite Obama's jobs bill — WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are scrambling to rewrite portions of President Barack Obama's jobs bill, even as Obama tries to blame Republicans for Congress' failure to act. — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell moved to call …
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The Hill:
Dem unity, minus Obama — After months of squabbling, Democrats on Capitol Hill have united in recent weeks. And in an unusual twist, they have done it in spite of President Obama. — House Democrats, who have helped the GOP pass controversial bills this year, drew the line on a stopgap spending bill last month.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Democrats buck Obama on jobs proposal by changing ‘pay-fors’
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Frazier Moore / The Huffington Post:
Roger Ailes: I Hired Sarah Palin Because She Was ‘Hot And Got Ratings’ … Fox News , Sarah Palin , Roger Ailes , Cable News , Fox News 15th Anniversary , Fox News Anniversary , Roger Ailes Sarah Palin , Roger Ailes Wolf Blitzer , Media News — NEW YORK — As the most powerful man in the universe …
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Christian Heinze / Ballot Box:
Why Palin could run as an independent
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Quinnipiac University:
With Christie Out, Romney Is Back On Top Of Gop Pack, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Perry Fades As Cain Surges — With New Jersey Gov. Christopher Christie out of the Republican presidential race, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney jumps to a 22 percent lead …
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Claire Suddath / Time:
Q&A with Palin Advisor-Turned-Novelist Nicolle Wallace — Nicolle Wallace knows her politics. She served as White House communications chief under George W. Bush and also worked as a senior advisor on the McCain-Palin 2008 campaign. Her second novel, It's Classified …
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Michael W. McConnell / Wall Street Journal:
Washington Wants a Say Over Your Minister — The Supreme Court weighs whether the feds can decide which church employees are clergy and which aren't. — Today, the Obama administration will invite the Supreme Court to open a new front in the culture wars.
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Chicago Traders Respond To Protesters With Signs Reading ‘We Are The 1%’ — The Occupy Wall Street movement spread to Chicago this week, where protesters have gathered outside the Chicago Board of Trade, the world's oldest options and futures trading center.
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Chicagoist, Runnin' Scared and Balloon Juice
Pete Kennedy / Food Freedom:
Wisconsin Judge Rules No Right to Own a Cow or Drink Its Milk — WI Judge to Zinniker, FTCLDF: No “Fundamental Right to Own a Cow, or Consume Its Milk... Am I Making Myself Clear?” — ~ David Gumpert — FTCLDF — In a decision denying basic property rights and even exceeding …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Microsoft considers bidding for Yahoo — (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is considering a bid for Yahoo Inc, resurfacing as a potential buyer after a bitter and unsuccessful fight to take over the Internet company in 2008, sources close to the situation said on Wednesday.
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Mj Lee / The Politico:
West to Jackson: ‘Take two!’ — Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) has just one piece of advice for Samuel L. Jackson - focus on your film career and stop talking about politics. — “I think Samuel Jackson needs to pay more attention to the upcoming release of the movie ‘Avengers’ next summer and not …
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Brian Powell / Political Correction RSS:
Rep. Steve King Daydreams About The Good Ol' Days When Only Property Owners Voted — In a Judiciary Committee hearing on a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) used his allotted time to daydream out loud about an era of American history when only male property owners were allowed to vote.
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The White House:
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts — WASHINGTON - Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts: — Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll - Member, President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics
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Emily Schultheis / Ben Smith's Blog:
O'Reilly: Romney as Eisenhower — Many people on the right have been giving Mitt Romney a new look lately, especially in the wake of Christie's decision not to run. — Count Fox host Bill O'Reilly among those warming to Romney, as told last night to an incredulous Glenn Beck:
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Reuters:
Hungry Muppet to appear on “Sesame Street” — (Reuters) - A new poverty-stricken Muppet will highlight the issue of hunger struggles on an episode of “Sesame Street”, the show said in a statement on Tuesday. — Pink-faced Muppet Lily, whose family deals with food insecurity, will join Big Bird …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Poll sees a new low in Americans' approval of Congress — View Photo Gallery — New polling shows congressional popularity is at an all-time low of 14 percent. You'd be surprised at some of the things in history that have been more popular than the current Congress.
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William Creeley / FIRE:
Getting It Right: Dean of George Mason Law Sets Excellent Example — All too often here at FIRE, we find ourselves up to our necks in campus censorship. For example, in just the last few weeks, we've seen a professor threatened by campus police for posting a sci-fi quote and a coalition …
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Big Government, Ricochet Conversation Feed and National Review
Kirk Johnson / New York Times:
Farmers Strain to Hire American Workers in Place of Migrant Labor — OLATHE, Colo. — How can there be a labor shortage when nearly one out of every 11 people in the nation are unemployed? — That's the question John Harold asked himself last winter when he was trying to figure out how much help …
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Sen. John Thune: Tax pledges can be broken — Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said Wednesday that members of Congress shouldn't be “bound by” taxpayer pledges, and suggested that such vows would need to be broken in order to achieve broad-based tax reform. — Thune told MSNBC's Chuck Todd that pledges stood in the way of tax reform.
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