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David Frum / FrumForum:
Palin: Already Almost Forgotten — “I will continue driving the discussion for freedom and free markets...” — From Sarah Palin's statement announcing her decision not to run for president. — Um, probably not. Sarah Palin's political voice had dwindled well before she announced her decision not to run.
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The Atlantic Online and The Moderate Voice
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Z. Byron Wolf / ABCNEWS:
Sarah Palin Will Not Run for President — ABC News' Polson Kanneth reports: — Sarah Palin will not run for president. She made the announcement in a letter to supporters Wednesday night. — Read Palin's letter here:
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The Moderate Voice, Washington Monthly, Hot Air, RealClearPolitics Video Log, The Politico, The Other McCain, M.JOSEPH SHEPPARD'S …, American Spectator, GayPatriot, Iowa Caucuses, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite, Time, Outside the Beltway, his vorpal sword, The Raw Story, Wonkette, Wizbang, Rumproast, New York Magazine, National Review, Donklephant, The Lonely Conservative, Roger Ailes, American Power, Gawker, Indecision Forever, WJLA-TV, Daily Kos and Ballot Box, more at Mediagazer »
Sarah Palin / marklevinshow.com:
BREAKING NEWS: SARAH PALIN'S 2012 ANNOUNCEMENT — Sarah Palin will NOT be running for the 2012 Presidency — Listen to Mark Levin speak exclusively with Sarah Palin on her decision: — Features Player — The former Alaska Governor and VP candidate sent the following letter to her supporters on Wednesday:
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, American Spectator, Conservatives4Palin, The Atlantic Online, The Right Scoop, Riehl World View, msnbc.com, The Gateway Pundit, Wake up America, The Crawdad Hole, Don Surber, Campaign 2012, The Other McCain, UrbanGrounds, Wizbang, Sister Toldjah, Atlas Shrugs, The TrogloPundit and New York Magazine
Scott Olson / ABCNEWS:
Sarah Palin's Die Hard Supporters ‘Stunned,’ ‘Disappointed’ — Peter Singleton and Michelle McCormick left their jobs, homes, and families to move to Iowa to campaign for Sarah Palin. Wednesday evening they found out they didn't have a candidate. — The former Alaska governor's supporters founded …
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New York Magazine
Richard Adams / Guardian:
Sarah Palin: the end of an error
Sarah Palin: the end of an error
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Associated Press and The Reaction
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Rejoice! — Our Three Year National Nightmare Is Over!
Rejoice! — Our Three Year National Nightmare Is Over!
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M.JOSEPH SHEPPARD'S … and Big Journalism
John Markoff / New York Times:
Steven P. Jobs, 1955-2011: Steve Jobs of Apple Dies at 56 — Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then led a cultural transformation in the way music, movies and mobile communications were experienced in the digital age, died Wednesday.
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The Moderate Voice, Above the Law, UrbanGrounds, Wired.com, FP Passport, Mashable!, The Atlantic Online, DealBook, The Reaction, AllThingsD, Pajamas Media, The Democratic Daily, Bits, Outside the Beltway, Gawker, Rod Dreher, Dot Earth, Dean's World and Future of Journalism, more at Mediagazer »
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
A Jobs Agenda — I don't know what Steve Jobs's politics were, I don't much care, and in any case they are beside the point. The late Mr. Jobs stood for something considerably better than politics. He stood for the model of the world that works. The model that made this: — into this:
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GayPatriot, The Atlantic Online, Michelle Malkin, Hot Air, The Other McCain, Pajamas Media, TechCrunch and Gothamist, more at Techmeme »
Brian Lam / The Wirecutter:
Steve Jobs Was Always Kind To Me (Or, Regrets of An A**hole) — I met Steve Jobs while I worked at Gizmodo. He was always a gentleman. Steve liked me and he liked Gizmodo. And I liked him back. Some of my friends who I used to work with at Gizmodo refer to those days as the Good Old Days.
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The Moderate Voice, We Blog The World, MediaFile, Babbage, AllThingsD and New York Magazine, more at Techmeme »
Wall Street Journal:
Apple's Steve Jobs Is Dead — Steven P. Jobs, the Apple Inc. chairman and co-founder who pioneered the personal computer industry and changed the way people think about technology, died Wednesday at the age of 56. — His family, in a statement released by Apple, said Mr. Jobs …
Walt Mossberg / AllThingsD:
The Steve Jobs I Knew
The Steve Jobs I Knew
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MediaFile, White House.gov Blog, Business Insider, Gawker and Poynter, more at Mediagazer »
Christopher John Farley / Speakeasy:
Steve Jobs Knew The End Was Near Weeks Ago, Says Coming Biography
Steve Jobs Knew The End Was Near Weeks Ago, Says Coming Biography
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Media Decoder, 9to5Mac and Poynter, more at Techmeme »
MyFox New York:
Occupy Wall Street Arrests; Fox 5 Crew and Protesters Hit by Mace, Batons — Protest broadens scope — MYFOXNY.COM - While covering the Occupy Wall Street protests on Wednesday night, Fox 5 photographer Roy Isen was hit in the eyes by mace from a police officer and Fox 5 reporter Dick Brennan was hit by an officer's baton.
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Crooks and Liars, New York Post, The Confluence, New York Times, ANIMAL, Guardian, Balloon Juice, Associated Press, Making Light, News Hounds, Gothamist, The Gateway Pundit, Gawker, nation.foxnews.com, The Jawa Report, The Huffington Post, Occupy Wall Street, Hullabaloo, AlterNet, The Crawdad Hole, New York Magazine, Towleroad News #gay, Angry Bear, The Democratic Daily, The Informer, ThinkProgress, The Raw Story and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
What They've Come to Find at Occupy Wall Street Is America
What They've Come to Find at Occupy Wall Street Is America
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The Nation, Rumproast, Hot Air and The Huffington Post
Adrianne Jeffries / The New York Observer:
Occupy Wall Street Megamarch's Violent Aftershocks: Senior Police Officer Beats Protesters With Baton [VIDEO]
Occupy Wall Street Megamarch's Violent Aftershocks: Senior Police Officer Beats Protesters With Baton [VIDEO]
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Business Insider, The Daily Caller, DownWithTyranny!, Hit & Run, Gawker and New York Magazine
Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Pollster: 'Trend isn't good' for Obama — More Americans than ever say they disapprove of how President Barack Obama is handling his job, a new poll shows. — A majority of voters — 55 percent — told Quinnipiac University they don't like how Obama is doing his job.
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Hotline On Call, Taegan Goddard's … and Business Insider
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Roger Simon / The Politico:
Who will be the GOP messiah? — Barack Obama is so doomed politically that he sits behind his desk in the Oval Office with a vulture on each shoulder. And every day at noon, Joe Biden comes in dressed as the Grim Reaper and they all play gin. — I know this because the poll gods tell me this.
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Hot Air
Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Poll: President should support Israel
Poll: President should support Israel
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GOP 12, Weasel Zippers and Campaign 2012
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Jay Carney's Message To Reporters ‘Screamed At’ By Sources: Toughen Up — At Wednesday's White House daily briefing, Fox News Chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry asked Press Secretary Jay Carney to respond to a report that a White House official had “screamed and cussed at” …
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Weasel Zippers and JammieWearingFool
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Rachel Maddow: How This Wonky-Tonk Woman Won TV … “Thank you for coming,” says Rachel Maddow to a visiting reporter. “Why are we doing this?” — It's the last Friday in September, and we are walking briskly — at 5-foot-11, Maddow always moves at a near-jog — toward the elevator …
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Towleroad News #gay and Gay Politics
Maggie Haberman / Reuters:
Top GOP bundler to Romney camp — Paul Singer, the financier who's one of the biggest “gets” in the Republican bundler community and was among those hoping for a Chris Christie campaign, has committed to Mitt Romney — promising to tap his vast donor network and move to get others off the sidelines, POLITICO has learned.
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Washington Post, Ben Smith's Blog, GOP 12, Towleroad News #gay and CNN
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Erik Eckholm / The Caucus:
Romney to Speak Before Controversial Figure
Romney to Speak Before Controversial Figure
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Towleroad News #gay and Joe. My. God.
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Interviewing Rick Perry On Illegal Immigration — Texas is an agriculture-friendly border state, and its population is roughly 37% Hispanic. In a state like that, where the Texas version of the DREAM Act was genuinely popular on both sides of the aisle, you can't realistically expect …
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UrbanGrounds and YID With LID
Tim Mak / The Politico:
Email: ‘Time to kill the wealthy’ — Several influential New York lawmakers have received threatening emails saying it is “time to kill the wealthy” if they don't renew the state's tax surcharge on the millionaires, according to reports. — “It's time to tax the millionaires!” reads the email, according to WTEN in Albany.
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WTEN-TV, NY Daily News, The Jawa Report and The Lonely Conservative
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
CBO to Super Committee: Full Employment Would Reduce Deficit By A Third — Many Democrats would like to see the deficit Super Committee's forthcoming fiscal plan scored for its expected impact on economic growth. The idea is that if the Congressional Budget Office says the plan is a job killer …
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Talking Points Memo, Eschaton and Booman Tribune
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Secret panel can put Americans on “kill list' — (Reuters) - American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior government officials, which then informs the president of its decisions, according to officials.
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The Politico, emptywheel, The Agonist and Political Mojo
Fred A. Bernstein / New York Times:
Derrick Bell, Law Professor and Racial Advocate, Dies at 80 — Derrick Bell, a legal scholar who worked to expose the persistence of racism in America through his books and articles and his provocative career moves — he gave up a Harvard Law School professorship to protest the school's hiring practices …
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The Atlantic Online, THEROOT.COM, ImmigrationProf Blog, Feministe and Gawker
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Is Israel Its Own Worst Enemy? — For decades, Palestinian leaders sometimes seemed to be their own people's worst enemies. — Palestinian radicals antagonized the West, and, when militant leaders turned to hijackings and rockets, they undermined the Palestinian cause around the world.
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ThinkProgress, Israel Matzav and The Volokh Conspiracy