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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Confronting the Malefactors — There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear, but we may, at long last, be seeing the rise of a popular movement that, unlike the Tea Party, is angry at the right people. — When the Occupy Wall Street protests began three weeks ago …
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Michelle Fields / The Daily Caller:
Organizer admits to paying ‘Occupy DC’ protesters [VIDEO] — A liberal organizer told the Daily Caller on Thursday afternoon that he paid some Hispanics to attend “Occupy DC” protests happening in the nation's capital. — TheDC attended the protest event, an expansion of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement that began in New York City.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Cantor Smears Occupy Wall Street As A ‘Mob’ — Speaking at the social conservative Value Voters Summit today, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) maligned the Occupy Wall Street protests and the wider 99 percent movement as a “mob” that is out to “divide Americans”: … Watch it:
Harry Siegel / Runnin' Scared:
Mayor Bloomberg: Occupy Wall Street ‘Trying To Destroy the Jobs of Working People’
Mayor Bloomberg: Occupy Wall Street ‘Trying To Destroy the Jobs of Working People’
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The Politico, AlterNet, Mediaite, CNN and Associated Press
Joseph / CANNONFIRE:
OWS: Here's the message you've all been waiting for
OWS: Here's the message you've all been waiting for
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Booman Tribune, The Jawa Report and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
NY Daily News:
Occupy Wall Street costing taxpayers $2 million in police overtime - and counting - NYPD says
Occupy Wall Street costing taxpayers $2 million in police overtime - and counting - NYPD says
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Runnin' Scared, ANIMAL, JammieWearingFool and Gawker
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Herman Cain Aims Another Rant at Wall Street Protesters
Herman Cain Aims Another Rant at Wall Street Protesters
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Seung Min Kim / The Politico:
Nancy Pelosi: ‘God bless’ Wall Street protesters
Nancy Pelosi: ‘God bless’ Wall Street protesters
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid's ‘nuclear option’ changes rules, ends repeat filibusters — In a shocking development Thursday evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) triggered a rarely used procedural option informally called the “nuclear option” to change the Senate rules.
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The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid Busts Up Senate Precedent
Harry Reid Busts Up Senate Precedent
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ABCNEWS, The Moderate Voice and Open Congress
The Politico:
Dems change rules; Senate in chaos
Dems change rules; Senate in chaos
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Maggie's Farm, Wonkette, National Review and Verum Serum
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Nuclear Option?! What Really Happened On The Senate Floor, And Why It Matters
Nuclear Option?! What Really Happened On The Senate Floor, And Why It Matters
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Talking Points Memo
Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
Reid rewrites Senate rules with shocking move
Reid rewrites Senate rules with shocking move
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Roll Call, Right Wing News and Weasel Zippers
Motoko Rich / New York Times:
U.S. Adds 103,000 Jobs; Rate Holds Steady at 9.1% — As an increasing number of economists warn of a possible dip back into recession, the Labor Department said Friday that American employers added 103,000 jobs in September, staving off the bleakest forecasts for now.
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Felix Salmon:
Unemployment's here to stay — There's no particularly good news in these numbers. For every glimmer of good news, like the upward revisions to previous reports totaling 100,000 new jobs or so, there's an offsetting piece of bad news, like the broad U6 unemployment rate jumping up to 16.5% from 16.2%.
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Business Insider, The New Republic, Grasping Reality …, Calculated Risk and Hot Air
Dave Wedge / Boston Herald:
Occupy's pass steams Tea Party — City, state OK with lack of permits — The Hub's hands-off approach to unpermitted Occupy Boston protests has Tea Partiers up in arms and has even rankled a top civil libertarian who said all groups should be subject to the same rules — regardless of the cause.
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Producer Rob / CBS Sacramento:
Some ‘Occupy Sacramento’ Protesters Lash Out At Questions — SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Hundreds of protesters gathered in Cesar Chavez Park on Thursday to stand in solidarity with the growing nationwide demonstrations aimed at corporate greed, but some members of the peaceful event showed hostility …
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PoliPundit.com and The Gateway Pundit
Karin Tanabe / The Politico:
Moviegoing habits: Republicans vs. Democrats — In the Hollywood and politics issue of the The Hollywood Reporter, there's a piece looking at the moviegoing tendencies of Republicans and Democrats. It focuses on Morgan Freeman's recent comments about the tea party and racism …
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Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Three Activist Women — LONDON — The Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 was awarded on Friday to three campaigning women from Africa and the Arab world in acknowledgment of their nonviolent role in promoting peace, democracy and gender equality.
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New York Magazine, Runnin' Scared, FP Passport and The BLT
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House GOP to attack abortion funding — House Republicans next week plan to pass legislation that would close what they say are loopholes that allow last year's healthcare law to be used to provide federal support for abortions. — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) …
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Weasel Zippers and Daily Kos
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
U.S. Panel Advises Against Routine Prostate Test — Healthy men should no longer receive a P.S.A. blood test to screen for prostate cancer because the test does not save lives over all and often leads to more tests and treatments that needlessly cause pain, impotence and incontinence in many, a key government health panel has decided.
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Kim Willsher / Los Angeles Times:
France bans ketchup in cafeterias — Well, it's allowed with one side dish (guess which one). But putting it on veal or boeuf bourguignon is now interdit at schools nationwide. — Reporting from Paris— First France built a wall around its language to protect it from pernicious Anglo-Saxon invaders.
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The Moderate Voice and Outside the Beltway
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
GOP Candidates Hardly Household Names — Interest and Coverage On Par with 2008 Campaign — OVERVIEW — As in previous Republican presidential campaigns, most Americans (54%) are able to name at least one of the GOP candidates unprompted. However, smaller percentages name …
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Kim Severson / New York Times:
Race-Based Names Dot the Landscape — ATLANTA — The onetime name of Gov. Rick Perry's Texas hunting camp is currently the most famous example of an egregious race-based place name, but it is not the only one. — Consider Runaway Negro Creek, which flows near a state park outside Savannah …
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Katharine Abraham / White House.gov Blog:
The Employment Situation in September — Today's employment report shows that private sector payrolls increased by 137,000 and overall payroll employment rose by 103,000 in September. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.1 percent, a level that is unacceptably high.
Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml:
BBC Does It Again: “In The Absence Of A Credible Plan We Will Have A Global Financial Meltdown In Two To Three Weeks” - IMF Advisor — A week after the BBC exploded Alessio Rastani to the stage, it has just done it all over again. In an interview with IMF advisor Robert Shapiro …
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Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Obama claims miss some evidence — WASHINGTON (AP) — In challenging Republicans to get behind his jobs bill Thursday, President Barack Obama argued Republicans have supported his proposals before, demanded that they explain themselves if they oppose him, and challenged others to come up with a plan of their own.
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