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3:45 PM ET, October 9, 2011

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Charlie Grapski / cgrapski's FDL blog:
American Spectator Editor Admits to Being Agent Provocateur at D.C. Museum  —  The following photograph taken by opednews.com shows a confrontation in the lobby of the National Air and Space Museum between two individuals and an officer shortly before video shows officers …
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Patrick Howley / American Spectator:
Standoff in D.C.  —  WASHINGTON — The fastest-running protesters charged up the steps of Washington's National Air and Space Museum Saturday afternoon to infiltrate the building and hang banners on the “shameful” exhibits promoting American imperialism.  As the white-uniformed security guards hurried …
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
The Changing Story  —  You should definitely read Ezra Klein's long take on the Obama administration economic team's retroactive assessment of their performance.  But I think it's helpful to skip to the end: … I have some policy points to make about the whole thing …
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Could this time have been different?  —  (KEVIN LAMARQUE - REUTERS) Christina Romer had traveled to Chicago to perform an unpleasant task: she needed to scare her new boss.  David Axelrod, Barack Obama's top political adviser, had been very clear about that.
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Financial crisis and stimulus: Could this time be different?
New York Times:
Protesters Against Wall Street  —  As the Occupy Wall Street protests spread from Lower Manhattan to Washington and other cities, the chattering classes keep complaining that the marchers lack a clear message and specific policy prescriptions.  The message — and the solutions …
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Cain, Gingrich blast Occupy Wall Street protests  —  Herman Cain charged Sunday that groups sympathetic to President Obama were ginning up the Occupy Wall Street protests to take attention away from the administration's policies.  —  Cain, the GOP presidential candidate …
Richard A. Serrano / Los Angeles Times:
Fast and Furious weapons were found in Mexico cartel enforcer's home  —  Guns illegally purchased under the ATF operation were found in April hidden in violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, court records show.  —  Reporting from Washington— High-powered assault weapons illegally purchased under …
Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
Cain: Racism doesn't hold blacks back  —  Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain argued that racism is not a professional barrier for African-Americans on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday.  —  His answer came in response to a question in which host Candy Crowley suggested that Cain …
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Cain: Racism not holding anyone back
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Jeff Sommer / New York Times:
An Ugly Forecast That's Been Right Before  —  LET'S face it: economic forecasting is an act of sheer hubris.  Which, of course, only incites people to do it.  —  Multimedia  —  The stock market offers its predictions, and, occasionally, it's even right.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Depression: If Only Things Were That Good  —  David Leonhardt is The New York Times Washington bureau chief.  —  UNDERNEATH the misery of the Great Depression, the United States economy was quietly making enormous strides during the 1930s.  Television and nylon stockings were invented.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Political Mojo
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Perry's immigration problem  —  It's safe to say Rick Perry has given up his perch as the Republican presidential frontrunner.  In fact, the apparent collapse happened rather suddenly, with a debate in Florida marking the pivot point.  Almost immediately, the question in GOP circles went from …
Discussion: Washington Post and Booman Tribune
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
In Iowa, Rick Perry's immigration problem grows
Los Angeles Times:
Brown signs California Dream Act  —  The law grants illegal immigrants access to state aid at public universities and colleges.  It is one of 50 education-related bills weighed by the governor.  —  Reporting from Sacramento— Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday granted illegal immigrants access …
Discussion: L.A. NOW and ImmigrationProf Blog
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Secret U.S. Memo Made Legal Case to Kill a Citizen  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's secret legal memorandum that opened the door to the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born radical Muslim cleric hiding in Yemen, found that it would be lawful only if it were not feasible to take him alive …
Lindsey Boerma / CBS News:
Values Voter straw poll organizers suggest a fix in Ron Paul's win  —  Rep. Ron Paul scored a decisive victory Saturday in a mock presidential election at the Values Voter Summit, trouncing fellow Texan, Gov. Rick Perry, but an organizer of the straw poll suggested ballot-stuffing may have skewed the results.
 
 
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Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
Our one-sided trade war with China
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Pelosi: Obama needs to ‘very strongly, very clearly’ sell voters on jobs bill
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Nicole Santa Cruz / Los Angeles Times:
Eco-friendly festival can't sustain itself
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
What to do with a ‘top-tier’ candidate
Brody Mullins / Washington Wire:
Santorum Lags in Fund-Raising
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Iraq, siding with Iran, sends essential aid to Syria's Assad
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A Second Term for Obama Would Make the United States Go as California Has Gone
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
McConnell takes chutzpah to new levels
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Palin says it's time to “reload for America”
 

 
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