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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Panic of the Plutocrats — It remains to be seen whether the Occupy Wall Street protests will change America's direction. Yet the protests have already elicited a remarkably hysterical reaction from Wall Street, the super-rich in general, and politicians and pundits who reliably serve …
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NewsBusters.org and ECHIDNE of the snakes
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Economist:
The inkblot protests — A new generation takes to the barricades. They should pay more attention to the ballot box — from the print edition — IN TAHRIR SQUARE and Homs, Egyptians and Syrians have risked their lives to demand basic democratic freedoms.
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Moe Lane and The Mahablog
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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Mediaite, Firedoglake, Hit & Run, ABCNEWS, The Politico, Washington Monthly, Patterico's Pontifications and Daily Kos
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 …
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The Politico, Pat Dollard, Firedoglake, Weasel Zippers and The Crawdad Hole
Greg / The Belgravia Dispatch:
Occupy Wall Street: An Early Assessment
Occupy Wall Street: An Early Assessment
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Newshoggers.com and ThinkProgress
Jennifer Preston / New York Times:
Wall Street Protest Spurs Online Dialogue on Inequity
Wall Street Protest Spurs Online Dialogue on Inequity
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Taylor Marsh, Moe Lane, Firedoglake, Prairie Weather, Fausta's Blog, ThinkProgress, Wonkette and Monkeyfister
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 …
Standoff in D.C. — WASHINGTON — The fastest-running protesters …
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Air and Space Museum closes after guards clash with protesters
Air and Space Museum closes after guards clash with protesters
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Pat Dollard, CNN, Runnin' Scared and Boing Boing
Boston Globe:
Whitey in exile — It is a portrait of the gangster as a grumpy old man, hunkered down in a Santa Monica flat with his girlfriend. Neighbors liked them, but no one got close — or, rather, almost no one. And that was their undoing. — At least a twice a day, Carol Gasko would crouch …
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The Huffington Post, CBS Boston and NewsBusters.org
Facebook:
Just finished running Army Ten Miler... by Congressman Allen West on Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 12:02pm and unofficial time was 1 hr 29 mins and change, great seeing many old friends and former bosses. However, what struck me as shameful was Code Pink being out on the run course protesting.
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The Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Cain: Racism not holding anyone back — (CNN) - Presidential candidate Herman Cain said Sunday that he didn't believe racism was a major factor holding minorities back in America, asserting instead that African Americans had a level playing field on which to advance economically.
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Angry Black Lady Chronicles, Weasel Zippers and neo-neocon
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Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
Cain: Racism doesn't hold blacks back
Jennifer H. Cunningham / NY Daily News:
Barack Obama supporters stage Harlem Tea Party in support of president's re-election bid — Dozens of people rallied at a “Harlem Tea Party” Sunday in support of President Obama's reelection bid - and called for a more civil tone in the presidential race. — “This is a Harlem tea party,” said Chet Whyte, director of Harlem 4 Obama.
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Weasel Zippers
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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Datechguy's Blog, Weasel Zippers, National Review, Business Insider, Harry's Place, The Other McCain and ThinkProgress
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Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Gingrich: Not for us to judge Romney's religion
Gingrich: Not for us to judge Romney's religion
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The Political Carnival
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Occupy Atlanta gives John Lewis the cold shoulder — Apparently having solved all other problems in Georgia, a group of roughly 300 protesters decided to mimic the recent events in Manhattan and set up Occupy Atlanta. Unlike their brothers and sisters in arms up in the Big Apple, though …
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Weasel Zippers, The Crawdad Hole, Babalú Blog, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Other McCain
Jenna Wortham / New York Times:
Free Texting Apps Are Threat to Wireless Carriers — At a time when e-mail and many other forms of electronic communication are essentially free, wireless carriers are still charging as much as 20 cents to send a text message to a phone, and another 20 cents to receive it.
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CNET News and Booman Tribune
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
Jihad,Va. — The 9/11 imam Anwar al-Awlaki may be dead, but his old mosque is still open for business and remains a dangerous breeding ground for terrorists — and it's right in the president's back yard. — Nothing much has changed since 2002, when Awlaki voluntarily left the pulpit …
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Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
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 …
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 …
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Booman Tribune and Washington Post
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
In Iowa, Rick Perry's immigration problem grows
In Iowa, Rick Perry's immigration problem grows
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Iowa Caucuses, Outside the Beltway and The Caucus