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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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New York Post:
Sex, drugs and hiding from the law at Wall Street protests — The criminals are crashing the party. — Lured by cheap drugs and free food, creepy thugs have infiltrated the crowd of protesters camped out in Zuccotti Park for Occupy Wall Street, The Post has learned. — “I got warrants.
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Michael Howard Saul / Metropolis:
Bloomberg: Occupy Wall Street Can Stay Indefinitely … Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Monday that he'll allow the Wall Street protesters to stay indefinitely, provided they abide by the law, marking his strongest statement to date on the city's willingness to let demonstrators occupy a park in Lower Manhattan.
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MyFox New York, No More Mister Nice Blog, New York Magazine and The Raw Story
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Help wanted — Reader Greg Farrell writes to point out what he found on Craigslist. It's an ad from the Working Families Party looking to hire protesters for Wall Street and offering $350-650 a week, depending on responsibility and length of time on staff: FIGHT TO HOLD WALL STREET ACCOUNTABLE NOW!
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The Lonely Conservative and Bookworm Room
Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Michael Bloomberg: Wall Street protesters can stay indefinitely — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Monday the Occupy Wall Street protesters can camp out in Zuccotti Park in downtown Manhattan for as long as they want. — Zuccotti Park, the movement's unofficial headquarters located …
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The Other McCain and Runnin' Scared
Douglas E. Schoen / The Politico:
The case for a third party candidate
The case for a third party candidate
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CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Wonkette, Riehl World View, Pat Dollard and Firedoglake
A.Killough / CNN:
Romney defends Wall Street but vows to fight for middle class
Romney defends Wall Street but vows to fight for middle class
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The Raw Story
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Poll finds majority of Americans aware of Occupy Wall Street protests
Poll finds majority of Americans aware of Occupy Wall Street protests
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Pat Dollard and Weasel Zippers
Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Journalists Funded By ‘Vulture Capitalist’ Paul Singer Campaign To Smear Wall Street Protests
Journalists Funded By ‘Vulture Capitalist’ Paul Singer Campaign To Smear Wall Street Protests
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NY Daily News, Business Insider and Room Eight
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Democratic Party Going All-In on Occupy Wall Street
Democratic Party Going All-In on Occupy Wall Street
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Michelle Malkin, Power Line, Bloomberg, Ironic Surrealism, ABCNEWS, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Pat Dollard, iOwnTheWorld.com and Wake up America
CBS News:
Occupy Wall St.'s drumbeat grows louder
Occupy Wall St.'s drumbeat grows louder
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The Moderate Voice, USA Today, Crooks and Liars, TechCrunch and Christian Science Monitor
Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Roemer Is First Candidate to Embrace “Occupy Wall Street”
Roemer Is First Candidate to Embrace “Occupy Wall Street”
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Political party paying Occupy Wall Street protesters?
Political party paying Occupy Wall Street protesters?
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New York Post, Runnin' Scared and Moe Lane
New York Post:
Aimless Obama walks alone — The reports are not good, disturbing even. I have heard basically the same story four times in the last 10 days, and the people doing the talking are in New York and Washington and are spread across the political spectrum. — The gist is this …
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The Moderate Voice, Pajamas Media, The Strata-Sphere, Hot Air, The Hinterland Gazette and Sister Toldjah
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Perry Campaign Works to Smooth Out Flaws — SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Gov. Rick Perry of Texas struggled through his first three debates, so his aides have staged practice sessions, complete with a stand-in for Mitt Romney. He has stirred outrage among conservatives on immigration …
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Perry targets Romney's wealth
Perry targets Romney's wealth
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Firedoglake, Daily Kos, Ben Smith's Blog and Pirate's Cove
Felix Salmon:
Chart of the day, median income edition — Why has no one thought to do this before? Every month, the Current Population Survey goes out to a nationally representative sample of more than 50,000 interviewed households and their members. And in one of the questions, those households …
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Grasping Reality … and Political Mojo
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Reid Pillifant / Capital New York:
‘Joe the Plumber’ files for a congressional run — Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, better known as “Joe the Plumber,” has formed a congressional campaign committee and filed a statement of candicacy, according to the Federal Election Commission's website. — The filing for “Joe for Congress 2012” …
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MyFox New York, Daily Kos, New York Magazine and Business Insider
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Jason Ukman / Washington Post:
Al-Qaeda joins those questioning legality of U.S. killing of citizen Anwar al-Awlaki — (Associated Press via SITE Intelligence Group) Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen has confirmed the deaths of American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan, the young American propagandist killed alongside …
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Natalie Harrison / Apple:
iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Top One Million in First 24 Hours — Apple® today announced pre-orders of its iPhone® 4S have topped one million in a single day, surpassing the previous single day pre-order record of 600,000 held by iPhone 4. iPhone 4S is the most amazing iPhone yet …
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Issa: Holder's defense on Fast and Furious ‘has reached a new low’ — Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) issued a scathing reply to Attorney General Eric Holder over his role in the authorization of a botched gun-tracking operation and the Justice Department's cooperation with a congressional investigation.
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Weasel Zippers
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
From Elizabeth Warren, the proper case for liberalism — It's not often that a sound bite from a Democratic candidate gets so under the skin of my distinguished colleague George F. Will that he feels moved to quote it in full and then devote an entire column to refuting it. This is instructive.
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Washington Monthly, The New Republic, National Review, Political Mojo and Daily Kos
Eason Jordan / Poll Position:
Cain surging, edging Obama — In a hypothetical head-to-head presidential race, Republican Herman Cain edges Democrat Barack Obama, according to our latest national scientific opinion poll. — The poll found Cain topping Obama by a narrow 43%-41% margin, with 15% saying they had no opinion.
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Pat Dollard, Weasel Zippers and Hot Air
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
New Poll Puts Cain Ahead of Obama
Ed Carson / Investor's Business Daily:
51% Don't Want Second Term For President Obama — A majority of Americans now oppose giving President Obama a second term, reflecting the country's continued weak economic performance, according to the latest IBD/TIPP survey released Monday. — By 51%-41%, respondents in October picked …
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The Hinterland Gazette, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and Wake up America
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Netflix Abandons Plan to Rent DVDs on Qwikster — Updated Abandoning a break-up plan it announced last month, Netflix said Monday morning that it had decided to keep its DVD-by-mail and online streaming services together under one name and one Web site. — The company admitted that it had moved …
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Warren raises $3.15 million in six weeks — Elizabeth Warren raised more than $3 million in a little more than six weeks to fund her Senate bid in Massachusetts, her campaign announced Monday. — The astounding figure anchors the notion that Warren will be a formidable candidate …
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CNN and The Raw Story