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ABCNEWS:
U.S. Says Iran-Tied Terror Plot in Washington, D.C. Disrupted — FBI and DEA agents have disrupted a plot to commit a “significant terrorist act in the United States” tied to Iran, federal officials told ABC News today. — The officials said the plot included the assassination …
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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
U.S. Accuses Iranians of Plotting to Kill Saudi Envoy — Federal authorities foiled a plot by men linked to the Iranian government to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States and to bomb the embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said in a news conference on Tuesday.
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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
“Gunwalking” subpoena for AG Holder imminent
“Gunwalking” subpoena for AG Holder imminent
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Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Flopping Aces, Pajamas Media, Sister Toldjah and PERRspectives
Washington Post:
Eric Holder, Obama's albatross
Eric Holder, Obama's albatross
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Questions and Observations and Pajamas Media
William Lajeunesse / Fox News:
Congressional Investigators to Subpoena Holder in Fast and Furious Probe
Congressional Investigators to Subpoena Holder in Fast and Furious Probe
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Michelle Malkin, Mediaite and Atlas Shrugs
Harry M. Reid / Washington Post:
Trying to restore Senate comity — Democrats have one overriding objective this Congress: to create jobs and get our economy back on track. But our Republican colleagues are so dead set on preventing Democrats from passing job-creating legislation that they have been willing to abuse …
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Dems scramble to save face on jobs bill — Democratic leaders in the Senate are scrambling to avoid defections on President Obama's jobs package, which appears headed for defeat on Tuesday. — A lack of Democratic unity on the president's bill would be embarrassing for the White House …
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Wake up America, The Confluence, ABCNEWS, Reuters, Balloon Juice, Hot Air, Pundit & Pundette, Campaign 2012 and The Lonely Conservative
The Politico:
Obama jobs bill may not get 51 in Senate — President Barack Obama's jobs plan is at risk of getting less than 51 votes Tuesday evening in the Senate as a handful of politically vulnerable moderates hold out on the president's signature economic proposal. — Adding to the uncertainty …
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The Atlantic Online, Firedoglake, The Huffington Post, National Review and The New Republic
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
If moderate Dems vote No on jobs bill, they're only hurting themselves — Top pollster Stanley Greenberg is not shy about criticizing the White House when he thinks it's warranted, and his opinion is widely respected by Democrats in Congress. So if Greenberg tells moderate Senate Democrats …
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Washington Monthly, CBS News, Booman Tribune, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Big Government and Pat Dollard
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama considers splitting jobs bill
Obama considers splitting jobs bill
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National Review and Weasel Zippers
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
White House braces for defeat of jobs bill
White House braces for defeat of jobs bill
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msnbc.com, The Political Carnival and Taegan Goddard's …
Steve Jordon / Omaha World-Herald:
Cain: The Godfather's years — Godfather's Pizza of Omaha started with rapid growth, head-spinning profits and a $300 million buyout. — But then profits crashed. Franchise holders were in revolt, complaining that they had been abandoned, weathering three different presidents in four months.
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Ben Smith's Blog and Liberal Values
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Bruce Bartlett / Economix:
Inside the Cain Tax Plan — Bruce Bartlett held senior policy roles in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations and served on the staffs of Representatives Jack Kemp and Ron Paul. — With recent polls showing increased support for Herman Cain as the G.O.P. presidential nominee …
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ABCNEWS, The Enterprise Blog, National Review, New York Times, americanthinker.com and American Spectator
The Politico:
Herman Cain: 'I'm going after Romney' at debate
Herman Cain: 'I'm going after Romney' at debate
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ABCNEWS, Campaign 2012, GOP 12, Swampland, Hot Air and National Review
Nia-Malika Henderson / Washington Post:
Herman Cain Debate Plan: Hit Romney
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Five Things to Watch for in the G.O.P. Debate
Five Things to Watch for in the G.O.P. Debate
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New York Times and New York Magazine
Caitlin McDevitt / The Politico:
Harry Belafonte calls Herman Cain a ‘bad apple’
Harry Belafonte calls Herman Cain a ‘bad apple’
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ThinkProgress, Big Hollywood, Mediaite and The Raw Story
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Tuesday debate could be make-or-break for Gov. Perry's presidential hopes
Tuesday debate could be make-or-break for Gov. Perry's presidential hopes
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Washington Wire, CNN, The Huffington Post, Washington Examiner and Outside the Beltway
Susie Madrak / Crooks and Liars:
Who Really Owns The NYPD? Turns Out It's Not Such A Rhetorical Question — I wrote last week about the multi-million dollar contribution to the NYPD from JPChase, but it turns out the corporate influence goes much deeper than that. Pam Martens, an activist who successfully sued the NYPD …
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CNNMoney.com:
Occupy Wall Street... mansions — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Occupy Wall Street is on the move ... uptown. — Why uptown? Because that's where the rich folks live! — Organizers are planning a march on Tuesday that will visit the homes of JP Morgan Chase ( JPM, Fortune 500) CEO Jamie Dimon …
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NewsBusters.org blogs, AM New York, Don Surber, Big Government, The Politico, RedState, The Raw Story and Poynter
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Milquetoast Radicals — The U.S. economy is probably …
The Milquetoast Radicals — The U.S. economy is probably …
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Firedoglake, ABCNEWS, Paul Krugman, The Baseline Scenario, Left of the Hudson, Daily Kos, A plain blog about politics and Mediaite
Suzy Khimm / Washington Post:
Conservatives launch “We are the 53 percent” to criticize 99 percenters
Conservatives launch “We are the 53 percent” to criticize 99 percenters
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Mother Jones, Washington Monthly, ABCNEWS, Daily Kos, NY Daily News, New York Times, CANNONFIRE, Business Insider, Sky Dancing, Gawker, A plain blog about politics, Balloon Juice, Outside the Beltway, PhillyNow, Mediaite, American Spectator, The Lonely Conservative, Grasping Reality …, Angry Bear and Suburban Guerrilla, more at Mediagazer »
Fox News:
Christie to Endorse Romney Ahead of GOP Debate — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, just one week after definitively announcing he will not run for president in the 2012 race, plans to endorse Mitt Romney for the job Tuesday afternoon, Fox News has learned. — The event is set to take place …
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The Politico:
Chris Christie to endorse Mitt Romney
Chris Christie to endorse Mitt Romney
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The Caucus, Ben Smith's Blog, Weasel Zippers, The Page and iOwnTheWorld.com
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Chris Christie to endorse Mitt Romney
Chris Christie to endorse Mitt Romney
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The New Republic and Outside the Beltway
NBC Washington:
Capitol Police Arrest Protesters Inside Senate Office Building — Protesters stopped after unfurling banners inside Hart building. — Capitol Police moved swiftly to stop protesters unfurling banners at a U.S. Senate office building in Washington, D.C. — Members of the Occupy DC protest …
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Boston Globe:
Boston police move in on protesters on Greenway, scores arrested — Boston police moved in and began arresting scores of Occupy Boston protesters who refused to leave a large part of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway early this morning. — At 1:20 a.m., the first riot police officers lined up on Atlantic Avenue.
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Neil W. McCabe / Human Events:
SunPower: Twice As Bad As Solyndra, Twice As Bad For Obama — Congressman's son lobbied for failing solar panel company … How did a failing California solar company, buffeted by short sellers and shareholder lawsuits, receive a $1.2 billion federal loan guarantee for a photovoltaic …
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The Daily Caller
Robert Costa / National Review:
Behind Bachmann's Slide — On August 13, as dusk settled upon Iowa State University, Michele Bachmann hopped onto a makeshift stepstool beside her bus. Her supporters crowded close, pressing against a flimsy rope. Bachmann, clad in an ivory-colored suit and pearls, raised both arms.
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Outside the Beltway, Ben Smith's Blog, The Political Carnival and GOP 12
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Rudy Giuliani: I'm not running in 2012 — In other news on doors shutting, Rudy Giuliani announced at a Long Island Association event just now that he's not running for president. — Asked by the group's president Kevin Law about reports that he had sent messages to New Hampshire supporters …
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GOP 12, Outside the Beltway and Business Insider
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Individualists In The Marine Corps — Erick Erickson and Josh Trevino are, I'm told, the geniuses behind the dimwitted concept of countering the 99 Percent Movement with an effort to divide the country between the 53 percent of the population that has net federal income tax liability …
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The Daily Dish and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Bill Daley / NBC Chicago:
One-On-One With Rahm's Replacement — He's the White House Chief of Staff — just steps from the Oval Office, brought in as the successful banker and attorney to give the Obama team a different image. — Bill Daley is also best friends with the man who held the pressure cooker White House job before him, Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
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CNN, The Politico, PolitickerNY, Washington Post and The Hill
Suzanna Andrews / Vanity Fair:
The Woman Who Knew Too Much — Millions of Americans hoped President Obama would nominate Elizabeth Warren to head the consumer financial watchdog agency she had created. Instead, she was pushed aside. As Warren kicks off her run for Scott Brown's Senate seat in Massachusetts …
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techPresident and Shakesville