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10:15 PM ET, October 11, 2011

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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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Max Fisher / The Atlantic Online:
Would Iran Really Want to Blow Up the Saudi Ambassador to the U.S.?  —  The alleged Iranian plot would make great material for a spy novel, but it would go against Iran's own interests and past behavior  —  Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Adel al-Jubeir speaks in Annapolis / Reuters
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.
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Lawmakers: Bombing plot shows Iran's danger to US
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Jim Messina broaches a provocative line  —  There's been at least some discussion this year about the “sabotage” question — whether Republicans are deliberately hurting the country, holding back the economy on purpose, for the express purpose of undermining the Obama presidency.
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Scott Wong / The Politico:
Senate passes China currency bill  —  A bipartisan bill targeting China's alleged currency manipulation easily cleared the Senate Tuesday night, despite warnings from Beijing and free-trade backers that the legislation could spark a trade war and harm the global economic recovery.
Discussion: Pat Dollard
Associated Press:
GOP senators vote to defeat Obama's jobs bill
The Hill:
The Hill's Whip List of selected senators on Obama's jobs bill
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A note about motions to proceed
Discussion: BBC, The Moderate Voice and Daily Kos
The Politico:
Obama jobs bill stalls in Senate
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Will Dems fall short of majority for jobs bill?
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Shaheen to fly in for jobs vote
Discussion: Campaign 2012
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Left's Nervous Breakdown  —  Obama has failed, and his supporters are turning to nihilism.  —  The White House is “bracing for the defeat of President Obama's jobs bill,” the Hill reports.  That's hardly surprising, since Republicans control the House—except that it is the Senate …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
About those ‘53 percent’  —  Republicans have been preoccupied for much of the year with those Americans who don't make enough money to qualify for a federal income tax burden.  Some are working-class families who fall below the tax threshold; some are unemployed; some are students; and some are retired.
Ari Rabin-Havt / Media Matters for America:
We Need a New System  —  In the Spring of 2000, my friend and former colleague Zack Exley arrived in Washington, DC, to observe the protests that had engulfed the city during the World Bank's annual meeting.  Driving into Washington from the airport, out the window of his taxi he saw …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Milquetoast Radicals  —  The U.S. economy is probably …
The Politico:
Herman Cain: 'I'm going after Romney' at debate  —  In a radio interview just now, Herman Cain previewed his Tuesday night debate plan: “I'm going after Romney.”  —  “I'm not going after Perry.  I don't need to go after Perry,” Cain said, per POLITICO's Juana Summers.
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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 …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Tonight in New Hampshire  —  The latest in a series of debates …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Cain leads in Iowa
Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Israel Reaches Deal With Hamas to Free Gilad Shalit  —  JERUSALEM — Israel and Hamas announced an agreement on Tuesday to exchange more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held captive in Gaza for five years, a deal brokered by Egypt that seemed likely to shake …
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
The Gilad Shalit Prisoner Exchange
Discussion: Room Eight
New York Times:
Slovakia Rejects Euro Bailout  —  WARSAW — Slovakia's Parliament rejected participating in a crucial euro rescue fund on Tuesday night in a vote that backfired on the prime minister, who had tied her government to the legislation through a confidence vote.  —  Negotiations to try to stave off …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama ‘heartbroken’ NBA season will be delayed  —  President Obama said Tuesday that he's “a little heartbroken that the NBA season is getting delayed” at a fundraiser in Orlando with Magic star Dwight Howard.  —  NBA commissioner David Stern announced Monday that at least the first two weeks …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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 …
Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
“Gunwalking” subpoena for AG Holder imminent  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  CBS News has learned a congressional subpoena directed to Attorney General Eric Holder could go out as early as Tuesday, ordering him to turn over documents to lawmakers about when he was aware of a controversial gun smuggling operation known as Fast and Furious.
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Washington Post:
Eric Holder, Obama's albatross
Adam Weinstein / Mother Jones:
Rick Scott to Liberal Arts Majors: Drop Dead  —  Florida's unpopular tea party governor, Rick Scott, wants more of the state's youths to pick up college degrees... but only if the degrees are useful to corporations and don't teach students to question social norms.  “You know what?
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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Lou Chibbaro Jr / Washington Blade:
Longtime gay activist Kameny dead
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MicheleBachmann.com:
Bachmann Introduces “American Jobs, Right Now” Blueprint for Economic Prosperity and Job Creation
Discussion: Opinion L.A. and The Caucus
Tammy Stables Battaglia / Detroit Free Press:
Majority of Highland Park's streetlights removed as city struggles with monthly energy bill
Discussion: Detroit News and Crooks and Liars
Inside Higher Ed:
The Lecturers' Filibuster
Discussion: Hot Air and Campaign 2012
Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
Georgia Considers Replacing Firefighters With Free Prison Laborers
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We must remove energy production obstacles to create jobs
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Elisa Roche / Daily Express:
A MUSLIM LIFE OF BRIAN? NO WAY, SAYS PYTHON
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
What Washington should have done to create jobs
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