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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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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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The Atlantic Online, Outside the Beltway and Balloon Juice

Live blog: FBI, DEA thwart terror plot in U.S. involving Iran, officials say
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CNN and American Spectator

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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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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CNN, ABCNEWS, Wake up America, The Confluence, Reuters, Balloon Juice, Hot Air, The Lonely Conservative, Pundit & Pundette and Campaign 2012


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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Firedoglake, The New Republic, Pirate's Cove and Associated Press

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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The Hill, The Atlantic Online, Washington Monthly, The Mahablog, CBS News, Booman Tribune, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Big Government and Pat Dollard

Jim Messina broaches a provocative line
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White House braces for defeat of jobs bill
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msnbc.com, Daily Kos, The Political Carnival and Taegan Goddard's …

Will Dems fall short of majority for jobs bill?
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Obama considers splitting jobs bill
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National Review and Weasel Zippers

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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Suburban Guerrilla, CounterPunch, Hullabaloo, naked capitalism and Dependable Renegade
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The Milquetoast Radicals — The U.S. economy is probably going to stink for a few more years. It is beset by short-term problems (low consumer demand, uncertain housing prices, too much debt) and long-term problems (wage stagnation, rising health care costs, eroding human capital).


Occupy Wall Street... mansions
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About those ‘53 percent’
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Washington Post, Gawker and Daily Kos

Sawyer's Flub: Claims Wall Street Protests Have ‘Spread to More Than a Thousand Countries’
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Don Surber, nation.foxnews.com, Hot Air, Publius Forum, Mediaite, Fire Andrea Mitchell! and Michelle Malkin

Conservative Pundit Says “Get A Job Hippies!”
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Political Mojo, CANNONFIRE, Grasping Reality …, A plain blog about politics and The Daily Dish

Cantor shifts tone on Wall Street protesters, calls frustration ‘justified’
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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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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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ABCNEWS, Campaign 2012, Weasel Zippers, Swampland, GOP 12, Hot Air and National Review

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

Herman Cain Debate Plan: Hit Romney
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Gawker and Wake up America

Five Things to Watch for in the G.O.P. Debate
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New York Times and New York Magazine


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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Pawlenty, portrait, both emerge into limelight
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Daily Kos and Washington Monthly


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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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?
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ThinkProgress and Lawyers, Guns & Money

“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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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, CNN, Gothamist, Swampland, Outside the Beltway and Business Insider


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

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


Israel, Hamas reach Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal, officials say — Announcement by Netanyahu's office comes before planned emergency cabinet meeting to discuss the details of a deal geared at securing the release of the abducted IDF soldier. — Israel and Hamas have reached …
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msnbc.com, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Attackerman


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


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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Lawyers, Guns & Money


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