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5:35 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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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.
Max Fisher / The Atlantic Online:
Would Iran Really Want to Blow Up the Saudi Ambassador to the U.S.?
Discussion: emptywheel
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 …
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.
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 …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Will Dems fall short of majority for jobs bill?
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Daily Kos
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
White House braces for defeat of jobs bill
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Shaheen likely to miss Jobs Act vote
Discussion: Campaign 2012
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.
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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 …
Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Conservative Pundit Says “Get A Job Hippies!”  —  The phrase “work three jobs” appears frequently in stories about economic malaise.  It generally refers to people whom are underemployed and working many labor-intensive, low-benefit, low-paying jobs in order to pay their bills and get by.
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Cantor shifts tone on Wall Street protesters, calls frustration ‘justified’
Discussion: CNN
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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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Chris Christie endorses Mitt Romney
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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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Five Things to Watch for in the G.O.P. Debate
Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Americans in Poll Back Taxing Rich to Reduce Deficit
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 …
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
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Debbie Siegelbaum / The Hill:
Six protesters arrested at Senate Hart Building
Discussion: TPMDC and Gawker
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 …
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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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
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.
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 …
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.
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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Alicia M. Cohn / Ballot Box:
Romney faces increased scrutiny over shared healthcare advisers
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Georgia Considers Replacing Firefighters With Free Prison Laborers
Haaretz:
Israel, Hamas reach Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal, officials say
Virginia Postrel / Bloomberg:
About Virginia Postrel  —  Virginia Postrel writes about commerce …
Discussion: Marginal Revolution
A. G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
States Adding Drug Test as Hurdle for Welfare
Discussion: Via Meadia, ThinkProgress and The BLT
Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
FBI's Osama bin Laden poster used my face, says Spanish pol
Discussion: Guardian
Elisa Roche / Daily Express:
A MUSLIM LIFE OF BRIAN? NO WAY, SAYS PYTHON
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What Washington should have done to create jobs
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Dozens show up at Pinellas County Commission meeting to talk fluoride
Brad Wilmouth / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Tony Bennett: Obama is America's ‘Greatest Accomplishment,’ Not Sure if Fighting Hitler ‘Justified’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Suzanna Andrews / Vanity Fair:
The Woman Who Knew Too Much  —  Millions of Americans hoped …
Discussion: techPresident and Shakesville
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
The not-so-super committee  —  In news that should surprise absolutely …
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Individualists In The Marine Corps
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A Nobel for Non-Keynesians
 

 
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How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts
 
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