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8:00 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.?  —  The alleged Iranian plot would make great material for a spy novel, but it would go against Iran's own interests and past behabior  —  It's entirely possible that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's announcement today …
Washington Post:
Iran behind alleged terrorist plot, U.S. says
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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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 …
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 …
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 …
Scott Wong / The Politico:
Senate passes China currency bill
Discussion: Pat Dollard
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
White House braces for defeat of jobs bill
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
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 …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Cain leads in Iowa
Discussion: Guardian, CNN and Outside the Beltway
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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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 …
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Cantor shifts tone on Wall Street protesters, calls frustration ‘justified’
Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Israel and Hamas Agree to Swap Prisoners for Soldier  —  JERUSALEM — Israel and Hamas, two of the Middle East's most implacable foes, announced Tuesday they had reached a tentative agreement brokered by Egypt to exchange more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held captive in Gaza for more than five years.
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Haaretz:
Israel, Hamas reach Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal, officials say
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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?
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.
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 …
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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Tammy Stables Battaglia / Detroit Free Press:
Majority of Highland Park's streetlights removed as city struggles with monthly energy bill
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Alicia M. Cohn / Ballot Box:
Romney faces increased scrutiny over shared healthcare advisers
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and CNN
Inside Higher Ed:
The Lecturers' Filibuster
Discussion: Hot Air and Campaign 2012
Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
Georgia Considers Replacing Firefighters With Free Prison Laborers
Rick Perry / unionleader.com:
We must remove energy production obstacles to create jobs
Discussion: ThinkProgress and ABCNEWS
Nia-Malika Henderson / Washington Post:
Herman Cain Debate Plan: Hit Romney
Bill Pugliano / ABCNEWS:
Obama Jobs Council Stacked With Democratic Donors
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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
David DeCamp / St. Petersburg Times:
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 …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
The not-so-super committee  —  In news that should surprise absolutely …
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Individualists In The Marine Corps
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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