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The Politico:
Tea party goes after Occupy Wall Street — The tea party isn't about to make room for the new protesters on the block. — Big tea party groups have launched an attack against the Occupy Wall Street protests, challenging the line that the anti-corporate uprising is the “the tea party of the left.”
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PolitickerNY, Pat Dollard, iOwnTheWorld.com, YID With LID, Clayton Cramer's Blog and Wake up America
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
CHART: Americans Support Occupy Wall Street, Oppose Tea Party — The new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows that Americans support the Occupy Wall Street protests by a two-to-one margin (37 percent in favor, 18 percent opposed) while more Americans view the Tea Party negatively (28 percent in favor, 41 percent opposed).
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Washington Monthly, Business Insider and The Raw Story
Reuters:
Who's behind the Wall St. protests? — (Reuters) - Anti-Wall Street protesters say the rich are getting richer while average Americans suffer, but the group that started it all may have benefited indirectly from the largesse of one of the world's richest men.
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The Atlantic Wire, Hot Air, US Politics, ABCNEWS, Pirate's Cove, Big Government and Business Insider
Corky Siemaszko / NY Daily News:
Lech Walesa, former Polish president, to visit New York in support of Occupy Wall Street — Solidarity hero Lech Walesa is flying to New York to show his support for the Occupy Wall Street protesters. — “How could I not respond,” Walesa told a Polish newspaper Wednesday.
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Reuters, CNN, Firedoglake, Shakesville, Business Insider and alicublog
Alex Altman / Time:
TIME Poll: Obama Leads Head-to-Head Match-Ups with Republican Rivals — President Barack Obama speaks at the White House Forum on American Latino Heritage in Washington, Oct. 12, 2011. — Despite sweeping pessimism about the nation's fortunes and his own sliding approval ratings …
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The Politico, Swampland, Taegan Goddard's …, Hot Air, CNN and The Political Carnival
Bloomberg:
Buffett's Son Defends Occupy Wall Street — Howard Buffett, the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A) director and son of Chairman Warren Buffett, said Wall Street protesters were provoked by abuses from corporations amid a widening disparity between rich and poor.
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Michelle Malkin, The Hill, Guardian, Hullabaloo, Deal Journal and ECHIDNE of the snakes
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Morning Plum — * Americans favor Occupy Wall Street far …
The Morning Plum — * Americans favor Occupy Wall Street far …
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Public Policy Polling, ABCNEWS, Time, Campaign 2012, Hullabaloo, The Politico, Guardian and Taegan Goddard's …
David W. Chen / New York Times:
Protesters Told to Vacate Park, for Its Cleaning
Protesters Told to Vacate Park, for Its Cleaning
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Left of the Hudson and New York Magazine
Nicholas Ballasy / The Daily Caller:
Jackson, Jr: Obama should ‘declare a national emergency,’ add jobs with ‘extra-constitutional’ action — Illinois Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. told The Daily Caller on Wednesday that congressional opposition to the American Jobs Act is akin to the Confederate “states in rebellion.”
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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Senate GOP unveils its jobs agenda
Senate GOP unveils its jobs agenda
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ThinkProgress, TPMDC and Pirate's Cove
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Reid: Republican senators only care about their own jobs
Reid: Republican senators only care about their own jobs
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Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Republicans increasingly see Mitt Romney as the ‘inevitable candidate’ — NASHUA, N.H. — Buoyed by a series of strong debate performances, Mitt Romney is suddenly attracting new support from major donors and elected officials, some of whom had resisted his previous entreaties …
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FailedMessiah.com:
Haredi Fringe Group Claims Molestation Of Boys Has “Surged” Since Same Sex Marriage Bill Passed In NY — JPAC wants men's mikvas to put up its anti-gay signs “The Jewish Political Action Committee is now organizing an awareness program to stop Gay molesters from attacking children and teens.
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ThinkProgress, Gothamist and Joe. My. God.
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
A Campaign Windfall for 4 Republicans Who Voted for Same-Sex Marriage
A Campaign Windfall for 4 Republicans Who Voted for Same-Sex Marriage
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Towleroad News #gay and Gothamist
James Dao / New York Times:
Denied Veterans Benefits Over Same-Sex Marriage, Ex-Sailor Challenges Law
Denied Veterans Benefits Over Same-Sex Marriage, Ex-Sailor Challenges Law
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The Raw Story
Ben Forer / ABCNEWS:
9-9-9 Plan Would Almost Double Taxes on Middle Class — Herman Cain is running on three numbers: 9-9-9. — “Nine percent corporate business flat tax, nine percent income flat tax and a nine percent national sales tax,” he said, explaining the plan once again during Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate.
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ThinkProgress, Taylor Marsh, Political Mojo and Hot Air
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John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:
Cain's 9-9-9 Plan Gets a Closer Look
Cain's 9-9-9 Plan Gets a Closer Look
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Guardian, msnbc.com, Washington Post, Bloomberg, New York Magazine and ThinkProgress
Peter Lattman / DealBook:
Rajaratnam Is Sentenced to 11 Years — The fallen hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam received on Thursday the longest-ever prison sentence for insider trading, a watershed moment in the government's aggressive two-year campaign to root out the illegal exchange of confidential information on Wall Street.
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Reuters, Bloomberg, New York Magazine, TalkLeft, JammieWearingFool and Gawker
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David S. Hilzenrath / Washington Post:
Hedge fund billionaire gets 11-year sentence in fraud case
Hedge fund billionaire gets 11-year sentence in fraud case
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Booman Tribune
Alex Katz / Boston Globe:
Scott Brown web message mirrors 2002 Elizabeth Dole speech — WASHINGTON - A Democratic group has unearthed a bit of inspirational autobiography on Senator Scott Brown's official website that was lifted verbatim from a 2002 campaign speech by Elizabeth Dole.
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Raising Eyebrows — IT wasn't quite the slip-up (or slip-down, as it were) most people expect during a presidential campaign, but whatever happened to Ron Paul's eyebrows at Tuesday's night debate certainly caught some viewers' attention. — For those of you not yet riveted by the Republican race …
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Ricochet Conversation Feed and New York Magazine
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
The Declining Hotness of Flight Attendants — Glen Whitman asks why there are fewer startlingly beautiful flight attendants any more: … As a libertarianish economics blogger, I would love if this story were true. But I'm skeptical. Stewardesses used to be subject to all sorts …
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National Review
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Glen Whitman / Agoraphilia:
Pan Am and the Economics of Hot Flight Attendants
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Ink-Stained Vigilante — An ugly moment during last night's Republican debate. — Commenting on the latest Republican debate, E.J. “Baghdad Bob” Dionne of the Washington Post observes: “Newt [Gingrich] was at his most outrageous and undisciplined, notably when he said …
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National Review, NCRenegade, Washington Post and The Atlantic Online
John Marzulli / NY Daily News:
We fabricated drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas, former detective testifies — A former NYPD narcotics detective snared in a corruption scandal testified it was common practice to fabricate drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas.
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The Hinterland Gazette and New York Magazine
Jason Clayworth / Iowa Caucuses:
Five questions for Rick Perry — Perry spoke to a large crowd at the Des Moines Register Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair last month. (Justin Hayworth/The Des Moines Register) — 1. You've been criticized over the racial slur that a rock once bore outside the hunting camp you leased …
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Washington Post
Paul Krugman:
I Am Not Your Mirror Image — Russ Roberts tries to debunk my explanation of the reasons to believe in a broadly Keynesian view of the world — and reveals more than he intended. — First, a few points. Roberts treats my statement that we have a lot of evidence on the effects of monetary policy …
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TalkLeft, Grasping Reality …, Eschaton, The Enterprise Blog, Cafe Hayek, DownWithTyranny! and ThinkProgress
Mickey Edwards / The Atlantic Online:
How to Turn Republicans and Democrats Into Americans — An insider's six-step plan to fix Congress — ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED, American voters went to the polls in November 2010 to “take back” their country. Just as they had done in 2008. And 2006. And repeatedly for decades …
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The Politico
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Obama Surges Past Money-Making Goal — The Obama Campaign and Democratic National Committee raised a combined nearly $70 million for the 2012 campaign from July through September, the groups reported today in an email to supporters. — Obama for America brought in $42.8 million …
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Hot Air and Outside the Beltway
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Associated Press:
Obama Raises More Than $70 Million
Obama Raises More Than $70 Million
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Business Insider, Balloon Juice and Daily Kos