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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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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
An unintentionally amusing take from Wall Street — David Moore is the CEO of Wall Street holdings company, and he has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today reflecting on a recent run-in with a panhandler. As best as I can tell, the op-ed is not a parody.
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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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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 …
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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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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Bloomberg:
Buffett's Son Defends Occupy Wall Street
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New York Post:
Wall St. protesters will not be allowed to bring sleeping bags, tents back into park
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Morning Plum — * Americans favor Occupy Wall Street far …
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David W. Chen / New York Times:
Protesters Told to Vacate Park, for Its Cleaning
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
There is no such thing as the 9-9-9 tax — Let's get something straight: There is no 9-9-9 plan. Not, at least, in the sense that most people think there is. — Herman Cain has not proposed three entirely separate taxes — one a 9 percent corporate income tax, another a 9 percent consumption tax …
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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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Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Norquist: Cain 9-9-9 plan more dangerous than current code
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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
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First Read / msnbc.com:
Anita Perry reflects on campaign's ‘rough month’ — Anita Perry, wife of Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate, Rick Perry gave a personal and emotional speech that focused on faith at North Greenville University in South Carolina. — By NBC's Ali Weinberg
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney attracts new support as donors and elected officials coalesce behind him
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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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Glen Whitman / Agoraphilia:
Pan Am and the Economics of Hot Flight Attendants
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Dem: House GOP ‘misogynist’ for bringing up abortion bill — Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) on Thursday charged House Republicans of misogynous motives in bringing up a bill that seeks to limit federal funding for abortion. — “What my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are attempting …
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Seung Min Kim / The Politico:
Pelosi calls abortion bill deadly
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Clinton: GOP's UN reforms put troop withdrawal at risk — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday raised the stakes in a fight over Republican plans to limit U.S. funding for the United Nations, warning that the bill could jeopardize the return of U.S. troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
A Campaign Windfall for 4 Republicans Who Voted for Same-Sex Marriage — ALBANY — As the State Legislature this year debated the legalization of same-sex marriage, a group of wealthy financiers who support both gay rights and Republican causes offered a reassurance to Republican lawmakers …
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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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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.
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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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
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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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Openly Gay National Guard Member Brian Carroll Runs For Office In Colorado … Afghanistan War , Iraq War , LGBT Issues , Dadt , Gay Issues , Lgbt , Video , Colorado Legislature , Mark Udall , Brian Carroll Colorado , Colorado Lgbt , Dadt Repeal , Politics News
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Tony Romm / The Politico:
New tax bill to watch - Splitsville for Yahoo, U.S. Chamber - Fed jobs site revamp gets panned - CTIA dispatch: USF, spectrum and more from San Diego - Barton, Frank team up on online gambling — With help from Michelle Quinn, Kim Hart, David Saleh Rauf and Eliza Krigman
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