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2:05 PM ET, October 13, 2011

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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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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.”
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.
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 …
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.
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.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
An unintentionally amusing take from Wall Street
David W. Chen / New York Times:
Protesters Told to Vacate Park, for Its Cleaning
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  —  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 …
Rasmussen Reports:
National Poll: Cain 29% Romney 29% Gingrich 10%
Discussion: GOP 12 and Guardian
Wall Street Journal:
Cain Vaults to Lead in Poll
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
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Pirate's Cove and TPMDC
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Reid: Republican senators only care about their own jobs
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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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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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
A Campaign Windfall for 4 Republicans Who Voted for Same-Sex Marriage
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay and Gothamist
James Dao / New York Times:
Denied Veterans Benefits Over Same-Sex Marriage, Ex-Sailor Challenges Law
Discussion: The Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and National Review
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Glen Whitman / Agoraphilia:
Pan Am and the Economics of Hot Flight Attendants
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Balloon Juice
David S. Hilzenrath / Washington Post:
Hedge fund billionaire gets 11-year sentence in fraud case  —  Raj Rajaratnam, the hedge fund billionaire at the center of one of the largest insider trading cases in history, was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
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