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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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New York Post:
Wall St. protesters will not be allowed to bring sleeping bags, tents back into park — The party's over! — The city's top cop said today that the Occupy Wall Street protesters who clear out of Zuccotti Park tomorrow so their filthy makeshift campsite can get a much-needed cleaning …
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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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 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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Occupy Wall Street:
OccupyWallStreet — Tell Bloomberg: Don't Foreclose the Occupation. Join us at 6AM FRIDAY for non-violent eviction defense. — Please take a minute to read this, and please take action and spread the word far and wide. — Occupy Wall Street is gaining momentum, with occupation actions now happening in cities across the world.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Morning Plum — * Americans favor Occupy Wall Street far more than Tea Party: Despite nonstop GOP and conservative disparagement of the Wall Street protests, the most detailed polling yet on Occupy Wall Street suggests that the public holds a broadly favorable view of the movement — and, crucially, the positions it holds.
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The Politico:
Tea party goes after Occupy Wall Street
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Corky Siemaszko / NY Daily News:
Lech Walesa, former Polish president, to visit New York in support of Occupy Wall Street
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J.J. Gould / The Atlantic Online:
OWS: What the Media Can't See About America's First Web-Era Movement
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David Moore / Wall Street Journal:
The Panhandler and the President
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Bloomberg:
Buffett's Son Defends Occupy Wall Street
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Jesse / CBS New York:
Wall St. Protesters Urge Supporters To ‘Defend The Occupation’ After Distribution Of New Regulations
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Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Al Gore backs Occupy Wall Street protests
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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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The Huffington Post:
Herman Cain 999 Plan: Did It Come From SimCity?
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John Rossomando / The Daily Caller:
Paul Ryan ‘loves’ Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan
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Rasmussen Reports:
National Poll: Cain 29% Romney 29% Gingrich 10% — Following a Tuesday night debate focused on economic issues, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and businessman Herman Cain are tied in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is the only other candidate in double-digits.
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First Read / msnbc.com:
Anita Perry reflects on campaign's ‘rough month’
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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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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.”
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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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Who Besides Solyndra Got Loan Guarantees? — Solyndra CEO Brian Harrison just resigned, as the controversy stubbornly refuses to go away. Seems worth revisiting the loans once again, since I've spent a little time looking more deeply at the program over the past few days.
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Does Ben Bernanke Have A Secret Plan To Stymie Stimulus? — Scott Sumner wants an answer from Keynesians about how fiscal stimulus is supposed to help a depressed economy if the central bank is determined to offset any impact on total nominal spending. — The answer is that it can't.
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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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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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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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