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11:35 AM ET, October 16, 2011

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Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Meet the Guy Who Snitched on Occupy Wall Street to the FBI and NYPD  —  The Occupy Wall Street protests have been going on for a month.  And it seems the FBI and NYPD have had help tracking protesters' moves thanks to a conservative computer security expert who gained access …
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Kurt Schlichter / Washington Examiner:
Sunday Reflection: Protestors should try occupying reality for real change  —  Right now, idealistic young Americans are gathered together to fight injustice and build a better world.  —  Sure, they're a little dirty, and maybe some of their language is a bit rough, but they've left behind family …
Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Right-Wing Rabble-Rouser Leaks Thousands of Occupy Wall Street Emails  —  Conservatives really have a hard-on for “infiltrating” Occupy Wall Street in an effort to discredit it.  Now a computer expert has leaked thousands of emails from Occupy Wall Street organizers and told us he's identified members …
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Times Square Is Now Occupied
Discussion: The Mahablog
Karla Adam / Washington Post:
Occupy Wall Street protests go global
ZIP / Weasel Zippers:
American Nazi Party Declares Its Full Support For Occupy Wall Street's “Courage” …
Peter Wallsten / Washington Post:
Obama plans to turn anti-Wall Street anger on Mitt Romney, Republicans
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
In California, Going All Out to Bid Adieu to Foie Gras  —  LOS ANGELES — A line up of people streamed into an unmarked, dimly lighted storefront on Fairfax Avenue as night fell Friday, on a mash-up Los Angeles block catering to religious Jews and hungry hipsters.  Before long, a smattering of protesters arrived.
Edward Wyatt / The Caucus:
Cain Proposes Electrified Border Fence  —  Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Saturday that part of his immigration policy would be to build an electrified fence on the country's border with Mexico that could kill people trying to enter the country illegally.
New York Post:
Con Ed says it will evict Ground Zero mosque unless developer pays $1.7 million in back rent  —  Pay up or get out.  —  Con Ed has given the Ground Zero mosque an ultimatum: Pay the $1.7 million you owe in back rent, or we'll terminate your lease and take back our property.
Discussion: MyFox Boston
A.Killough / CNN:
Rep. Lewis reflects on MLK's impact  —  Washington (CNN) - On the morning of the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial dedication, a longtime Georgia congressman and the last surviving speaker from the March on Washington said King was not only a instrumental figure in American culture—but in him, as well.
Discussion: The Politico
Ken Layne / Wonkette:
NYPD Arrests Woman For Closing Her Citibank Account (VIDEO)  —  Be patient through the first 90 seconds — haha, attention span of a gnat! — because a remarkable little drama unfolds with protesters inside the Citibank branch communicating with protesters outside, all very reserved …
New York Times:
Romney, Perry and Cain Open Wide Financial Lead Over Field  —  A stark financial divide is opening up between two groups of Republican candidates for president, with the top candidates together bringing in tens of millions of dollars in their bids for the presidency and a second tier struggling …
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Julian Pecquet / Ballot Box:
Top-tier Cain pulls in second-tier cash
Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Long Ties to Koch Brothers Key to Cain's Campaign  —  Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain has cast himself as the outsider, the pizza magnate with real-world experience who will bring fresh ideas to the nation's capital.  But Cain's economic ideas, support and organization have close ties …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
The Huffington Post:
Iraq Withdrawal: U.S. Abandoning Plans To Keep Troops In Country … Iraq War , Iraq , Military , Obama , Obama Administration , U.S. Military , Department Of Defense , Iraq Troops , Pentagon , World News  —  BAGHDAD — The U.S. is abandoning plans to keep U.S. troops in Iraq past …
Discussion: Firedoglake
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Morgen / Verum Serum:
Video: Occupy Portland Protesters Sing “F*ck the USA”  —  Krugman's Army...of fools.  —  Click here to view the embedded video.  —  I think this pretty much sums up the real agenda of the Occupy movement.  If this is Krugman's Army, then this is their reveille.
Discussion: americanthinker.com and Power Line
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Obama administration appeals ruling on White House visitor logs  —  The Obama administration is appealing a judge's ruling that Secret Service records of visitors to the White House complex are subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.  —  The Justice Department filed …
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Weasel Zippers
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Rush Limbaugh Endorses The Lord's Resistance Army  —  I don't have a really strong view on whether or not it's advisable to dispatch a small number of US combat troops to help fight the Lord's Resistance Army.  My instinct is to be skeptical.  I want to see less military intervention, not more.
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
White House Starts a Mini-War in Africa
 
 
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Andrew / Statistical Modeling …:
The most clueless political column ever—I think this Easterbrook dude has the journalistic equivalent of “tenure”
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Alex Quade / The Daily Caller:
Secret mission: The Horse Soldiers of 9/11
Discussion: Hot Air
 

 
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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:
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