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10:30 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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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 …
Karla Adam / Washington Post:
Occupy Wall Street protests go global  —  LONDON — Linking up with the Occupy Wall Street protests that began in New York, tens of thousands of people around the world took to the streets Saturday to reiterate their anger at the global financial system, corporate greed and government cutbacks.
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
Terence Chea / Associated Press:
Rupert Murdoch heckled at Calif. education forum
Discussion: Mediaite and Gawker
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.
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.
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 …
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: Weasel Zippers and Atlas Shrugs
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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Blake Hounshell / FP Passport:
Rush Limbaugh on Lord's Resistance Army: “Obama Invades Uganda, Targets Christians”
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
White House Starts a Mini-War in Africa
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Times Square Is Now Occupied  —  Hundreds of people from Occupy Wall Street have flooded Times Square, in a major escalation by demonstrators.  Here's a picture of the protests there:  —  Watch a livestream of the events in Times Square here.
Discussion: The Mahablog
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
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Will Herman Cain's Sunday sit-down be the new GOP front-runner's star turn?
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
The Politico:
W.H. rebuts Iraq troops report  —  The Obama administration is knocking down a report that all but a small security force will be pulled from Iraq by the end of the year, saying instead that discussions are still ongoing.  —  The Associated Press reported Saturday afternoon that just 160 troops attached …
Discussion: Reuters
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Associated Press:
US abandons plans to keep troops in Iraq next year
Marooned In Marin:
Al Shaprton & Unions' Rally For Obama's “Jobs” Bill Masquerades As MLK Memorial  —  I went down to the Washington Monument this morning to check out the big Al Sharpton / big labor unions “Resist We Much” rally, which was essentially a Support Obama's [Jobs ]Tax Increases Bill masquerading …
 
 
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