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Cain Says His Deadly Fence Plan Was ‘a Joke’ — Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy — At two campaign rallies in Tennessee on Saturday night, the Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said that part of his immigration policy would be to build …
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Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Cain: People Will Demand 999 Even Though It Raises Their Taxes — 2012 GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain has risen in the polls recently, and his 999 tax plan was the star of the GOP primary debate last week (with the number nine warranting 85 different mentions).
Discussion:
Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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:
Connecting.the.Dots and The Moderate Voice
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Herman Cain defends 9-9-9 proposal, says ‘most people will pay less’ in taxes
Herman Cain defends 9-9-9 proposal, says ‘most people will pay less’ in taxes
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Power Line and Althouse
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 …
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Wizbang, PoliPundit.com and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
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Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
America's ‘Primal Scream’
America's ‘Primal Scream’
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Daily Kos, Outside the Beltway, Gothamist, Truthdig, Prairie Weather, Guardian, Washington Post and The Atlantic Online, more at Mediagazer »
Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Right-Wing Rabble-Rouser Leaks Thousands of Occupy Wall Street Emails
Right-Wing Rabble-Rouser Leaks Thousands of Occupy Wall Street Emails
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Don Surber, AlterNet and Pat Dollard
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.
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Jihad Watch, Scared Monkeys, MyFox Boston, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, americanthinker.com, Atlas Shrugs and The Mahablog
Imtiyaz Delawala / ABCNEWS:
Obama Strategist David Axelrod Slams Mitt Romney for Changing Positions — Obama campaign advisor David Axelrod slammed Mitt Romney for changing positions on major issues throughout his political career, questioning the “core principles” of the presumptive front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination.
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CNN, The Daily Caller, The Politico and American Spectator
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Los Angeles Times:
Financial filings show differences in Perry and Romney efforts
Financial filings show differences in Perry and Romney efforts
Discussion:
State of the Union and CNN
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Axelrod: Electorate unsure of Romney's ‘core principles’
Axelrod: Electorate unsure of Romney's ‘core principles’
Discussion:
Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and ABCNEWS
Dave Boyer / Washington Times:
Obama: King would have backed ‘Occupy Wall Street’ — Drawing parallels between civil rights legend Martin Luther King Jr. and his own leadership challenges, President Obama on Sunday dedicated a memorial to King on the National Mall by saying King would have sympathized with activists demanding social justice from Wall Street.
Discussion:
Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and JammieWearingFool
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Dawn Rhodes / Chicago Tribune:
175 Chicago protesters arrested after being told to leave Grant Park — Chicago police arrested about 175 Occupy Chicago protestors in Congress Plaza just after 1 a.m. Sunday, about 90 minutes after police issued their first warning that the group was violating municipal code.
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Gothamist, Washington Post, Don Surber, Gawker, Global Guerrillas, Scared Monkeys and Wake up America
James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
The Exasperation of the Democratic Billionaire — Real-estate and newspaper mogul Mortimer Zuckerman voted for Obama but began seeing trouble as soon as the stimulus went into the pockets of municipal unions. — New York — 'It's as if he doesn't like people," says real-estate mogul …
The Independent:
Revealed: Fox's best man and his ties to Iran's opposition — An IoS Investigation: The murky world of Adam Werritty: Self-styled adviser ‘had links to Mossad’. — Adam Werritty, the man at the centre of the Liam Fox cash-for-access scandal, has been involved in an audacious plot …
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LewRockwell.com Blog, Guardian and The Staggers
Janet Hook / Washington Wire:
Gingrich: Romney's Rockefeller Problem — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has a new take on Mitt Romney's challenge in cementing his status as frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination. It's not that he's a flip flopper. It's not that he's a Mormon. It's his Nelson Rockefeller problem.
Discussion:
Hot Air and MyFox Boston
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.
Discussion:
Outside the Beltway, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Agonist
Elisabeth Rosenthal / New York Times:
Where Did Global Warming Go? — Elisabeth Rosenthal is a reporter and blogger on environmental issues for The New York Times. — IN 2008, both the Democratic and Republican candidates for president, Barack Obama and John McCain, warned about man-made global warming and supported legislation to curb emissions.
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, Althouse and The Reality-Based Community