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Dana Loesch / Big Journalism:
Journolist 2.0: OccupyDC Emails Show MSM, Dylan Ratigan, Working With Protesters To Craft Message — Big Journalism has learned that the Occupy Washington DC movement is working with well-known media members to craft its demands and messaging while these media members report on the movement.
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama Targeting a Few, Crucial States — President Barack Obama starts a three-day bus trip Monday through North Carolina and Virginia that brings fresh attention to the kinds of voters he will rely on as he works to assemble a majority next year in the Electoral College.
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Taegan Goddard's …, MyFox Boston and The Page
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
The Obama bus trip: A political guide — President Barack Obama's summer Midwestern bus trek was about reconnecting with disaffected independents, but the North Carolina and Virginia road trip that starts Monday is a more narrowly targeted exercise in 2012 politics.
Zeke Miller / Business Insider:
White House Draws Closer To Occupy Wall Street, Says Obama Is Fighting For The Interests Of The 99% — The White House continued its embrace of the Occupy Wall Street protests on Sunday, using the strongest terms yet to identify President Barack Obama with the growing movement.
The Politico:
Mitt Romney: Too unloved to be inevitable? — Mitt Romney has won every Republican presidential debate. He has outraised all of his primary opponents. Polls show he's the most competitive candidate against President Barack Obama. — And most Republicans still don't want to nominate him.
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Riehl World View, americanthinker.com, ABCNEWS, GOP 12 and The Hill
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David M. Drucker / Roll Call:
DeMint May Endorse Romney — Mitt Romney is the favorite to receive Sen. Jim DeMint's (R-S.C.) much-sought-after endorsement in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, according to knowledgeable GOP sources. — DeMint, who endorsed the former Massachusetts governor in 2008 …
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GOP 12, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Jim DeMint-Mitt Romney story a ‘fabrication,’ spokesmen say — Spokesman for Sen. Jim DeMint emails to take strong exception to the Roll Call story I posted earlier, which suggested the South Carolinian is likely to endorse Mitt Romney for president. — “That story is a fabrication …
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Erick's blog
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Losing Their Immunity — As the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to grow, the response from the movement's targets has gradually changed: contemptuous dismissal has been replaced by whining. (A reader of my blog suggests that we start calling our ruling class the “kvetchocracy.")
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Northern Reflections, Balloon Juice, Washington Post, Prairie Weather, Gawker, Paul Krugman and Hullabaloo
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
The Hill Poll: Voters say Washington is worse than Wall Street
Dave Boyer / Washington Times:
Obama: King would have backed ‘Occupy Wall Street’
Obama: King would have backed ‘Occupy Wall Street’
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Don Surber, Right Wing News, Weekly Standard, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air and JammieWearingFool
Bloomberg:
Wall Street Protests Spread to Four Continents — British police sealed off routes to the London Stock Exchange and Italian officers conducted nationwide raids following protests against economic inequality on four continents. — Officers carrying batons and gas sprays manned steel barriers close …
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Shannon Bond / Financial Times:
Obama extends support for protesters
Obama extends support for protesters
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americanthinker.com, Althouse and Power Line
Caroline Davies / Guardian:
Anti-bank protesters camp out at St Paul's
Anti-bank protesters camp out at St Paul's
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Firedoglake and The Raw Story
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Herman Cain nailed “Meet the Press.” — In my opinion, and I was quite critical of Cain after the last debate. Here's the transcript and video. I'll add a few comments to this post soon. — ADDED: I thought David Gregory really lost his cool early on, as he was questioning Cain about 9-9-9.
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The Other McCain, JustOneMinute, The Lonely Conservative, Booman Tribune, Instapundit and The Strata-Sphere
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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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CNN, Daniel W. Drezner and Power Line
Meredith Hoffman / New York Times:
Occupy Wall Street Trying to Settle on Demands — In a quiet corner across the street from Zuccotti Park, a cluster of 25 solemn-faced protesters struggled one night to give Occupy Wall Street what critics have found to be most lacking. — “We absolutely need demands,” said Shawn Redden, 35, an earnest history teacher in the group.
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ThinkProgress, Associated Press, The Politico, Ynetnews, The Huffington Post, Betsy's Page and Verum Serum
El Marco / Looking at the Left:
Neo-Cannibals, Deadbeats, Dopers and Democrats Occupy Denver — Back with a Vengeance, Evicted Protesters Take the Streets — “Occupy Denver” returned to the streets with a vengeance Saturday after being expelled, having their camp forcibly removed from Veterans' Park by police at 4 a.m. Friday morning.
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Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and Moonbattery
John Doyle / NY Daily News:
Protecting Lady Liberty: Airport-type security screening finds Statue of Liberty tourists well-armed — Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses - just tell them to leave their switchblades, their blackjacks and their brass knuckles at home. — The Statue of Liberty is attracting …
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Runnin' Scared, City Room, New York Magazine and Prairie Weather
Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:
BREAKING: An IPCC backchannel ‘cloud’ was apparently established to hide IPCC deliberations from FOIA. — By Christopher Horner, CEI.org for WUWT — Although this is seedy and unlawful at any time, it also goes in the ‘bad timing’ file. Or it's good timing, depending on one's perspective.
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Power Line, Pirate's Cove and The Lonely Conservative
New York Times:
Big Cash Edge Powers Obama in Drive for '12 — President Obama is exploiting his early lead in campaign fund-raising to bankroll a sprawling grass-roots organization and information technology apparatus in critical general election battlegrounds. He is doing so even as the Republican …
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Taegan Goddard's … and ABCNEWS
CNN:
Porn hackers hit ‘Sesame Street’ YouTube page — (CNN) — Hackers appeared to have commandeered the YouTube page of the venerable “Sesame Street” children's show Sunday, reprogramming the page with content brought to you by the letter “X.” — The show page was taken offline Sunday afternoon …
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