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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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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, Verum Serum and Washington Post
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.
Ryan Jones / Israel Today:
Israelis worried by anti-Semitic flavor of ‘Occupy Wall St.’ protests — A growing number of Israelis and foreign Jewish groups are expressing concern over the anti-Semitic flavor of some of the “Occupy Wall St.” economic protests in the US. — From the 13th century expulsion of Englands Jews …
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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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, Outside the Beltway and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Janet Hook / Washington Wire:
Gingrich: Romney's Rockefeller Problem
Gingrich: Romney's Rockefeller Problem
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Hot Air and MyFox Boston
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Axelrod: Electorate unsure of Romney's ‘core principles’
Axelrod: Electorate unsure of Romney's ‘core principles’
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ABCNEWS and The Daily Caller
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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MyFox Boston and The Page
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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.
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
President Obama is returning to the road this week to press Congress …
President Obama is returning to the road this week to press Congress …
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Weekly Standard, Michelle Malkin, Reuters, ABCNEWS, American Power, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and The Politico
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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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
The Caucus:
Cain Says His Deadly Fence Plan Was ‘a Joke’
Cain Says His Deadly Fence Plan Was ‘a Joke’
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Shannon Bond / Financial Times:
Obama extends support for protesters — Barack Obama, US president, offered more support for protesters against the global financial system after a weekend of demonstrations in cities around the world, but called on them not to “demonise” those who worked on Wall Street.
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americanthinker.com, Althouse and Power Line
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Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
America's ‘Primal Scream’
America's ‘Primal Scream’
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Tom Watson, New York Magazine, Balloon Juice, Newshoggers.com, Gothamist, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Truthdig, Prairie Weather and Outside the Beltway
Dave Boyer / Washington Times:
Obama: King would have backed ‘Occupy Wall Street’
Obama: King would have backed ‘Occupy Wall Street’
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Right Wing News, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air and JammieWearingFool
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
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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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 and The Gateway Pundit