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The Politico:
Wall Street to Dems: you can't have it both ways — After the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sent a recent email urging supporters to sign a petition backing the wave of Occupy Wall Street protests, phones at the party committee started ringing.
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Pat Dollard, Campaign 2012, Weasel Zippers, Pajamas Media, Financial Times and Business Insider
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Obama: Occupy Wall Street ‘Not That Different’ From Tea Party Protests — President Obama, who has become a target of the Occupy Wall Street protests sweeping the country, today embraced the economic frustration voiced on the streets and said in an exclusive interview with ABC News that his vision …
New York Post:
Thieves preying on fellow protesters — It's a den of thieves! — Occupy Wall Street protesters said yesterday that packs of brazen crooks within their ranks have been robbing their fellow demonstrators blind, making off with pricey cameras, phones and laptops — and even a hefty bundle of donated cash and food.
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Doug Schoen Grossly Misrepresents His Own Poll Results To Smear Occupy Wall Street — In this morning's Wall Street Journal, Doug Schoen reports on the results of a poll he conducted of Occupy Wall Street protesters. Here is the nut graph:
Douglas Schoen / Wall Street Journal:
Polling the Occupy Wall Street Crowd — In interviews, protesters show that they are leftists out of step with most American voters. Yet Democrats are embracing them anyway. — President Obama and the Democratic leadership are making a critical error in embracing the Occupy Wall Street movement …
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Steve Zeitchik / 24 Frames:
Will Nolan's ‘Dark Knight Rises’ occupy Wall Street? — “The Dark Knight Rises,” Christopher Nolan's third film in the Batman trilogy, has been shooting in Los Angeles in recent weeks. But the Christian Bale-led production is now set to make a trip to New York and could be heading to a fraught locale: the Occupy Wall Street protests.
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Obama on ‘Fast and Furious’: ‘People Who Have Screwed Up Will Be Held Accountable’ — As the Justice Department investigates how U.S. guns were allowed to flow illicitly into Mexico under the watchful eyes of federal agents, President Obama said today in an exclusive interview with ABC News that …
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The Politico and Pat Dollard
Dave Boyer / Washington Times:
Obama nixes parley with ‘Occupy’ activists
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Weasel Zippers
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Wall Street lobbyists rage at Dems for supporting Occupy Wall Street
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Gawker and Balloon Juice
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Celebrated redistributionists discover healthy respect for private property
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The Right Sphere and Pajamas Media
Alex Klein / New York Magazine:
Are You Smarter Than a Wall Street Occupier?
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NewsBusters.org blogs and Mogulite
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Barney Frank To Occupy Wall Street: Where Were You During The Last Midterms?
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THEROOT.COM and nation.foxnews.com
Michelle Goldberg / Vox Tablet:
One Percent — Anti-Semites are a tiny fringe at the Occupy Wall Street protests.
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The New Republic, New York Magazine, Mogulite and The Other McCain
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Occupy Wall Street, tea party ‘not that different’
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CNN, The Heritage Foundation and Salon.com
Sarah Huisenga / CBS News:
Herman Cain acknowledges his electric border fence idea isn't a joke after all — PHOENIX - After first apologizing for suggesting an electric fence along the border, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain told reporters here Monday that he still thinks it's a good idea for controlling illegal immigration.
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Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Huntsman called Cooper ahead of debate — Anderson Cooper is in Las Vegas at the moment, getting ready for moderating tonight's CNN and Western Republican Leadership Conference debate. Last night, his publicist managed to pull him away from a pack of screaming fans - it sounded like Beatlemania …
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NewsBusters.org blogs, TVNewser and Big Journalism
Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Is Herman Cain serious?
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Cain Maintains Positive Intensity as Recognition Grows
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Firedoglake and Don Surber
Laura Geller / WWBT-TV:
Thieves steal truck with President's equipment — HENRICO, VA (WWBT) - NBC12 has uncovered one of those stories that makes you think: “How in the world does that happen?!” A truck filled with President Obama's podiums and audio equipment was stolen in Henrico just days before his visit to Chesterfield.
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Tia Goldenberg / Associated Press:
Israel ‘shocked’ at Egypt TV Schalit interview — JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli officials harshly criticized an Egyptian television interview with soldier Gilad Schalit minutes after Hamas militants freed him in a prisoner swap Tuesday, saying the questioning was inappropriate and insensitive.
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Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Cain: If Al Qaeda Demanded It, I'd Consider Freeing Every Gitmo Prisoner For The Release Of An American Soldier
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Attackerman, Weasel Zippers and Daily Kos
Ernesto Londoño / Washington Post:
Gilad Shalit reunited with family in Israel; Palestinian prisoners freed
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ThinkProgress and americanthinker.com
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Five questions with Mitt Romney — Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks with the Review-Journal editorial board. We select five key questions for our readers for Romney to answer. — Terms & Conditions — The following comments are provided by readers and are the sole responsiblity of the authors.
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Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Romney Respects New Hampshire's First-in-the-Nation Status
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GOP 12
James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
An architect of Cain's 9-9-9 plan says he should drop sales tax — Superstar WaPo blogger Jen Rubin is not a fan of Herman Cain's tax plan and its VATastic aspect: … A few thoughts here: a) I come down on the side that the Europe has embraced value-added taxes to fund its love of big government …
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National Review and RedState
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Architect of Cain's 9-9-9 plan wants him to drop national sales tax
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Business Insider and Outside the Beltway
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
It's Not How Many Followers You Have, It's Who Follows You — Felix Salmon adds to the growing legend of the world's least-likely protest sign: … But herein lies one of the secrets of the faux-meritocracy of the internet. Furnas may appear to be a mild-mannered law student with only 325 Twitter followers.
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Grasping Reality …
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Susie Madrak / Crooks and Liars:
If #OWS Has No Coherent Message, How Come Eric Cantor Is Suddenly Talking About ‘Income Disparity’? — Why Charlie Pierce continues to be my hero:
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ThinkProgress, TalkLeft, Daily Kos and Washington Monthly
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Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Republicans lay groundwork for healthcare repeal — Seeing a chance to regain power next year, GOP activists are making sure they're ready to act on a full rollback of President Obama's overhaul. — Reporting from Washington— Republican activists, increasingly optimistic they can win …
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Political Mojo
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Rollins Responds to Bachmann's Google Remark — In a New York Times story published today, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R., Minn.) tells reporter Trip Gabriel that she “should have done that Google search” before tapping Ed Rollins to be her campaign manager.
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New York Times, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Political Carnival
Bloomberg:
Cain Used Campaign Funds to Buy Autobiography — Republican presidential contender Herman Cain used campaign funds to buy his own books from his motivational speaking company, Federal Election Commission records show. — Although his autobiography was published by a division of Simon & Schuster Inc. …
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2012.talkingpointsmemo.com, ABCNEWS, Business Insider, The Hill, National Review and Balloon Juice
Kyle Olson / Big Government:
Occupy Arrest Scam Unmasked — Leftists love to get arrested at protests. It must make them feel like adults and compensates for their otherwise very childish behavior. — But new video released exclusively by EAGtv shows the protestors pre-arrange who is to be arrested.
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The Jawa Report, NewsBusters.org blogs and Verum Serum
Katya Adler / BBC:
Spain's stolen babies and the families who lived a lie — Manoli Pagador recalls her first-born child being taken away — Spanish society has been shaken by allegations of the theft and trafficking of thousands of babies by nuns, priests and doctors, which started under Franco and continued up to the 1990s.
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Newshoggers.com and Balloon Juice
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