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Cain accuser cites series of ‘advances’; NRA confirms harassment complaint — Attorney Joel Bennett issued a statement Friday afternoon from one of the women who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment in the 1990s, standing by the complaint and confirming that it involved a …
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Cain rises in Post-ABC poll despite scandal; most Republicans dismiss allegations — Businessman Herman Cain and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney are running nearly even atop the field of 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows …
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Cain Accuser Won't Go Public — In Friday afternoon media availability, lawyer for Cain accuser says the Georgian made “a series of inappropriate behaviors and unwanted advances” towards his client. … National Restaurant Association confirms allegations:
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The PJ Tatler, The Daily Caller, americanthinker.com and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Attorney: Multiple instances of sexual harassment by Herman Cain
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Herman Cain allegation: Accuser breaks silence
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BREAKING: Cain accuser won't go public
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White House Fires Back at ‘Overbroad’ Subpoena on Solyndra Documents — The White House on Friday all but refused to turn over the documents House Republicans have subpoenaed on bankrupt solar firm Solyndra, firing off a letter saying the request would put an “unreasonable burden …
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Weasel Zippers, Politicons and The PJ Tatler
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White House counsel says GOP's subpoena is ‘unprecedented’
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W.H. to House: Solyndra subpoenas seek too much
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Solyndra subpoena sent to the White House
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Grist, Washington Monthly, CNN and The Politico


Deadbeat Rep. Joe Walsh, Who Owes $100k In Child Support, Receives ‘Pro-Family’ Award From Family Research Council — In July, the press learned that Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), a Tea Party freshman in Congress, owed $117,000 in unpaid child support to his ex-wife.
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Rep. Walsh lauded by group for being pro-family, though accused of owing child support — Republican Rep. Joe Walsh was the only Illinois congressman to be named a “True Blue” member of Congress for “unwavering support of the family” by the Family Research Council Action committee Thursday.
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Daily Kos, Wonkette, The Raw Story and Little Green Footballs


Moore Lashes Out At CBS4 Over Wealth Questions — Filmmaker Visits Occupy Denver Protesters — DENVER (CBS4) - Filmmaker and activist Michael Moore joined a growing crowd at the “Occupy” Denver protest Thursday evening, but his encounter with CBS4 left him fuming when he was asked …
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The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, NewsBusters.org blogs and OWS Exposed


The Ally From Hell — Pakistan lies. It hosted Osama bin Laden (knowingly or not). Its government is barely functional. It hates the democracy next door. It is home to both radical jihadists and a large and growing nuclear arsenal (which it fears the U.S. will seize).
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More on POLITICO — Yaaawwwnnn...give it up, Politico. Your Dan Rather-esque hatchet job is falling apart and you've been exposed as the DNC boot licking liberals you truly are. The American people aren't falling for it. You've devolved into a complete laughing stock.

Cain: ‘I Am The Koch Brothers’ Brother From Another Mother' — Herman Cain may be the billionaire Koch brothers' favorite presidential candidate, with strong ties between his campaign and the wealthy conservative patrons, and Cain hasn't been shy about about showing his love for the pair.
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The New Republic, DeSmogBlog, The Impolitic and New York Times
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Cain Has Long Ties To Koch Brothers-Linked Group
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Obama's Flunking Economy: The Real Cause — Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President — Harper, 515 pp., $29.99 — Ron Suskind's Confidence Men is not a calm first draft of history. It is not an impartial or unbiased look at the Obama administration's first two years.
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Barack Obama's Fatal Error: Monetary Policy
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Occupy Oakland: second Iraq war veteran injured after police clashes — Kayvan Sabehgi in intensive care with a lacerated spleen after protests in Oakland, a week after Scott Olsen was hurt. He says police beat him with batons — A second Iraq war veteran has suffered serious injuries …
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The Raw Story, Booman Tribune and US Politics


Occupy Wall Street Pays $8,000 for a Home on the Web — Occupy Wall Street, seeking a more formal Web presence for the coterie of protesters who have set up camp in downtown Manhattan, is acquiring the domain name occupywallstreet.net for $8,000, according to parties on both sides of the transaction.
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The Jawa Report, JammieWearingFool, Gothamist, Althouse and The Huffington Post


Traders From Chicago Board Of Trade Dump McDonald's Applications On Occupy Chicago Protesters — In the middle of an Occupy Chicago teach-in this week, traders at the Chicago Board of Trade dumped several sheets of paper on top of the heads of protesters below.
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Sky Dancing and Wake up America

Obama's Sarkozy remark offends French — CANNES, France — President Obama came, he saw, he insulted. — “Obama insults Sarkozy,” blared the headline on one French website, taking umbrage at Mr. Obama's wayward remark at the G-20 summit here about the physical appearance of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Weasel Zippers and The PJ Tatler


Cain Lurves the Race Card … DONATE Email Print Send to Instapaper — You want some race card? Well here is some race card: — That's not messing around. Note that this is not from the Cain campaign but from “Americans for Herman Cain,” a group created to support his candidacy.
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The Atlantic Online and Outside the Beltway


EPA Chief Lisa Jackson Calls Republicans “Jack-Booted Thugs” [UPDATE: Nope, she didn't.] — [UPDATE (Moe Lane): Turns out that E&E/Greenwire completely took the quote out of context: EPA Director Jackson was sarcastically referring to her own employees with the jack-booted thugs comment.
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The Politico, nation.foxnews.com and Weasel Zippers

Occupy Wall Street: Improving Quality of Life for the 99% — The participants of Occupy Wall Street are working for a better quality of life for the 99%. We are everyday Americans who want our voices and every voice to count in the political process. We want policy that looks …
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Nation Now, City Room and Gothamist


U.S. Approaches $15 Trillion Debt Limit — It will be the latest sobering economic milestone that few were hoping to see: The U.S. national debt - any day now - will soar above the $15 trillion mark. — As of this writing, the total debt is $14.97 trillion, so moving beyond the symbolic $15 trillion is a foregone conclusion.
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Weasel Zippers, Michelle Malkin, The Lonely Conservative and Politicons


As Regulators Pressed Changes, Corzine Pushed Back, and Won — Months before MF Global teetered on the brink, federal regulators were seeking to rein in the types of risky trades that contributed to the firm's collapse. But they faced opposition from an influential opponent: Jon S. Corzine …

Obama Admin Opposes Prayer at WWII Memorial — Republican lawmakers and conservative activists are expressing outrage after the Obama administration announced its objection to adding President Franklin Roosevelt's D-Day prayer to the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit

A Democratic convention tests a right-to-work state [UPDATED] — As the Democratic National Convention gets rolling in Charlotte, the tensions between the party's labor allies and North Carolina's fiercely anti-labor political and business leaders remains on the surface.
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Weasel Zippers, aglanon's blog, Daily Kos and The Impolitic

Threat of the Day — This blog's seen a recent really unpleasant uptick in trolling and now, violent threats. When I started posting some of the things people were saying on Twitter, Fast Company editor Nancy Miller suggested that bloggers start tweeting the harassment they get …


Why Science Majors Change Their Minds (It's Just So Darn Hard) — LAST FALL, President Obama threw what was billed as the first White House Science Fair, a photo op in the gilt-mirrored State Dining Room. He tested a steering wheel designed by middle schoolers to detect distracted driving and peeked inside a robot that plays soccer.

Obama, Romney Tied Nationally and in Swing States — Romney fares better vs. Obama than Perry, Cain — PRINCETON, NJ — Registered voters nationally and in 12 key swing states are evenly divided in their preferences for president in the 2012 election between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney.
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CNN, Firedoglake, Hot Air, National Review, The Daily Dish, The Moderate Voice, Saint Petersblog and USA Today

OpCartel Proceeds — The Anon who had been kidnapped last month by the Zetas has been released, although it appears that the Zetas concerned did not know that the individual was the Anon whose release had been demanded by those who instigated #OpCartel. As such, no bargain has been fulfilled.