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OWS Protesters Chant ‘Follow Those Kids!’ As Small Children Try To Go To School On Wall Street — NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — They were caught in the middle of madness. — Some grade school students were forced to walk a gauntlet of screaming “Occupy Wall Street” protesters just to get to school on Thursday.
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The Gateway Pundit, The Lonely Conservative, Weasel Zippers, Don Surber, Hot Air, Atlas Shrugs and The Jawa Report
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Gingrich contrasts tea party, ‘Occupy’ protesters — (CNN) - As hundreds of “Occupy” demonstrators across the country take to the streets on the movement's so-called “Day of Action,” GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich came out in full support of cities cracking down on the protesters.
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New York Times, The Politico, Hot Air, The Hill and Washington Examiner


James O'Keefe's plans derailed by infighting, lack of funding — After pulling off the brazen hidden camera sting credited with bringing down the liberal organizing group ACORN, James O'Keefe dreamt up an even bolder plan: to build a permanent undercover video operation that would expose institutions of the American left.
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The Political Carnival, US Politics and Big Journalism

Crowd Marches on Brooklyn Bridge After Day of Escalating Violence at ‘Occupy’ Protests in NYC
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OWS Exposed

Santorum: Republicans ‘ignore some realities’ on economy
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The Politico, Ballot Box, Weasel Zippers and ABCNEWS

Herman Cain Cancels Interview After Making Unusual Requests [UPDATE] … 2012 Election , Herman Cain , Newspapers , Video , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , Hermain Cain 2012 , The Backstory , Union Leader , Media News — UPDATE: The Cain campaign has now canceled its interview with the Union Leader …
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msnbc.com and The Moderate Voice
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The Herman Cain Meltdown — The hits keep on coming for the businessman and onetime GOP front-runner, who seems determined to go down in flames — The Herman Cain implosion is under way. — Once the Republican front-runner, Cain now seems to be self-destructing before our very eyes.
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unionleader.com and Los Angeles Times

Herman Cain: ‘Who knows every detail of every country on the planet?’
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Mediaite, Hot Air and National Review

Iowa: Gingrich 32%, Romney 19%, Cain 13% — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has already picked up steam among Republican primary voters nationwide, and now he jumps to the front of the GOP pack among caucus-goers in Iowa. — The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey …
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About.com US Liberal Politics, Hot Air, The Right Scoop, Ricochet Conversations Feed, TalkLeft and GOP 12
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If Not Romney, Who? If Not Now, When
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The Spectacle Blog, pandagon.net, Taylor Marsh, TIME Ideas, GOP 12 and Mediaite

Before leaving governor's office in 2006, Mitt Romney's staff eliminated e-mail records — Ex-governor's aides say they did nothing wrong — Just before Mitt Romney left the Massachusetts governor's office and first ran for president, 11 of his top aides purchased their state-issued computer hard drives …
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Obama never secretly killed the public option. It's a myth. — Did Obama secretly kill the public option? — The question is still an important one for many liberals. The claim lives on to this day, and is still seen as perhaps the clearest evidence from Obama's first term …
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Booman Tribune, Campaign Stops, TalkLeft and The Mahablog
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The NYT Should Be Ashamed of Itself (Again) — Drew Westen is the Worst Thing in the New York Times. Hands down. — Yes, I have a running item complaining about Matt Bai, but as I've said he also, at least when he's reporting, has serious value added: he's actually quite good at the reporting side …
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The American Prospect, Washington Monthly and Matt Glassman

Republicans want Obama to break the supercommittee's logjam — Republicans are calling for President Obama to jump into the deficit-reduction talks gripping Washington, reflecting the widespread view that the congressional supercommittee is now headed for a failure.
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The Politico
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Spending's ascending — with or without a budget sequester
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Ricochet Conversations Feed, Political Mojo, International Liberty, Hit & Run and National Review

Baseline Games — Here's the thing you should keep in mind about the long-term deficit.
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Washington Post, TalkLeft and Brad DeLong

TRENDING: Secret Service confirms Cain protection — Washington (CNN) - Presidential candidate Herman Cain will receive protection from the United States Secret Service, the agency confirms to CNN. — Cain will be the first candidate in the race for the Republican presidential nomination …
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Associated Press and Business Insider
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Prop. 8 sponsors are legally entitled to defend measure, court rules — The California Supreme Court decided Thursday that the sponsors of Proposition 8 and other ballot measures are entitled to defend them in court when the state refuses to do so, a ruling likely to spur federal courts …
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SCOTUSblog, The Politico, GLAAD, Gay Politics, New York Times, Law Blog, Truthdig and Guardian
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Bachmann gives students a 101 on issues, then gets lectured — Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) - With the air of a college instructor, Michele Bachmann essentially gave college students a Conservative 101 on the economy, national and foreign affairs and other important issues on Thursday in Iowa.

Raise Our Taxes, Please by David Atkins — Raise Our Taxes, Please — The Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength are making headlines lately. Here they are giving testimony to Congress: — They also suggested that Grover Norquist move to Somalia where he belongs:
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The Moderate Voice
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‘Patriotic millionaires’ demand higher taxes, but unwilling to pay up [VIDEO]
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The PJ Tatler, Hot Air, The Lonely Conservative and The Right Scoop

Demand, Demand, Demand — Calculated Risk sends us to two papers by Amir Sufi and Atif Mian using county-level data to investigate the causes of the recession. Their work strongly supports the balance-sheet view: a fall in demand from highly indebted households is the big story …
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TheMoneyIllusion and Calculated Risk


N17: Bridge Actions Cross The Country — We're declaring an Economic Emergency for the 99%. — Despite months of demands by our community, despite millions of people out of work calling for change, Congress and the Wall Street banks continue to maintain the status quo, enriching themselves at the expense of the rest of us.
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OccupyWallSt News, AlterNet, ACS Blog, The Mahablog and The Stranger …

Court orders reinstatement of redistricting official — The Arizona Supreme Court Thursday evening reinstated the chairwoman of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, rebuffing Gov. Jan Brewer⊃1;s unprecedented action earlier this month. — The ruling came less than three hours …
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ThinkProgress and Daily Kos