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CBS News:
Wall Street on guard for Occupy day of action — Mounted New York police officers are seen near the front of the New York Stock Exchange Nov. 17, 2011, in New York. (WCBS-TV) — Occupy Wall Street Protests — NEW YORK - Two days after the encampment that sparked the global Occupy movement …
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NY Daily News:
Occupy Wall Street protesters vow to wear suits, blend in and get revenge for the Zuccotti Park raid — ‘Day of action’ includes a sneak attack on the stock market — Protesters will storm Wall Street camouflaged in business suits Thursday morning. — Occupy Wall Street hoped to show …
Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
San Francisco police arrest 100 in Bank of America protest
San Francisco police arrest 100 in Bank of America protest
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Guardian, Nation Now, The Awl, Boing Boing and L.A. NOW
Alec Baldwin / The Huffington Post:
What Occupy Wall Street Has Taught Me
What Occupy Wall Street Has Taught Me
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Don Surber, National Review and The Daily Caller
Eric Kleefeld / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — Poll: Public Opinion Turning Against Occupy Wall Street
TPMDC — Poll: Public Opinion Turning Against Occupy Wall Street
Thereisnospoon / Hullabaloo:
Kent State Victims Unpopular by David Atkins
Kent State Victims Unpopular by David Atkins
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The Mahablog, Newshoggers.com, Big Government, Weasel Zippers, Slate and Firedoglake
Gregory J. Krieg / ABCNEWS:
Texas College GOP Leader: Obama Assassination ‘Tempting’ — Hours after Pennsylvania State Police arrested a 21-year-old Idaho man for allegedly firing a semi-automatic rifle at the White House, the top student official for the College Republicans at the University of Texas tweeted that the idea …
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Paul Duggan / Washington Post:
White House shooting suspect arrested in Pa.
White House shooting suspect arrested in Pa.
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Prairie Weather and Little Green Footballs
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
An Occupy shooter?
An Occupy shooter?
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msnbc.com, Sky Dancing, Washington Post, Datechguy's Blog, Weasel Zippers, The Page, Hullabaloo, Business Insider and Outside the Beltway
Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
EXCLUSIVE: Perry challenges Pelosi to debate — Rick Perry sent a letter today to Nancy Pelosi, challenging her to a public debate next week. — Perry, in the letter: — “I am in Washington Monday and would love to engage you in a public debate about my Overhaul Washington plan versus the congressional status quo.
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iOwnTheWorld.com, Mediaite, The Political Carnival and Mock, Paper, Scissors
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The Politico:
Obama's ‘lazy’ remark catches fire
Obama's ‘lazy’ remark catches fire
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Washington Post and Outside the Beltway
David Weigel / Slate:
No, President Obama Didn't “Call Americans Lazy”
No, President Obama Didn't “Call Americans Lazy”
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PolitickerNY, ABCNEWS, US Politics, msnbc.com, Washington Monthly and The Politico
Richard S. Dunham / Rick Perry 2012 Campaign …:
Perry funds dry up after gaffes and dip in polls — 2,994 — WASHINGTON — Texas Gov. Rick Perry's campaign fundraising has gone into a tailspin as a result of poor debate performances and plunging poll numbers, jeopardizing his position as the best-funded Republican presidential candidate of 2012.
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American Prospect, Ballot Box, GOP 12, Outside the Beltway and The Brody File
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Ian Swanson / Ballot Box:
Perry challenges Pelosi to debate part-time Congress plan
Perry challenges Pelosi to debate part-time Congress plan
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ThinkProgress, ABCNEWS, Campaign 2012 and Business Insider
NY Daily News:
Zuccotti Park protester Nkrumah Tinsley arrested after threatening to burn down city — Urges Molotov coctail strike on Macy's — Nkrumah Tinsley was busted after his rant went viral on YouTube. — A protester was arrested in Zuccotti Park Wednesday after he threatened to fire bomb the city …
Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Cain: It's Not ‘Practical’ To Attack Iran Because It Has Mountains — Herman Cain has had a bad week when it comes to foreign policy — or rather, a bad entire campaign. But one of Cain's most embarrassing foreign policy moments came this week after the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel asked him if he agreed with President Obama on Libya.
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NO QUARTER, Mediaite, Outside the Beltway, Daily Kos, Wonkette, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and JSOnline
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Thomas Walkom / Toronto Star:
Canada faces grim choice over nuclear showdown in Iran — As the nuclear crisis over Iran heats up, Canada is veering toward a dangerous place. — Israel is again contemplating a military attack on Iran to prevent its developing atomic weapons. This time it's not clear …
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The Moderate Voice and Northern Reflections
James Q. Lynch / KCRG-TV:
ISU/Gazette/KCRG Poll: GOP Caucus Still Anyone's Game — CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — With fewer than 50 days until Iowa's first-in-the-nation precinct caucuses, the race appears to be up for grabs based on the results of an Iowa State University/Gazette/KCRG poll of likely caucus-goers.
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Taegan Goddard's … and Iowa Caucuses
John / Verum Serum:
Just Like the Tea Party: A List of Occupy Mayhem Sorted by Type — Rather than just an unordered list, I was thinking it might be helpful to categorize the mayhem by type. — Arson — Occupy Fort Collins - Member arrested, $10 million in damage — Occupy Portland - Member arrested for throwing Molotov Cocktail
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RedState, Shot in the Dark and Don Surber
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Re-election Strategy Is Tied to a Shift on Smog — WASHINGTON — The summons from the president came without warning the Thursday before Labor Day. As she was driven the four blocks to the White House, Lisa P. Jackson, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, suspected that the news would not be good.
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ThinkProgress and Hotline On Call
Peter Wallsten / Washington Post:
GOP supercommittee members' tax plan gives party an identity crisis — Growing Republican support for raising taxes to help reduce the deficit has prompted a GOP identity crisis, sparking a clash within the party over whether to abandon its bedrock anti-tax doctrine.
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ThinkProgress, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Reuters, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos and US Politics
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Defusing the trigger won't be easy — (J. Scott Applewhite - AP) It's not exaggerating to say that the entire theory of the supercommittee rests on the presumed fear of the trigger. If the two parties fear the trigger, they have a reason to make a deal. If they don't fear the trigger …
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Crooks and Liars, The New Republic, Wall Street Journal, Sky Dancing and ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*
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David Weigel / Slate:
Supercommittee Republicans Get Ready to Fail
Supercommittee Republicans Get Ready to Fail
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Political Mojo, msnbc.com and ThinkProgress
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Feuding Hurts G.O.P.'s Hopes to Win Senate — WASHINGTON — In a chamber of ample egos and matching oratory, Senator Bob Casey, the Pennsylvania Democrat, is understatement defined, his excitement most often registered by some extra eyebrow activity. — His low-radar personality …
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Washington Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Prairie Weather
Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
As Graduates Move Back Home, Economy Feels the Pain — Like most of her friends, Hollis Romanelli graduated from college last May and promptly moved back in with her parents. — As a result, she didn't pay rent — or a broker's fee or renters' insurance, for that matter.
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Gingrich says ticket of Gingrich-Cain could happen in 2012 — Newt Gingrich said a Gingrich-Hermain Cain ticket would be “a real possibility” if he won the Republican presidential nomination. — Speaking in an interview with Newsmax magazine, in response to the prospect of a Gingrich-Cain ticket …
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The Politico, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Libertarian Republican, Weasel Zippers, Ballot Box, Indecision Forever and Daily Kos
Keith Laing / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers say nation not safer after decade with TSA — Reps. John Mica (R-Fla.) and Paul Broun (R-Ga.) want to give the Transportation Security Administration a series of drastic reforms for its birthday this week. — Days before the 10th anniversary of the TSA's founding …
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Deportation Cases of Illegal Immigrants to Be Reviewed — The Department of Homeland Security will begin a review on Thursday of all deportation cases before the immigration courts and start a nationwide training program for enforcement agents and prosecuting lawyers, with the goal …
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Washington Examiner:
Gingrich made big bucks pushing corporate welfare — Newt Gingrich spent the last decade being paid by big business to convince conservatives to support big-government policies that would profit his clients. — Gingrich's consulting firm racked up $1.6 million in fees …
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The Daily Caller
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Conservative celebs mostly not yet committed for 2012 — Celebrities on the right are largely staying on the sidelines in the 2012 presidential race, while liberals in Hollywood are lining up behind President Obama's reelection bid. — In many ways, the conventional wisdom of the left …
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Prairie Weather
David Weigel / Slate:
Fox Poll: GOP Voters Rush to Newt, Trust Him With Nukes — ROCHESTER, MI - NOVEMBER 09: Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks during a debate hosted by CNBC and the Michigan Republican Party at Oakland University on November 9, 2011 in Rochester, Michigan.
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GOP 12, Fox News, Outside the Beltway, No More Mister Nice Blog and Business Insider