Top Items:
CBS New York:
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.
RELATED:
Sarah Palin / Wall Street Journal:
How Congress Occupied Wall Street — Politicians who arrive in Washington as men and women of modest means leave as millionaires. Why? — Mark Twain famously wrote, “There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.” Peter Schweizer's new book, “Throw Them All Out …
Discussion:
The Politico, Don Surber, Connecting.the.Dots, The Crawdad Hole and Daily Kos
Rolling Stone:
Woman Gets Jail For Food-Stamp Fraud; Wall Street Fraudsters Get Bailouts — Had a quick piece of news I wanted to call attention to, in light of the recent developments at Zuccotti Park. For all of those who say the protesters have it wrong, and don't really have a cause worth causing public unrest over …
Discussion:
CANNONFIRE and Political Mojo
J J Anisiobi / Daily Mail:
Surely she's in the one per cent? Million dollar babe Anne Hathaway joins Occupy Wall Street protest — She is one of Hollywood's highest paid actresses and lives a very privileged lifestyle that 99 per cent of people can only dream of. — Still, Anne Hathaway acted as an average Joe …
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
Cara Buckley / New York Times:
Protesters Clash With Police in Lower Manhattan — Nearly a thousand protesters took to the streets of Lower Manhattan on Thursday, clashing with the police and tossing aside metal barricades to converge again on Zuccotti Park after failing in an attempt to shut down the New York Stock Exchange.
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, Booman Tribune, Hot Air, Metropolis, PolitickerNY, OWS Exposed and Jammie Wearing Fools
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
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.
Discussion:
The Political Carnival, Poynter, CNN, US Politics, Ballot Box and Weasel Zippers
Sarah B. Boxer / CBS News:
Herman Cain says OWS out to “destroy” America
Herman Cain says OWS out to “destroy” America
Discussion:
The Moderate Voice, The Other McCain, Libertarian Republican and Associated Press
Reuters:
Authorities foil NY protest bid to shut Wall Street
Authorities foil NY protest bid to shut Wall Street
Discussion:
Shakesville, Daily Kos and blogs.telegraph.co.uk
Fox News:
Crowd Marches on Brooklyn Bridge After Day of Escalating Violence at ‘Occupy’ Protests in NYC
Crowd Marches on Brooklyn Bridge After Day of Escalating Violence at ‘Occupy’ Protests in NYC
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers, Pat Dollard, The Gateway Pundit, CNN and OWS Exposed
Los Angeles Times:
Tea party activists remain wary of Romney
Tea party activists remain wary of Romney
Discussion:
Ben Smith's Blog and Ballot Box
A.Killough / CNN:
Gingrich contrasts tea party, ‘Occupy’ protesters
Gingrich contrasts tea party, ‘Occupy’ protesters
Discussion:
Ben Smith's Blog, The Politico, The Hill and Hot Air
Robinson / nation.foxnews.com:
‘Occupy Wall Street’ Gets Bloody
‘Occupy Wall Street’ Gets Bloody
Discussion:
Moonbattery, Center for American Progress, The Confluence, OWS Exposed, The Right Scoop and Capital New York
Eric Ostermeier / Smart Politics:
Untouchable: Is the GOP Field Afraid to Criticize Newt Gingrich in Debates? — The former House Speaker is the only candidate yet to be attacked at the seven debates conducted since Rick Perry joined the GOP field — With increased media scrutiny on new GOP presidential co-frontrunner …
Discussion:
msnbc.com, GOP 12, National Review and A plain blog about politics
RELATED:
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Gingrich think tank collected millions from health-care industry — A think tank founded by GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich collected at least $37 million over the past eight years from major health-care companies and industry groups, offering special access to the former House speaker …
Discussion:
Rick Perry 2012 Campaign …, National Review, ABCNEWS, The Politico and The Page
Brody Mullins / Wall Street Journal:
Chamber of Commerce Paid Gingrich as a Consultant
Chamber of Commerce Paid Gingrich as a Consultant
Discussion:
ABCNEWS and Business Insider
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Gingrich Faces More Scrutiny Over Corporate Clients
Gingrich Faces More Scrutiny Over Corporate Clients
Discussion:
Hot Air, 2012 Decoded, The Daily Caller, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, ThinkProgress and Washington Examiner
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Failure Is Good — It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a complete turkey! It's the supercommittee! — By next Wednesday, the so-called supercommittee, a bipartisan group of legislators, is supposed to reach an agreement on how to reduce future deficits.
Discussion:
Washington Post, Northern Reflections and Prairie Weather
Mary Jo Pitzl / Arizona Republic:
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 …
RELATED:
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
In win for Democrats, Arizona redistricting commissioner reinstated
In win for Democrats, Arizona redistricting commissioner reinstated
Discussion:
The Politico and CNN
Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
Bachmann: “I haven't had a gaffe” — Michele Bachmann, making the case on Fox News that she's the safest candidate in a rather jaw-dropping statement. … Besides small gaffes like confusing one John Wayne for another, mixing up the date of Elvis' birth with the date of his death …
RELATED:
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Bachmann gives students a 101 on issues, then gets lectured
Bachmann gives students a 101 on issues, then gets lectured
Discussion:
Zandar Versus The Stupid
Ashley Perks / The Hill:
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.
Discussion:
The Hill, msnbc.com, Reuters, Sky Dancing, The Politico and Prairie Weather
RELATED:
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Spending's ascending — with or without a budget sequester
Spending's ascending — with or without a budget sequester
Discussion:
Ricochet Conversations Feed, TalkLeft, Hit & Run, National Review, ThinkProgress and Political Mojo
The Politico:
Jack Abramoff pleads with Dems for his domain name — Jack Abramoff wants his name back. But House Democrats own it and they are going to keep it. — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee owns the rights to the Web domain name “jackabramoff.com,” having secured it in 2006.
Discussion:
Taegan Goddard's …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Technocratic Nightmare — During the first half of the 1990s, I lived in Brussels and wrote about the European Union, among other subjects, for The Wall Street Journal. This was the heyday of European integration. Helmut Kohl, François Mitterrand and Jacques Delors were in power …
Discussion:
Daniel W. Drezner and Ben Smith's Blog
RELATED:
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
The Culture War Over Europe's Money
The Culture War Over Europe's Money
Discussion:
National Review and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Hillary Chabot / Boston Herald:
Elizabeth Warren won't sign off on Occupy Harvard — U.S. Senate hopeful and Harvard Law prof Elizabeth Warren, who has claimed she laid the “intellectual foundation” for the Occupy Wall Street movement, is jilting the anti-corporate proteges in her own Ivy League yard, refusing to sign a petition in support of Occupy Harvard.
Discussion:
americanthinker.com, Hot Air, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Lonely Conservative, Weasel Zippers and Verum Serum
Wall Street Journal:
A Caveman Won't Beat a Salesman — Obama is somber but unserious. Glib unseriousness isn't the answer. — There is an arresting moment in Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs in which Jobs speaks at length about his philosophy of business. He's at the end of his life and is summing things up.
Discussion:
Outside the Beltway and Althouse
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
W.H. dings Benetton — The White House isn't feeling very kissy toward Benetton, after the publicity-loving clothing company photo-shopped President Obama into an ad smooching Chinese leader Hu Jintao and Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez. — “The White House has a long-standing policy disapproving …
Discussion:
Towleroad News #gay, Fox News and Joe. My. God.
Jonathan Bernstein / Washington Post:
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 …
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, The Huffington Post, Booman Tribune, Lawyers, Guns & Money, TalkLeft, The Mahablog and Campaign Stops
RELATED:
Jonathan Bernstein / A plain blog about politics:
The NYT Should Be Ashamed of Itself (Again)
The NYT Should Be Ashamed of Itself (Again)
Discussion:
American Prospect and Matt Glassman