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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 …
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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.
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 …
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Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
Rolling Stone:
Woman Gets Jail For Food-Stamp Fraud; Wall Street Fraudsters Get Bailouts
Woman Gets Jail For Food-Stamp Fraud; Wall Street Fraudsters Get Bailouts
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CANNONFIRE and Political Mojo
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
James O'Keefe's plans derailed by infighting, lack of funding
James O'Keefe's plans derailed by infighting, lack of funding
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The Confluence, The Political Carnival, Poynter, US Politics and CNN
Sarah B. Boxer / CBS News:
Herman Cain says OWS out to “destroy” America
Herman Cain says OWS out to “destroy” America
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The Moderate Voice, The Other McCain, Libertarian Republican, Associated Press and Hot Air
Shawn Millerick / New Hampshire Journal:
Poll: Romney, Gingrich in statistical dead heat in N.H. — Two things are true about New Hampshire Republican primary voters. They vote for people they know. And they love an underdog with a comeback story. — Four years ago it was the weathered but feisty veteran John McCain who revived …
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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 …
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msnbc.com, National Review, GOP 12 and A plain blog about politics
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 …
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Daily Kos, ABCNEWS, Betsy's Page, National Review, Rick Perry 2012 Campaign …, 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
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Los Angeles Times, ABCNEWS, The Politico and Business Insider
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.
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Supercommittee appears unlikely to reach agreement — If the congressional “supercommittee” cannot agree on a plan to tame the federal debt by next week's deadline, as now appears likely, here's what will happen: nothing. — The automatic spending cuts that were supposed to force the panel …
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Daily Kos, News Desk and The New Republic
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.
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New York Times, The Hill, Reuters, Washington Post, msnbc.com, Sky Dancing, The Politico and Prairie Weather
Reuters:
Why the supercommittee is in trouble — House Speaker John Boehner dropped by a D.C. fundraiser Wednesday appearing downtrodden and pessimistic. After 2½ months of painstaking negotiations, the deficit supercommittee he helped create was nowhere near a deal.
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The Stranger …, Bankrupting America, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, The Politico and The Hill
New York Post:
Runaway mom dreadlocked up — Here's your mom, kids. Proud? — The hippie Florida mother of four who ditched her children and banker husband to sleep in Zuccotti Park's squalor hit rock bottom yesterday when she was hauled off in handcuffs, her dreadlocks flying wildly in every direction …
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Cara Buckley / New York Times:
Protesters Clash With Police in Lower Manhattan
Protesters Clash With Police in Lower Manhattan
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ThinkProgress, Capital New York, CNN, TechCrunch, Booman Tribune, Metropolis, Hot Air, PolitickerNY, OWS Exposed and Jammie Wearing Fools
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 …
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Bachmann gives students a 101 on issues, then gets lectured
Bachmann gives students a 101 on issues, then gets lectured
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Zandar Versus The Stupid
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Cain receives Secret Service protection — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain began receiving protection from the U.S. Secret Service Thursday, his campaign said, making the Georgia businessman the first GOP presidential contender to received stepped-up security on the campaign trail.
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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.
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Outside the Beltway and Althouse
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 …
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driftglass, Daniel W. Drezner, No More Mister Nice Blog and Ben Smith's Blog
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 …
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
In win for Democrats, Arizona redistricting commissioner reinstated
In win for Democrats, Arizona redistricting commissioner reinstated
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The Politico and CNN
Mj Lee / Reuters:
Alleged W.H. shooter: I am modern-day Jesus — Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, the 21-year-old man charged with attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama by firing shots at the White House, allegedly recorded a video pitch to send to Oprah Winfrey, in which he claims he is the “modern day Jesus Christ.”
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Paul Duggan / Washington Post:
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez charged with attempt to assassinate Obama
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez charged with attempt to assassinate Obama
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Runnin' Scared, Towleroad News #gay and THEROOT.COM
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Bachmann: A Seven-Foot Doctor Told Me Obamacare Requires The IRS To Pre-Approve Medical Treatments — Michele Bachmann prides herself for pressing Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but during an appearance at Webster City, Iowa Wednesday night, the Minnesota congresswoman proved …
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American Prospect, Washington Monthly, William K. Wolfrum Chronicles and The Hill
ESPN:
Syracuse's Bernie Fine placed on leave — Two former Syracuse University ball boys say they were molested by associate head basketball coach Bernie Fine, starting in the late 1970s and continuing into the 1990s. — Police in Syracuse said they have opened an investigation into the allegations.