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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.
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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
Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:
Interview with creator of Occupy Wall Street “bat-signal” projections during Brooklyn Bridge #N17 march
Interview with creator of Occupy Wall Street “bat-signal” projections during Brooklyn Bridge #N17 march
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Gothamist, New York Magazine, The Impolitic, Wonkette, Gawker and Telegraph
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
Reuters:
Authorities foil NY protest bid to shut Wall Street
Authorities foil NY protest bid to shut Wall Street
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CNN, Center for American Progress, Shakesville, Fox News, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Daily Kos and nation.foxnews.com
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, Hot Air, Libertarian Republican and Associated Press
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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The Moderate Voice, GOP 12, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, The Caucus, Taegan Goddard's … and National Review
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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 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 …
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, The New Republic and The Politico
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
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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The Jawa Report, The Crawdad Hole, The Gateway Pundit, Gawker and Jammie Wearing Fools, more at Mediagazer »
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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, TechCrunch, CNN, Metropolis, Booman Tribune, Hot Air, PolitickerNY, OWS Exposed and Jammie Wearing Fools
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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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Runnin' Scared, The Daily What and The Hill
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CBS News:
Accused White House shooter says he's Jesus
Accused White House shooter says he's Jesus
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Washington Post, Indecision Forever, Gawker, Towleroad News #gay and Crooks and Liars
Roz Plater / myfoxdc WTTG FOX 5:
VIDEO: Alleged White House Shooter Oscar Ortega-Hernandez
VIDEO: Alleged White House Shooter Oscar Ortega-Hernandez
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Washington Post and The Politico
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.
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Pete Thamel / New York Times:
Syracuse Assistant Is Accused of Sexual Abuse
Syracuse Assistant Is Accused of Sexual Abuse
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Feministing, Colorlines and Gothamist
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
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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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
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
Melinda Henneberger / Washington Post:
‘Princess Nancy’ Pelosi calls Cain ‘clueless’; vows to do more for child care — GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain drew applause and guffaws by referring to Nancy Pelosi as “Princess Nancy” during a debate last week. Her reaction? “Really, it's another one of those clueless statements …
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Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler, NewsBusters.org, americanthinker.com and Balloon Juice
Food and Drug Administration:
FDA Commissioner announces Avastin decision — Drug not shown to be safe and effective in breast cancer patients — FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., said today she is revoking the agency's approval of the breast cancer indication for Avastin (bevacizumab) …
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Washington Post, New York Times, Nation Now and The Incidental Economist
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 …