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New York Times:
G.O.P. ‘Super PAC’ Weighs Hard-Line Attack on Obama — WASHINGTON — A group of high-profile Republican strategists is working with a conservative billionaire on a proposal to mount one of the most provocative campaigns of the “super PAC” era and attack President Obama in ways that Republicans have so far shied away from.
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Romney ‘Repudiates’ Conservative Group's Planned Rev. Wright Attacks — In an exclusive interview with Townhall, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney rebuked a conservative group that is reportedly planning to assail President Obama over his 20-year relationship …
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Mediaite, New York Times, BuzzFeed, Guardian, Washington Wire, American Spectator, Politico, Hot Air, The Caucus, CNN, The Gateway Pundit, ABCNEWS, Taylor Marsh, The Huffington Post, Washington Post, Business Insider, Ballot Box, msnbc.com, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller and americanthinker.com, more at Mediagazer »
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Mitt Romney On His Reverend Wright Attack: ‘I Stand By What I Said, Whatever It Was’
Mitt Romney On His Reverend Wright Attack: ‘I Stand By What I Said, Whatever It Was’
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ABCNEWS, Liberal Values, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, New York Times, Mediaite and Washington Wire
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
GOP struggles to banish ghost of Jeremiah Wright
GOP struggles to banish ghost of Jeremiah Wright
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New York Times, GOP 12, Washington Monthly, Mother Jones, The Maddow Blog and Campaign 2012
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Statement: Ricketts rejects ‘Ricketts plan’
Statement: Ricketts rejects ‘Ricketts plan’
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nation.foxnews.com, CBS Chicago and New York Magazine
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Rahm Emanuel ‘livid,’ not returning calls from Ricketts family
Rahm Emanuel ‘livid,’ not returning calls from Ricketts family
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The Hill
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney stands by invocation of Rev. Wright
Mitt Romney stands by invocation of Rev. Wright
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BuzzFeed and Hullabaloo
New York Times:
‘Super PAC’ Plan to Link Obama to Rev. Wright
‘Super PAC’ Plan to Link Obama to Rev. Wright
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The Huffington Post, msnbc.com, Daily Kos, Washington Post, Business Insider, Mother Jones, Guardian, The Stranger … and Towleroad News #gay
Jim Rutenberg / The Caucus:
Billionaire Rejects Proposal to Revive Jeremiah Wright Controversy
Billionaire Rejects Proposal to Revive Jeremiah Wright Controversy
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Towleroad News #gay, Washington Post, The New Republic, ABCNEWS, The Impolitic, Politico and Mediaite
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Ricketts flack says Wright attack plan has been rejected
Ricketts flack says Wright attack plan has been rejected
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and ABCNEWS
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney invoked Wright with Hannity in the primary
Romney invoked Wright with Hannity in the primary
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ABCNEWS, Business Insider, The Daily Caller and American Prospect
Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
THE VETTING - EXCLUSIVE - OBAMA'S LITERARY AGENT IN 1991 BOOKLET: ‘BORN IN KENYA AND RAISED IN INDONESIA AND HAWAII’ — Note from Senior Management: — Andrew Breitbart was never a “Birther,” and Breitbart News is a site that has never advocated the narrative of “Birtherism.”
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The Gateway Pundit, Hot Air, americanthinker.com, Mediaite, ABCNEWS, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, NO QUARTER, Doug Ross, Ed Driscoll, The Raw Story, The Daily Caller, The Lonely Conservative, Atlas Shrugs, The PJ Tatler, Business Insider, Little Green Footballs, iOwnTheWorld.com, alicublog, New York Magazine, Clayton Cramer's Blog, The Jawa Report, The Camp Of The Saints and UrbanGrounds
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Literary Agent Says 1991 Booklet was a Mistake — Breitbart News reports on a promotional booklet produced in 1991 by Barack Obama's then-literary agency which describes the author as “born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii.” — Miriam Goderich issued the following statement to Political Wire:
CNN:
Autopsy: Drug THC found in Trayvon Martin's system — (CNN) — Trayvon Martin had drugs in his system when he was fatally shot earlier this year by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, according to autopsy results released Thursday. — Martin's blood contained THC, which is the psychoactive ingredient …
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Sky Dancing
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Associated Press:
THC found in Martin's blood — ORLANDO, Fla. — Medical examiners found evidence of marijuana in Trayvon Martin's system after he was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer, an autopsy report released Thursday shows. — The report was included in a large amount of evidence released …
Orlando Sentinel:
Encounter between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin ‘avoidable,’ cops said in report — JACKSONVILLE - Newly released evidence in the case against George Zimmerman shows that Sanford Police believed the encounter between Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin was “ultimately avoidable,” if Zimmerman had …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, msnbc.com, Daily Kos and JustOneMinute
TMZ.com:
Donna Summer Dead — Disco Legend Dies After Battle with Lung Cancer — DEAD AT 63 — EXCLUSIVE — 9:27 AM PST- TMZ has learned ... Donna died from lung cancer. Several sources are telling us Donna believed she contracted it by inhaling toxic particles after the 9/11 attack in New York City.
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Mediaite, Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post, Gawker, GLAAD, National Review and Runnin' Scared
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Caitlin McDevitt / Politico:
Ben Stein: Obama's not very smart — Is President Obama smart? Ben Stein wouldn't put his money on it. — During an appearance on Fox News, the economist and actor said he doesn't consider the president to be very intelligent. — “Barack Obama is a smart man, you would say that, right?” host Bill O'Reilly asked.
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Lippmann's Ghost and The Raw Story
TEDChris:
TED and inequality: The real story — Today TED was subject to a story so misleading it would be funny... except it successfully launched an aggressive online campaign against us. — The National Journal alleged we had censored a talk because we considered the issue of inequality “too hot to handle.”
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Restoration Roundtable, Taylor Marsh, The Stranger …, Business Insider, Gawker and Ezra Klein
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Sam Baker / The Hill:
Boehner: Keeping any parts of Obama health law ‘unacceptable’ — House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) reiterated Thursday that he wants to repeal all of President Obama's healthcare law if the Supreme Court doesn't toss out the entire statute. — “We voted to fully repeal the president's healthcare law …
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CNN, Politico, Associated Press, Ezra Klein, protein wisdom and Hot Air
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Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
Ryan: GOP won't offer Obamacare substitute in 2012
Ryan: GOP won't offer Obamacare substitute in 2012
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Speaker.gov, The Apothecary, Politico, New York Magazine, ThinkProgress, Hit & Run, National Review, Balloon Juice and Daily Kos
U.S. Census Bureau News:
Most Children Younger Than Age 1 are Minorities, Census Bureau Reports — The U.S. Census Bureau today released a set of estimates showing that 50.4 percent of our nation's population younger than age 1 were minorities as of July 1, 2011. This is up from 49.5 percent from the 2010 Census taken April 1, 2010.
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Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post, Guardian, The Informer and Colorlines
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DealBook:
Facebook Raises $16 Billion in I.P.O. — Facebook pulled it off. — As investors raced to get shares, the sprawling social network raised $16 billion on Thursday, in an initial public offering that valued Facebook at $104 billion. — The I.P.O. signals a rapid evolution for the company.
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New York Magazine, Truthdig and American Spectator
Kyle Clark / KUSA-TV:
Rep. Mike Coffman: Obama in his heart ‘not an American’ — “I don't know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. I don't know that,” Coffman said. “But I do know this, that in his heart, he's not an American. He's just not an American.”
United States Department of Labor:
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Movement among black North Carolinians on gay marriage —There's been a noticeable shift in the attitudes of African Americans in North Carolina toward rights for gay couples in the wake of President Obama's announcement last week that he supports gay marriage.
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Firedoglake, Advocate, ThinkProgress and Politico
Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Florida Tries to Clear Illegal Voters From Rolls — MIAMI — In an attempt to clear the voter rolls of noncitizens, a move that had set off criticism and a threatened lawsuit, Florida election officials decided on Thursday to use information from a federal database to check a list of 182,000 voters …