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Patterico's Pontifications:
Convicted Bomber Brett Kimberlin, Neal Rauhauser, Ron Brynaert, and Their Campaign of Political Terrorism — You're about to listen to one of the most bone-chilling pieces of audio you will ever hear. At least, it was to me when I first heard it. — It's a phone call that could have gotten me killed.
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FilmLadd Blogs, NoOneOfAnyImport, America's North Shore Journal, Full Frontal Nerdery, The PJ Tatler, The Coalition Of The Swilling, Right Wing News, Cold Fury, The Political Commentator, 'Cause I Said So, The Other McCain, Popehat, The American Catholic, Rhymes With Right, An Ex-Con's View, Politicaljunkie Mom, The Radio Patriot, That Mr. G Guy's Blog, Pundit & Pundette, The Lonely Conservative, Allergic to Bull, Pirate's Cove, Bob Owens, hogewash, Truth Before Dishonor, The Camp Of The Saints, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and therightplanet.com
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Washington Examiner:
How to kill the First Amendment — Fox News' Roger Ailes …
How to kill the First Amendment — Fox News' Roger Ailes …
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Sister Toldjah, Lady Liberty 1885, Datechguy's Blog and BackyardConservative
Matthew Vadum / Front Page Magazine:
Brett Kimberlin and the Hall of Fame of Leftist Terrorists
Brett Kimberlin and the Hall of Fame of Leftist Terrorists
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Darth Chipmunk, Daria DiGiovanni, askmarion, The Jawa Report and The Mental Recession
Mike Allenand Jim Vandehei / Politico:
Obama stumbles out of the gate — Nothing inspires Democrats like the Barack Obama swagger — the supreme self-confidence on stage, the self-certainty in private. — So nothing inspires more angst than when that same Obama stumbles, as he has leaving the gate in 2012.
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americanthinker.com, Hot Air and Stop The ACLU
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Not Arrogant Any More — Confidence gives way to resignation.
Not Arrogant Any More — Confidence gives way to resignation.
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Hot Air, 2012 Decoded, Wall Street Journal, GayPatriot and CNN
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Leaps Into Direct Attacks
Obama Leaps Into Direct Attacks
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American Prospect, msnbc.com, White House Dossier, ABCNEWS, The Caucus and The Hill
Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Obama national co-chair works in private equity, like Romney
Obama national co-chair works in private equity, like Romney
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Hot Air, Politicker, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Weasel Zippers, Fire Andrea Mitchell! and The PJ Tatler
Donovan Slack / Politico:
Obama: Profit motives don't belong in the W.H.
Obama: Profit motives don't belong in the W.H.
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Politicker and Weasel Zippers
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Forget Bain — Obama's public-equity record is the real scandal
Forget Bain — Obama's public-equity record is the real scandal
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National Review, Betsy's Page, The Daily Caller, americanthinker.com, The Lonely Conservative and UrbanGrounds
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Wow!... Obama Campaign Holds Protest Outside Romney Stop in Philly (Video) — When all else fails, stalk your opponent. — Mitt Romney visited an inner city school in Philadelphia today to discuss his education agenda. The Obama Campaign met him at the school and protested his visit outside.
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Lady Liberty 1885 and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
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Jamie Klatell / Ballot Box:
Unions angry with Dems over lack of help in Wisconsin recall — Top union officials are lashing out at Washington Democrats, claiming they haven't done enough to help them unseat Gov. Scott Walker (R) in Wisconsin's recall election. — President Obama has been silent on the race since …
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Washington Post, Hot Air, americanthinker.com, Wisconsin Reporter and FiveThirtyEight
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Sean Sullivan / Hotline On Call:
Led by Walker, Republicans Winning Wisconsin Ad Spending Battle
Led by Walker, Republicans Winning Wisconsin Ad Spending Battle
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Taegan Goddard's … and Balloon Juice
New York Times:
Albany Times Union Editor Says Police Targeted His Wife's Spa — ALBANY — In early spring, the police raided a spa near the Capitol, alleging that a masseuse was actually a prostitute. — It appeared to be a minor arrest, except that the spa's owner is the wife of the investigations editor at the local newspaper, The Times Union.
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New York Magazine, Poynter and Capital Tonight
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Brendan J. Lyons / Albany Times Union:
Police raid draws internal review
Police raid draws internal review
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JIMROMENESKO.COM
Shira Schoenberg / Union-News:
Elizabeth Warren says she knows she is part Native American ‘because my mother told me so’ — Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren said Thursday that she knows she has Native American ancestry because her mother told her so. — Warren's comments came after nearly four minutes …
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Politico, JustOneMinute, The Last Refuge, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Althouse, Ballot Box, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Campaign 2012, Weekly Standard and The Hill
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Mary Carmichael / Boston Globe:
Filings raise more questions on Warren's ethnic claims
Filings raise more questions on Warren's ethnic claims
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Viking Pundit and The Future of Capitalism
Wall Street Journal:
Noonan: Mitt Romney's Moment — The GOP nominee explains why he thinks America is at an ‘inflection point.’ — It's been a good week for Mitt Romney. The polls are up, he's just off a two-day swing through Connecticut and New York, where he hauled in big donors and hard money …
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Politico, Hotline On Call, ABCNEWS, No More Mister Nice Blog and msnbc.com
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Busted!... Obama Headlined a DEMOCRAT SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA Event in 1996 **FLIER** — Can we call him a socialist now??? — Barack Obama headlined a Democrat Socialists of America town hall meeting in Chicago in 1996. — Buzzfeed reported: — And don't forget about this...
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The POH Diaries and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Barack Obama, Fiscal Conservative! — It might seem incredible that a president who has signed into law the largest federal spending in history, who has run up $5 trillion in new debt, who has submitted budgets that propose increasing the national debt to $22 trillion-budgets so extreme …
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Hyscience, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The PJ Tatler
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Ultimate Dark Horse — Nobody is challenging Obama in the primaries—and doing surprisingly well. — Nobody ran for president in 1988. No, we haven't forgotten George Bush and Michael Dukakis, or even Bob Dole, Al Gore, Ron Paul and the other also-rans.
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Mother Jones, Washington Monthly, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Real Clear Politics
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Kasie Hunt / MiamiHerald.com:
GOP's Rubio plans to sell books in swing states
GOP's Rubio plans to sell books in swing states
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Marist Poll and msnbc.com
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
A Case Study in Right-Wing Media Malpractice from Breitbart.com — In breathlessly reporting that President Obama once dressed in colonial garb, the site does nothing to advance the public interest or conservative governance. — Conservatives including Rep. Paul Ryan, Gov. Mitch Daniels …
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Washington Monthly, A plain blog about politics and askmarion
Investor's Business Daily:
Scooter Obama Outs Navy SEAL Team 6 Leader For Movie — National Security: New documents obtained by a watchdog group show our commander in chief gave the name of a Navy Seal Team 6 commander to the makers of a movie about Osama bin Laden. Valerie Plame, call your office.
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The Mental Recession
Wall Street Journal:
To Get Growth, Shrink the State — The best stimulus is a smaller government. — Confusion reigns supreme. The International Monetary Fund told the U.K. this week that it should cut taxes and boost spending while also praising the fiscal consolidation of 2010, which saw a mere 1% cut from public spending.
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Hit & Run
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
Marion Barry commits new gaffe while apologizing to Asians — D.C. Council member Marion Barry yesterday stepped up his campaign to mend relations with Asians, apologizing again for disparaging remarks he made about Koreans and Filipinos, and pledging to work to improve ties between them and African Americans.
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BuzzFeed
Frances Martel / Mediaite:
CNN's Brooke Baldwin Takes Tony Perkins To The Woodshed: ‘Why Do Homosexuals Bother You So Much?’ — Tony Perkins has been particularly loud in recent days as a voice against equal rights of marriage for same-sex couples, arguing that one minority in the society cannot define religious sacraments that …
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American Power and The Raw Story
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Democrats disagree over who should pay higher tax rates — Rep. Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) doubling down on a $1 million threshold for extending the Bush-era tax rates has re-launched the thorny Democratic debate over who should pay higher taxes. — Despite Pelosi's full-throated endorsement …
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NewsBusters.org
BuzzFeed:
A User's Guide To Smoking Pot With Barack Obama — Barry was quite the accomplished marijuana enthusiast back in high school and college. Excerpts from David Maraniss' Barack Obama: The Story deal with the elaborate drug culture surrounding the president when he attended Punahou School …
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TheBlaze.com
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: S.E. Cupp and “The View” slam “Hustler” — Via Greg Hengler, a cleansing bit of feelgood bipartisan solidarity after yesterday's sleaze. Has anyone on the left actually defended the “Hustler” stunt, incidentally? Hasselbeck says here that she can't get NOW to pick up the phone …
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Moe Lane, The POH Diaries, ThinkProgress, American Glob and Mediaite
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Greg Hengler / Townhall.com:
S.E. Cupp Discusses Her Photoshopped Hustler Picture On The “View”
S.E. Cupp Discusses Her Photoshopped Hustler Picture On The “View”
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The PJ Tatler