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Politico:
Wall Street's vote: Romney by a landslide — For three years, Wall Street's been telling the world how much it can't stand President Barack Obama. — Now, thanks to campaign finance filings, it's possible to put a price tag on just how much: Mitt Romney's presidential campaign …
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Hot Air, Washington Monthly, Moe Lane, JOSHUAPUNDIT, GOP 12, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and The New Republic
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Alicia Mundy / Washington Wire:
Adelson Gives $10 Million to Pro-Romney Super PAC — Billionaire conservative casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who helped keep Newt Gingrich's failed presidential campaign alive during the Republican primaries, is giving $10 million to the super PAC supporting the presumptive GOP nominee …
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Mother Jones, ABCNEWS, Guardian, Taylor Marsh, The New Republic, JOSHUAPUNDIT, GOP 12 and Mondoweiss
Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
A blue man ‘dupe’: Parent panic at 32G ‘progressive’ school — The Blue School is one big play date in desperate need of adult supervision. — Parents are yanking their kids out of the “progressive,” $32,000 per-year private school founded by the Blue Man Group — which has no books and no tests …
Rasmussen Reports:
Wisconsin: Romney 47%, Obama 44% — Mitt Romney now leads President Obama for the first time in Wisconsin where the president's support has fallen to its lowest level to date. — The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Romney with 47% of the vote to Obama's 44%.
Luke Funk / myfoxny.com:
Health panel talks about wider food ban — MYFOXNY.COM - — The board hand-picked by Mayor Michael Bloomberg that must approve his ban of selling large sugar-filled drinks at restaurants might be looking at other targets. — The New York City Board of Health showed support for limiting sizes …
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
CNN Is Ending John King's Political Show — The ailing cable news channel CNN on Wednesday abruptly ended “John King, USA,” its 6 p.m. political news program. — The program will be replaced at the end of the month by “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” which will expand from two hours long to three hours.
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Washington Monthly, TVbytheNumbers, Mediaite, Fire Andrea Mitchell! and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »
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Mj Leeand Dylan Byers / Politico:
CNN cancels King's show
CNN cancels King's show
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TVbytheNumbers and Deadline.com
Greg Holyk / ABCNEWS:
A Chilly Reception from Independents on Obama's Plans for the Economy — Swing-voting independents see Barack Obama's plans for the economy negatively rather than positively by 54-38 percent in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, marking the president's challenges as he seeks re-election in still-troubled economic times.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney offers prebuttal to Obama economic speech at CEO lunch
Romney offers prebuttal to Obama economic speech at CEO lunch
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Politico
Zach Carter / The Huffington Post:
Obama Trade Document Leaked, Revealing New Corporate Powers And Broken Campaign Promises … REACT: — FOLLOW: — 2012, Elections 2012, Barack Obama , Mitt Romney, Economy, Careers, Barack Obama , Politics, Video, November Election, November Elections, Trans-Pacific Partnership …
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Firedoglake, Mediaite, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Hot Air
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Sen. Grassley demands re-vote on 9th Circuit judge nomination — Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) late Tuesday demanded that the Senate vote again on the confirmation of Andrew Hurwitz to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the 9th Circuit, and said he was not aware …
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Daily Kos
Jonah Lehrer / Frontal Cortex:
Why Smart People Are Stupid — Here's a simple arithmetic question: A bat and ball cost a dollar and ten cents. The bat costs a dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? — The vast majority of people respond quickly and confidently, insisting the ball costs ten cents.
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Vox Popoli
Pew Global Attitudes Project:
Global Opinion of Obama Slips, International Policies Faulted — OVERVIEW — Global approval of President Barack Obama's policies has declined significantly since he first took office, while overall confidence in him and attitudes toward the U.S. have slipped modestly as a consequence.
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Spiegel Online, Politico, Hot Air, Truthdig, This Just In, msnbc.com, ThinkProgress, National Review, Philly.com, Pirate's Cove, Guardian and americanthinker.com
Heritage Foundation:
Auto Bailout or UAW Bailout? Taxpayer Losses Came from Subsidizing Union Compensation — Abstract: The U.S. government will lose about $23 billion on the 2008-2009 bailout of General Motors and Chrysler. President Obama emphatically defends his decision to subsidize the automakers …
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Race 4 2012, The Daily Caller, The Heritage Foundation and Cafe Hayek
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
More Justice for Brutalized Seath Jackson: Girl, 16, Convicted in His Horrific Murder — There has been more justice for brutalized Seath Jackson — not that it will do him any good or ever remove the utter horror and grief his parents have endured. Amber Wright has been convicted …
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Daily Mail and Dean's World
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Five Things To Know About The Republican Witchhunt Against Attorney General Holder — In 2006, during the presidency of George W. Bush, the Justice Department launched the first of a series of misguided “gunrunning” schemes that eventually led to the death of federal Agent Brian Terry.
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Washington Monthly and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Former Giffords aide Barber wins race to replace her in the House — Democrat Ron Barber defeated Republican Jesse Kelly in an emotionally charged and nationally watched special election to replace former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). — In what both candidates predicted …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Ex-aide Ron Barber wins Gabrielle Giffords's Arizona seat in Congress
Ex-aide Ron Barber wins Gabrielle Giffords's Arizona seat in Congress
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The Democratic Daily
Stephen Kilcullen / Wall Street Journal:
Women Don't Belong in Ranger School — Do individuals serve the military or does the military serve them? — The United States Army is debating whether to admit women to Ranger School, its elite training program for young combat leaders. Proponents argue this is to remove a final impediment to the careers of Army women.
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Shakesville
Josh Kraushaar / 2012 Decoded:
In Colorado Focus Group, Obama Voters Disillusioned — Last night, veteran Democratic pollster Peter Hart conducted a focus group featuring 12 undecided, ticket-splitting voters in Colorado, which illustrated the tough challenge President Obama faces in winning a second term.
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Washington Post, The Moderate Voice, Ricochet Conversations Feed and Washington Wire
Elizabeth Flock / US News:
AFL-CIO Pulling Funds From Obama Campaign — The AFL-CIO has told Washington Whispers it will redeploy funds away from political candidates smack dab in the middle of election season, the latest sign that the largest federation of unions in the country could be becoming increasingly disillusioned with President Obama.
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Weasel Zippers and Race 4 2012
Michael Sneed / Chicago Sun Times:
Rogers not invited to Kenwood wedding that includes Obamas — Desiree Rogers and Valerie Jarrett in happier times, together at a D.C. party in May 2009. Brendan Hoffman~Getty Images — The wedding aisle ... The president is going. The first lady is going. — First daughters Sasha and Malia will be there.
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Weasel Zippers and Jammie Wearing Fools
Jonathan Schwarz / A Tiny Revolution:
The Aristocrats! — Lots of people like Atrios and Dean Baker are complaining about yesterday's column by David Brooks headlined “The Follower Problem.” And it first glance it does seem pretty gross: … But what's going on here is that David Brooks—as widely celebrated as Richard Cohen …
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The Agitator, Mediaite and Hit & Run
BuzzFeed:
Study: Liberal Anti-Mormonism On The Rise — The left have turned against the faith since 2008, according to a new study, spurred by Romney and same-sex marriage. — Americans' aversion to voting for Mormons has spiked since Mitt Romney's first presidential bid in 2007 …
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Ross Douthat, Mediaite and The Daily Dish
Mambaonline:
GAY MAN BEHEADED IN NORTHERN CAPE — A 23-year-old gay man in Kuruman, in the Northern Cape, was beheaded this past weekend following an argument about his sexuality and gender appearance. — According to the group Legbo Northern Cape, Thapelo Makutle was attacked at his place of work in the John Taolo Gaetsewe district on Friday.
CNBC:
Roubini Tells Europe to Stop ‘the Savings Madness’ — Governments in Europe should lower taxes and increase salaries to boost growth rather than insisting on austerity and continued saving, famous economist Nouriel Roubini told a German newspaper in an interview on Tuesday.
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Firedoglake and The Impolitic
online.wsj.com:
U.S. Probes Cable for Limits on Net Video — WASHINGTON—The Justice Department is conducting a wide-ranging antitrust investigation into whether cable companies are acting improperly to quash nascent competition from online video, according to people familiar with the matter.
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ThinkProgress, Media Decoder, The Consumerist, AllThingsD, Deadline.com, Engadget and Washington Free Beacon, more at Mediagazer »
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Newt Gingrich: Elections rigged for the rich — Newt Gingrich said Tuesday that elections are “rigged, frankly, in favor of the wealthy.” — “It is very difficult in America today,” he told MSNBC's Al Sharpton. “If you look at New York where Mayor Bloomberg spent an extraordinary amount …
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Washington Post, Indecision Forever and Shakesville
BuzzFeed:
Right And Left Drop Off Obama's Donor List — Obama is losing support from both liberal and conservative donors who backed him in 2008. Will the center hold? — Obama's repeat and drop off $200+ donors plotted based on ideology. Negative values indicate liberals and positive values indicate conservatives.
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Firedoglake
Mary Chastain / BREITBART.COM:
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS DEVOTES MERE SECONDS TO FIRST-EVER MENTION OF FAST AND FURIOUS — In the eighteen months since the Operation Fast & Furious investigation began, Brian Williams and NBC Nightly News have never mentioned the Department of Justice's gunwalking controversy.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Two Worlds Cracking Up — For many years, strategists have debated whether Turkey would be a “bridge” or a “gully” between predominantly Christian Europe and the Arab/Muslim Middle East. If Turkey were admitted to the European Union, it would be a bridge binding these two worlds.
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Vox Popoli
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Michelle Obama: ‘Barack Is a Pretty Cool Dad’ — The latest campaign email to supporters of President Barack Obama's reelection effort tries to capitalize on the president's coolness. “From coaching basketball to knowing how many Jonas brothers there are, Barack is a pretty cool dad,” …