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Laura Wilson / Barack Obama:
The Obama event registry — Got a birthday, anniversary, or wedding coming up? — Let your friends know how important this election is to you—register with Obama 2012, and ask for a donation in lieu of a gift. It's a great way to support the President on your big day.
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ZIP / Weasel Zippers:
Obama Asks People Getting Married To Forgo Gifts, Ask Their Guests To Donate To His Campaign Instead... You can even register your wedding on his campaign website. Could he be any more pompous?
Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama campaign launches events registry
Obama campaign launches events registry
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Outside the Beltway and JOSHUAPUNDIT
CBS News:
Sandusky found guilty in child sex abuse trial — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — The Penn State Scandal — (CBS/AP) A jury has found Jerry Sandusky guilty on 45 of 48 counts Friday in his child sex abuse trial, believing prosecutors' portrayal of him as a serial molester who groomed his victims …
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Little Green Footballs
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Matthew Kemeny / PennLive.com:
Jerry Sandusky verdict: Sandusky found guilty of 45 of 48 abuse charges — BELLEFONTE — A Centre County jury has found former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky guilty of 45 counts of child sexual abuse. — Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach …
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The Moderate Voice, New York Times, Associated Press and Scared Monkeys
CNN:
Jury to begin second day of deliberations in Sandusky case
Jury to begin second day of deliberations in Sandusky case
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, This Just In, Washington Post, Philly.com, Balloon Juice and The Moderate Voice
Ian Simpson / Reuters:
(Note: explicit sexual content)
(Note: explicit sexual content)
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Crooks and Liars, No More Mister Nice Blog and Balloon Juice
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Romney's Bain Capital invested in companies that moved jobs overseas — Mitt Romney's financial company, Bain Capital, invested in a series of firms that specialized in relocating jobs done by American workers to new facilities in low-wage countries like China and India.
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James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas:
Sorry, Washington Post, Romney didn't get rich moving U.S. jobs overseas — In what is meant to be a bombshell political story, the Washington Post is attempting to paint Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney as a private equity boss who got rich by shipping American jobs overseas.
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Power Line, BizzyBlog, National Review, Jay Bookman, The Raw Story, ABCNEWS, Crooks and Liars and Balloon Juice
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Romney campaign: ‘outsourcing’ does not equal ‘offshoring’
Romney campaign: ‘outsourcing’ does not equal ‘offshoring’
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BuzzFeed, Eclectablog, Capital Hill, ABCNEWS, CNN, ThinkProgress, Business Insider, Daily Kos, Guardian and msnbc.com
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Activists Take Out Frustration on ... Ronald Reagan — Victor Fiorillo reports for Phillymag.com:
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Victor Fiorillo / blogs.phillymag.com:
What Happens When You Let Gay Philly Activists Into the White House
What Happens When You Let Gay Philly Activists Into the White House
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Independent Journal Review, Riehl World View, Wonkette, UrbanGrounds and www.philadelphiaweekly …
David Paul Kuhn / Real Clear Politics:
Obama's White Support Is Too Low to Win
Obama's White Support Is Too Low to Win
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Rush Limbaugh, Guardian, The New Republic, Hot Air, Vodkapundit and The Hill
Dylan Byers / Politico:
POLITICO reporter suspended for remarks — POLITICO reporter Joe Williams has been suspended pending review of recent controversial comments he made on television and Twitter, POLITICO editors informed staff late Thursday night. — On MSNBC today, Williams made a remark suggesting Mitt Romney …
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John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
POLITICO REPORTER TWEETS ANN ROMNEY PENIS JOKE
POLITICO REPORTER TWEETS ANN ROMNEY PENIS JOKE
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Politico:
Forkless Friday at Obama event — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. —Does a fork or dinner knife pose an unacceptable danger to President Barack Obama? — One wouldn't think so, given the hundreds of lunches and dinners he's attended ranging from state dinners to political fundraisers to run-of-the-mill stops on the rubber-chicken circuit.
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The Caucus, Doug Ross, Weasel Zippers and Riehl World View
David Blankenhorn / New York Times:
How My View on Gay Marriage Changed — IN my 2007 book, “The Future of Marriage,” and in my 2010 court testimony concerning Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that defined marriage as between a man and a woman, I took a stand against gay marriage.
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National Review, Los Angeles Times, The New Civil Rights Movement, Hullabaloo, Towleroad News #gay, Runnin' Scared, The Volokh Conspiracy, The New Republic, Firedoglake, ThinkProgress, The Daily Dish, American Spectator, Advocate, GayPatriot, Associated Press, Hit & Run, Good As You and CNN
BuzzFeed:
Anti-Obama Artist Strikes Again — Jon McNaughton, the artist who depicted Obama burning the Constitution, has a new painting . He's aiming to sell it to the highest bidder, between $50,000 and $100,000. — McNaughton's new piece of art, “The Empowered Man”
Ignazio Messina / Toledo Blade:
Wurzelbacher: Story of ad unfairly spun — House candidate says he 'wasn't talking about the Holocaust' in video — Facebook Twitter Reddit Digg E-mail Print Rss — Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher is not backing down from an anti-gun-control video released by his campaign this week …
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2012 Decoded, Outside the Beltway, Little Green Footballs and NY Daily News
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Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Joe The Plumber Defends Campaign Ad Tying Holocaust To Gun Control
Joe The Plumber Defends Campaign Ad Tying Holocaust To Gun Control
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Little Green Footballs
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Exclusive: Mary Cheney marries longtime partner Heather Poe — Mary Cheney, the openly gay daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, has married her long-time partner Heather Poe, The Daily Caller has learned. — Cheney spokeswoman Kara Ahern confirmed to TheDC that the couple married Friday morning in Washington, D.C.
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Washington Post, Advocate, Mediaite, Poliglot, ThinkProgress, GayPatriot and FishbowlDC
Guardian:
Saudi Arabia to fund Syria rebel army — Exclusive: Command centre in Turkey organising weapon supply to opposition — Saudi officials are preparing to pay the salaries of the Free Syria Army as a means of encouraging mass defections from the military and increasing pressure on the Assad regime, the Guardian has learned.
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New Atlanticist, msnbc.com, Weasel Zippers, The Agonist and Washington Free Beacon
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Ryan Being Vetted for VP — I'm reliably informed that Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the Budget Committee chairman, has submitted paperwork to the Romney campaign. Sources confirm that he is being vetted for the vice-presidential nomination. — Ryan, one of the GOP's brightest young stars …
Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Obama NALEO Speech: Immigration Decision ‘Right Thing To Do’ … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Barack Obama , Immigration, Barack Obama , Video, Naleo, Obama 2012, Latino Politics, Latino Politics, Obama Naleo, Obama Naleo Speech, Politics News — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. …
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The Gateway Pundit and The Moderate Voice
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Rubio blasts both Republicans and Democrats for politicizing immigration
Rubio blasts both Republicans and Democrats for politicizing immigration
Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
Corporate Profits Just Hit An All-Time High, Wages Just Hit An All-Time Low — In case you needed more confirmation that the priorities of US companies and the US economy are screwed up (specifically, they're engineered to create a country of a few million overlords and 300+ million serfs), here are three charts for you:
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Donklephant, ThinkProgress and The Political Carnival
Alex Pareene / Salon:
Kathryn Jean Lopez: The saddest hack — It's time to take the National Review's Kathryn Jean Lopez seriously, as depressing as that is … Kathryn Jean Lopez is, as best I can tell, a Heritage Foundation intern who was awarded the job of “National Review Online Editor” …
Paul Geitner / New York Times:
On Vacation and Sick? A Court Says Take Another — BRUSSELS — For most Europeans, almost nothing is more prized than their four to six weeks of guaranteed annual vacation leave. But it was not clear just how sacrosanct that time off was until Thursday, when Europe's highest court ruled …
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The Daily What, The PJ Tatler, Outside the Beltway, CARPE DIEM, americanthinker.com, Business Insider and PointOfLaw Forum
Rolling Stone:
The Scam Wall Street Learned From the Mafia — How America's biggest banks took part in a nationwide bid-rigging conspiracy - until they were caught on tape — Someday, it will go down in history as the first trial of the modern American mafia. Of course, you won't hear …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Angry Bear and Suburban Guerrilla
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House Republicans release final Holder contempt resolution — Republicans late Friday released the final version of the resolution asserting that Attorney General Eric Holder is in contempt of Congress for refusing to hand over documents related to the Fast and Furious gun-walking operation.
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The Right Scoop and Weasel Zippers
Elizabeth Hartfield / ABCNEWS:
Elizabeth Warren's Birthday Gift From GOP: An Ancestry.com Account — Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren turns 63 today, and among her birthday gifts is one she probably won't appreciate very much. She's in a tight race against the GOP incumbent, Scott Brown.
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Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit