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Marisa Lagos / San Francisco Chronicle:
Legislature approves high-speed rail spending — Photo: Anonymous, ASSOCIATED PRESS / SF — Sacramento — A divided state Senate approved billions of dollars in funding to start construction on California's ambitious high-speed rail line Friday, handing the controversial project $7.9 billion …
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Crooks and Liars
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
California Senate Narrowly Approves Rail Project — LOS ANGELES — Despite deepening doubts about the cost and feasibility of a $70 billion high-speed rail proposed to cross California, the State Senate on Friday narrowly approved legislation to spend $8 billion in federal and state money …
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Via Meadia
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
LaHood: Golly, I envy the Chinese government
LaHood: Golly, I envy the Chinese government
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Michelle Malkin and Weasel Zippers
Jonathan Strong / Roll Call:
John Boehner: Voters Need Not Love Mitt Romney — By now, Republican laments that presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney is not the most inspiring figure to ever run for president are well-known. — “The Republican bench had several candidates stronger than Romney, but they chose not to run …
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Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Boehner: I can't make you love Mitt Romney — (CBS News) When House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, endorsed Mitt Romney for president in April, he pledged to do “everything I can to help him win.” — In his words, however, the one thing he can't do is make voters “fall in love” with the candidate.
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Mediaite and Outside the Beltway
Reuters:
Taliban publicly execute woman near Kabul: officials — (Reuters) - A man Afghan officials say is a member of the Taliban shot dead a woman accused of adultery in front of a crowd near Kabul, a video obtained by Reuters showed, a sign that the austere Islamist group dictates law even near the Afghan capital.
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The Jawa Report and Weasel Zippers
Mark Steyn / National Review:
American Twilight — This weekend, I am thousands of miles from home in a remote and isolated part of the world with erratic communications and lack of basic services. No, not Washington, D.C. Things aren't that primitive, thank God. I'm in a rude Highland croft way up a far Scottish brae …
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Angry Black Lady Chronicles and Vodkapundit
Akron Beacon Journal:
Akron restaurant owner dies hours after meeting President Obama — The Rev. Jesse Jackson and his son have stopped at Ann's Place. So have several professional football players. — For Josephine “Ann” Harris, however, none came close to President Barack Obama visiting her West Akron restaurant.
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Business Insider, Rumproast and Scared Monkeys
iowahawk:
DNC Scientists Disprove Existence of Roberts' Taxon — WASHINGTON DC - Jubilant scientists at the DNC's High Speed Word Collider (HSWC) announced today they have conclusively disproven the existence of Roberts' Taxon, the theoretical radioactive Facton particle that some had worried would lead …
Chris Moody / Associated Press:
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter resigns from Congress — Michigan Republican Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, who launched a short-lived White House bid in 2011, announced Friday that he was resigning from Congress, citing personal family issues. — “After nearly 26 years in elected office …
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The PJ Tatler and PoliticusUSA
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Charles Mahtesian / Politico:
McCotter resigns after ‘nightmarish month’
McCotter resigns after ‘nightmarish month’
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Outside the Beltway, Mediaite, Daily Kos, The Hill and Crooks and Liars
Representative Thaddeus McCotter / Facebook:
“Strike Another Match, Go Start Anew”
“Strike Another Match, Go Start Anew”
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Althouse, Washington Monthly, The Raw Story, The Caucus, The Maddow Blog, American Spectator and Business Insider
Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — In Pa., Voter ID Law Already Changing The Electoral Landscape — PITTSBURGH — Hundreds of thousands of potential voters here were left scrambling in the wake of Pennsylvania's voter ID law — enough to prompt speculation as to whether the law could change the outcome of the election in November.
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Balloon Juice and Seeing the Forest
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Mixed Message as Republicans Claim Health Law Cuts Medicare — WASHINGTON — For much of the past year, Republicans assailed President Obama for resisting the Medicare spending reductions they say are needed to both preserve health benefits for older Americans and avert a Greek-style debt crisis.
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Firedoglake, Outside the Beltway and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
Colin Campbell / Politicker:
MoveOn Is REALLY Sorry For Saying Bad Things About Charles Barron — Charles Barron (Photo: Facebook) — As the Democratic establishment rallied around Brooklyn Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries' congressional campaign, a number of forces weighed in. Among them was the progressive advocacy group MoveOn.org …
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The Hill, Washington Monthly, New York Magazine and Jammie Wearing Fools
BBC:
Afghanistan made ‘major US ally’ — Nato-led troops are to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014 — The United States has given Afghanistan the status of “major non-Nato ally”. — The designation, which includes countries such as Australia, Egypt and Israel, gives preferential access to US arms exports and defence co-operation.
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Jihad Watch and Newsy
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Carlo Munoz / The Hill:
White House declares Afghanistan a ‘major non-NATO ally’
White House declares Afghanistan a ‘major non-NATO ally’
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The PJ Tatler
Ron Futrell / BREITBART.COM:
ABC: ‘BEST NEWS’ IS GAS PRICES WILL DROP IN TIME FOR NOVEMBER — The Activist Old Media is making it very clear who they want to win the White House in 2012. It's the same guy they were rooting for in 2008. — Lowering gas prices is one of the weapons they will use to try to convince …
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Ed Driscoll and NewsBusters.org blogs