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Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post:
Lindsey Graham: 'It's Really American' To Avoid Taxes Like Mitt Romney Does … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Lindsey Graham, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Video, Lindsey Graham Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney Taxes, Sen. Lindsey Graham, It's Really American, Lindsey Graham Taxes, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney Tax Havens, Politics News
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Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
Republican Senator On Romney: 'It's Really American To Avoid Paying Taxes' — Though every candidate in the past 30 years has released multiple years of tax returns, Mitt Romney is refusing to do so, reducing surrogates to telling the press to simply “get over it.”
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Dem. Chair Invested in Swiss Banks, Foreign Drug Companies, and the State Bank of India — Disclosure forms reveal that Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a member of Congress from Florida, previously held funds with investments in Swiss banks, foreign drug companies, and the state bank of India.
Aleister / American Glob:
Journalists Required To Show IDs at Eric Holder's Talk On The Evil of IDs — If you think it's fine for the government to force you to buy something but you're insulted by the idea of having to prove your citizenship in order to vote... you might be a liberal.
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Romney Courts Black Vote, an Obama Strength in '08
Romney Courts Black Vote, an Obama Strength in '08
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Daily Kos, Riehl World View, No More Mister Nice Blog and Vodkapundit
Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMMuckraker — Holder Calls Voter ID Laws ‘Poll Taxes’
TPMMuckraker — Holder Calls Voter ID Laws ‘Poll Taxes’
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Associated Press:
Eric Holder: Voter ID Laws Are ‘Poll Taxes’
Eric Holder: Voter ID Laws Are ‘Poll Taxes’
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Tim Mak / Politico:
Eric Holder revs up NAACP meeting
Eric Holder revs up NAACP meeting
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Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler and The Gateway Pundit
Judson Berger / Fox News:
Closure of Border Patrol stations across four states triggers alarm — The Obama administration is moving to shut down nine Border Patrol stations across four states, triggering a backlash from local law enforcement, members of Congress and Border Patrol agents themselves.
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Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and The PJ Tatler
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Romney may name running mate early in election race — (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney acknowledged on Tuesday he is considering naming his choice to serve as vice presidential running mate earlier than usual to better compete with President Barack Obama.
CNN:
Poll data shows ad strategy is working, super PAC says — (CNN) - A major super PAC supporting President Barack Obama's reelection argues in a campaign memorandum released Wednesday that recent polling shows their advertising strategies are working. — Priorities USA Action …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama holding serve in the upper South
Obama holding serve in the upper South
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Firedoglake, American Prospect and Guardian
Lymari Morales / Gallup:
Americans' Confidence in Television News Drops to New Low — Liberals' and moderates' views are now similar to conservatives' — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' confidence in television news is at a new low by one percentage point, with 21% of adults expressing a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in it.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Bush Speechwriter Gerson Unable to Read Speeches — Michael Gerson is a former speechwriter for George W. Bush turned Washington Post columnist, from which perch he has spent the entirety of the Obama administration gleefully predicting a downward spiral into ruin and dysfunction reminiscent of, well, George W. Bush.
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Zack Colman / E2-Wire:
GOP puts biofuels on the chopping block — The biofuels industry is at loggerheads with House Republicans, who are eyeing its funding for elimination in the farm bill. — Biomass and biofuels groups warn that the loss of $800 million in guaranteed federal support would stall progress …
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Benjamin R. Freed / DCist:
Cheh Shelves Uber Amendment After Backlash from CEO and Customers — Uber CEO Travis Kalanick introducing the company's D.C. service last December. (Via Facebook) — At a breakfast meeting with her colleagues today, Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) reversed her plans to introduce …
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Anna Palmerand Dave Levinthal / Politico:
POLITICO Influence: Cab fight
POLITICO Influence: Cab fight
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Allison Sherry / Denver Post:
Obama directs that wildland firefighters be offered health insurance — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has directed federal officials to offer seasonal firefighters the option of purchasing federal health insurance coverage, White House officials told The Denver Post Tuesday.
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Tom Cohen / CNN:
House Republicans launch assault on health care law
House Republicans launch assault on health care law
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Reuters, Daily Ardmoreite, The Raw Story, New York Times and The Huffington Post
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The strategy behind the Dem attacks on Bain — Many commentators view the attacks on Mitt Romney's Bain years as little more than an effort to paint him as a heartless plutocrat. But the strategy is a good deal more complex than that. The goal is twofold: First, to undermine Romney's principle case …
aina.org:
Calls to Destroy Egypt's Great Pyramids Begin — According to several reports in the Arabic media, prominent Muslim clerics have begun to call for the demolition of Egypt's Great Pyramids—or, in the words of Saudi Sheikh Ali bin Said al-Rabi'i, those “symbols of paganism,” which Egypt's Salafi party has long planned to cover with wax.
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Robinson / nation.foxnews.com:
James Earl Jones: Tea Party Is ‘Racist’ — From Sunday's edition of the syndicated Smiley & West show: — JAMES EARL JONES: I think I have figured out the Tea Party I think I I do understand racism because I was taught to be one by my grandmother. My grandmother was part [tribal affiliation] …
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Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
James Earl Jones: I Can't Get Enough MSNBC
Politico:
Jesse Jackson Jr. mystery deepens — The mystery surrounding Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. deepened on Tuesday as speculation swirled around the Illinois Democrat's health and political future. — Democratic sources say Jackson — who has not been on Capitol Hill since June 10 …
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Washington Post, The Hill, Hot Air and The Hinterland Gazette
BBC:
Eva Rausing found dead in Belgravia home — Mr and Mrs Rausing were arrested over drugs in 2008 — One of the UK's richest women has been found dead in west London, Scotland Yard has confirmed. — The body of US national Eva Rausing, 48, a member of the family behind the Tetra-Pak cartons empire …
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Hollie McKay / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Jon Voight defends Brad Pitt's mom after she gets death threats for penning anti-Obama letter to the editor — LOS ANGELES - You can always count on family. — Last week, Brad Pitt's mother Jane Pitt hit headlines after penning a response letter-to-the-editor of her local newspaper …
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MiamiHerald.com:
9/11 accused don't want hearings during Ramadan — The accused Sept. 11 conspirators unfurled their prayer rugs during prayer breaks at their May 5, 2012 arraignment at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo. They are, from, Mustafa al Hawsawi, Ammar al Baluchi, Ramzi bin al Shibh, Walid Bin Attash …
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Weasel Zippers and Atlas Shrugs
Matt Negrin / ABCNEWS:
On Obama Adviser's Disclosure Form: ‘Bermuda’ — A lot of attention has been focused lately on Mitt Romney's offshore finances in places like the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. — But the word Bermuda pops up on the financial disclosure forms of one of President Obama's top advisers too.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
CBO's Publications:
The Distribution of Household Income and Federal Taxes, 2008 and 2009 — The recent recession has had a substantial impact on income, the amount of taxes owed, and average tax rates. Changes in households' before-tax income and average tax rates in 2008 and 2009 were substantial and differed markedly across the income distribution.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Opportunity Gap — Over the past few months, writers from Charles Murray to Timothy Noah have produced alarming work on the growing bifurcation of American society. Now the eminent Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam and his team are coming out with research that's more horrifying.
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Hullabaloo and Connecting.the.Dots