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The Boston Globe:
Mitt Romney stayed at Bain 3 years longer than he stated — Firm's 2002 filings identify him as CEO, though he said he left in 1999 — Nine SEC filings submitted by four different business entities after February 1999 describe Romney as Bain boss. — Government documents filed …
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Dan Primack / Fortune:
Docs prove Romney didn't manage Bain funds — New evidence for when Romney really left Bain Capital. — FORTUNE — Mitt Romney did not manage Bain Capital's investments after leaving to run the Salt Lake City Olympic Games, according to confidential firm documents obtained by Fortune.
Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
Sorry, Mitt Romney, You Can't Be Chairman, CEO, And President Of A Company And Not Be Responsible For What It Does... Today's bombshell report by the Boston Globe that Mitt Romney may have remained in charge of Bain Capital for three years after he claimed to have left has the potential to destroy Romney's credibility.
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Hullabaloo, msnbc.com and Questions and Observations
Dylan Byers / Politico:
FactCheck.org: Romney ‘would be guilty of a federal felony’ by claiming 1999 departure — Earlier this month, FactCheck.org stated that if Mitt Romney had not left Bain Capital in 1999, he “would be guilty of a federal felony by certifying on federal financial disclosure forms …
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Booman Tribune, The Daily Dish and Eclectablog
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney and his departure from Bain — Why does it matter when Mitt Romney left Bain Capital? — Millions of dollars of attack ads by the Obama campaign are hanging in the balance. If Romney left Bain in February 1999, when he departed to run the Olympics, then a number of business deals …
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BuzzFeed, Guardian, Balloon Juice and The Daily Dish
David Corn / MoJo Articles:
EXCLUSIVE: Romney Invested Millions in Chinese Firm That Profited on US Outsourcing — The GOP candidate decries China poaching US jobs. But at Bain he held a large stake in a Chinese company that did just that. — Last month, Mitt Romney's campaign got into a dustup with the Washington Post …
BuzzFeed:
Obama Campaign: Romney A Liar, Potential Criminal — Cutter turns the rhetorical volume way up. — Image by Eric Kayne / Getty Images — Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter suggested that Mitt Romney may be a criminal on a conference call with reporters this morning …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Romney camp: Globe story ‘inaccurate’ — The Mitt Romney campaign is pushing back against today's Boston Globe report which found that, according to SEC filings, Romney served as CEO at Bain Capital until 2002, despite saying that he left in 1999. — “The article is not accurate,” …
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Michael Tomasky on Mitt Romney the Race Baiter at the NAACP — With his incendiary speech to the NAACP, Mitt crossed an ugly line. No longer simply spineless and disingenuous, he's now become a race-mongering pyromaniac. Plus Mansfield Frazier on Romney's diversity problem.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Globe admits credit ‘mistake’ in Bain story
Globe admits credit ‘mistake’ in Bain story
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Wonkette, News Desk and ThinkProgress
Dylan Byers / Politico:
FactCheck.org: ‘Little new’ in Globe story
FactCheck.org: ‘Little new’ in Globe story
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The PJ Tatler and National Review
CNN:
Romney team disputes report he misled on Bain departure date
Romney team disputes report he misled on Bain departure date
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Politico, Daily Kos, The Daily Dish, Business Insider and Balloon Juice
Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Romney's Bain Story Is Falling Apart
Romney's Bain Story Is Falling Apart
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Little Green Footballs, New York Magazine, BuzzFeed, Dependable Renegade and Washington Post
Sahil Kapur / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — Reid: Romney 'Couldn't Be Confirmed As Dog Catcher' By The Senate
TPMDC — Reid: Romney 'Couldn't Be Confirmed As Dog Catcher' By The Senate
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CNN, Politico, New York Magazine, The Democratic Daily, Business Insider and National Review
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Romney On NAACP Booing: If They Want More Free Stuff From The Government Vote Obama
Romney On NAACP Booing: If They Want More Free Stuff From The Government Vote Obama
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Alexander Bolton / Ballot Box:
Reid: Senate wouldn't confirm Romney for dogcatcher
Reid: Senate wouldn't confirm Romney for dogcatcher
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Politico
David S. Bernstein / Talking Politics:
The Bain Shadow Years Loom Larger
The Bain Shadow Years Loom Larger
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BuzzFeed, aflcio.org, Politicker, Daily Kos and Sister Toldjah
Angela Nelson / Boston Globe:
President Obama's campaign calls Mitt Romney a liar after report on extended Bain tenure …
President Obama's campaign calls Mitt Romney a liar after report on extended Bain tenure …
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Mitt Romney for President of the United States …:
THE TRUTH HURTS — “For weeks, President Obama has been …
THE TRUTH HURTS — “For weeks, President Obama has been …
Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Romney Accuses Obama of Lying in New Outsourcing Ad
Romney Accuses Obama of Lying in New Outsourcing Ad
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FiveThirtyEight, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Monthly and ABCNEWS
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
New Romney Ad Calls Obama Liar, Dishonest
New Romney Ad Calls Obama Liar, Dishonest
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The Lonely Conservative, The Gateway Pundit and Israel Matzav
David Catanese / Politico:
Poll: Cruz up on Dewhurst in Texas — The Republican pollster that signaled Dick Lugar's demise and Deb Fischer's late surge is now flagging an upset in the making in the Texas Senate race. — Tea party favorite Ted Cruz is leading Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst 47 percent to 38 percent in the GOP runoff …
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Ballot Box, Trail Blazers Blog, The PJ Tatler, National Review, RedState and The Texas Tribune
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Cruz leads in Texas runoff
Cruz leads in Texas runoff
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Washington Examiner, Business Insider, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and National Review
Caroline Winter / Business Week:
How the Mormons Make Money — (Updated with magazine version. Removes an earlier reference to a Twitter account that is not Thomas S. Monson's official account.) — Late last March the Mormon Church completed an ambitious project: a megamall. Built for roughly $2 billion …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Bloomberg Businessweek's Mormon cover
Bloomberg Businessweek's Mormon cover
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Mediaite and National Review
Matt Berman / NationalJournal.com:
How Congressional Republicans and Democrats Pay Women — What does $10,000 mean to you? Well, if you made something around the median in the U.S. last year, it could mean more than a fifth of your household income. — But what's $10,000 to you if you're a female Republican congressional staffer?
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Daily Kos, DCist, Mediaite and A plain blog about politics
ABCNEWS:
Team USA To Be Decked Out in Uniforms Made in China — They are the pride of America — Team U.S.A. — and for the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in London, they'll be proudly wearing red, white and blue, from beret to blazer. — The classic American style — shown in an image above …
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Obama Holds Lead, Romney Trails on Most Issues — Record Negatives for Supreme Court Driven by GOP Discontent — OVERVIEW — Despite the stagnant economy and broad dissatisfaction with national conditions, Barack Obama holds a significant lead over Mitt Romney.
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Ballot Box and Business Insider
BuzzFeed:
Obama's Absence The Talk Of NAACP Convention — “I don't think there's anyone around the president who's really, truly from the black community,” complains Chambliss. — A video of President Barack Obama is shown before Vice President Joe Biden addressed the NAACP annual convention, Thursday, July 12, 2012, in Houston.
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The Hinterland Gazette and Moe Lane
Paul Heintz / Blurt:
At Brock Fundraiser, Maine Gov. Paul LePage Doubles Down on “Gestapo” Comment (AUDIO) — Updated below: Maine Democratic Party chair questions LePage's fitness for office; Vermont Dem chair says Brock should condemn remarks. — Following a fundraiser for Vermont Republican gubernatorial …
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
The world desperately wants to loan us money — The Financial Times reports that there was record demand for 10-year Treasurys this week. “The $21 [billion] sale of 10-year paper sold at a yield of 1.459 per cent, the lowest ever in an auction.” William O'Donnell, a strategist at RBS Securities …
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Washington Monthly, Financial Times, Mother Jones, The Maddow Blog, Economist's View and Brad DeLong
Jamal Abdi / New York Times:
Sanctions at the Genius Bar — IMAGINE if your ethnicity determined which products you were able to buy. Or if sales clerks required you to divulge your ancestry before swiping your credit card. — Some of us don't have to imagine. — Last month, Sahar Sabet, a 19-year-old Iranian-American woman …
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BBC and The Daily Dish
Raymond Ibrahim / Gatestone Institute:
Sodomy “For the Sake of Islam” … Not only did the original “underwear bomber” Abdullah Hassan al-Asiri hide explosives in his rectum to assassinate Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Nayef—they met in 2009 after the 22-year-old holy warrior “feigned repentance for his jihadi views” …
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