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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
National Income and Product Accounts — Gross Domestic Product, 2nd quarter 2012 (advance estimate); — Revised Estimates: 2009 through First Quarter 2012 — Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States …
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James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas:
Sickly second-quarter GDP report puts U.S. economic recovery — and Obama's reelection — in jeopardy — The U.S. economy is not doing fine. — Earlier this year, the Obama White House predicted the economy would grow 3% in 2012. Today's GDP report shows that ain't going to happen.
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Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, Washington Free Beacon and Daily Pundit
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Breaking: Q2 GDP 1.5%; Update: 2011Q4 revised upward 1.1 points to 4.1%? — The decline in American production continued in the second quarter, according to the new release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The Q2 GDP growth rate (annualized) was a meager 1.5%, down from 1.9% in the first quarter and 3.0% in 2011Q4:
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Bloomberg, CNBC, Scared Monkeys and The Daily Dish
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Growth Slows in 2nd Quarter
U.S. Growth Slows in 2nd Quarter
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Washington Wire, National Review, iOwnTheWorld.com and Questions and Observations
Alan Krueger / White House.gov Blog:
Advance Estimate of GDP for the Second Quarter of 2012 and Annual Revision
Advance Estimate of GDP for the Second Quarter of 2012 and Annual Revision
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ABCNEWS, Weasel Zippers, Political Watch and Washington Examiner
Paul Krugman:
The Hobbled Recovery — New GDP report out today …
The Hobbled Recovery — New GDP report out today …
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Taylor Marsh and Balloon Juice
Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Slowed to a Tepid 1.5% Rate of Growth
U.S. Economy Slowed to a Tepid 1.5% Rate of Growth
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CNBC, The PJ Tatler, Gawker, New York Magazine, News Desk and Economix
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Real Reason 'You Didn't Build That' Works — Mitt Romney's plan of blatantly lying about President Obama's “you didn't build that” speech is clearly drawing blood. But what makes the attack work so well is not so much the lie itself but the broader subtext of it.
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Washington Monthly, National Review, RedState, Vodkapundit and Jammie Wearing Fools
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Rob Williams / The Independent:
Romneyshambles: 'Some Americans just shouldn't leave the country', says Carl Lewis — “Stay home if you don't know what to say,” says nine-times gold medal winning sprinter — NOTE: WE DO NOT STORE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) BUT YOUR IP ADDRESS WILL BE LOGGED TO PREVENT ABUSE OF THIS FEATURE.
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First Read / msnbc.com:
Presidential election reaches halftime
Presidential election reaches halftime
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American Prospect, Washington Post and The Reaction
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“Romney book: Britain is a tiny island that makes stuff nobody wants.”
“Romney book: Britain is a tiny island that makes stuff nobody wants.”
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Dean's World, The Atlantic Online, Washington Post and National Review
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Amazon's Founder Pledges $2.5 Million in Support of Same-Sex Marriage — Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon.com, and his wife, MacKenzie, have agreed to donate $2.5 million to help pass a same-sex marriage referendum in Washington State, instantly becoming among the largest financial backers …
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Jake Shermanand John Bresnahan / Politico:
Congress nears year-end funding deal — There's already movement to avoid the fiscal cliff. — House and Senate leadership Thursday approached a deal to fund the government for six months — a move that would avert a Sept. 30 shutdown, and keep the federal government operating through March.
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
House Dems to introduce estate tax measure
House Dems to introduce estate tax measure
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Firedoglake and Politico
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Why The Bush Tax Cut Vote Was So Important
Why The Bush Tax Cut Vote Was So Important
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The New Republic, Bloomberg, The Hill, Firedoglake and Booman Tribune
Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
No one pays the estate tax
Dan Pfeiffer / White House.gov Blog:
Fact Check: The Bust of Winston Churchill — Lately, there's been a rumor swirling around about the current location of the bust of Winston Churchill. Some have claimed that President Obama removed the bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office and sent it back to the British Embassy.
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Washington Monthly, The Hill, Slate, Taking Note, Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, TBogg, Taylor Marsh, Washington Examiner, Ballot Box and ABCNEWS
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Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Romney ‘Looking Forward’ To Returning Churchill Bust to White House
Romney ‘Looking Forward’ To Returning Churchill Bust to White House
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Daily Kos, Atlanta Black Star and ABCNEWS
Michael Graham / Boston Herald:
Radical imam OK but not Chick-fil-A — Given his stance on Chick-fil-A, would Mayor Tom Menino grant permits to a group that has counted among its leaders a man who has repeatedly called homosexuality a “crime that must be punished” by death? — Actually, he has done that . . . and more!
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JOSHUAPUNDIT, Datechguy's Blog, Wizbang, Mother Jones, National Review and Sister Toldjah
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Colin Campbell / Politicker:
Mayor Bloomberg: Chick-fil-A Ban ‘Not Going to Happen’ in NYC
Mayor Bloomberg: Chick-fil-A Ban ‘Not Going to Happen’ in NYC
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Advocate, The Huffington Post, Towleroad News #gay, Gothamist and New York Times
NY Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Dark Knight’ shooting suspect James Holmes claims amnesia — The accused mass murderer keeps asking ‘Why am I here?’ a jail staffer reports. Holmes is also complaining about the food at the Aarapahoe County Detention Center. — Accused movie theater shooter James Holmes makes his first court appearance.
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Taylor Marsh, KDVR.com, The Latest Word, The Daily Caller, Newsy and CANNONFIRE
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Kendra Alleyne / CNSNews:
Oregon Man Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail — for Collecting Rainwater on His Property — (CNSNews.com) - A rural Oregon man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail and over $1,500 in fines because he had three reservoirs on his property to collect and use rainwater.
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The Gateway Pundit, protein wisdom, Moonbattery and Patterico's Pontifications
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Money for Nothing — For years, allegedly serious people have been issuing dire warnings about the consequences of large budget deficits — deficits that are overwhelmingly the result of our ongoing economic crisis. In May 2009, Niall Ferguson of Harvard declared that the “tidal wave of debt issuance” …
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Jared Bernstein
weaskamerica.com:
OH-bama — We wrap up the first round in our Big 10 series with Ohio-perhaps the quintessential and, arguably, most important swing state. The closeness of recent presidential elections certainly makes the Buckeye State a battleground, and with good reason.
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Business Insider and Ballot Box
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Democratic senators offer gun control amendment for cybersecurity bill — Democratic senators have offered an amendment to the cybersecurity bill that would limit the purchase of high capacity gun magazines for some consumers. — Shortly after the Cybersecurity Act gained Senate approval …
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Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, The PJ Tatler and Daily Pundit
Julian Brookes / Rolling Stone:
Pot Legalization Is Coming — At least some able-bodied Americans may soon be able to score a bag of weed legally without having to fake a knee injury. In November, voters in three states could approve ballot measures to legalize marijuana, and not just for medical purposes - for getting-high purposes.
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Hit & Run, The Daily Dish, Boing Boing and The Reality-Based Community
Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
Incumbent's NRA split brings boost wins big fan — Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire mayor of New York, waded into one of the nation's fiercest Senate races and threw his financial and rhetorical support behind Senator Scott Brown on Thursday, praising Brown's defiance of the National Rifle Association …
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The Daily Caller
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: GOP Senate Nominee Shorting U.S. Treasury Bonds, Would Profit From Government Default — The Republican nominee in Ohio's Senate race stands to reap a significant financial windfall if the government defaults by not raising the debt ceiling, a move he opposed last year and has indicated …
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Paul Krugman and The Raw Story
Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
Santorum Defends Penn State, Blasts Freeh Report — Former Senator and GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum (PA) has long positioned himself as a champion of family values, so one might think he would be the strongest advocate for children who had been sexually assaulted by trusted adults.
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Mediaite and The Raw Story