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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, Washington Free Beacon, Outside the Beltway and Daily Pundit
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Breaking: Q2 GDP 1.5%; Update: 2011Q4 revised upward 1.1 points to 4.1%?
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Bloomberg, CNBC, The Daily Dish and Scared Monkeys
Paul Krugman:
The Hobbled Recovery — New GDP report out today …
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Free exchange, Taylor Marsh, The Daily Dish and Balloon Juice
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Growth Slows in 2nd Quarter
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Alan Krueger / White House.gov Blog:
Advance Estimate of GDP for the Second Quarter of 2012 and Annual Revision
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Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Slowed to a Tepid 1.5% Rate of Growth
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CNBC, New York Magazine, News Desk and Economix
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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Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Romney ‘Looking Forward’ To Returning Churchill Bust to White House — Greg Mathieson/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images — LONDON - Mitt Romney, speaking to a group of more than 200 supporters in hotel in the heart of London this evening, said he is “looking forward” to returning the bust …
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Atlanta Black Star, ABCNEWS and Daily Kos
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Why he's going where he's going — A generation ago, it was the three I's.
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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Wall Street Journal:
Four Little Words — Why the Obama campaign is suddenly so worried. — What's the difference between a calm and cool Barack Obama, and a rattled and worried Barack Obama? Four words, it turns out. — “You didn't build that” is swelling to such heights that it has the president somewhere unprecedented: on defense.
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New York Magazine, American Power and Hot Air
Liz Buckthorpe / www2.wrbl.com:
COLUMBUS, Ga. — News 3 has learned that Donald A. Perry, the Vice President of Corporate Public Relations has passed away. — Ross Cathy, the owner of the Midland, GA Chick-fil-A and family member of company CEO, Dan Cathy, tells News 3, Perry passed away this morning from a heart attack.
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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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Colin Campbell / Politicker:
Mayor Bloomberg: Chick-fil-A Ban ‘Not Going to Happen’ in NYC
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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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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney says he's ‘convinced’ London ready for Olympics
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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
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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Why The Bush Tax Cut Vote Was So Important
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Have Republicans Ever Hated a President More Than Barack Obama? — The widespread belief on the right that Barack Obama is a Muslim is one of the stranger features of this period in history. There are some of them who know that Obama says he's a Christian but are sure that's all an act designed …
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Pew Forum on Religion …, Univision News Tumblr, Joe. My. God. and The Raw Story
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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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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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
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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The Hinterland Gazette, 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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Hot Air, The Daily Caller, The Lonely Conservative, Pirate's Cove, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, The PJ Tatler and Daily Pundit
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
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