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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid: Bain Investor Told Me That Mitt Romney 'Didn't Pay Any Taxes For 10 Years' … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Harry Reid , Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Video, Mitt Romney Taxes, Harry Reid Mitt Romney, Harry Reid Romney Taxes, Mitt Romney 2012, Reid Romney …
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Dan Primack / Fortune:
Calling BS on Reid's Bain tax claims — Harry Reid is either a liar or a lousy critical thinker. — FORTUNE — Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) made political waves today by claiming that a Bain Capital investor told him that Mitt Romney didn't pay any taxes for a 10-year period.
Datechguy / Datechguy's Blog:
Can we stop calling the Washington Post a “newspaper” now? — ...and officially declare it a propaganda organ? … Mind you the Washington post isn't citing an unnamed source that has talked to them, they are reporting that someone else (Harry Reid) claims that an unnamed source said something.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz wins Republican runoff for Texas Senate seat — (Pat Sullivan - AP) Former state solicitor general Ted Cruz, a tea party-aligned conservative once regarded as a long-shot candidate, has won the Republican runoff in Texas, where he will be the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate in the November election.
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Tea Party favorite wins Texas Senate runoff — Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz (R) has won the state's Senate primary runoff election, all but guaranteeing him a spot in the upper chamber and giving the Tea Party one of its biggest victories of the election cycle.
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Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Cruz Defeats Dewhurst for G.O.P. Nomination in Texas Senate Race — HOUSTON — Ted Cruz, an insurgent backed by the Tea Party, defeated the candidate favored by Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday in a runoff election for the Republican Senate nomination that revealed a wide rift in Texas between …
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David Weigel / Slate:
The Inescapable Logic of Nominating Ted Cruz for U.S. Senate
The Inescapable Logic of Nominating Ted Cruz for U.S. Senate
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Mitt Romney / National Review:
Culture Does Matter — During my recent trip to Israel, I had suggested that the choices a society makes about its culture play a role in creating prosperity, and that the significant disparity between Israeli and Palestinian living standards was powerfully influenced by it.
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Charles McGrath / New York Times:
Prolific, Elegant, Acerbic Writer — Gore Vidal, the elegant, acerbic all-around man of letters who presided with a certain relish over what he declared to be the end of American civilization, died on Tuesday at his home in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles, where he moved in 2003, after years of living in Ravello, Italy.
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CNN:
First on CNN: Romney preps swing state blitz, stirring V.P. speculation — Washington (CNN) - Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is quietly laying the groundwork for a high-profile blitz of several key battleground states in the run-up to the Republican National Convention in Tampa …
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Dan Pfeiffer / White House.gov Blog:
The Churchill Bust & Charles Krauthammer — Yesterday following his column, I sent the following email to Charles Krauthammer. Charles asked that I make the email public and I have agreed.
John Celock / The Huffington Post:
Kelly Keisling, Tennessee Legislator, Mass Emailed Obama ‘Staged Assassination’ Rumor … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Video, Department Of Homeland Security, Canada Free Press, Doug Hammon, Email, Frankie Anderson, Holt Whitt, Joe Aglione, Kelly Keisling, Obama Conspiracy Theories, Tennessee Politics, Politics News
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
The Daily Lays Off a Third of Its Staff — The Daily, News Corp.'s attempt to create a digital newspaper for the iPad age, is laying off nearly a third of its staff. — The publisher plans to tell its workers today that it will fire 50 of its 170 employees, according to people familiar with The Daily's plans.
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James Chapman / Daily Mail:
Clarke is tipped to make way for IDS: Welfare reformer may get justice post in reshuffle — Iain Duncan Smith is being tipped to take Kenneth Clarke's job as Justice Secretary in an autumn reshuffle. — David Cameron is planning to shake up his top team and has already met his inner circle to prepare the ground.
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
GOP Rep. Steve King Defends Dog Fighting — Left: Rep. Steve King (R-IA). Right: Dogfighting victim. — If you believe that the United States should legalize dogfighting because we allow humans to fight, fear not. You've got an ally in the United States Congress.
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Ryan Jones / Israel Today:
Obama, Palestinians irked by Romney remarks on Jerusalem — The Obama White House and the Palestinian Authority this week expressed dissatisfaction, frustration and anger over Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney's very public recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
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New York Times:
Polls Give Obama Edge in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida — President Obama is struggling to persuade voters that he deserves to win re-election based on his handling of the economy, but his empathy and personal appeal give him an edge over Mitt Romney in Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Report cites killings blamed on non-deported illegals — The Obama administration released illegal immigrants who went on to commit more crimes, including charges of 19 murders, 3 attempted murders and 142 sex crimes, the House Judiciary Committee said in a report Tuesday.
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
House GOP Tax Plan Raises Taxes On 10 Times As Many People As Democratic Proposal — Senate Republicans last week proposed a plan that would raise taxes on more than 20 million Americans, while maintaining the high-end Bush tax cuts. Letting those tax cuts on income in excess of $250,000 expire …
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Twitter Blog:
Our approach to Trust & Safety and private information — We want to take a moment to explain some of our general Trust and Safety policies and procedures, and address the specific case at hand that has unfolded over the past 48-hours (we normally don't address matters pertaining …
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Romney Photo Spurs Domestic Abuse Incident — Suspect mistook Republican pol for live-in girlfriend's sidepiece — Suspicious that his live-in girlfriend was planning an affair, a Tennessee man confronted the woman after spotting a photo of an unknown guy on her Facebook page, according to a police report.
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
House to consider eliminating Senate confirmation for presidential appointees — The House of Representatives is set to consider legislation Tuesday that would exempt certain presidential appointees from having to be confirmed by the Senate. — But a number of conservative groups are arguing that the …
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Chad Brady / The Daily Caller:
The Daily Caller Gun Giveaway Week 11: Find Our Hacker — The Daily Caller will be giving away one gun per week until Election Day: November 6, 2012. — The FMK 9C1 is an American-made high capacity 9mm designed by Jim Pontillo and manufactured in California. Each gun is engraved with the Bill of Rights.
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Black pastors group launches anti-Obama campaign around gay marriage — Washington (CNN) - A group of conservative black pastors are responding to President Barack Obama's support of same-sex marriage with what they say will be a national campaign aimed at rallying black Americans to rethink …
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Hugh Johnson / Americans for Tax Reform …:
Win Olympic Gold, Pay the IRS — U.S. Olympic medal winners will owe up to $9,000 to the IRS. — WASHINGTON, D.C. — While 529 hardworking athletes proudly represent the United States in the 2012 Olympics, any medals and money they earn wearing red, white and blue will be taxed by the IRS.
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