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Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Romney: Chick-Fil-A, Huma Abedin ‘not ... part of my campaign’ — POLITICO's Ginger Gibson reports from the Romney press avail in Vegas:
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Washington Monthly and Towleroad News #gay
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Zombie / The PJ Tatler:
Chick-fil-A Kiss-In, Hollywood: The Pictures — Ringo of Ringo's Pictures is at the Chick-fil-A in Hollywood this evening, documenting the “kiss-in” called for by gay marriage supporters to protest statements by Chick-fil-A's owners. — But you know about that already.
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TMZ.com, Ace of Spades HQ, Weasel Zippers and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Herman Cain: Gays Protesting Chick-fil-A Are Just Seeking Attention — Herman Cain, the onetime GOP presidential frontrunner, weighed into the Chick-fil-A controversy during an appearance on Fox News on Friday and insisted that gay people are protesting the company's opposition to equality for attention.
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The New Civil Rights Movement, Towleroad News #gay and The Raw Story
Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
FNC Contrib Explains Difference Between ‘Conservative,’ ‘Leftist’ Protesters: Liberals ‘Maim’ And ‘Rape’ — On Friday, Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade spoke with Fox News contributor Steven Crowder about differences in demonstrations, specifically concerning the nation-wide Chick-fil-A and Occupy Wall Street protests.
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Crooks and Liars
David Seifman / New York Post:
Mayor blasts Chick-fil-A critics, says trying to shutter store undermines Constitution
Mayor blasts Chick-fil-A critics, says trying to shutter store undermines Constitution
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Reuters, Politico, Associated Press, Hot Air, Washington Examiner, Business Insider, Gothamist and Mediaite
Kimi Yoshino / L.A. NOW:
Chick-fil-A ‘kiss’ day marred by ‘Tastes like hate’ graffiti
Chick-fil-A ‘kiss’ day marred by ‘Tastes like hate’ graffiti
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Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, Towleroad News #gay, Los Angeles Times and Theo Spark
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
RNC sends DNC 'you didn't bake this' Obama birthday cake — The Republican National Committee sent a birthday cake to the Democratic National Committee on Friday. The cake reads, “you didn't bake this” over a picture of President Obama. Icing text reads, “Happy birthday, Mr. President.”
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Politico, JOSHUAPUNDIT and USA Today
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Olivier Knox / ABCNEWS:
Republicans deliver 'You Didn't Bake This' Obama cake
Republicans deliver 'You Didn't Bake This' Obama cake
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Mediaite, The Hill and iOwnTheWorld.com
James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas:
July jobs report: America's labor market depression continues — Only in a world of lowered, New Normal expectations was the July jobs report anything less than another disaster for U.S. workers. Nonfarm payrolls rose 163,000 last month as the unemployment rate rose to 8.3%.
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Economy Creates 163,000 New Jobs but Rate Rises to 8.3%
Economy Creates 163,000 New Jobs but Rate Rises to 8.3%
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Neil Shah / Wall Street Journal:
Hiring Climbs but Jobless Rate Ticks Up
Hiring Climbs but Jobless Rate Ticks Up
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Real Time Economics, FOX News Radio, CNNMoney.com, Quite Normal and Newsy
Kristen A. Lee / NY Daily News:
Mixed messages in July jobs reports has fodder for Obama and Romney campaigns
Mixed messages in July jobs reports has fodder for Obama and Romney campaigns
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small dead animals, americanthinker.com and Real Time Economics
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Dems Nominate Anti-Gay Conspiracy Theorist for Senate — Update, 2:55 p.m.: Via the Tennessean, the Tennessee Democratic party has condemned Clayton, saying in a statement that he is “associated with a known hate group” (a reference to Public Advocate of the United States) …
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Tennessean.com, Washington Monthly, Nashville Scene and Wonkette
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Alexis Levinson / The Daily Caller:
Tenn. Democratic Party disavows its own US Senate nominee — The Tennessee Democratic Party disavowed its own U.S. Senate nominee Friday, announcing that he is “associated with a known hate group” — in this case, a conservative advocacy organization. — Mark Clayton won Tuesday's Democratic primary …
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Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — Dem Lawmakers Want Answers About Romney's Enormous IRA — Leading House Democrats want to turn Mitt Romney's enormous IRA into more than just a political problem. — Romney's most recent financial disclosure form revealed that his tax-deferred individual retirement account holds upwards …
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The Impolitic, Politicker, Daily Kos and The Mahablog
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Sam Youngman / Reuters:
Romney says paid “a lot of taxes” every year
Romney says paid “a lot of taxes” every year
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ABCNEWS and The Political Carnival
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Romney rips Reid, says he's paid ‘a lot of taxes’
Romney rips Reid, says he's paid ‘a lot of taxes’
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CNN, National Review and Politico
Mike Opelka / TheBlaze.com:
EXCLUSIVE: THEBLAZE INTERVIEWS THE GUY FIRED FOR BERATING A CHICK-FIL-A EMPLOYEE (UPDATED WITH QUOTES) — Editor's note: Additional quotes from Adam Smith have been added below the video. — Should someone be fired from their job and threatened with violence, torture, even death because they have an opinion different than yours?
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Fire Andrea Mitchell!, Joe. My. God. and Quite Normal
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Phil Villarreal / Arizona Daily Star:
Tucson exec loses job over anti-Chick-fil-A rant in drive-thru
Tucson exec loses job over anti-Chick-fil-A rant in drive-thru
Tampa Bay Fl News:
Porn star Jenna Jameson endorses Romney — “I'm very looking forward to a Republican being back in office,” Jameson said while sipping champagne in a VIP room at Gold Club in the city's South of Market neighborhood. “When you're rich, you want a Republican in office.”
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Bdisbrow / CBS San Francisco:
Porn Star Jenna Jameson Endorses Romney As Candidate For Rich In SF
Porn Star Jenna Jameson Endorses Romney As Candidate For Rich In SF
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ABCNEWS, The Daily Caller, Politicker, Newsy and Gawker
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Carbonite CEO admits dropping Limbaugh hurt growth more than expected — Carbonite famously dropped Rush Limbaugh on a Saturday Night at the height of the Sandra Fluke controversy. Carbonite became the poster child for the Rush boycott movement organized by Media Matters …
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Daily Political, NewsBusters.org blogs, Weasel Zippers and Washington Examiner
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Buying up all the free speech they can find — This story in Mother Jones about the small handful of gazillionares who are trying to buy the election is astonishing. I honestly don't know how anyone can call this democracy anymore. — Click over to read the story, but here are the accompanying charts.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Aug. 3: A Good Week for Obama in Forecast — The past week of polling and economic data was relatively newsworthy by our forecast model's standards, and most of the news was good for President Obama. — On Tuesday, Mr. Obama was helped in the forecast by a report showing an increase in personal income …
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The Political Carnival, Business Insider and Outside the Beltway
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
New SuperPAC, FightBigotry.com, Smears President Obama For ‘Racism Against White Folks’ — FightBigotry.com, a new Super PAC registered with the Federal Election Commission this week, makes no bones about its aim. It intends to run an attack ad that it says will hit President Barack Obama for …
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Washington Monthly, Wonkette, Little Green Footballs, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Shakesville and Joe. My. God.
BuzzFeed:
Did NBC Just Air A Racist Commercial? — After Gabby Douglas won the gold and Bob Costas spoke about how amazing this was for the first African-American to win the women's all-around gymnastics title, NBC aired a commercial of a Monkey doing gymnastics which has caused quite a stir.
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Power Line and Jezebel
Ruchir Sharma / The Atlantic Online:
Comeback Nation: Why the U.S. Economy Is Much Stronger Than You Think — Quite like an Olympic sport, hand-wringing about “America's decline” is popular, practiced all around the world, and often dominated by Americans, themselves. Unlike an Olympic event, it's wasted energy. — Reuters
Harvey Rice / Houston Chronicle:
Judge guts vote registration law — GALVESTON - A federal judge in Galveston on Thursday partially blocked new Texas registration laws that critics say amount to vote suppression because they prevent large voter registration drives. — U.S. District Judge Gregg Costa blocked the state …
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JOSHUAPUNDIT and ThinkProgress
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Rafalca Delays VP Pick — Almost two weeks ago, I speculated on Fox News Sunday that Mitt Romney would announce his vice presidential pick early next week, on August 6 or 7. It was, if I may say, a reasonably well-informed forecast at the time. But I didn't take into account the existence …