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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Economy Creates 163,000 New Jobs but Rate Rises to 8.3% — The U.S. economy followed up a weak second quarter by creating more jobs than expected with 163,000 new positions added in July, but the unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent. — Markets reacted positively to the announcement …
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Alan B. Krueger / White House.gov Blog:
The Employment Situation in July — While there is more work that remains to be done, today's employment report provides further evidence that the U.S. economy is continuing to recover from the worst downturn since the Great Depression. It is critical that we continue the policies that build …
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Bill McBride / Calculated Risk:
July Employment Report: 163,000 Jobs, 8.3% Unemployment Rate — From the BLS: … Click on graph for larger image. — This was a somewhat better month, and the revisions for the previous two months were mostly offsetting. — This was above expectations of 100,000 payroll jobs added.
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Binyamin Appelbaum / Economix:
Beware the Jobs Report of July — The American economy almost certainly shed more than a million jobs last month, just as it does every July. But that's not the “jobs number” that will get most of the attention when the Bureau of Labor Statistics speaks Friday morning.
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
195,000 Fewer Americans Had Jobs in July; 150,000 Dropped Out of Labor Force — (CNSNews.com) - There were 195,000 fewer people employed in the United States in July than in June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as the national unemployment rate ticked up from 8.2 percent to 8.3 percent.
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Slow Economy Progress: 163,000 New Jobs Created Unemployment Rises to 8.3%
Slow Economy Progress: 163,000 New Jobs Created Unemployment Rises to 8.3%
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Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
Pace of Hiring Rose in July, but Jobless Rate Ticked Up
Pace of Hiring Rose in July, but Jobless Rate Ticked Up
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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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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
‘The Queen Of Porn’ Jenna Jameson Endorses Romney For President
‘The Queen Of Porn’ Jenna Jameson Endorses Romney For President
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Rick Perry / CNN:
Perry: Romney's VP pick won't make much difference — Aspen, Colorado (CNN) - The announcement of Mitt Romney's running mate won't do much to change the dynamics of the presidential race, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday. — Perry said the running mate pick will likely grab headlines …
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Tony Merevick / Chicago Phoenix:
The Civil Rights Agenda files complaints against Chick-fil-A — Protesters at Chicago Chick-fil-A Aug. 1, 2012. Photo: Tony Merevick. — The Civil Rights Agenda, a local LGBT rights advocacy group, filed multiple complaints with the Illinois Department of Human Rights Thursday …
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The Daily Beast:
A Gay Chick-fil-A Employee Speaks Out — A gay employee, writing anonymously over fears she'd be fired for speaking out, says she hopes her customers don't choke on their nuggets—but one day will swallow their words. … Robyn Beck, AFP / Getty Images — That's what I said four days ago.
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Rene Lynch / Los Angeles Times:
Chick-fil-A protests: Will petition and ‘kiss-in’ help or hurt?
Chick-fil-A protests: Will petition and ‘kiss-in’ help or hurt?
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Mainstream Media Blacks Out Chick-fil-A Story?
Mainstream Media Blacks Out Chick-fil-A Story?
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Obama's problems in the South — Ever since his national debut at the 2004 Democratic convention, Barack Obama's calling card has been that he practices consensus-oriented politics that transcend traditional divisions. But four years after his historic presidential election …
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Romney's Personal Image Remains Negative — Obama Leads Nationwide, But Closer Race in Swing States — OVERVIEW — By a 52% to 37% margin, more voters say they have an unfavorable than favorable view of Mitt Romney. The poll, conducted prior to Romney's recent overseas trip …
Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Pew: Obama has big lead; Romney favorability drops
Pew: Obama has big lead; Romney favorability drops
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Wall Street Journal:
The Life of the Party — What Bill Clinton could add to the Obama re-election effort. — From a friend watching the Olympics: “How about that Michael Phelps? But let's remember he didn't win all those medals, someone else did. After all, he and I swam in public pools, built by state employees using tax dollars.
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Telegraph:
Sir John Keegan — Sir John Keegan, who has died aged 78, achieved an international reputation as a military historian, then discovered a talent for writing rapid analyses of international crises as the defence editor of The Daily Telegraph. — He had been on the teaching staff …
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Todd S. Purdum / Vanity Fair:
What Makes Him Tick? — Americans want to feel they know the person they're electing president—but Mitt Romney seems determined to keep himself a secret. — Mitt Romney's contention in Jerusalem that “culture makes all the difference” in determining national economic strength caused …
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Bloomberg:
The Bad History Behind 'You Didn't Build That' — The controversy surrounding President Barack Obama's admonishment that “if you've got a business — you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen” has defied the usual election-year pattern. — Normally a political faux pas lasts little more than a news cycle.
Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Santorum endorses Cardon in primary showdown against Flake — Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has endorsed businessman Wil Cardon in his hard-fought primary for the GOP Senate nomination in Arizona, a high-profile endorsement that may counteract some of the establishment …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Credit Illusion — Over the past few years, I've built a successful business. I've worked hard, and I'm proud of what I've done. But now President Obama tells me that social and political forces helped build that. Mitt Romney went to Israel and said cultural forces explain the differences in the wealth of nations.
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Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml:
Seasonal And Birth Death Adjustments Add 429,000 Statistical “Jobs” — Happy by the headline establishment survey print of 133,245 which says that the US “added” 163,000 jobs in July from 133,082 last month? Consider this: the number was based on a non seasonally adjusted July number of 132,868.
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Romney's excellent trip — At the outset of his recent foreign trip, Mitt Romney committed a gaffe. In answer to a question about the Olympics, he expressed skepticism about London's preparations. The response confounded and exasperated Romney supporters because it was such an unforced error.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Washington Accepts Mass Unemployment — Good news! The economy added 163,000 jobs last month, just a bit over the level required to keep up with population growth. A return to a free fall now seems less likely. On the other hand, there is the small footnote that the return to full employment is nowhere in sight.
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James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas:
Economic forecasting model predicts Obama will lose in near-landslide — Political scientist Douglas Hibbs looks at two factors when forecasting presidential elections: a) per capita real disposable personal income over the incumbent president's term, and b) cumulative U.S. military fatalities in overseas conflicts.
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Mike Flynn / BREITBART.COM:
OBAMA CAMPAIGN SUES TO RESTRICT MILITARY VOTING — Obama, like many Democrats, like to say that, while they may disagree with the GOP on many issues related to national security, they absolutely share their admiration and dedication to members of our armed forces.
Lindsay Abrams / The Atlantic Online:
Study: Scouting the Olympics of Sperm — Longer sperm fare better in the race to fertilization, but speed is actually not a factor. — Flickr — PROBLEM: The fastest Olympic swimmer always gets the gold. If we replace “Olympic swimmer” with “sperm” and “gets the gold” with “fertilizes the egg,” does the same hold true?