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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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L.A. NOW, Ace of Spades HQ, TMZ.com, Weasel Zippers and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
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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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Connecting.the.Dots, The New Civil Rights Movement and Towleroad News #gay
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?
Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Romney: Chick-Fil-A, Huma Abedin ‘not ... part of my campaign’
Romney: Chick-Fil-A, Huma Abedin ‘not ... part of my campaign’
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Bark Bark Woof Woof, Washington Monthly and Towleroad News #gay
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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nbclosangeles.com, Politico, Washington Times, Hot Air, Reuters and Associated Press
Mike Allen / Politico:
David Plouffe: Dems have momentum going into recess — David Plouffe, White House senior adviser, sent a fiery memo to House and Senate Democrats late Friday urging them to use the August recess to echo President Barack Obama's message to middle-class families that “he is on their side …
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Taegan Goddard's …
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CNN:
Cantor accuses Obama, Democrats of supporting a ‘tax hike’ — (CNN) - House Majority Leader Eric Cantor hit President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats on Saturday for supporting a “tax hike” in the ongoing dispute over who should benefit from an extension of Bush-era tax breaks.
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Politico
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama heralds jobs gains in July report, but admits there's ‘more work to do’
Obama heralds jobs gains in July report, but admits there's ‘more work to do’
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The Hill
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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Mediaite
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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Dems Nominate Anti-Gay Conspiracy Theorist for Senate
Dems Nominate Anti-Gay Conspiracy Theorist for Senate
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Tennessean.com, Washington Monthly, Nashville Scene and Wonkette
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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Mother Jones
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, The PJ Tatler, USA Today, BuzzFeed and White House.gov Blog
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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
The Looking Spoon Blog:
Liberal Supervillains — A while back I posted some match-ups for conservative women and superheroines (see them here) with the promise to follow up with liberal super villains. The premise is simple (and in this case, easy to make), match up a liberal to a villain in pop culture.
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The Lonely Conservative and Doug Ross
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Cass Sunstein to Leave Top Regulatory Post — WASHINGTON — Cass R. Sunstein, who wielded enormous power as the White House overseer of federal regulation, came to Washington to test his theories of human behavior and economic efficiency in the laboratory of the federal government.
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Washington Monthly, The Huffington Post, The Atlantic Wire and The White House
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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NewsBusters.org blogs, Daily Political, Weasel Zippers and Washington Examiner
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 Huffington Post, Daily Kos, The Impolitic, Politicker and The Mahablog
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Sam Youngman / Reuters:
Romney says paid “a lot of taxes” every year
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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The Raw Story