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Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
The scandal behind Romney's new attack ad — Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has presented the political world with an important test. I'm eager to see whether we pass or fail. — First, a little background. Some Republican governors this year asked the Obama administration …
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Romney Claims Waivers He Used To Support Will ‘Gut Welfare Reform’ — Mitt Romney's campaign launched a full-on attack on Tuesday accusing President Obama of gutting welfare reform. In a new ad, policy memo, and press release, Romney claims that the administration's decision to offer waivers …
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Memorandum
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Power Line, The Caucus and Business Insider
Sam Youngman / Reuters:
Romney opens attack on Obama over welfare law
Romney opens attack on Obama over welfare law
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First Read, USA Today, GOP 12 and The Huffington Post
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House: Romney welfare attacks ‘blatantly dishonest’
White House: Romney welfare attacks ‘blatantly dishonest’
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Reuters, Liberal Values and Politico
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Romney's Welfare Gambit
Romney's Welfare Gambit
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BuzzFeed, Mother Jones, The Caucus, The Maddow Blog, The Daily Dish and CNN
Dylan Byers / Politico:
The best Newsweek cover yet — Tina Brown's shock-and-awe approach to Newsweek covers is so familiar now it hardly warrants mention. But the strategy is predicated upon ginning up false controversy and feigned outrage to call attention to the struggling print edition …
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Taylor Marsh, The Hinterland Gazette and Capital New York, more at Mediagazer »
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Raphael Brion / Eater National:
Food Media: Newsweek's Gratuitous Food Porn Cover Looks Familiar — This week's issue of Newsweek has a very suggestive cover (blowjobs, okay?) for the “101 Best Places to Eat in the World” feature piece. Dylan Byers over at Politico called it “the best Newsweek cover yet” (albeit sarcastically).
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Vodkapundit and Ed Driscoll, more at Mediagazer »
Drudge Report:
OBAMA: ROMNEY WANTS VP PETRAEUS — President Obama whispered to a top fundraiser this week that he believes GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney wants to name Gen. David Petraeus to the VP slot! — “The president wasn't joking,” the insider explains to the DRUDGE REPORT.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama ahead in Colorado
Obama ahead in Colorado
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Politico, Connecting.the.Dots and The Hill
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Woman mentioned in Priorities ad died in '06 — The pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action lobbed a heavy-duty attack at Mitt Romney this morning, airing an ad that links the closure of a GST Steel plant in Kansas City to the loss of a family's health insurance — and the death of a woman some time later.
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Tomer Ovadia / Politico:
Rove: Veep pick ‘as early as Friday’
Rove: Veep pick ‘as early as Friday’
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The Other McCain and Hot Air
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Former Bain worker slams Mitt
Former Bain worker slams Mitt
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Mediaite, American Prospect, Business Insider, The Daily Dish, CNN, Pundit & Pundette, Taylor Marsh, The Spectacle Blog, The Impolitic and Weasel Zippers
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
It's Time to Stop Celebrating Harry Reid — Here is Harry Reid on Mitt Romney's taxes: “I was told by an extremely credible source that Romney has not paid taxes for 10 years.” PolitiFact rates this a Pants on Fire lie. — An awful lot of liberals disagree.
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Allen West Offended Everyone When He Ordered Chick-Fil-A For Entire Congressional Black Caucus — Rep. Allen West reportedly offended the entire Congressional Black Caucus when he delivered a selection of Chick-fil-A chicken and biscuits to the members' weekly meeting.
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Allen West Sends Chick-Fil-A To Black Caucus Meeting And Offends Everyone, Says Dem Rep
Allen West Sends Chick-Fil-A To Black Caucus Meeting And Offends Everyone, Says Dem Rep
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ABCNEWS, Pat Dollard, Wonkette and theGrio
CNN:
TRENDING: Koch brothers slam ‘guy who makes obscene gestures with a monkey’ — (CNN) - Actor Zach Galifianakis may be known for his less-than family-friendly sense of humor, but billionaires David and Charles Koch demonstrated Tuesday they don't find him so funny.
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Indecision Forever, NY Daily News, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and The Raw Story
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Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
The Koch Brothers Go After Zach Galifianakis and ‘The Campaign’
The Koch Brothers Go After Zach Galifianakis and ‘The Campaign’
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Pat Dollard
Jeremy W. Peters / The Caucus:
Americans for Prosperity Begins $25 Million Anti-Obama Ad Campaign
Americans for Prosperity Begins $25 Million Anti-Obama Ad Campaign
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David Ng / Los Angeles Times:
Marvin Hamlisch dies at 68: Sudden, brief illness halted busy life — As recently as July 21, Marvin Hamlisch had conducted a Pasadena Pops concert with Michael Feinstein. As an emcee, he shared jokes, traded patter, was in his element. — Marvin Hamlisch' dies in Los Angeles after a brief illness, aged 68.
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L.A. NOW, Outside the Beltway and LewRockwell.com Blog
TheBlaze.com:
OBAMA'S COLLEGE CLASSMATE: ‘THE OBAMA SCANDAL IS AT COLUMBIA’ — I am President Obama's classmate at Columbia University, Class of '83. I am also one of the most accurate Las Vegas oddsmakers and prognosticators. Accurate enough that I was awarded my own star on the Las Vegas Walk of Stars.
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Jamie Reno / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Brigham Young's Great-Great-Granddaughter on Mormonism and Mitt Romney — A direct descendant of Brigham Young, Sue Emmett left the church because of the very values she says would make Romney a frightening president. She speaks exclusively with Jamie Reno. — Sue Emmett is Mormon royalty.
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The Daily Beast, The Political Carnival and Crooks and Liars
Linette Lopez / Business Insider:
A Wall Street Trader Received This Rainbow-Colored Cover Letter — It's a slow news day, so seeing this is a huge thrill... A financial industry tipster was kind enough to send us this e-mail from an aspiring trader. — If you read from the bottom up, you'll note that Carl asks prospective …
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Anthony Breznican / Inside Movies:
FIRST LOOK: Daniel Day-Lewis embodies ‘Lincoln’ in Steven Spielberg's historical drama — Penny for your thoughts? — Long-range paparazzi (and the occasional sneaky fellow diner) grabbed snapshots of Daniel Day-Lewis as he was shooting Steven Spielberg's Lincoln last fall.
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Fox News analyst: Sikh temple massacre ‘not domestic terrorism’ — Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano is insisting that it was “not domestic terrorism” for a white supremacist to shoot seven people dead at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, but a Muslim U.S. Army major killing 13 coworkers at Ft. Hood was.
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Scalia Denies Stay, Texas Executes Mentally Retarded Man — “Seldom has an opinion of this Court rested so obviously upon nothing but the personal views of its members.” — The Supreme Court justices have jurisdiction over various regions of the country when it comes to injunctions, particularly when it comes to stays of execution.
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Telegraph:
Syria: Iran vows it will not allow Assad to fall — Iran pledged that its “axis” with Syria will “never” be allowed to break when Tehran sought to bolster President Bashar al-Assad by sending a senior envoy to Damascus. — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
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BuzzFeed:
Romney: America Is No Kibbutz His ties to Israel only extend so far. — Mitt Romney bills himself as an ardent friend of Israel running against President Barack Obama who hasn't visited the American ally since taking the oath of office, but Romney's friendship only extends so far.
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ABCNEWS, The Political Carnival, JOSHUAPUNDIT and Daily Kos
Byron Tau / Politico:
Papa John's: Health law hurts prices — Pizza chain Papa John's told shareholders that President Obama's health care law will cost consumers more on their pizza. — On a conference call last week, CEO and founder John Schnatter (a Mitt Romney supporter and fundraiser) …
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Addicting Info, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Zandar Versus The Stupid and Eater National
Andrew Adam Newman / New York Times:
A Surprise in a Hot Dog Cart — IT'S common in New York to see teams of college-age students handing out samples of goods like fruit juice and dog food. Even seen-everything New Yorkers may do a double-take this week, however, when they encounter street teams with hot dog carts stocked with vibrators.
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Gothamist and Runnin' Scared
The Official Google Blog:
The self-driving car logs more miles on new wheels — Technology is at its best when it makes people's lives better, and that's precisely what we're going for with our self-driving car project. We're using advanced computer science to try and make driving safer and more enjoyable.
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New York Magazine and TechCrunch
Noah Bierman / Boston Globe:
Elizabeth Warren backs off demand that Scott Brown release more tax returns — Elizabeth Warren demanded Monday that Senator Scott Brown release more of his tax returns. The only problem was that Brown, her Republican rival, had already released six years of tax returns while Warren …
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The Lonely Conservative, Politico and Weasel Zippers