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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 …
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Bill Clinton slams Romney ‘misleading’ welfare ad
Bill Clinton slams Romney ‘misleading’ welfare ad
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Taylor Marsh and The Hill
Mitt Romney for President of the United States …:
Memorandum
Memorandum
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Power Line, The Caucus and Business Insider
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
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
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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Hot Air, Washington Post, Ballot Box, Mediaite, Business Insider, Michelle Malkin, Betsy's Page, Ed Driscoll, The Lonely Conservative, CNN and The Spectacle Blog
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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
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:
The Most Vicious Ad Of The 2012 Campaign Blames Mitt Romney For The Death Of A Steel Worker's Wife
The Most Vicious Ad Of The 2012 Campaign Blames Mitt Romney For The Death Of A Steel Worker's Wife
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Mediaite, Rush Limbaugh, The Gateway Pundit, Examiner, Nice Deb and National Review
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Former Bain worker slams Mitt
Former Bain worker slams Mitt
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Mediaite, American Prospect, 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.
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The Daily Banter, Booman Tribune, Balloon Juice, Outside the Beltway, Riehl World View and Washington Post
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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Weasel Zippers and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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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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CNN:
Romney holds biggest fund-raiser in Iowa history
Romney holds biggest fund-raiser in Iowa history
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Washington Post and New York Magazine
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
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
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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Mother Jones and New York Magazine
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
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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No More Mister Nice Blog, CNN, Outside the Beltway, Indecision Forever, CANNONFIRE, Rush Limbaugh, GayPatriot, The Lonely Conservative, Little Green Footballs, Pundit & Pundette, CNBC, The Gateway Pundit, Hit & Run, Hot Air, americanthinker.com, Runnin' Scared, The Other McCain and Wake up America
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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Bloomberg, Addicting Info and Booman Tribune
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Derek T. Dingle / Black Enterprise:
Oval Office Interview with President Barack Obama — President Obama sat down with Black Enterprise Magazine for an exclusive interview in which he talks about black businesses and unemployment. — In three months voters will head to the polls to decide whether to give President Obama a second term.
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Weasel Zippers, The Hill, theGrio, The Hinterland Gazette and Mediaite
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Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama: 'I'm not the president of black America'
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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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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Taylor Marsh, Boing Boing, Business Insider, WTVR-TV, Gothamist and Towleroad News #gay
Tamara Audi / Wall Street Journal:
Tucson Shooter Pleads Guilty — Loughner Likely to Get Life Term but Not the Death Penalty for 2011 Rampage — TUCSON, Ariz.—Speaking in a slow, sometimes slurred voice, Jared Loughner admitted to killing six people and wounding 13 others, including former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, outside a grocery store near here last year.
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Associated Press, Arizona Republic, Scared Monkeys, New York Times, Bob Owens, Newsy and Clayton Cramer's Blog
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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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Newsy, JOSHUAPUNDIT, The PJ Tatler, Right Wing News, Pat Dollard, americanthinker.com and BBC
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