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12:45 AM ET, August 8, 2012

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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
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and The Hill
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House: Romney welfare attacks ‘blatantly dishonest’
Discussion: Reuters, Liberal Values and Politico
Sam Youngman / Reuters:
Romney opens attack on Obama over welfare law
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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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).
BuzzFeed:   Newsweek's Cover Is...A Bit Much Not inside: Does Phallic Imagery sell more mags?
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
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama slightly ahead in NC
Discussion: Firedoglake
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’
Discussion: The Other McCain and Hot Air
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Wanted: A Running Mate Who Will Fight Back, With Passion!
Discussion: Doug Ross and Hot Air
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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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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CNN:
Romney holds biggest fund-raiser in Iowa history
Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
The Koch Brothers Go After Zach Galifianakis and ‘The Campaign’
Discussion: 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.
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 …
Discussion: 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.
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.
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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Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
Judge Napolitano: Gov't Wrong Not To Label Ft. Hood ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Like Sikh Temple Shooting
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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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.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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.
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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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
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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The Official Google Blog:
The self-driving car logs more miles on new wheels
Discussion: New York Magazine and TechCrunch
CNN:
Close-knit mosque community shaken by fire
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:
Ed Lee drops stop-frisk plan amid uproar
Discussion: Capital New York
Noah Bierman / Boston Globe:
Elizabeth Warren backs off demand that Scott Brown release more tax returns
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org:
There He Goes Again: Brian Ross Highlights Shooter's Neo-Nazi Links as ‘Right-Wing’
Discussion: “The Lid” and The PJ Tatler
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Herman Cain Hopes Gas Prices Increase To Help Romney Win Presidency
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A Surprise in a Hot Dog Cart
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Bridget Willard / Twitchy:
Left, duped by Onion parody, condemns Michele Bachmann for reaction to shooting
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Emails: Geithner, Treasury drove cutoff of non-union Delphi workers' pensions
 

 
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Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart

Devin Gordon / New York Times:
AI in Hollywood is a tech leap with a vast impact but remains a tool, not a replacement, for creatives; its speed, quality, and cost allow for VFX breakthroughs

 
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