memeorandum: Paul Ryan Used His Office To Profit From the Financial Crisis (Matthew Yglesias/Slate)

8:00 PM ET, August 13, 2012

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Catalina Camia / USA Today:

USAT/Gallup Poll: Paul Ryan gets low marks for VP — Americans don't believe Mitt Romney hit a home run with his choice of Paul Ryan as a running mate, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, with more of the public giving him lower marks than high ones. — Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman …

Matthew Yglesias / Slate:

Paul Ryan Used His Office To Profit From the Financial Crisis — Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan, left, wipes away tears as he and presidential candidate Mitt Romney greet supporters during a campaign event on Sunday in Waukesha, Wis. — Let's put this in the “the real scandal is what's legal” file:

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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

Biden Invokes Paul Ryan's Deceased Father to Question VP Candidate's Values — Vice President Joe Biden invoked Paul Ryan's deceased father to question the Republican vice presidential candidate's values: — “My dad used to have another saying, for real,” Biden said.

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Paul Krugman:

The Ryan Role — Mark Kleiman points us to a lamentable but revealing column by William Saletan, which illustrates perfectly how the essentially ludicrous Paul Ryan has gotten so far - namely, by playing to the gullibility of self-proclaimed centrists, who want to show their “balance” by finding a conservative to praise.

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Eric Platt / Business Insider:

Paul Ryan's Bank Transactions Were Not Insider Trading — Republican Vice Presidential Pick Paul Ryan sold shares in a number of financial companies including Citigroup, General Electric, Wachovia, and JP Morgan Chase on the same day as then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson …

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Matt Miller / Washington Post:
Understanding the Ryan plan

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Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan - and their Wives! - Open Up to PEOPLE

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Brad Plumer / Washington Post:
What Paul Ryan's budget actually cuts — and by how much

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BuzzFeed:
Romney Won't Say Where He Disagrees With Ryan On Medicare

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Alexandra Sifferlin / CNN:
Paul Ryan's workout: Is P90X for you?

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Josh Glasstetter / rightwingwatch.org:
Paul Ryan Featured Alongside ‘Former Terrorist’

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Jim Geraghty / National Review: The Very Predictable Playbook Against Paul Ryan

Charles Mahtesian / Politico:
Inside the Ryan budget pushback

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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: Everything you need to know about Paul Ryan

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Jon Cohen / Washington Post:
Positive views of Ryan jump higher after pick

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BuzzFeed:

Ryan Heckled At First Solo Event — A talk at the Iowa State Fair turns chaotic. Protester allegedly assaults volunteer. — Heckler at Ryan event in Des Moines, Iowa. — Source: p.twimg.com — DES MOINES, Iowa — Paul Ryan's remarks at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines today turned …

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Orlando Sentinel:

Romney campaign cancels Monday visit to Orlando — Although Mitt Romney was supposed to visit Orlando on Monday, the campaign announced late Sunday that the presumed Republican presidential nominee was too exhausted to make the trip. — The news came after Romney spent what one campaign official …

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Jon Bershad / Mediaite:

Paul Ryan's Iowa Speech Opens With Hecklers Getting Dragged Away And They Just Keep Coming — This Mediaite writer was in London for the past week (I was actually winning a bunch of medals. Most people don't realize that “Jon Bershad” is a pen name. I'm really an athlete.

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Katie Glueck / Politico:
DNC chief Debbie Wasserman Schultz: I know Priorities is Democratic

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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Mitt Romney cancels Florida campaign stop, citing exhaustion

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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Hecklers in Iowa disrupt Ryan's first solo campaign event

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Fox News:
Ryan takes on Obama in Iowa, as VP pick recharges campaign

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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Romney's presidential pick

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KBTX-TV:

Suspect in Custody, Shooting Near Highland and Fidelity Streets in College Station — News 3 crew on the scene has confirmed that more than one law enforcement officer has been shot in an incident near Fidelity Street in College Station. — A spokesperson for the College Station Police Department …

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CNN:

Multiple people shot near Texas A&M University — (CNN) — Police took a man into custody Monday after “multiple people” were shot near Texas A&M University, a police official said. — Several law enforcement officers were among the people shot, Rhonda Seaton of the College Station Police Department told CNN.

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Michael Graczyk / Associated Press:
Constable among 3 killed in shooting near A&M

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Jim Forsyth / Reuters: Multiple people, officers, shot near Texas A&M University

Matthew WAtkins / The Eagle:
1 officer killed in CS; suspect in custody

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

Presidential debate moderators announced — The Commission on Presidential Debates has decided on the moderators for this year's debates, sources confirm to POLITICO. — PBS's Jim Lehrer will host the first presidential debate on October 3 in Denver, Colo. CNN's Candy Crowley will host the second …

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Commission on Presidential Debates:
Format — The format for the debates, announced on July 25, 2012, will be:

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BuzzFeed:

New Senior Romney Advisor Called Ryan Entitlement Reform Plans “Irresponsible...A Bad Idea” — In the Bush years, Ryan wanted to go bigger on Social Security privatization. — Peter Wehner, a former aide to President George W. Bush announced he was joining the Romney campaign …

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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:

David Gregory, Do Your Freakin' Job! — Sweet Jesus, David Gregory, you have really shown that you are the most useless tool. — This is your show. You get paid enough money to be comfortably ensconced in the 1 percent. Do you think it would be too much effort for you to get off …

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David Shepardson / detroitnews.com:

Treasury: U.S. to lose $25 billion on auto bailout — Washington -The Treasury Department says in a new report the government expects to lose more than $25 billion on the $85 billion auto bailout. That's 15 percent higher than its previous forecast. — In a monthly report sent to Congress on Friday …

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Michael Moynihan / Foreign Policy:

Leftist Planet — Why do so many travel guides make excuses for dictators? — In 1933, as Joseph Stalin was busy purging his enemies and building a murderous cult of personality, the New York-based left-wing magazine the Nation advised readers interested in traveling to Moscow that Intourist …

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New York Post:

Anthony Wiener and wife move into $3.3M Manhattan apt. — Anthony Weiner's wife not only took him back, she took him back in style — moving with the shamed pol into a luxurious, $3.3 million Manhattan pad owned by a deep-pocketed Democratic donor, The Post has learned.

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