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Matt Rhoades / Barack Obama:
Letter from Jim Messina to Matt Rhoades — Dear Matt: — I am writing to ask again that the Governor release multiple years of tax returns, but also to make an offer that should address his concerns about the additional disclosures. Governor Romney apparently fears that the more he offers …
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Politico:
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan pursue united front strategy — Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan plan to campaign together again sooner than aides had originally planned, likely twice next week, as part of a new offensive to take on the touchy issue of Medicare, campaign officials tell POLITICO.
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First Read, Washington Post, Connecting.the.Dots, CNN and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Carol E. Lee / Washington Wire:
Obama Campaign Asks Romney for 5 Years of Tax Returns
Obama Campaign Asks Romney for 5 Years of Tax Returns
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GOP 12
CNN:
TRENDING: Obama camp: Let's make a deal on tax returns. Romney camp: No.
TRENDING: Obama camp: Let's make a deal on tax returns. Romney camp: No.
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CANNONFIRE and Outside the Beltway
Charles Babington / Associated Press:
Obama campaign offers Romney 5-year tax disclosure
Obama campaign offers Romney 5-year tax disclosure
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UrbanGrounds, The PJ Tatler and Riehl World View
Tom Morello / Rolling Stone:
‘Paul Ryan Is the Embodiment of the Machine Our Music Rages Against’
‘Paul Ryan Is the Embodiment of the Machine Our Music Rages Against’
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Influence Alley, Cognitive Dissidence, Mediaite, The Raw Story and Hit & Run
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Messina writes Rhoades on Romney taxes
David Jackson / USA Today:
Romney declines Obama deal on tax return releases
Romney declines Obama deal on tax return releases
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Michelle Malkin and American Spectator
Paul Ryan / CNN:
CNN Electoral Map: Wisconsin moves to true “toss up”
CNN Electoral Map: Wisconsin moves to true “toss up”
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BBC:
Pussy Riot members jailed for two years for hooliganism — Judge Marina Syrova: “These three plus others... plotted together to undermine civil order, motivated by religious hatred” — Three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot have been jailed for two years after staging an anti-Vladimir Putin protest in a Moscow cathedral.
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Russian Punk Band Is Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Anti-Putin Stunt — MOSCOW — A Moscow judge handed down stiff prison sentences of two years on Friday afternoon for three young women who staged a protest against Vladimir V. Putin in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior last February …
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Hit & Run, News Desk, Washington Free Beacon, The Lede and Althouse
CBS News:
Russian female punk band Pussy Riot found guilty of hooliganism over Putin protest at church site
Russian female punk band Pussy Riot found guilty of hooliganism over Putin protest at church site
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CBS Chicago, The Jawa Report, Instapundit and Algemeiner.com
Marcin Sobczyk / Emerging Europe Real Time:
Russian Punk Band Members Get Two Years in Prison
Russian Punk Band Members Get Two Years in Prison
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com
Shiv Malik / Guardian:
Pussy Riot found guilty - live blog
Pussy Riot found guilty - live blog
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Firedoglake, Washington Monthly, PinkNews.co.uk, Media Decoder and The Awl
Christopher Bedford / The Daily Caller:
Biden's ‘good friend,’ donor receives $20M federal loan to open foreign luxury car dealership in Ukraine — In late July, John Hynansky — a longtime friend of Vice President Joe Biden, and a major donor to Biden's campaigns as well as President Barack Obama's — was awarded a $20 million taxpayer loan …
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Betsy's Page and Cold Fury
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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
‘The Amateur’ author Ed Klein: Hillary dismissed VP possibility two weeks ago
‘The Amateur’ author Ed Klein: Hillary dismissed VP possibility two weeks ago
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Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Biden sent home to Delaware to start weekend early
Biden sent home to Delaware to start weekend early
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Power Line, The Lonely Conservative, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and iOwnTheWorld.com
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Family Research Council head puts blame on Law Center — Family Research Council president Tony Perkins on Thursday said the shooting at the conservative Christian organization's Washington, D.C., headquarters was an act of terrorism and he accused the Southern Poverty Law Center of fostering …
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Washington Monthly, GLAA Forum, Associated Press, BuzzFeed and The Daily Caller
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Hateful speech on hate groups
Hateful speech on hate groups
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Steve Rothaus' Gay …, The Heritage Foundation and Holy Bullies …
Gregory J. Krieg / ABCNEWS:
Presented With Letters, Ryan Admits Requesting Stimulus Cash — After repeated denials, Paul Ryan has admitted he requested stimulus cash even after sharply criticizing the program. — Ryan had denied doing so as recently as Wednesday, when he spoke to ABC's Cincinnati affiliate, WCPO, in Ohio.
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p m carpenter's commentary, PoliticusUSA and The Hinterland Gazette
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WCPO-TV:
9 News sits down with VP candidate Paul Ryan
9 News sits down with VP candidate Paul Ryan
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Washington Post, CNN, Daily Kos, Washington Wire, CBS DC, The Huffington Post, ThinkProgress and Business Insider
Trip Gabriel / The Caucus:
Ryan Says Requesting Stimulus Funds Was a Mistake
Ryan Says Requesting Stimulus Funds Was a Mistake
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Boston Globe, CBS Boston, The Maddow Blog, First Read, New York Magazine and Daily Kos
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Romney's present, Ryan's future — Vice-presidential picks are always judged by their effect on the coming election. They rarely have any. — They haven't had a decisive influence since Lyndon Johnson carried Texas for John Kennedy in 1960. (That and Illinois put Kennedy over the top.)
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Carl Hulse / The Caucus:
And Playing the Role of Paul Ryan ...
And Playing the Role of Paul Ryan ...
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Los Angeles Times, The Fix, Washington Post, First Read, Influence Alley and New York Times
David Simon:
Mitt Romney paid taxes at a rate of at least 13 percent. And he's proud to say so. — Can we stand back and pause a short minute to take in the spectacle of a man who wants to be President of The United States, who wants us to seriously regard him as a paragon of the American civic ideal …
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Matthew Mosk / ABCNEWS:
Secret ‘Menu’ Details Perks for Big Democratic Donors — Those seeking invites to the most lavish receptions at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, “gold ticket” access to “dialogues,” and private breakfast briefings with party luminaries, can expect a hefty price of admission.
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Weekly Standard
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Obama's betrayal — In the innocent, bygone days of February, President Obama told NBC News that the campaign would get negative against him, but provided this assurance: “I think that you will be able to see how we conduct ourselves in the campaign. I think it will be consistent …
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Cafe Hayek and p m carpenter's commentary
Jen Chung / Gothamist:
Islamophobic Billboard At Metro-North Station Encourages Hatred, Says Local Pol — On the heels of a pro-Palestine ad at Metro-North stations and a judge ruling that the MTA shouldn't have rejected Islamophobic pro-Israel ads is a new poster controversy: At the Hartsdale Metro-North station …
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New York Magazine and Atlas Shrugs
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Exclusive: White House studying potential oil reserve release — (Reuters) - The White House is “dusting off old plans” for a potential release of oil reserves to dampen prices and prevent high energy costs from undermining sanctions against Iran, a source with knowledge of the situation said on Thursday.
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Weekly Standard, Business Insider, The Hill, americanthinker.com and 24/7 Wall St.
TMZ.com:
Paul Ryan — THE TOPLESS PHOTO — THE TOPLESS PHOTO — EXCLUSIVE — Here it is ... the very first photo of Paul Ryan's mysterious athletic physique ... REVEALED!!! — TMZ has (finally) obtained a photo of Mitt Romney's running mate — sans shirt — taken roughly 6 years ago ... right before Ryan got hooked on the P90X workout.
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The Hill, FishbowlDC, GOP 12 and New York Magazine
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
MSNBC's Touré: Romney Engaging In The ‘Niggerization’ Of Obama — On Thursday's edition of MSNBC's The Cycle the group discussed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's assertion that President Obama should “take [his] campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago.”
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protein wisdom, Taylor Marsh and Hot Air
BBC:
Moscow bans gay pride for century — Nikolay Alexeyev has been campaigning for years for the right to stage gay parades in Russia — Moscow's top court has upheld a ban on gay pride marches in the Russian capital for the next 100 years. — Earlier Russia's best-known gay rights campaigner …
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ThinkProgress, The Raw Story, Towleroad News #gay and Outside the Beltway