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4:10 AM ET, September 5, 2012

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BuzzFeed:
“Government Is The Only Thing We All Belong To”  —  A provocative line in a DNC video.  UPDATE: Obama campaign disclaims.  —  Source: youtube.com  —  The Democratic National Convention has signaled from the start an unapologetic, and at times, confrontational, liberalism …
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Associated Press:
Some Obama Programs Embellished by Democrats  —  Speakers at the Democratic National Convention portrayed President Barack Obama's presidency in glowing terms Tuesday evening, but sometimes left out important details or embellished his record.  —  Others mischaracterized programs backed …
Discussion: Politico and ABC15 Arizona
Alicia M. Cohn / Twitter Room:
Obama, with daughters, watches first lady speak to convention  —  President Obama watched the first lady speak on the first night of the Democratic National Convention from the White House, with their daughters.  —  He shared a photo of the three in a tweet.
Liz Goodwin / Yahoo! News:
More Occupiers protest Democratic convention than RNC
ABCNEWS:
Transcript: Michelle Obama's Democratic Convention Speech  —  Below is the full transcript, as prepared for delivery, of First Lady Michelle Obama's speech to the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night.  —  Thank you so much, Elaine...we are so grateful for your family's service and sacrifice …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Democratic Convention Opens With Pitch to Middle Class
Discussion: Newsy and The Caucus
David Brody / The Brody File:
Exclusive: Democrats Drop ‘God’ From Party Platform  —  Guess what?  God's name has been removed from the Democratic National Committee platform.  —  This is the paragraph that was in the 2008 platform:  —  “We need a government that stands up for the hopes, values, and interests of working people …
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Strickland: “Mitt Romney Has So Little Economic Patriotism That Even His Money Needs A Passport”  —  Ohio's Strickland raies the volume.  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland launched into a brutal assault on Mitt Romney Tuesday night on the opening night of the Democratic Convention …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Democrats Whooping It Up  —  Before beginning the live blog, thought I'd mention for those of you who haven't been around the tube or innertubes that Democrats have not been shy about laying the wood to Romney on the first afternoon.  I only caught part of it, but even the Ted Kennedy Tribute film …
Peter Nicholas / Washington Wire:
Kennedy Tribute Video Takes on Romney  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Democrats paid tribute to one of the party's icons, the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, in a video presentation that also took a swipe at Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.  —  On the opening night of their convention …
CNN:
CNN Poll: Did Romney get a convention bounce?  —  Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) - It's the question everyone's asking: Did Mitt Romney get a bounce out of last week's Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida?  —  According to a new national poll released Tuesday …
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Paul Ryan / CNN:
Ryan muddles origin of Reagan's ‘are you better off’ line  —  Westlake, Ohio (CNN) - Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan has been readily quoting Ronald Reagan's famous “are you better off” line this week but Tuesday he misstated when and where the Gipper made his remark.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sept. 3: Par or Bogey?
Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Democrats Retreat on Civil Liberties in 2012 Platform  —  What a difference four years makes.  —  In 2008, Democrats were eager to draw a contrast with what they then portrayed as Republican excesses in the fight against Al Qaeda.  Since then, the Obama administration has in many cases continued …
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
DWS attacks Examiner for ‘deliberately’ misquoting her, but here's the audio … CHARLOTTE - Earlier this evening, in an appearance on Fox News, Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz accused the Washington Examiner of “deliberately” misquoting her comments claiming …
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Israeli ambassador called GOP “dangerous for Israel” … CHARLOTTE - Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz claimed on Monday that Israel's ambassador to the United States has accused Republicans of being “dangerous” to Israel by criticizing President Obama's record.
Greg Wilson / Fox News:
US debt tops $16 trillion: So who do we owe most of that money to? … The national debt topped $16 trillion on Tuesday, adding fuel to Republicans' criticisms of President Obama's deficit spending just as the Democrats are kicking off their national convention.
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Damian Paletta / Washington Wire:
U.S. Debt Now Exceeds $16 Trillion
Josh Ong / The Next Web:
Here's how to check if your Apple device UDID has been compromised by the AntiSec leak  —  If you're worried that you might own one of the 1 million Apple devices that have had their UDIDs leaked by AntiSec, reportedly from a breach of an FBI agent's laptop, our rockstar tech team has put together a tool to help you check.
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cortesi:
The UDID leak is a privacy catastrophe
Discussion: TechCrunch and VentureBeat
Gizmodo:
AntiSec Leaks 1 Million Apple Device IDs Obtained During FBI Breach (Updated)
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Obama's Popularity Dips Underwater; For Romney, a Faint Favorability Bounce  —  Click HERE for continuous livestreaming coverage of the Democratic National Convention.  —  Barack Obama approaches his nomination for a second term with the lowest pre-convention personal popularity …
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
The night Democrats reclaimed “Obamacare”  —  There's been a major development in health-care politics over the last few months.  The Obama administration and the Republicans came to an agreement on health reform.  Not the law itself — they're still at each other's throats over that.
Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan claims Obama makes Carter looks like the ‘good old days.’ Not so much.  —  “Simply put, the Jimmy Carter years look like the good old days compared to where we are right now,” Paul Ryan quipped to a crowd at East Carolina University on Sunday night.
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Talking Points Memo:
Barney Frank: In Crisis Time, Dems Worked With Bush - But GOP Shunned Obama  —  Appearing on CNN during the opening night of the Democratic convention, retiring longtime Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) argued that his party was willing to help President Bush weather the 2008 economic crisis …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
 
 
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Labor Day marchers push for workers' rights
Bill Vlasic / New York Times:
Auto Sales for August Jumped 20%, Despite Rising Price of Gas
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Daily Mail:
Democrats set to move Obama's big speech from 74,000-seater outdoor stadium to 20,000-seater indoor arena
 

 
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