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7:50 PM ET, September 11, 2012

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Tamim Elyan / Reuters:

Egyptians angry at film scale U.S. embassy walls — (Reuters) - Egyptian protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy on Tuesday, tore down the American flag and burned it during a protest over what they said was a film being produced in the United States that insulted Prophet Mohammad.

Discussion: The Other McCain, nation.foxnews.com, Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler, The Daily Caller and New York Magazine

egypt.usembassy.gov:

U.S. Embassy Condemns Religious Incitement — The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims - as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11 …

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CNN:

Protesters storm U.S. Embassy in Cairo — Protesters pull down a U.S. flag during a protest in front of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Tuesday, September 11. Islamists, angered by a film they say defames the prophet Mohammed, scaled the walls of the embassy to tear down the U.S. flag and raise …

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BBC:

Gunmen storm Libya's US consulate — Militiamen in Libya have stormed the US consulate in Benghazi, the country's second largest city. — Reports say they were protesting against a US-made film that is allegedly insulting to the Prophet Muhammad, and set fire to the building.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

BBC:
Egyptians protest at US embassy over ‘insulting’ film

Discussion: Hit & Run

Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:

How Mitt Romney Is Losing The Debate Expectations Game — He's practicing hard, his aides say! Obama's camp pretends to panic. — Romney with Senator Rob Portman, who is playing President Barack Obama in debate prep, earlier this month. — Image by Brian Snyder / Reuters

Discussion: Mediaite, The American Conservative and GOP 12

Reuters:

The Kerry-ization of Mitt Romney — Mitt Romney is getting the full John Kerry treatment on national security — and some top Republicans are alarmed by what they see as his ham-handed response to it. — Romney — whose convention speech didn't include a salute to the troops or a reference to Afghanistan …

Discussion: Politico, CNN, Democracy in America, Weekly Standard, Daily Kos and Riehl World News

Jim VandeHei / Reuters:

GOP to Mitt Romney: You're so vague — Leading conservatives are offering blunt advice to Mitt Romney: Quit ducking details, start engaging in a real and specific war of ideas with President Barack Obama — or lose. — Here's just a sampling of the past 24 hours:

Discussion: CNN, Washington Post, The Next Web and Daily Kos

Brent Budowsky / Pundits Blog:
Romney's Osama bin Laden problem

Discussion: Politico and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Conservatives: Romney's Policy Secrecy Will Be His Downfall

Discussion: Washington Post, American Prospect, Los Angeles Times, Paul Krugman, Slate, The Hinterland Gazette, New York Times and Associated Press

Washington Post:

Among likely voters, Obama-Romney close — Last week's Democratic National Convention helped President Obama improve his standing against Republican Mitt Romney, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, but did little to reduce voter concern about his handling of the economy.

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Gets Three-Point Convention Bounce

Discussion: Ballot Box, The Hinterland Gazette, Firedoglake, Examiner, Election 2012 and The Caucus

Brad Plumer / Washington Post:
Ten takeaways from the new Post/ABC poll

Discussion: New York Magazine, Examiner and The Reality-Based Community

Rasmussen Reports:
Job Creation? 47% Trust Obama, 45% Romney

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Weekly Standard, Althouse and Taylor Marsh

SYS-CON MEDIA:
THE RACE IS ON; Obama's Lead Increases, Warren and Brown in Dead Heat

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Ballot Box and The Fix

Kara Spak / Chicago Sun Times:

Poll: 47% of Chicago registered voters support teachers in strike — Just under half of Chicago's registered voters support the Chicago Public Teachers strike in a 500 person poll taken Monday, and nearly three-quarters of those polled say Mayor Rahm Emanuel is doing an average, below average or poor job in handing the labor dispute.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Progressive Change …

Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
How much do Chicago teachers make? — From left, students …

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ABCNEWS:
Paul Ryan on Chicago Teachers' Strike: ‘We Stand with Mayor Rahm Emanuel’

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Disgusting... Chicago Teacher's Union Holds Protest Outside 9-11 Memorial

Discussion: EAGnews.org, Fire Andrea Mitchell! and The Jawa Report

Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Students are victims in Chicago fight over clout

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Vanity Fair:

MSNBC's Hot Ticket — By Douglas Brinkley Photograph by Mark Seliger — Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, photographed at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, in New York City. — Five years ago this month, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski began co-hosting MSNBC's savvy, caffeinated Morning Joe …

Discussion: TVNewser, Politico and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »

Dylan Byers / Politico:
Scarborough: ‘I have no plans to run in 2016’

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Kurt Eichenwald / New York Times:

Op-Ed Contributor: The Bush White House Was Deaf to 9/11 Warnings — IT was perhaps the most famous presidential briefing in history. — On Aug. 6, 2001, President George W. Bush received a classified review of the threats posed by Osama bin Laden and his terrorist network, Al Qaeda.

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Jamie Weinstein / The Daily Caller:
Cheney responds to Obama's reportedly poor intelligence briefings attendance

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Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
Cheney Smears Obama On 9/11, Claims He Took ‘Sole Credit’ For Bin Laden's Death

Discussion: PoliticusUSA, The Daily Caller, The Maddow Blog and The Hill

BuzzFeed:

Romney Has Given Two Version Of His 9/11 Experience — Romney's description of his 9/11 experience in a speech today differs in one detail from his recollection in his 2002 memoir. A Romney spokesman did not respond to a BuzzFeed request of clarification of how Romney learned of the attacks.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Washington Post, Daily Kos and Election 2012

Margot Roosevelt / Reuters:

Southern whites troubled by Romney's wealth, religion — (Reuters) - Sheryl Harris, a voluble 52-year-old with a Virginia drawl, voted twice for George W. Bush. Raised Baptist, she is convinced — despite all evidence to the contrary — that President Barack Obama, a practicing Christian, is Muslim.

Discussion: The Political Carnival, The Hinterland Gazette and New York Magazine

Brian Bakst / Associated Press:

GOP'S RYAN TO GO UP WITH TV ADS _ FOR HOUSE SEAT — HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan plans to begin airing ads in Wisconsin as he asks voters to elect him to an eighth House term that he hopes to never serve. — Contracts formalized Tuesday with at least …

Discussion: Firedoglake, Politico, The Huffington Post and First Read

Janet Hook / Washington Wire: Ryan Asks Wisconsin to Vote for Him, Twice

Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:

LGBT Allies Discourage Lawmakers From Participating In Values Voters Conference … Several prominent social justice groups, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, GLAAD, Human Rights Campaign, and National Council of La Raza, have sent a letter discouraging public officials from participating …

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Good As You and Advocate

Josh Glasstetter / rightwingwatch.org:
Ann Romney Booked for Gay-Bashing Conference?

Discussion: Towleroad News #gay, The Raw Story and The Heritage Foundation

Jennifer Epstein / Politico:

Biden recalls own loss while marking ‘bittersweet’ 9/11 anniversary — Vice President Joe Biden drew on the sorrow of his own personal losses as he addressed the memorial marking 11 years since United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a Pennsylvania field. — “It is a bittersweet moment …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jammie Wearing Fools

Justin Sink / The Hill:
Biden enjoys colorful barbecue with Shanksville firefighters

Discussion: Politico and CNN

Ezra Klein / Washington Post:

The economy (slightly) favors Obama, not Romney — “It is becoming clear that if President Obama is reelected, it will be despite the economy and because of his campaign,” writes Charlie Cook. “If Mitt Romney wins, it will be because of the economy and despite his campaign.”

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Reaction, Mother Jones, The Daily Beast and First Read

Richard Cowan / Reuters:

House Speaker Boehner says not confident about fiscal cliff — (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner voiced concern on Tuesday that a divided Washington may be unable to avoid a looming “fiscal cliff” at the end of this year that could push the country into a recession.

Discussion: Politico and Firedoglake

Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner ‘not confident’ that Congress, Obama will strike debt deal

Discussion: CNN

Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

NBC's ‘Today’ Skips 9/11 Moment Of Silence For Kardashian Interview — At 8:46 AM, in New York City and at the White House in Washington DC, there was a moment of silence to remember when the first plane hit the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. In New York, the NYPD, FDNY …

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Marc Caputo / Naked Politics:

Dolphins-dissing President Obama chats Pitbull, Medicare with ‘Pimp with the Limp’ DJ Laz — President Obama continues reaching out to non-traditional media to spread the campaign word, appearing in a pre-recorded interview that aired this morning on 106.7 FM with DJ Laz AKA “the pimp with the limp …

Discussion: Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, Washington Free Beacon, Weekly Standard and Jammie Wearing Fools

Jeremy Peters / The Caucus:

A Journalist With Rare Access to Obama Had to Play by Quote Rule — Michael Lewis, the best-selling author of “Moneyball” and “The Big Short,” was granted extraordinary access to President Obama for his latest article in Vanity Fair. — But with that access came one major condition.