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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.
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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 …
BBC:
American dies in Libya protests — Rallies were also held outside the US embassy in the Egyptian capital, Cairo — A US official has been killed and others wounded after militiamen stormed the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi, security officials say.
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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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Sky News:
US Official Killed In Libya Prophet Protest
US Official Killed In Libya Prophet Protest
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Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys, The Lonely Conservative and Jammie Wearing Fools
Washington Post:
Protesters attack U.S. Embassy in Cairo, consulate in Libya
Protesters attack U.S. Embassy in Cairo, consulate in Libya
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Associated Press, Weasel Zippers and The Heritage Foundation
english.ahram.org.eg:
UPDATED: Mob sets fire to US consulate in Benghazi: witness
UPDATED: Mob sets fire to US consulate in Benghazi: witness
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The Other McCain
Max Fisher / The Atlantic Online:
The Movie So Offensive That Egyptians Just Stormed the U.S. Embassy Over It
The Movie So Offensive That Egyptians Just Stormed the U.S. Embassy Over It
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Tablet Magazine, Friendly Atheist, The New Civil Rights Movement, Joe. My. God. and Doug Ross
Nina Shea / National Review:
U.S. Embassy Favors Religious Feelings over Free Speech, Attacked Anyway
U.S. Embassy Favors Religious Feelings over Free Speech, Attacked Anyway
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The Gateway Pundit, American Spectator and Hot Air
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
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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:
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BuzzFeed:
Ann Romney Declines Invitation To Value Voters Summit — After program confusion, the campaign confirms she declined the invitation. Avoiding a risk of turning the popular spouse into a divisive figure. (Updated.) — Image by Evan Vucci / AP — ABOARD THE ROMNEY PLANE …
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Good As You and The New Civil Rights Movement
Josh Glasstetter / rightwingwatch.org:
Ann Romney Booked for Gay-Bashing Conference? — Ann Romney, the person tasked with humanizing her husband Mitt, is apparently scheduled to address a conference that dehumanizes others. I'm talking about the Values Voter Summit, which is hosted and sponsored by three Southern Poverty Law …
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
LGBT Allies Discourage Lawmakers From Participating In Values Voters Conference
LGBT Allies Discourage Lawmakers From Participating In Values Voters Conference
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Advocate
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 …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Scarborough: ‘I have no plans to run in 2016’
Scarborough: ‘I have no plans to run in 2016’
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Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
How much do Chicago teachers make? — From left, students Labaron Scott, 10, Jalen Reed, 9, and Christian Robinson, 9, show support for Chicago teachers. (Reuters) — Monday, I passed along the Chicago Public Schools' estimate of the mean teacher salary, which is $74,839.
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Kara Spak / Chicago Sun Times:
Poll: 47% of Chicago registered voters support teachers in strike
Poll: 47% of Chicago registered voters support teachers in strike
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Daily Kos, Taylor Marsh and Progressive Change …
ABCNEWS:
Paul Ryan on Chicago Teachers' Strike: ‘We Stand with Mayor Rahm Emanuel’
Paul Ryan on Chicago Teachers' Strike: ‘We Stand with Mayor Rahm Emanuel’
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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.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Daily Kos, BuzzFeed, The Moderate Voice, Washington Post and Election 2012
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Gets Three-Point Convention Bounce — Now leads Romney by six percentage points, 50% to 44% — PRINCETON, NJ — President Barack Obama got a modest bump in support immediately after last week's Democratic National Convention, with 50% of registered voters now saying they would vote …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
New Obama campaign ad calls Romney ‘dangerous’ for women's health
New Obama campaign ad calls Romney ‘dangerous’ for women's health
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Politico
Brad Plumer / Washington Post:
Ten takeaways from the new Post/ABC poll
Ten takeaways from the new Post/ABC poll
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The Fix, Examiner, New York Magazine, ABCNEWS and The Reality-Based Community
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Colorado Secretary of State Gives Up On Voter Purge — Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler (R) has decided not to pursue a voter purge he initiated by sending letters asking almost 4,000 voters to prove their citizenship. After 482 people responded with proof and almost 90 percent …
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 …
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Janet Hook / Washington Wire:
Ryan Asks Wisconsin to Vote for Him, Twice
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Bill Clinton's explanation tour begins — MIAMI - Professor Bill Clinton's explaining stuff tour began here with a sober dissertation on the 2012 election. — Speaking from notes but without a prepared text, Clinton delivered a 41-minute tour through President Barack Obama's track record …
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CNN
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.
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The Hinterland Gazette, The Political Carnival and New York Magazine
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner ‘not confident’ that Congress, Obama will strike debt deal — House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Tuesday said he was “not confident at all” that Congress and the White House could strike a major debt deal, hours after Moody's threatened a credit downgrade next year absent an agreement.
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Richard Cowan / Reuters:
House Speaker Boehner says not confident about fiscal cliff
House Speaker Boehner says not confident about fiscal cliff
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Politico and Firedoglake
ABCNEWS:
Obama Chat with ‘Pimp with the Limp’ DJ Laz Airs on 9/11 Morn — President Obama was heard on the South Florida airwaves this 9/11 Anniversary morning in a 10-minute radio interview with Miami's “Pimp with the Limp” DJ Laz from 106.7 WRMA-FM. — “You're big time.
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Power Line, The Hill and Election 2012
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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Florida Sheriff Jokes About Using His Political Opponents As Target Practice — By some accounts, Sheriff Larry Campbell has the run of Leon County, Florida — population 277,971. One resident of the area told ThinkProgress that Campbell once got in a bar fight, had his buddies arrest …
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Tallahassee Democrat, Crooks and Liars and ElectWomen
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.”
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Mother Jones, Washington Monthly, The Reaction, The Daily Beast and First Read