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Rick Santorum: Conservatives Will “Never Have The Elite, Smart People On Our Side” — Santorum tells values voters to be wary of the media elite. — Image by Jason Reed / Reuters — WASHINGTON, DC — Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum attacked the media and “smart people” …
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Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Bachmann: Obama “most dangerous president” ever on foreign policy
Bachmann: Obama “most dangerous president” ever on foreign policy
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Outside the Beltway, Middle Earth Journal and The Daily Beast
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Chaos at the State Dept? — I spoke with a well-placed journalist last night whose sources describe the situation at the State Department in one word: “Chaos.” The working assumption is that several American embassies may have been penetrated, or are vulnerable to attack …
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Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
State Department: Stop asking us about the Benghazi attack — The State Department told reporters Friday afternoon that it won't answer any more questions about the Sept. 11 attack on the consulate in Benghazi that killed four Americans until the investigation into the incident is complete.
Michael Patrick Leahy / BREITBART.COM:
COLONEL: HILLARY MADE DECISION NOT TO POST MARINES AT BENGHAZI
COLONEL: HILLARY MADE DECISION NOT TO POST MARINES AT BENGHAZI
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Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
Diplomatic, western posts targeted repeatedly in Benghazi in run-up to deadly assault
Diplomatic, western posts targeted repeatedly in Benghazi in run-up to deadly assault
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Pat Dollard and Jammie Wearing Fools
Frank Gardner / BBC:
US consulate in Benghazi ‘did not have enough security’
US consulate in Benghazi ‘did not have enough security’
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The PJ Tatler, Riehl World News and Hot Air
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
ANTI-ISLAM FILMMAKER DONATED MILLION DOLLARS TO OBAMA CAMPAIGN — Blame the movie. — Blame the movie. — Blame the movie. — Even though “the movie” was on YouTube for months prior to the collective indignation of thousands of Middle Eastern Islamists all coming together …
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Lee Smith / Weekly Standard:
The Video Didn't Do It — It was bad enough, two years ago, that Defense Secretary Robert Gates called fringe Florida pastor Terry Jones to ask him not to burn copies of the Koran, or last week, that chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Martin Dempsey took his turn to call Jones to ask …
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Washington Examiner, Ed Driscoll and Power Line
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Obama: Slain diplomats represented ‘very best of our country’
Obama: Slain diplomats represented ‘very best of our country’
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New York Magazine, Politico and CNN
Agence France Presse:
Afghans burn Obama effigy at film demo
Afghans burn Obama effigy at film demo
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The Gateway Pundit, Riehl World News and BREITBART.COM
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
White House says ‘no intelligence’ could have been acted on to prevent attacks
White House says ‘no intelligence’ could have been acted on to prevent attacks
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Kimi Yoshino / L.A. NOW:
Alleged ‘Innocence of Muslims’ filmmaker taken in for interview — Just after midnight Saturday morning, authorities descended on the Cerritos home of the man believed to be the filmmaker behind the anti-Muslim movie that has sparked protests and rioting in the Muslim world.
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Alex Dobuzinskis / Reuters:
California man linked to anti-Islam film taken in for questioning
California man linked to anti-Islam film taken in for questioning
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Producer Of Anti-Islam Film Was Fed Snitch
Producer Of Anti-Islam Film Was Fed Snitch
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Doug Ross, No More Mister Nice Blog, CANNONFIRE, BBC, Newsy, Wired and Hit & Run
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Obama campaign takes on the ‘are you better off’ question — The Obama campaign is launching a new ad in the seven key swing states that directly takes on Mitt Romney's “are you better off” question: — It's a minute-long spot, which suggests this represents a major effort by the campaign …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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New York Times:
Obama Erases Romney's Edge on Economy, Poll Finds
Obama Erases Romney's Edge on Economy, Poll Finds
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The Moderate Voice, New York Magazine, Politico, Outside the Beltway, American Power, Prairie Weather, The Caucus and Taking Note
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Obama swing-state ad says voters better off than four years ago
Obama swing-state ad says voters better off than four years ago
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Philly.com:
Poll: Obama widens lead in Pennsylvania — President Obama, already ahead in Pennsylvania, received a small bump from the Democratic National Convention and now leads Mitt Romney in the state by 11 points, according to the Inquirer Pennsylvania Poll. — But with eight weeks left …
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The Hill, DownWithTyranny!, The Reaction and USA Today
John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
Don't Say “Desperate” — Muslim unrest has created a challenge for Obama and the nation—and a different kind of crisis for the Romney campaign. — One day this spring, over lunch in Chicago, David Axelrod offered up a concise summary of Team Obama's prevailing view about the race ahead against Mitt Romney.
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Washington Monthly, The Mahablog, Weekly Standard and The Impolitic
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Rep. Ryan: New Fed policy a ‘bailout’ for Obama economy — Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said the Federal Reserve's latest policy shift amounts to a “bailout” of the economy under President Obama. — Speaking at a campaign event in Oldsmar, Fla., Mitt Romney's vice presidential candidate lambasted …
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In CNN interview, Eastwood stands by RNC speech — (CNN) - Actor Clint Eastwood says he does not care about the reaction to his stand up routine at the Republican convention, which drew more attention on the night Mitt Romney accepted the presidential nomination.
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The Moderate Voice and The Hill
Tim Graham / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Propaganda Update: TV Networks Will Be Asked to Boost ObamaCare In Plots of Their Top Shows — Abby Goodnough of The New York Times is reporting as the California state government is setting up its ObamaCare exchange, the exchange has hired a PR firm (with federal government money).
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Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
California Tries to Guide the Way on Health Law
California Tries to Guide the Way on Health Law
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
House Republicans Plan Two Month Vacation, Leaving Key Bills Awaiting Action — House Republican Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) announced Friday that after next week, the House will stand in recess until November 13. His plan for a nearly two month vacation will undoubtedly allow more time for campaigning …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
ABCNEWS:
Is President Obama ‘Skipping’ Intelligence Briefings? — Conservative critics of President Obama are accusing him of “skipping” daily intelligence briefings throughout his first term and in the days leading up to this week's deadly attacks on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Libya.
BuzzFeed:
Obama Extends Lead With Jewish Voters — A heated Israel debate has little impact. — President Barack Obama is closing extending his lead with Jewish voters, leading among registered voters 70-25 percent according to unreleased Gallup daily tracking poll data .
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Richard D. Kahlenberg / The New Republic:
Can the Chicago Teachers' Strike Fix Democratic Education Reform? — In 1960, when Albert Shanker and other members of New York City's teachers union sought collective bargaining rights, they set a strike date for Monday November 7, the day prior to the presidential election between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
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