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David Corn / Mother Jones:
SECRET VIDEO: Romney Tells Millionaire Donors What He REALLY Thinks of Obama Voters — When he doesn't know a camera's rolling, the GOP candidate shows his disdain for half of America. — During a private fundraiser earlier this year, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told …
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Video: Barack Obama Voters ‘Dependent On Government’ … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Video, Mitt Romney Video, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney China Factory Video, Mitt Romney Fundraiser, Mitt Romney Fundraiser Video, Romney Born In America Video …
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CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, ABCNEWS, Jack & Jill Politics and The Hinterland Gazette
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Romney: I'll never convince Obama voters to take responsibility for their lives — The Huffington Post and Mother Jones both post audio of what may be a blockbuster moment: Mitt Romney telling a private fundraiser that 47 percent of the American people — the voters who can be counted on to vote for Obama …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Campaign Responds To Hidden Video: ‘Mitt Romney wants to help all Americans’
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ThinkProgress, Daily Kos and US Politics
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Middle East Turmoil Closely Followed; Romney's Comments Viewed Negatively — OVERVIEW — About four-in-ten Americans (43%) have followed news about the attacks on U.S. embassies in the Middle East and the killing of an American ambassador very closely, making it by far the most closely followed foreign news story of the year.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
GOP Congressman Blows Up At CNN Host: 'I Don't Care What Fact Check Says,' Obama Apologizes For America! — During an appearance on CNN's Starting Point on Monday, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) could not explain when President Obama “apologized” for the United States, despite repeatedly claiming that he went on an …
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Booman Tribune and The Raw Story
Politico:
Mitt Romney abruptly shifts strategy — Mitt Romney, sensing an opening in the Middle East mess and catching flak from conservatives for giving too little detail about his policy plans, is rolling out a new and broader strategy to make the election a referendum on “status quo versus change …
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Romney's ‘New’ Campaign Strategy Isn't Actually New
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Washington Monthly, Business Week, Swampland and Financial Times
Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Newsweek Publishes Islamophobic ‘Muslim Rage’ Cover In Response To Embassy Attacks — Anti-Islam rhetoric in the United States has heated up this week in the wake of the violent protests in the Middle East. MSNBC's Joe Scarborough joined in the backlash this morning, saying …
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Max Read / Gawker:
13 Powerful Images of Muslim Rage — “MUSLIM RAGE,” screams Newsweek's new cover story about last week's violent anti-American protests. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the well-known anti-Islam activist, is here to tell “us” (The_West) how to “end it.” And it's true, isn't it? All Muslims are constantly raging about everything.
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Joe Scarborough On The Entire Muslim World: ‘They Hate Us Because Of Their Religion’
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Taylor Marsh and GILL REPORT
Matthew Lee / bigstory.ap.org:
US DIPLOMATS IN BEIRUT BURNING CLASSIFIED MATERIAL — You are here — Home » United States government » US diplomats in Beirut burning classified material — WASHINGTON (AP) — Diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut have started to destroy classified material …
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Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
Gretchen Carlson Appears To Get Pranked In Interview With ‘Former Obama Supporter’ — Fox & Friends host Gretchen Carlson had to contend with a truly awkward moment Monday morning as she attempted to get through an interview with Max Rice, a man described as a recent college grad …
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Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:
Twentysomething Embarrasses Fox & Friends, Himself [Updated] — Many a bong circle has come up with the brilliant idea of tricking Fox News into hosting a loudmouth liberal under false pretenses. That will show 'em! The reality was far more painful to watch this morning on Fox & Friends …
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Politico, JIMROMENESKO.COM and Talking Points Memo, more at Mediagazer »
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Pictures That Change Elections? — Remember this infamous photo of the Elian Gonzalez raid in April 2000? It may well have cost Al Gore the election because of its effect on Cuban voters in Florida: — Well, this equally infamous photo ought to cost Obama this election:
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Mother Jones
William Spain / MarketWatch:
General Motors pushing U.S. to sell stake: report … CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — The Treasury Department is resisting General Motors' push for the government to sell off its stake in the auto maker, The Wall Street Journal reports. Following a $50 billion bailout in 2009, the U.S. taxpayers now own almost 27% of the company.
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Political Watch, iOwnTheWorld.com, Pat Dollard, The Lonely Conservative, Jammie Wearing Fools and The PJ Tatler
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Eric Kleefeld / Talking Points Memo:
Todd Akin's Wife Compares GOP Abandonment to Rape, Tyranny — Rep. Todd Akin's wife, Lulli Akin, says the Republican Party's attempts to push her husband out of the Missouri Senate race — over his false assertion that women who are raped rarely get pregnant — are like rape itself.
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The Other McCain, Show Me Progress, New York Magazine, Daily Kos, The Raw Story and Balloon Juice
David Brody / The Brody File:
Paul Ryan Exclusive: Explains Why Romney Campaign Won't Reveal Tax Loopholes — Below is part of The Brody File exclusive interview with vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan. The interview was done Friday at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C. — Mandatory Courtesy: CBN News/The Brody File
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Ryan stays mum on tax-plan details, says ticket will cement details with Congress
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Reuters, Washington Monthly and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Strange Fragging of Stu Stevens — The big DC water-cooler item today is the classic Politico insider account of the “disarray” in the Romney campaign, penned by Allen and VandeHei. It's more or less a demolition of campaign majordomo Stu Stevens, who is blamed for a serial botching …
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Politico, Slate, Spectator, Mother Jones and The Reality-Based Community
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Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Fighter jets in Democratic convention's military montage were Turkish, not American — The Democratic Party's national convention in Charlotte, N.C. may have doubled down on insulting the U.S. military community. — The Democratic National Committee has already apologized for using a photo …
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Michelle Malkin, Weasel Zippers, Instapundit and iOwnTheWorld.com
ABCNEWS:
Viral Video Splices Obama 'You Didn't Build That' With M.C. Hammer — A new well-produced, mash-up Internet video marries President Obama's controversial “You didn't build that” statement with M.C. Hammer's “U Can't Touch This.” — The result, “U Didn't Build That by MC 'Bama,” …
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Mediaite, Gawker and The PJ Tatler
Datechguy / Datechguy's Blog:
Demoralized as Hell, The poll the media isn't talking about edition — For the last two weeks we have been treated to the narrative that Barack Obama is surging at the polls, Mitt Romney is in trouble and unless there is a massive change in direction it is all over. — Simply put this is a lie.
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BREITBART.COM, Guardian, PoliPundit.com and Doug Ross
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
The CIA's Secret Weapons — In an unauthorized account of the raid on Osama bin Laden, a Navy SEAL revealed that the intelligence analyst who led his team was a woman—and there are plenty more like her in the ranks. Eli Lake reveals the world of the superstar female agents of the CIA.
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Power Line and The Daily Beast
cbpp.org:
Misconceptions and Realities About Who Pays Taxes — Executive Summary — Close to half of U.S. households currently do not owe federal income tax. The Urban Institute-Brookings Tax Policy Center estimates that 46 percent of households will owe no federal income tax for 2011.
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Hullabaloo, The Raw Story and Paul Krugman
Us Weekly:
Exclusive: First Lady Michelle Obama: 5 Things You Don't Know About Me — Fried Twinkies? Kiss-Cam love? Bo's sleeping arrangements? — First Lady Michelle Obama — wife to President Barack Obama, 51, and mom to Sasha, 11, and Malia, 14 — recently shared little-known facts about herself exclusively to Us Weekly.
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