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Sen. Scott Brown staffers caught on video chanting Indian war whoops, making tomahawk chops — Rally video surfaces after campaigns release ads about Warren's heritage — Staffers for Sen. Scott Brown chanted Indian “war whoops” and made “tomahawk chops” during a rally for the Republican senator this week in Boston.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Really, Scott Brown? — I've been wondering about this for a few days. Scott Brown has made the ‘controversy’ over Elizabeth Warren's purported Native American heritage a centerpiece of the final lap of the campaign. Indeed, his staffers went so far today as to taunt Warren with “tomahawk chops” mocking her claims.
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Blue Mass Group
Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
Dems: GOP staffers mocked Warren with chants, ‘chops’
Dems: GOP staffers mocked Warren with chants, ‘chops’
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New York Magazine, Balloon Juice and The Fix
Charley-On-The-Mta / Blue Mass Group:
Scott Brown staffers do “Indian war whoop”, “tomahawk chop” - YouTube
Scott Brown staffers do “Indian war whoop”, “tomahawk chop” - YouTube
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Ballot Box, Mother Jones, The Daily Caller, Gawker, Election 2012, Business Insider, WBUR, The Fix and ABCNEWS
Eric Kleefeld / Talking Points Memo:
Warren Ad: Scott Brown ‘Attacking My Family’ On Native American Claims
Warren Ad: Scott Brown ‘Attacking My Family’ On Native American Claims
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Crooks and Liars
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Racial Politics: Scott Brown Staffers Mock Warren With ‘Tomahawk Chop’ And ‘War Whoop’
Racial Politics: Scott Brown Staffers Mock Warren With ‘Tomahawk Chop’ And ‘War Whoop’
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Mediaite and Election 2012
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan Demands Return Of Unionized NFL Referees: ‘It Is Time To Get The Real Refs’ — The Green Bay Packers lost on a controversial last-second play that was ruled incorrectly by scab officials Monday night, leading Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan (also from Wisconsin) …
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Mediaite, The Stranger …, The Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
WH on Bad Call at Football Game: ‘Pressing Matter,’ ‘Astounding’ and ‘Very Distressing’
WH on Bad Call at Football Game: ‘Pressing Matter,’ ‘Astounding’ and ‘Very Distressing’
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Hot Air, Jammie Wearing Fools, ESPN, Poynter and BuzzFeed, more at Mediagazer »
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Bill Clinton: NFL refs blew the call!
Bill Clinton: NFL refs blew the call!
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ThinkProgress, New York Magazine, Truthdig, JSOnline and NBC 10 Philadelphia
Steve Benen / Associated Press:
Scott Walker discovers the value of union workers
Scott Walker discovers the value of union workers
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Washington Wire, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Booman Tribune
New York Times:
Obama's Speech to the United Nations General Assembly — Text — Following is a text of President Obama's speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, as released by the White House: — Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentleman …
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Congressman Allen West / Facebook:
The President continues to offer up apologies....When tolerance becomes a one way street it leads to cultural suicide... In his speech today to the United Nations, President Obama stated six times that the attacks across the Islamic world are attributed to a silly video.
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Politico, BuzzFeed, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, Reuters and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
President Obama's 2012 address to U.N. General Assembly (Full text) — Video: President Obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York Tuesday, urging leaders to condemn the violence over an anti-Muslim film in the Middle East that led to the death of U.S. ambassador to Libya.
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Washington Times, Wall Street Journal, Hit & Run, The Week, CNN, New York Times, Wake up America, The Heritage Foundation, Radio Iowa and ABCNEWS
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
U.S. President Speaks to U.N. About YouTube Video Posted in June by Southern Californian
U.S. President Speaks to U.N. About YouTube Video Posted in June by Southern Californian
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The Gateway Pundit
David Ariosto / CNN:
Obama confronts Iran, Syria; UNGA debate opens
Obama confronts Iran, Syria; UNGA debate opens
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Newsy, This Just In, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
Washington Post:
Washington Post polls: Obama lead in Ohio, edge in Fla. hamper Romney path to victory — President Obama has grabbed a significant lead over former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney in Ohio and holds a slender edge in Florida, according to two new polls by The Washington Post.
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BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Challenges The Polls — Adviser says internal polling says the race is much tighter than the public polls suggests. “We are, by any stretch, within the margin of error in Ohio,” says Beeson. — Image by Brian Snyder / Reuters — DAYTON, Ohio — Amid a flurry …
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The Fix, AEIdeas, Washington Post, Election 2012 and CANNONFIRE
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Romney's problem: Ohio, Ohio, Ohio — Of all the hurdles in Mitt Romney's path, there is none as daunting - or as alarming to other members of his party - as the state of Ohio. — This morning's Washington Post poll found Obama leading Romney by 8 points in the Buckeye State.
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CNN, First Read, Washington Post, The New Republic, American Prospect, Outside the Beltway and The Other McCain
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Madonna strips for Obama, offers profanity-laced endorsement — Madonna offered a profanity-laced endorsement of President Obama at her concert Monday night, which involved the singer stripping down to her underwear to reveal the president's name written on her body.
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The PJ Tatler, NewsBusters.org blogs, The Daily Caller and The Lonely Conservative
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Kia Makarechi / The Huffington Post:
Madonna: Obama Is ‘A Black Muslim In The White House,’ Deserves Votes (VIDEO)
Madonna: Obama Is ‘A Black Muslim In The White House,’ Deserves Votes (VIDEO)
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Angry Black Lady Chronicles and The Raw Story
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama meets (briefly) with Yemeni president, UN chief
Obama meets (briefly) with Yemeni president, UN chief
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Algemeiner.com
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Conservative Mind — When I joined the staff of National Review as a lowly associate in 1984, the magazine, and the conservative movement itself, was a fusion of two different mentalities. — On the one side, there were the economic conservatives. These were people that anybody …
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RedState, driftglass, Washington Examiner, Booman Tribune, Right Wing Nut House, The Agonist, Taylor Marsh, Marbury and Prairie Weather
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New York Post:
Anti-Muslim posters spark subway fears — The NYPD ramped up security at 10 subway stations yesterday after the MTA was forced to install a controversial ad campaign branding enemies of Israel “savages,” sources told The Post. — The 46- by 30-inch ads — which the MTA unsuccessfully tried to block …
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Joe. My. God., Atlas Shrugs, Gothamist and New York Magazine
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Philip Weiss / Mondoweiss:
‘Savage’ NY subway ads get a make-over- revealing their true character
‘Savage’ NY subway ads get a make-over- revealing their true character
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Jihad Watch, Mediaite, Colorlines, The New Republic, Feministing and Gawker
Alex Pareene / Salon:
The website where Mitt Romney's winning in a landslide — At UnSkewed Polls, “liberal media bias” is removed from every survey that shows Obama ahead. Guess who wins? — I present UnSkewedPolls.com, the best new website on the political Internet. UnSkewed Polls finally removes the …
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Rumproast, Business Insider, Examiner and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
GOP takes aim at ‘skewed’ polls — The Romney campaign and other Republicans say polls showing President Obama with a significant lead over their candidate are inaccurate. — They argue many mainstream polls skew in Obama's favor because of sample sizes that base 2012 turnout projections on 2008 …
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Dan Amira / New York Magazine:
Mitt Romney Was Joking About Airplane Windows — The internet was tickled silly yesterday when it learned that Mitt Romney lacks an even basic understanding of the airplanes he has flown on probably thousands of times at this point in his 65-year life. It seemed almost unthinkable that a guy …
David Weigel / Slate:
Defining Wonkishness Down — I'm noticing a pattern in coverage of Paul Ryan. Yesterday's NYT and WaPo gripe-collecters on how conservatives wanted to “unleash” the candidate were a taster. The next wave of Ryan story is the “the wonk is loosed” piece. When you see just how the “wonkishness” is being defined, it's fairly amusing.
Tiffany Hsu / Los Angeles Times:
Bacon, pork shortage ‘now unavoidable,’ industry group says — LA Times Columnist David Lazarus discusses details of the U.S. bacon shortage — Might want to get your fill of ham this year, because “a world shortage of pork and bacon next year is now unavoidable,” according to an industry trade group.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
NEWS FLASH — RYAN: PREVENTING GAY PEOPLE FROM MARRYING IS A ‘UNIVERSAL HUMAN’ VALUE | Paul Ryan reiterated his opposition to marriage equality, during a town hall in Cincinnati, Ohio on Tuesday. “The things you talk about like traditional marriage and family and entrepreneurship.
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The Raw Story and The Hinterland Gazette
Elizabeth Hartfield / ABCNEWS:
Mass. Senate Race: Elizabeth Warren Represented Coal Mining Co. — Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic nominee in the hotly contested Massachusetts Senate race, worked on behalf of coal mining company in a bankruptcy case in the 90′s. The company, LTV Steel, was fighting …
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Adam C. Smith / The Buzz Florida Politics Feed:
Herald-Tribune runs seriously ugly and false anti-Obama ad — Get a load of the full page ad that ran in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune Sunday: — Other papers that ran the ad, according to the PAC: — The ads have run or will run in the following cities: — 9/5 - Holmes Country Advertiser - Bonifay, FL
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Riptide 2.0 and Mother Jones
Thomas Burr / Salt Lake Tribune:
Harry Reid: Mitt Romney is not the face of Mormonism — • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he agrees with a fellow Mormon who wrote recently that Mitt Romney has “sullied” the LDS faith and that the GOP presidential candidate is “not the face of Mormonism.”
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The Hill, Mediaite, Washington Examiner, Weasel Zippers, Politico, USA Today, The Hinterland Gazette and The Raw Story