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Elspeth Reeve / The Atlantic Wire:
Just How Racist Is the ‘Obama Phone’ Video? — There was a video leading the Drudge Report on Thursday afternoon of a poor black woman with messed-up teeth saying she's voting for President Obama because he gave her a free phone, and perhaps you have some questions about it. Questions like: Is this video racist?
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
The Truth About The Obama Phone — On Thursday, the Drudge Report splashed a video of an undentified woman who claims to have recieved a free “Obama Phone.” — The video has captured the attention of the right online, who see it as proof that Obama supporters are dependent on government.
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Rush Limbaugh
Politico:
In the end, it's Mitt — It isn't the chair or the ho-hum convention. Or the leaked video. Or Stuart Stevens. Or the improving economy. Or media bias. Or distorted polls. Or the message. Or Mormonism. — It's Mitt. — With Republicans everywhere wondering what has happened …
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Washington Wire, Daily Kos, Poynter, Prairie Weather, National Review and Althouse
Roger Simon / Politico:
Mitt Romney: King of comedy — It is time to cut Mitt Romney some slack. It is wrong to criticize him until you've walked a mile in his living room. — That last line was a joke that someone posted on Twitter. Jokes have power. When a politician makes a joke, he can make a point …
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CNN and TheBlaze.com
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Obama campaign raises expectations for Romney in first debate
Obama campaign raises expectations for Romney in first debate
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National Review
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Dems join chorus questioning Obama on attack … Senate Democrats joined Republicans Thursday in questioning the Obama administration's handling of the fatal Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya and why the administration refused for days to acknowledge that it was a terrorist attack linked to al Qaeda.
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Democrats to join call for more information on Libya terrorist attack
Democrats to join call for more information on Libya terrorist attack
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The Daily Caller and americanthinker.com
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Attack on U.S. Consulate in Libya determined to be terrorism tied to al-Qaeda
Attack on U.S. Consulate in Libya determined to be terrorism tied to al-Qaeda
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Firedoglake, CNN and The Hill
Stan Wilson / CNN:
Producer of inflammatory anti-Islam film arrested, ordered held without bail — Los Angeles (CNN) — Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man allegedly behind the inflammatory film “Innocence of Muslims,” was ordered held without bail Thursday after being arrested in California and accused of violating his probation.
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americanthinker.com, San Diego Gay and Lesbian, Outside the Beltway, Weasel Zippers, Hit & Run and UrbanGrounds
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Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
Jailed ‘Innocence of Muslims’ filmmaker faces 3 years in prison
Jailed ‘Innocence of Muslims’ filmmaker faces 3 years in prison
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Macleans.ca
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Shock Photos of Netanyahu at U.N. from AP, Reuters — Two shocking photos coming off the wire of Benjamin Netanyahu addressing the United Nations moments ago. — The first is from the Associated Press: — Associated PressAssociated Press — The second is from Reuters: — ReutersReuters
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Algemeiner.com, The Mahablog, The Lonely Conservative, The Daily Caller, Doug Ross, Weasel Zippers, Daily Mail and The Jawa Report
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Netanyahu, Romney to Speak Friday
Netanyahu, Romney to Speak Friday
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Christian Science Monitor and ABCNEWS
Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Netanyahu Warns Iran Is Close to Making a Bomb
Netanyahu Warns Iran Is Close to Making a Bomb
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Crooks and Liars, City Room, BuzzFeed and Taylor Marsh
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Go large, Mitt — In mid-September 2008, Lehman Brothers collapsed and the bottom fell out of the financial system. Barack Obama handled it coolly. John McCain did not. Obama won the presidency. (Given the country's condition, he would have won anyway. But this sealed it.)
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Washington Monthly, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, GOP 12, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, First Read, Swampland and Instapundit
Eric Kleefeld / Talking Points Memo:
Allen West Attacks Dem Opponent For 2003 Bar-Fight, ‘Verbal Assault’ Of Policeman — Rep. Allen West (R-FL) launched a new television attack ad Friday against his Democratic opponent Patrick Murphy — going after a bar-fight in which Murphy was involved in 2003.
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BuzzFeed and Business Insider
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Joshua Miller / Roll Call:
Florida: New Allen West Ad Blasts Patrick Murphy for Arrest
Florida: New Allen West Ad Blasts Patrick Murphy for Arrest
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Weekly Standard, Post on Politics and Election 2012
James Carroll / blogs.courier-journal.com:
Sen. John Cornyn says GOP is not going to spend money to help Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin — WASHINGTON - Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said on Thursday that he does not intend to put money into the race of controversial Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin.
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The Fix and Taegan Goddard's …
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Charles Mahtesian / Politico:
Webb drops the hammer on Romney — Jim Webb's departures from party orthodoxy are frequent. As recently as last November, the retiring Virginia Democratic senator was reluctant to commit to campaigning for President Barack Obama. — So Webb's bladework today on Mitt Romney was as unexpected as it was memorable.
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The Maddow Blog, Election 2012 and The Reality-Based Community
Emily Anne Epstein / Daily Mail:
Pictured: The ‘beautiful’ family slain hours after church by ‘mentally ill father tormented by the prospect of Obama winning the election’ — Albert, Kathleen, Mathew and Christopher Peterson were found dead Tuesday in their Herndon, Virginia home — A friend of the family …
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The Moderate Voice and LAWSONRY
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Dems Darken Image of Black Republican House Candidate — A printed mailer sent out by the Utah Democratic party features what appears to be a darkened photo of Republican House candidate Mia Love. Below is the image of the mailer: — Here's the original photograph, in color:
Reuters:
France taxes rich and business to slash deficit — (Reuters) - President Francois Hollande's Socialist government unveiled sharp tax hikes on business and the rich on Friday in a 2013 budget aimed at showing France has the fiscal rigor to remain at the core of the euro zone.
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Michelle Malkin, Forbes, Freedom's Lighthouse, Business Insider and Riehl World News
Mjmontone / CBS New York:
N.J. High School Students Planning Cafeteria Boycott To Protest Obama Guidelines — PARSIPPANY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Students at Parsippany Hills High School held a strategy session on Thursday to discuss a potential lunch strike, on Friday, over what they have called inadequately sized meals.
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First Read:
Polls: Obama leads in N.H., tighter in Nev., N.C. — President Barack Obama leads Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in New Hampshire, and the two are locked in tight contests in Nevada and North Carolina, according to a new series of NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls released Thursday.
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Ballot Box, The Iowa Republican, Da Tech Guy's Blog and The Fix
Rebel Pundit / BREITBART.COM:
NYC PROHIBITS CONTROVERSIAL SUBWAY ADS IN WAKE OF ISLAMIST'S VANDALISM — Just one day after an Islamic activist attempted to cover over private property in spray paint (and a woman who got in her way), the Metropolitan Transit Authority in New York has announced they will amend their rules …
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New York Times, protein wisdom and New York Magazine
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
The Voters Are Voting (The Note) — By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) and AMY WALTER (@amyewalter) — NOTABLES: — DEBATE EXPECTATIONS — FRIDAY MORNING EDITION: The campaigns are continuing to lower expectations before next week's first presidential debate, as ABC's David Muir reported on …
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Weasel Zippers and The Caucus