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Mike Elk / Working In These Times:
In Conference Call, Romney Urged Businesses To Tell Their Employees How to Vote — In a June 6, 2012 conference call posted on the anti-union National Federation of Independent Business's website, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney instructed employers to tell their employees how to vote in the upcoming election.
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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Leaked Audio Captures Romney Asking Employers To Tell Their Employees How To Vote — Newly-discovered audio from a conference call in June captures Mitt Romney asking business owners to urge their employees to vote for him. — Romney, speaking on a call to the very conservative National Federation …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Presidential debate: Libya questioner says Obama didn't answer — Kerry Ladka stood before President Obama at last night's town hall-style debate and asked the question that would touch off an onstage verbal brawl and, later, an intense national discussion. Here's how it went:
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
CNN Explains — TMZ says it has obtained an email from CNN's Managing Editor, Mark Whitaker, to CNN personnel. The email sets out talking points in response to criticism of Candy Crowley's performance as a debate moderator last night. It is pretty funny; this is the complete email, according to TMZ:
DrewM / minx.cc:
Crowley On September 30th: Administration Took Weeks To Admit Benghazi Might Be A Terrorist Attack
Crowley On September 30th: Administration Took Weeks To Admit Benghazi Might Be A Terrorist Attack
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New York Post:
Terrorist attempts to blow up Federal Reserve Bank — A Bangladeshi terrorist tried to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in Lower Manhattan this morning using a 1,000-pound bomb, according to a criminal complaint. — Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, of Jamaica, Queens …
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nbcnewyork.com:
Suspected Terrorist Arrested for Alleged Plot to Attack Federal Reserve in NYC
Suspected Terrorist Arrested for Alleged Plot to Attack Federal Reserve in NYC
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New York Times:
Man Accused of Plot to Blow Up Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Man Accused of Plot to Blow Up Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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Fox News:
Bangladeshi man arrested after allegedly trying to blow up Fed building in NYC
Bangladeshi man arrested after allegedly trying to blow up Fed building in NYC
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Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch and The PJ Tatler
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day — “Well, you want to jump out of your seat and rush down to the debate stage and take a swing at him.” — Tagg Romney, in an interview on WPTF-AM, when asked how it felt to hear President Obama call his father a liar during last night's debate.
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GottaLaff / The Political Carnival:
AUDIO: Tagg Romney says he wanted to take a swing at President Obama — Just a little something Tagg Romney let slip on the Bill LuMaye Show. You can hear the entire segment here. — Host: — “What is it like for you to hear the president of the United States call your dad a liar?
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Tagg Romney Says He Wants To ‘Take A Swing’ At Obama
Tagg Romney Says He Wants To ‘Take A Swing’ At Obama
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Report: Obama campaign turning grim on Florida, Virginia, North Carolina — and Colorado? — You need to read way, way, way down into this National Journal piece to find the key bit, but it's worth it. Says Jay Cost, “I've never seen anybody bury a lede like Major Garrett here.”
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Major Garrett / NationalJournal.com:
The Four Ls and Four States: What's Next in the Obama-Romney Duel — From now until the third and final presidential debate, and quite probably even after that, President Obama and Mitt Romney will fight on the ground, over the airwaves, and in social media over the four Ls and four swing states.
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Bruce Springsteen / The Official Bruce …:
A Message From Bruce — Dear Friends: — The election is coming up on all of us and we all have strong feelings about it. I've been getting asked a lot about where I stand, so for those who are interested, here goes. — This presidential election is different than the last one because President Obama …
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Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
In full-page newspaper ad, 13 Iowa voters apologize for supporting Obama in 2008 — A full-page Mitt Romney campaign ad in today's Cedar Rapids Gazette takes the form of an open letter from 13 Iowans who say they voted for President Barack Obama in 2008 but regret their choice and won't do so again in 2012.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
At Last Night's Debate: Romney Told 31 Myths In 41 Minutes — But at his second encounter with Obama in New York, the GOP presidential candidate — who has run a post-truth campaign from day one — outdid himself and crammed 31 myths in 41 minutes: — 1) “I want to make sure we keep our Pell grant program growing.
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nbcnewyork.com:
Jeremy Epstein, First Questioner in Debate, Says He's No Longer Undecided — The 20-year-old college student asked whether he will be able to get a job when he graduates — The Long Island college student who asked President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney the first question …
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Debate questioner voting for Obama
Debate questioner voting for Obama
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Linda Greenhouse / Opinionator:
Reaping the Whirlwind — On reading the transcript and listening to the audio of last week's Supreme Court argument in the University of Texas affirmative action case, my primary reaction was one of embarrassment — for the court and also for Texas. — First the court.
Yahoo! News:
Romney and the binder blunder — The GOP challenger goes after undecided women voters—and steps into a mess of his own making — Mitt Romney's already infamous, infelicitous phrase at Tuesday night's debate—"binders full of women"—gave the GOP challenger a true Norma Rae moment.
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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Bloomberg Jumps Into '12 Races With New ‘Super PAC’ — Seeking to reshape a national political debate he finds frustratingly superficial, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York is plunging into the 2012 campaign in its final weeks, creating his own “super PAC” to direct millions of dollars …
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Blue Texan / Crooks and Liars:
Romney Bizarrely Claims Automatic Weapons Are ‘Illegal’ in the US — This is truly one of the strangest claims I've ever seen a presidential candidate make during a debate. … This is right up there with Ford's “Eastern Europe” gaffe. — What the hell is Romney talking about?
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Charles Franklin / Marquette Law School Poll:
Marquette Law School Poll finds presidential and Senate races tied in Wisconsin — Romney and Thompson gaining ground, both races within one point — Milwaukee, Wis. - A new Marquette Law School Poll finds the presidential race tied in Wisconsin, with President Barack Obama at 49 percent …
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Irin Carmon / Salon:
Wage-gap debate questioner Katherine Fenton “absolutely not” a feminist — The 24-year-old teacher who asked about workplace inequality during the debate claims she's still undecided — It took roughly 30 seconds after she asked about the wage gap last night for the right …
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