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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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Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Candy Crowley's Debate Moderation Exemplifies Why Americans Do Not Trust Their Media — On Monday, I wrote that it would be wrong to prejudge CNN host Candy Crowley before she turned in her performance as a debate moderator. Just the week prior, ABC reporter Martha Raddatz was preemptively criticized …
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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John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
CROWLEY'S FALSE FACT CHECK SAVES PRESIDENT, DERAILS DEBATE - UPDATE: CROWLEY BACKTRACKS
CROWLEY'S FALSE FACT CHECK SAVES PRESIDENT, DERAILS DEBATE - UPDATE: CROWLEY BACKTRACKS
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Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Obama did call Benghazi attack an ‘act of terror’ - in Colorado
Obama did call Benghazi attack an ‘act of terror’ - in Colorado
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David S. Bernstein / Talking Politics:
Mind The Binder — Hey, I know about that binder! And guess what — Mitt Romney was lying about it. — From the rush transcript: … Not a true story. — What actually happened was that in 2002 — prior to the election, not even knowing yet whether it would be a Republican …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Adviser On Lilly Ledbetter Act: ‘He Was Opposed To It At The Time’ … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Mitt Romney, Video, 2012 Debate, Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Lilly Ledbetter, Obama Women, Politics News, Presidential Debate, Binders Full Of Women, Ledbetter Act, Lilly Ledbetter Act …
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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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CNN:
Obama picks up on Romney ‘binder’ line
Obama picks up on Romney ‘binder’ line
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The Hill, The PJ Tatler, ABCNEWS and Connecting.the.Dots
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Romney bids for women's support with new abortion ad
Romney bids for women's support with new abortion ad
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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 — The plot was a sting operation monitored by the FBI and NYPD — This file photo of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows Federal Reserve police patrolling the building at 33 Liberty St.
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Mediaite, Gawker, Jihad Watch, The Daily Caller, The Agonist, Newsy and The Raw Story
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
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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FP Passport
ABC 7 Eyewitness News:
Plot foiled to attack Federal Reserve in Manhattan
Plot foiled to attack Federal Reserve in Manhattan
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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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Newsday, The DiploMad 2.0, The Fix, The Gateway Pundit and Jammie Wearing Fools
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Debate questioner voting for Obama
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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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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Politicker, Mediaite, Business Insider and Election 2012
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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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Los Angeles Times, Time and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Katrina Trinko / National Review:
Bizarre Coincidence: Democrats Get More Time in All Three Debates
Bizarre Coincidence: Democrats Get More Time in All Three Debates
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William Bigelow / BREITBART.COM:
CROWLEY INTERRUPTS ROMNEY 28 TIMES, OBAMA JUST 9
CROWLEY INTERRUPTS ROMNEY 28 TIMES, OBAMA JUST 9
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Steven Shepard / NationalJournal.com:
Poll: Race Tied in Wisconsin — A new poll released Wednesday shows President Obama and Mitt Romney tied in Wisconsin — , erasing the significant lead that Obama had built following the Democratic convention and putting the state's 10 electoral votes firmly in play.
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Charles Franklin / Marquette Law School Poll:
Marquette Law School Poll finds presidential and Senate races tied in Wisconsin
Marquette Law School Poll finds presidential and Senate races tied in Wisconsin
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Battleground Watch, CNN, Althouse and Election 2012
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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BuzzFeed:
Google: Obama Won The Debate — And everyone's searching for “binders full of women.” — View Entire List ›
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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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Washington Free Beacon, The Volokh Conspiracy, The Raw Story, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and ABCNEWS
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Total Eclipse — Anyone with a sense of history has probably been struck by the remarkably skewed nature of the current national discussion (as reflected in the presidential contest) on energy and the environment. At last night's second presidential debate, there was a very extended discussion …
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Helen Carter / Guardian:
Police Taser blind man mistaking his white stick for a samurai sword — The IPPC is investigating an incident in Chorley, where an innocent person was struck by a 50,000-volt stun gun — An innocent blind man was shot in the back with a 50,000-volt Taser by police after they mistook his white stick for a samurai sword.
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Jenny Marlar / Gallup:
In U.S., Unadjusted Unemployment at 7.3% in Mid-October — Unemployment, underemployment lowest since Gallup began tracking — WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, is 7.3% in mid-October, down considerably from 7.9% at the end of September …