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Tina Brown / The Daily Beast:
A TURN OF THE PAGE FOR NEWSWEEK — After 80 years in print, the newsmagazine adopts an all-digital format. — We are announcing this morning an important development at Newsweek and The Daily Beast. Newsweek will transition to an all-digital format in early 2013.
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David Carr / Media Decoder:
Newsweek to Cease Print Publication at End of Year — Updated Newsweek, the weekly magazine that for decades summarized the news for households across the United States but struggled to maintain relevance in the Internet era, announced on Thursday that it would cease print publication at the end of the year.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Out-Of-Print — In the least surprising media news of the year …
Out-Of-Print — In the least surprising media news of the year …
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Peter Vidani / newsweek.tumblr.com:
Memo From Tina Brown to All Staff Re: Newsweek's Digital Future
Memo From Tina Brown to All Staff Re: Newsweek's Digital Future
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Tagg Romney jokes about ‘swing’ at Obama — Mitt Romney's eldest son joked in a radio interview that he wanted to “take a swing” at President Barack Obama after Obama called his father a liar. — “Jump out of your seat and you want to rush down to the stage and take a swing at him,” Tagg said, laughing.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Chris Matthews: Is challenging Obama unconstitutional? — Popular in Politics — On MSNBC's “Hardball” Wednesday evening, Chris Matthews discussed the theatrics of the presidential debate with James Lipton, longtime host of “Inside the Actor's Studio.” Lipton offered some unremarkable observations …
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The Jawa Report, Jammie Wearing Fools, New York Magazine and The PJ Tatler
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
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Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
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GottaLaff / The Political Carnival:
AUDIO: Tagg Romney says he wanted to take a swing at President Obama
AUDIO: Tagg Romney says he wanted to take a swing at President Obama
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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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Politico:
GOP's problems exposed in struggle for Senate — In 2010, when Republicans stumbled on what had been a clear path to winning control of the Senate, GOP operatives comforted themselves with a defiant vow: Just wait 'til next time. — Now, next time is here — and the GOP is in danger …
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Mike Allen / Politico:
DEBATE BUOYS OBAMA — GOP's Senate hopes fade — Rory Kennedy documentary about her mother, Ethel Kennedy, on HBO — BULLETIN — “Newsweek ending print edition” — AP/New York: “Newsweek plans to end its print publication after 80 years and will shift to an all-digital format starting in early 2013.
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:
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Team Romney won't rein in GOP nominee during third debate — Mitt Romney's campaign indicated Wednesday they have no plans to rein in the GOP nominee during the third and final presidential debate. — Romney's aggressive performance Tuesday night — directly challenging President Obama …
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Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
Report: Welfare government's single largest budget item in FY 2011 at approx. $1.03 trillion — The government spent approximately $1.03 trillion on 83 means-tested federal welfare programs in fiscal year 2011 alone — a price tag that makes welfare that year the government's largest expenditure …
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Jeffrey H. Anderson / Weekly Standard:
The 7-Eleven Presidency — In the wake of the Treasury Department's newly released summary of federal spending for 2012, it's now possible to detail just how profligate the Obama years have been. Here's the upshot: Under Obama, for every $7 we've had, we've spent nearly $11 (or, to be more exact, $10.95).
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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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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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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Officials: Obama ready to veto a bill blocking ‘fiscal cliff’ without tax hike for rich — View Photo Gallery — Are our leaders behaving like “Thelma and Louise,” flirting with disaster, thumbing their noses at our nation's economic livelihood? Here's more on that reference …
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Wall Street Journal:
Henninger: The Un-President — Barack Obama shows an unerring instinct for policy deniability. — Conventional wisdom holds that Barack Obama “lost” in Denver because he lacked intensity. He brought his A-game to Hofstra this week. There's still a problem.
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Power Line and Wake up America
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Greg Seaby / CNN:
CNN Fact Check: Romney says automatic weapons illegal
CNN Fact Check: Romney says automatic weapons illegal
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Weekly Standard and AMERICAblog
Dylan Matthews / Wonkblog:
Who wins under Mitt Romney's cap plan, in one chart — Despite its vagueness, Mitt Romney's proposal to cap itemized deductions is prompting some insightful analyses from reputable think tanks. On Tuesday, Third Way released a report estimating that a $25,000 cap on deductions …
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Roberton Williams / TaxVox:
How Much Revenue Would a Cap on Itemized Deductions Raise?
How Much Revenue Would a Cap on Itemized Deductions Raise?
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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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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Report: Family says former Sen. McGovern ‘no longer responsive’ — The family of former presidential candidate and Sen. George McGovern (D-S.D.) said Wednesday that he was “no longer responsive” after being moved to hospice care earlier this week. — The family issued a statement through …
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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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Kasie Hunt / Associated Press:
Romney primary message shifts as election nears — LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — On immigration, taxes and women's issues, Mitt Romney is abandoning his “severely conservative” talk of the Republican primary season and moving sharply to the political center as he looks to sway on-the-fence voters in the campaign's final three weeks.
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Peter Nicholas / Washington Wire:
Biden Sticks to ‘Binders’ Theme to Attack Romney
Biden Sticks to ‘Binders’ Theme to Attack Romney
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Poll: Warren Up By 9 In Massachusetts Senate Race — Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren has built a 9-point lead over Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) in the closely watched Massachusetts Senate race, a poll released Wednesday shows. — The latest survey from Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling …
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Russ Buettner / New York Times:
Should've Left That at Home, Teacher Is Told at Jury Duty — Damian Esteban was qualified to teach students at a specialized New York City high school, and had just been deemed reasonable enough to judge a man's fate in a murder trial. — But passing through the metal detectors …
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