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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.
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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Guardian
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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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Chris Matthews: Is challenging Obama unconstitutional?
Chris Matthews: Is challenging Obama unconstitutional?
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The Jawa Report, Jammie Wearing Fools and New York Magazine
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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MoveOn.Org, The Moderate Voice, Towleroad News #gay, Election 2012 and theGrio
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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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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Prairie Weather and No More Mister Nice Blog
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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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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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
Blue Texan / Crooks and Liars:
Romney Bizarrely Claims Automatic Weapons Are ‘Illegal’ in the US
Romney Bizarrely Claims Automatic Weapons Are ‘Illegal’ in the US
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Mother Jones, Los Angeles Times, Time and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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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ABCNEWS, The Caucus, New York Magazine and Taylor Marsh
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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protein wisdom and The Lonely Conservative
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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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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Washington Monthly and The Lonely Conservative
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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Taking Note and The Caucus
Gallup:
Special Report: 3.4% of U.S. Adults Identify as LGBT — Inaugural Gallup findings based on more than 120,000 interviews — PRINCETON, NJ — The inaugural results of a new Gallup question — posed to more than 120,000 U.S. adults thus far — shows that 3.4% say “yes” when asked if they identify as lesbian …
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Weasel Zippers and Towleroad News #gay
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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Peter Nicholas / Washington Wire:
Biden Sticks to ‘Binders’ Theme to Attack Romney — RENO, Nev. - Warming to the theme, Vice President Joe Biden mocked Mitt Romney over his remarks about recruiting female staff when he was governor of Massachusetts by reviewing what Mr. Romney described in the debate Tuesday as “binders full of women.”
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Kasie Hunt / Associated Press:
Romney primary message shifts as election nears
Romney primary message shifts as election nears
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Battleground Watch
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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Brendan McDermid / Jerusalem Post:
Iran: How long can debt-laden US remain world power? — Ahmadinejad says US influence in world affairs waning due to massive debt and loss of legitimacy, adds West increasingly questioning legitimacy of “Zionist regime,” hints EU hurt more by sanctions than Iran.
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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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