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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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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and Eschaton, more at Mediagazer »
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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Corporate Intelligence and The Daily Caller
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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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Ann Romney: Mitt “absolutely” done with politics if he loses election on Nov. 6
Ann Romney: Mitt “absolutely” done with politics if he loses election on Nov. 6
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CNN and The Right Scoop
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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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, Washington Times, Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler, The Lonely Conservative and Fausta's Blog
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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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UrbanGrounds, protein wisdom and The Lonely Conservative
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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Washington Monthly, ABCNEWS and Ballot Box
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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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Shakesville, Wake up America, The Political Carnival, Towleroad News #gay and Daily Kos
BuzzFeed:
Federal Appeals Court: Federal Marriage Recognition Ban Is Unconstitutional — “[W]e conclude that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act violates equal protection and is therefore unconstitutional.” The Second Circuit Court of Appeals, out of New York, is the second federal court to hold …
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Towleroad News #gay
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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, Althouse, Pirate's Cove, Jammie Wearing Fools, The PJ Tatler and New York Magazine
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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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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The Fix, BuzzFeed, msnbc.com, ABCNEWS, New York Magazine, The Caucus, Election 2012 and Taylor Marsh
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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Runnin' Scared
Greg Palast / The Nation:
Mitt Romney's Bailout Bonanza — This article appeared in the November 5, 2012 edition of The Nation. — Recommended by 1 — — This investigation was supported by the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute and by the Puffin Foundation. Elements of it appear in Palast's new book …
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Firedoglake and Dependable Renegade
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
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Romney edge expands post-debate in Rasmussen tracking poll — The Left seemed pretty pleased with Barack Obama's performance in Tuesday night's debate, cheering his renewed energy and aggressiveness. How did it play with voters overall? The spot polls produced mixed results …
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Riehl World News, Hillary Is 44 and The Ulsterman Report
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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The Baseline Scenario
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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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Washington Wire, Mitt Romney for President …, Taking Note and The Caucus
Carol Ross Joynt / Washingtonian:
BREAKING: Obama Daughters' School Evacuated Following Threat — Sidwell Friends, the school where President Obama's daughters Sasha and Malia attend, evacuated students and staff from its Wisconsin Avenue campus this morning following a phoned-in threat. — Sidwell Friends …
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The Hill and New York Magazine
Robert K. Kelner / Weekly Standard:
Early Voting Reform: A Ticking Time Bomb — In election law, as in so many things, the word “reform,” when associated with a new idea, is usually a sure sign that mischief is afoot. A case in point: early voting reform. This innocuous sounding but insidious idea, which has led some 32 states …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Many In Romney's “Binder Full Of Women” Were Campaign Donors — The former Massachusetts Governor touted hiring “binders full of women” for his cabinet, but many were donors to his gubernatorial campaign. — Mitt Romney sits with his former Chief of Staff Beth Myers. — Image by Brian Synder / Reuters
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Taylor Marsh
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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Christopher Keating / Hartford Courant:
New UConn/Courant Poll Shows Murphy Ahead of McMahon — Republican Linda McMahon and Democrat Chris Murphy met in their third U.S. Senate debate on Monday in New London at the Garde Theatre. (Richard Messina, Hartford Courant / October 15, 2012) — After emphasizing women's issues …
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