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Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
Donald Trump to reveal ‘divorce papers of Michelle and Barack Obama’, claims respected financial pundit — Donald Trump is to claim that he has unearthed divorce papers of Michelle Obama and the President, according to a respected financial pundit with links to the tycoon.
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Walsten / RADAR:
October Surprise Revealed: Gloria Allred Heads To Court, Attempts To Unseal Mitt Romney Testimony And Lift Gag Order — Famed civil rights attorney Gloria Allred will be in a Boston area courtroom Wednesday in an attempt to unseal the sworn testimony given by Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney …
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The Gateway Pundit, LifeNews.com, Sense of Events, theGrio, The Hinterland Gazette and Riehl World News
Doug / RADAR:
Trumped-Up Charges? Republicans Rejected Man's Claims That Obama Sold Cocaine In College — A man claiming to be a close pal to President Obama during college made contact with Republican operatives recently, ready to go public with claims that Obama used and sold cocaine in college, RadarOnline.com is reporting exclusively.
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Letter Shows Michelle Obama Backing Partial-Birth Abortion
Letter Shows Michelle Obama Backing Partial-Birth Abortion
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Weasel Zippers
David Martosko / The Daily Caller:
Obama line about horses, bayonets fails fact-check — In a debate exchange Monday night that set Twitter on fire, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney crossed swords over the kinds of equipment and materials the U.S. military uses for modern warfare.
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Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Obama super-PAC debuts new ad targeting Romney's Bain tenure
Obama super-PAC debuts new ad targeting Romney's Bain tenure
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Politico, CNN and Taylor Marsh
CNN:
CNN's GUT CHECK for October 23, 2012
CNN's GUT CHECK for October 23, 2012
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New York Times, Herald News and ImmigrationProf Blog
Peter Hamby / CNN:
First on CNN: Romney super PAC buys TV time in ... Maine
First on CNN: Romney super PAC buys TV time in ... Maine
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Politico, Ballot Box and The Daily Dish
Politico:
Paul Ryan jabs President Obama on ‘bayonets’
Paul Ryan jabs President Obama on ‘bayonets’
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Little Green Footballs, Daily Kos and Towleroad News #gay
Fred Barbash / Reuters:
Republicans surprised at Obama comment on spending cuts
Republicans surprised at Obama comment on spending cuts
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The Hill, Outside the Beltway, Wonkblog and Election 2012
Julian E. Barnes / Washington Wire:
Not to Be a Stickler on Bayonets, But ...
Not to Be a Stickler on Bayonets, But ...
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National Review, Daily Kos, FP Passport and Election 2012
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Romney Says He's Winning — It's a Bluff — In recent days, the vibe emanating from Mitt Romney's campaign has grown downright giddy. Despite a lack of any evident positive momentum over the last week — indeed, in the face of a slight decline from its post-Denver high …
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Reality vs. “Reality” — Today may be the most important single day of the campaign. Obama won the debate. Everyone this side of Charles Krauthammer agrees that Romney was general and platitudinous and not that engaged. That makes two out of three. You might think that would mean momentum.
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msnbc.com and Hullabaloo
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 22: Ohio Has 50-50 Chance of Deciding Election — The supposition that Ohio is the most important state in presidential elections is not always true. The decisive state in the 2000 election, of course, was Florida. (Al Gore also could have won by carrying New Hampshire or Missouri …
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The New Republic, msnbc.com, Angry Black Lady Chronicles, The Blotter and CANNONFIRE
Charlie Cook / The Atlantic Online:
Despite a Strong Debate Campaign, Romney's Path to 270 Remains Steep — National polls show a tight race, but the campaign has stabilized and the map still favors Obama. — Getty Images — While not quite a Luddite, I do find myself averse to any more technology than is necessary to get through life and do my job.
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New York Times
New York Times:
The Final Debate — Mitt Romney has nothing really coherent or substantive to say about domestic policy, but at least he can sound energetic and confident about it. On foreign policy, the subject of Monday night's final presidential debate, he had little coherent to say and often sounded completely lost.
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Nothing Is Foreign to the Liar Willard Romney Anymore: A Report from the Flippy-Floppy Final Debate of 2012
Nothing Is Foreign to the Liar Willard Romney Anymore: A Report from the Flippy-Floppy Final Debate of 2012
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Transcript of the Third Presidential Debate
Transcript of the Third Presidential Debate
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Donovan Slack / Politico:
Voter tells Biden he's a ‘good guy’ but bad VP — TOLEDO, Ohio — Vice President Joe Biden got an earful from a voter during an unscripted moment at Schmucker's Restaurant here in Ohio. — Making an unexpected stop after a campaign rally, Biden stopped in the diner …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The myth of the myth of apologies — President Obama is right that fact-checkers routinely declare it to be a “myth” that he has apologized for America. The fact-checkers are wrong, however. The variance from reality is so great on this one that you realize how potent is the information bubble …
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Hot Air, American Prospect, The Lonely Conservative and Mother Jones
John Cook / Gawker:
2008 Called. It Wants to Know What Happened to Barack Obama. — One of the many little thrills of being a part of the Obama campaign four years ago was a deep and abiding sense that, finally, a political leader had come along who could live up to our highest aspirations.
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Examiner, Guardian, The Caucus and Politico
TMZ.com:
Barack Obama RIPPED By Bayonet Company — We're Still Relevant, Dammit! — RIPPED By Bayonet Co. — We're Still Relevant!!! — EXCLUSIVE — President Barack Obama has offended the bayonet community ... TMZ has learned. — TMZ spoke with multiple people in the bayonet industry …
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Power Line, Sense of Events, Washington Monthly, The Gateway Pundit, New York Magazine, Pundit & Pundette and Naked DC
Leigh Munsil / Politico:
Bob Woodward: Obama ‘mistaken’ on sequester — Bob Woodward says President Barack Obama got some of his facts wrong on sequester at Monday night's debate. — Woodward's book, “The Price of Politics,” has been the go-to fact check source for the president's answer, in which he claimed …
Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:
Romney gaffe: 'Syria is Iran's route to the sea' — During Monday night's presidential debate, Mitt Romney repeated a gaffe he has already made at least five times before — Mitt Romney is not particularly new to gaffes but when it comes to one about the relationship between Syria and Iran …
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The Reality-Based Community, Washington Post and Rumproast
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Glenn Kessler / Election 2012:
Fact Check: Iran's ‘route to the sea’
Fact Check: Iran's ‘route to the sea’
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National Review, The Moderate Voice, News Desk, Taylor Marsh, Daily Kos, FP Passport and The Daily Beast
Cavan Sieczkowski / The Huffington Post:
Sharmeka Moffitt, Louisiana Woman, Set On Fire And Confronted With ‘KKK’ Slur In Race-Related Attack (VIDEO) (UPDATED) … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Video, Kkk Attack, Louisiana Race Attack, Prayers For Sharmeka Moffitt, Sharmeka Moffitt, Sharmeka Moffitt Attack, Sharmeka Moffitt Fire …
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Did the ‘Neocon Puppet Masters’ Get Outflanked by Romney? — I'm on the road, with only intermittent access to reader e-mail, so sorry for the delay, but I've gotten a bunch of questions (and assertions!) from Goldbloggers who are wondering if the neocons were somehow outflanked by Romney in last night's foreign policy debate.
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Middle Earth Journal and Roger Ailes
Ben Adler / thenation.com/blogs/163272:
Romney's Private Promises to the Log Cabin Republicans — President Obama has been the most pro-gay rights president in US history. He has allowed gays to serve openly in the military, refused to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court, endorsed gay marriage and pledged to sign …
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BuzzFeed, Advocate, AMERICAblog, Towleroad News #gay, Taking Note, Taylor Marsh, Poliglot and The Raw Story
Shaun Chaiyabhat / clickorlando.com:
Feds to probe possible voter fraud in Florida — Residents receiving false letters questioning citizenship, officials say … Officials in Florida have issued a statewide warning about a new trick trying to prevent voters from going to the polls. — Voters are getting letters that look …
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The Lonely Conservative, Weasel Zippers and iOwnTheWorld.com
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama: ‘Michelle and I Will Be Fine No Matter What Happens’ in the Election — In his latest fundraising email to supporters, President Barack Obama says, “Michelle and I will be fine no matter what happens” in the election. Instead, Obama's trying to win the contest “for our country and middle-class families.”
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Rush Limbaugh and Hot Air
Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
Joe Klein's sociopathic defense of drone killings of children | Glenn Greenwald — Reflecting the Obama legacy and US culture, the Time columnist says: “the bottom line is: ‘whose 4-year-olds get killed?’” — (updated below) — On MSNBC's Morning Joe program this morning …
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Kenneth Quinnell / aflcio.org:
Florida Leads Race to the Bottom on Unemployment Compensation — Americans faced with a tough economy face significant struggles when they lose their jobs. Since the 1930s, workers who are without jobs through no fault of their own have had the safety net of the unemployment compensation program …
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Crooks and Liars
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Indiana Planned Parenthood Ruling: Federal Appeals Court Says State Can't Cut Funding Over Abortions … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Mitch Daniels, Planned Parenthood, Health Care, Video, Chicago, Indiana, Indiana Planned Parenthood Ruling, Indiana-Planned-Parenthood, Planned Parenthood Funding …
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