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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
GOP strategist: Romney is right, close FEMA, nobody cares about it — As Hurricane Sandy bears down on the east coast, GOP strategist Ron Bonjean just said on CNN that Mitt Romney is right, FEMA should be closed. … As background, we'd reported last night that there's video of Romney during …
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ThinkProgress, fema.gov, Hullabaloo and Balloon Juice
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Annie Colbert / Mashable!:
7 Fake Hurricane Sandy Photos You're Sharing on Social Media — Fake Hurricane Sandy photos flew around Twitter and Facebook on Monday, as users shared jaw-dropping images. Unfortunately, the race to post the most striking pics has most folks skipping the all-important fact check.
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Gawker, The Atlantic Online, AllThingsD and Babalú Blog
Luis Martinez / ABCNEWS:
Soldiers Guard the Tomb of Unknowns During Hurricane Sandy — A photo of soldiers guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from September that went viral on the Internet today, as Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast. (Karin Markert/OldGuard/Facebook) — An inspirational picture making …
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Power Line and Outside the Beltway
Adam Frank / NPR:
Frankenstorm: Has Climate Change Created A Monster? — It was not a good year for people, weather and climate. The winter was strangely warm in many places and the summer ridiculously hot. As a large fraction of the country suffered through extreme or even extraordinary drought …
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Washington Monthly, AMERICAblog, Weasel Zippers, Cagle Post, Instapundit and Dot Earth
Brad Plumer / Wonkblog:
Yes, Hurricane Sandy is a good reason to worry about climate change
Yes, Hurricane Sandy is a good reason to worry about climate change
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Guardian, Bloomberg, Informed Comment, The Atlantic Online, FP Passport and PlanetSave
Lymari Morales / Gallup.Com:
Gallup Polling During Hurricane Sandy
Gallup Polling During Hurricane Sandy
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The Fix, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, CNN and Politico
Sorourke / nation.foxnews.com:
Obama Camp Asks People To Do Election Phone Banks While Hurricane Sandy Hits
Obama Camp Asks People To Do Election Phone Banks While Hurricane Sandy Hits
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Townhall.com, Weasel Zippers, Washington Free Beacon and ABCNEWS
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Impact of Hurricane Sandy on Election Is Uncertain
Impact of Hurricane Sandy on Election Is Uncertain
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First Read, The Daily Dish, AMERICAblog, Wonkblog, American Prospect, The Hill, The Hill, Althouse, The Moderate Voice and nation.foxnews.com
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Romney now flip-flopping on abolishing FEMA
Romney now flip-flopping on abolishing FEMA
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Hullabaloo and Daily Kos
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Nate Silver: One-term celebrity? — Nate Silver could be a one-term celebrity. — The New York Times's resident political predictor says President Barack Obama currently has a 74.6 percent chance of winning reelection. It's a prediction that liberals, whose heart rates continue to fluctuate …
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The Atlantic Wire:
People Who Can't Do Math Are So Mad At Nate Silver — The New York Times' Nate Silver has created a model to predict the outcome of the presidential election that's watched by just about every pundit, and yet Silver's model refuses to perfectly reflect the conventional wisdom spouted by just about every pundit.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney and Ryan announce ‘storm relief’ efforts for Tuesday — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan scheduled “storm relief” events Tuesday after previously canceling planned campaign rallies. — Romney will attend an event in Kettering, Ohio …
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Congresswoman Accuses Obama Of ‘Harming’ Auto Company That Went Defunct In 1988 — A Republican congresswoman accused the Obama administration of promulgating regulations that are undermining job creation at an auto manufacturer that has been defunct since 1988.
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Daily Kos and Zandar Versus The Stupid
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Grace Wyler / Business Insider:
Mitt Romney Has Been Telling A Huge Whopper About The Auto Industry, And His Campaign Is Finally Paying For It
Mitt Romney Has Been Telling A Huge Whopper About The Auto Industry, And His Campaign Is Finally Paying For It
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ABCNEWS, The Political Carnival, Towleroad News #gay and The New Civil Rights Movement
Keith Laing / Ballot Box:
New Obama ad fires back at Romney over Jeep claims
New Obama ad fires back at Romney over Jeep claims
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Politico and The Raw Story
Chicago Tribune:
At least 16 deaths, 7.5 million without power in Superstorm Sandy's wake — Much of New York was plunged into darkness Monday by a superstorm that overflowed the city's historic waterfront, flooded the financial district and subway tunnels and cut power to hundreds of thousands of people.
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Jessica McWilliams / CBS Philly:
Sandy Makes Landfall At The Jersey Shore
Sandy Makes Landfall At The Jersey Shore
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Jammie Wearing Fools and Pat Dollard
Colleen Wells / CNN:
Superstorm Sandy blamed for at least 11 U.S. deaths as it slams East Coast
Superstorm Sandy blamed for at least 11 U.S. deaths as it slams East Coast
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CNNMoney.com, This Just In, Gothamist, White House.gov Blog, The Daily Caller and Newsy
Eric Morath / Real Time Economics:
Labor Department ‘Working Hard’ to Ensure Jobs Report Released on Time — UPDATE: The U.S. Labor Department on Monday said it is “working hard to ensure the timely release” of the October jobs report, saying it intends to released the report on schedule Friday despite Hurricane Sandy.
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Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senator Alleges Obama May Delay Friday's Jobs Numbers To Boost Re-election Prospects
GOP Senator Alleges Obama May Delay Friday's Jobs Numbers To Boost Re-election Prospects
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The Raw Story
Rebel Pundit / BREITBART.COM:
EXODUS: INNER CITY BLACKS FLEEING OBAMA, DEMOCRATS — After his meteoric ascent to the top of the American political arena in the country's history, we are now in the midst of witnessing one of the most stunning collapses of any man ever to hold the office of President of the United States.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Bookworm Room
Laura / Democracy Corps:
Cell phones: why we think Obama will win the popular vote, too — We will poll this week - awaiting the unfolding storm on the East Coast - but we want to share why we think the national tracking averages likely underrepresent Obama's vote. The main issue is cell phones and the changing America that most are under-representing.
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The National Memo, The Reaction and Mother Jones
Angie / MoveOn.Org:
A Moving Message About The Election From A 97 Year Old And Her Friends — Michael Moore helped us produce this moving, inspirational message from the greatest generation. — P.S. This isn't safe for work. Not by a lonnnng shot. WATCH: … This entry was posted in 2012 Elections …
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The Gateway Pundit, The Right Scoop and Hullabaloo
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Ann Romney: We Need To ‘Throw Out’ The Public Education System — Ann Romney told Good Housekeeping magazine that the campaign issue closest to her heart is taking on teachers unions and dismantling public education as we know it. In an interview, she told the publication:
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John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
GALLUP SHOCK: ROMNEY UP 52-45% AMONG EARLY VOTERS — Very early on, before this campaign started in earnest, live or die, I publicly cast my lot with Gallup and Rasmussen. As a poll addict going back to 2000, these are the outlets that have always played it straight.
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Report: Fast and Furious a product of DOJ ‘deliberate strategy’ laid out by Eric Holder, other senior Obama officials — The latest congressional report on Operation Fast and Furious found that the gunwalking-program-turned-scandal was the result of a “deliberate strategy created …
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Weasel Zippers
John Sides / The Monkey Cage:
The Track Record of Pre-Election Polls (in 2 Graphs) — How trustworthy are this year's presidential polls? On Monday, November 5, will they be able to tell us who is likely to win the election? We'll know soon enough, but in the meantime the historical record provides some important context.
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Wonkblog
Michelangelo Signorile / The Huffington Post:
Shocking Footage Emerges of Mitt Romney Spouting His Bigoted Bile Against Gays (VIDEO) … Mitt Romney , Gay Marriage , LGBT , Politics , Gay Marriage , Video , Gay Parenting , Romney-Ryan 2012 , Election 2012 , Evangelicals , Gay Adoption , Gay Voices , Marriage Equality , Massachusetts …
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Politico:
4 possible freak election outcomes — Could the 2012 campaign end in a tie? Is it possible for Mitt Romney to end up as president — with Joe Biden as his vice president? Could the presidential election end up decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, again? — The short answer is: probably not.
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Steve Kornacki / Salon:
Voted least popular?
Voted least popular?
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Crooks and Liars and No More Mister Nice Blog
JohnMcTernan / John McTernan's Insights:
URGENT: Prayer Tonight — The Solemn Assembly — Joel 1:14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD, — Commentary — The hurricane that is going to hit 21 years to the day from the Perfect Storm
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