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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:50:47 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>House Democrats win round on abortion (Dana Bash/CNN)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091107/p8#a091107p8</link>
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<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091107/p8#a091107p8" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Dana Bash / <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/">CNN</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/07/health.care/">House Democrats win round on abortion</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Washington (CNN) &mdash; Anti-abortion Democrats will be allowed to offer an amendment during the House health care debate Saturday that would ban most abortion coverage from the public option and other insurance providers in the new so-called &ldquo;exchange&rdquo; &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:50:01 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Dr. No threatening to have bill read on Senate floor (Chris Frates/The Politico)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p132#a091106p132</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p132#a091106p132" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Chris Frates / <A HREF="http://www.politico.com/">The Politico</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.politico.com/livepulse/1109/Dr_No_threatening_to_have_bill_read_on_Senate_floor.html">Dr. No threatening to have bill read on Senate floor</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Sen. Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma Republican who developed a close friendship with President Obama when they served together in the Senate, is threatening to have the entire health care bill read on the Senate floor.</P>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:25:05 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>BREAKING NEWS: Yoani Sanchez Arrested in Cuba (Val Prieto/Babal&amp;uacute; Blog)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091107/p7#a091107p7</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091107/p7#a091107p7" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Val Prieto / <A HREF="http://babalublog.com/">Babal&uacute; Blog</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://babalublog.com/2009/11/breaking-news-yoani-sanchez-arrested-in-cuba/">BREAKING NEWS: Yoani Sanchez Arrested in Cuba</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Penultimos Dias has word that Yoani Sanchez and other Cuban bloggers have been arrested in Havana.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Yoani S&aacute;nchez, Orlando Luis Pardo, Ciro D&iacute;az and Claudia Cadelo among those arrested.&nbsp; Cadelo is reported to have already been released.</P>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Broader Measure of Unemployment Stands at 17.5% (David Leonhardt/New York Times)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091107/p1#a091107p1</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091107/p1#a091107p1" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> David Leonhardt / <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/business/economy/07econ.html">Broader Measure of Unemployment Stands at 17.5%</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; For all the pain caused by the Great Recession, the job market still was not in as bad shape as it had been during the depths of the early 1980s recession &mdash; until now.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; With the release of the jobs report on Friday &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>PELOSI: Buy a $15,000 Policy or Go to Jail (Republican Ways and Means)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p137#a091106p137</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p137#a091106p137" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> <A HREF="http://republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov/">Republican Ways and Means</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=153583">PELOSI: Buy a $15,000 Policy or Go to Jail</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:50:05 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Today&apos;s Unemployment Figure In Context (John/Power Line)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p136#a091106p136</link>
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<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p136#a091106p136" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> John / <A HREF="http://www.powerlineblog.com/">Power Line</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/11/024893.php">Today's Unemployment Figure In Context</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Unemployment has reached a 26-year high of 10.2 percent.&nbsp; Today the House Republican Conference sent out this graphic, which is essentially the same as the chart that we've been following for some months now; click to enlarge:</P>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:55:02 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>White House Strongly Denies Threatening Dem Who Appeared On Fox (Greg Sargent/The Plum Line)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p131#a091106p131</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p131#a091106p131" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Greg Sargent / <A HREF="http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/">The Plum Line</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/political-media/white-house-strongly-denies-threatening-dem-who-appeared-on-fox/">White House Strongly Denies Threatening Dem Who Appeared On Fox</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The White House is strongly denying a story claiming that White House officials privately threatened to retaliate against a Democratic strategist for appearing on Fox News &mdash; a claim generating a big stir on the right &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:50:05 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Gibbs: Can You Imagine if, 5 Years Ago, People Had Protested With Hitler Pictures?!? (Mary Katharine Ham/Weekly Standard)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p122#a091106p122</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p122#a091106p122" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Mary Katharine Ham / <A HREF="http://www.weeklystandard.com/">Weekly Standard</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/11/gibbs_can_you_imagine_if_5_yea_1.asp">Gibbs: Can You Imagine if, 5 Years Ago, People Had Protested With Hitler Pictures?!?</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Today, Robert Gibbs lamented some of the offensive signs at the rally (of which there were some, but not enough to even fill out HuffPo's 12 Most Offensive slideshow): &hellip; Let's help Gibbs out with this in particular:</P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:20:04 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>What Independents Want - Liberals and conservatives each ... (David Brooks/New York Times)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p42#a091106p42</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p42#a091106p42" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> David Brooks / <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/opinion/06brooks.html">What Independents Want</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Liberals and conservatives each have their own intellectual food chains.&nbsp; They have their own think tanks to provide arguments, politicians and pundits to amplify them, and news media outlets to deliver streams of prejudice-affirming stories.</P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:25:02 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Cantor Says Rhetoric Harmful, Calls for Inclusion (Lorraine Woellert/Bloomberg)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p115#a091106p115</link>
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<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p115#a091106p115" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Lorraine Woellert / <A HREF="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/index.html">Bloomberg</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=apstLRj59pwk">Cantor Says Rhetoric Harmful, Calls for Inclusion</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) &mdash; Eric Cantor, the second-ranking Republican in the U.S. House, said his party needs to be inclusive and criticized some comments by talk-show host Rush Limbaugh as inappropriate.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; &ldquo;The Republican Party in its roots &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:25:02 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>WND&apos;s Jerome Corsi Claims Fort Hood Shooter Advised Obama [UPDATE] (The Huffington Post)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p82#a091106p82</link>
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<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p82#a091106p82" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/">The Huffington Post</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/06/iwndis-jerome-corsi-claim_n_348461.html">WND's Jerome Corsi Claims Fort Hood Shooter Advised Obama [UPDATE]</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Well, if you were wondering what paranoiac smear artist would be the first to step out and attempt to name President Barack Obama as the man who guided Nidal Malik Hasan to his murderous rampage &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:40:01 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Downtown Orlando shooting: 1 dead, 5 injured (Orlando Sentinel)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p96#a091106p96</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p96#a091106p96" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> <A HREF="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/">Orlando Sentinel</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/os-shooting-reported-downtown-orlando-20091106,0,7958763.story">Downtown Orlando shooting: 1 dead, 5 injured</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; A former employee of a business located in a downtown Orlando building where a deadly mass shooting took place today is suspected in the attack.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; One person is dead and 5 are confirmed shot in the incident, which took place about 11:50 a.m &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:05:04 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Reed Says &apos;I&apos;m Sorry&apos; for Role in Creating Citigroup (Bob Ivry/Bloomberg)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p101#a091106p101</link>
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<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p101#a091106p101" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Bob Ivry / <A HREF="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/index.html">Bloomberg</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=albMYVE7D578">Reed Says 'I'm Sorry' for Role in Creating Citigroup</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) &mdash; John S. Reed, who helped engineer the merger that created Citigroup Inc., apologized for his role in building a company that has taken $45 billion in direct U.S. aid and said banks that big should be divided into separate parts.</P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:04 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Top GOP recruit says Ft. Hood shooting shows &apos;enemy is infiltrating our military&apos; (Jordan Fabian/The Hill)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p51#a091106p51</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p51#a091106p51" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Jordan Fabian / <A HREF="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news">The Hill</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/66685-top-gop-recruit-says-ft-hood-shooting-shows-enemy-is-infiltrating-our-military">Top GOP recruit says Ft. Hood shooting shows &lsquo;enemy is infiltrating our military&rsquo;</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; A top Republican congressional recruit said on Friday that the shooting at Ft. Hood, Texas yesterday by a solider allegedly sympathetic to suicide bombers shows that the &ldquo;enemy is infiltrating our military.&rdquo;</P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Police Sgt. Kimberly Munley credited with ending Fort Hood gunman ... (Brian Kates/NY Daily News)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p54#a091106p54</link>
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<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p54#a091106p54" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Brian Kates / <A HREF="http://www.nydailynews.com/">NY Daily News</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/11/06/2009-11-06_police_sgt_kimberly_munley_credited_with_ending_fort_hood_gunman_maj_nidal_malik.html">Police Sgt. Kimberly Munley credited with ending Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's rampage</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The hero cop who ended the bloody rampage at Fort Hood had been directing traffic moments before she confronted the gunman and pumped four bullets into him despite being shot herself.</P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:25:08 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>House Dems clear hurdle on health bill (Associated Press)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p66#a091106p66</link>
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<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p66#a091106p66" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> <A HREF="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/HOME">Associated Press</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33717968/ns/politics-health_care_reform/">House Dems clear hurdle on health bill</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Abortion-related issue resolved; vote planned Saturday&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; WASHINGTON - Capping months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a vote on sweeping health care legislation late Friday and officials expressed optimism &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>WND falsely claimed alleged Fort Hood shooter &quot;advised Obama transition&quot; (M.G./Media Matters for America)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p78#a091106p78</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p78#a091106p78" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> M.G. / <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/">Media Matters for America</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/research/200911060011">WND falsely claimed alleged Fort Hood shooter &ldquo;advised Obama transition&rdquo;</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; WorldNetDaily falsely claimed that alleged Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan &ldquo;advised Obama transition&rdquo; in the headline of an article by Jerome Corsi highlighting his listing as a &ldquo;participant&rdquo; in a report &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:35:01 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Why not a WPA? - A question I&apos;m occasionally asked ... (Paul Krugman)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p73#a091106p73</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p73#a091106p73" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> <A HREF="http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/">Paul Krugman</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/why-not-a-wpa/">Why not a WPA?</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; A question I'm occasionally asked at public events is, why aren't we creating jobs with a WPA-type program?&nbsp; It's a very good question.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; As it is, job-creation efforts are generally indirect.&nbsp; Tax cuts and transfers in the hope that people will spend them &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:25:05 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>White House: FOX off-limits - strategist (Mark Silva/The Swamp)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p79#a091106p79</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p79#a091106p79" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Mark Silva / <A HREF="http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/">The Swamp</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/11/white_house_fox_offlimits_stra.html">White House: FOX off-limits &mdash; strategist</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presidential aides have depicted as not so much a news-gathering operation as a political opponent bent on damaging the Obama administration.</P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:15:02 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Democrat trap: Pelosi&apos;s wrath or voter backlash (Byron York/Washington Examiner)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p75#a091106p75</link>
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<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p75#a091106p75" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Byron York / <A HREF="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/">Washington Examiner</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Democrat-trap_-Pelosi_s-wrath-or-voter-backlash-8491417-69329187.html">Democrat trap: Pelosi's wrath or voter backlash</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The House is in the final rush toward passage of a national health care bill, and there's one thing Speaker Nancy Pelosi absolutely, positively does not want her Democratic lawmakers to do: Go home.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; &ldquo;You meet constituents and get an earful &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:05:01 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Hoyer: Health debate could stretch past Saturday vote time (The Hill)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p67#a091106p67</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p67#a091106p67" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> <A HREF="http://www.thehill.com/">The Hill</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://thehill.com/homenews/house/66713-hoyer-health-debate-could-stretch-past-saturday-vote-time">Hoyer: Health debate could stretch past Saturday vote time</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; As House Democratic leaders labored to resolve last-minute disputes in their party about abortion and spending, the man who controls floor action suggested the healthcare debate could go into Sunday or next week.</P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>The Return of the Inflation Tax (Wall Street Journal)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p48#a091106p48</link>
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<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p48#a091106p48" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> <A HREF="http://online.wsj.com/public/us">Wall Street Journal</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703932904574511794170939688.html">The Return of the Inflation Tax</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The Pelosi tax surcharge applies to capital gains and dividends.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Printer&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Friendly&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; All of those twentysomethings who voted for Barack Obama last year are about to experience the change they haven't been waiting for: the return of income tax bracket creep.</P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Charles Krauthammer on the realignment myth of 2008 (Charles Krauthammer/Washington Post)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p35#a091106p35</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p35#a091106p35" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Charles Krauthammer / <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/">Washington Post</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/05/AR2009110504334.html">Charles Krauthammer on the realignment myth of 2008</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Sure, Election Day 2009 will scare moderate Democrats and make passage of Obamacare more difficult.&nbsp; Sure, it makes it easier for resurgent Republicans to raise money and recruit candidates for 2010.&nbsp; But the most important effect of Tuesday's elections is historical.</P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:50:10 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Obama Faces His Anzio (Paul Krugman/New York Times)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p11#a091106p11</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p11#a091106p11" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Paul Krugman / <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/opinion/06krugman.html">Obama Faces His Anzio</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Remember those Republican boasts that they would turn health care into President Obama's Waterloo?&nbsp; Well, exit polls suggest that to the extent that health care was an issue in Tuesday's elections, it worked in Democrats' favor.&nbsp; But while health care &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:20:07 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Leaked email proves DNC misled gay community. ... (John Aravosis/AMERICAblog Gay)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p34#a091106p34</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p34#a091106p34" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> John Aravosis / <A HREF="http://gay.americablog.com/">AMERICAblog Gay</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://gay.americablog.com/2009/11/dnc-misled-gay-community-dnc-treasurer.html">Leaked email proves DNC misled gay community.</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; DNC Treasurer Andy Tobias admits DNC intentionally asked Mainers to help Corzine, after DNC denied it.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; I think we just caught the DNC lying to the gay community about the election in Maine.&nbsp; And an email from DNC Treasurer Andy Tobias, which we quote below, proves it.</P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Obama&apos;s Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting (Robert A. George/NBC Chicago)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p47#a091106p47</link>
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<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p47#a091106p47" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Robert A. George / <A HREF="http://www.nbcchicago.com/">NBC Chicago</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/A-Disconnected-President.html">Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; A bad week for Democrats compounded by an awful moment for Barack Obama.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; TWITTER&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; President Obama didn't wait long after Tuesday's devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:00:15 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Jobless rate tops 10 pct. for first time since &apos;83 (Christopher S. Rugaber/Associated Press)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p33#a091106p33</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Jobless-rate-tops-10-pct-for-apf-563122944.html?x=0&.v=8"><IMG VSPACE="4" HSPACE="4" BORDER="0" ALIGN="RIGHT" SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/i33.jpg"></A>
<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p33#a091106p33" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Christopher S. Rugaber / <A HREF="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/HOME">Associated Press</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Jobless-rate-tops-10-pct-for-apf-563122944.html?x=0&.v=8">Jobless rate tops 10 pct. for first time since '83</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Unemployment rate tops 10 percent for first time since 1983; 190,000 jobs lost in October&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 &mdash; and is likely to go higher.</P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:25:04 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Democratic civil war update: MoveOn raises $3.6 million to attack party moderates (Byron York/Washington Examiner)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p19#a091106p19</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p19#a091106p19" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Byron York / <A HREF="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/">Washington Examiner</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Democratic-civil-war-update-MoveOn-raises-36-million-to-attack-party-moderates-69360167.html">Democratic civil war update: MoveOn raises $3.6 million to attack party moderates</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; A few days ago, the left-wing activist group MoveOn.org began sending out emails seeking contributions to fund primary challenges against any Democratic senator who does not fully support &ldquo;health care reform with a public option.&rdquo;</P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Fort Hood shooting: Nidal Malik Hasan &apos;said Muslims should rise up&apos; (Philip Sherwell/Telegraph)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091105/p152#a091105p152</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091105/p152#a091105p152" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Philip Sherwell / <A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/">Telegraph</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6511591/Fort-Hood-shooting-Nidal-Malik-Hasan-said-Muslims-should-rise-up.html">Fort Hood shooting: Nidal Malik Hasan &lsquo;said Muslims should rise up&rsquo;</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who allegedly killed 11 people before being shot and wounded by police at Fort Hood, had said Muslims should &ldquo;rise up&rdquo; and attack Americans in retaliation for the US war in Iraq, a former army colleague said.</P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>No one said freedom was pretty - The call to arms went out last week. (Dana Milbank/Washington Post)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p15#a091106p15</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p15#a091106p15" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Dana Milbank / <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/">Washington Post</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/05/AR2009110504566.html">No one said freedom was pretty</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The call to arms went out last week.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who made her name suggesting that Barack Obama and other Democrats have &ldquo;anti-American&rdquo; views, appeared on Fox News on Friday night and urged Americans to come to Washington to protest &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:25:04 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>U.S. Unemployment Rate Hits 10.2%, Highest in 26 Years (Javier C. Hernandez/New York Times)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p18#a091106p18</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p18#a091106p18" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Javier C. Hernandez / <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/business/economy/07jobs.html">U.S. Unemployment Rate Hits 10.2%, Highest in 26 Years</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The American unemployment rate surged to 10.2 percent in October, its highest level in 26 years, as the economy lost another 190,000 jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The jump into the realm of double-digit joblessness &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:20:01 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Obama delays meeting with House Dems until Saturday (Sam Youngman/The Hill)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p5#a091106p5</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/091106/p5#a091106p5" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Sam Youngman / <A HREF="http://www.thehill.com/">The Hill</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/66669-obama-delays-meeting-with-house-dems-until-saturday">Obama delays meeting with House Dems until Saturday</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; President Barack Obama will meet with House Democrats to discuss healthcare on Saturday, when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has planned a vote on the measure.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; A White House aide said the trip was postponed &ldquo;to be closer to the vote.&rdquo;</P>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
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