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8:35 PM ET, August 6, 2009

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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Sotomayor Confirmed by Senate, 68-31  —  WASHINGTON — Voting largely along party lines, the Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the 111th justice of the Supreme Court.  She will be the first Hispanic and the third woman to serve on the court.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Hispanic Votes Not Swaying GOP on Sotomayor  —  According to the website DemConWatch, which has been compiling public statements on the Supreme Court nomination pending before the Senate, nine Republican senators will vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor, with the rest planning to vote against her.
The Note:
Franken Presides over Sotomayor Vote
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
‘Punkin’ the Birthers: Priceless'  —  It's looking more and more like the forged “Kenyan birth certificate” released by Orly Taitz on Sunday was a prank by a supporter of President Obama.  Politijab points to an anonymous blogger at FearlessBlogging, who has uploaded four photos of the original forgery and a mocking declaration:
Discussion: JustOneMinute and TPMDC
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Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily:
Obama birth doc update: Kenya sources weigh in  —  Comparison with similar certificates suggests fakery, WND probe reveals  —  NEW YORK - The Kenyan birth document released by California attorney Orly Taitz is probably not authentic, according to WND's investigative operatives in Africa …
Discussion: Below The Beltway and TPMDC
The Huffington Post:
Unions To Take On Conservative Groups Health Care Town Halls  —  The nation's largest federation of labor organizations has promised to directly engage with boisterous conservative protesters at Democratic town halls during the August recess.  —  In a memo sent out on Thursday …
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Moe Lane / Moe_Lane's blog:
Behold those scary, scary swastika-bearing astroturfers.  —  (Brief summary for those lacking video: Dallas AARP meeting went wrong for organizers when participants refused to sit down, shut up, and applaud Democratic talking points.  Organizers then left; meeting continued.)
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and American Power
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RushLimbaugh.com:
Whose Swastikas, Speaker Pelosi?  —  BEGIN TRANSCRIPT  —  RUSH: Greetings to you, music lovers, thrill-seekers and conversationalists all across the fruited plain.  Welcome to the leader.  I am the Mobfather Rush Limbaugh here at the Excellence in Broadcasting Network and the Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies.
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Pelosi: Town Hall Protesters Are “Carrying Swastikas”
Philip Kennicott / Washington Post:
Obama as The Joker: Racial Fear's Ugly Face  —  ‘Political’ Poster Turns On Violent Symbolism  —  Between Jack Nicholson's 1989 portrayal of the Joker in “Batman” and Heath Ledger's 2008 characterization in “The Dark Knight,” something sinister happened to the villain's iconic makeup.
Tom Bevan / Real Clear Politics:
After 6 Months, More View Obama's Presidency as a ‘Failure’ Than Bush's  —  A rather surprising finding from the newly released CNN poll.  Question three on the national survey of 1,136 adults (which includes an oversample of African-Americans) asks, “Do you consider the first six months …
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Washington Times:
White House: ‘War on terrorism’ is over  —  ‘Jihadists’ and ‘global war’ no longer acceptable terms  —  It's official.  The U.S. is no longer engaged in a “war on terrorism.”  Neither is it fighting “jihadists” or in a “global war.”  —  President Obama's top homeland security …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
White House Affirms Deal on Drug Cost
Pew Research Center:
Many Fault Media Coverage of Health Care Debate  —  Partisan Divide Over Coverage of “Birther” Allegations  —  As the fight in Washington over health care reform continues to dominate public attention and media coverage, most Americans are critical of the way news organizations are explaining key elements of the debate.
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Rachel Slajda / Talking Points Memo:
CNN Anchor Rips Into Health Care CEO Who's Funding Anti-Reform Effort  —  A CNN anchor today tore down Rick Scott, the founder of an organization that's been funding anti-health care reform protests and the former CEO of a hospital company that, as Sanchez pointed out, paid $1.7 billion …
Jonathan Martin / Ben Smith's Blog:
Deeds catches a break  —  Amie Parnes and I report:  —  In a welcome development for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds, President Barack Obama decided to travel to a Deeds fundraiser in McLean, Va., Thursday evening by helicopter instead of by motorcade.
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama's Virginia campaign: Party calls
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Obama ratings may be aiding GOP in Virginia
Discussion: RedState
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
Reid: GOP ‘run by a talk show host’  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid launched his harshest attack on the Republican Party in months, claiming the GOP is “being run by a talk show host.”  —  Reid, armed with a patch of Astroturf, slammed Republicans for sponsoring town hall attacks …
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
WH to Dems: Punch back twice as hard
Discussion: The Reaction
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Obama's dissident database could be secret — and permanent  —  The White House request that members of the public report anyone who is spreading “disinformation” about the proposed national health care makeover could lead to a White House database of political opponents that will be both secret …
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ABCNEWS:
U.S. Official: ‘Strong Indications’ Pakistani Taliban Leader Baitullah Mehsud is Dead  —  U.S., Pakistani Officials Awaiting DNA Tests for “100 Percent” Confirmation  —  “There is strong indication” that Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a CIA drone strike that targeted …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR CARE.... The CNN poll released yesterday found that 50% of Americans support President Obama's health care reform plan, while 45% are opposed.  There was, however, a generational divide.  —  “Obama's plan is most popular among younger Americans and least popular among senior citizens …
Discussion: Liberal Values
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Health Care Generation Gap
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Michelle Malkin:
Revolt against AARP in Dallas: “Do you work for us or do we work for you?”  —  Watch the senior citizen “hooligans” and “civic vigilantes” in Dallas question a condescending AARP representative about Obamacare.  Dues-paying members are speaking up about the organization's sellout of its members — and the AARP brass is not happy.
Gary Fields / Wall Street Journal:
Clunkers Plan Deflates Mechanics  —  WASHINGTON — Who doesn't like the government's “cash for clunkers” program?  Your mechanic, for one.  —  Owners of automotive repair shops say the program to help invigorate sales of new cars is succeeding at their expense.
Discussion: Lean Left, AmSpecBlog and Betsy's Page
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2009: New Jersey Governor  —  New Jersey Governor: Christie Takes 13-Point Lead Again  —  Republican challenger Chris Christie has regained his 13-point lead over incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine in New Jersey's closely watched gubernatorial race.  —  A new Rasmussen Reports survey …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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Rasmussen Reports:   Krugman Disses Rasmussen Poll - But Forgets to Fact-Check
Erica Alini / Wall Street Journal:
No More Perks: Coffee Shops Pull the Plug on Laptop Users  —  They Sit for Hours and Don't Spend Much; Getting the Bum's Rush in the Big Apple  —  A sign at Naidre's, a small neighborhood coffee shop in Brooklyn, N.Y., begins warmly: “Dear customers, we are absolutely thrilled that you like us …
 
 
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Clinton: Iran ‘is afraid of its own people’
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Michael Andersen / Columbian:
Baird fears foes may plan ‘ambush’
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Ron Paul: Obama ‘deserves an F’
Ta-Nehisi Coates:
Gravity
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Secret mission to expose L. Ron Hubbard as a fake
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Tim Fernholz / American Prospect:
CHRISTY ROMER ARGUES FOR THE STIMULUS.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Guns of August  —  Jon Cohn says he's “been obsessing …
 

 
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