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12:25 PM ET, August 7, 2009

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Steven Pearlstein / Washington Post:
Republicans Propagating Falsehoods in Attacks on Health-Care Reform  —  As a columnist who regularly dishes out sharp criticism, I try not to question the motives of people with whom I don't agree.  Today, I'm going to step over that line.  —  The recent attacks by Republican leaders …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Town Hall Mob  —  There's a famous Norman Rockwell painting titled “Freedom of Speech,” depicting an idealized American town meeting.  The painting, part of a series illustrating F.D.R.'s “Four Freedoms,” shows an ordinary citizen expressing an unpopular opinion.
Wall Street Journal:
‘You Are Terrifying Us’  —  Voters send a message to Washington, and get an ugly response.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  We have entered uncharted territory in the fight over national health care.  There's a new tone in the debate, and it's ugly.  At the moment the Democrats are looking …
Adam Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Protesters drown out Tampa health care summit  —  TAMPA - Bitter divisions over reforming America's health care system exploded Thursday night in Tampa amid cat calls, jeering and shoving at a town hall meeting.  —  “Tyranny!  Tyranny!  Tyranny!” dozens of people shouted as U.S …
Jon Henke / The Next Right:
The Mob Revealed  —  Reports out of Florida indicate that Democrats have decided to do something about the emerging threat of those pesky voters talking back to their betters.  You see, the way it works is the politicians talk AT the people, and the people shut up and listen.  These angry people are doing it wrong.
K. Daniel Glover / Accuracy in Media:
The Media Take Aim At ‘The Mob’
Discussion: Right Wing News and Erick's blog
Fox News:
Health Care Town Halls Turn Violent in Tampa, St. Louis
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Fist Fight(s?) at Tampa Townhall
Leah Thorsen / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Six people, including P-D reporter, arrested at Carnahan meeting  —  UPDATE: St. Louis County police say six people were arrested.  Two of those were arrested on suspicion of assault, one of resisting arrest and three on suspicion of committing peace disturbances.  Carnahan was gone when the ruckus started.
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Patterico's Pontifications:
Angry Mob of Racist Extremists Beats Black Man at Town Hall Meeting  —  I guess the Democrats were right after all.  At a town meeting held by a Democrat congressman, a rowdy group of organized and angry thugs showed up to make a point about ObamaCare, and then beat up a man.
Gateway Pundit:
RAW VIDEO!!.....TEA PARTY PROTESTERS ATTACKED— 1 Black Conservative Seriously Hurt in St. Louis!... 6 Arrested Including SEIU Members  —  ** RAW VIDEO from Missourah blog:  —  A black conservative was attacked by the Carnahan-supporting mob.  —  At least one SEIU member is arrested by St. Louis police in this video:
Michelle Malkin:
SEIU and the “persuasion of power;” Update: St. Louis thuggery on tape
Discussion: Maggie's Farm and Atlas Shrugs
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
WH to Dems: Punch back twice as hard
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Josh Kraushaar / Scorecard's Blog:
Mel Martinez resigning  —  Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) will be resigning from the Senate, according to several senior Republican sources familiar with his thinking.  —  He made the announcement at a morning staff meeting, where he said he will not be returning to the Senate after the August recess.
Jack Healy / New York Times:
247,000 Jobs Lost in July; Rate Falls Slightly to 9.4%  —  The American economy lost 247,000 jobs in July, and in a reversal, the unemployment rate fell slightly, to 9.4 percent, the government reported Friday.  —  Although businesses are expected to keep cutting jobs through the rest of the year …
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Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Business Channel:
Did The Unemployment Rate Really Go Down?  —  As Derek wrote …
Discussion: Glenn Thrush's Blog
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
Payrolls fall less in July, jobless rate eases
Discussion: RedState and Gateway Pundit
The Campaign Spot:
So What's the Real Unemployment Rate?
Discussion: Hot Air
New York Times:
Taliban Leader in Pakistan Was Killed, His Aides Say  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Baitullah Mehsud, the main leader of Pakistan's fearsome Taliban militia, was killed Wednesday in a C.I.A. missile strike, two Taliban fighters said Friday, but a spokesman for Pakistan's military, Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas …
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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Gillibrand Rival Reportedly Won't Run in Primary  —  WASHINGTON — Representative Carolyn B. Maloney is expected to announce today that she has changed her mind and will not enter the primary race against Kirsten E. Gillibrand, New York's newly appointed senator.
Abf / We'll Know When We Get There:
Sincerely, John Hughes  —  I was babysitting for my mom's friend Kathleen's daughter the night I wrote that first fan letter to John Hughes.  I can literally remember the yellow grid paper, the blue ball point pen and sitting alone in the dim light in the living room, the baby having gone to bed.
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Dana Loesch / thedanashow.wordpress.com:
Meet the Mob  —  You've heard a lot about this crazy, scary, vicious mob on some shadowy GOP payroll.  By the way the DNC, Rachel Maddow, and President Obama talk, you'd think it was a motley crue of Hell's Angels.  —  Let me introduce you to the mob:  —  I am the mob.  My kids are the mob.
David Harsanyi / Denver Post:
Presenting new rules for radicals  —  If you're a virtuous and patriotic American, you may find this column either offensive or misleading.  If so, please forward it to White House authorities at the Department of Fishy Activity.  (E-mail the good people at flag@whitehouse.gov.)
The Hill:
Axelrod gives Dems their health talking points  —  Senate Democrats are girding themselves for a month of vigorous debate over healthcare reform, armed with a new set of talking points from David Axelrod, the president's chief political strategist.  —  Axelrod and Jim Messina …
Discussion: The Foundry
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The Huffington Post:
Reid Backs Off Health Care Deadline
Discussion: TPMDC
Elinor Mills / CNET News:
Twitter, Facebook attack targeted one user  —  A Georgian blogger with accounts on Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal, and Google's Blogger and YouTube was targeted in a denial-of-service attack that led to the sitewide outage at Twitter and problems at the other sites on Thursday, according to a Facebook executive.
 
 
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Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Birth Rate Is Said to Fall as a Result of Recession
Agence France Presse:
US deficit climbs to 1.3 trillion dollars
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Felix Salmon:
Ben Stein finally Expelled from NY Times
Discussion: Gawker, The Reaction and Raw Story
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