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6:40 AM ET, September 15, 2009

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Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blog:
ABC's Moran removes tweet with Obama swipe at Kanye  —  ABC News reporter Terry Moran caused quite a commotion tonight on Twitter after writing the following: “Pres. Obama just called Kanye West a “jackass” for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won.  Now THAT'S presidential.”
Jenny Booth / Times of London:
Kanye West spoils the show at MTV awards  —  US rapper Kanye West stole the show for the wrong reasons at the MTV Video Music Awards last night when he invaded the stage and interrupted a winner to say that the award should have gone elsewhere.  —  West grabbed the microphone as Taylor Swift …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Breaking: Senate votes to cut off federal funding for ACORN; Update: Child-Whoring Pimp Assistance 7 identified; Update: Brooklyn DA “taking a look”; Update: ACORN disappointed  —  Senator Mike Johanns (R-NE) introduced an amendment to the HUD and Transportation appropriation bill to strip ACORN of all federal funding.
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Senate votes to deny funds to ACORN  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted Monday to block the Housing and Urban Development Department from giving grants to ACORN, a community organization under fire in several voter-registration fraud cases.  —  The 83-7 vote would deny housing …
Michael Falcone / The Politico:
ACORN mulls suit against Fox News  —  Facing intensifying scrutiny after the release of several disturbing hidden camera videos, the community organizing group, ACORN, is threatening to sue Fox News, the website Breitbart.com and the two conservative activists who produced the exposes.
Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
U.S. Senate denies funds for poverty group
Discussion: The Radio Patriot and Townhall.com
Justin Fishel / Fox News:
FOXWIRE:Navy Seals Kill Wanted Terrorist in Somali Raid  —  Navy Seals from US Special Operations Forces conducted a raid in southern Somalia on Monday that killed Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, one of 4 co-conspirators wanted in the 2002 bombing of an Israel owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, two senior U.S. military officials told Fox News.
Discussion: TigerHawk and Weasel Zippers
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ColorOfChange.org:
Ad Boycott Costs Glenn Beck Over 50% of Ad Dollars  —  62 Companies Refusing to Advertise with Beck Cost Fox  —  Nearly $600k Per Week  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — The advertising boycott of Glenn Beck has cost the controversial host over half of his estimated advertising revenue since it was launched by ColorOfChange.org a month ago.
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James Rucker / The Huffington Post:
Glenn Beck has lost over 50% of his ad dollars
John Schwartz / New York Times:
Rights Group Assailed for Analyst's Nazi Collection  —  A leading human rights group has suspended its senior military analyst following revelations that he is an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia.  —  The group, Human Rights Watch, had initially thrown its full support behind the analyst …
Edith Honan / Reuters:
New York homes raided in terrorism probe  —  * Focus on one man who met with people in Queens  —  * Apartment shared by five Afghan men searched - witness  —  * Militant ideology sympathetic to al Qaeda detected - NYT  —  New York City police and the FBI raided homes in the borough …
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Michelle Malkin
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Linda Holmes / msnbc.com:
Patrick Swayze was the ultimate romantic lead  —  In ‘Dirty Dancing’ and ‘Ghost,’ he projected vulnerability and strength  —  Patrick Swayze did action movies and historical drama.  He even hosted a well-regarded episode of “Saturday Night Live.”  But he will be best remembered …
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CNN:
Patrick Swayze dies after cancer battle
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Americans divided on President's health care plans  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — In the wake of President Barack Obama's nationally televised speech to Congress last week, a new national poll indicates that the president's approval rating is on the rise.
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Jennifer Burns / The New Republic:
Wealthcare  —  Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right  —  I.  —  The current era of Democratic governance has provoked a florid response on the right, ranging from the prosaic (routine denunciations of big spending and debt) to the overheated (fears of socialism) …
Adam Nagourney / The Caucus:
Obama May Do Back-to-Back TV Interviews Sunday  —  It's going to be awfully hard to avoid President Obama on television this Sunday.  —  The president is going to appear on five Sunday talk shows - five - to press his case for health care, White House officials disclosed.  That is a presidential record.
Political Punch:
RIP, Jody Powell  —  ABC News has learned that former White House press secretary Jody Powell has died.  —  This afternoon at his house on the Eastern Shore in Maryland, Powell had an apparent heart attack, a family friend said.  —  The former press secretary for President Jimmy Carter was the CEO of the PR firm Powell Tate.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Jody Powell dies at 65
Discussion: The Swamp
ABCNEWS:
Official: NYC Raids Disrupted Possible Terror Attack  —  Al Qaeda Suspect Tracked to New York Over the Weekend, Met with Possible Followers  —  Authorities raided properties in New York City today in an effort that was intended to disrupt the plans of a terror suspect whose travels …
postandcourier.com:
Boeing Co. employees vote to disband union  —  Boeing Co. workers in North Charleston voted overwhelmingly to disband their union in a move that could give the region an edge in landing an aircraft plant the company is looking to build.  —  Of the 267 ballots cast, 199 were in favor …
WhiteHouse.gov Blog:
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON FINANCIAL RESCUE AND REFORM  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much.  It is wonderful to be back in New York after having just been here last week.  It is a beautiful day and we have some extraordinary guests here in the Hall today.  I just want to mention a few.
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Joseph Stiglitz / Guardian:
For all Obama's talk of overhaul, the US has failed to wind in Wall Street
Discussion: Economist's View
The Lede:
Bin Laden's Reading List for Americans  —  While Oprah's seal of approval on a book cover is sought after, the authors of three books apparently recommended by Osama bin Laden this week might now be wishing that the leader of Al Qaeda had kept his admiration for their work quiet.
Joseph Shapiro / NPR:
Poll Finds Most Doctors Support Public Option … text sizeAAA  —  Among all the players in the health care debate, doctors may be the least understood about where they stand on some of the key issues around changing the health care system.  Now, a new survey finds some surprising results …
John Harwood / New York Times:
Obama Rejects Afghanistan-Vietnam Comparison  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama rejected comparisons on Monday between the war in Afghanistan and the conflict in Vietnam a generation ago, but he expressed concern about “the dangers of overreach” and pledged a full debate before making further decisions on strategy.
Miriam Raftery / East County Magazine:
SONIC WEAPONS USED IN IRAQ POSITIONED AT CONGRESSIONAL TOWNHALL MEETINGS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY  —  A Joint Investigative Report by East County Magazine and Liberty One Radio  —  “Long-range acoustic devices [LRADs] for crowd control can be extremely dangerous.  These are used in Iraq to control insurgents.
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
WWE's Linda McMahon prepares Senate run  —  World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) CEO Linda McMahon appears primed to run for Senate in Connecticut and should make an announcement very soon, according to sources with knowledge of her deliberations.  —  “A decision is imminent …
Discussion: Capitol Watch
 
 
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Government Medicine vs. the Elderly
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Anthony Wright / The New Republic:
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Jane Fonda / The Huffington Post:
Expanding the Narrative  —  I recently signed a letter protesting …
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