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10:30 PM ET, August 12, 2010

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Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
Judge keeps California gay marriage ruling on hold  —  The federal judge who last week overturned the state's gay marriage ban, Proposition 8, agreed to a continued hold on his ruling while foes appeal.  —  Reporting from San Francisco — A federal judge Thursday refused to permanently stay …
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Carlos Lozano / L.A. NOW:
Judge who overturned Prop. 8 extends temporary hold on gay marriage [Updated]  —  A federal judge Thursday refused to permanently stay his ruling overturning Proposition 8's ban of gay marriage but extended a temporary hold to give supporters time to appeal the historic ruling.
msnbc.com:
Foes seek to block start of gay weddings in Calif.
Ed Whelan / National Review:
Walker Rejects Stay Request
Discussion: Hot Air and Power Line
David Lat / Above the Law:
Breaking: Judge Walker Won't Stay Prop 8 Ruling Pending Appeal!
Discussion: Daily Kos, L.A. NOW and The Awl
Bmaz / Emptywheel:
Breaking News: Judge Walker's Prop 8 Stay Decision
CNN:
Prop 8 stay lifted by judge
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Daily Kos:
Are We At War With All Of Islam?  Right Wingers Think So  —  Nearly every oath of service in this nation includes the phrase “Defend and protect the Constitution of the United States of America” in some form or the other.  Not having a King we needed an object of loyalty, something bigger than the individual to focus our loyalty on.
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
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Tim Graham / NewsBusters.org:
Daily Kos Holocaust Denial: 9/11 Attacks ‘Were More About Optics Than Actual Harm’  —  While the Ground Zero Mosque controversy strikes the media as an opportunity for “healing” that's being denied by stubborn conservatives, the leftists at the Daily Kos see it as an opportunity for Holocaust Denial.
Fhardingj / CNN:
Legislator resigns after ‘dead Palin’ comment  —  New Hampshire State Rep. Timothy Horrigan resigned Thursday after making comments about Sarah Palin on Facebook.  —  (CNN) - A New Hampshire state legislator resigned his office Thursday after becoming the second Democrat in as many days …
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KPIX-TV:
CBS 5 Poll: Fiorina Widens Lead Over Boxer  —  Dead Heats In Governor, Lt. Governor Races; Marijuana Prop.  16 Passing  —  SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) ― California Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina has increased her lead over Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Dem group launches ‘F*ck Tea’ campaign  —  Last summer, Democrats argued that the Tea Party movement was the astroturf creation of corporate groups.  Now that the grassroots conservative resurgence has emerged as a clear force on the right, the left is making a different case: That tea parties are simply the enemy.
Ezra Klein:
The Bush tax plan vs. the Obama tax plan in one chart  —  Source.  —  United States - Tax - Democratic Party - Accounting - President
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
GOP plan to extend tax cuts for rich adds $36 billion to deficit, panel finds
The Huffington Post:
Glenn Beck: Gay Marriage NOT Threat To America (VIDEO)  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Why doesn't Glenn Beck cover gay marriage?  Because he doesn't believe it's a threat to the nation.  —  In a conversation with Bill O'Reilly on why he avoids culture war issues, Beck admitted …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Opinion on Same-Sex Marriage Appears to Shift at Accelerated Pace  —  In April, 2009, when we last took a survey of gay marriage polls, we found that support for it had converged somewhere into the area of 41 or 42 percent of the country.  Now, it appears to have risen by several points …
Ezra Klein:
Portrait of a frustrated electorate  —  Want sure-footed polling analysis?  Ask Nate Silver.  Want a sort of bemused confusion?  Well, then you're in the right place.  —  I was on “Morning Joe” today talking about the new NBC/WSJ poll (pdf), and I don't think we had time to really dig into how weird the results are.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Department of Strategery  —  The latest poll numbers show …
Ezra Klein:
The difficulty of opposing gay marriage  —  When we talk about gay marriage, we should first be clear about what we're discussing: State-sanctioned marriage is a central element in American life.  It includes both legal and substantial, important cultural benefits.
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Ross Douthat:
Marriage in Thick and Thin
Ian M. / Think Progress:
GOP candidate calls for internment camps for ‘people that snuck into the country.’  —  Speaking at a rally sponsored by Glenn Beck's 9/12 Project, GOP state house candidate in Florida, Marg Baker, endorsed building concentration camps for undocumented immigrants: … Watch it:
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Elise / Blue Wave News:
Republican FL State House Candidate Marg Baker Wants 1940s Style Camps …
Alan Riquelmy / Ledger-Enquirer.com:
Justice Alito refers Orly Taitz's request to reverse sanctions to U.S. Supreme Court  —  A request to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito by “birther” attorney Orly Taitz asking that $20,000 in sanctions against her be reversed was referred on Tuesday to the entire court.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
How propagandists function: Exhibit A  —  Jeffrey Goldberg, in the new cover story in The Atlantic, on an Israeli attack on Iran: … Good news!  Israel can successfully end a country's nuclear program by bombing them, as proven by its 1981 attack on Iraq, which, says Goldberg, halted …
Eric Hague / McSweeney's:
OUR DAUGHTER ISN'T A SELFISH BRAT; YOUR SON JUST HASN'T READ  —  ATLAS SHRUGGED.  —  I'd like to start by saying that I don't get into belligerent shouting matches at the playground very often.  The Tot Lot, by its very nature, can be an extremely volatile place—a veritable powder keg …
Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:
With Off-the-Record Lunch, Obama Extends a Hand  —  It may seem odd, but the journalists assigned to cover President Obama on a daily basis often have less access to him than the columnists, television personalities and feature writers who cover the president less frequently.
Paul Bedard / US News:
Obamas Plan Fifth Vacation Since July  —  There they go again.  For the fifth time since July, the first family has set plans to board Air Force One for a frilly vacation, a 10-day return trip to exclusive Martha's Vineyard where they are expected to stay at the 28-acre oceanfront Blue Heron Farm that rents for up to $50,000 a week.
William Poole / New York Times:
Say Goodbye to Fannie and Freddie  —  THE Federal National Mortgage Association — known as Fannie Mae — and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation — Freddie Mac — were poorly structured from the time, 40 years ago, when they were set up as so-called government-sponsored enterprises.
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Joseph Epstein / Weekly Standard:
Adios, Gray Lady  —  Joseph Epstein cancels his ‘New York Times’ subscription.  —  The New York Times used to be called the Gray Lady of American newspapers.  The sobriquet implied a certain stateliness, a sense of responsibility, the possession of high virtue.  But the Gray Lady is far from the grande dame she once was.
Discussion: Mediaite and Commentary
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Updated Senate and Governor rankings!  —  With the 2010 primary season (nearly) over, the Fix and Post senior political reporter — and co-author of “The Battle for America” — Dan Balz sat down to revisit our rankings of the most competitive Senate and governor's races in the country.
Michelle Malkin:
The vulgarity of liberal female “comedians”  —  Left-wing female comedians are proving that they can be as crude and stupid as their male counterparts.  Who knew that striving for gender equality meant pursuing the dream that one day, someday, liberal women would be able to mock …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Strategic Angle  —  This week, the campaign for Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sharron Angle will run 1,000 to 1,600 points' — about $575,000 — worth of television advertising.  Normally, an advertising onslaught such as this one would be well-suited to the final weeks of a campaign — and a bit much for the dog days of August.
Discussion: The Page and Riehl World View
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
Race Card Is Maxed Out … - Recommended
Discussion: Big Hollywood
Wall Street Journal:
Passenger: Attendant Started Fray  —  A passenger on the JetBlue fight from which attendant Steven Slater disembarked Monday by activating the emergency chute and sliding down with beers in hand said Mr. Slater, apparently after being hit in the head by a passenger, was the one who instigated …
BBC:
Iran TV airs ‘confession’ from woman facing stoning  —  The BBC's Jon Leyne explains what the footage showed  —  Iranian state TV has aired what it says is a confession by a woman under threat of being stoned to death for adultery.  —  In the interview shown on Wednesday …
Marc Caputo / MiamiHerald.com:
Negative ads help push Bill McCollum ahead of Rick Scott, poll shows  —  The bare-knuckle Republican race for Florida governor is almost a tie right now.  The big beneficiary: Democrat Alex Sink.  —  Bill McCollum's nonstop attacks on Republican rival Rick Scott's integrity and business record …
 
 
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Denver Post:
Maes treated to silence from GOP after gubernatorial primary win
Discussion: Weigel and ColoradoPols.com
Jonathan Martin / Ben Smith's Blog:
After Fox News hit, Paul avoids local TV reporter - in reporter's own studio
Discussion: Bluegrass Politics
Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Showcase Afghan Army Mission Turns to Debacle
Discussion: ATTACKERMAN
Financial Times:
The great false choice, stimulus or austerity
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Newsdesk / Blagojevich on Trial:
Blago jury has verdict on 2 counts, deadlocked on others
Discussion: Politics Daily
Ezra Klein:
Who can we blame for job losses?
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“Not An Ounce Of Contrition”  —  There is some bizarre notion among …
Discussion: Guardian
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Melissa Gray / CNN:
‘Cathy’ comic strip to end after 34 years
Chicago Breaking News:
Durbin has tumor removed; aide says no cancer found
Discussion: The Hill, CNN and The Swamp
City Room:
Dinkins Offers the Finger, and Everybody's Talking
Tim Fernholz / American Prospect:
But It's Awesome Broccoli for the Rich!