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10:20 AM ET, August 28, 2010

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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Where Dr. King Stood, Tea Party Claims His Mantle  —  WASHINGTON — It seems the ultimate thumb in the eye: that Glenn Beck would summon the Tea Party faithful to a rally on the anniversary of the March on Washington, and address them from the very place where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his …
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Bob Herbert / New York Times:
America Is Better Than This  —  America is better than Glenn Beck.  For all of his celebrity, Mr. Beck is an ignorant, divisive, pathetic figure.  On the anniversary of the great 1963 March on Washington he will stand in the shadows of giants — Abraham Lincoln and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr …
Alveda King / Christian Science Monitor:
Glenn Beck 8/28 rally: It's a matter of honor
Discussion: Politics Daily and Townhall.com
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Chris Good / The Atlantic Online:
The NRA Non-Endorsement: Reid's Response
Naftali Bendavid / Washington Wire:
For Reid, No NRA Endorsement
Discussion: Erick's blog
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Joan Gralla / Reuters:
Ground Zero Muslim center may get public financing  —  (Reuters) - The Muslim center planned near the site of the World Trade Center attack could qualify for tax-free financing, a spokesman for City Comptroller John Liu said on Friday, and Liu is willing to consider approving the public subsidy.
New Jersey Online:
Gov. Chris Christie fires N.J. schools chief Bret Schundler  —  TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie fired state education commissioner Bret Schundler this morning after Schundler refused to resign in the wake of the controversy over the state's loss of up to $400 million in federal school funding, two officials briefed on the situation said.
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Silla Brush / The Hill:
Obama: ‘The war is ending,’ fulfilling campaign pledge  —  President Obama vowed Saturday that all U.S. troops will return home from Iraq by the end of next year, completing his 2008 campaign promise to end the war.  —  The military has already pulled out roughly 90,000 troops since early last year.
Discussion: CNN and The Politico
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Crist says he ‘misspoke’ on healthcare  —  Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (I) is walking back comments he made in an interview earlier today about the recently enacted healthcare law.  —  Crist is mounting an independent bid for Senate against Republican Marco Rubio and Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek.
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CNN:
Crist stumbles on health care question
Discussion: Wonkette, The Page and Pundits Blog
Mark Tapscott / Beltway Confidential:
Obama, Democrats got 88 percent of 2008 contributions by TV network execs, writers, reporters  —  Senior executives, on-air personalities, producers, reporters, editors, writers and other self-identifying employees of ABC, CBS and NBC contributed more than $1 million to Democratic candidates …
Paul Bedard / US News:
EPA Surrenders to NRA on Gun Control Issue  —  EPA rejects attempt to regulate lead in bullets after NRA protests  —  In a swift and unexpected decision, the Environmental Protection Agency today rejected a petition from environmental groups to ban the use of lead in bullets and shotgun shells …
Discussion: Hot Air, Weekly Standard and RedState
Li Cunxin / The Huffington Post:
Mao's Last Dancer  —  What's Your Reaction:  —  It's truly surreal to watch the movie based on my autobiography, Mao's Last Dancer, unfolding on the silver screen.  Considering what kind of life I came from, how could anyone even dare to dream of such a journey?
Discussion: The Peking Duck
New York Times:
With Paterson, the Simple Facts Can Get Complicated  —  A thoroughly honest politician has pretty much always been considered an undiscovered species.  But for Gov. David A. Paterson, the distinction between the truth and an untruth can get unusually murky.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Financier's Largess Shows G.O.P.'s Wall St. Support  —  At a black-tie dinner in April, a politically influential hedge fund manager named Paul Singer offered a blistering critique of the “terrible path” he said Washington politicians were charting on economic issues.
Discussion: Swampland and Prairie Weather
J. Christian Adams / Pajamas Media:
Outrage: Pentagon Grants Five States Waivers from MOVE Act  —  Protecting the rights of active duty military to have their vote counted is apparently not a priority for this administration.  —  In Washington, politicians always like to release bad news on a Friday, as fewer people notice.
Discussion: Solomonia
Amanda Lee Myers / Associated Press:
Guard troops to deploy to Arizona border on Monday  —  PHOENIX — The first of 532 National Guard troops are set to begin their mission in the southern Arizona desert on Monday under President Barack Obama's plan to beef up U.S.-Mexico border security, although they won't have any law enforcement authority.
Discussion: Right Wing News
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Q2 GDP revised downward to 1.6%  —  The GDP number for the second quarter got revised sharply downward by a third today, dropping from the initial estimate of 2.4% last month to 1.6% in the intermediate revision.  The number represents a hard rebuke to White House attempts to paint …
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Ariana Eunjung Cha / Political Economy:
GDP growth falls sharply in 2Q
 
 
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Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Obama's Economy  —  It was supposed to be the summer of recovery.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
CNN:
Embattled Democrat calling on Geithner to go
Mohamed A. El-Erian / Washington Post:
Why another fiscal stimulus won't do
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Felix Salmon
Jessica Taylor / The Politico:
Racine requests a recount in Vermont
Discussion: CNN
Roger Ebert / Roger Ebert's Journal:
In the chapel bells are ringing
Discussion: Advocate
Rep. Anh Joseph Cao / Congress Blog:
Rep. Cao: Five years after Katrina
Discussion: The Politico
CNN:
White House plans new housing push
Tony Mauro / The BLT:
Federal Circuit Rules No Link between Autism and Vaccine
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Chris Moran / Houston Chronicle:
Officials scramble after fire destroys vote machines
Arnold Schwarzenegger / Wall Street Journal:
Public Pensions and Our Fiscal Future
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Group Is Accused on Tax Exemption
Discussion: USA Today
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Polling on the Spill  —  The oil spill in the Gulf may be mostly …
Peter Wallsten / Wall Street Journal:
Bush Returns to Arena With Memoir in Hand
Discussion: Think Progress, Wonk Room and The Awl
Miss Universe / msnbc.com:
Miss. school drops race-based rules for student elections
Stacy St. Clair / Chicago Tribune:
Blagojevich holdout explains vote
 

 
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