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6:25 PM ET, October 1, 2010

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Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
Rick Sanchez Calls Jon Stewart “A Bigot”; Says CNN Is Run By Jews  —  CNN's Rick Sanchez is not happy with being made fun of constantly on The Daily Show and Colbert Report.  It is from this jumping off point that he absolutely unleashed on Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, and at times his own network …
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Stand UP!:
CNN's Rick Sanchez Calls Jon Stewart ‘Bigot’  —  Cuban-American anchor Rick Sanchez came on Stand Up! with Pete Dominick today for a loose exchange on current events, media, and journalism.  Throughout much of the interview, the discussion touched on race.  To our surprise, at various points …
The Huffington Post:
Rick Sanchez: Jon Stewart A ‘Bigot,’ Jews Run CNN & All Media  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  CNN's Rick Sanchez made controversial comments on a Sirius radio show Thursday, calling Jon Stewart a “bigot” and saying that CNN and the other networks are all run by Jewish people.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Sanchez: CNN run by the Jews  —  CNN just overhauled its executive roster.  Their on-air lineup may be about to change again, too.  Mediaite reports on what looks like a career flameout by host Rick Sanchez, who claims that his network is run by people who are a lot like Jon Stewart …
Discussion: theblogprof
Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Rick Sanchez's formula for achieving more balanced media coverage
Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Sanchez: Stewart “a bigot,” CNN run by Jews
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Byron York / Beltway Confidential:
Obama: 'I'd appreciate a little break'  —  It's often remarked that President Obama has enjoyed a number of getaways, vacations, and mini-vacations during his 20 months in office.  But at a Democratic fundraiser Thursday night, the president said, “I'd appreciate a little break.”
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: Palin jousts with Rouse  —  (CNN) - Pete Rouse was just installed as White House chief of staff on Friday, but he's already been facing fire from Sarah Palin for over a week.  —  Now White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is hitting back, calling the former Alaska governor's accusations “fairly silly.”
John Podhoretz / Commentary:
The Meltdown Accelerates — at the Very Top
Discussion: Hot Air
Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
Pete Rouse, who will replace Emanuel as chief of staff, is known as ‘fixer’
AnnArbor.com News:
UPDATED: Assistant AG takes leave of absence after national attention over blog against U-M student body president  —  One would expect that the current Republican attorney general contender, along with Rick Snyder and other major GOP state candidates, had a word or two with Mike Cox.
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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
TARP Bailout to Cost Less Than Once Anticipated  —  WASHINGTON — Even as voters rage and candidates put up ads against government bailouts, the reviled mother of them all — the $700 billion lifeline to banks, insurance and auto companies — will expire after Sunday at a fraction of that cost …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
NOT A BAD RETURN ON A COSTLY INVESTMENT.... Whether one approves of 2008's financial industry bailout or considers it the worst piece of legislation in American history, there's one thing we can all be very glad about: its price tag. … Two years ago, the assumption among many was that these hundreds …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Balloon Juice
Reed Abelson / New York Times:
Insurer Cuts Health Plans as New Law Takes Hold  —  The Principal Financial Group announced on Thursday that it planned to stop selling health insurance, another sign of upheaval emerging among insurers as the new federal health law starts to take effect.  —  The company, based in Iowa …
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Avery Johnson / Wall Street Journal:
Principal Financial Quits Writing Health-Care Policies
Discussion: Cato @ Liberty and AmSpecBlog
Phillip Smith / StoptheDrugWar.org:
California Governor Signs Marijuana Decriminalization Bill  —  Posted in: - Budgets/Taxes/Economics - Decriminalization - Marijuana — Personal Use - News Brief - State & Local Executive Branches - State & Local Legislatures  —  California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) …
Discussion: Dean's World
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blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Eco-fascism jumps the shark: massive, epic fail!  —  I predicted this morning that No Pressure - Richard Curtis's spectacularly ill-judged eco-propaganda movie for the 10:10 campaign - would prove a disastrous own goal for the green movement.  —  But what I could never have imagined …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sen. Thune sees third party if GOP strays  —  Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said a third party similar to the Tea Party could emerge as early as 2012.  —  Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said a third party could emerge as early as 2012 if Republicans stray from their principles.
Discussion: The Hill, Erick's blog, The Page and GOP 12
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Dem senator: Tea Party is a ‘long-term force in this country’
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Robert Bazell / msnbc.com:
U.S. apologizes for Guatemala STD experiments  —  Government researchers infected patients with syphilis, gonorrhea without their consent in the 1940s  —  U.S. government medical researchers intentionally infected hundreds of people in Guatemala, including institutionalized mental patients …
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Reuters:
U.S. Apologizes for Guatemala Syphilis Experiment
Discussion: Jezebel
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Exercise and Weight Loss  —  Ta-Nehisi Coates writes some about losing weight: … I think that's largely true.  The biggest gym-related thing I've done to lose weight is that I did some sessions with a personal trainer who warned me up front that you can't really lose weight in the gym—you need to eat less food.
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and Eschaton
Robert Costa / National Review:
Bolton for President: A ‘Goldwater Conservative’  —  John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, tells National Review Online that he is seriously considering a 2012 presidential run.  “I am a Goldwater conservative,” he says.  “I am not a professional politician.
Graham Bowley / New York Times:
A Single Sale Worth $4.1 Billion Led to the ‘Flash Crash’  —  A single sale of $4.1 billion in futures contracts by a mutual fund touched off a series of events that led to the so-called flash crash, the sharp stock market decline that shook investors and markets on May 6, federal regulators said on Friday.
Robert Shrum / The Week Magazine:
Democrats will hold the House and Senate  —  For Democrats, it's Rove time: rally the base and save Congress  —  Maybe I'm wrong.  —  In fact, maybe I'm really, really wrong, which is the reaction I hear when I dare even to broach this notion to commentators and political strategists in both parties.
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Report gives stimulus package high marks  —  The massive economic stimulus package President Obama pushed through Congress last year is coming in on time and under budget - and with strikingly few claims of fraud or abuse - according to a White House report to be released Friday.
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Reminder to journalists: O'Keefe was not dressed as a pimp inside ACORN offices  —  With Andrew Breitbart's protégé back in the news this week for allegedly having no common sense, it's important that reporters be accurate about James O'Keefe's most infamous claim to fame …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Keach Hagey / The Politico:
EEOC sues Fox for retaliating against reporter  —  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Fox News for retaliating against its reporter, Catherine Herridge, after she complained that she was discriminated against because of her age and gender, according to an EEOC complaint filed Thursday.
Discussion: JustOneMinute, Jezebel, Mediaite and Gawker
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Uncanny Accuracy of Polling Averages*, Part 2: What the Numbers Say  —  This is the second article in a three-part series in which I'm addressing a question from a reader whom I'm calling Skeptical Sam.  —  Sam wondered why our election forecasts seem so confident.
Jennifer Wishon / CBN.com:
O'Donnell: 'God's Keeping Me in the Race'  —  In an exclusive interview with CBN News, Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell said God is keeping her in the race.  —  She made the statement before she stopped doing interviews at the advice of Tea Party power broker Sarah Palin.
Mark Naymik / Metro:
Lawsuit accuses Tom Ganley of sexual assault; his lawyer calls suit extortion  —  A 39-year-old Cleveland woman sued auto dealer and Republican congressional candidate Tom Ganley on Thursday, accusing him of sexually assaulting her in his office last year.  —  The married mother of four filed …
 
 
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Spencer Ackerman / Danger Room:
Exclusive: Blackwater Wins Piece of $10 Billion Mercenary Deal
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Salon
Alex Seitz-Wald / Think Progress:
Fiorina Called For Imprisoning 'Employers Who Knowingly Hired …
Discussion: CBS News and The Daily Caller
John Feehery / Pundits Blog:
Regular order  —  When Denny Hastert started as Speaker of the House …
Discussion: The Note
Shankar Vedantam / Washington Post:
No opt-out for immigration enforcement
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The Global Rich List
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Answers For Glenn Greenwald; Yes, We Are At War
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Buffalo News:
Resembling reality TV
Discussion: Capital Tonight and Politics Daily
Reuters:
Health reform to worsen doctor shortage: group
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Coalition Picks Maliki in Move That May End Iraq Stalemate
Discussion: Commentary and The Page
Ezra Klein:
The demographics of 2010  —  Some nice demographic polling out from Gallup today.
Discussion: Suburban Guerrilla
Quinnipiac University:
Despite Annoying Ads, Scott Leads In Florida Gov Race, Quinnipiac …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Austerity Caucus  —  If I had as much money as Meg Whitman …