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9:15 PM ET, October 3, 2010

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Jason Mattera / Human Events:
HUMAN EVENTS Reporter Assaulted at Leftist Rally  —  A liberal protester at the “One Nation Working Together” march physically assaulted a HUMAN EVENTS reporter who was videotaping Rep. Charlie Rangel (D.-N.Y) at the event at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Jeff Poor / NewsBusters.org:
‘This Week’ Wages ‘Holy War’ Month Before Midterms: ‘We Believe that One Day the Flag of Islam will Fly Over the White House’  —  You have to wonder what on earth ABC's “This Week” host Christiane Amanpour is thinking by holding a so-called town hall meeting this close to a pivotal midterm election.
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Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
Rev. Franklin Graham: Islam ‘evil’  —  Rev. Franklin Graham, the son of Rev. Billy Graham, called Islam “wicked” and “evil” on Sunday during a televised town hall-style discussion about American's feelings about the religion.  —  “They want to build as many mosques and cultural centers …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Third Party Rising  —  A friend in the U.S. military sent me an e-mail last week with a quote from the historian Lewis Mumford's book, “The Condition of Man,” about the development of civilization.  Mumford was describing Rome's decline: “Everyone aimed at security: no one accepted responsibility.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
FRIEDMAN'S THIRD-PARTY MESS.... Thomas Friedman joins a long list of centrist media figures to call for a third party to offer a sensible alternative to Democrats and Republicans.  To put it charitably, the column is wildly unpersuasive.  —  The general pitch is common, but lazy …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
At ‘One Nation’ rally, a unionized show of unity  —  Organizers of Saturday's “One Nation Working Together” rally at the Lincoln Memorial are proud of their diversity.  Before the event, they predicted it would be the “most diverse march in history.”  It turned out they were right.
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Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Reason.tv: What We Saw At And Who We Talked With at the One Nation …
Washington Post:   Tens of thousands attend progressive 'One Nation Working Together …
NY Daily News:
Tea Party-backed Carl Paladino gets millions in tax breaks, but creates just a handful of jobs  —  For the last decade, anti-big government candidate Carl Paladino has pocketed millions of dollars in tax breaks by promising to jump-start economic revival in and around his native Buffalo.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Glenn Beck is obsessed with Hitler and Woodrow Wilson.  (I'm just saying.)  —  Glenn Beck, the conservative television and radio host, is an amateur historian.  Very amateur.  —  One day, he rhetorically asked his Fox News viewers: “Why did we buy Alaska in the 1950s?”
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Washington Examiner:
Tea Party dominance was inevitable — and I told you so  —  I told you so.  —  On April 15, 2009, as the first nationwide wave of Tea Party protests broke out, I wrote: “What's most striking about the tea-party movement is that most of the organizers haven't ever organized, or even participated, in a protest rally before.
Discussion: Riehl World View, sisu and Don Surber
The Politico:
Rahm Emanuel hires Scott Fairchild, launches bid  —  Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has chosen Scott Fairchild, the chief of staff for Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.), to manage his campaign for mayor of Chicago, POLITICO has learned.  —  Fairchild agreed to lead Emanuel's Chicago bid earlier …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Daley: Obama's endorsement may not tip mayor's race
Discussion: CNN
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Sanders: GOPs ‘do not want Americans to succeed’; Obama should steer left  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Sunday that Republicans “do not want Americans to succeed” in laying out his case for energizing the liberal base to go to the polls in November.  —  Sanders, a self-proclaimed …
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David S Morgan / CBS News:   Sanders: GOP Doesn't Want America to Succeed
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House: Dems gaining ground on GOP in voter enthusiasm  —  Over the past few weeks, Democrats have made steady progress in narrowing the voters enthusiasm gap with Republicans, the White House claimed Sunday.  —  This past week, President Obama attended a 26,000 person rally in Madison …
Discussion: The Politico
Michael Patrick Leahy / Big Journalism:
News the Old Media Won't Tell You: More Trash at One Sparsely Attended Left Wing Rally Than at All the Tea Parties Around the Country in a Year and a Half  —  The pictures and videos of all the trash left behind at Saturday's left wing “One Nation” rally on the Mall in Washington …
Discussion: The Other McCain
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Conyers lost driver's license after renewal check bounced  —  Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) lost his driver's license temporarily this summer because he bounced the check used to pay the renewal fee, according to an Associated Press report.  —  Conyers, who chairs the Judiciary Committee …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Travel.State.Gov:
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE  —  Europe  —  The State Department alerts U.S. citizens to the potential for terrorist attacks in Europe.  Current information suggests that al-Qa'ida and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks.  European governments have taken action to guard …
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
U.S. Issues Terrorism Alert for Travel to Europe
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Cornyn: ‘Significant’ wins ahead; Menendez: No GOP Senate ahead  —  The two heads of the senatorial campaign arms sparred Sunday over how their parties would fare in elections a month from now, with Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (N.J.) …
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
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Bloomberg:
Unemployment in U.S. Probably Rose as Recovery Can't Generate Enough Jobs
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Clusterstock
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
Verizon Wireless to Pay Up to $90 Million in Refunds
William Yong / New York Times:
Iran Says It Arrested Computer Worm Suspects
Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
Midterms outlook: Purely partisan
Discussion: CNN
CNN:
Key senator lashes out at Pakistan government
Discussion: Raw Story
Kathleen Hennessey / Los Angeles Times:
Democrats playing on opponents' words
Discussion: Politics Daily
Stephen C. Webster / Raw Story:
Breitbart disowns O'Keefe, demands apology for failed ‘love boat’ prank
 Earlier Items: 
Marooned In Marin:
“One Nation” (Of Commies, Unions, & Other Leftist Extremists)...Trashing The Mall
Los Angeles Times:
Brown, Whitman heatedly debate illegal immigration
Joe Weisenthal / Clusterstock:
Investors Were Heard Making Chimp Sounds And Yelling “Short Ireland” …
Discussion: Felix Salmon and Balloon Juice
Guardian:
Students face £10,000-a-year fees
Discussion: Telegraph and AMERICAblog News
New York Post:
A Supreme fetish
David Barrett / Telegraph:
British schools where girls must wear the Islamic veil
 

 
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