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11:40 AM ET, October 22, 2010

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Alicia Shepard / NPR:
NPR's Firing of Juan Williams Was Poorly Handled  —  Juan Williams once again got himself into trouble with NPR for comments he made at his other job, at Fox News.  And NPR's reaction has unleashed an unprecedented firestorm of criticism directed not at Williams - but at NPR.
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Juan Williams / Fox News:
I Was Fired for Telling the Truth  —  Yesterday NPR fired me for telling the truth.  The truth is that I worry when I am getting on an airplane and see people dressed in garb that identifies them first and foremost as Muslims.  —  This is not a bigoted statement.
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Is Nina Totenberg Next?  —  NPR's legal affairs correspondent frequently expresses her pro-Democratic opinion.  —  Juan Williams, now a former contract news analyst for NPR, was fired Wednesday for publicly taking a controversial position.  A statement from NPR CEO Vivian Schiller said:
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Everybody Wins  —  When I wrote last night it seemed like the Juan Williams saga was one in which no one came out very well.  But the light of a new day has changed the picture dramatically.  Bagging the lucrative new contract with Fox News is only part of it.
Matea Gold / Los Angeles Times:
In wake of NPR controversy, Fox News gives Juan Williams an expanded role  —  The cable news network signs the analyst to a new three-year contract for nearly $2 million.  Meanwhile, conservative figures blast the public radio network for its response to Williams' comments about Muslims.
James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
On the Media: Juan Williams' firing is hard to justify  —  The NPR reporter was dismissed after commenting about Muslims during a Fox News show, but the radio network isn't consistent in enforcing its ethics policies.  —  It would be an understatement to say that National Public Radio's firing …
Mark Memmott / NPR:
NPR CEO: Williams' Views Should Stay Between Himself And ‘His Psychiatrist’
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Two Takes at NPR and Fox on Juan Williams
Josh Silver / The Huffington Post:
Sarah Palin, Jim DeMint Take Aim at NPR Funding
Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
While a Muslim advocacy group, the Council on American Islamic Relations …
Discussion: Hot Air, Gateway Pundit and Hit & Run
Fox News:
A Brief History of NPR's Intolerance and Imbalance
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Lillian McEwen breaks her 19-year silence about Justice Clarence Thomas  —  For nearly two decades, Lillian McEwen has been silent — a part of history, yet absent from it.  —  When Anita Hill accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment during his explosive 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearing …
Melanie Mason / Dallas Morning News:
GOP congressional candidate Stephen Broden says violent overthrow of government is ‘on the table’  —  mmason@dallasnews.com  —  WASHINGTON - Republican congressional candidate Stephen Broden stunned his party Thursday, saying he would not rule out violent overthrow of the government if elections did not produce a change in leadership.
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Brad Watson / WFAA-TV:
Broden on population control, Nazis and revolution
Discussion: The Politico and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Campaign's Big Spender  —  Public-Employees Union Now Leads All Groups in Independent Election Outlays  —  The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is now the biggest outside spender of the 2010 elections, thanks to an 11th-hour effort to boost Democrats that has vaulted …
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New York Times:
Top Companies Aid Chamber of Commerce in Policy Fights  —  Prudential Financial sent in a $2 million donation last year as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched a national advertising campaign to weaken the historic rewrite of the nation's financial regulations.
JoAnne Allen / Front Row Washington:
Pelosi takes on Chamber of Commerce over campaign spending
Discussion: Firedoglake, SpeakEasy and GayPatriot
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Former president Clinton on mission to rescue Democratic Party in fall elections  —  Bill Clinton is baffled.  The former president's friends say he is in disbelief that in the closing weeks of the midterm campaigns Democrats have failed to articulate a coherent message on the economy and …
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Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Clinton: GOP banking on 'yesterday's America' showing up Election Day
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
British Fashion Victims  —  In the spring of 2010, fiscal austerity became fashionable.  I use the term advisedly: the sudden consensus among Very Serious People that everyone must balance budgets now now now wasn't based on any kind of careful analysis.  It was more like a fad …
Discussion: Free exchange
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Obama Underappreciation Syndrome  —  In an increasingly desperate attempt to develop a narrative for the coming Democratic collapse, the Democrats have indulged themselves in what for half a century they've habitually attributed to the American right — the paranoid style in American politics.
Ted Nesi / WPRI-TV:
WPRI Poll: Barney Frank in tight race  —  NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) - U.S. Rep. Barney Frank is facing what may be the toughest re-election fight of his 30-year career as he holds onto a double-digit lead over Republican challenger Sean Bielat, our exclusive WPRI 12 poll shows.
Brian Bond / White House.gov Blog Feed:
President Obama: It Gets Better  —  Recently, several young people have taken their own lives after being bullied for being gay - or perceived as being gay - by their peers.  Their deaths are shocking and heartbreaking tragedies.  No one should have to endure relentless harassment or tormenting.
Liberals-Lie / CBS News:
Clint Eastwood on Obama: Nice Fella but “Not a Fan”  —  Clint Eastwood, legendary actor and director, told Katie Couric that while President Obama is a “nice fella,” he's “not a fan of what he's doing at the moment.”  —  During an interview about his latest film “Hereafter,” …
Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Issa Says GOP Oversight Won't Be Overbearing  —  Detractors portray him as a Republican pit bull-in-waiting who will lunge for the Democrats' jugular if his party wins the House in next month's election.  —  Rep. Darrell Issa wants to bury that notion.  He said he won't pepper the Obama White House …
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Bloomberg:
Biden Says Outside Groups' Money Jeopardizes Democrats' Control of House
Discussion: The Note, ABCNEWS and The Eye
Wall Street Journal:
Tea Party to the Rescue  —  How the GOP was saved from Bush and the establishment.  —  Two central facts give shape to the historic 2010 election.  The first is not understood by Republicans, and the second not admitted by Democrats.  —  The first: the tea party is not a “threat” …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
It Gets Better  —  Dan Savage should be beaming with pride about what he started.  Here is the president of the United States reaching out to gay kids being bullied in their teenage years.  —  It's beautifully crafted and gently put.  I think it's the first time in history that a US president …
Mumbai:
Teleprompter to make its debut in Parliament when Obama speaks  —  A teleprompter will be in use for the first time in the Central Hall of Parliament when US President Barack Obama addresses MPs on November eight.  —  As per the tentative programme being worked out, the address by Obama …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
'I'd trust him with my bullet'  —  This is video of NY-20 GOP hopeful Chris Gibson at a campaign event, apparently taken at an indoor event over the weekend based on the date on the YouTube posting, at which a man in the crowd says something about trusting Democratic Rep. Scott Murphy “with my bullet.”
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 
 
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
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Aaron Lynett / National Post:
Centre refuses to host Steyn lecture on free speech
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Pelosi: Bush is ‘the gift that keeps on giving’
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Gillibrand wishes they'd focus on other stuff
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AP-GfK Poll: Americans split on health care repeal
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