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2:30 PM ET, September 2, 2011

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Jeff Gluck / SBNation.com:
Five NASCAR Drivers Decline President Obama's White House Invitation  —  President Barack Obama will honor NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and the 11 other Chase drivers from last year in a White House ceremony on Wednesday - but nearly half of the 2010 playoff contenders won't be there.
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New York Post:
The White House mess  —  We will little note nor long remember Wednesday's breathless kerfuffle, with the White House deciding to schedule a speech in front of a joint session of Congress without actually asking Congress first — and planning for it during a long-planned Republican debate.
Discussion: Pajamas Media and Instapundit
Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
U.S. Showed No Job Growth in August; Rate Stays at 9.1%  —  The economy showed no job growth in August, the first time there has been no increase in net jobs in the United States in 11 months.  —  The flat performance in the job market was down sharply from a revised 85,000 gain of jobs in July …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Economy Gains No Jobs in August, Rate Holds at 9.1%  —  The US economy created no jobs and the unemployment rate held steadily higher at 9.1 percent in August, fueling concerns that the US is heading for another recession.  —  It was the first time since World War II that the economy had a net zero jobs created for a month.
Katharine Abraham / White House.gov Blog:
The Employment Situation in August
Discussion: CNN, Hot Air and The Powers That Be
Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Online:
Zero: That's How Many Jobs Were Created in August
Magellan Strategies:
Nevada 2012 Republican Presidential Caucus Survey (9/2/11)  —  Magellan Strategies today released the results of an autodial survey of 631 likely 2012 Nevada Republican Presidential caucus attendees.  The survey finds Rick Perry leading Mitt Romney by 5 points.
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Scott Conroy / Real Clear Politics:
Palin to Rip “Crony Capitalism” in Iowa Speech  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Though she won't be a candidate when she delivers a major address at a tea party rally in Iowa on Saturday, Sarah Palin will make it clear that she if enters the presidential race later this month she will vociferously challenge Texas …
John Fund / NewsMax.com:
Why Sarah Palin Is Not Running
Juana Summers / The Politico:
GOP candidates attack Obama for jobs report
Discussion: Washington Monthly
CNN:
Republicans quickly react to August jobs numbers
Discussion: Politics and The Politico
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Obama pulls back proposed smog standards in victory for business  —  President Obama abruptly pulled back proposed new national smog standards Friday morning, overruling the Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to compel states and communities nationwide to reduce local air pollution in the coming years or face federal penalties.
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The White House:
Statement by the President on the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards  —  Over the last two and half years, my administration, under the leadership of EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, has taken some of the strongest actions since the enactment of the Clean Air Act four decades ago …
Wall Street Journal:
Obama Asks EPA to Withdraw Proposed Ozone Rule  —  President Barack Obama, citing the nation's struggling economy, asked the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw an air quality rule that Republicans and business groups have said could cost tens of billions of dollars a year or more and kill thousands of jobs.
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
The Conservative Recovery Teeters Into Recession  —  Looks like we had 17,000 thousand new private sector jobs in August, which were 100 percent offset by 17,000 lost jobs in the public sector.  —  The striking zero result should galvanize minds, but it's worth noting that this has been the trend all year.
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Murshedz / Crooks and Liars:
Debunking Austerity Madness: ZERO Job Growth in US, Gloomy Europe - Yet an Argentinean ‘Tango’
Discussion: New York Times and NDN blogs
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Economy Added Zero Net Jobs In August, Unemployment Rate Stays At 9.1 Percent
Lila Shapiro / The Huffington Post:   U.S. Adds Zero New Jobs In August As Jobless Rate Stuck At 9.1 Percent (VIDEO)
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
On the road to the ‘conservative recovery’
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
U.S. Is Set to Sue a Dozen Big Banks Over Mortgages  —  The federal agency that oversees the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is set to file suits against more than a dozen big banks, accusing them of misrepresenting the quality of mortgage securities they assembled and sold …
Kevin G. Hall / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Regulations, taxes aren't killing small business, owners say  —  WASHINGTON — Politicians and business groups often blame excessive regulation and fear of higher taxes for tepid hiring in the economy.  However, little evidence of that emerged when McClatchy canvassed a random sample of small business owners across the nation.
Henry Blodget / The Business Insider:
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON: Mike Arrington Is Out At TechCrunch  —  TechCrunch founder and editor Michael Arrington no longer works for TechCrunch, says Arianna Huffington, the president and editor-in-chief of AOL Huffington Post Media Group.  —  This contradicts some initial reports of Mr. Arrington's new role …
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: A jobs plan that might actually work  —  House Ways and Means Committee member Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill.Most of Washington's attention is on the jobs plans being announced by President Obama and various Republican presidential candidates.
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Howard Schneider / Washington Post:
Is austerity killing Europe's recovery?
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Eric and Irene  —  “Have you left no sense of decency?”  That's the question Joseph Welch famously asked Joseph McCarthy, as the red-baiting demagogue tried to ruin yet another innocent citizen.  And these days, it's the question I find myself wanting to ask Eric Cantor, the House majority leader …
Gary S. Becker / Wall Street Journal:
The Great Recession and Government Failure  —  When comparing the performance of markets to government, markets look pretty darn good.  —  The origins of the financial crisis and the Great Recession are widely attributed to “market failure.”  This refers primarily to the bad loans …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Take the chain-emails away from Perry  —  Most folks probably have some conservative friend or relative who sends right-wing chain emails their way.  Hopefully, people know the vast majority of these political myths and urban legends are nonsense.  —  But Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry seems …
Barney Frank / Washington Post:
The Senate refuses to consider Obama nominees  —  Once upon a time, we could have expected the following sequence: After considerable debate, Congress would have passed a bill creating an agency.  The president would then nominate someone to head that agency.  That nomination would be considered on its merits by the Senate.
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Undocumented workers got billions from IRS in tax credits, audit finds  —  The Internal Revenue Service allowed undocumented workers to collect $4.2 billion in refundable tax credits last year, a new audit says, almost quadruple the sum five years ago.  —  Although undocumented workers …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Gateway Pundit
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
GOP leaders stop taking credit for job data  —  When the jobs reports were looking quite good in the early spring, Republican leaders were eager to take credit for the positive numbers they had nothing to do with.  After all, as far as GOP officials were concerned, their mere presence …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Smartypants
 
 
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Rich Lowry / National Review:
Obama's Enron  —  Bush was flayed for Enron.
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Boehner, House members will attend memorials on Sept. 11
Discussion: The Politico
Fox News:
Evidence Suggests Cover-Up in ATF Scandal, as More Guns Appear at Crime Scenes
Shira Schoenberg / Boston Globe:
Republican Party leader in N.H. quits
Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Border Attack: Romney Hits Perry on Immigration
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
CIA shifts focus to killing targets
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and TalkLeft
CNN:
TRENDING: FreedomWorks CEO slams Romney event: ‘This is a photo op’
Discussion: Iowa Caucuses
Dan Fitzpatrick / Wall Street Journal:
Fresh Scrutiny of BofA
 Earlier Items: 
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College professor allegedly led motorcycle gang, drug ring [updated]
Brendan O'Neill / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
There is something very ugly about this attempt to ghettoise Israeli musicians
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Dem ‘plans to ask a Republican to sit with him’ at joint session
Wall Street Journal:
Huntsman's Good Economic Plan
Discussion: CNN and The Volokh Conspiracy
CNN:
CNN Poll: 8 in 10 think we're in a recession
Discussion: The Politico, TPMDC, Hot Air and Shakesville
 

 
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