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8:25 PM ET, September 19, 2011

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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Multi-Millionaire Rep. Says He Can't Afford A Tax Hike Because He Only Has $400K A Year After Feeding Family  —  Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) appeared on MSNBC with Chris Jansing this morning to attack President Obama's new deficit reduction plan, which includes some tax increases on the wealthy.
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Why the White House changed course  —  President Obama's deficit-reduction plan (pdf) is most interesting for what's not in it.  It does not cut Social Security by “chaining” the program's cost-of-living increases.  It does not raise the eligibility age for Medicare from 65 to 67.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Obama throws ‘class warfare’ charge back in GOP's face  —  This has to be the clearest sign yet that Obama has taken a very sharp populist turn as he seeks to frame the contrast between the parties heading into 2012.  During his remarks this morning, Obama directly responded to Republicans accusing him of …
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Obama Deficit Plan Cuts Entitlements and Raises Taxes on Rich  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama will unveil a deficit-reduction plan on Monday that uses entitlement cuts, tax increases and war savings to reduce government spending by more than $3 trillion over the next 10 years, administration officials said.
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama defends new taxes: 'This is not class warfare, it's math'  —  President Obama defended his proposals to raise taxes on the wealthy Monday and promised to veto any deficit reduction plan from Congress that cuts entitlement programs but doesn't raise taxes on the wealthy.
Jonathan Bernstein / Washington Post:
Behind Obama's newfound aggressiveness: GOP fear of the ‘trigger’  —  It's probably true, as Greg wrote this morning, that Barack Obama's willingness to promote a jobs bill and now a deficit reduction package that are dead on arrival in the House — but will give the White House popular talking points …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Salon and The Caucus
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Liberals pan benefit cuts in Obama plan
Discussion: Healthwatch and CNN
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Obama Debt Reduction Plan a Sharp Pullback from Grand Bargain Territory
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
The Qwikster and the Dead  —  This morning I found an apology-laden missive in my inbox from Reed Hastings of Netflix, explaining that they'd really messed up the transition when they announced the end of free streaming, and that in order to fix it, they had . . . decided to more decisively split their DVD and streaming services.
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Reed Hastings / The Official Netflix Blog:
An Explanation and Some Reflections  —  I messed up.  I owe everyone an explanation.  —  It is clear from the feedback over the past two months that many members felt we lacked respect and humility in the way we announced the separation of DVD and streaming, and the price changes.
abovethecrowd.com:
Understanding Why Netflix Changed Pricing  —  Filed under: Internet, online video, Uncategorized, video, Web/Tech  —  Many journalists have offered their opinion on Netflix's recent changes, its stock price decline, and their even more recent branding changes (Qwikster).
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Justice Department opposes Texas Congressional map  —  The Department of Justice on Monday expressed its opposition to the congressional map devised by Texas Republicans, claiming it does not meet the requirements of the Voting Rights Act and needs to be redrawn.
Discussion: Associated Press
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Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
DOJ: Rick Perry's Texas Congressional Redistricting Map Violates Voting Rights Act
Aljazeera:   Vote suppression in the US revs up
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Susan Rice: Palestinians Are Delaying Creation of Their State  —  The anti-Israel Barack Obama, who has strengthened America's defense and intelligence ties with Israel (despite secretly hating it, as many Republican will tell you), also appointed the secretly Israel-hating Susan Rice …
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John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
The Tsuris  —  Barack Obama is the best thing Israel has going for it right now.
Tim Mak / The Politico:
Mahmoud Abbas: ‘All hell has broken out’
Discussion: Reuters and Israel Matzav
The Daily Beast:
Bill O'Reilly's Civil War  —  The Fox News host thinks America is in dire straits—and what it needs is a history lesson.  In this week's Newsweek, he tells Peter J. Boyer about his new book and why he likes Obama.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Bill O'Reilly: Only Barack Obama more powerful than me
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Perry, Romney draw support from distinct groups  —  WASHINGTON - Texas Gov. Rick Perry leads former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, in what is becoming a battle between the candidate who excites more Republicans …
Mj Lee / The Politico:
Greta Van Susteren: Tucker Carlson's a ‘pig’ for Palin story  —  Fox News host Greta Van Susteren is calling out Daily Caller owner Tucker Carlson as a “pig” and “purveyor of smut” for prominently posting a story with the headline: “Mike Tyson: Sarah Palin met the ‘womb shifter’.”
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Greta Van Susteren calls Tucker Carlson a ‘pig’
Discussion: Gretawire and ThinkProgress
Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily:
Elite team of 5 assigned to seek truth on Obama  —  Sheriff Joe picks ‘Cold Case Posse’ to investigate president's eligibility  —  Arizona's Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio told WND he has assigned a five-member “Cold Case Posse” to investigate the authenticity of Barack Obama's birth certificate.
Bill Keller / New York Times:
Fill In the Blanks  —  Just a few winters ago my wife and I took our daughters to witness the inauguration of a man who had campaigned on hope and embodied possibility.  We are pretty immune to political euphoria, but, circulating among the footsore pilgrims, we could imagine our country …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A Blockbuster Case Yields an Unexpected Result  —  WASHINGTON — People who hate Citizens United, last year's blockbuster campaign finance decision by the Supreme Court, tend to blame it for allowing secret money from corporations and unions to flood the political landscape.
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
BlueCheddar melts, pulls video confession of “beer pouring” guy (but the internet never forgets)  —  BlueCheddar is a Wisconsin “progressive” website that posted a video confession by an anti-Republican stalker who poured beer over a Republican legislator.  —  The stalker has been charged …
Discussion: Pajamas Media
The Wtmj / Local:
Thompson files fundraising papers for Senate run  —  MADISON - Former Governor Tommy Thompson has said that his long consideration of a run for U.S. Senate is over, and the process to run for the Senate has begun.  —  “I've filed my corporation documents today, which allows me now to build my organization …
Noah / Noahpinion:
Great Stagnation...or Great Relocation?  —  “I was on top of the Westin Hotel being shown the sights of [Shanghai], and I had a sudden crisis as I looked out at the extraordinary skyscrapers the architecture and the art deco.  I thought to myself, well, the mandate of heaven has passed from us and come home.”
Rasmussen Reports:
Among Undecided Voters, 64% Disapprove of Obama  —  Recent polling shows President Obama attracting between 39% and 46% of the vote against a variety of potential Republican challengers.  Despite those relatively low levels of support, the president has never trailed a Republican …
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Seth McLaughlin / Washington Times:
Liberals vow to challenge Obama in Democratic primaries  —  President Obama's smooth path to the Democratic nomination may have gotten rockier Monday, after a group of liberal leaders, including former presidential candidate Ralph Nader, announced plans to challenge the incumbent in primaries next year.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Atlantic Online
Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Boehner's “Tea Party” Challenger Is Really A Randall Terry Plant  —  Last week it was announced that a “pro-life/Tea Party activist” named David Lewis would be launching a primary against John Boehner.  Since then, most of the press coverage has focused on the “Tea Party” …
Discussion: Addicting Info and Examiner
Daniel Strauss / Ballot Box:
Rollins: Bachmann doesn't have resources to go beyond Iowa currently  —  Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-Minn.) former campaign manager, Ed Rollins, said that Bachmann doesn't have the resources to extend her campaign beyond the Iowa caucuses.  —  “I think Michele —which always was the game plan …
Discussion: CNN, The Caucus and Business Insider
 
 
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
GOPer says Obama's acting like a pirate
Discussion: Hot Air
Associated Press:
Pentagon: Military ready for gay ban repeal Tuesday
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Bloomberg:
Ex-Treasury Restructuring Chief Millstein Starts Own Firm
Discussion: Campaign 2012
Marc Lynch / Foreign Policy:
The costs of ignoring Yemen
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
What Obama Is Proposing for Medicare
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Geithner denies book's claim that he ignored president's orders
Discussion: Firedoglake and Ben Smith's Blog
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
When Ronald Reagan Was President, There Was A Soviet Union And A Cold War
Discussion: Attackerman and The Daily Beast
NY Daily News:
Squeegees return as New York City is awash in windshield swipers in sign of (desperate) times
Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
A little lizard is creating big concerns for Texas.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
James Surowiecki / New Yorker:
JOBS AND THE G.O.P.  —  There is no truer truism in American politics …
Discussion: Washington Monthly