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10:50 AM ET, September 24, 2011

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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Santorum condemns boos; Romney and Perry don't  —  It was one of the more jarring moments in Thursday night's debate.  Stephen Hill, a U.S. Army soldier serving in Iraq, asked whether he, as a gay American, would be able to continue serving if one of these Republican candidates won.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Gawker
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Emily Friedman / Politics:
GOP Candidates React to Booed Gay Soldier  —  ABC News' Emily Friedman and Arlette Saenz report:  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — Whether the booing happened at Thursday's night's debate is still a mystery to former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.  —  Asked again about the booing after a question …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Anger Builds  —  I have become used to hearing gay people …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
No Thanking the Gay Soldier in Iraq for His Service?
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Truth Wins Out
Juana Summers / The Politico:
Web verdict on Perry: Brutal  —  The conservative commentariat spoke with near-unanimity Friday on Rick Perry's debate performance: The Texas governor didn't just lose, he bombed.  —  There was no election-ending gaffe or singularly disqualifying remark.  But his second consecutive weak …
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Debates Appear To Be Hurting Rick Perry
Jim Meyers / NewsMax.com:
Chris Christie Reconsidering 2012 Run, Will Decide in Days  —  More ways to share...  Mixx  —  Stumbled  —  LinkedIn  —  Vine  —  Buzzflash  —  Newstrust  —  Technocrati  —  Forward Article  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is reconsidering his decision not to enter …
The Politico:
Elizabeth Warren's campaign revises pay from TARP panel  —  The campaign for Democratic Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren said Friday she had been paid $192,722 for serving as chairman of a congressional committee that monitored the 2008 federal bank bailout, three times as much as had originally been acknowledged.
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The Politico:
Warren's TARP panel under scrutiny
today.yougov.com News:
Problems For The President: Americans Give Him Lowest Approval Rating Ever  —  This week's Economist/YouGov Poll is full of bad news for President Barack Obama.  The frontrunners for the GOP nomination in the 2012 contest are pulling very close to him in head-to-head matchups …
Steven F. Hayward / Weekly Standard:
President Solyndra  —  And his mean green wealth-wasting machine.  —  The spectacular collapse of Solyndra has all of the trappings of an epic Washington scandal, with serial revelations of embarrassing and potentially improper White House machinations to secure a $535 million federal loan guarantee …
Discussion: Power Line
New York Times:
Putin Will Seek Russian Presidency in 2012  —  MOSCOW — Vladimir V. Putin, who for over a decade has labored to consolidate authority in Russia under his control, will run for president next year, replacing his protégé, Dmitri A. Medvedev, and possibly extending his rule until 2024.
Discussion: Runnin' Scared
Monica Davey / New York Times:
Midwest Farmers Are on Alert Against Pig Thieves  —  LAFAYETTE, Minn. — Here in pig country, the pigs are vanishing.  —  This month, 150 pigs — each one weighing more than an average grown man — disappeared from a farm building in Lafayette despite deadbolts on its doors.
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Partisanship flares again, thwarts passage of stopgap funding bill  —  The unexpected flare-up of partisan rancor over a minor line-item in the federal budget this week left lawmakers feeling increasingly gloomy about their ability to address issues of greater consequence …
Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
Obama Administration to Ban Asthma Inhalers Over Environmental Concerns  —  Remember how Obama recently waived new ozone regulations at the EPA because they were too costly?  Well, it seems that the Obama administration is would rather make people with Asthma cough up money …
Lauri Apple / Gawker:
Snobby Illiterati to Protest Wall St. ‘Hippies’ With Champagne Toast  —  As the first week of the #occupywallstreet protest against corporate stuff draws to a close, some classy capitalists have decided to dust off their favorite Nixon-era jargon and hold a champagne-soaked counter-protest of their own.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Gothamist
Amy Taxin / Associated Press:
Jury: Muslim students guilty of disrupting speech  —  SANTA ANA, California (AP) — A California jury found 10 Muslim students guilty Friday of disrupting the Israeli ambassador's university speech about U.S.-Israel relations, a case that stoked a debate about free speech.
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Debbie Goffa / L.A. NOW:
‘Irvine 11’ jury finds all 10 students guilty
Discussion: Doug Ross and Outside the Beltway
Melissa Vega / WOAI-TV:
Teacher calls local Tea Party president a Nazi  —  SAN ANTONIO - Tempers flared during a town hall meeting on the Dream Act Tuesday night.  During the meeting a high school government teacher from John F. Kennedy called the local Tea Party president a Nazi.  —  The exchange was recorded and posted on You tube.
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
CRUNCH TIME: House GOP Jams Senate With Government Funding Bill, Partisan Budget Cuts For Disaster Aid  —  House Republicans closed ranks just after midnight on Friday morning, and passed legislation to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month.  The vote tally was 219-203.
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Cram It! Senate Dems And Republicans Reject Holding Disaster Aid Hostage
 
 
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Ian Sample / Guardian:
Faster than light particles found, claim scientists
The White House:
Remarks by the President on the American Jobs Act …
Discussion: BizzyBlog and National Review
New York Times:
U.S. Presses Europe to Stop Spread of Greek Debt Crisis
Discussion: Gawker, Firedoglake and CBS Minnesota
Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:
Prince George's Del. Alston indicted on theft charges
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Rohrabacher's mea culpa for changing Wednesday vote: 'I'm chickens—t'
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
North Carolina Legislator Says State Needs To Ban Same-Sex Marriage To Keep Gay “Agenda” From “Being Normal”
Haaretz:
Bill Clinton: Netanyahu isn't interested in Mideast peace deal
Discussion: Guardian and The Atlantic Online
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Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
As Mississippi Debates Extreme ‘Personhood’ Amendment, Advocates Ask Where Are The Dems?
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Maddow Blog
Rasmussen Reports:
New Hampshire GOP Primary: Romney 39%, Perry 18%, Paul 13%
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Ron Suskind's Larry Summers problem
 

 
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