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9:50 AM ET, September 26, 2011

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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama mocks Perry, Republican debates  —  President Obama broadened his attack on Republicans Sunday night, firing an indirect shot at Texas Gov. Rick Perry and condemning audience members at recent Republican debates.  —  At a fundraiser in San Jose, Calif., Obama said that some in the audience might …
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Matt Negrin / The Politico:
Obama mocks Perry, GOP audiences  —  President Obama decided to criticize Rick Perry at a fundraiser in California on Sunday, mocking the governor of Texas for his position on global warming and also the audiences at the Republican debates who have applauded death and jeered a gay soldier.
The Politico:
GOP field scrambles in fall cash dash
Discussion: CNN
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Euro Zone Death Trip  —  Is it possible to be both terrified and bored?  That's how I feel about the negotiations now under way over how to respond to Europe's economic crisis, and I suspect other observers share the sentiment.  —  On one side, Europe's situation is really, really scary …
Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
Videos Show Police Using Pepper Spray at Protest on the Financial System  —  For a few moments on Saturday, the confrontations between the police and the protesters just south of Union Square in Manhattan seemed fairly typical.  People pushed, the police shoved and arrests were made …
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Sarah Maslin Nir / City Room:
Video Appears to Show Wall Street Protesters Being Pepper-Sprayed
NY Daily News:
Wall Street protesters cuffed, pepper-sprayed during ‘inequality’ march
Discussion: Joe. My. God., Firedoglake and Corrente
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Shutdown looms: Spotlight now on Senate after Boehner wrangled House GOP votes  —  With time running out, Congress returns Monday to try to pass a short-term funding measure to avert a government shutdown and avoid yet another market-rattling showdown over the federal budget.
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Flood Victims Getting Fed Up With Congress
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Companies Get Gay-Rights Heat Over Christian Donations  —  The culture war over gay rights has entered the impersonal world of e-commerce.  —  A handful of advocates, armed with nothing more than their keyboards, have put many of the country's largest retailers, including Apple, Microsoft …
Discussion: Joe. My. God.
BBC:
Eurozone rescue plan ‘emerging’ as IMF and Greece talk  —  The plan agreed by leaders reportedly envisages a “haircut”, or writedown, of Greece's sovereign debt  —  The outline of a large and ambitious eurozone rescue plan is taking shape, reports from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington suggest.
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Robert Peston / BBC:
Can eurozone banks be strengthened?
Rachel Donadio / New York Times:   Worried Greeks Fear Collapse of Middle Class Welfare State
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Express Historic Negativity Toward U.S. Government  —  Several long-term Gallup trends at or near historical lows  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A record-high 81% of Americans are dissatisfied with the way the country is being governed, adding to negativity that has been building over the past 10 years.
Brad DeLong / The Huffington Post:
Review: Ron Suskind's Confidence Men  —  When I first learned in 2009 that Ron Suskind's next book was going to be about the making of a economic policy in the Obama administration, I looked forward to it.  Previous books about the making of economic policy had degenerated into unseemly hagiography …
Discussion: Grasping Reality …
The Huffington Post:
Spreading Freedom: Google And The War For The Web … WASHINGTON — You can't swing a dead cat video in Washington lately without hitting a lobbyist, consultant, attorney or adviser on retainer to Google or one of its tech rivals.  Google, whose top executives have long been a bottomless cup …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Politics
Glen Carey / Bloomberg:
King Abdullah Gives Saudi Women Right to Vote for First Time  —  Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabia granted women the right to vote for the first time in its modern history as part of changes King Abdullah said will let them run in future municipal elections.
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
A Campaign Finance Ruling Turned to Labor's Advantage  —  WASHINGTON — Labor unions are seizing on last year's landmark Supreme Court campaign finance ruling to change how they engage in politics, developing ambitious plans to influence nonunion households in the 2012 election …
CBS News:
Fighting terrorism in New York City  —  As the top terror target in America, New York City has taken every measure to defend itself from another 9/11.  The New York Police Department's counter-terrorism unit is one of the most sophisticated in the world - complete with sea …
Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Fidel Castro: President Obama U.N. speech ‘gibberish’  —  In his column, Castro accused the U.S. and NATO of ‘monstrous crimes.’  —  Former Cuban president Fidel Castro called President Barack Obama's speech to the United Nations last week “gibberish” in a new opinion piece.
Discussion: Reuters and Weasel Zippers
The Politico:
Rick Perry reels after Florida flop  —  ORLANDO - The alarm bells are ringing for Rick Perry's presidential campaign.  —  The Texas governor, who leaped to the top of national polls immediately after his August kickoff, finds himself suddenly reeling from a pair of setbacks in the country's most prominent political battleground.
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Chris Greenwood / Daily Mail:
Terrorist we can't kick out: Released after half his sentence but still ‘a risk to the public’ …
Discussion: Hot Air and Jihad Watch
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Rick Perry, authentically supportive
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Obama administration must make risky healthcare decision
Discussion: Healthwatch
Susan Collins / Wall Street Journal:
The Economy Needs a Regulation Time-Out
Discussion: The Politico
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
Geithner Plan for Europe is last chance to avoid global catastrophe
Discussion: Pajamas Media
BBC:
French left captures Senate in setback for Sarkozy
 Earlier Items: 
Lucy Madison / CBS News:
DNC Chair: All GOP candidates are “the same”
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Telegraph:
Christine Lagarde: IMF may need billions in extra funding
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
New York Times:
Netflix Secures Streaming Deal With DreamWorks
CBS News:
Owners of teaparty.com: Make us an offer
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Santa Fe Is Not The Future
Discussion: Washington Post, FrumForum and Eschaton
Marc Lacey / New York Times:
In Arizona, Complaints That an Accent Can Hinder a Teacher's Career