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11:55 AM ET, October 1, 2011

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Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Obama to Congress: Get your act together and pass jobs bill  —  President Obama used his weekly radio address to urge Congress “to get its act together” and pass his jobs bill.  —  “It's been almost three weeks since I sent the American Jobs Act to Congress - three weeks since I sent …
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Barack Obama wants jobs bill back  —  President Barack Obama sent his $447 billion jobs bill to Congress nearly three weeks ago and, he said Saturday, he wants it back.  —  “This jobs bill is fully paid for.  This jobs bill contains the kinds of proposals that Democrats and Republicans …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Hill
NY Daily News:
Occupy Wall Street protest, swelled by Radiohead hoax, marches on NYPD HQ, but gets lost  —  Radiohead didn't rock out with the Occupy Wall Street mass yesterday, but the crowds sure did as the protest marched into its third weekend - but had a little trouble finding NYPD headquarters.
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Nathaniel Popper / Los Angeles Times:   Obama's former campaign funders on Wall Street turn against him
John Nichols / The Nation:
AFL-CIO's Trumka Hails Occupy Wall Street
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
White House sends Hill Fast & Furious docs, but withholds some  —  The White House sent another installment of documents to Congress on Friday detailing White House staffers' knowledge about the controversial “Operation Fast & Furious” gunrunning probe run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives.
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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
New Fast and Furious docs released by White House  —  WASHINGTON - Late Friday, the White House turned over new documents in the Congressional investigation into the ATF “Fast and Furious” gunwalking scandal.  —  The documents show extensive communications between then-ATF Special Agent …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
Bernie Marcus on Obama White House: ‘Amateurs Surrounded by Amateurs’
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
The Politico:
Bill Clinton wants more credit  —  Among friends and longtime supporters, the 65-year-old looked at ease and spoke lovingly about the aides and Arkansans who helped him get to the White House two decades ago.  —  “We were looking at total meltdown about a week before New Hampshire,” …
Peter Finn / Washington Post:
Secret U.S. memo sanctioned killing of Aulaqi  —  The Justice Department wrote a secret memorandum authorizing the lethal targeting of Anwar al-Aulaqi, the American-born radical cleric who was killed by a U.S. drone strike Friday, according to administration officials.
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Donna Leinwand Leger / ABCNEWS:
Target killing of al-Awlaki raises legal questions  —  When Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki became the first U.S. citizen placed on the CIA's “kill or capture” list, his father sued to challenge the government's authority to kill a U.S. citizen outside a war zone.  He lost.
Discussion: The Politico and CNN
Robert Chesney / Lawfare:
Al-Awlaki as an Operational Leader Located In a Place Where Capture Was Not Possible
Dan Merica / CNN:
Iranian pastor faces death for rape, not apostasy - report  —  Washington (CNN) — Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani will be put to death for several charges of rape and extortion, charges that differ greatly from his original sentence of apostasy, Iran's semi-official Fars News agency reported Friday.
WCVB-TV:
24 Arrested As Protesters Pack Financial District  —  Foreclosed Families, Supporters March To Bank Of America  —  BOSTON — A group called Occupy Boston took over Dewey Square in Boston Friday night holding a 60s-style sit in.  —  “It doesn't look like the politicians are serving the people any more …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and KGO-TV
Joan Biskupic / USA Today:
Supreme Court term could influence 2012 election  —  WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court opens a potentially epic term Monday that could roil debate in the 2012 presidential election campaign.  —  The justices have taken a raft of cases that would affect people in their daily lives …
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Alex Lazo / Money & Company:
California breaks from 50-state probe into mortgage lenders [Updated]  —  California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris will no longer take part in a national foreclosure probe of some of the nation's biggest banks, which are accused of pervasive misconduct in dealing with troubled homeowners.
Economist:
Be afraid  —  Unless politicians act more boldly, the world economy will keep heading towards a black hole  —  IN DARK days, people naturally seek glimmers of hope.  So it was that financial markets, long battered by the ever-worsening euro crisis, rallied early this week amid speculation …
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Connecticut a Toss Up?  —  Connecticut isn't a place that would go on anybody's list of swing states but Barack Obama is in a statistical tie with Mitt Romney there, leading only 47-45.  —  Obama's poor showing in Connecticut is mostly a function of his own unpopularity.
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Jonathan Weisman / Wall Street Journal:
Perry Steps Up Criticism of Romney
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post
Kim Dixon / Reuters:
Huckabee looks again at Republican presidential bid  —  (Reuters) - Mike Huckabee has been approached by Republican and conservative activists unhappy with the current crop of presidential hopefuls and he is considering entering the fray, two sources who have spoken with Huckabee told Reuters.
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Huckabee, HuckPAC shoot down report that he is reconsidering a 2012 run
Discussion: CNN
 
 
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
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Michael Ricci / Speaker:
The Piketon Promise: Amid Solyndra, Will The Obama Administration Betray Southern Ohio?
Discussion: TPMDC and The Politico
John T. Bennett / The Hill:
Akin: DOD allowing chaplains to officiate same-sex marriages is illegal
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich: Obama's Repeal Of Don't Ask, Don't Tell Demonstrates His ‘Extraordinary Anti-Military Prejudice’
Juana Summers / The Politico:
Jesse Jackson: ‘Plantation’ comments insult black voters
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Bicycles Are Cheap  —  One of the stranger political phenomena …
 

 
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New York Times:
Sources: Sony Pictures and Apollo Global formally express interest in acquiring Paramount for ~$26B; Paramount's negotiating period with Skydance ends May 3

Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place

Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Fubo reports 1.51M FuboTV subscribers at the end of Q1, down from 1.61M in Q4, revenue up 24% YoY to $394M, and a $56.1M loss, down from $83.6M a year ago

 
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