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10:40 PM ET, October 27, 2011

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Jake Parrillo / Politics & Elections Blog:
What search trends tell us about Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party  —  When we launched our Political Trendspotters Contest last week, we heard from a number of users who wanted us to explore the trends around the Occupy Wall Street movement.  After spending many days in the top 20 terms on Google Trends …
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Occupy Wall Street kitchen staff protesting fixing food for freeloaders  —  The Occupy Wall Street volunteer kitchen staff launched a “counter” revolution yesterday — because they're angry about working 18-hour days to provide food for “professional homeless” people and ex-cons masquerading as protesters.
Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Peter Schiff at Occupy Wall Street: “Walmart Doesn't Hold a Gun to Your Head!”  —  “Did a corporation end slavery, or did the government end slavery?!?!”  —  That's the sort of question investment guru and radio show host Peter Schiff fielded as he debated Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protesters last week in New York's Zuccotti Park.
Discussion: Proof Positive and Hot Air
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Robertson: Christians Should Oppose Occupy Wall Street  —  On The 700 Club today, Pat Robertson told a questioner that Christians should not be involved in the economic justice movement Occupy Wall Street.  Robertson dubbed the protests “atavistic” and a “rebellion” with “no purpose” behind it.
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Occupy the No-Spin Zone  —  One of the best things about Occupy Wall Street is the way it confuses and ignores the shrill pundit class.  —  Is the media missing the point by expecting Occupy Wall Street to simplify its message?  —  I confess to being driven insane this past month …
Tim Mak / The Politico:
Gibbs: Obama gets ‘Occupy’ anxiety
Discussion: Pat Dollard, Weasel Zippers and CNN
A.Killough / CNN:
TRENDING: Tea party group to Bachmann: Quit the presidential race  —  (CNN) - A tea party group has a surprising and harsh urging for long-time tea party favorite Michele Bachmann: Quit the presidential race.  —  “It's time for Michelle [sic] Bachmann to go,” reads the first line of a statement …
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LIBERTY RISING:
Bachmann's Floundering Can Damage Tea Party  —  by American Majority President Ned Ryun  —  It's time for Michele Bachmann to go.  For the last two years, I've been cautioning about the dangers of individuals or organizations trying to present themselves as leaders of the Tea Party movement.
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
White House turns the screws on Congress over 9 percent approval  —  A number of White House officials, sensing momentum on their side, blasted Republicans in Congress and on the campaign trail, mocking recent measures and Congress's 9 percent approval rating.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Boehner: ‘Great concerns’ Obama is exceeding Constitution  —  House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said that he has “great concerns” that President Obama may be exceeding his constitutional authority in ordering his administration to adjust regulations surrounding “underwater” …
San Francisco Chronicle:
War vet hurt in Occupy Oakland protest improving  —  (10-27) 14:16 PDT OAKLAND —  An Iraq war veteran who was injured during the raucous Occupy Oakland protest Tuesday night was upgraded to fair condition this morning at Highland Hospital in Oakland, a nursing supervisor said.
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Joel B. Pollak / Big Government:
Learning from Hamas: How #Occupy Uses Human Shields-Veterans, Women, the Young, the Old, the Disabled … Woman in a wheelchair, Occupy Oakland riot, Oct. 25.  Photo: Bradblog.com  —  When the activists of Occupy Oakland attacked police en masse on October 25th, throwing paint bombs …
Kim Geiger / Los Angeles Times:
Rick Perry may skip some debates  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry argue during a GOP presidential debate.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson / October 18, 2011)  —  After a series of poor debate performances in the early months of his presidential campaign …
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Sarah Wheaton / The Caucus:
The Other Campaigns Chime In on Perry and Debates
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Internal labor memo warns Ohio union fight could go either way  —  What if the public polls predicing a sizable labor win in the Ohio battle over collective bargaining are just flat-out wrong?  —  With many pundits predicting a comfortable win for unions, even pols like Mitt Romney seem to be edging away from the anti-labor side.
Phil Izzo / Real Time Economics:
Economists React: ‘Where Are the Recession Calls Now?’  —  Economists and others weigh in on the 2.5% growth in GDP at a seasonally adjusted annual rate.  —Broad based gains indeed with consumer spending, business investment, structures and residential investment up... Modest growth …
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
National Income and Product Accounts Gross Domestic Product, 3rd quarter 2011 (advance estimate)
Andy Towle / Towleroad News #gay:
Bully's Brutal Assault of Gay Ohio High School Student Caught on Camera: VIDEO  —  A student at Union-Scioto High School in Chillicothe, Ohio was brutally beaten this week by another student for being gay.  Class members watched as the bully waited for the student to arrive in the classroom …
Discussion: Holy Bullies … and Gay Politics
Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
Gingrich, Cain Debate Carries Big Price Tag  —  When Abraham Lincoln debated Stephen Douglas in seven counties over three months in 1858, thousands packed town squares to hear the two men face off over three hours.  And no one paid a dime for the pleasure.  —  Fast forward to Nov. 5th …
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House schedule too light, say Democrats  —  The House will retain its pattern of working two weeks in Washington followed by a week of district work under its 2012 legislative calendar, released Thursday by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.).  —  The schedule calls for more weeks …
Discussion: The Politico
Julian Ryall / Telegraph:
North Korea bans citizens working in Libya from returning home  —  North Korea has banned its own citizens working in Libya from returning home, apparently out of fear that they will reveal the extent - and final outcomes - of the revolutions that have shaken the Arab world.  —  North Korean leader Kim Jong-il
Toddstarnes / Fox News:
Do Crosses at Catholic University Violate “Human Rights” of Muslims?  —  The Washington, D.C. Office of Human Rights confirmed that it is investigating allegations that Catholic University violated the human rights of Muslim students by not allowing them to form a Muslim student group …
Anne Saker / Oregonian:
Occupy Portland fears it has lost up to $20,000 in donations  —  Organizers of Occupy Portland say they fear as much as $20,000 donated to the group through a PayPal account has disappeared.  —  They also say the group's finance committee has hijacked the demonstration's Internet domain name …
Robert Frank / The Wealth Report:
Millionaires Support Warren Buffett's Tax on the Rich  —  Warren Buffett isn't the only rich guy who wants to higher taxes on the rich.  —  A new survey from Spectrem Group found that 68% of millionaires (those with investments of $1 million or more) support raising taxes on those with $1 million or more in income.
Bloomberg:
Mortgage Registry MERS Sued by Delaware Attorney General  —  Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) — Merscorp Inc., the operator of a national mortgage registry used by banks, was sued by Delaware's attorney general for allegedly using deceptive practices that hide information from borrowers.
Discussion: Firedoglake
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Oliver Stone to Direct ‘Power Broker’ Film for HBO (Exclusive) … HBO is getting political with director Oliver Stone.  —  The premium cable network is developing a film based on Robert Caro's classic nonfiction book The Power Broker.  Like the 1974 Pulitzer Prize-winning tome …
William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
11 Charged in $1 Billion L.I.R.R. Disability Scheme  —  Eleven people, including two doctors and a former union president, were charged on Thursday in a “massive fraud scheme” in which hundreds of Long Island Rail Road workers made false disability pension claims that could have cost …
John T. Bennett / The Hill:
Defense official under investigation resigns  —  A Pentagon official who was being investigated for what whistleblowers called incompetence, extravagant spending, cronyism and “tyrannical” management has resigned.  —  The Defense Department announced Thursday that Clifford Stanley …
Discussion: The Politico
The Republic:
Richmond tea party: Charge Occupy protesters or refund $10,000 we spent to rally in Virginia  —  Richmond, Va. — The Richmond tea party is demanding a refund of about $10,000 from the city, claiming it unfairly charged them for rallies while allowing the Occupy protesters to use the same space for several weeks for free.
Rebecca J. Rosen / The Atlantic Online:
Google Refuses to Remove Police-Brutality Videos  —  But the company could do more to explain why it chooses to deny certain requests to remove content and yet complies with others  —  Google's latest Transparency Report contains this tantalizing bit: … Good on Google.
Adam Serwer / MoJo Articles:
Top Romney Adviser Tied to Militia That Massacred  —  How Walid Phares went from advising Lebanese warlords to counseling the GOP front-runner.  —  Post Comment  —  WALID PHARES, THE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED co-chair of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's Middle East advisory group, has a long résumé.
 
 
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