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3:15 PM ET, October 30, 2011

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CEPR:
Washington Post Discards All Journalistic Standards In Attack on Social Security  —  News outlets generally like to claim a separation between their editorial pages and their news pages.  The Washington Post has long ignored this distinction in pursuing its agenda for cutting Social Security …
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
The debt fallout: How Social Security went ‘cash negative’ earlier than expected  —  View Photo Gallery —  Since the entitlement program's inception in 1935, many changes to Social Security have been enacted or attempted.  Here's a look at some memorable moments in Social Security's history.
Des Moines / Iowa Caucuses:
Herman Cain, Mitt Romney lead new Iowa Poll  —  DES MOINES, Iowa - Herman Cain and Mitt Romney top The Des Moines Register's new Iowa Poll, with the retired pizza executive edging the former Massachusetts governor 23 percent to 22 percent in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
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John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
The Temptation of Mitt  —  If he goes all out for Iowa, the nomination could quickly be his.  But is it like Lucy and the football?  —  Mitt Romney made a trip to Iowa in October, and that in itself was news, for this was just the third time in 2011 that the Republican front-runner …
Discussion: Iowa Caucuses
Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:
The Register's Iowa Poll: Herman Cain, Mitt Romney lead GOP pack; Ron Paul third  —  Former business executives Herman Cain and Mitt Romney lead the Republican field in Iowa in an election cycle in which likely GOP caucusgoers favor business experience over elective experience as a qualification for the presidency.
Jamie Klatell / Ballot Box:
Bachmann touts Iowa straw poll win, downplays importance of Iowa caucuses
Discussion: The Politico and Iowa Caucuses
Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Rick Perry flip-flops on debates
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Kasie Hunt / Associated Press:   Perry to attend at least 5 more debates
New York Post:
Zuccotti perv  —  Wall Street protesters in Zuccotti Park battened down the hatches yesterday as the early October snow turned their tents into igloos, but the close quarters also made easy pickings for one predator.  —  A sex fiend barged into a woman's tent and sexually assaulted her at around 6 a.m. …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Did You Hear the One About the Bankers?  —  CITIGROUP is lucky that Muammar el-Qaddafi was killed when he was.  The Libyan leader's death diverted attention from a lethal article involving Citigroup that deserved more attention because it helps to explain why many average Americans …
David Rose / Daily Mail:
Scientist who said climate change sceptics had been proved wrong accused of hiding truth by colleague  —  It was hailed as the scientific study that ended the global warming debate once and for all - the research that, in the words of its director, ‘proved you should not be a sceptic, at least not any longer’.
Denver Post:
Occupy Denver protesters, law enforcement officers clash; 20 arrested  —  In the most violent Saturday in more than a month of Occupy Denver demonstrations and marches, Denver police fired mace and pepper balls at a crowd of protesters in Civic Center today and arrested 20 people.
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David Morgan / CBS News:
Occupy Wall Street Protests
Jamie Klatell / The Hill:
Obama: Pelosi was ‘one of the best’ Speakers, will be back in 2013  —  President Obama on Saturday said Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was a great House Speaker and that she will get that job back after the 2012 elections.  —  “I am biased, but I think Nancy was one of the best Speakers …
New York Times:
More Than Two Million Lose Power as Snow Coats Region  —  October, said the calendar.  Before Halloween.  And the 2.5 million trees occupying New York City's open spaces confirmed it was fall — not winter — with glorious canopies of leaves stretching along their boughs.  —  Yet snow was falling.
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Axelrod says new White House economic initiatives will ‘make a difference’  —  President Obama's senior campaign strategist David Axelrod on Sunday defended the suite of initiatives Obama rolled out last week against allegation that they're too modest to help people struggling in the ailing economy.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
 
 
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New York Times:
U.S. Plans Post-Iraq Troop Increase in Persian Gulf
Julian Pecquet / Ballot Box:
Health law's poor polling: GOP controls debate, Dems question 2012 impact
Discussion: Firedoglake and Prairie Weather
Andrew Gilligan / Telegraph:
Assad: challenge Syria at your peril
Discussion: Guardian and Israel Matzav
Paul Conner / The Daily Caller:
Obama uses ‘Occupy Wall Street’ language in weekly address
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Liam Halligan / Telegraph:
Why the latest eurozone bail-out is destined to fail within weeks
Ben Geman / Ballot Box:
Pelosi, in pitch to donors, sees ‘turning point’ for Dems in 2012 House races
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Mark Steyn / National Review:
Adult Babies  —  Last Thursday was officially “Diaper Need Awareness …
Discussion: Samizdata.net and Ed Driscoll
 

 
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The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

 
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