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Jon Swaine / Telegraph:
Mitt Romney would restore ‘Anglo-Saxon’ relations between Britain and America  —  Mitt Romney would restore “Anglo-Saxon” understanding to the special relationship between the US and Britain, and return Sir Winston Churchill's bust to the White House, according to advisers.
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Mogul's Latest Foray Courts Jews for the G.O.P.  —  WASHINGTON — A Republican group backed by the casino magnate Sheldon Adelson is starting a new effort in battleground states to win over Jewish voters who could be persuaded to turn away from President Obama and support Mitt Romney.
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Romney Adviser Says Obama Doesn't ‘Fully Appreciate’ Our ‘Anglo-Saxon Heritage’  —  An adviser to Mitt Romney told a London paper that Obama has not been an effective partner for Britain because he doesn't “fully appreciate” America's “Anglo-Saxon heritage.”
Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: Negative campaign takes toll on candidates; Obama up six points
Alicia Mundy / Washington Wire:   Republicans Make Big Push for Jewish Voters
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Obama has no patience for 'you didn't build that' attacks  —  SEATTLE - President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he's losing his patience over the Republican attacks aimed at his “you didn't build that” comment.  —  “I have to tell you, I generally have patience with what the other side says about me …
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BuzzFeed:
Democrats Plan To Go Nuclear On Romney “You Didn't Build This” Attack  —  In a memo, DNC Communications Director Brad Woodhouse outlines aggressive response to “BS” Romney claim.  —  Image by JAMES GLOVER / Reuters  —  DNC Communications Director Brad Woodhouse outlined an all-out response …
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Chicago, DNC plan coordinated national pushback on 'You didn't build that'
Tim Mak / Politico:   Scott Walker knocks Mitt Romney campaign
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Obama gets personal on Planned Parenthood
Philip Elliott / Associated Press:
SPIN METER: Obama's 'You didn't build that' echoes
Discussion: Daily Kos and US Politics
Kris Kitto / The Hill:
The Hill's 50 Most Beautiful People  —  Forget the Loaded Potato Skins.  Max Engling was surely the best thing to come out of an Indianapolis TGI Friday's, where he was waiting tables when a diner with ties to the modeling industry discovered him.  —  That's right — Engling …
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Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Nanny Mike's next target a real boozy  —  The next city health-care crackdown: alcohol abuse.  —  Having attacked smoking, trans fats and sugary drinks, the Bloomberg administration is ramping up its campaign against alcohol abuse, The Post has learned.  —  The city Health Department …
Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Movie massacre suspect sent chilling notebook to psychiatrist before attack  —  Three days after he allegedly shot up a Colorado movie theater, killing 12 and injuring scores, suspect James Holmes appeared in court, where he seemed disheveled and disoriented.
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Democrats catch major typo in Republicans' deregulation bill  —  House Democrats on Tuesday caught an error in a GOP deregulation bill that is aimed at only allowing new regulations to be issued once the unemployment rate falls to 6 percent, but unwittingly refers to the employment rate.
Washington Blade:
Who signed the Md. anti-gay marriage petition?  — Stumble upon something good?  Share it on StumbleUpon  — Send via Email  — Send this page to Print Friendly  —  The names of some 110,000 Maryland residents who signed a petition to force the state's new marriage equality law onto …
Discussion: The Daily Dish
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Did President Reagan Neglect National Security?  —  The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Mitt Romney is recounting a Jim Baker anecdote in which President Reagan ordered Baker, as White House chief of staff, to hold no national security meetings over a hundred day period early …
Crystal Wiltshire / Ecorazzi:
WATCH: David Letterman 'We're Screwed' Due To Fracking  —  David Letterman held nothing back last week when he voiced his concerns over fracking, calling the oil companies greedy, he plainly explained to America, “we're screwed.”  —  The Late Show host went on to point out the issues …
David Siders / Capitol Alert:
VIDEO: Herman Cain adviser explains smoking ad while smoking  —  RENO - Mark Block, the campaign strategist who became a minor Internet sensation when the Herman Cain campaign last year released an online-only advertisement featuring Block smoking a cigarette, was watching Cain at a rally …
Discussion: Politico
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Justice Scalia Disputes Accuracy Of ‘Leak’ … Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia spoke with NPR on Tuesday at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.  —  Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, influential conservative and pugilistic dissenter, is challenging everything from a recent leak …
Discussion: Washington Wire
Ed Carson / Investor's Business Daily:
Government Motors: GM Stock Hits New Low, Taxpayer Loss Hits $35 Billion  —  General Motors (GM) shares closed down 1.5% to 19.02 on Monday, hitting 18.85 intraday.  That's the lowest since the U.S. auto giant came public again in November 2010 at 33 a share.  Update: GM shares early Tuesday fell 1.4% to 18.76, hitting a new low.)
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Thanks ‘Gay-Porn Kingpin’  —  This evening in Portland, Oregon, President Barack Obama thanked a man named Terry Bean for organizing the reelection campaign fundraiser he was speaking at:  —  “I want to thank someone who put so much work into this event, Terry Bean,” President Obama said as the crowd began to cheer.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Obama on defense on small business  —  Smarting from the attack on his “you didn't build that"speech the Obama team is inexplicably running a whiny, defensive ad saying, “Those ads taking my words about small business out of context, they're flat out wrong.”  Wow.  This is his version of the “I am not a witch” ad.
Rebecca J. Rosen / The Atlantic Online:
Greenland's ‘Extreme Melt Event’  —  During a five-day period earlier this month, 97 percent of the surface of Greenland's ice sheet thawed.  —  When NASA scientist Son Nghiem was analyzing data from the Oceansat-2 satellite last week, he noticed that an unusual amount of Greenland's surface …
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
'We're Not Going to Protect You'  —  New York's mayor calls for a police insurrection.  —  Last night New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg made an extraordinarily dangerous and radical pronouncement.  He was appearing on CNN's “Piers Morgan Tonight” when the host asked him …
CNBC:
Wall Street Legend Sandy Weill: Break Up the Big Banks  —  Former Citigroup Chairman & CEO Sanford I. Weill, the man who invented the financial supermarket, called for the breakup of big banks in an interview on CNBC Wednesday.  —  “What we should probably do is go and split up investment banking …
Wall Street Journal:
Obama Keeps Lead as Voter Anxiety Rises  —  American voters are growing more polarized and locked in their views as they witness a presidential campaign that is boosting negative feelings about both candidates, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released Tuesday shows.
Helen Carter / Guardian:
Boy, 11, flies to Italy without ticket  —  Five airline staff suspended after youngster was able to board Jet2.com flight without boarding pass or passport  —  An investigation has begun at Manchester airport after an 11-year-old boy boarded a flight to Rome without a passport …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and msnbc.com
BBC:
NK leader's marriage confirmed  —  The woman presumed to be Ri Sol-ju was pictured in images released by the state news agency  —  North Korean state media have confirmed for the first time that the country's leader Kim Jong-un is married.  —  Reports referred to him attending the opening …
Larry Elliott / Guardian:
Shock 0.7% fall in UK GDP deepens double-dip recession  —  GDP figures for second quarter from Office for National Statistics surprise City analysts who had expected a 0.2% drop  —  Britain's economic output collapsed by 0.7% in the second quarter of 2012 as the country's double-dip recession extended into a third quarter.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Eschaton
 
 
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Michelle Malkin:
Hey, Boston: Leave Chick-fil-A alone
Quinnipiac University:
New Yorkers Like Cuomo As Gov, Clinton As President, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Obama …
Discussion: Politico
Reuters:
Russia accuses US of justifying terrorism in Syria
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
To Move Polls, Romney Needs to Go Positive
Terry Davidson / Canada's network for news …:
QMI AGENCY  —  TORONTO - Three liquor stores recently sold booze …
New York Sun:
Mayor Bloomberg and Ice-T
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Cantor: Obama administration ‘beats back into submission’ those who dissent
Discussion: Politico, Wake up America, Hot Air and CNN
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell floats plan to stop defense cuts
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Washington Post:
N.Y. Fed quiet on Barclays' admission of rigging Libor
Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
Why Advertisers Want Charlie Sheen As Their Spokesman—And Why Young Men Still Like Him
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Martha Woodall / Philly.com:
Feds charge Philly charter school mogul in massive fraud
Forrest Wilder / The Texas Observer:
Washington Post Reporter Allows College Officials to Alter Story on Controversial Test
Katie Glueck / Reuters:
Veep Sheet: Gov. Bob McDonnell ‘incredibly able’
Discussion: ABCNEWS and CNN
Mark Bittman / Opinionator:
More on Milk  —  Not surprisingly, experiences like mine with dairy …
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Medicaid Expansion Ruling Blunts Health Law's Effect
 

 
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