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4:50 PM ET, August 17, 2012

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TMZ.com:
Paul Ryan — THE TOPLESS PHOTO  —  THE TOPLESS PHOTO  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Here it is ... the very first photo of Paul Ryan's mysterious athletic physique ... REVEALED!!!  —  TMZ has (finally) obtained a photo of Mitt Romney's running mate — sans shirt — taken roughly 6 years ago ... right before Ryan got hooked on the P90X workout.
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney's Whiteboard Blues  —  ANALYSIS: Everything you need to know about how this week went for Mitt Romney can be summed up in one word: whiteboard.  —  There he was in Greer, S.C., with a black dry-erase marker in hand scrawling out on a wood-framed whiteboard how — in his view …
Discussion: ABCNEWS, CNN and Wake up America
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Romney's present, Ryan's future
Matt Rhoades / Barack Obama:
Letter from Jim Messina to Matt Rhoades  —  Dear Matt:  —  I am writing to ask again that the Governor release multiple years of tax returns, but also to make an offer that should address his concerns about the additional disclosures.  Governor Romney apparently fears that the more he offers …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
White House piles on Obama call for Romney to release tax forms  —  The White House on Friday piled on to the Obama campaign's call for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to release more of his tax records.  —  White House Spokesman Josh Earnest said voters think transparency is …
Discussion: Politico, CNN and Algemeiner.com
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Morning Plum: Romney and Ryan muddy the Medicare waters  —  The Romney and Obama camapigns are again trading blows over Medicare this morning.  The Obama campaign is up with a new ad that hits back at the Romney campaign attacks, defending Obamacare for protecting Medicare against fraud …
David Jackson / USA Today:
Romney declines Obama deal on tax return releases
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Hateful speech on hate groups  —  Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay rights organization, posted an alert on its blog Tuesday: “Paul Ryan Speaking at Hate Group's Annual Conference.”  —  The “hate group” that the Republicans' vice presidential candidate would be addressing?
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Christian Newswire:
LivePrayer to File $100 Million Lawsuit Against Southern Poverty Law Center  —  Contact: Rev. William Keller, LivePrayer.com, 727-420-7005  —  Bill Keller, the world's leading Internet Evangelist and the founder of LivePrayer.com, with over 2.4 million subscribers worldwide reading …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Romney advisers confirm it: We're running a ‘just trust me’ campaign  —  I noted here yesterday that Mitt Romney is running a “just trust me” campaign, in which his lack of specificity and transparency extends far beyond just his tax returns, to his bundlers and to large swaths of his policy proposals.
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Politico:
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan pursue united front strategy  —  Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan plan to campaign together again sooner than aides had originally planned, likely twice next week, as part of a new offensive to take on the touchy issue of Medicare, campaign officials tell POLITICO.
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
One-Trick Pony Hack of the Day
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Unemployment rate rises in 44 states  —  Close to 90 percent of states saw their unemployment rates rise in July, a potentially worrisome development for President Obama's reelection campaign.  —  The Labor Department reported Friday that 44 states in all saw their jobless rate go up, with four states seeing no change at all.
Discussion: Power Line
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Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary
Discussion: Firedoglake and Calculated Risk
Christopher S. Rugaber / Associated Press:
Unemployment rates rise in 44 states in July
BBC:
Pussy Riot members jailed for two years for hooliganism  —  Judge Marina Syrova: “These three plus others... plotted together to undermine civil order, motivated by religious hatred”  —  Three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot have been jailed for two years after staging an anti-Vladimir Putin protest in a Moscow cathedral.
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Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Paul Ryan Slams Obama For Not Saving Auto Plant That Closed Under Bush  —  Paul Ryan slammed President Obama on Thursday for failing to rescue an auto factory in his Wisconsin district — one that closed in 2008, under President George W. Bush.
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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Geraldo Rivera: Napolitano Has Orchestrated A ‘Same-Sex Takeover’ Of Homeland Security  —  In an attempt to explain the allegations of sexual harassment at the Department of Homeland Security, Fox News host Geraldo Rivera on Friday resorted to saying that the few women in powerful roles …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
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Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Geraldo Investigates: Is There A ‘Lesbian Cabal’ Leading The Department Of Homeland Security?
Washington Examiner:
Hillary rejected VP slot to ready her own 2016 run … Popular in Politics  —  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was pressed by her husband and a top Obama aide to consider replacing Vice President Joe Biden just a couple of weeks ago, claims the author of the New York Times bestseller “The Amateur.”
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
City of San Francisco to place sharia-compliant disclaimers next to every AFDI pro-Israel bus ad  —  Scott Goldstein, President of Titan Transit advertising, just called me.  Titan handles the outdoor ads for San Francisco MUNI and BART.  —  In an unprecedented move, the city of San Francisco …
Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com and Joe. My. God.
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CBS San Francisco:
Muni Not Taking Down Controversial ‘Jihad’ Ads On SF Buses
Euskal Irrati Telebista / EITB:
SpongeBob SquarePants is gay  —  At least, so says the National Commission for moral affairs in the Ukraine which has requested that the series be banned along with The Simpsons and The Teletubbies.  —  null -  —  The Commission claims that SpongeBob SquarePants is a homosexual.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Joe. My. God.
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Anti-Obama Navy SEAL leader: I'm a Birther  —  President Barack Obama is a socialist, was raised by communists, and wasn't born in the United States, according to the former Navy SEAL who founded the group Special Operations Speaks (SOS), which aims to portray Obama as anti-military in this election season.
David Simon:
Mitt Romney paid taxes at a rate of at least 13 percent.  And he's proud to say so.  —  Can we stand back and pause a short minute to take in the spectacle of a man who wants to be President of The United States, who wants us to seriously regard him as a paragon of the American civic ideal …
Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Colorado U. to segregate dorms for students with gun permits  —  The University of Colorado will segregate dorms for students who have valid permits to carry concealed weapons, The Denver Post reports.  —  The newspaper says student housing contracts at CU-Boulder and CU-Colorado Springs …
Matthew Mosk / ABCNEWS:
Secret ‘Menu’ Details Perks for Big Democratic Donors  —  Those seeking invites to the most lavish receptions at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, “gold ticket” access to “dialogues,” and private breakfast briefings with party luminaries, can expect a hefty price of admission.
BBC:
Moscow bans gay pride for century  —  Nikolay Alexeyev has been campaigning for years for the right to stage gay parades in Russia  —  Moscow's top court has upheld a ban on gay pride marches in the Russian capital for the next 100 years.  —  Earlier Russia's best-known gay rights campaigner …
 
 
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Shayndi Raice / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Investors Cash Out
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
How did Harry Reid get rich?
Discussion: Washington Examiner
CBS News:
Afghanistan police officer kills 2 U.S. troops in latest “green-on-blue” attack
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Aug. 16: Why I'm Not Buying the Romney Rally
Tom Morello / Rolling Stone:
‘Paul Ryan Is the Embodiment of the Machine Our Music Rages Against’
 Earlier Items: 
Jen Chung / Gothamist:
Islamophobic Billboard At Metro-North Station Encourages Hatred, Says Local Pol
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Obama's betrayal  —  In the innocent, bygone days of February …
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
New rules expose bigger funding gaps for public pensions
Discussion: americanthinker.com and USA Today
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
Finland prepares for break-up of eurozone
 

 
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