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7:20 PM ET, September 17, 2012

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David Corn / Mother Jones:
SECRET VIDEO: Romney Tells Millionaire Donors What He REALLY Thinks of Obama Voters  —  When he doesn't know a camera's rolling, the GOP candidate shows his disdain for half of America.  —  During a private fundraiser earlier this year, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told …
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Video: Barack Obama Voters ‘Dependent On Government’ … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Video, Mitt Romney Video, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney China Factory Video, Mitt Romney Fundraiser, Mitt Romney Fundraiser Video, Romney Born In America Video …
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Middle East Turmoil Closely Followed; Romney's Comments Viewed Negatively  —  OVERVIEW  —  About four-in-ten Americans (43%) have followed news about the attacks on U.S. embassies in the Middle East and the killing of an American ambassador very closely, making it by far the most closely followed foreign news story of the year.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
GOP Congressman Blows Up At CNN Host: 'I Don't Care What Fact Check Says,' Obama Apologizes For America!  —  During an appearance on CNN's Starting Point on Monday, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) could not explain when President Obama “apologized” for the United States, despite repeatedly claiming that he went on an …
Discussion: Booman Tribune and The Raw Story
Politico:
Mitt Romney abruptly shifts strategy  —  Mitt Romney, sensing an opening in the Middle East mess and catching flak from conservatives for giving too little detail about his policy plans, is rolling out a new and broader strategy to make the election a referendum on “status quo versus change …
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Romney's ‘New’ Campaign Strategy Isn't Actually New  —  The Republican candidate hopes to convince voters he's turning the page — by promising to keep doing exactly what he's been doing so far.  —  Reuters  —  It is a brave new day for Mitt Romney.  His campaign is laying out a bold new strategy …
BuzzFeed:
Romney's New Strategy Turns Right
Mike Lillis / Ballot Box:
Hispanic Dems batter Romney as ‘extremist’ on immigration
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Newsweek Publishes Islamophobic ‘Muslim Rage’ Cover In Response To Embassy Attacks  —  Anti-Islam rhetoric in the United States has heated up this week in the wake of the violent protests in the Middle East.  MSNBC's Joe Scarborough joined in the backlash this morning, saying …
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Max Read / Gawker:
13 Powerful Images of Muslim Rage  —  “MUSLIM RAGE,” screams Newsweek's new cover story about last week's violent anti-American protests.  Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the well-known anti-Islam activist, is here to tell “us” (The_West) how to “end it.”  And it's true, isn't it?  All Muslims are constantly raging about everything.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Tina Brown's ‘Muslim Rage’ cover
Discussion: Blazing Cat Fur
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Joe Scarborough On The Entire Muslim World: ‘They Hate Us Because Of Their Religion’
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and GILL REPORT
Matthew Lee / bigstory.ap.org:
US DIPLOMATS IN BEIRUT BURNING CLASSIFIED MATERIAL  —  You are here  —  Home » United States government » US diplomats in Beirut burning classified material  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut have started to destroy classified material …
Discussion: Power Line and Weasel Zippers
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CBS DC:
Obama's Security Breach In Libya Is Ignored By American Media
Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
Gretchen Carlson Appears To Get Pranked In Interview With ‘Former Obama Supporter’  —  Fox & Friends host Gretchen Carlson had to contend with a truly awkward moment Monday morning as she attempted to get through an interview with Max Rice, a man described as a recent college grad …
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Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:
Twentysomething Embarrasses Fox & Friends, Himself [Updated]  —  Many a bong circle has come up with the brilliant idea of tricking Fox News into hosting a loudmouth liberal under false pretenses.  That will show 'em!  The reality was far more painful to watch this morning on Fox & Friends …
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Pictures That Change Elections?  —  Remember this infamous photo of the Elian Gonzalez raid in April 2000?  It may well have cost Al Gore the election because of its effect on Cuban voters in Florida:  —  Well, this equally infamous photo ought to cost Obama this election:
Discussion: Mother Jones
William Spain / MarketWatch:
General Motors pushing U.S. to sell stake: report … CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — The Treasury Department is resisting General Motors' push for the government to sell off its stake in the auto maker, The Wall Street Journal reports.  Following a $50 billion bailout in 2009, the U.S. taxpayers now own almost 27% of the company.
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Balks at GM Plan
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Ryan stays mum on tax-plan details, says ticket will cement details with Congress
Eric Kleefeld / Talking Points Memo:
Todd Akin's Wife Compares GOP Abandonment to Rape, Tyranny  —  Rep. Todd Akin's wife, Lulli Akin, says the Republican Party's attempts to push her husband out of the Missouri Senate race — over his false assertion that women who are raped rarely get pregnant — are like rape itself.
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Strange Fragging of Stu Stevens  —  The big DC water-cooler item today is the classic Politico insider account of the “disarray” in the Romney campaign, penned by Allen and VandeHei.  It's more or less a demolition of campaign majordomo Stu Stevens, who is blamed for a serial botching …
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
If The Election Were Held Today Barack Obama Would Win
Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Camp Won't Offer Specifics On New Pledge To Provide Specifics  —  Mitt Romney's campaign promised to unveil more specifics on Romney's campaign proposals during a conference call with reporters Monday, pushing back on bipartisan criticism that the Republican has yet to say clearly what he'd actually do in office.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney to get more specific  —  Mitt Romney's campaign …
Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Fighter jets in Democratic convention's military montage were Turkish, not American  —  The Democratic Party's national convention in Charlotte, N.C. may have doubled down on insulting the U.S. military community.  —  The Democratic National Committee has already apologized for using a photo …
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
The CIA's Secret Weapons  —  In an unauthorized account of the raid on Osama bin Laden, a Navy SEAL revealed that the intelligence analyst who led his team was a woman—and there are plenty more like her in the ranks.  Eli Lake reveals the world of the superstar female agents of the CIA.
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Beast
Fox News:
No demonstration before attack on US Consulate, source says … An intelligence source on the ground in Libya told Fox News that there was no demonstration outside the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi prior to last week's attack — challenging the Obama administration's claims that the assault grew out of a …
Us Weekly:
Exclusive: First Lady Michelle Obama: 5 Things You Don't Know About Me  —  Fried Twinkies?  Kiss-Cam love?  Bo's sleeping arrangements?  —  First Lady Michelle Obama — wife to President Barack Obama, 51, and mom to Sasha, 11, and Malia, 14 — recently shared little-known facts about herself exclusively to Us Weekly.
cbpp.org:
Misconceptions and Realities About Who Pays Taxes  —  Executive Summary  —  Close to half of U.S. households currently do not owe federal income tax.  The Urban Institute-Brookings Tax Policy Center estimates that 46 percent of households will owe no federal income tax for 2011.
Discussion: The Raw Story and Paul Krugman
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Campaign Accuses Romney of Profiting from Slave Labor  —  President Obama's campaign made a serious charge against Mitt Romney today when spokesman Ben LaBolt suggested on national television that the Republican presidential candidate had previously profited off slave labor in China:
 
 
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Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
Rush Limbaugh says welfare recipients turn out to vote in force. They really don't.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden Quotes Chinese Communist Propaganda Machine to Hit Romney
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
AFDI/SIOA Exclusive: Statement from Joseph Nassralla Gives Inside Story of Making of “Innocence of Muslims” film
Discussion: L.A. NOW
ABCNEWS:
Viral Video Splices Obama 'You Didn't Build That' With M.C. Hammer
Discussion: Gawker and Mediaite
BREITBART.COM:
CNN RELEASES PHOTO, PERSONAL INFO OF FILMMAKER
Discussion: Telegraph, Pat Dollard and Ed Driscoll
 Earlier Items: 
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross / The Atlantic Online:
Time for the GOP to Get Serious About Climate Change, the New National Security Issue
Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
Panel Decides Obama Will Stay On Kansas Ballot Despite Birther Objections
Discussion: The Maddow Blog
Michael Knox Beran / National Review:
How Republics Fall  —  The weird ecstasy of the media-political complex …
NBC / World News:
Iran increases price on ‘Satanic Verses’ author Salman Rushdie's head by $500K
Discussion: Hot Air and Hit & Run
Nate Cohn / The New Republic:
Daily Breakdown: The Bounce Persists Into A Critical Week
 

 
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