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6:15 AM ET, September 28, 2012

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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Shock Photos of Netanyahu at U.N. from AP, Reuters  —  Two shocking photos coming off the wire of Benjamin Netanyahu addressing the United Nations moments ago.  —  The first is from the Associated Press:  —  Associated PressAssociated Press  —  The second is from Reuters:  —  ReutersReuters
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BuzzFeed:
Bibi And Bomb  —  The Israeli Prime Minister goes viral.  A “red line” on Iran.  —  Zeke Miller  —  a half hour ago  —  8 responses
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Netanyahu, Romney to Speak Friday
Toby Harnden / Daily Mail:
Obama WILL speak to Netanyahu but only on the phone and a day AFTER Hillary Clinton meets him in New York
Bradley Klapper / Associated Press:
Clinton Talks Iran With World Powers, Then Israel
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
First on CNN: Romney memo seeks to lower debate expectations  —  Washington (CNN) - If it wasn't already clear that Mitt Romney and his allies are trying to lower expectations heading into next Wednesday's debate against President Obama in Denver, the campaign is now making it official.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Brutal new Obama ad features Mitt Romney and the 47 percenters  —  The Obama campaign has not sent this ad to national reporters, but I'm told it will air in the seven key swing states.  It is a brutal shot at Mitt Romney's videotaped remarks about the freeloading 47 percent …
National Review:
Out of the Bushes  —  Mitt Romney has recently been arguing that the middle class would do better with him as president than with a reelected Barack Obama.  He should keep it up, using the contrast between their positions on taxes, health care, and energy especially to make his case.
CNN:
Samuel L. Jackson: ‘Wake the F*** up’ for Obama
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
The Truth About The Obama Phone  —  On Thursday, the Drudge Report splashed a video of an undentified woman who claims to have recieved a free “Obama Phone.”  —  The video has captured the attention of the right online, who see it as proof that Obama supporters are dependent on government.
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Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner:
Where do “Obama phones” come from? … This video of an Obama supporter bragging about having an “Obama phone” has gone viral on the web, but where do these “free cell phones” come from?  —  The program is called Lifeline, established in 1984 was originally created to subsidize landline phone service …
Rush Limbaugh:
The 47% Speaks: She's Voting for Obama Because He Gave Her a Free Phone
Discussion: New York Magazine
Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
Feds Arrest Producer Of Controversial Anti-Islam Film On Probation Violation Charge  —  Buster  —  The producer of the controversial anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims” has been arrested for violating terms of his probation and is set for an appearance this afternoon in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
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Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
Judge orders ‘Innocence of Muslims’ filmmaker to jail
Discussion: Wired and New York Magazine
ACLU:
New Justice Department Documents Show Huge Increase in Warrantless Electronic Surveillance  —  Justice Department documents released today by the ACLU reveal that federal law enforcement agencies are increasingly monitoring Americans' electronic communications, and doing so without warrants …
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Electronic Frontier Foundation:   Less Powerful Than a Wiretap But With Much Weaker Privacy Safeguards
Michael Isikoff / First Read:
RNC cuts ties with firm over voter registration allegations  —  The Republican National Committee has fired a controversial consulting firm it was paying millions of dollars to conduct voter registration in five battleground states, NBC News has learned.  —  The move came after the Palm Beach County …
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Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Cuts Off Firm Over Voter Registration Fraud Allegations
Sorourke / nation.foxnews.com:
Ann Coulter Causes Mass Hysteria on ‘The View,’ Whoopi Bleeped...  “The View” co-hosts get into heated discussion with Coulter, the author of “Mugged.”  —  Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.  —  The conservative commentator makes the case in her new book, “Mugged” …
Discussion: The Other McCain
Jason Hancock / Midwest Democracy:
Todd Akin says Claire McCaskill is not as ‘ladylike’ as 2006  —  JEFFERSON CITY - More than a month after his comments about “legitimate rape” nearly derailed his campaign for U.S. Senate, Republican Todd Akin said Thursday that it has become clear to him that he will triumph over Democratic incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill this fall.
Paul Krugman:
Not The Election They Were Expecting  —  A brief, mostly subjective note: This really isn't looking like the election anyone expected.  Obviously it's not the election Romney and the Republicans expected and wanted; but it's also looking very different from what Democrats expected.
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Balloon Juice
Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Obama Takes Advantage of Romney's Lack of Details  —  The Obama campaign has run advertisements charging that Mitt Romney's Medicare plan “could raise seniors' costs up to $6,400 a year” and that his tax proposal “would give millionaires another tax break and raises taxes on middle-class families by up to $2,000 a year.”
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sept. 26: Could 2012 Be Like 2008?  —  There's no point in putting it gently: Mitt Romney had one of his worst polling days of the year on Wednesday.  —  It began with a series of polls from The New York Times, CBS News and Quinnipiac University, released early Wednesday morning …
David Kirby / Cato @ Liberty:
Poll Shows Romney Winning High Water Mark for Libertarian Vote  —  In a recent article on TheBlaze, Reason's Matt Welch, FreedomWork's Matt Kibbe, and David Boaz, speculated whether Romney can win over libertarians.  As we've shown in previous studies, libertarians represent a key swing vote that decides elections.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Poll: Libertarians Are, In Fact, Voting For Romney
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Catholic bishop: Voting for Obama jeopardizes the ‘eternal salvation of your own soul’  —  A Catholic bishop from Springfield, Illinois is warning that the stakes for the 2012 election are even higher than most people think because voting for President Barack Obama could damn “you own soul” to hell.
Hotline On Call:
The Politics of Beer: Stay Nonpartisan, My Friends  —  Americans who most often drink Dos Equis are in the middle-of-the-road while drinkers of Heineken's flagship brand are strongly Democratic.  Samuel Adams drinkers are strongly Republican, and more likely to vote.
Robert Stacy McCain / American Spectator:
Are We Doomed Yet?  —  TOLEDO, Ohio — The line to get into Mitt Romney's “victory rally” here Wednesday stretched up Jefferson Avenue to Huron Street and around the corner nearly to Monroe Avenue.  People stood in a drizzling rain to get into the event and, by the time Romney took the stage …
 
 
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New York Times:
Security Fears Hobble Inquiry of Libya Attack
Discussion: New York Magazine
Spencer Ackerman / Wired:
Military's Own Report Card Gives Afghan Surge an F
Kroner / Snicker Snack, Baby!:
Netanyahu Shows What's at Stake
Brian Winter / Reuters:
U.S.-led “war on drugs” questioned at U.N.
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
In Changing News Landscape, Even Television is Vulnerable
Matt Flegenheimer / City Room:
M.T.A. Chief, in Public Clash, Calls Board Member a Liar
Discussion: Gothamist and New York Magazine
Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
Americans' Preference Shifts Toward One-Party Government
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Politico
Dr. Miriam Adelson / The Daily Caller:
The ugly attacks on my family highlight media double standard
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Dennis Cauchon / USA Today:
Red states' income growing faster than blue states'
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Phoenix Mayor Attempts To Live On A Food Stamp Budget: 'I'm Tired, And It's Hard To Focus'
Washington Post:
Medicare working to boost Obama in swing states, poll finds
Bureau of Labor Statistics:
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