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2:25 PM ET, September 22, 2012

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BuzzFeed:
How Romney Packed The Univision Forum  —  Tense moments as the campaign demands to bus in supporters and to retape an introduction.  “A little bit of disrespect,” complains Univision's Salinas.  —  Romney at Univision and Facebook's “Meet the Candidates” forum, moderated by Maria Elena Salinas and Jorge Ramos.
ThinkProgress:
10 Questions Romney Should Answer About His Taxes  —  Our guest blogger is Seth Hanlon, Director of Fiscal Reform at the Center for American Progress Action Fund.  —  On Friday afternoon, the Romney campaign released the candidate's 2011 tax return, which showed that he paid a tax rate …
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Megan McArdle / The Daily Beast:
Romney Drops His Tax Returns  —  Mitt Romney has released his 2011 tax returns, and a summary of prior year payments from his accountant.  The result is surprisingly unsurprising.  —  In a classic late Friday afternoon “garbage dump”, the Romney campaign has dropped his 2011 tax returns.
Arwa Damon / CNN:
Decrying attack, protesters overtake Islamist group's HQ in Benghazi  —  Benghazi, Libya (CNN) — Ten days after four Americans were killed in their Libyan city, hundreds marched in Benghazi and took over the headquarters of a radical Islamist group tied to the attack.
Discussion: Jihad Watch, Newsy and The PJ Tatler
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP furious newspaper got better briefing on Libya  —  Senate Republicans are furious the Obama administration rebuffed their attempts to learn details of the Benghazi attack, only to give the coveted information to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Washington Archbishop Claims ‘Human Society Would Be Harmed Beyond Repair’ By Marriage Equality  —  Using religious language to determine what should determine state law, Sartain stokes fears that society will fall apart completely if same-sex couples are allowed to marry:
Alex Roarty / NationalJournal.com:
Romney's Fundraising Comes Down to Earth  —  The GOP nominee lags Obama in small donors and dollars under his direct control.  They're related and could be crucial.  —  Mitt Romney at a campaign fundraising event, the first which has allowed cameras in, at The Grand America in Salt Lake City, Utah, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012.
Mark Steyn / National Review:
Bowing to the Mob  —  I see the Obama campaign has redesigned the American flag, and very attractive it is too.  Replacing the 50 stars of a federal republic is the single “O” logo symbolizing the great gaping maw of spendaholic centralization.  And where the stripes used to be are a handful of red daubs …
Discussion: protein wisdom
CBS News:
Romney: My campaign doesn't need a turnaround  —  (CBS News) Mitt Romney says his campaign for president doesn't need a turnaround and that he's keeping up with President Obama in the polls, despite criticism generated by a recently revealed tape of him referring to the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay taxes.
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Jennifer Kay / Associated Press:
GOP's Ryan Courts Miami's Cuban-American Voters  —  Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan is courting Cuban-American voters with promises to be tougher on the Castro government than President Barack Obama.  —  Ryan campaigned Saturday morning in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood.
Discussion: CNN
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Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post:
Paul Ryan Booed At AARP (VIDEO)
Paul Ryan / CNN:
Paul Ryan Obamacare criticisms booed at AARP
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
David Glasner / Uneasy Money:
So Many QE-Bashers, So Little Time  —  Both the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal have been full of articles and blog posts warning of the ill-effects of QE3.  In my previous post, I discussed the most substantial of the recent anti-QE discussions.
Discussion: Paul Krugman and Economist's View
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Biden on cheerleaders: ‘The stuff they do on hard wood, it blows my mind’  —  Vice President Joe Biden may have stuck his foot in his mouth again on Friday, using an awkward off-the-cuff phrase to compliment high school cheerleaders during a campaign stop.  —  According to a pool report …
Discussion: TBogg, The Right Scoop and CANNONFIRE
New York Times:
Medicare Billing Rises at Hospitals With Electronic Records  —  By REED ABELSON, JULIE CRESWELL and GRIFFIN J. PALMER  —  When the federal government began providing billions of dollars in incentives to push hospitals and physicians to use electronic medical and billing records …
Discussion: Via Meadia
BBC:
Pakistan film protests: Ten die in Karachi and Peshawar  —  At least 10 people have died as violent protests erupted on the streets of Pakistan's main cities in anger at an anti-Islam film made in the US.  —  Five people were killed in the port city of Karachi and a further five died …
Discussion: Newsy and Atlas Shrugs
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Associated Press:
Military-like tactics in Libya siege
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Obama Knew About Benghazi Terror Attacks 90 Minutes After They Began... Went to Bed (Video)
Maureen Tkacik / The Great Debate:
The radical right-wing roots of Occupy Wall Street
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Ed Driscoll
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Anti-Obama Movie Mailed To 1 Million Ohioians
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Discussion: ABCNEWS, First Read, Althouse and Politico
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Why America Can't Have Nice Things
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
An ideology without promise
 

 
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Liam Scott / Voice of America:
RSF says 23 journalists were jailed in Syria and 10 others were missing as of December 9; press freedom groups call for accountability for Assad's government

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Pew Research Center:
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