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Peter Daou / The Huffington Post
23 min ago - Remember when Obama was hailed for jawboning BP into setting aside $20 billion? Not so fast, says BP http://nyti.ms/bD... peterdaou - permalink
Peter Daou / The Huffington Post
28 min ago - Double whammy from #BP: we won't pay for spill damages AND we want the freedom to drill anywhere we please http://nyti.ms/bD... #nerve peterdaou - permalink
Peter Daou / The Huffington Post
31 min ago - Shorter Dems: In order to avoid getting trounced by Republicans, we'll borrow and enact their failed policies http://bit.ly/9FYD1N peterdaou - permalink
Peter Daou / The Huffington Post
1 hour ago - Down in Miami for business - never thought I'd come here to escape New York's heat and hurricanes #topsyturvy peterdaou - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
2 hours ago - Twitter Shines Again, Ctd: by Chris Bodenner A reader writes: Twitter was an invaluable resource during yesterday... http://bit.ly/dC4FvC dailydish - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
2 hours ago - The Key To Equality: by Chris Bodenner A reader writes: Repeal of DADT is the keystone in the arch towards homos... http://bit.ly/bvsDkK dailydish - permalink
Peter Daou / The Huffington Post
2 hours ago - Everyone seems worked up about what Jan Brewer didn't say, but isn't it what she says that should be more troublesome? peterdaou - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
2 hours ago - Nation Building Doesn't Work: by Patrick Appel After Obama's Iraq speech, David Brooks wrote a column titled, "Nat... http://bit.ly/dkeXGc dailydish - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
3 hours ago - About My Job: The Businessman: by Conor Friedersdorf A reader writes: I work for one of the world's largest multi... http://bit.ly/bfgt8h dailydish - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
3 hours ago - "Like Watching A Lion Rape A Sheep, But In A Bad Way": by Chris Bodenner A Dish reader compares Jan Brewer's debat... http://bit.ly/bfoRp6 dailydish - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
4 hours ago - Lying To The Choir: by Patrick Appel Yglesias's understanding of American Taliban mirrors mine and Conor's: This ... http://bit.ly/d26CEA dailydish - permalink
Peter Daou / The Huffington Post
4 hours ago - Indonesia: support for female genital mutilation (performed with tools as crude as scissors) strong despite ban http://bit.ly/cXh22P peterdaou - permalink
Peter Daou / The Huffington Post
4 hours ago - The Top Four Innovations in Emergency Response http://bit.ly/9lpL2G peterdaou - permalink
Peter Daou / The Huffington Post
4 hours ago - Amazing how fast oil disappears in the #Gulf: Coast Guard backs off its earlier report about oil sheen http://bit.ly/bCuANA peterdaou - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
4 hours ago - About My Job: The Scientist: by Conor Friedersdorf A reader writes:Science is one of the most misunderstood profes... http://bit.ly/9vb0aB dailydish - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
5 hours ago - A Defense Of Sweatshops: by Patrick Appel From Benjamin Powell, who is writing a new book, No Sweat: How Sweatshop... http://bit.ly/dfe54y dailydish - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
5 hours ago - Dissent Of The Day II: by Chris Bodenner A reader writes: It's posts like this that make me depressed about the s... http://bit.ly/aJFiGU dailydish - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
5 hours ago - Karroubi Under Attack: by Chris Bodenner One of our Iranian readers writes: They are trying to kill Karroubi ... http://bit.ly/aVsany dailydish - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
5 hours ago - Why Vitrol Matters: by Patrick Appel Susan Herbst new book takes a hard look at incivility in politics. Molly Wort... http://bit.ly/cN0Rts dailydish - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
5 hours ago - What Can We Believe About Palin? Ctd: by Chris Bodenner Michael Joseph Gross responds to criticism of his Vanity F... http://bit.ly/djJlgt dailydish - permalink
Ezra Klein / American Prospect
11 min ago - So is Vincent Gray really going to win this thing? ezraklein - permalink
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo
1 hour ago - @jakerome the comments dont appear elsewhere, they're not sent to other services. the use of the login is purely an authentication method joshtpm - permalink
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo
1 hour ago - @jakerome thats actually not how the system we've built works. been some misunderstanding on that joshtpm - permalink
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo
1 hour ago - @PatrickRuffini could see including them in lists but not in avgs/trends as default, which is what we currently do w/ inet polls joshtpm - permalink
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo
1 hour ago - @PatrickRuffini it's a tuff balance. 2date policy has been to not inlude internals because of the nature of how theyre released joshtpm - permalink
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post
2 hours ago - I am late to this...but I call it "Jan Brewer and how not to make an opening statement": http://ht.ly/2yPEm TheFix - permalink
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard
3 hours ago - @KarolNYC @ConservaRock Thanks, guys! I know the process isn't as easy as it could be, but Durham's Only Burger is a thankful underdog! mkhammer - permalink
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard
3 hours ago - Will you vote (or revote) for my friend's food truck in a contest? Only Burger: No. 2 on leaderboard, far right column: http://is.gd/eScHO mkhammer - permalink
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters
4 hours ago - Palin whines about media on Hannity's radio show. Is this even English? http://bit.ly/cVjE0l EricBoehlert - permalink
Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle
4 hours ago - Jerry Brown's Latino campaign event and press conference: "Si se puede," not that he actually said that (VIDEO) http://bit.ly/9FgO0B cmarinucci - permalink
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters
4 hours ago - So Palin is really, really mad about a VF story she def. did not read. Or something. Behold the incoherence: http://bit.ly/cVjE0l EricBoehlert - permalink
Ezra Klein / American Prospect
4 hours ago - RT @whorunsgov "Politerati's @thegarance on Palin’s path forward http://bit.ly/9Lq... ezraklein - permalink
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo
4 hours ago - @PatrickRuffini http://polltracke... not the internals in most cases, but everything else joshtpm - permalink
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post
4 hours ago - Afternoon Fix: Mark Begich state director to Scott McAdams camp; NRCC names new Young Guns http://bit.ly/dcAPam TheFix - permalink
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard
4 hours ago - RT @CitizenCohn: WH sources tell @washingtonpost administration considering major new stimulus, focused on tax breaks mkhammer - permalink
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard
4 hours ago - RT @HowardKurtz: O to hold big presser Fri: Since he clearly doesn't enjoy format, he must want to generate some attention. On economy? mkhammer - permalink
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard
4 hours ago - Heh. RT @daveweigel: @HariDNC Dude, don't help them! You want O'Donnell to win the primary! mkhammer - permalink
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard
5 hours ago - Ha. RT @KevinMaddenDC: Nice to see @stephenfhayes engaged in twitter colloquy w/ the WH right now. Nah, WH not thin-skinned at all <eyeroll> mkhammer - permalink
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post
5 hours ago - Tim Pawlenty, homestate politics and the 2012 presidential race http://bit.ly/cLpxOU TheFix - permalink
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS
11 min ago - I am not entirely unconvinced that @MTVRonnie is not a shaved ape. #JerseyShore jaketapper - permalink
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS
15 min ago - RT @ABCWorldNews: VIDEO: @JakeTapper reports on Hillary Clinton's Middle East peace challenge http://bit.ly/96s7X2 jaketapper - permalink
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS
15 min ago - @cohills was. Briefly. Meetings. Home again, home again. jaketapper - permalink
Ed Henry / CNN
25 min ago - @CNNCHICAGOPJ you going to Milwaukee speech or Cleveland? edhenrycnn - permalink
Ed Henry / CNN
26 min ago - @TonyFratto may indeed be semantics. expect political reality is WH doesn't have $$ for big "stimulus" anyway edhenrycnn - permalink
Ed Henry / CNN
27 min ago - RT @alivelshi Got something special on show tomorrow for #Aerosmith fans // @CNNCHICAGOPJ wants me to sing "Walk This Way" on #Stakeout edhenrycnn - permalink
Patrick Gavin / The Politico
1 hour ago - You don't have to be 80 years old to desire a shower chair, right? #lazy pwgavin - permalink
Phil Rosenthal / Chicago Tribune
2 hours ago - The inevitable cable movie about this incident just keeps getting more interesting! http://bit.ly/bSigYP phil_rosenthal - permalink
Patrick Gavin / The Politico
2 hours ago - Y'all: What are your favorite public Google Calendars and/or iCals? pwgavin - permalink
Phil Rosenthal / Chicago Tribune
2 hours ago - No one saw it RT @DealEstate Those cool Lake Forest houses on Fox Chicago today? Look familiar? Yup. OUR video, uncredited. Not cool phil_rosenthal - permalink
Phil Rosenthal / Chicago Tribune
2 hours ago - RT @franklinavenue: NBC and TV Academy finally strike deal with Bruce Springsteen, allowing official version of Emmy open to hit NBC.com ... phil_rosenthal - permalink
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post
2 hours ago - Earl downgraded to Category 2. Armageddon avoided. Television producers everywhere depressed. HowardKurtz - permalink
Ed Henry / CNN
3 hours ago - Look for more details from POTUS next week when he gives speeches in Milwaukee (Mon for Labor Day) and Cleveland (Wed) edhenrycnn - permalink
Ed Henry / CNN
3 hours ago - WH has very narrow window to pass anything in Congress b4 they start campaigning & there's no $ for big stimulus bill edhenrycnn - permalink
Ed Henry / CNN
3 hours ago - What POTUS IS doing is weighing more infrastructure spending, more tax cuts favorable to businesses. But nothing close to big stimulus edhenrycnn - permalink
Ed Henry / CNN
3 hours ago - WH aide Amy Brundage says flatly "we are not considering a second stimulus package" -- (it's clear WH knows that would be lightning rod) edhenrycnn - permalink
Ed Henry / CNN
3 hours ago - I spotted Treasury Sec Geithner huddled briefly w/WH aides tonight after WPost story posted & he indicated idea of second stimulus was off edhenrycnn - permalink
Ed Henry / CNN
3 hours ago - Don't believe the hype: WPost report claiming WH is prepping "new stimulus" package is way overdone. edhenrycnn - permalink
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS
3 hours ago - A NYC cabbie that doesn't know the shuttle has its own separate terminal? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? jaketapper - permalink
Phil Rosenthal / Chicago Tribune
3 hours ago - Ooh. A WBBM tease for a special report at 10 pm on teens worried about zits. Who knew? Oh, yeah. Everyone. Since forever phil_rosenthal - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
2 hours ago - Been here for decades, never once felt this way http://tinyurl.co... allahpundit - permalink
Andrea Shea King / Big Hollywood
5 hours ago - Judge: No eligibility documents in my courtroom Rules that officer challenging Obama's eligibility can't see evidence http://bit.ly/aAR3BF RadioPatriot - permalink
Tunku Varadarajan / Wall Street Journal
6 hours ago - Crikey, I'm speechless...& so is Jan Brewer! http://www.youtub... tunkuv - permalink
Andrea Shea King / Big Hollywood
6 hours ago - As America does to Israel...: http://t.co/RRNkIRA RadioPatriot - permalink
Andrea Shea King / Big Hollywood
6 hours ago - As America does to Israel...: http://wp.me/poc8... RadioPatriot - permalink
Andrea Shea King / Big Hollywood
7 hours ago - 'Economic Terror Coming' - Glenn Beck: http://wp.me/poc8... RadioPatriot - permalink
Andrea Shea King / Big Hollywood
7 hours ago - "We're the Tea Party Express, we're rockin' to your town": http://t.co/9ZYJ7EK RadioPatriot - permalink
Andrea Shea King / Big Hollywood
7 hours ago - "We're the Tea Party Express, we're rockin' to your town": http://wp.me/poc8... RadioPatriot - permalink
Tunku Varadarajan / Wall Street Journal
9 hours ago - Head teacher removes word 'gay' from Kookaburra song http://tgr.ph/bsLRVE tunkuv - permalink
Tunku Varadarajan / Wall Street Journal
9 hours ago - 'Never gonna Stand For This' http://www.youtub... tunkuv - permalink
Tunku Varadarajan / Wall Street Journal
13 hours ago - Why does rediff.com continue to be such a crappy, trashy site? Can't anyone fix it/take it over/sack the people who run it? tunkuv - permalink
Tunku Varadarajan / Wall Street Journal
yesterday - Just unfollowed a person who only posts links to bad stuff Americans do to foreigners. For God's sake, this is still a most tolerant country tunkuv - permalink
Tunku Varadarajan / Wall Street Journal
yesterday - Stephen Hawking says universe not created by God http://bit.ly/9OQ5kO With all due respect. How TF does HE know??? tunkuv - permalink
Andrea Shea King / Big Hollywood
yesterday - Tonight's radio show, and the rest of the story...: http://t.co/V2pqL2l RadioPatriot - permalink
Andrea Shea King / Big Hollywood
yesterday - Tonight's radio show, and the rest of the story...: http://wp.me/poc8... RadioPatriot - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
yesterday - @mkhammer I'm with you, MK allahpundit - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
yesterday - @Max_Fisher ...do it next time anyway. And I'll remind them of how unfair it is when they do per their reaction to today's incident allahpundit - permalink
Connie Hair / Human Events
2 hours ago - RT @EmilyMillerDC: State Dept. spent $10k 2 buy 2K copies of Ground Zero Mosque Imam's book. Senate cmte wants answers http://bit.ly/bq22GE ConnieHair - permalink
Connie Hair / Human Events
2 hours ago - @ElishaKrauss How did you get bird poop in your hair? LOL (sorry for laughing, couldn't help it!) ConnieHair - permalink
Connie Hair / Human Events
2 hours ago - THX You have most thorough reports==>RT @TheHayride: BREAKING: Another Rig Explosion In The Gulf (UPDATED) http://bit.ly/dbj62z ConnieHair - permalink
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard
3 hours ago - New NYT poll shows NYC residents want the GZ Mosque built somewhere else... http://nyti.ms/9g... thegoldfarb - permalink
Karen Tumulty / Time
6 hours ago - Great David Hilzenrath story about how you are paying more for health insurance. Your employer? Not so much. http://bit.ly/cCQgIw #hcr ktumulty - permalink
Newt Gingrich / Washington Times
10 hours ago - Excited for the screening of Nine Days that Changed the World at the Nixon Presidential Library next month. http://tinyurl.co... newtgingrich - permalink
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard
12 hours ago - Time to dump Katie Couric for Taiwan news animation.... http://youtu.be/b... thegoldfarb - permalink
Karen Tumulty / Time
13 hours ago - RT @MelindaDC: Who knew Nancy Pelosi flew nt just commercial but coach? She is on my flight, sitting alone and BBing like HCR depemded o ... ktumulty - permalink
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard
13 hours ago - surreal... RT @DannyAyalon: @attackerman When people can't pronounce my name, I always tell them to say it 'I alone'. Thanks for the song! thegoldfarb - permalink
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard
13 hours ago - your welcome RT @avinunu: Given his clarity of thought, it's no wonder the Israel Lobby torpedoed Freeman's appointment to NIC by Obama thegoldfarb - permalink
Connie Hair / Human Events
14 hours ago - Tax Dollars for Muslims http://bit.ly/bwNGBX #tcot #sharia ConnieHair - permalink
Connie Hair / Human Events
14 hours ago - VIDEO: The Unseen Crowd at the Beck Rally http://bit.ly/bBZ1Vd #tcot ConnieHair - permalink
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard
15 hours ago - RT @EliLake: RE-UP my piece on direct talks. Top Settler, Dayan says govt. will collapse if Bibi extends settlement freeze http://tinyu ... thegoldfarb - permalink
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard
yesterday - this is a nice looking storm... http://bit.ly/16y3B3 thegoldfarb - permalink
Karen Tumulty / Time
yesterday - @capitalweather That can mean only one thing: Power outages, followed by another stellar Pepco performance. ktumulty - permalink
Connie Hair / Human Events
yesterday - RT @JasonMattera: You're not gonna want to miss @emilymillerdc's story tomorrow on the State Dept. funding GZ Mosque Imam's books. ConnieHair - permalink
Connie Hair / Human Events
yesterday - RT @EmilyMillerDC: Tree Hugger Terrorizes Discovery Channel. Read my story on left-wing extrmist James Lee @humanevents http://bit.ly/cjc5Hp ConnieHair - permalink
Connie Hair / Human Events
yesterday - RT @DailyCaller: Labor and liberal groups to hold Oct. 2 rally on Mall to counter Beck, Tea Party http://ow.ly/2yc4z ConnieHair - permalink
Connie Hair / Human Events
yesterday - RT @ExJon: Breaking: James J. Lee is no longer an atheist. ConnieHair - permalink