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White House Hopes Email Goes Viral

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire 8.13.09 8:17 AM | "Feeling victimized by misinformation spread virally through the Internet, the White House Thursday is launching its own 'viral e-mail' for supporters to spread," ABC News reports. The e-mail...
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Obama Nominee Advised Fast Food Giant

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire 8.13.09 8:15 AM | President Obama's nominee for surgeon general, whose job it is to help encourage Americans to get thinner and healthier, has been working part time as a scientific adviser to Burger King, according...
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Two-Minute Nostalgia Sublime

Shakesville 8.13.09 8:15 AM | **The Tick**
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Video- Complete 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom Ceremony

The Political Carnival 8.13.09 8:15 AM | The look on Poiter and Tutu's faces are priceless. Imagine being them and having this honor bestowed on you by the first AA President of the United States. Wow.
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Hullabaloo 8.13.09 8:00 AM | Tactical Paralysis by digby Wishful thinking: Conservatives are “blowing their chance” to derail the Democrats’ health-care reform, said Marc Ambinder in _The Atlantic_. Repeating...
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Mike's Blog Roundup

Crooks and Liars 8.13.09 8:00 AM | The Seminal: Grassley brings the crazy... Apoliticus: Top Five Campaign Mistakes Mother Jones: George Bush, appeaser? Submitted to a Candid World: Objection! Republican talking points and...
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Politico: Little Ricky for President(?)

Pam's House Blend 8.13.09 8:00 AM | > "A new tide of popular grassroots opposition to the Obama Democrats' senseless policies and insatiable hunger for power is rising across America." _-- former Senator Rick "Man on Dog"...
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Oh look, a town hall with civil people who WANT the public option

The Political Carnival 8.13.09 8:00 AM | Sigh, the video doesn't seem to be working, you can find it here- "Health care meeting draws pleas for help" But it's for Blue Dog Bayh and he wasn't there. Still, seems there really are...
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Craig Miller: A Case Of Exploited Fear, Distrust And Anger

Jack & Jill Politics 8.13.09 7:58 AM | I've been catching up on these health care town halls and am fascinated and worried by the level of anger, tension, fear and distrust spewing forth from some of the attendees. Few demonstrate this...
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Early Morning Swim: Rachel on Right-Wing Death Threats, Eliminationist Rhetoric

Firedoglake 8.13.09 7:50 AM | Just don't call them right-wing extremists.
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Thursday Morning Open Thread

AMERICAblog 8.13.09 7:44 AM | Good morning. Actually seems like there's not much happening in Washington today. Well, not much on any schedule I've seen. But, there's really no such thing as a slow news day this month. ...
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Book Bloggingheads: Graveyard of Empires

Lawyers, Guns and Money 8.13.09 7:19 AM | Seth Jones and I talked about his book Graveyard of Empires last week on Bloggingheads:
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Thursday Open Thread

Jack & Jill Politics 8.13.09 7:07 AM | Good Morning. As you go through your day, don't forget JJP. Drop those links. Engage in debate. Give us trivia and gossip too. And continue to have a peaceful day.
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On the other hand, there are THESE Americans

Brilliant at Breakfast 8.13.09 6:58 AM | Somehow I get the feeling that not one of the people who are screeching about "death panels" and "taking our country back" were involved in achieving this: Hearts and minds, baby!
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Go get ‘em boys

Clareified 8.13.09 6:46 AM | The Riots are en route to Philly. It's clobbering time.
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American Brownshirts

Brilliant at Breakfast 8.13.09 6:40 AM | It's downright terrifying when you see it all in one place. Our country is being taken over by irrational, angry mobs: Given that during the Bush years you could get arrested for...
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"You Gotta Give 'Em Hope" (by res ipsa loquitur)

Echidne of the Snakes 8.13.09 6:39 AM |
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Hullabaloo 8.13.09 6:26 AM | **In the 'Burgh** by dday Though I'm sure you haven't noticed, I was away from the blog for about a week. See, I was off getting married, and I didn't want the new wife finding me with...
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White House Behind the Scenes in Healthcare Reform

Suburban Guerrilla 8.13.09 6:21 AM | Who to believe? Since Obama to date has gone with the most corporate-friendly solutions, I'd guess the Baucus bill is the only version that counts and he's pretending to humor us on the public...
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Giving an entirely new meaning to the phrase "media circus"

Brilliant at Breakfast 8.13.09 6:16 AM | Via All Spin Zone comes the news that a CNBC e-mail, leaked to TPM Muckraker, exhorts teabaggers to kick up some ruckus at Congressional town hall meetings: > CNBC approached Tea Party...
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