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Former President Bush offers 'no comment' on Cordoba House/mosque controversy....


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Rand Paul has a new position on the Cordoba House Project: as a libertarian and believer in private property rights he believes it should be left to local authorities to decide. But he doesn't believe it should be built.

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Another TPM Reader from the defense bar weighs in with his own verdict on the Blago verdict: never talk to the government. That's a lawyers' argument. No doubt.

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President Barack Obama delivers a statement to the press following a round table discussion with local small business during a stop at Grand Central Bakery in Seattle, Washington, Aug. 17, 2010. From left: Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Joe Fugere, founder of Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria, President Obama, Gillian Allen-White, General Manager of Grand Central Baking Company, Tiffany Turner of the Inn at Discovery Coast, and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke.

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While interning for us last year, Eric Nusbaum wrote an incredibly moving essay for his sports blog Pitchers and Poets that has now been selected for inclusion in the anthology The Best American Sports Writing 2010.

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TPM Reader EA notes how the kind of boffo over-the-top 'branding' games that are the norm in 30 second attack ads can be rather more pernicious when applied to religious hate speech ...

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Yesterday, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Dr. Jane Lubchenco, dropped by the White House for a live chat on the safety of seafood from the Gulf of Mexico.  You can check out the full video of the chat or skip to the questions you’re most interested in below.   For more information on the safety of seafood from the Gulf of Mexico, click here.  

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Hateful speech against Muslims and Islam puts our nation's security at risk, and it's a repudiation of America's core values.

The conservative-stacked US Commission on Civil Rights is asking Congress for permission to sue the DOJ over the nonsense New Black Panther episode....


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Welcome to the New York Dolls strip club, about a block from the proposed site of the Cordoba House Islamic cultural center.

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President Barack Obama tours the ZBB Manufacturing Facility in Menomonee Falls, Wis., and is shown the battery making process by ZBB President and CEO Eric Apfelback, left, and ZBB employee Lonnie Mages,

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Guess who: To some she is a self-made woman and a global superstar. To critics she's an "angry black woman" ashamed of her country. Now she's been called a modern-day Marie Antoinette.

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Building on the President’s commitment to address issues important to rural Americans, Cabinet Secretaries and other top Administration officials are visiting state fairs this summer and fall to discuss ongoing efforts to:

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President Barack Obama walks with a group of summer interns in the Rose Garden of the White House, before taking a group photo with the entire class.

The White House Internship Program is dedicated to giving emerging leaders the opportunity to serve the Administration and gain invaluable experience in public service. One intern working in the Office of Management and Administration writes:

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A chart showing how the number of record daily high temperatures in the U.S.

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All Americans should have access to high-quality, affordable health care. We can’t let the rising cost of health care continue to bankrupt our families, businesses and government. We have to take steps to make health care more affordable, and enhance the quality of care our families are receiving.

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A few weeks back I asked whether we weren't seeing a perceptible rise in Islamophobia, paradoxically many years after the 9/11 attacks. And if we are, why? There are many potential and probable reasons.

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The First Family traveled to Florida’s Gulf Coast today to spend the weekend in Panama City Beach, Florida.  The President and First Lady joined area small business owners and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus for a roundtable discussion of the recovery.   

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hold a round table discussion with business owners, officials, Florida Governor Charlie Crist and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus at the United States Coast G

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During the First Family's visit to Panama City Beach to meet with local business owners and officials and to encourage Americans to enjoy the Gulf Coast beaches, the President and Sasha go for a swim at Alligator Point:

President Barack Obama and daughter Sasha swim at Alligator Point in Panama City Beach, Fla. The President traveled to Panama City Beach with First Lady Michelle Obama and Sasha to meet with local business owners and officials and to encourage Americans to travel to the Gulf Coast beaches.