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For any journalist who would like to dismiss this report from Project Veritas as a fluke or isolated incident, James O’Keefe has a simple message: “Put your reputation on the line.”

Daily Fuel Gauge Report: What are Obama’s Policies Costing You Today?

Site of the Day:  James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas

LL 1885′s Picks:

• Hiding out with Big Bird: No White House Press Briefing in Last 15 Days
• Chart of the day: Debt-to-GDP Ratio Is Terrible, Worse Than Projected, and Deteriorating Rapidly
• The coming gas hike: Oil price soars on supply jitters
• The coming tax hike: In second term, Obama will allow UN to tax Americans
• Catch and release. Again.: ICE Spares Illegal Alien with Fake Green Card, Social Security, Expired License
• #FullRepeal: Olive Garden serves up better menu of health insurance options
• Jack Welch: I Was Right About That Strange Jobs Report
• Ace up the sleeve?: ABC News scrambles to cover up Barack Obama’s attendance at VP debate moderator’s wedding. Related: ACLU pressuring vice presidential debate moderator to emphasize GOP ‘war on women’
• Obama’s Former Classmate: Obama Said His Father Was Indonesian King

Must Reads Of The Day:

• Stevens Died. Obama Uses Big Bird To Hide.
• ABC: No Protest Outside Libya Consulate Before Attack
• U.S. Security Official in Libya Tells Congressional Investigators About ‘Inappropriately Low’ Security at Benghazi Post
• U.S. officer got no reply to requests for more security in Benghazi
• State Dept.: No Mob In Benghazi; Whistleblower: We Begged For Help
• State Dept Holds Conference Call on Benghazi Terror Attack – Excludes FOX News (Video)

Election 2012:

2012 Debate Schedule

• Romney Tells Story of Meeting Ex-SEAL Killed in Benghazi Attack
• JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.: Feds paid $40M to firms tied to McCaskill’s spouse
• Plumber says union is forcing him to attend a pro-Obama rally
• Universal Studios shocking show defames Romney, praises Obama
• Althouse: Obama makes an O.J. Simpson joke and he can’t get the name of the SUV right.
• Huge Pile of Horse Manure Dumped At Democratic Headquarters in Ohio
  

Election 2012 Videos

• Mitt Romney: We Ought To Kill The Death Tax
• The Difference
• A deficit of trust.

Foreign Affairs/The Religion of Peace:

• Obama’s ring reads: ‘There is no god but Allah’
• Dem Senator: NYC Muslim Day Parade Speeches were ‘Attack on Our Country’

Wait, what?:

• College Professor Censors Anti-Obama Comment on Free Speech Wall
• Obama Says He Wants to Debate Civil Liberties With Romney; Here’s Some Atrocious Decisions He Should Explain
• The Actor Who Created Big Bird Makes About $314,000 a Year
• Los Angeles May Close Schools Two Months Early
• Walmart’s First-Ever Retail Worker Strike Spreads To 12 Cities [UPDATE]
• TSA Violates Cancer Patient — TSA Needs An Overhaul
• Toyota recalls 7.43 million vehicles globally
• West Nile, Hantavirus claim more victims Alex Karras dies at 77

The New Tone & New Media:

• Chris Matthews Doesn’t Get Leg Tingles from Obama’s ‘Big Bird’ Ad
• @rsmccain: Obama strategy 2008: “They bring a knife, we bring a gun.” Obama strategy 2012: “They bring a knife, we bring a Muppet.”
• Stacey Dash on Romney: ‘I Chose Him Not By the Color of His Skin But the Content of His Character’
• Awesome: @PaulRyanVP calls, tweets support to actress @REALStaceyDash after vicious backlash
• HuffPo Urges Michelle Obama To “Play The Race Card”
• Andrew Sullivan Has Sad Feels Again ["Deeply Depressed"/"Terrified"] New Web Ad: There Are Two Paths

Occupy Whatever:

•  Enough Is Enough: N3 National Day of Action | Occupy Portland

Laugh or Cry – The Videos of the Day: