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12:40 AM ET, July 14, 2008

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Mike Allen / The Politico:
‘Scare tactic’ — Obama slams Muslim portrayal  —  The Obama campaign is condemning as “tasteless and offensive” a New Yorker magazine cover that depicts Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in a turban, fist-bumping his gun-slinging wife.  —  An American flag burns in their fireplace.  —  The New Yorker says it's satire.
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Mike Allen / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Ya can't make it up  —  The New Yorker says it's satire.  It certainly will be candy for cable news.  —  At a press availability Sunday afternoon in San Diego, Senator Obama was asked, according to the diligent Maria Gavrilovic of CBS News: “The upcoming issue of the New Yorker …
Nico Pitney / The Huffington Post:
Barry Blitt Defends His New Yorker Cover Art Of Obama  —  Barry Blitt is the artist behind this week's very controversial New Yorker cover of Barack and Michelle Obama.  Via email, I asked him to respond to those who feel that his work was offensive, and to explain his own personal feelings about the Obamas.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
The Huffington Post:
Yikes!  Controversial New Yorker Cover Shows Muslim, Flag-Burning, Osama-Loving, Fist-Bumping Obama  —  Who knows if they'll get this in Dubuque, but they sure aren't going to like it in Chicago: This week's New Yorker cover features an image of Michelle and Barack Obama …
Discussion: TalkLeft and The Confluence
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
MAKING IT  —  How Chicago shaped Obama.  —  Barack Obama on the South Side during his first campaign, for the State Senate.  An outsider in Chicago's system, he was meticulous about constructing his own political identity and coalition.  Photograph by Marc PoKempner.  —  KEYWORDS
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Troops in Afghanistan Need Help, Obama Says
Discussion: TalkLeft and New York Times
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Treasury Acts to Save Mortgage Giants  —  WASHINGTON — Alarmed by the sharply eroding confidence in the nation's two largest mortgage finance companies, the Bush administration on Sunday asked Congress to approve a sweeping rescue package that would give officials the power to inject billions …
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Bloomberg:
Paulson Statement on Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae: Full Text  —  July 13 (Bloomberg) — Following is the text of a statement issued today by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson:  —  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac play a central role in our housing finance system and must continue to do so in their current form as shareholder-owned companies.
David S. Hilzenrath / Washington Post:
Fannie, Freddie Deflected Risk Warnings  —  For Years, Critics Sounded Alarms About Firms' Thin Capital Reserves  —  Though the implosion of investor confidence in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac last week was sudden, the worries driving it have been the subject of countless warnings over many years.
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Bush Offers Plan to Save Fannie, Freddie
Discussion: BloggingStocks and L.A. Land
Nico Pitney / The Huffington Post:
Mark Sanford Draws A Blank On McCain/Bush Economics  —  The most painful clip from the Sunday morning shows: top McCain VP prospect Mark Sanford “drawing a blank” (in his own words) on live TV when asked to name a major economic policy that President Bush and John McCain disagree on.  —  The transcript:
Discussion: AMERICAblog News and RADAMISTO
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MCCAIN AND BUSH IS, UH, UM, AH, ERR...  I don't know when Barack Obama's economic team put John McCain, John McCain's economic advisers, and John McCain's surrogates on their payroll, but it sure was a good investment.  Between McCain admitting that he knows little …
Discussion: The Trail and Matthew Yglesias
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
The Enthusiasm Gap, Part II
Discussion: Hullabaloo and TIME.com
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Presidential Preferences Remain in “the Zone”  —  Presidential race has been highly stable for the last two weeks  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama wins the support of 46% of national registered voters interviewed in Gallup Poll Daily tracking from July 10-12, while John McCain is not far behind with 43%.
CNN:
CNN exclusive: Obama on foreign policy  —  Editor's note: Fareed Zakaria is a pre-eminent foreign affairs analyst and hosts “Fareed Zakaria: GPS” on CNN at 1 p.m. ET Sunday.  —  (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama discussed his vision for the world in a wide-ranging foreign policy discussion with CNN's Fareed Zakaria.
Tom Coghlan / Times of London:
Nine US soldiers killed in Afghanistan as Taliban attacks base  —  Taliban insurgents killed nine US troops when they attempted to overrun an American base as bloody fighting broke out in several parts of Afghanistan today.  —  Nato reported that the small American Combat Outpost in Dara …
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Jason Straziuso / Associated Press:
Attack on US base in Afghanistan kills 9 Americans
Discussion: Docudharma
Warner Todd Huston / NewsBusters.org:
News Blackout — NYT Ignores Momentous Pro-Jewish Court Case Win in France  —  French media loses big court case proving Palestinian propaganda false, New York Times ignores shocking story... Why?  —  France TV 2 has lost a major court case in France that makes the lie to a major piece of Palestinian propaganda.
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
 
 
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
2,691 Decisions  —  WASHINGTON — Sometime during the first …
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David Haldane / Los Angeles Times:
Police halt ‘mooning’ of trains in Laguna Niguel after a crowd of 8,000 gathers
Fredrik Dahl / Reuters:
Iran condemns McCain for cigarette joke
Washington Post:
A Young Woman Disappears
Dale Carpenter / The Volokh Conspiracy:
THOUGHTLESS: John McCain was interviewed Friday by the New York Times …
James Vicini / Reuters:
Obama says he used “poor phrasing” on Jerusalem
Los Angeles Times:
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Greg Mitchell / The Huffington Post:
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Arnold may consider Obama energy post
New York Times:
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Times of London:
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Frank Rich / New York Times:
The Real-Life ‘24’ of Summer 2008
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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