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Roll Call:
Reid to Baucus: Stop Chasing GOP Votes on Health Care — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday ordered Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) to drop a proposal to tax health benefits and stop chasing Republican votes on a massive health care reform bill.
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Matthew Yglesias, Washington Monthly, The Hill, The Caucus, Open Left, The Reaction, The Huffington Post, TPMDC, The New Republic, Daily Kos, Think Progress, D-Day, MyDD and Bloomberg
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New York Times:
Health Deals Could Harbor Hidden Costs — WASHINGTON — The deals, trumpeted loudly by the White House, would each help pay for a sweeping overhaul of the health care system. — First, it was a broad consortium of health industry groups — doctors, hospitals, drug makers and insurers …
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The Note, Roll Call, The Caucus, Taylor Marsh, Political Punch, Riehl World View, Wall Street Journal, Prairie Weather, Slate and The Page
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin: A Round-Up — Some readers have asked me to put all the various odd lies of Sarah Palin that the Dish has compiled in one helpful place. So that's what we've done. A couple of months ago, I asked an intern to re-fact-check all of them to make sure new details hadn't emerged that might debunk some.
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John Fund / Wall Street Journal:
Why Palin Quit — Death by a Thousand FOIAs — People close to Sarah Palin say national political reporters and pundits have missed the real reasons for her surprising decision to resign as Alaska governor. The national media have dismissed or downplayed her real motives …
Camille Paglia / Salon:
Can Palin ever come back? — A closer look at the words of Obama, Depeche Mode and U2. Plus: Why do straight actresses make the best lesbo porn? — Dear Camille, — Just wondering. Do you still think Sarah Palin is ready for the big stage? — James L. Somers — Good question!
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The Official Google Blog:
Introducing the Google Chrome OS — It's been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome browser. Already, over 30 million people use it regularly. We designed Google Chrome for people who live on the web — searching for information, checking email, catching up on the news …
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The Moderate Voice, Beyond Binary, NPR Blogs, TechCrunch, Guardian, Truthdig, Financial Times and Mashable!
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CNN:
Obama girls take Russia by storm — MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) — An unexpected visitor wandered into the bedroom of President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama in the wee hours of Tuesday morning — but the Secret Service wasn't worried about a security breach.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Family Night for Obamas Miffs Some in Moscow — MOSCOW — If Paris is for lovers, it looks like Moscow is for families. — After passing on dinner with the French president to go on a date in the City of Light with his wife last month, President Obama took leave of his Russian hosts …
ABCNEWS:
‘Shocking’ Security Breaches at Federal Buildings — Government Investigators Smuggle in Bomb Parts, Find Guards Sleeping on the Job — It only took 27 seconds for him to smuggle live bomb components through security detail in a federal building. Later, he assembled a bomb in the restroom …
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Michael Lewis / Vanity Fair:
The Man Who Crashed the World — Almost a year after A.I.G.'s collapse, despite a tidal wave of outrage, there still has been no clear explanation of what toppled the insurance giant. The author decides to ask the people involved—the silent, shell-shocked traders of the A.I.G. Financial Products unit …
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Power of Stimulus Slow to Take Hold — Rising Joblessness Blunts President's Plan for Recovery — Five months after Congress approved a massive package of spending and tax cuts aimed at reviving an ailing economy, the jobless rate is still climbing and the White House is scrambling …
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McClatchy Washington Bureau, Bloomberg, msnbc.com, The Huffington Post, Associated Press, The Politico, EconLog and Chicago Sun Times
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Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Lights, Camera, Lots of Action. Forget the Script. — The actress known as Savanna Samson once relished preparing for a role. “I couldn't wait to get my next script,” she said. — There's no reason to look at them anymore, she said, because her movies now call almost exclusively for action.
Wall Street Journal:
Does Obama Want to Own the Airlines? — Welcome to government for the benefit of government officials and their hangers-on. — Printer — Friendly — Only luck and falling oil prices saved Washington from having to face mass bankruptcy of the airline industry last year. Now the specter is rising again.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
GOP Ad Paints Franken As Angry Maniac — Using Footage Of Him Talking About Paul Wellstone — The National Republican Senatorial Committee has just released a new Web ad featuring footage of Senator Al Franken that makes him look like an out-of-control, Red Bull-guzzling cross between Jim Carrey and the Hulk.
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PoliGazette, Althouse, News Hounds, Talking Points Memo, TPMDC and The Washington Independent
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oh No, Ohio? — A Quinnipiac poll today has Barack Obama's approval rating tanking in Ohio: he's now at 49 percent approve and 44 percent disapprove in the Buckeye State, according to Quinnipiac, whereas back in May, they had him at a healthy 62-31. — Obama's approval ratings …
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Scared Monkeys, Swing State Project, PoliGazette, Scorecard's Blog, Corrente and AMERICAblog News
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. May Not Free Acquitted Detainees — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Tuesday it may continue to imprison non-U.S. citizens indefinitely even if they have been acquitted of terrorism charges by a U.S. military commission. — Jeh Johnson, the Defense Department's chief lawyer …
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
David Brooks is a predictable swine — When he begins with a long paean to the Founding Fathers — in this case, George Washington — you can bet money that the Republican Iago is about to plunge his dagger deep into someone's back: … Right. A logical grouping:
The Politico:
Rove deposed in U.S. attorney probe — Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove was deposed Tuesday by attorneys for the House Judiciary Committee, according to Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the panel's chairman. — Rove's deposition began at 10 a.m. and ended around 6:30 p.m, with several breaks, Conyers said.
Reuters:
Obama makes pointed quip on Russian sale of Alaska — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama made a pointed quip Tuesday about Russia's sale of Alaska to the United States in the 19th century. — Referring to the long history of Russia-U.S. trade stretching back more than two centuries …
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Kirk James Murphy, M.D. / Firedoglake:
Without Health Care, My Patients Will Die: Please Don't Sacrifice Them for Single Payer — Over the last six years I've evaluated and treated hundreds of patients who have very little access to health care. These patients qualified for mental health care, but a great many didn't qualify …
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Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Obama proves to be mortal husband — Husbands of the world rejoice! — President Barack Obama, who has seemed to set an impossibly high bar for many men when it comes to dealing with their wives, has finally stumbled — and in a very public way. — “I don't know if anybody else will meet …