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1:25 AM ET, July 20, 2009

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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
The Chris Matthews Show: On Health Care Reform, Won't Someone Think About Us Rich People???  —  You can view this video right here by getting the latest version of Flash Player!  —  DOWNLOADS: (520)  —  PLAYS: (2071)  —  (h/t Heather)  —  Clearly, the Beltway Bubble operates …
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Washington Post:
Obama Heads to the Front to Do Battle on Health-Care Reform  —  Six months into his presidency, Barack Obama may have no greater test of his ability to translate personal popularity into a successful legislative agenda than the upcoming two weeks.  —  With skepticism about the president's …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama feels the heat, changes the play  —  Finally, we're starting to see him sweat.  —  President Barack Obama made his personal icy cool the trademark of his campaign, the tenor of his White House and the hallmark of an early run of successes at home and abroad.
Discussion: Don Surber and Blue Crab Boulevard
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WITH SO MUCH ON THE LINE.... In 1993, Bill Kristol privately …
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The (Political) Stakes in Health Reform
Discussion: The RBC
Sabina Amidi / Jerusalem Post:
‘I wed Iranian girls before execution’  —  Article's topics: Basiji, Ali Khamenei  —  In a shocking and unprecedented interview, directly exposing the inhumanity of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's religious regime in Iran, a serving member of the paramilitary Basiji militia has told this reporter …
William Grimes / New York Times:
Frank McCourt, Author of 'Angela's Ashes,' Dies at 78  —  Frank McCourt, a former New York City schoolteacher who turned his miserable childhood in Limerick, Ireland, into a phenomenally popular, Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, “Angela's Ashes,” died in Manhattan on Sunday.
Discussion: Runnin' Scared and Liberal Values
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Rinker Buck / Baltimore Sun:
Frank McCourt, Author Of Angela's Ashes, Dies At 78  —  Frank McCourt's 1996 novel “Angela's Ashes” sold more than 5 million copies  —  Frank McCourt author of 'Angela's Ashes' at his Roxbury home in 1999.  (TOM BROWN / HARTFORD COURANT / August 9, 1999)  —  The Hartford Courant
Discussion: MoJo Blog Posts
Tim Lindell / Conservatives4Palin.com:
Palin Hairdresser: NYT Was Lying About “Hair Thinning” Claim  —  Chalk this up as Stupid Palin Meme of the Week:  —  In a July 12th hit piece published on the front page of the New York Times, reporters Jim Rutenberg and Serge Kovaleski (assisted by Kim Severson and William Yardley in Alaska) made the following claim:
New York Times:
Governors Fear Medicaid Costs in Health Plan  —  BILOXI, Miss. — The nation's governors, Democrats as well as Republicans, voiced deep concern Sunday about the shape of the health care plan emerging from Congress, fearing that Washington was about to hand them expensive new Medicaid obligations without money to pay for them.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Commerce Secretary: America needs to pay for China's emissions  —  It's bad enough that the Obama administration wants to penalize all Americans for their energy use through the cap-and-tax scheme that will hobble our economy and hike electricity and gas costs, but until now they only proposed to penalize us for our own energy use.
Moshe Chayim / Jerusalem Post:
'We won't halt J'lem housing project'  —  Article's topics: United Stated, East Jerusalem, Michael Oren, Shepherd's Hotel, Irwin Moskowitz  —  Jerusalem is the “unified capital of Israel and the capital of the Jewish people, and sovereignty over it is indisputable,” …
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Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Israel Rejects U.S. Call to Hold Off on Development
Discussion: The Page
Associated Press:
Israel Told to Halt East Jerusalem Housing Project
Discussion: Jerusalem Post
Wall Street Journal:
Bondholders Plan CIT Rescue  —  Lender to Small Firms Set to Get $3 Billion; Financing Would Stave Off Bankruptcy  —  CIT Group Inc. appeared to have reached an agreement securing $3 billion in last-minute rescue financing from its bondholders Sunday in a deal that should keep the struggling lender …
James Lileks / New York Post:
JOE BIDEN'S TERRIBLE TRUTHS  —  HIS "GAFFES" REVEAL WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS REALLY THINKING  —  It takes years of yoga to learn the posture necessary for speaking clearly with all your feet in your mouth.  But for some the skill comes naturally, which brings us to Joe Biden.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
ORSZAG SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT.... Fox News' Chris Wallace asked OMB Director Peter Orszag this morning if the administration will be “rationing” health care by establishing a commission of doctors and medical experts to oversee medical practices.  Orszag, thankfully, called this a “canard” and pointed to the status quo.
Matt Bai / New York Times:
The Shuffle President  —  Like romantic comedies and superhero blockbusters, the modern presidency has evolved into a reliable form of dramatic narrative.  A candidate comes into office brandishing a broad theme — a vow to clean up government, perhaps, or to fearlessly prune it back …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
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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

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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