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The Hill:
House healthcare talks break down in anger — House healthcare negotiations dissolved in acrimony on Friday, with Blue Dog Democrats saying they were “lied” to by their Democratic leaders. — The seven Blue Dogs on the Energy and Commerce Committee stormed out of a Friday meeting …
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Waxman may let health bill skip committee — Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) says there is “no alternative” but to have healthcare legislation bypass his Energy and Commerce Committee if Blue Dog Democrats don't accept a deal worked out Friday. — Waxman is hoping the inclusion of a study …
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ABCNEWS:
Obama Calls Cambridge Cop, Still Sees ‘Overreaction’ in Gates' Arrest — President Explains His Remarks About Henry Louis Gates Arrest In Surprise Appearance — President Obama called the Cambridge police officer who arrested his friend, prominent Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. …
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The Politico:
Obama walks back police criticism — President Obama made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room Friday in an attempt to tamp down the escalating controversy over his comments on the Monday arrest of Harvard Prof. Henry Louis Gates by the Cambridge, Mass., Police Department.
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a Phantom Negro / Salon:
Skip Gates, please sit down — You are suffering from what I call the “Ivy League Effect” … Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home in Cambridge, Mass., in 2008. — The Ivy League is not real life. College in general is not real life, and the Ivy League is a more fantastic version of college.
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The Corner:L'Affaire Gates — After spending untold millions of dollars …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:What's missing from this NYT article about Henry Louis Gates?
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Chris / TVNewser:
Jon Klein on Birthers: “It Seems This Story is Dead” — TVNewser has learned CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein sent an email to a handful of “Lou Dobbs Tonight” staffers last night regarding the coverage of the so-called birthers and the validity of Pres. Obama's birth in the U.S.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
CNN President Brushes Off Criticism Of Lou Dobbs' Continued Floating Of “Birther” Theories — CNN/US president Jonathan Klein is rebuffing the mounting criticism of the network over Lou Dobbs' continued airing of “birther” theories, saying that Lou runs “his own show” that merely hosts …
David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
McCain Campaign Investigated, Dismissed Obama Citizenship Rumors — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) during his presidential campaign (WDCpix) — In the final months of the 2008 presidential race, Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) campaign learned of a lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania that asked the state …
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Jonathan Klein / SPLCenter.org:
SPLC President Calls on CNN to Remove Lou Dobbs from Air, Cites Newsman's Support for Extremist-Inspired ‘Birther’ Claims — CNN/U.S. — 1 Time Warner Center — New York, N.Y. 10019-6038 — Dear Mr. Klein, — As an important and respected news organization, CNN has a special responsibility …
Dave Montgomery / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Perry raises possibility of states' rights showdown with White House over healthcare — AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry, raising the specter of a showdown with the Obama administration, suggested Thursday that he would consider invoking states' rights protections under the 10th Amendment to resist …
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Wall Street Journal:
Common Sense May Sink ObamaCare — It turns out the president misjudged the nation's mood. — Printer — Friendly — This is big, what's happening. President Obama appears to have misstepped on a major initiative and defining issue. He has misjudged the nation's mood …
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Why Obamacare Is Sinking — What happened to Obamacare? Rhetoric met reality. As both candidate and president, the master rhetorician could conjure a world in which he bestows upon you health-care nirvana: more coverage, less cost. — But you can't fake it in legislation.
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Fox News:
Obama: ‘Victory’ Not Necessarily Goal in Afghanistan — The enemy facing U.S. and Afghan forces isn't so clearly defined defined, Obama explained in a TV interview — President Obama has put securing Afghanistan near the top of his foreign policy agenda, but “victory” …
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Connie Hair / Human Events:
GOP Not Allowed to Say ‘Government-Run Healthcare’ — Rep. John Carter (R-Texas), the secretary of the House Republican Conference and a former District Court Judge, is having his messages to constituents censored by Democrats on the Franking Commission. Republicans are no longer allowed …
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Mike O / North Texas Tea Party:
We Blew Away MoveOn! — With about 36 hours to organize and no paid staff (unlike the other side), we dominated in front of Sen. Cornyn's office today (July 23rd); about 200 conservatives opposing maybe 20 MoveOn people; it was fantastic! Everyone was polite; we always are.
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Jeremy Scahill / The Nation:
Voice of Reason — In 2001 Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold famously and courageously stood up as the lone senator to vote against the Patriot Act. On July 21 he did it again, casting the lone vote opposing Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman's amendment to the 2010 Defense Authorization bill …
BBC:
Ousted Zelaya returns to Honduras — The ousted president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya on the Nicaraguan side of the Honduras border — The ousted president of Honduras has briefly crossed the country's border with Nicaragua, in a symbolic move the US has described as a “reckless”.
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