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Macon Phillips / WhiteHouse.gov Blog:
Facts Are Stubborn Things — Opponents of health insurance reform may find the truth a little inconvenient, but as our second president famously said, “facts are stubborn things.” — Scary chain emails and videos are starting to percolate on the internet, breathlessly claiming, for example …
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Evan Perez / Wall Street Journal:
White House Counsel's Job Is at Stake — WASHINGTON — Obama administration officials are holding discussions that could result in White House counsel Gregory Craig leaving his post, following a rocky tenure, people familiar with the matter said. — Mr. Craig, the top lawyer at the White House …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Obama vs. Drudge — The White House on Tuesday posted a three-minute video punching back at an old clip of President Barack Obama that was featured on the Drudge Report with the headline, “Uncovered Video: Obama Explains How His Health Care Plan Will ‘Eliminate’ Private Insurance.”
The Huffington Post:
Obama And DNC Try Turning Angry Mobs And Drudge Into Benefits — The White House and allied Democrats are ramping up efforts to make belligerent anti-Obama town hall crowds — and the media outlets that feed their resentment — the face of opposition to the president's health care agenda, aides tell the Huffington Post.
Henry J. Pulizzi / Wall Street Journal:
White House Isn't Concerned by Health-Care Protests
White House Isn't Concerned by Health-Care Protests
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Michelle Malkin
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
White House Attacks Drudge for Exposing Obama's Goal to Eliminate …
White House Attacks Drudge for Exposing Obama's Goal to Eliminate …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
GIBBS NOTICES THE ‘BROOKS BROTHERS BRIGADE’ AT WORK. …
GIBBS NOTICES THE ‘BROOKS BROTHERS BRIGADE’ AT WORK. …
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Paul Krugman
Chuck Norris from Creators Syndicate:
What Obama and My Wife Have in Common — Dear Mr. President: — First, happy birthday. I do hope today is an enjoyable day for you and your family. Coincidentally, I also will be celebrating this week the birth of someone dear to me, my beloved wife, Gena, whose birthday is Aug. 9.
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WorldNetDaily:
Why I doubt Kenyan birth document — I bet that got your attention. — For 24 hours, I have been deluged with e-mail - about 6,000 more than usual - that essentially fall into three categories: — Thank you for getting the goods on Barack Obama - I knew he was born in Kenya.
Koyaan / PolitiJab.com:
Kenyan Birth Certificate: PWNED!
Kenyan Birth Certificate: PWNED!
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Wall Street Journal:
Geithner Vents as Overhaul Stumbles — WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner blasted top U.S. financial regulators in an expletive-laced critique last Friday as frustration grows over the Obama administration's faltering plan to overhaul U.S. financial regulation, according to people familiar with the meeting.
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Daily Mail:
Spoof poster of Obama's face painted as The Joker branded ‘dangerous and mean-spirited’ — A poster depicting Barack Obama as Batman villain The Joker has been called ‘mean-spirited and dangerous’ by the U.S. President's supporters. — The image, which has been adopted by Mr Obama's critics …
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Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Rachel Maddow on GOP Thugishness at Town Halls: This is Called Hooliganism — Rachel Maddow reports on the “town halls gone wild” that industry backed astroturf groups like Americans for Prosperity are involved in disrupting.
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The Atlantic Politics Channel
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New York Times:
Health Plan Opponents Make Voices Heard — WASHINGTON — Senator Arlen Specter and the health and human services secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, were heckled and booed in Philadelphia on Sunday. — In Austin on Saturday, a throng of protesters enveloped Representative Lloyd Doggett …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
McDonnell leads by 14 — Bob McDonnell has opened up a 51-37 lead over Creigh Deeds in the race to be Virginia's next Governor, up from a 49-43 advantage four weeks ago. — The movement in the race likely has more to do with national trends than anything actually going on in Virginia.
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New York Post:
HONORING AN AMERICA-HATER — THE Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor. Past recipients include John Wayne, Norman Rockwell and Vaclav Havel. This year, one of the 16 recipients President Obama selected (along with such worthies as Sen. Edward Kennedy and the late Jack Kemp) …
The Hill:
Left is miffed at Pelosi over her comment — House liberals are offended that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) mocked their threats to oppose a Democratic healthcare bill, saying leaders are underestimating their frustration over a deal cut with centrist Blue Dogs.
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Pat Toomey / Philly.com:
Sotomayor: Qualified, mainstream — Judicial confirmation hearings weren't always ideological witch hunts. — When John Roberts and Samuel Alito were nominated to the Supreme Court, Republicans argued that they should be confirmed based on their impeccable qualifications and mainstream jurisprudence.
Jane Hamsher / The Huffington Post:
How Come CBS Journalists Can't Recognize Paid Lobbyists When They See Them? — If you got your information from Wyatt Andrews on CBS News last night, you would believe that “angry protesters” are cropping up “everywhere Democrats are trying to defend health care reform.”
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The Atlantic Politics Channel
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Gwen Ottinger / Washington Post:
When ‘Clunkers’ Are Greener — Want to be green? Consider keeping your “clunker.” — The wildly popular “Cash for Clunkers” program is one of a number of policies funded by this year's stimulus package that encourage consumers to make major purchases in the name of the environment.
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Environmental Capital, The Glittering Eye, HarvardBusiness.org, Sweetness & Light and Postcards
Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blog:
Olbermann to keep Wolffe off show — The most anticipated part of Keith Olbermann's return to “Countdown” last night was to see whether he'd abide by a reported cease-fire with Bill O'Reilly — he didn't. — But simmering in the background was the ongoing issue of Richard Wolffe …
ABC News:
Adelaide man caught up in bid to oust Obama — A self-described ‘grey-haired guy in a corner of little old Adelaide’ has been unwittingly implicated in a conspiracy to oust the 44th President of the United States from office. Unbeknown to David Bomford, a group called the Birthers have used …
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: JUNE 2009 REVISED ESTIMATES: 1929 THROUGH MAY 2009 — Personal income decreased $159.8 billion, or 1.3 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) decreased $143.8 billion, or 1.3 percent, in June, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
Marines Ban Twitter, MySpace, Facebook — The U.S. Marine Corps has banned Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and other social media sites from its networks, effective immediately. — “These internet sites in general are a proven haven for malicious actors and content and are particularly high risk due …
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Gateway Pundit:
Lib “Blue Dog” Rep. Steve Driehaus (D-OH) Booed, Mocked & Laughed At During Town Hall (Video) — Another Day— Another Blue Dog Mocked at Obamacare Town Hall — Representative Steve Driehaus (D-OH) held a town hall on health care reform. While Driehaus campaigned as a fiscal conservative …