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Robert Kuttner / The Huffington Post:
Obama Rejects Bipartisan Bank Deal — Although Senate Banking Committee Chris Dodd and his sometime Republican ally Richard Shelby continued to make noises on the Sunday talk shows about a possible bipartisan deal, both President Obama and House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank …
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Wall St. showdown on Senate floor — Even as both sides closed in on a Wall Street reform deal, Senate Republicans predicted Sunday that Democrats will fail to push the overhaul bill through the chamber Monday. — That sets up a sharply partisan - but potentially short-lived - showdown on the Senate floor.
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Manu Raju / Politico Live's Blog:
Shelby: Dems will lack votes Monday
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Paul Krugman:
Can't Anybody Here Play This Game? — Bear with me while I vent for a moment. On financial reform, there are clear villains in the political process: Mitch McConnell, the US Chamber of Commerce, etc.. But at this point I'm accustomed to that sort of thing.
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BBC:
Contacting aliens could be risky, Hawking warns — Aliens almost certainly exist but humans should make every attempt to avoid them, Stephen Hawking has warned. — In a series for the Discovery Channel the renowned astrophysicist said it was “perfectly rational” to assume intelligent life exists elsewhere.
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Jonathan Leake / Times of London:
Don't talk to aliens, warns Stephen Hawking — THE aliens are out there and Earth had better watch out, at least according to Stephen Hawking. He has suggested that extraterrestrials are almost certain to exist — but that instead of seeking them out, humanity should be doing all it that can to avoid any contact.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Cushy Life of the Rightwinger — If you're a connoisseur of people pointing out that Jonah Goldberg isn't a very intelligent man while simultaneously being too polite to come out and say so directly, I'd highly recommend this post from Conor Friedersdorf.
The Politico:
Climate backers try to regroup — Backers of a bipartisan climate change bill are scrambling to revive efforts to pass legislation before the November midterms — even as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sticks by plans to slow-walk the measure behind immigration reform.
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‘Gay dog’ refused entry to Adelaide restaurant — An Adelaide restaurant that refused a blind man entry because a waiter thought his guide dog was “gay” has been ordered to apologise and pay compensation. — Ian Jolly was told he could not take guide dog Nudge into the Thai Spice …
CNN:
Hundreds protest immigration law in Arizona — Phoenix, Arizona (CNN) — Hundreds of people gathered outside Arizona's Capitol building on Sunday in a largely peaceful protest against the state's tough new immigration law. — Chanting “Yes we can,” waving American flags and holding signs reading …
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Telegraph:
Pope ‘could cancel UK visit’ over ‘offensive’ Foreign Office memo — The Pope could cancel his planned visit to Britain because of a “hugely offensive” Foreign Office memo mocking his stance on abortion and birth control, sources in the Vatican said. — Senior Papal aides suggested …
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Associated Press:
Signs of progress as Obama envoy wraps up mission — RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — President Barack Obama's Middle East envoy wrapped up his latest diplomatic mission Sunday without getting the Palestinians to agree to indirect peace talks with Israe...
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Congressman charges Obama with ‘increasing danger’ in the world
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John Cole / Balloon Juice:
Still Not Getting It — The Mustache of Understanding: … They weren't around protesting during the Bush years BECAUSE THE TEA PARTY IS REPUBLICANS. They don't care about the deficit. They care that a Democrat (and a black “Muslim,” to boot), is in the White House.
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Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
W. Willard Wirtz, Former Labor Chief, Dies at 98 — W. Willard Wirtz, an outspoken champion of the unemployed who was secretary of labor under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson and was the last surviving member of the Kennedy cabinet, died on Saturday. He was 98.
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