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9:10 PM ET, June 24, 2010

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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
GOP POISED TO KILL TAX-EXTENDERS BILL.... For weeks, Senate Democrats have tried to pass what's called the “tax-extenders bill” — a key economic package that extends unemployment benefits, maintains popular tax breaks, protects doctors from Medicare cuts, and boosts state aid to prevent massive job layoffs in the states.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Senate Republicans Team Up With Ben Nelson to Strangle Economic Recovery  —  Arthur Delaney reports that “Democratic leaders in the Senate have apparently failed to win enough support to overcome a Republican filibuster of a bill to help the poor, the old and the jobless …
Ezra Klein:
The Senate unemployment bill founders  —  Before talking about what's happened to the Senate jobs bill, it's worth first talking about what's in the Senate jobs bill.  —  The biggest and most important item is the extension of unemployment insurance.  This comes in a few different parts …
Jay Heflin / The Hill:
Senate Dems fail to advance tax extenders bill for the third time  —  Senate Democrats on Thursday failed for a third time to advance legislation to extend unemployment benefits through November.  —  In a 57-41 vote, the Senate failed to end debate on the legislation.
Jay Heflin / The Hill:
Third time not a charm: Extenders fails
The Note:
Strike Three for the Senate On Doc Fix/Unemployment Bill?
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:   Congress Fails to Pass an Extension of Jobless Aid
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Dems short on details but pledge unity on energy ahead of White House meeting
Annie Lowrey / The Washington Independent:
Stabenow: Republicans in ‘Cynical Game’ to Crater Economy by Stopping Jobs Bill
Michael Memoli / The Swamp:
Senate Dems vow action on energy bill
The Huffington Post:
Sheldon Whitehouse: Thank ‘Republican Debt Orgy’ For Current Deficit
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Daily Kos
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Unemployment-benefits bill stalls in Senate as GOP rejects revised plan
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Sarah Palin is toxic  —  Commentators keep telling us how influential Sarah Palin's endorsements are, and even if the whole “mama grizzly” meme is clearly overstated, there's no quibbling with the fact that Palin has pull among GOP primary voters.  —  But the more interesting point …
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CNN:
Judge denies administration request to maintain drilling ban
Reuters:
Government loses bid to keep oil drilling ban
Discussion: Hot Air
CNN:
Gates advocated keeping McChrystal, source says  —  Washington (CNN) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates backed keeping Gen. Stanley McChrystal on the job because he was vital to the war effort in Afghanistan, but Gates was overruled, a senior Pentagon official told CNN's Barbara Starr.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Limit Use of ‘Honest Services’ Law Against Fraud  —  WASHINGTON — Ruling for two prominent corporate executives in prison for fraud, the Supreme Court on Thursday dramatically narrowed the scope of a law often used by federal prosecutors in corruption cases.
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Chicago Sun Times:
Harris: Obama knew of Blagojevich plot  —  A top aide to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich said he believed Barack Obama knew of Blagojevich's plot to win himself a presidential Cabinet post in exchange for appointing Valerie Jarrett to the U.S. Senate.  —  John Harris, Blagojevich's former chief of staff …
The Smoking Gun:
Al Gore A “Crazed Sex Poodle?”  —  Masseuse's claims read like R-rated vice presidential fan fiction  —  In a bizarre statement to police, the Oregon woman who claims that Al Gore fondled and groped her during a massage session described the former Vice President as a giggling “crazed sex poodle” …
Haaretz:
Iranian aid flotilla cancelled, won't sail to Gaza  —  Organizers cite ‘Israeli threats’ as the reason for canceling the flotilla; separate Iranian ship heads to Gaza via Caspian Sea.  —  One of the organizers of an Iranian aid flotilla that was to said to Gaza in efforts to break Israel's naval blockade …
David Weigel / Right Now:
An apology to my readers  —  I'm a member of an off-the-record list-serv called “Journolist,” founded by my colleague Ezra Klein.  Last Monday, I was deluged with angry e-mail after posting a story about Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-N.C.) that was linked by the Drudge Report with a headline intimating …
David Weigel / Right Now:
Rand Paul speaks on McChrystal and BP  —  I got a chance to talk to Rand Paul after his low-dollar D.C. fundraiser Wednesday, and asked him about the McChrystal kerfuffle and the controversy over his take on the BP spill.  —  RN: Do you agree with the president's decision to accept Gen. Stanley McChrystal's resignation?
Kirsten Grieshaber / Associated Press:
Group of youths attack Jewish dance group  —  BERLIN - A Jewish dance group was attacked with stones by a group of children and teenagers during a performance at a street festival in the Germany city of Hannover, police said Thursday.  One dancer suffered a leg injury and the group then canceled their performance.
Ben White / The Politico:
Bank execs panic over proposed change to orderly liquidation authority — Dodd unhappy with Brown — Zero hour arrives as derivatives, ‘Volcker rule’ remain unresolved  —  Presented by Merchants Payments Coalition  —  DOUBLE SIREN EXCLUSIVE - Bank executives were panicking last night …
Guardian:
Longest match ever comes to an end  —  • Isner wins 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68  —  • First-round match lasted 11 hours five minutes  —  John Isner finally brought an end to the longest match in tennis history today as he broke the serve of Nicolas Mahut to secure a 70-68 victory …
Blue Texan / Firedoglake:
Texas Republicans' Idea of “Small Government”: Criminalizing Homosexuality, Blow Jobs  —  I keep hearing that the Teabaggers lean libertarian and are supposedly the future of the GOP - but apparently no one's told the Republican Party of the nation's second-largest state. … Nice.
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Scarborough: “Why is Joe Barton being allowed to keep his job?”  —  “Why is Joe Barton being allowed to keep his job, when Joe Barton apologized to a corporation that is destroying my home town's economy, and is destroying the environment across the Gulf Coast?”
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Harkin hints ‘card-check’ bill could move during lame-duck session of Congress  —  Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) suggested Thursday that Democrats might attempt to move “card-check” legislation this year, perhaps during a lame-duck session.  —  Harkin, the chairman of the Senate Health, Education …
Discussion: Beltway Confidential
Frank Jack Daniel / Reuters:
Venezuela to nationalize U.S. firm's oil rigs  —  CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela will nationalize a fleet of oil rigs belonging to U.S. company Helmerich and Payne, the latest takeover in a push to socialism as President Hugo Chavez struggles with lower oil output and a recession.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Fausta's Blog
Anill / Think Progress:
Fox News Owner Rupert Murdoch Says Media Should Be Used To Push For Legalizing Undocumented Immigrants  —  This morning, on Fox & Friends, anchor Steve Doocy interviewed Fox News Channel owner Rupert Murdoch and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on immigration.
 
 
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A Closer Look at the Second Leg Down in Housing
Charles V. Bagli / New York Times:
Court Ruling Upholds Columbia University's Expansion Plan
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Kate Alexander / Austin American-Statesman:
Former Perry aide paid for aborted Green Party petition effort
Elisabeth Goodridge / The Caucus:
Just a Couple of Guys Grabbing Burgers
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Kyle / Right Wing Watch:
Generals International on Israel, The Oil Spill, And Demonic Vortexes
William P. Marshall / The Huffington Post:
Why Michael Gerson Misunderstands Originalism
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
McChrystal's Social Liberalism and the Integration of Gays in the Military
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Wall Street Journal:
BP Based Spill Plans on Faulty U.S. Data
Discussion: The Foundry
insideBayArea:
One slain, five wounded at Oakland vigil for gunshot victim
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Ben Gruber / Reuters:
Oil sludge washes in Florida, dolphin stranded
Discussion: Gateway Pundit, Moe Lane and Daily Kos
Gail Collins / New York Times:
General McChrystal's Twitters
Kerry Picket / Washington Times:
Video-Rep. Kanjorski: 'Finance bill will help good Americans …
 

 
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