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8:15 PM ET, July 6, 2010

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Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. expected to sue Ariz. on immigration, citing ‘preemption’ grounds  —  The Justice Department has decided to file suit against Arizona on the grounds that the state's new immigration law illegally intrudes on federal prerogatives, law enforcement sources said Monday.
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Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
DoJ sues over Ariz. immigration law  —  The federal government filed a lawsuit Tuesday aimed at blocking a controversial Arizona law that gives local police and sheriffs the authority to question and arrest anyone suspected of being in the country illegally.
CNN:
Feds sue to overturn controversial Arizona immigration law
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
David Brooks / New York Times:
A Little Economic Realism  —  Let's say you're the leader of the free world.  The economy is stuck in the doldrums.  Naturally, you want to do something.  —  Many economists say we need another stimulus bill.  They debate about whether the stimulus should take the form of tax cuts or spending increases …
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Paul Krugman:
Arguments From Authority  —  A quick note on David Brooks's column today.  I have no idea what he's talking about when he says, … Funny, I thought we had a perfectly good explanation: severe downturn in demand from the financial crisis, and a stimulus which we warned from the beginning wasn't nearly big enough.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and driftglass
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Productivity and the Recession  —  David Brooks, writing skeptically …
Discussion: The American Scene and Econbrowser
Mitt Romney / Washington Post:
Obama's worst foreign-policy mistake  —  Given President Obama's glaring domestic policy missteps, it is understandable that the public has largely been blinded to his foreign policy failings.  In fact, these may have been even more damaging to America's future.
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Paul Krugman:
Confidence Fairies Have Infiltrated The White House  —  I was on Good Morning America this not-so-good morning, doing what I could.  But I was struck by something that George Stephanopoulos said: he claimed to have been speaking to an administration official who asserted that what we need …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Tea Party = Republican party?  —  The scads of media coverage about the burgeoning “tea party” effort has focused heavily on the idea that those who identify themselves as part of the movement are political free agents — dismissive of both parties and Washington in general.
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Feingold faces unexpectedly tough race
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Page
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
McCain favors immigration reform that would deport ‘many’ illegals  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said on Tuesday he would favor immigration reform that would deport most of the residents of the U.S. who are here illegally.  —  McCain, who at one point had been the top Republican advocate …
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Ed Barnes / Fox News:
Illegal Immigration Costs U.S. $113 Billion a Year, Study Finds
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Thomas M. Defrank / NY Daily News:
Bad news for Obama: Conservative Justice Kennedy tells pals he's in no rush to leave Supreme Court  —  WASHINGTON - President Obama may get liberal Elena Kagan on the Supreme Court, but conservative swing-voter Anthony Kennedy says he's not going anywhere anytime soon.
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New York Times:
Tax-Exempt Funds Aiding West Bank Settlements  —  HAR BRACHA, West Bank — Twice a year, American evangelicals show up at a winery in this Jewish settlement in the hills of ancient Samaria to play a direct role in biblical prophecy, picking grapes and pruning vines.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Easing Tension With Obama, Israeli Leader Will Push Talks
Discussion: The White House
Fox News:
NASA Official Softens Claim Muslim Outreach Is ‘Foremost’ Mission  —  NASA Administrator Charles Bolden testifies before the House Science and Technology committee on Capitol Hill in Washington May 26.  (Reuters Photo)  —  A NASA official on Tuesday stood by Administrator Charles Bolden's statement …
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John Derbyshire / The Corner on National Review Online:
NASA's True Mission — By: John Derbyshire
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Kentucky Senate race knotted  —  Kentucky voters don't think much of Rand Paul and as a result the race to replace Jim Bunning in the Senate is tied.  Paul and Jack Conway are getting 43% each.  —  The more Kentucky voters get to know Rand Paul, the less they like him.
Discussion: TPMDC, Ballot Box, RedState and Daily Kos
Metro.co.uk:
Rare 1970s BP board game promises oil ‘thrills’ comes back to haunt them  —  A rare 1970s BP game - yes, that's the company badge on the box - promises all the ‘thrills of drilling’ offshore, with the first player to earn $120million being crowned the winner.  —  BP - Beyond Parody: The game's cover has an ‘overall sense of doom’.
Rep. Barney Frank / The Huffington Post:
Why We Must Reduce Military Spending  —  As members of opposing political parties, we disagree on a number of important issues.  But we must not allow honest disagreement over some issues interfere with our ability to work together when we do agree.  —  By far the single most important …
New York Times:
Are Profits Hurting Capitalism?  —  A STREAM of disheartening economic news last week, including flagging consumer confidence and meager private-sector job growth, is leading experts to worry that the recession is coming back.  At the same time, many policymakers, particularly in Europe …
Zombie / Pajamas Media:
Did Huffington Post crop AP photo to give Netanyahu devil horns?  —  Photo of Netanyahu as it appeared on Huffington Post.  —  The picture of Benjamin Netanyahu shown to the left appears on the front page of today's Huffington Post, illustrating a story about Israel easing its blockade of Gaza.
Tim Duy / Tim Duy's Fed Watch:
Why is the American Jobs Machine Broken?  —  The June employment report was decidedly weak, and serves as the latest blow to the V-shapers - if any are even left.  It once again left me feeling that something is very, very wrong at the heart of the American economy, something that is much more structural than cyclical.
San Francisco Chronicle:
Sugary-drink ban starts to affect S.F. sites  —  Coca-Cola is out, and soy milk is now part of San Francisco's official city policy.  —  Under an executive order from Mayor Gavin Newsom, Coke, Pepsi and Fanta Orange are no longer allowed in vending machines on city property, although their diet counterparts are - up to a point.
Kimberly Kindy / Washington Post:
Recovery effort falls vastly short of BP's promises  —  In the 77 days since oil from the ruptured Deepwater Horizon began to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, BP has skimmed or burned about 60 percent of the amount it promised regulators it could remove in a single day.
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Justice Thomas's wife's fundraising makes her tea party force  —  When Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's wife announced in 2008 that she was going to help run Washington operations for a Michigan college once described as “a citadel of American conservatism,” she said the move was her …
The Politico:
Police probe death hoaxes  —  At least three Democratic senators have been subjects of false reports of their deaths in the past two days, prompting the U.S. Capitol Police to open an investigation into the matter.  —  Several news outlets received a hoax e-mail news release …
Reid Wilson / Hotline On Call:
GOP Moves Toward West Virginia Suit  —  Top GOP strategists are plotting ways to force WV to hold a special election this year, in hopes of giving the party a better chance to pick off the seat of the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV), according to several party sources.
Brian Moylan / Gawker:
Priest Stole $1.3 Million to Spend on Male Escorts, Designer Clothes, Other Stereotypically Gay Things  —  Kevin Gray, a priest at Sacred Heart Church in Waterbury, Connecticut, is expected to turn himself in after being charged with siphoning $1.3 million from church coffers to pay for his secret gay lifestyle.
Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:
Do Marijuana Ballot Initiatives Help Democrats Win?  —  Not long ago, Karl Rove was considered a political genius.  His mastery of the small, clever maneuver—typically unappreciated until it swung an election—was a big reason why.  To his enemies, nothing exemplified Rovean perfidy …
 
 
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Golnaz Esfandiari / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Iran Unveils Approved Hairstyles
Peter Daou / The Huffington Post:
On the Left, A False Choice Fuels The Growing Civil War Over Obama
Paul Davidson / USA Today:
Expect lots of government layoffs at state, local level
Discussion: Politics Daily
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
UAE Ambassador on the Challenge of Iran
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Problem of Credible Commitment
Discussion: Mother Jones
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
High Profile Dems Helpful?
 Earlier Items: 
Ezra Klein:
Research Desk researches: How do the U.S., Switzerland and Sweden spend money?
Mark Hemingway / Washington Examiner:
NLRB's Becker is already under investigation
Discussion: Moe Lane and Michelle Malkin
Gabriel Schoenfeld / Weekly Standard:
To Waterboard or Not Waterboard  —  Michael Hayden was CIA director from 2006 to 2009.
Discussion: BLACKFIVE
Fox News:
Ex-Official Accuses Justice Department of Racial Bias in Black Panther Case
Discussion: Breitbart.tv and Newsalert
Eric Ostermeier / Smart Politics:
Republican Party Poised to Win Most Gubernatorial Seats in 90 Years
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and Hot Air
Ezra Klein:
Is it cheaper to just let the planet heat?
 

 
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