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Ezra Klein:
Jon Kyl gives away the game on deficits — “[Y]ou should never raise taxes in order to cut taxes,” Jon Kyl said on Fox News Sunday. “Surely Congress has the authority, and it would be right to — if we decide we want to cut taxes to spur the economy, not to have to raise taxes in order to offset those costs.
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Jon Kyl: Extend Bush Tax Cuts For Wealthy Even If They Add To Deficit — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Top Senate Republican Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) insisted on Sunday that Congress should extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans regardless of their impact on the deficit …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Obama's debt commission warns of fiscal ‘cancer’ — BOSTON — The co-chairmen of President Obama's debt and deficit commission offered an ominous assessment of the nation's fiscal future here Sunday, calling current budgetary trends a cancer “that will destroy the country from within” unless checked by tough action in Washington.
Mike Flynn / Big Government:
Democrats Gone Wild: Rep. Ciro Rodriguez Loses It — I've often noted that I expect this to be a long, hot summer. The mid-term elections are inching closer and Democrats are having to finally admit that they are in real political trouble. For those keeping score at home, let's recap …
Ed Barnes / Fox News:
Felons Voting Illegally May Have Put Franken Over the Top in Minnesota, Study Finds — The six-month election recount that turned former “Saturday Night Live” comedian Al Franken into a U.S. senator may have been decided by convicted felons who voted illegally in Minnesota's Twin Cities.
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
2012: What Palin Is, and Isn't, Doing — Sarah Palin's PAC disclosure release has occasioned a new round of “Will she or won't she?” If we take the dictum that one's judgment is more easily interrogated than one's motivation, we're left with a simple answer: she's seriously thinking about running for president.
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Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
Michelle Obama Rouses NAACP Before Vote Condemning ‘Racist’ Elements of Tea Party — Tea Party Leaders Say Political Motivation Driving NAACP Agenda — First Lady Michelle Obama brought renewed energy to the NAACP today, delivering the keynote speech at the annual convention …
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Judy L. Thomas / Kansas City Star:
NAACP considers resolution decrying racist elements in tea-party movement
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Joanna Connors / Metro:
Harvey Pekar, Cleveland comic-book legend, dies at age 70 — CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — Harvey Pekar's life was not an open book. It was an open comic book. — Pekar chronicled his life and times in the acclaimed autobiographical comic book series, “American Splendor,” …
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Stan Cox / Washington Post:
In the heat wave, the case against air conditioning — Washington didn't grind to a sweaty halt last week under triple-digit temperatures. People didn't even slow down. Instead, the three-day, 100-plus-degree, record-shattering heat wave prompted Washingtonians to crank …
Coral Davenport / The Politico:
Drilling ban reissued — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar reissued a moratorium on deepwater offshore drilling Monday, after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the White House's appeal of a lower court decision to halt the drilling ban. — The reinstated ban will " protect communities …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Class War We Need — The rich are different from you and me. They know how to game the system. — That's one interpretation, at least, of last week's news that Americans with million-dollar mortgages are defaulting at almost twice the rate of the typical homeowner.
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Brown to support Wall Street reform; Dems edge closer to 60 — Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) announced Monday he will vote for Wall Street reform when it comes up for a final vote, all but assuring Democrats the 60 votes they need to pass the legislation. — Brown voted for the bill …
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Elvie / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE NEW AUDIO: Mel Gibson Admits Hitting Oksana, Threatens To Kill Her - Listen To It Here — WARNING: This audio may not be reproduced or republished. — Mel Gibson, under investigation for domestic violence, admits to hitting Oksana Grigorieva and TWICE threatens to kill …
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
GOP ‘Young Guns’ to release book — Three top House Republicans are set to release a book this fall about the future of conservative politics, placing a younger set of GOP lawmakers center stage as the party makes its final push to win control of the House.
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
When Was The New Black Panther Case Downgraded? — I did an interview with New York Daily News Columnist Errol Louis about the New Black Panther Party case today and realized that there's a specific data point that has been lost in all the breathless coverage of this case and whether …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Feckless Fed — Back in 2002, a professor turned Federal Reserve official by the name of Ben Bernanke gave a widely quoted speech titled “Deflation: Making Sure ‘It’ Doesn't Happen Here.” Like other economists, myself included, Mr. Bernanke was deeply disturbed by Japan's stubborn …
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Unsure About “Progressive” Political Label — More than twice as many say label does not describe them as say it does — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup polling reveals widespread public uncertainty about the “progressive” political label — a label recently embraced by no less than Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.
Dave Itzkoff / ArtsBeat:
Polanski Is Free After Swiss Reject U.S. Extradition Request — Updated — Article: Swiss Reject U.S. Request to Extradite Polanski — The justice ministry of Switzerland said on Monday that it had denied a request to extradite the director Roman Polanski to the United States …
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Stuff — As I mentioned in my last entry, I've been watching Babylon 5 lately. It's not a perfect show, but it has one big advantage: it's consistent and believable. — Contrast this with Doctor Who. Doctor Who is fun to watch, but if you think about it for more than two seconds …
Javier Manjarres / The Shark Tank:
Senator LeMieux Endorses Rubio and Discusses Victory Strategies (VIDEO) — Regular readers of the Tank know that we have pulled no punches towards soon-to-be Democrat Governor Charlie Crist, which is why we're reposting Senator George LeMieux's endorsement of Marco Rubio.
Washington Post:
Historic oil spill fails to produce gains for U.S. environmentalists — For environmentalists, the BP oil spill may be disproving the maxim that great tragedies produce great change. — Traditionally, American environmentalism wins its biggest victories after some important piece …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
New conservative group will oppose Obama Mideast policy — Leading conservatives will launch a new pro-Israel group this week with a scathing attack on Rep. Joe Sestak, the Democratic Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, the first shot in what they say will be a confrontational campaign …
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Tim Fernholz / American Prospect:
The Senate Kills International Relations. — There was plenty of attention paid to — and condemnation of — Republican office-seeker Mitt Romney's op-ed on the New START Treaty, an arms-control agreement designed to reduce the number of nuclear warheads in Russia and the United States …
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Ezra Klein:
Wasted interviews — This New York Times article on Paul Volcker's view of the financial regulation bill is clearly and proudly set around a wide-ranging, on-the-record interview with Volcker himself. But that interview, aside from a few isolated quotes, is nowhere to be found.
Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Obama at odds with Petraeus doctrine on ‘Islam’ — The White House's official policy of banning the word “Islam” in describing America's terrorist enemies is in direct conflict with the U.S. military's war-fighting doctrine now guiding commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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