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Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Governors Voice Grave Concerns on Immigration — BOSTON — In a private meeting with White House officials this weekend, Democratic governors voiced deep anxiety about the Obama administration's suit against Arizona's new immigration law, worrying that it could cost a vulnerable Democratic Party in the fall elections.
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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.
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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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
SarahPAC steps into the big leagues — A new financial report filed Sunday evening showed Sarah Palin's political action committee has taken its fundraising to a higher level - and suggests that she has begun building a more sophisticated political operation in place of a bare-bones organization …
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Palin's PAC raises nearly $900,000 in second quarter — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's political action committee raised $865,815 in the second quarter. — The PAC also doled out some $87,500 to Republican candidates over that same period, according to a report filed Sunday with the Federal Election Commission.
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 …
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 …
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Timing Unclear for Senate Vote on Finance Overhaul — WASHINGTON — Final passage of sweeping legislation to overhaul the nation's financial regulatory system is now a question of when — not if — according to Senate Democrats. Yet, there still seem to be a lot of questions about when.
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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.
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 …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Cantor predicts GOP takeover of House — Republicans will win back a majority of seats in this fall's election, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) predicted 16 weeks before Election Day. — Cantor, the second-ranking House Republican, said he expected his party to win enough seats …
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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 …
Persian2English:
26 Year Old Woman Raped and Murdered by Basij Members for “Bad Hijab” — According to sources, this was the last picture Elnaz Babazadeh uploaded as her Facebook profile picture. — According to HRANA, Elnaz Babazadeh, a 26 year old woman was raped and murdered by Basij forces in the city of Tabriz (northwestern Iran) last week.
Eileen Aj Connelly / Associated Press:
More Americans' credit scores sink to new lows — NEW YORK - The credit scores of millions more Americans are sinking to new lows. — Figures provided by FICO Inc. show that 25.5 percent of consumers — nearly 43.4 million people — now have a credit score of 599 or below, marking them as poor risks for lenders.
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Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
Twin blasts kill scores of World Cup watchers in Uganda — KAMPALA, UGANDA — Powerful explosions tore through two venues in the Ugandan capital where crowds were watching television broadcasts of the World Cup final late Sunday, killing at least 70 people and wounding scores of others, Ugandan police said.
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Directorblue / The Greenroom:
‘We Will Not Be Silenced’: Democrats Produce Documentary Alleging Rampant Vote Fraud by Obama Campaign vs. Hillary in 2008 Primaries — Referring to the controversial 2008 Democrat presidential primary, Carolyn Tackett asks, “Was Barack Obama selected rather than elected?.”
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Angle says advisers suggested she look ‘more serious’ — In an interview over the weekend with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Republican Senate nominee Sharron Angle said some of her political advisers have suggested she look more serious for TV interviews. — Angle is trying to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
Washington Post:
Survey says: Federal workers are glad to have their jobs — In these times of high unemployment and economic uncertainty, federal workers are continuing a trend of job satisfaction, giving the Obama administration good marks for its leadership of agencies though remaining skeptical on a key point …
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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.
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