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8:05 PM ET, July 13, 2010

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Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
Tea party groups choose to stand mute on same-sex marriage ruling  —  While many conservative organizations immediately decried a federal judge's decision last week to invalidate the federal ban on recognizing gay marriages, tea party groups have been conspicuously silent on the issue.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Sharron Angle: Tea Party ousted Robert Bennett because he “outlived his usefulness”  —  The Harry Reid campaign thinks they've found another high-octane Sharron Angle quote that will help them paint her as too harsh and extreme for the Senate: She claimed last night that Senator Robert Bennett …
Bill Hennessy / St. Louis Tea Party:
St. Louis Tea Party Condemns NAACP Slur  —  Normally, we ignore childish hostility from belligerent people and groups.  But the NAACP today intends to condemn 20 million tea party activists as racists.  The millions of good, decent, and loving Americans who have participated …
Fox News:
Tea Party Preempts ‘Racist’ Resolution, Condemns ‘Bigoted’ NAACP
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Washington Post:
Confidence in Obama reaches new low, Washington Post-ABC News poll finds  —  Public confidence in President Obama has hit a new low, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll.  Four months before midterm elections that will define the second half of his term …
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CBS News:
Obama's Approval Rating on Economy Drops  —  CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.  —  Economists have declared the economic recession over largely over, but most Americans don't share their optimism …
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
It's Not “Just the Economy, Stupid” This Time
Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Online:
A Chart That Screams, ‘Extend Unemployment Benefits!’  —  At the end of May there were 3.2 million job openings, according to a new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  In the face of nearly 15 million unemployed, that's obviously not enough.  And if you add in those other Americans …
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Ezra Klein:
‘A Chart That Screams, “Extend Unemployment Benefits!”  ’  —  You'll have to excuse me for simply stealing Daniel Indiviglio's headline for this chart, but it's really the right way to introduce it:  —  “That giant gap consists of Americans who are unemployed, and couldn't get a job even if they wanted to,” Indiviglio writes.
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
No extension of unemployment benefits in sight for the long-term jobless  —  TOMS RIVER, N.J. — Even before his unemployment checks ended, Dwight Michael Frazee's days were filled with the pursuit of any idea that could earn him a buck.  But few are working out, and now his nights are filled with dread.
Wall Street Journal:
Crash Data Suggest Driver Error in Toyota Accidents  —  The U.S. Department of Transportation has analyzed dozens of data recorders from Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles involved in accidents blamed on sudden acceleration and found that at the time of the crashes, throttles were wide open …
John Whitesides / Reuters:
Crist leads 3-way Senate race in Florida  —  (Reuters) - Florida Governor Charlie Crist holds a narrow edge over Republican Marco Rubio in a three-way Senate race dominated by economic worries, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday.  —  Crist, who left the Republican Party …
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The Fix:
Senate Republicans' open seat money edge  —  Republican candidates are continuing to dominate financially in key open seat Senate races while Democratic incumbents remain a fundraising bulwark for the party's majority status with less than four months left until election day.
Dana Goldstein / The Daily Beast:
The Coming Birth Control Battle  —  Health-care reform raised the possibility that birth control could soon be free for most women.  But not if conservative activists have their way.  Dana Goldstein reports.  —  Could prescription birth control—whether the pill, an IUD, or a diaphragm …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
CONSERVATIVES ARE COMING FOR YOUR BIRTH CONTROL. …
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Harry Reid: Barack Obama dodges ‘confrontation’  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants President Barack Obama to be “more firm” and stop avoiding “confrontation” with Republicans.  —  “He is a person who doesn't like confrontation.  He's a peacemaker,” Reid said in an interview with Las Vegas television station KSNV.
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Darren Samuelsohn / The Politico:
Reid warms to July climate vote
Discussion: The Hill, The New Republic, CNN and The Page
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Obama's crisis is GOP's opportunity
Karen E. Crummy / Denver Post:
McInnis' articles for foundation lift ideas, words directly from 20-year-old essay  —  Although GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis presented his “Musings on Water” for publication as original works, portions are identical and nearly identical to an essay on water written 20 years earlier …
David Weigel / The Daily Dish:
Believing Sarah Palin  —  Like I said in my first post, I guest-blogged for the Daily Dish back in 2006.  I don't remember anyone, at the time, challenging the decision.  So I was unprepared for the rat-a-tat of criticism I got for signing up this week.  To quote Baseball Crank …
Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
Dems, AARP want to make IRA enrollment automatic  —  The White House and congressional Democrats, with the backing of the AARP, will soon put forth a plan to automatically enroll new private-sector employees in investment retirement accounts (IRAs).  —  The measure will apply to new workers …
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Peter Baker / The Caucus:
Back to the Future: Lew Returns as Budget Officer
Discussion: New York Magazine and Townhall.com
David Jackson / USA Today:
Obama strategy against Palin, or other GOP foes?  Run against Bush  —  White House spokesman Robert Gibbs didn't talk about Sarah Palin specifically yesterday, but he did address any Republican who is thinking about challenging President Obama in 2012.  —  The bottom line …
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Brian Riedl / Wall Street Journal:
The Bush Tax Cuts and the Deficit Myth  —  Runaway government spending, not declining tax revenues, is the reason the U.S. faces dramatic budget shortfalls for years to come.  —  President Obama and congressional Democrats are blaming their trillion-dollar budget deficits on the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003.
Fox News:
Lesbian Prison Gangs Waiting to Get Hands on Lindsay Lohan, Report Says  —  Inmates of the jail where Lindsay Lohan is set to spend up to 90 days have warned of gangs out to attack the starlet, saying “everyone will want a piece of her”, The Sun reported Tuesday.
NBC Bay Area:
Suffer These Crimes in Oakland?  Don't Call the Cops  —  Dozens of layoffs effective at midnight, barring last minute deal  —  Oakland's police chief is making some dire claims about what his force will and will not respond to if layoffs go as planned.  —  Chief Anthony Batts listed …
8newsnow.com:
Reid Declines Vote on Illegal Worker Plan … LAS VEGAS — In this election season, Senator Harry Reid's campaign events often include claims of how many stimulus funded jobs he's created.  But how many of these construction jobs are going to workers in the country illegally?
Flowertohide / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE AUDIO: Another Mel Gibson Slur Caught On Tape In Crazed Rage - Listen To It Here  —  Warning: This audio may not be reproduced or republished.  —  Mel Gibson is caught using yet another ethnic slur while going on a crazed rampage on new audio exclusively obtained and released by RadarOnline.com.
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Appeals Court Strikes Down Indecency Rule  —  A United States appeals court tossed out the indecency policy of the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, calling it a violation of the First Amendment.  —  An appeals panel said the F.C.C. policy was “unconstitutionally vague …
Kelli Morgan / Fox News:
No. 1 Nation in Sexy Web Searches?  Call it Pornistan  —  Pakistan has banned content on more than a dozen websites because of offensive and blasphemous material.  The Muslim country, which has laws on dress codes, ranks as the top country to proportionally search for certain sex-related terms.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Jawa Report
Townhall.com:
The Necessary Death of the Bank of the United States  —  America's first central bank, the Bank of North America, was created in 1781 by Continental congressman Robert Morris, who modeled the bank after the Bank of England.  The bank was formed before the Constitution was drafted and was wrought …
Ezra Klein:
Corporations not hoarding cash  —  Over the past couple of weeks, a lot of people have been talking about how corporations are sitting on $1.8 trillion in cash reserves and that if we could just get them to feel more confident, we could unleash a massive private-sector stimulus.
Erika Lovley / The Politico:
Abused staffers net nearly $1M a year  —  Taxpayers have paid out nearly $1 million per year in settlements to congressional employees who have been harassed or otherwise treated badly by their political bosses over the past 14 years, according to records from the Office of Compliance.
Pew Research Center:
HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION REMAINS UNPOPULAR  —  Almost four months after the passage of major health care legislation, the law remains unpopular with the public.  Nearly half of Americans (47%) disapprove of the health care law while just 35% approve of the measure.
Discussion: GayPatriot
Hank Stuever / Washington Post:
Kathy Griffin's ‘My Life on the D-List’ trip to Washington falls flat on humor  —  Kathy Griffin, a relentless publicity seeker who has built her comic persona around seeming less famous than she's actually become, brought her “My Life on the D-List” camera crew to Washington in March to show …
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Paul campaign chairman leaves  —  Kentucky GOP Senate candidate Rand Paul's campaign chairman has left to work on another race.  —  David Adams announced Tuesday that he is moving from Paul's Senate race to work for a Republican candidate in next year's race for governor.
 
 
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Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times:
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Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
British Surrender to Former Gitmo Detainees
David Weigel / The Daily Dish:
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
A Clarification on the NBPP Case.
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Obama Administration Uses New ‘Restore the Gulf’ …
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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
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Michelle Cottle / The New Republic:
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Daniel Pipes / National Review:
Farrakhan Demands Reparations from Jews
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