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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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David Rogers / The Politico:
The Democrats' education debacle — Education for Democrats these days is an education itself — a lesson in how dysfunctional this White House and Congress can be on domestic policy. — Finding $10 billion in a multitrillion-dollar budget to avert threatened teacher layoffs …
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Fox News:
Muslim Outreach Not the Job of NASA, White House Says — White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs speaks at the daily briefing at the White House July 12. (AP Photo) — White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday that NASA Administrator Charles Bolden must have misspoken …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Obama to huddle with top Senate Dems on legislative plans ahead of recess — The Senate's top Democrats will head to the White House on Tuesday to huddle with Obama on remaining legislative priorities. — The Senate's top Democrats will head to the White House on Tuesday to huddle …
Associated Press:
White House denies NASA remark on Muslim outreach
White House denies NASA remark on Muslim outreach
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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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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Poll Shows Clearest Signs Yet of GOP Gains, Democratic Risks in 2010 Elections
Poll Shows Clearest Signs Yet of GOP Gains, Democratic Risks in 2010 Elections
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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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Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Andrew Napolitano: Bush and Cheney Should Have Been Indicted for Torturing, for Spying and Arresting Without Warrants — Well, this is something you don't see every day. Ralph Nader hosted this interview segment with Fox News' Judge Andrew Napolitano and discussed his book, Lies the Government Told You.
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Beyond Guns: N.R.A. Expands Agenda — WASHINGTON — Fresh off a string of victories in the courts and Congress, the National Rifle Association is flexing political muscle outside its normal domain, with both Democrats and Republicans courting its favor and avoiding its wrath on issues that sometimes seem to have little to do with guns.
Steve Pardo / Detroit News:
4 missionaries charged in Dearborn festival proselytizing — Dearborn — Four Christian missionaries were arraigned today on misdemeanor charges of disturbing the peace following their June 18 arrest at the Arab International Festival. — Negeen Mayel, 18, of California; Nabeel Qureshi …
Michael Casey / Real Time Economics:
Small Businesses Get More Pessimistic — Small businesses continue to feel highly pessimistic about the U.S. economic outlook, according to a report Tuesday that showed a monthly indicator of their sentiment turning weaker in June. — The National Federation of Independent Businesses …
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Andrew Martin / New York Times:
Automated Debt-Collection Lawsuits Engulf Courts — As millions of Americans have fallen behind on paying their bills, debt collection law firms have been clogging courtrooms with lawsuits seeking repayment. — Few have been as prolific as Cohen & Slamowitz, a Woodbury, N.Y. …
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Frank Dorman / Federal Trade Commission:
FTC Issues Report on Reforming Debt Collection Litigation …
FTC Issues Report on Reforming Debt Collection Litigation …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
JON KYL DOUBLES DOWN.... Over the weekend, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) was asked on Fox News how he'd pay for extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, at a cost of $678 billion. After initially dodging the question, Kyl said what he really believed: “You do need to offset …
The Hill:
Lieberman, Kerry make last-ditch appeal on scaled-back climate bill — The Senate sponsors of a sweeping climate change bill are drafting a scaled-back version focused on electric power plants in a bid to salvage a role for greenhouse gas curbs in the Senate energy debate.
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Salazar Revises Rules for Deepwater Drilling Ban — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar issued revised rules on Monday for a six-month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, replacing an earlier one that had been declared invalid by federal courts.
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ABCNEWS:
BP Oil Spill: Containment Cap Installed on Leak, As Anger Surges Over Slow Claims Payouts — Adm.Thad Allen Says BP ‘Very Close’ to Stopping Oil From Gushing Into the Gulf of Mexico — BP has successfully lowered a new containment cap onto its leaking well, its latest attempt to control …
Nicholas Carr / The Atlantic Online:
Is Google Making Us Stupid? — What the Internet is doing to our brains — “Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave?” So the supercomputer HAL pleads with the implacable astronaut Dave Bowman in a famous and weirdly poignant scene toward the end of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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Daniel Friedman / Hotline On Call:
Panel To Delay Kagan Vote — The Senate Judiciary Committee will not vote Tuesday on the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, GOP aides said today. — GOP senators will use the ability of any committee member under the panel's rules to put off a vote for one week, several aides said.
Daily Mail:
Taranis: The £143million unmanned stealth jet that will hit targets in another continent — Looming ominously like a space ship from Star Wars, this is the future of unmanned flight. — Defence firm BAE Systems today officially unveiled its first ever high-tech unmanned stealth jet.
Jesse Solomon / CNN:
Did BP play role in bomber's release? — (CNN) — A group of U.S. lawmakers have called for an investigation into whether BP may have played a role in lobbying for the release of Abdelbaset al Megrahi to secure an oil contract with the Libyan government. — Megrahi, now 58 …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Dems kick off $50 million election year spending spree — The Democratic National Committee (DNC) kicked off its $50 million spending spree to drive voters to the polls for Democrats this fall. — The DNC has transferred $2 million to the party's House and Senate campaign committees …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Sharron Angle flummoxes local press with “stimulus” non-sequitor — Here's the latest out of Nevada: Sharron Angle is getting attention for flubbing an answer involving job creation in a manner that raises questions about whether she grasps an enormously important local issue.
Michelle Malkin:
Mocking war hero Nick Popaditch: A teachable moment — On Sunday night, several readers e-mailed to let me know about a cartoon in the Imperial Valley (CA) Press that upset them immensely. — Reader Marty sent the jpeg. It shows two young skateboarder punks looking up at a campaign poster.
The Hill:
Dems hit 60 on Wall Street bill — Democrats appeared on Monday to have won the 60 votes they need to move Wall Street reform through the Senate when Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe (Maine) and Scott Brown (Mass.) announced their support for a conference report.
Bbtv / Breitbart.tv:
Democrat Congressman ‘Unaware’ of the New Black Panther Voter Intimidation Case … This website uses IntenseDebate comments, but they are not currently loaded because either your browser doesn't support JavaScript, or they didn't load fast enough.