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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Bristol Palin, Levi Johnston Are Engaged! — Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston reveal exclusively in the new Us Weekly that they are getting married. — And, they tell Us Weekly, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been kept in the dark about their plans ... until now.
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Mike Celizic / msnbc.com:
Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston reveal secret engagement
Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston reveal secret engagement
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WHEN AN ENTIRE POLITICAL PARTY MOVES TO BIZARRO WORLD.... Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) probably didn't realize the impact his remarks would have. The right-wing Arizonan was asked on Fox News how his party would pay for $678 billion in tax cuts for the wealthy, which Republicans are currently demanding.
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
It's Unanimous! GOP Says No To Unemployment Benefits, Yes To Tax Cuts For The Rich — For weeks, Senate Republicans have filibustered an extension of unemployment benefits on the grounds that Democrats aren't willing to cut spending or raise taxes to pay for them.
Paul Krugman:
Invincible Ignorance — Just in case you had some lingering notion …
Invincible Ignorance — Just in case you had some lingering notion …
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Associated Press:
Iowa billboard compares Obama to Hitler; draws criticism — (AP) —A billboard created by an Iowa tea party group comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin is being condemned by other tea party activists. — The North Iowa Tea Party began displaying the sign in Mason City last week.
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Tunku Varadarajan / The Daily Beast:
The Tea Party Isn't Racist — At this week's NAACP annual meeting, members voted to censure the Tea Party as “racist.” But it's the NAACP that's the throwback, argues Tunku Varadarajan. — NAACP: Can we all agree that it stands for the National Association for the Advancement of Cynical Politics?
O. Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
Tea Party billboard covered up in Mason City
Tea Party billboard covered up in Mason City
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Heather Hollingsworth / Associated Press:
NAACP accuses tea party of tolerating bigotry
NAACP accuses tea party of tolerating bigotry
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John L. Smith / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Charlotte zings Reid from beyond the grave — Election 2010 has just heard from a member of the Silent Majority. — You know, from a deceased person. — Chances are good you never met Charlotte McCourt during her 84 years, but I'm willing to bet you'll be hearing about her in the coming days …
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
President Obama, White House: Al Qaeda Is Racist — In an interview earlier today with the South African Broadcasting Corporation to air in a few hours, President Obama disparaged al Qaeda and affiliated groups' willingness to kill Africans in a manner that White House aides say was an argument that the terrorist groups are racist.
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The Politico:
Pelosi vents about Gibbs — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi bashed White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Tuesday night, even as the president's top spokesman continued to backpedal from his assertion that Democrats could lose control of the House in the November election.
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CQ Politics:
Pelosi Slams Gibbs for ‘Politically Inept’ House Forecast
Pelosi Slams Gibbs for ‘Politically Inept’ House Forecast
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama approval hits record low — Barack Obama's hit a record low in PPP's monthly national polling on his approval numbers. 45% of voters approve of the job he's doing while 52% disapprove. This is the first time he's topped the 50% disapproval mark in our surveys.
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CBS News:
CBS News Poll: 7/13/10
CBS News Poll: 7/13/10
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Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Poll: Support for Arizona Immigration Law Hits 57 Percent
Poll: Support for Arizona Immigration Law Hits 57 Percent
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Jack M. / Ace of Spades HQ:
Megyn Kelly-Kirsten Powers Cat Fight! UPDATE: Video Added — The 10 Minutes fight between Megyn Kelly and Kirsten Powers on FNC may be the greatest ten minutes of television, ever. — I mean it. — Somebody please send me this clip. Not only did Kelly reveal Powers …
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Quinnipiac University:
Sestak Catches Toomey To Tie Pennsylvania Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; More Voters Say Obama Doesn't Deserve Second Term — Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak and Republican Pat Toomey are locked in a 43 - 43 percent tie in their race for the U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania …
ScottWinshipWeb:
How Bad is the Job Situation, Really? — (cross-posted at ProgressiveFix.com and FrumForum.com) — When it comes to economic conditions, I'm generally a glass-three-quarters-full kind of guy. Take unemployment. Quick—what was the risk in 2008 that an American worker would experience at least one bout of unemployment?
Gov. Tim Pawlenty / Reuters:
Time for Obama to make sacrifices — Later this week, the White House budget office is due to produce its midyear report on the nation's fiscal health. — If history is any guide, the administration will try to paint a rosy picture, but the truth is already obvious: Washington under President Barack Obama …
Lee C. Bollinger / Wall Street Journal:
Journalism Needs Government Help — Media budgets have been decimated as the Internet facilitates a communications revolution. More public funding for news-gathering is the answer. — We have entered a momentous period in the history of the American press.
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Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Libtalker Bill Press Blames ‘Spoiled Americans’ For Obama's Poll Collapse — IT'S YOUR FAULT — Lefty Meltdown Over WaPo Poll, Libtalker Lashes Out — Are you ready to accept your share of the blame for Obama's collapsing poll numbers? If only “spoiled Americans” …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
VP Favorable Ratings: Gore Down, Cheney Up, Biden Flat — Americans more negative than positive toward Gore, Cheney — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans' current views of former Vice President Al Gore have become significantly more negative compared with three years ago, and are among the worst for him in more than a decade.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Brown will oppose Dems' campaign finance reform bill — Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) said Wednesday that he would oppose Democrats' campaign finance reform bill. — Brown, who'd been targeted by reform groups to support the Disclose Act, a Democratic-crafted bill in response …