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The Huffington Post:
Tim Geithner Opposes Nominating Elizabeth Warren To Lead New Consumer Agency — What's Your Reaction: … Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has expressed opposition to the possible nomination of Elizabeth Warren to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to a source with knowledge of Geithner's views.
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New York Times:
Congress Passes Financial Oversight Reform — WASHINGTON — Congress approved a sweeping expansion of federal financial regulation on Thursday, reflecting a renewed mistrust of financial markets after decades in which Washington stood back from Wall Street with wide-eyed admiration.
The Atlantic Online:
Who Will Manchin Choose? — Good evening. Tomorrow's most significant story might be the aftermath from two major explosions in southeast Iran that killed at least 20, including members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard. The Jundallah, a Sunni rebel group based in Baluchistan …
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Boehner: Wall Street Reform Should Be Repealed — They're not campaigning on it in earnest — at least not yet — but Republican leaders say that, given the power, they would like to do away with Wall Street reform much like they have already discussed repealing health care reform.
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Sen. Ted Kaufman / The Huffington Post:
The Wall Street Reform Bill: How Much Did We Lose Getting to 60?
The Wall Street Reform Bill: How Much Did We Lose Getting to 60?
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THAT WAS QUICK.... A couple of hours ago, the Senate was able …
THAT WAS QUICK.... A couple of hours ago, the Senate was able …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Politico's theory: Liberal bloggers don't care if Dems sustain large losses this fall — I'm probably a sucker for biting on this attack on the liberal blogosphere from Poiltico top-dog editors John Harris and Jim VandeHei, but this is so divorced from reality that it really shouldn't go unanswered:
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Daily Kos, The Daily Dish, Left in the West, Balloon Juice, The Agonist, The Politico, Washington Monthly and Eschaton
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Political Punch:
An Obama Administration Job for Sen. Specter? — Sources tell ABC News that Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pennsylvania, has informed the White House that he would like to consider remaining in public service after his Senate term ends at the end of this session, and White House officials are keeping …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
DNC circulates memo on Capitol Hill plugging Dem advantage in elections — The Democratic National Committee (DNC) Thursday night circulated a polling memo around Capitol Hill talking up Democrats' advantages over Republicans in the fall midterm elections. — The memo argues that …
DealBook:
Goldman Settles With S.E.C. for $550 Million — Updated Updated with confirmation of The New York Times's report about Goldman's $550 million settlement. — Goldman Sachs has agreed to pay $550 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission, one of the largest penalties ever paid by a Wall Street firm …
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Gawker, New York Magazine, Felix Salmon, naked capitalism, The Page, Donklephant and Balloon Juice
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Jreid / The Reid Report:
“Tea partier” Mark Williams writes ‘letter to Abe Lincoln’ ... from the ‘coloreds’ — If you're feeling pissy that the NAACP condemned your witch doctor signage and you're out to prove that your movement isn't racist, wouldn't it help not to actually say anything that might be construed as racist?
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Big Government, Daily Kos, Think Progress, The Moderate Voice, Feministing, The Huffington Post and The Politico
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Mark Williams / MarkTalk.com News & Commentary:
NAACP Resolution: [National Association for the Advancement of] Colored People change minds about emancipation — Thursday 7/15: Scroll down for update video — Astonishing. — In every one of the dozens of interviews that I have done regarding the anti-Tea Party resolution passed …
Washington Post:
Oil leak stopped for first time since April — BP said Thursday that it has stopped oil from leaking out of its blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico. The gusher has been throttled for the first time since the April 20 blowout on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon.
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Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
Dem Rep Sheila Jackson Lee Tells NAACP: “All Those Who Wore Sheets a Long Time Ago Lifted Them Off to Wear Tea Party Clothing” (Applause!) — Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) told the NAACP this week that those who wore sheets lifted them off and are now wearing tea party clothing.
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Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
CARLSON LAUNCHES OLBERMANN SITE — You may (or may not) have noticed that there's been a bit of a feud taking place between MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and the Daily Caller, the website run by (former MSNBC'r) Tucker Carlson. — The Caller — via its Twitter account, especially …
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Bbtv / Breitbart.tv:
Breitbart to NAACP Chief: ‘Go to Hell!’ — “Let me say something a tad newsworthy to the president of the NAACP. You can go to hell. ... I have tapes...tape of racism and it's an NAACP dinner. You want to play with fire? I have evidence of racism and it's coming from the NAACP.”
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Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
When does Fox News' ugly race-baiting become the story? — Amazing. Bernie Goldberg and I actually agreed. But only for a moment. — The conservative media critic appeared on The O'Reilly Factor this week while the host, like every other Fox News host and anchor …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP retaliates for Berwick recess appointment to Medicare leadership post — Senate Republicans are still fuming over the recess appointment of Donald Berwick to head the federal agency in charge of Medicare and Medicaid. — In retaliation, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) …
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New York Times:
Bush Aide Calls Some C.I.A. Methods Unauthorized — WASHINGTON — A former Bush Justice Department official who approved brutal interrogation methods by the C.I.A. has told Congress that he never authorized several other rough tactics reportedly inflicted on terrorism suspects …
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Krissah Thompson / Washington Post:
2008 voter-intimidation case against New Black Panthers a political bombshell
2008 voter-intimidation case against New Black Panthers a political bombshell
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Trainwrecks / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE NEW AUDIO: Mel Gibson Completely Loses It: ‘B*tch, C*nt, Wh*re, Gold Digger!’ — WARNING: This audio may not be reproduced or republished. — Screaming, snarling and panting Mel Gibson completely loses it in new audio obtained and released exclusively by RadarOnline.com.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Scott Brown slams Kathy Griffin for calling daughters ‘prostitutes’ — Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) lashed out at comedienne Kathy Griffin on Thursday for describing his daughters as “prostitutes.” — Brown strongly condemned remarks Griffin made on CNN in which she mocks Brown's daughters, Ayla and Arianna.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Pretty Bad 2012 numbers for Obama — With his approval numbers hitting new lows it's no surprise that Barack Obama's numbers in our monthly look ahead to the 2012 Presidential race are their worst ever this month. He trails Mitt Romney 46-43, Mike Huckabee 47-45, Newt Gingrich 46-45, and is even tied with Sarah Palin at 46.
Associated Press:
NY lawyer gets 10-year term in terrorism case — NEW YORK — A 70-year-old civil rights lawyer was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison in a terrorism case by a judge who boosted her original sentence by nearly eight years after concluding she lied to a jury and lacked remorse.
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Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
Left vows to fight any fiscal panel proposals to cut Social Security — Liberals wary of cuts to Social Security benefits are taking on President Obama's fiscal commission, seeing it as a more serious threat to the entitlement program than President George W. Bush's push to privatize the system five years ago.
Doug Richards / WXIA-TV:
Handel: Gay parents “not in the best interest of the child” — Former Secretary of State Karen Handel wrote what she calls a “sponsorship” check to a gay Republican organization called Log Cabin Republicans. She was running for Fulton County Commission chairman at the time.
DFrum / The Daily Dish:
What's the Mission? A Bleg — Andrew last week generously linked to an article of mine explaining the evolution of my political thinking. — But the thing I'd most like to discuss in this week of cross-posting at Andrew's site is: where do we go from here? What's the mission?
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James Tozer / Daily Mail:
Shopping centre bosses approve ‘Asian squat toilets’ following cultural awareness course — For centuries, the great British loo has been a matter of envy to the rest of the world. — Thanks to the efforts of pioneers like the legendary Thomas Crapper, we have long since led the world in comfort and hygiene.
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: Wisconsin Senate — Wisconsin Senate: Johnson (R) 47%, Feingold (D) 46% — Democratic incumbent Russ Feingold and his chief Republican challenger Ron Johnson remain locked in a neck-and-neck battle for the U.S. Senate in Wisconsin. — The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey …
New York Times:
The Google Algorithm — Google handles nearly two-thirds of Internet search queries worldwide. Analysts reckon that most Web sites rely on the search engine for half of their traffic. When Google engineers tweak its supersecret algorithm — as they do hundreds of times a year …