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12:05 AM ET, July 19, 2010

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CNN:
Tea Party Federation kicks out Williams over blog post  —  (CNN) — Tea Party activist Mark Williams says he's done discussing the controversy stirred up by his attack on the NAACP, accusing a fellow movement leader of turning the debate into “a World Wrestling style personality conflict.”
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Political Punch:
VP: Tea Party ‘Not a Racist Organization’  —  “Do you think elements of the Tea Party are racist?”  This Week anchor Jake Tapper asked Vice President Joe Biden in an EXCLUSIVE interview.  Biden equivocated at first, but then settled on a pretty firm no.  —  “Well, the truth is that at least elements …
David S Morgan / CBS News:
Tea Party Leader: NAACP Is Playing the Race Card  —  Denies Bigots Speak for Movement's Members or Leaders; Civil Rights Figure Calls Remark Disingenuous  —  (CBS) A co-founder of Tea Party 365 today denounced what he called the NAACP's “selective racism,” claiming that the organization …
Dan / Riehl World View:
GOP Dumps On Tea Party, Right-Blogs
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
McConnell ‘not interested’ in weighing in on debate over racism in Tea Party
Discussion: CNN and Riehl World View
Matt Bai / New York Times:
Beneath Divides Seemingly About Race Are Generational Fault Lines
CNN:
Allen: Seepage detected away from well  —  (CNN) — The federal government's oil spill response director says testing has revealed that there is a “detected seep a distance from the well” and has ordered BP to quickly notify the government if other leaks are found.
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Patrik Jonsson / Christian Science Monitor:
Joe the Plumber (not that one) says he helped stop Gulf oil spill leak
Discussion: Firedoglake and Reuters
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
BP, federal officials confer on closed gulf oil well cap
Discussion: The Page
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Palin triggers NY mosque Twitter fray  —  Sarah Palin, who waded into a New York political fight by endorsing Ann Marie Buerkle in NY-25, is drifting into a decidedly higher-charged battle: The fray over a planned mosque near Ground Zero.  —  “Peace-seeking Muslims, pls understand …
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Ben Geman / The Hill:   Palin calls planned mosque near Ground Zero a ‘provocation’
Kay Lazar / Boston Globe:
Firms cancel health coverage  —  With cost rising, small companies turning to state  —  The relentlessly rising cost of health insurance is prompting some small Massachusetts companies to drop coverage for their workers and encourage them to sign up for state-subsidized care instead …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Biden: Failed stimulus all GOP's fault; Update: Obama, 2/5/09: “I think we're in range” Update: 2/9/09, “the right size, the right scope”  —  Jake Tapper interviewed Vice President Joe Biden and challenged him on the administration's new Recovery Summer public-relations sloganeering …
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The Huffington Post:
Mike Pence Explains Why America Can Afford Tax Cuts For The Rich But Not Jobless Aid  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  The unsavory task of explaining why America apparently can't afford to help the unemployed but can afford tax cuts for the rich fell to Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) on Sunday.
John / Power Line:
Union Goons In Action  —  This footage was shot at a pro-Democratic Party union rally in California.  If those shirts were brown instead of pink, the video would have a disturbingly retro feel:  —  It's funny how the political class is always wringing its hands about the potential for violence …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Breitbart.tv
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Evangelicals Are Joining Obama on Immigration Overhaul  —  At a time when the prospects for immigration overhaul seem most dim, supporters have unleashed a secret weapon: a group of influential evangelical Christian leaders.  —  Normally on the opposite side of political issues backed …
Tom Gross Mideast Media Analysis:
A nice new shopping mall opened today in Gaza: Will the media report on it?  —  [Please link to and credit this website if writing on this.]  —  Will the Western media show these images?  —  All notes below by Tom Gross  —  Please scroll down below for photos of the new shopping mall that opened today in Gaza.
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Bob Schieffer: I Didn't Ask Holder About the Black Panther Thing Because I Didn't Know About It  —  Last Sunday, Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer had Attorney General Eric Holder on for an entire half hour, and never once asked him about the Department of Justice dropping the case …
Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
Obama's speed vacation  —  BAR HARBOR, Me.  - President George H.W. Bush did speed golf.  President Barack Obama does speed vacationing.  —  In Maine this past weekend the practice began immediately.  —  While most travelers head from the airport to their hotel, Obama stepped off …
Discussion: The Swamp
Kendra Marr / The Politico:
GOP senators: Obama failing in oil clean-up  —  Just days after BP temporarily plugged the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, Senate Republicans on Sunday lashed out at the Obama administration for failing to clean up America's soiled shoreline.  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell …
Discussion: Breitbart.tv
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Vitter: Obama avoiding oil spill
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 
 
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Telegraph:
CIA suspects Iranian nuclear defector who returned to Tehran was a double agent
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CNN:
Greene gives first public speech
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Can We Talk?  —  On July 7, CNN fired its senior editor …
James Slack / Daily Mail:
Female minister insists women must be able to choose their own clothes …
Discussion: protein wisdom and Weasel Zippers
Paul Krugman:
More On Deficit Limits  —  Jamie Galbraith responded to this post …
Discussion: Angry Bear and Economist's View
Kevin Bogardus / Ballot Box:
Sessions predicts ‘slightly over 40’ House seats gained by Republicans
Discussion: Politics Daily and The Politico
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The Myths About Government Debt and Deficit as Told By Carmen Reinhart …
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