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Dana Priest / Washington Post:
A short video from PBS's FRONTLINE on The Post's two-year investigation. An hour-long documentary film will run in October. Watch the trailer » — Investigative reporter Dana Priest has been The Washington Post's intelligence, Pentagon and health-care reporter.
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Washington Post:
A hidden world, growing beyond control — The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The Real U.S. Government — The Washington Post's Dana Priest demonstrates once again why she's easily one of the best investigative journalists in the nation — if not the best — with the publication of Part I of her series, co-written with William Arkin, detailing the sprawling …
Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
Video Proof: The NAACP Awards Racism-2010 — Context is everything. — In this piece you will see video evidence of racism coming from a federal appointee and NAACP award recipient and in another clip from the same event a perfect rationalization for why the Tea Party needs to exist.
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Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Palin's “Refudiate” Tweet on Mosque Near Ground Zero Draws Fire (for Substance and Style) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin weighed in on Sunday on the controversy over a mosque planned near ground zero, but her remarks were met with a wave of criticism over her sentiment and her choice of words.
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Is Palin Lucky, Good, Or ... When she writes on her palm and uses words like refudiate, Sarah Palin is lucky. That is, all her success, all the adulation, her approval rating with Republican voters — all of these pieces of evidence suggest that she needs more seasoning and is resonating …
Max Read / Gawker:
Sarah Palin Invents New Word: ‘Refudiate’
Sarah Palin Invents New Word: ‘Refudiate’
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Naftali Bendavid / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Sees Path to Control of Senate — WASHINGTON—Democrats for the first time are acknowledging that Republicans could retake the Senate this November if everything falls into place for the GOP, less than two years after Democrats held a daunting 60-seat majority.
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
GOPers And Dems Agree: 2010 Should Be A Referendum On Bush
GOPers And Dems Agree: 2010 Should Be A Referendum On Bush
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Ezra Klein:
Republicans now blaming Democrats for Bush tax cuts — The new Republican line is that there's a “Democrat tax hike” on the way. And it's a big 'un: “An unprecedented $3.8 trillion increase” that will affect — and this is their bold and underline, not mine — “every American who pays income taxes!”
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Annie Lowrey / The Washington Independent:
The ‘Democrat Ticking Tax Bomb’ Canard — Via Morning Money, Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), the ranking member on the House Ways and Means Committee, is blasting the majority party for the “Democrat tax hike” coming down the pike. Here's a screen shot of an email his office sent out this morning:
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Alan S. Blinder / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Fiscal Priorities Are Right
Obama's Fiscal Priorities Are Right
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Wayne Besen / Truth Wins Out:
Breaking News: Major ‘Ex-Gay’ Life Coach Accused of Sexual Misconduct By Former Clients — Contact: Wayne Besen, TWO Executive Director — Therapist Alan Downing, A Key Figure In JONAH and People Can Change, Allegedly Made Clients Get Naked And Touch Genitals
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Dodd doubts Warren's confirmability for job of consumer guardian — Elizabeth Warren might not have the votes to win confirmation as head of a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) suggested Monday. — Dodd, the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
TARP audit claims Obama admin destroyed “tens of thousands” of jobs in dealer closures — Last year, while the Obama administration seized two of the nation's three main domestic auto manufacturers, it also shut down thousands of dealerships across the country, supposedly to stabilize GM and Chrysler.
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Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun:
How the race has turned sour for Sharron Angle — Sharron Angle is dead, one in an occasional series: — With Angle's hot air balloon leaking helium about as rapidly as oil left that Gulf well — 45 days and counting and the GOP Senate nominee still has not plugged it — the question is whether she can survive the fall to earth.
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Obama Assails G.O.P. for Blocking Benefits Bill — WASHINGTON — President Obama called on Congress on Monday to pass an extension of unemployment benefits, and leveled a sharp critique against Republican senators who have stopped passage of a bill that would give some relief to out-of-work Americans.
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John Harwood / The Caucus:
Mystery for White House: Where Did the Jobs Go?
Mystery for White House: Where Did the Jobs Go?
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Senate Forecast, 7/18: Republican Outlook Improves with Focus on Likely Voter Polls — Our latest Senate simulation has the chamber convening in 2011 with an average of 53.4 Democrats (counting Joe Lieberman and Bernie Sanders), 46.1 Republicans, and 0.5 Charlie Crists.
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Ry Rivard / Charleston Daily Mail:
Manchin could proclaim election
Manchin could proclaim election
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Poll: D.C. elites a world apart — In their opinions on policy and politicians ranging from President Barack Obama to Sarah Palin, elites in Washington have a strikingly divergent outlook from the rest of the nation, according to a new POLITICO poll released Monday.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Pundit Delusion — The latest hot political topic is the “Obama paradox” — the supposedly mysterious disconnect between the president's achievements and his numbers. The line goes like this: The administration has had multiple big victories in Congress, most notably on health reform …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama's Highest Half-Year Approval Ratings in D.C., Hawaii — Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, and West Virginia residents were least likely to approve — PRINCETON, NJ — During the first half of 2010, residents of Hawaii and the District of Columbia were most likely to approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president.
Matt Lewis / Politics Daily:
Glenn Beck Tells Audience He Might Be Going Blind — During a tearful and passionate speech at his “American Revival” meeting in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Fox News host Glenn Beck revealed that he may be going blind. — During his speech (video below), Beck told the audience, “I can't focus my eyes.”