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Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Fired USDA employee Sherrod to sue conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart — Ousted USDA employee Shirley Sherrod says she will sue conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart, the Associated Press reports. — Sherrod made the announcement Thursday in San Diego at the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention.
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Jesse Washington / Associated Press:
Ousted USDA Employee Sherrod Plans to Sue Blogger — Ousted USDA employee Shirley Sherrod says she will sue conservative blogger over edited video — Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted a video edited in a way that made her appear racist.
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
President Obama calls African-Americans a ‘mongrel people’ — NEW YORK — President Obama waded into the national race debate in an unlikely setting and with an unusual choice of words: telling daytime talk show hosts that African-Americans are “sort of a mongrel people.”
Jonathan Martin / Ben Smith's Blog:
Sherrod to sue Breitbart — AP: — Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted an edited video of her making racially tinged remarks last week. — The edited video posted by Andrew Breitbart led Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack …
WCBS-TV:
Sources: Rangel Cuts Deal, Avoids Trial — Embattled Representative Reportedly To Admit Ethical Wrongdoing — NEW YORK (CBS) ― New York Congressman Charles Rangel has reportedly cut a deal to admit to ethical wrongdoing and avoid a potentially humiliating public trial.
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Lanny J. Davis / Pundits Blog:
The Rangel case — Lessons from Sherrod? — (This post is being published before the charges against Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) have been published by the House ethics committee subpanel. I will try to update this post after the charges have been published.)
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
White House proposal would ease FBI access to records of Internet activity — The Obama administration is seeking to make it easier for the FBI to compel companies to turn over records of an individual's Internet activity without a court order if agents deem the information relevant to a terrorism or intelligence investigation.
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David S. Hilzenrath / Washington Post:
Poll shows opposition to health care overhaul declining — Opposition to the landmark health care overhaul declined over the past month, to 35 percent from 41 percent, according to the latest results of a tracking poll, reported Thursday. — Fifty percent of the public held a favorable view of the law …
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kff.org:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — July 2010 — The July Health Tracking Poll indicates overall public support for the health reform law is steady from June, while unfavorable views of the law have trended downward. Half the public (50%) now expresses a favorable view of the law …
Richard Stengel / Time:
The Plight of Afghan Women: A Disturbing Picture — Our cover image this week is powerful, shocking and disturbing. It is a portrait of Aisha, a shy 18-year-old Afghan woman who was sentenced by a Taliban commander to have her nose and ears cut off for fleeing her abusive in-laws.
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The Huffington Post, DaTechguy's Blog, The Nation, Jezebel, Mediaite, sisu, The Awl, The Page, The Long War Journal and The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Graham eyes ‘birthright citizenship’ — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) announced Wednesday night that he is considering introducing a constitutional amendment that would change existing law to no longer grant citizenship to the children of immigrants born in the United States.
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Michael Grunwald / Time:
The BP Spill: Has the Damage Been Exaggerated? — An extensive network of oil booms surround marshland off the coast of Louisiana on July 18, 2010 — President Obama has called the BP oil spill “the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced,” and so has just about everyone else.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP hands Reid second legislative setback of the week — Senate Republicans blocked progress on small-business legislation Thursday morning, handing Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) his second legislative defeat of the week. — A vote to cut off debate on a substitute amendment offered …
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Sewell Chan / New York Times:
Fed Member's Deflation Warning Hints at Policy Shift — WASHINGTON — A subtle but significant shift appears to be occurring within the Federal Reserve over the course of monetary policy amid increasing signs that the economic recovery is weakening. — On Thursday, James Bullard …
The Corner on National Review Online:
What Judge Bolton's Injunction Doesn't Say — By: NRO Staff — In enjoining Arizona's landmark immigration law, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton maintains the Obama administration's carefully cultivated fiction: that what concerns the White House regarding S.B. 1070 is its effect on legal, rather than illegal, aliens.
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CBS News, The Politico, Left Coast Rebel, Pajamas Media, Jules Crittenden, Washington Wire, Power Line, Time, POWIP, PointOfLaw Forum and Washington Post
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Jonathan Strong / The Daily Caller:
Political operatives on Journolist worked to shape news coverage — Despite its name, membership in the liberal online community Journolist wasn't limited to journalists. Present among the bloggers, reporters and editors were a number of professional political operatives …
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Hot Air, NewsBusters.org, Flopping Aces, Cold Fury, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Big Journalism and Politics Daily
Julian E. Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
Evidence Ties Manning to Afghan Leaks — WASHINGTON—Investigators have found concrete evidence linking Pfc. Bradley Manning with the leak of classified Afghanistan war reports, a defense official said. — A search of the computers used by Pfc. Manning yielded evidence he had downloaded …
Wall Street Journal:
Taxes: A Defining Issue — Barack Obama knows taxes define worldview. The GOP should offer voters an alternative. — If the Obama presidency didn't exist, we would have to invent it. — At a time when the American people need to make some decisions about the nation's purpose …
Orlando Sentinel:
Grayson bills taxpayers for DVD of term's highlights — WASHINGTON — If U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson were a rock star, his latest PR blitz — a DVD sent to tens of thousands of Central Florida residents — would be called Grayson's Greatest Hits. — The 90-minute disc features video highlights …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
It's Like Mathematically Unpossible for Republicans to Win the House, or Something — We're introducing a new scale tonight to “reward” polling and strategy memos which are vapid, disingenuous, jargony, or just plain f**king wrong. The scale is dubbed the Pennometer after former Clinton strategist Mark Penn …
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