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National Income and Product Accounts — Gross Domestic Product: Second Quarter 2010 (Advance Estimate) — Revised Estimates: 2007 through First Quarter 2010 — Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States …
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Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
U.S. Economic Growth Slowed to 2.4% Rate in 2nd Quarter — The United States economy expanded at an annual rate of 2.4 percent in the second quarter, after expanding 3.7 percent in the previous three months, the Commerce Department reported on Friday. — Nonresidential fixed investment …
Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Dems Call On GOPers To Renounce Phyllis Schlafly Over Remarks About ‘Unmarried Women’ (AUDIO) — Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly took aim at “unmarried women” at a recent fundraiser and in an interview with TPM, saying that they overwhelmingly support President Obama and are all on welfare.
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
When Phyllis Schlafly Speaks the Truth, Democrats Call It ‘Extremism’ — Phyllis Schlafly is one of conservatism's great heroines. Both Michelle Malkin and Ann Coulter acknowledge Schlafly's influence as a role model. Forty-six years after her rallying cry for Goldwater, A Choice Not an Echo …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Curbing Your Enthusiasm — Why does the Obama administration keep looking for love in all the wrong places? Why does it go out of its way to alienate its friends, while wooing people who will never waver in their hatred? — These questions were inspired by the ongoing suspense …
Quinnipiac University:
Crist On Top In 3-Way Florida Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Dem Sink Tied With Either Republican In Govenor's Race — Florida Gov. Charlie Crist leads the three-way race for the U.S. Senate seat with 37 percent, followed by 32 percent for Republican Marco Rubio and 17 percent …
Jillian Rayfield / TPMDC:
Anthony Weiner's Spitting Mad Rant Against Republicans On The House Floor (VIDEO) — The House was debating a bill last night that would provide up to $7.4 billion in health care aid to rescue and recovery workers who have faced health problems since their work in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
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Anthony Weiner Goes Ballistic At GOP For Killing 9/11 Responders Health Care Bill (VIDEO) — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — House Republicans late Thursday were able to corral enough votes to defeat a bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to those sickened by toxins resulting from the 9/11 attacks.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Did the government cause the Gulf spill? — The generally accepted view of the Deepwater Horizon disaster has focused on the blowout preventer and the non-standard procedures BP conducted just before the explosion and fire. However, most of the damage and the main source of the spill came …
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Robert Winnett / Telegraph:
Wikileaks Afghanistan: Taliban ‘hunting down informants’ — The Taliban has issued a warning to Afghans whose names might appear on the leaked Afghanistan war logs as informers for the Nato-led coalition. — In an interview with Channel 4 News, Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman …
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Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
U.S. SENATE RACE: Poll: Reid, Angle neck and neck — Sixty percent of Nevadans see nation on wrong track — Sen. Harry Reid and Sharron Angle are locked in a dead heat, says a new poll for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and KLAS-TV, Channel 8 that shows the GOP challenger regaining ground …
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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Phytoplankton Panic — Phytoplankton, the tiny little ocean creatures that generate a massive amount of the world's oxygen, form the base of the ocean food chain, and otherwise deserve to be nominated Hero of the World Economy, First Class, are apparently dying off.
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
ADL Condemns, Enables, Anti-Muslim Bigotry. — The Anti-Defamation League comes out against the proposed Islamic Center near Ground Zero: … Remarkable. An organization whose stated role is to “counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry” nonetheless opposes people building where they please simply …
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David Freedlander / New York Observer:
McMahon Campaign Hits Grimm For Taking “Jewish Money” — Mike Grimm, a G.O.P challenger for Mike McMahon's Congressional seat, took in over $200,000 in his last filing. — But in an effort to show that Grimm lacks support among voters in the district, which covers Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn …
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Barney Henderson / Telegraph:
North Korean football team shamed in six-hour public inquiry over World Cup — North Korea's football team has been shamed in a six-hour public inquisition and the team's coach has been accused of “betraying” the reclusive leader's heir apparent following their failure at the World Cup, according to reports.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Look to Wealthy to Help Save Social Security — Favor expanding Social Security taxes, limiting benefits for high-income Americans — PRINCETON, NJ — Of six possible ways to address concerns with the Social Security system in a recent USA Today/Gallup poll, a majority of Americans favor two …
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Orszag leaves his mark — Peter Orszag may have had the shortest tenure of any member of the Obama Cabinet, but in an administration dominated by a powerful White House staff, he left as deep a mark as almost anyone in it. — The 41-year-old economist, whose last day is Friday …
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Michael Whitney / Firedoglake:
Senate Votes to Double Fines, Jail Time for Pot Brownies — Dianne Feinstein's Reefer Madness (graphic by twolf1) — Last night, the United States Senate voted to double the penalties for the nation's newest existential threat: brownies made with marijuana!
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