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William G. Gale / Washington Post:
Five myths about the Bush tax cuts — The tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003, known as the Bush tax cuts, are set to expire Dec. 31, and the fight over what to do is increasingly heated. Should the tax cuts expire, as some Democrats have said? Should they be extended, as most Republicans maintain?
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Pat G. / Think Progress:
Palin Writes Down Cost Of Extending Bush Tax Cuts On Her Hand, But She Still Gets It Wrong — Since he was on the campaign trail, President Obama has proposed renewing the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts for the lower- and middle-class, while allowing them to expire on schedule at the end …
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
The crisis of middle-class America — Technically speaking, Mark Freeman should count himself among the luckiest people on the planet. The 52-year-old lives with his family on a tree-lined street in his own home in the heart of the wealthiest country in the world. When he is hungry, he eats.
New York Times:
Targeted Killing Is New U.S. Focus in Afghanistan — WASHINGTON — When President Obama announced his new war plan for Afghanistan last year, the centerpiece of the strategy — and a big part of the rationale for sending 30,000 additional troops — was to safeguard the Afghan people …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Levin: Media too focused on negative in Afghanistan; it's a ‘mixed picture’
Levin: Media too focused on negative in Afghanistan; it's a ‘mixed picture’
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Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Boehner Spouts Anti-Intellectualism Screed: 'I Don't Need To See GDP Numbers Or Listen To Economists' — This morning on Fox News Sunday, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), who has waffled on the impact of the stimulus, argued against the need for more stimulus funding.
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Washington Monthly
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Directorblue / Doug Ross:
The Wife Was Really P.O.'ed This A.M. — Chelsea's Wedding Extravaganza — The wife was on a roll this morning, pointing out some interesting facts about the immense Clinton wedding that took place this weekend. — “This damn wedding cost between $2 million and $5 million.”
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Fox News:
Palin Says Brewer Has Something Obama Lacks: ‘Cojones’ — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks to the crowd at a P.U.R.E. Ministries event June 29 in Duluth, Ga. (AP Photo) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Sunday praised Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer for defending her state's immigration law …
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Obama on immigration: We can't ‘demagogue’ the issue
Obama on immigration: We can't ‘demagogue’ the issue
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The Huffington Post:
Dwindling Retirement Savings ‘Undiscussed Explosive Bomb’ Of Recession — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — After working in executive management for over ten years with a steadily increasing salary, Rick Stephens, 51, was laid off from his job in June 2008. Two years of steady unemployment later …
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Pirate's Cove
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Susie Madrak / Crooks and Liars:
Retirement? You Must Be Kidding. …
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama Weighs Influence on Democrats' Midterm Races — WASHINGTON — As lunch was served in the Roosevelt Room of the White House one day last week, President Obama assured the nine Democratic members of Congress sitting around the table that he would do anything he could to help them survive their fall elections.
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David Klinghoffer / Los Angeles Times:
From neocons to crazy-cons — Once the conservative movement was about finding meaning in private life and public service. But it has undergone a shift toward demagoguery and hucksterism. — Once, the iconic figures on the political right were urbane visionaries and builders of institutions …
TPMDC:
Diversity Is In The Eye Of The Beholder: A Day At Uni-Tea — It was billed as the most diverse tea party rally ever. For three hours Saturday afternoon, we waited for the diversity to show up. — Was Saturday's Uni-Tea rally in Philadelphia a success? Well, it depends on your definition of “epic fail.”
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Flopping Aces, Rumproast, Left Coast Rebel, Nice Deb, Talking Points Memo and Big Journalism
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Preview: Today Is Tea Party Diversity Day — Featuring Andrew Breitbart
Preview: Today Is Tea Party Diversity Day — Featuring Andrew Breitbart
Pamela Paul / New York Times:
The Un-Divorced — JOHN FROST and his wife had been unhappily married for much of their 25 years together when his company relocated him in 2000. So when he moved from Virginia to Knoxville, Tenn., he left her behind. — At first, it wasn't clear what would happen next. Would she follow him?
David Stockman / New York Times:
Four Deformations of the Apocalypse — IF there were such a thing as Chapter 11 for politicians, the Republican push to extend the unaffordable Bush tax cuts would amount to a bankruptcy filing. The nation's public debt — if honestly reckoned to include municipal bonds and the $7 trillion …
David Catanese / The Politico:
Palin blames media for unfavorable rating — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blames her upside-down approval rating among independents on one of her favorite foils: the media. — Palin, who serves as a paid commentator for Fox News, said on “Fox News Sunday” that “if I believed everything …