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5:15 AM ET, August 5, 2010

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Carlos Lozano / L.A. NOW:
Judge strikes down Prop. 8, allows gay marriage in California [Updated]  —  A federal judge in San Francisco decided today that gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry, striking down Proposition 8, the voter approved ballot measure that banned same-sex unions.
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David Boaz / Cato @ Liberty:
Reagan-Appointed Judge Strikes Down Gay Marriage Ban  —  Chuck Donovan of the Heritage Foundation denounces Judge Vaughn Walker for “extreme judicial activism” and “judicial tyranny” in striking down California's Proposition 8, which barred gay people from marrying.
New York Times:
Court Rejects Same-Sex Marriage Ban in California  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Saying that it unfairly targets gay men and women, a federal judge in San Francisco struck down California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage on Wednesday, handing supporters of such unions a temporary victory …
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Prop.  8 Overturned: The Facts, Not the Law, Matter  —  Here's what you need to know about Judge Vaughn Walker's decision invalidating California's Proposition 8, a referendum passed by voters that banned same-sex marriage.  The decision itself will be appealed, and Walker's reasoning …
John / Power Line:
Today's Proposition 8 Decision  —  Conservatives have long said that the day would come when liberal judges declare the Constitution unconstitutional.  That happened today, when a gay federal judge in San Francisco, relying on the opinions of mostly-gay “expert” witnesses …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Fed Judge Finds Calif. Prop.  8 Unconstitutional  —  A federal lawsuit was filed in May 2009 challenging Proposition 8, the California referendum which amended the state constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman.  Prop. 8 previously was upheld by the California Supreme Court.
John Schwartz / New York Times:
In Same-Sex Ruling, an Eye on the Supreme Court
Dale Carpenter / The Volokh Conspiracy:
A Maximalist Decision, Raising the Stakes
Logan Penza / The Moderate Voice:
Only A Temporary Victory For Gay Marriage
Chris Rovzar / New York Magazine:
Judge Hands Victory to Proposition 8 Opponents, Gay-Marriage Ban Overturned
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Open thread: Federal judge's ruling on Proposition 8 coming soon …
Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
Google, Verizon Said to Strike Deal on Web Traffic Rules  —  Verizon Communications Inc. and Google Inc. reached a deal on how to handle Internet traffic, striking their own accord on policy being weighed by U.S. officials, two people briefed by the companies said today.
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Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
Google and Verizon in Talks on Selling Internet Priority
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Gibbs dismisses Missouri vote against federal health insurance mandate  —  White House press secretary Robert Gibbs flatly dismissed Missouri's vote Tuesday rejecting a key part of the healthcare law.  —  Gibbs said Missouri's vote approving a ballot initiative to exempt residents …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and MyDD
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
McCaskill: ‘Message received’ from Missouri voters on health reform
Christopher N. Osher / Denver Post:
Bike agenda spins cities toward U.N. control, Maes warns  —  Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes is warning voters that Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper's policies, particularly his efforts to boost bike riding, are “converting Denver into a United Nations community.”
New York Times:
Senate Vote Clears Way for $26 Billion in Aid to States  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday cleared the way to provide $10 billion to states and local school districts to prevent teacher layoffs and an additional $16 billion in federal aid to cash-strapped states, and the Speaker …
Declan McCullagh / CNET News:
Feds admit storing checkpoint body scan images  —  For the last few years, federal agencies have defended body scanning by insisting that all images will be discarded as soon as they're viewed.  The Transportation Security Administration claimed last summer, for instance, that “scanned images cannot be stored or recorded.”
Rep. Luis Gutierrez / The Huffington Post:
Why We Should Welcome McConnell's Demand for Hearings on Rescinding 14th Amendment  —  The “your papers, please” hysteria spreading through the Republican Party has reached a new low.  Now, they want to corrupt the U.S. Constitution to promote their opposition to immigrants and immigration.
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Cubachi:
Updated.  Must Watch: The Broken Window Fallacy  —  This brilliant video is a simple illustration on the fallacy of claiming that calamities stir economic growth.  Paul Krugman, a Nobel Prize - winning economist, says the attacks of 9/11 and World War II brought great economic benefits to the nation.
Larry W. Smith / Newsweek:
The Tea Party's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Night  —  Moderates rule a series of high-profile primaries.  —  Kansas Rep. Todd Tiahrt, along with his wife, Vicki, concedes to Jerry Moran during a watch party for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate.
Kerry Eleveld / Advocate:
White House Statement on Proposition 8  —  A White House statement regarding Wednesday's ruling overturning Proposition 8 said President Barack Obama had spoken out against the measure because it was “divisive and discriminatory.”  —  A White House spokesperson sent the following statement …
Richard Allen Greene / Religion:
Jewish group won't fight ground zero mosque, leader says  —  The Anti-Defamation League will not fight the building of a controversial Islamic center and mosque planned near the site of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in New York, the group's leader told CNN Wednesday.
Discussion: Salon
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Quarter doubt Obama was born in U.S.  —  President Obama's birth certificate (left) has been certified authentic by the Republican governor of Hawaii.  His birth announcement (right) appeared in print in 1961.  (PHOTO CREDIT: State of Hawaii)  —  Washington (CNN) …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
41% of GOP: Obama foreign-born
Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
Angle: “What's happening (in America)..is a violation of the 1st Commandment,” entitlements “make government our God.”  —  That's what Sharron Angle, the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate, said in an April 21 interview with TruNews Christian Radio's Rick Wiles.
Conor Friedersdorf / The American Scene:
Ugly Populism  —  I'd like to associate myself with everything Alan Jacobs just wrote in his post on the mosque and community center being built near Ground Zero.  Newt Gingrich is a politician I would've considered supporting in a bid for the presidency.  His behavior during this episode has cost him any chance at my vote.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
The 2012 GOP Contest  —  Our national polling on the 2012 Republican Presidential contest pretty consistently shows what amounts to a four way tie between Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, and Newt Gingrich.  But to get a feel of how things might play out in reality it's interesting …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Hot Air
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Pence: Obama ‘most anti-Israel’ president in modern history  —  President Obama is running the most anti-Israel White House in modern history, a member of the House GOP leadership charged Wednesday.  —  House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (Ind.), a staunch ally of Israel, assailed Obama for his record on that country.
Discussion: HotAirPundit and Israel Matzav
Richard W. Rahn / Washington Times:
Evidence and denial  —  Obama advisers refuse to believe they're failing  —  Last Friday, it was reported that economic growth was only 2.4 percent in the second quarter of this year - far below what the Obama administration had forecast.  Yet the administration and its supporters continue …
 
 
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Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
Pa. Dems help put birther on ballot
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Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
And the 2010 Citizens Medal goes to...
Matt Negrin / The Politico:
Obama courts wealthy donors
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
David Zahniser / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. pensions may consume a third of city's general fund by 2015
Discussion: Doug Ross and Beltway Confidential
Michael Barone / Associated Press:
This year's election may mirror Democrats' setback of 1966
Discussion: Liberty Central
Stephen Schwartz / Weekly Standard:
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Broadway and the Mosque
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Andrew Samwick / Capital Gains and Games blogs:
This Is Neither Effective Deficit Reduction Nor Personnel Policy
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New York Post:
Sheriff Taylor's health pitch sparks cardiac arrest
Discussion: theblogprof and Weasel Zippers
The Huffington Post:
Dodd Presses Senate Freshmen To Back Off Effort To End Filibuster
Discussion: Open Left, Salon and Suburban Guerrilla
Paul Krugman:
What Reagan Didn't Do  —  Via Ezra Klein, I see that the latest thing …
David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
Karl Rove claims Bush didn't blame Clinton for the '01 recession.
Times of India:
Anti-US ‘tirade’ upsets Obama man
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees

 
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