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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Judge Walker's decision to overturn Prop 8 is factual, well-reasoned, and powerful. … - Charging the WikiLeaks Leaker With Treason Would Be Absurd- How Many Americans Can't Swim? - Profitable Companies That Refuse To Restore the Benefits They Axed in 2008- Is It Possible To Write an Interesting Novel About a Nanny?
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Gerard Bradley / Fox News:
Why Has Media Ignored Judge's Possible Bias In California's Gay Marriage Case? — Any minute now we will hear the result of another lawsuit about same-sex marriage. — This month a federal judge in Massachusetts threw out a Congressional law which defined marriage as the union of man and woman.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Axelrod: President remains opposed to same-sex marriage — President Obama remains opposed to same-sex marriage despite a federal judge's decision to strike down a ban on such marriages, a top White House adviser said Thursday. — Senior adviser David Axelrod said the president supports …
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Dale Carpenter / The Volokh Conspiracy:
A Maximalist Decision, Raising the Stakes — I'm still studying the decision today in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, which strikes down Prop 8 on both due process and equal protection grounds. I like a lot of the language, and the arguments, as a matter of rhetoric, common sense, and policy.
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.
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John Schwartz / New York Times:
In Same-Sex Ruling, an Eye on the Supreme Court — A federal judge's forceful opinion Wednesday in favor of same-sex marriage is only the beginning of a process that is likely to go all the way to the United States Supreme Court. — The ultimate outcome of the California case cannot be predicted …
Igor / Think Progress:
Pat Buchanan suggests Judge Walker struck down Proposition 8 because he is gay. — Last night, after U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that denying gays and lesbians the right to marry violated the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution …
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
President Obama's beliefs meet his policy
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James Pethokoukis:
An August Surprise from Obama? — Main Street may be about to get its own gigantic bailout. Rumors are running wild from Washington to Wall Street that the Obama administration is about to order government-controlled lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive a portion of the mortgage debt …
NY Daily News:
Material girl Michelle Obama is a modern-day Marie Antoinette on a glitzy Spanish vacation — Sacrifice is something that many Americans are becoming all too familiar with during this economic downturn. It was a key theme in President Obama's inaugural address to the nation …
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Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
Google and Verizon in Talks on Selling Internet Priority — WASHINGTON — Google and Verizon, two leading players in Internet service and content, are nearing an agreement that could allow Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content's creators are willing to pay for the privilege.
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Josh Silver / The Huffington Post:
Google-Verizon Deal: The End of The Internet as We Know It
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Paul Revoir / Daily Mail:
Briton held for wearing a bikini in Dubai shopping mall after fight with Arabic woman — A British holidaymaker has been charged with indecency in Dubai after walking through the world's largest shopping centre in a bikini. — The woman was buying clothes and gifts in the Dubai Mall …
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Left Coast Rebel, Telegraph, DaTechguy's Blog, The Mahablog and Guardian
The Politico:
Sens. John McCain, Jeff Sessions sick of Ivy court — Sens. McCain and Sessions criticized Wednesday the Ivy League composition of the Supreme Court. AP — To many, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's degree from Harvard Law School and her subsequent service as the school's dean might …
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Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
Critics allege Elena Kagan is sympathetic to Sharia law
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The Atlantic Online
Sharon Otterman / New York Times:
Diversity Debate Engulfs Hunter High in Manhattan
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Helen Jung / Oregonian:
Portland lemonade stand runs into health inspectors, needs $120 license to operate — It's hardly unusual to hear small-business owners gripe about licensing requirements or complain that heavy-handed regulations are driving them into the red. — So when Multnomah County shut down an enterprise …
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The Moderate Voice, Another Black Conservative, Townhall.com, JOSHUAPUNDIT, Creative Minority Report, AmSpecBlog and Gawker
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Marcela Hoeven Bikini Scandal? — North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven is 47 points ahead in a Senate campaign that is, by all odds, the closest thing to a surefire pick-up for Republicans this fall. And yet it appears that there are some fiendish Democrats who hope that “family values” …
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Is the GOP shedding a birthright? — Rather than shout, I'll just ask the question in a civil way: Dear Republicans, do you really want to endanger your party's greatest political legacy by turning the 14th Amendment to our Constitution into an excuse for election-year ugliness?
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Reid decries ‘Charlie Brown theory of government’ in the Senate — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) decried on Thursday the “Charlie Brown theory of government” that, he said, has plagued the Senate this year. — Reid knocked Senate Republicans for forcing delays …
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The Politico and Weasel Zippers
Religion in American Culture:
Summary of Key Findings — An extensive new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life details statistics on religion in America and explores the shifts taking place in the U.S. religious landscape. Based on interviews with more than 35,000 Americans age 18 and older …
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BLACKFIVE, The Daily Dish, cnas.org and National Review
Jill Rosen / Baltimore Sun:
After flood of outrage, police will investigate shooting of husky in dog park — A day after dog's death becomes public, officials vow to look into the incident — Bea-Bear the Siberian husky was shot and killed at an Anne Arundel County dog park. (Baltimore Sun / August 3, 2010)
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The Daily Dish and LewRockwell.com Blog
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 …
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Fact-checking the Fact-checkers on the $3.8 Trillion Obama Tax Hike — Yesterday, PolitiFact.com fact-checked my statement about the coming $3.8 trillion Obama tax hike - the largest tax increase in history. They did such a bad job of it, however, that I feel compelled to fact-check the fact-checkers.
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Hot Air
Bob Willis / Bloomberg:
Jobless Claims in U.S. Unexpectedly Climb to Three-Month High — More Americans than projected filed applications for unemployment insurance last week, indicating firings remain elevated as the recovery moderated. — Initial jobless claims climbed by 19,000 to 479,000 in the week ended July 31 …
Ian Swanson / Congress Blog:
The Big Question: Will breaking off their recess to pass a state aid package help Dems this fall? — Will breaking off their recess to pass a $26B state aid package help House Democrats this fall? — Dean Baker, co-director, Center for Economic Policy and Research:
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The Politico
Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Justice: 14 charged for supporting Somalia group — WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday that 14 people are being charged with providing support for the Somalian terrorist group al-Shabab. — Holder said the charges reflect a disturbing trend that leaders in Muslim communities …
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The Jawa Report, Hot Air and Weekly Standard
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Against Fatalism — Sometimes people can be wrong without actually saying anything that isn't true. That's how I felt about the posture of fatalism that Carmen Reinhart adopted talking to Ezra Klein: … To be clear, I don't disagree with any of that. But the message seems to be—calm down.
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Ezra Klein, TalkLeft and Paul Krugman
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Todd S. Purdum's big question of Obama's presidency: Can he play the game, yet transcend the game? - GPG hires top Republican - How Malia used her one phone call from camp — BULLETIN — Michael Hastings, the Rolling Stone contributing editor who wrote “The Runaway General,” tells Mika …
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The Washington Note
Tim Fernholz / American Prospect:
You Know How Jesus Prized Wealth. — The mainstays of conservative Christian activism — the Family Research Council and the Christian Coalition — are launching a new campaign to protect the wealthy from tax increases, according to subscription-only Roll Call. The tax hikes, they say, are a “family values issue.”
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Matthew Yglesias
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Senate passes $26B state aid bill, sets up House vote next week — The Senate on Thursday passed a $26 billion state aid bill, sending it to the House for a final vote next week when it returns abruptly from August recess for a rare special session. — The legislation, which contains $16.1 billion …
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