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Los Angeles Times:
Schwarzenegger fathered a child with longtime member of household staff — His wife, Maria Shriver, moved out of their Brentwood mansion earlier this year after the former governor acknowledged the child was his. The staff member worked for the family for 20 years, retiring in January.
Jason Clayworth / Des Moines Register:
Iowan to Gingrich: Get out now before you make a bigger fool of yourself — Dubuque, Ia. — Newt Gingrich got a not-so-nice welcome here today. — As he was getting ready to leave a speaking engagement Dubuque resident Russell Fuhrman approached him in the lobby of the Holiday Inn:
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Wall Street Journal:
Gingrich to House GOP: Drop Dead — Newt undermines his former comrades on Medicare. — The Republican Presidential campaign is off to a slow start, but judging by the last week not slow enough. First Mitt Romney defends his ObamaCare prototype in Massachusetts, and now Newt Gingrich …
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Power Line, The Politico, Betsy's Page, The Caucus and National Review
Wall Street Journal:
Medicare Revamp Exposes Divisions Within the GOP
Medicare Revamp Exposes Divisions Within the GOP
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ThinkProgress, Des Moines Register, Ballot Box, Hot Air and Washington Examiner
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Iowan to Gingrich: “Get out now before you make a bigger fool of yourself”
Iowan to Gingrich: “Get out now before you make a bigger fool of yourself”
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The Daily Caller, The Blaze, Mediaite, Washington Examiner, Conservatives4Palin, Pajamas Media, Daily Pundit and The Apothecary
The Note:
How Serious Was Donald Trump About 2012? ‘More Serious Than...People Realize,’ Political Adviser Says — ABC News' Michael Falcone (@michaelpfalcone) reports: — Had Donald Trump decided to run for president he and his aides were planning an announcement event in an iconic location …
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Taegan Goddard's … and TPMDC
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The Note:
Trump Not Running for President: ‘Decision Does Not Come Easily Or Without Regret’
Trump Not Running for President: ‘Decision Does Not Come Easily Or Without Regret’
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
What Trump can teach the GOP field
What Trump can teach the GOP field
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Ben Smith's Blog, The Huffington Post and Dean's World
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Donald Trump: I'm fired
Donald Trump: I'm fired
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Media Decoder, The Huffington Post, The Politico, The Nation and Philly.com
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
CINDY CRAWFORD FLIP-FLOPS FOR MITT ROMNEY — During her modeling career, Cindy Crawford was skilled at switching outfits. Now, she's switching presidential candidates, it seems. — Eric Fehrnstrom, a spokesman for Mitt Romney, took to Twitter Monday to oh-so-subtly boast that Team Romney …
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Don Surber and The Gateway Pundit
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Michael O'Brien / Ballot Box:
Romney: One-day money haul brings in over $10 million
Romney: One-day money haul brings in over $10 million
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The Politico, The Note and Wonkette
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Mitt Romney's money machine cranks up
Mitt Romney's money machine cranks up
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Outside the Beltway and CNN
The Lede:
French Shocked by I.M.F. Chief's ‘Perp Walk’ — As our colleagues Steven Erlanger and Katrin Bennhold report, “The arrest in New York of one of France's leading global figures and a possible next president, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, on charges of attempted rape produced an earthquake of shock …
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The Front Row, Crooked Timber, Philly.com, The Reality-Based Community and Wall Street Journal
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Laura Italiano / New York Post:
IMF chief to remain jailed, defense says alleged sex assault ‘not consistent with a forcible encounter’
IMF chief to remain jailed, defense says alleged sex assault ‘not consistent with a forcible encounter’
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Above the Law, ProPublica, Law Blog, Gothamist and EconomicPolicyJournal.com
WilliamPenn / The Smoking Gun:
Filing Details Alleged Attack By IMF Chief
Filing Details Alleged Attack By IMF Chief
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Hit & Run, Reuters, Pajamas Media, The Gateway Pundit and Guardian
Peter Svensson / Associated Press:
LED bulbs hit 100 watts as federal ban looms — NEW YORK - Two leading makers of lighting products are showcasing LED bulbs that are bright enough to replace energy-guzzling 100-watt light bulbs set to disappear from stores in January. — Their demonstrations at the LightFair trade show …
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Pirate's Cove, Outside the Beltway and The Lonely Conservative
The Huffington Post:
Confidential Federal Audits Accuse Five Biggest Mortgage Firms Of Defrauding Taxpayers [EXCLUSIVE] … WASHINGTON — A set of confidential federal audits accuse the nation's five largest mortgage companies of defrauding taxpayers in their handling of foreclosures on homes purchased …
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Credit Slips, Suburban Guerrilla, naked capitalism, DownWithTyranny! and RADAMISTO
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Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
New York Investigates Banks' Role in Fiscal Crisis — Eric T. Schneiderman, the New York attorney general, has requested information and documents in recent weeks from three major Wall Street banks about their mortgage securities operations during the credit boom, indicating the existence …
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Prairie Weather and naked capitalism
The Politico:
Thompson plans to run for Senate — Tommy Thompson, the Republican former Wisconsin governor and George W. Bush's first secretary of Health and Human Services, has told friends he plans to run for the open Senate seat in Wisconsin, according to top Wisconsin sources.
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NationalJournal.com, msnbc.com, Boston Globe, JSOnline and The Greenroom
Inside Higher Ed:
In for Nasty Weather — Maybe it's because tenured professors are so disproportionately white male baby boomers that classic rock seems like a natural way to capture the sense that tenured faculty existence is vanishing. — First, summon the image of a tweed-clad, gray-haired professor exiting …
The Atlantic Online:
Black Confederates Revealed — Though they certainly didn't tell anyone: … I've spent much of my adult life studying various theories of race and racism, and the last few years in a rather intensive mode of study. In all of that time one inescapable conclusion has dogged me: Race is such bulls**t.
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Moe Lane
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Senate to vote on oil tax bill Tuesday — The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on the Democrats' controversial bill that would cut the tax breaks received by the big five oil companies. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) filed cloture Monday night on the legislation …
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FrumForum
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Nearly 20 percent of new Obamacare waivers are gourmet restaurants, nightclubs, fancy hotels in Nancy Pelosi's district — Of the 204 new Obamacare waivers President Barack Obama's administration approved in April, 38 are for fancy eateries, hip nightclubs and decadent hotels …
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Hot Air and The Lonely Conservative
Wall Street Journal:
Cash-Rich Google Sells First Bonds — Google Inc. sits on $37 billion in cash. But Monday it sold its first bonds, some $3 billion worth, to take advantage of corporate interest rates that are moving swiftly lower. — Tech companies have typically avoided debt offerings, choosing to fund operations from cash.
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Greg Mankiw's Blog and Marginal Revolution
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
OOPS! Historic ‘Spending Cut’ Bill Increased Spending By $3 Billion — Republicans stormed Capitol Hill in January vowing to slash discretionary spending by $100 billion right off the bat. In their pledge to America, they promised that, “[w]ith common-sense exceptions for seniors …
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Daily Kos, Firedoglake, Balloon Juice, AMERICAblog News and Talking Points Memo
Budget Committee:
Shared Scarcity versus Renewed Prosperity — Thank you so much, Anne, for the kind introduction. — I want to thank you all for inviting me to speak. It was especially gracious of you to host me, even though I'm a Packers fan and I assume most of you are Bears fans. — But that doesn't mean we can't work together.
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American Spectator, The Lonely Conservative, Firedoglake and Wonk Room
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Without Dem help, GOP must pass spending bills on its own — House Republican leaders face a daunting task in the weeks and months ahead: passing a dozen spending bills opposed by Democrats. — Clearing the bills through the lower chamber will be a test for Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) …
Josh Barro / National Review:
The Debt Limit and Uncertainty — Over the last couple of years, a common conservative talking point about federal policy changes has been that uncertainty is dangerous. When people don't know what future government policies will look like, the risk inherent in business investment is greater, without average returns being higher.
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Mother Jones
Bruce Bartlett / Economix:
The Real Social Security and Medicare Problem (and a Doable Fix) — Bruce Bartlett has served as an economic adviser in the White House, the Treasury Department and Congress. — On Friday, the trustees of the Social Security and Medicare systems issued their annual reports for 2011.
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The Incidental Economist