memeorandum: Two-Day Strike in Greece Ahead of Austerity Vote (New York Times)

10:05 AM ET, June 28, 2011

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Mike Lillis / The Hill:

House Democrats feel jilted by the president in budget, debt talks — House Democrats feel like jilted lovers. — They're looking down Pennsylvania Avenue for some sign of affection from President Obama in the White House. But all they feel they're getting in return is the back of his hand.

Discussion: The Politico, Outside the Beltway and Hot Air

The Hill:

Bush rates are kept safe in debt-limit talks — The White House, seeking an agreement to raise the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling by Aug. 2, on Monday said it would not insist that any deal include an end to former President George W. Bush's controversial tax rates on the wealthy.

Discussion: The Politico and FrumForum

Peter Wallsten / Washington Post:
Obama pushing behind scenes to win over big-dollar donors

Discussion: The Note

Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Political Use of the White House ‘Just Got More Interesting’

Discussion: RealClearPolitics Video Log, The Last Tradition, Hot Air and The Lonely Conservative

Wall Street Journal:
Negotiators Wrangle on Taxes

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David Rogers / The Politico:
Revenue vs. cuts in debt debate

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Paul Kane and / Washington Post:
Obama enters debt talks

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Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
White House: ‘Significant’ deal on debt possible

Discussion: The Hill, The Raw Story, TPMDC, Cato @ Liberty, Gawker, Pajamas Media, AmSpecBlog and National Review

Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Bernie Sanders: Don't ‘Yield’ On Debt Deal (VIDEO)

Discussion: Firedoglake, Taylor Marsh, The Nation, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and FrumForum

Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:

The wrong John Wayne — Rep. Michele Bachmann kicked off her presidential campaign on Monday in Waterloo, Iowa, and in one interview surrounding the official event she promised to mimic the spirit of Waterloo's own John Wayne. — The only problem, as one eagle-eyed reader notes …

The Politico:

Michele Bachmann's thin legislative résumé — Rep. Michele Bachmann is surging in the GOP presidential polls and barnstorming Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, but as she sprints toward the front of the Republican pack, there's a major hole in her political résumé: legislation.

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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:

Bachmann: I'm scholarly — (CNN) - Newly declared Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann defended her past gaffes Tuesday by touting her background as an attorney and small business owner. — “People can make mistakes and I wish I could be perfect every time I say something …

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Michael O'Brien / Ballot Box:
Bachmann: Obama ‘is afraid of my candidacy’

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Bachmann cites wrong John Wayne, praises notorious serial killer

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Carl Cameron / Fox News:
Bachmann Misspeaks While Noting Her Hawkeye Roots

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New York Post:

Weiner horning in on successor race — His ego has no bounds. — In a dazzling display of arrogance, disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner is trying to insert himself back into politics — calling power brokers and would-be candidates for his old seat, hoping they'll let him play …

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BBC:

Greece protest against austerity package turns violent — Thousands of protesters have gathered outside parliament in the capital where public transport has ground to a halt. — PM George Papandreou has said that only his 28bn-euro (£25bn) austerity plan would get Greece back on its feet.

Discussion: FP Passport, AMERICAblog News and Calculated Risk

New York Times:
Two-Day Strike in Greece Ahead of Austerity Vote

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Helena Smith / Guardian:
Greece given hope as French banks agree debt rollover

Discussion: National Review, ThinkProgress and Financial Times

Gina Sunseri / ABCNEWS:

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Appears, Stands Before Houston Crowd — This, most recent photo of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords since she was shot, was posted to her public Facebook page by her aides Sunday morning June 12, 2011. The photo was taken May 17, 2011 at TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital …

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Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:

Supreme Court strikes down ban on sale of violent video games to minors — The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a California law that banned the sale of violent video games to minors, ruling video games are protected under the First Amendment as free speech.

Discussion: The Politico, Booman Tribune and No More Mister Nice Blog

Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court strikes Arizona's ‘matching funds’ for publicly financed candidates

Discussion: Cato @ Liberty, The Heritage Foundation, ACS Blog and Outside the Beltway

Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Strike Down Arizona Campaign Finance Law

Discussion: New York Times

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:

President, GOP hopefuls descend on Iowa as pivotal straw poll draws near — With a key test of the GOP presidential field just over a month and a half away, candidates are descending on Iowa this week to sharpen their appeal to voters in the first caucus state.

Discussion: The Note and Don Surber

The Politico:
Bachmann to launch with Iowa momentum …

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CNN:

Two top Herman Cain staffers resign — Washington (CNN) - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's New Hampshire state director, his only staffer in the state, as well as a Cain campaign regional director have both resigned. — Matt Murphy is the former state director and Jim Zeiler is the former regional director.

Discussion: GOP 12 and Outside the Beltway

Michael O'Brien / The Hill:

Bristol Palin says her mom has decided whether to run for president — The daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) said Tuesday that her mother had made up her mind already about whether to run for president in 2012. — Bristol Palin, the eldest daughter of the 2008 Republican vice …

Andrew Ross Sorkin / DealBook:

On Obama, Wall St. Shows a Reluctance to Commit — President Obama's $35,800-a-plate fund-raising dinner was the talk of Wall Street last week. — Held at Daniel, the Michelin three-star restaurant of Daniel Boulud on the Upper East Side, the event was seen as a test of the president's popularity among …

Discussion: Iowa Caucuses and Vox Popoli

MEMRI:

Pakistan, Afghan, Sudan Presidents Attend Tehran-Sponsored Counterterrorism Conference; U.N. Sec.-Gen. Praises Conference; Conference Defines U.S., Israel as Source of Global Terrorism — Introduction — On June 25-26, 2011, the Iranian regime hosted the first “World Without Terrorism Conference” in Tehran.

Discussion: National Review and americanthinker.com

Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:

Money Was The Key Ingredient In New York's Gay Marriage Bill … Gay Marriage , Gay Rights , Same Sex Marriage , Ken Mehlman , New York Gay Rights , New York Same Sex Marriage , Paul Singer , Cuomo Gay Rights , Lgbt Gay Rights , Lgbt Money , Republican Donors Gay Rights , Same Sex Marriage Money , Same Sex New York , Politics News

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The Hill:

Lobbyists took $100K cut in pay to work for members of Congress — Some lobbyists who went to work on Capitol Hill this year took a pay cut of about $100,000, an analysis by The Hill shows. — A review of financial disclosure reports for lobbyists who were hired as congressional aides …

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Anti-Mormon bias persists, notably among Democrats — Ever since Mitt Romney's unsuccessful run for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, there's been much discussion of whether GOP voters would accept a Mormon candidate. Would evangelical conservatives, in particular …