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1:50 PM ET, July 2, 2011

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New York Times:
Strauss-Kahn Accuser's Call Alarmed Prosecutors  —  Twenty-eight hours after a housekeeper at the Sofitel New York said she was sexually assaulted by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, she spoke by phone to a boyfriend in an immigration jail in Arizona.  —  Investigators with the Manhattan district …
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia:
The Failure of Al Gore Part Three: Singing the Climate Blues  —  Some readers are wondering why I am spending so much time analyzing the political problems of a former vice president.  It is not out of any personal animus toward Mr. Gore.  Though I'm not expecting any invitations …
Alexander Burns / Reuters:
Herman Cain's top Iowa staff resigns  —  A few days after two senior aides in New England, the other shoe drops on Herman Cain in Iowa: … Cain spokeswoman Ellen Carmichael told POLITICO a few days ago that the New Hampshire staff would be replaced in short order.
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The Iowa Republican:
Cain Loses Iowa Director and Straw Poll Coordinator  —  Herman Cain's Iowa Director, Tina Goff, told TheIowaRepublican.com that she has submitted her resignation and is no longer working for the campaign.  In addition to Goff's resignation, TheIowaRepublican.com can confirm that Kevin Hall has also left the campaign.
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Herman Cain Hauls In $2.46M In Fundraising, ‘No Debt’
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
China's Stimulus  —  Word from Prime Minister Wen Jiabao : … Now obviously what Wen doesn't add to that is “and a lot of this new construction is pretty wasteful.”  But the reality is that it is.  People often say that China has a billion people.  But it doesn't.  It has over 1.3 billion people.
Discussion: Eschaton
Jamie Klatell / The Hill:
Obama: We can't afford to keep every tax break  —  President Obama used his weekly address to reiterate his demand for ending tax breaks for “millionaires and billionaires” in any budget deal to raise the nation's debt limit.  —  “It would be nice if we could keep every tax break, but we can't afford them,” Obama said.
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Mark Landler / The Caucus:
Obama Again Assails Tax Breaks
Discussion: Daily Kos and FrumForum
David Gambacorta / Philly.com:
On Obama's visit, presidential seal blew off his limo on I-76; it later was recovered  —  There's nothing quite like that feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you just know that you've lost something important.  —  It happens to people all the time - especially travelers.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Weasel Zippers
Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
DOJ: Court Should Not Dismiss Karen Golinski's Health Benefits Claim, Should Instead Find DOMA Unconstitutional  —  Today, the Department of Justice filed a brief in federal court employee Karen Golinski's federal court challenge, supporting her lawsuit seeking access to equal health benefits …
TMZ.com:
Maria Shriver Files for Divorce from Arnold  —  TMZ has learned Maria Shriver has pulled the trigger on her marriage ... she just filed for divorce from Arnold Schwarzenegger ... and we've learned, there is NO PRENUP.  —  In the divorce petition, obtained by TMZ, Shriver cites …
Agence France Presse:
Hamas slams Greece for barring Gaza aid ship  —  DAMASCUS — The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Friday denounced Greece after its coastguard intercepted a US vessel which tried to sail to Gaza to break Israel blockade of the coastal strip.  —  In a statement issued by its political leadership …
marketplace.publicradio.org:
Former Obama economic adviser warns on debt limit  —  In one of his first interviews since leaving the White House, former National Economic Council director Larry Summers says he believes “reason will prevail” in negotiations over the debt limit because a default would spark a second …
Ynetnews:
Swiss party ad features Jewish doll  —  Jewish community outraged: Anti-Semitic group in Geneva distributes ad for independence day party showing doll wearing yarmulke with arrow on its head, Israeli flag painted on  —  Ads promoting an independence party in Geneva featured a doll …
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
U.S. opposes Mexican's execution  —  Making the unusual move of trying to stop a state execution, the Obama Administration on Friday afternoon urged the Supreme Court to delay temporarily the scheduled execution in Texas next Thursday of a Mexican national, Humberto Leal Garcia …
Discussion: UrbanGrounds
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Tony Mauro / The BLT:
Solicitor General Joins Plea to Stay Execution of Humberto Leal
Discussion: Josh Blackman's Blog
Jeffrey Rosen / The New Republic:
Why I Miss Sandra Day O'Connor
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
Jamie Klatell / The Hill:
White House releases staffers' salaries  —  The top earners in the Obama White House take home $172,200 a year, according to figures posted on whitehouse.gov Friday afternoon.  —  Twenty-one administration officials earn the top salary, including Chief of Staff Bill Daley …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway, CNN and FrumForum
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Brad Johnson / ThinkProgress:
Global Warming Hates The Fourth Of July  —  As fossil fuel pollution heats the planet, one of the casualties is the traditional celebration of the founding of the United States.  The record droughts, floods, and storms fueled by global warming are causing widespread bans on fireworks …
 
 
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Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
Google hiring 12 lobbying firms as FTC readies antitrust probe
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Peter Orszag / Bloomberg:
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Jason Burke / Guardian:
Saudi Arabia's clerics challenge King Abdullah's reform agenda
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The Social Security Benefit Cut in the Debt Limit Talks
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Pro Perry effort hires former Newt staffer in Iowa
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Laura D'Andrea Tyson Can't Possibly Be Treasury Secretary
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Amb. Vassilis Kaskarelis / The Huffington Post:
Focusing All on Greece Ignores the Elephant in the Room
Discussion: National Review
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Barbara Boxer's blatant rewriting of history
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
NY Catholic Bishop Bans Legislators Who Supported Marriage Equality From Catholic Parish And School Events
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Obama campaign to go on the offensive against conservative critics of Israel stance
 

 
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Porter Anderson / Publishing Perspectives:
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