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Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Rick Scott: You bet I want a second term — Imagine you're Gov. Rick Scott. After spending $73 million of your own money to win office, you face protesters constantly, you have little privacy and you are America's most unpopular governor. — Maybe you'd think of calling it quits after one term?
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Balloon Juice, CNN and Saint Petersblog
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Prof. Chemerinsky says Justice Ginsburg “has in her power the ability to prevent a real shift in the balance of power on the court.” — “On the other hand, there's the personal. How do you decide to leave the United States Supreme Court?” — Wow! How much of this kind of moral pressure is being applied to the venerable Justice?
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Don Surber, The Moderate Voice and Outside the Beltway
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Associated Press:
Greece arrests Gaza-bound boat captain — Watch: Greek authorities arrest captain of Gaza-bound Audacity of Hope, to charge him with endangering lives of passengers. Meanwhile officials cite unprecedented preparations for flotilla: Turkel would be proud — Latest Update:
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Associated Press, Israel Matzav and Elder of Ziyon
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Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Netanyahu's big fat Greek Wedding
Netanyahu's big fat Greek Wedding
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Mondoweiss, Ricochet Conversation Feed, Salon and +972 Magazine
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Big Banks Easing Terms on Loans Deemed as Risks — As millions of Americans struggle in foreclosure with little hope of relief, big banks are going to borrowers who are not even in default and cutting their debt or easing the mortgage terms, sometimes with no questions asked.
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Calculated Risk and FrumForum
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Washington Examiner:
Sunday Reflection: Three things you can do for liberty — Though many call it the “Fourth Of July,” July 4 is properly known as Independence Day. It celebrates the independence of the United States from Great Britain — or, more accurately, the declaration of that independence …
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The Gateway Pundit
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
It's Reagan's party no more — It should cause no shortage of frustration for congressional Republicans that President Obama is in line with the Reagan legacy — and they're actively rejecting it. Politico's David Rogers had a fine piece of reporting touching on this point yesterday.
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The Reaction, Man Are We Screwed, Crooks and Liars, Outside the Beltway and Booman Tribune
Pradnya Joshi / New York Times:
We Knew They Got Raises. But This? — IT turns out that the good times are even better than we thought for American chief executives. — A preliminary examination of executive pay in 2010, based on data available as of April 1, found that the paychecks for top American executives were growing again …
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Prairie Weather
Tim Arango / New York Times:
Taking Lead, Iraqis Hope U.S. Special Operations Commandos Stay — BAGHDAD — In darkness and dressed in black, the American and Iraqi Special Operations commandos navigated the dense urban neighborhood here in the capital and approached a house they believed to be a hide-out for two brothers suspected …
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Attackerman, Washington Post, CNN and FrumForum
Nick Paumgarten / New Yorker:
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New York Times:
Strauss-Kahn Case Adds to Doubts on Prosecutor — Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, seemed preoccupied when he sat down with two reporters last Monday. He already knew what the world would soon learn: his marquee prosecution, the sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was falling apart.
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Gawker, News Desk, naked capitalism, Guardian, Gothamist, New York Magazine, neo-neocon, Hot Air, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and FrumForum
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Senate finishes 25-second session — The Senate completed a 25-second pro forma session just after 11 a.m. on Friday. — Most senators have left for the Independence Day recess but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) ordered the unusual pro forma session in order to keep the clock running.
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Weasel Zippers and Breaking news and opinion …
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 …
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The Moderate Voice, Firedoglake and The Huffington Post