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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Mother of All No-Brainers — The Republicans have changed American politics since they took control of the House of Representatives. They have put spending restraint and debt reduction at the top of the national agenda. They have sparked a discussion on entitlement reform.
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
A grand old cult — Someone ought to study the Republican Party. I am not referring to yet another political scientist but to a mental health professional, preferably a specialist in the power of fixations, obsessions and the like. The GOP needs an intervention. It has become a cult.
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Why Can't the GOP Get to Yes? — David Brooks does the David Brooks equivalent of losing his temper … Why can't they take the deal? — There's one semi-fair reason, which is that the Democrats and the GOP leadership got entirely too cute with the last round of negotiations …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan Responds To David Brooks: We Won't Cut Loopholes To Reduce Deficit, Only To Finance More Tax Cuts — As the August debt ceiling deadline looms and Republicans continue refusing to consider revenue increases, conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks excoriated the GOP for its intransigence.
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First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: The Hangover
First Thoughts: The Hangover
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Solid Majority of Jewish Americans Still Approve of Obama — Changes in approval among Jews continues to reflect broader U.S. patterns — PRINCETON, NJ — Jewish Americans gave President Barack Obama a 60% job approval rating in June, down from 68% in May, but statistically unchanged from 64% in April.
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Benyamin Korn / JTA:
Op-Ed: Jews becoming commonplace in conservative ‘new media’
Op-Ed: Jews becoming commonplace in conservative ‘new media’
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The Daily Beast:
White Supremacist Stampede — A startling number of white-power candidates are seeking public office. Eve Conant reports on their under-the-radar strategy and David Duke's White House flirtation. — Add to the growing list of candidates considering a bid for the GOP presidential nomination …
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Reuters:
DSK accuser sues NY Post for “prostitute” report — (Reuters) - The hotel maid who accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault sued the New York Post and five of its journalists for libel on Tuesday for reporting that she was a prostitute.
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Laura Italiano / New York Post:
DA set to drop charges vs. DSK — Pop the champagne, DSK. — Prosecutors will agree to drop the charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn — either on his next court date in two weeks or even sooner, according to a top investigator in the case who called the eventual dismissal “a certainty.”
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Romney supporters raise $12 million to bolster WH bid — A super-PAC run by supporters of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) announced a $12 million haul during the first half of this year. — Restore Our Future, the outside spending group founded by supporters of Romney's presidential campaign …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Mitt Romney misspeaks on Congressional approval in Libya
Mitt Romney misspeaks on Congressional approval in Libya
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Pro Romney Super PAC raises $12 million
Pro Romney Super PAC raises $12 million
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Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
BMW layoffs exemplify the evisceration of the middle class — Every working American should be dismayed by — and afraid of — what BMW is doing. — By all accounts, BMW's parts distribution warehouse in Ontario was one of the jewels of the company's system.
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Joe Murphy / This Is London:
The riddle of the missing US ambassador as London toasts Ronald Reagan centenary — It was one of the most glittering events of the year, attracting some of the greatest names in American and British politics. — But as the British roasted lamb and the sunny Californian chardonnay were cleared away …
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Administration Offers Health Care Cuts as Part of Budget Negotiations — WASHINGTON — Obama administration officials are offering to cut tens of billions of dollars from Medicare and Medicaid in negotiations to reduce the federal budget deficit, but the depth of the cuts depends …
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Time in House Could Be Short for Republican Newcomers — WASHINGTON — Just when freshman House Republicans have finally learned their way to the Cannon Caucus Room, how to vote on a motion to proceed and which commissary serves the best tuna sandwiches, someone back home — worse …
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David Catanese / The Politico:
Tea party's new role model: Mike Lee
Tea party's new role model: Mike Lee
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic Online:
Bill Clinton Handicaps the GOP Presidential Candidates — At the Aspen ideas festival, the former commander in chief offers his thoughts on Romney, Huntsman, Bachmann, and how Obama can win in 2012 — ASPEN, Colo. — Former President Clinton, playing handicapper in chief …
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate Magazine:
Boat People — Some questions for the “activists” aboard the Gaza flotilla. — The tale of the Gaza “flotilla” seems set to become a regular summer feature, bobbing along happily on the inside pages with an occasional update. A nice sidebar for reporters covering the Greek debt crisis …
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Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Newt Gingrich offers bleak view of campaign finances — Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich talks with residents of Clear Lake, Iowa during the town's Independence Day parade Monday. (Charlie Neibergall/AP) — Newt Gingrich, whose presidential bid has been beset by problems including …
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Amy Sullivan / Swampland:
Behind the Scenes, Christian Right Leaders Rally Behind Rick Perry — In early June, TIME has learned, a group of prominent figures on the Christian Right held a conference call to discuss their dissatisfaction with the current GOP presidential field, and agreed that Rick Perry would be their preferred candidate if he entered the race.
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William La Jeunesse / Fox News:
U.S. Officials Behind ‘Fast and Furious’ Gun Sales Should Be Tried in Mexico, Lawmaker Says — While the investigation continues into the U.S. operation that helped send thousands of guns south of the border, Mexican lawmakers say they'll press for extradition and prosecution in Mexico …
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Rick Santorum's Math Fail: Blasts Obama For Creating ‘Only 240 Million Jobs’ — 2012 GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum continued his long-shot campaign this morning with an appearance on CNN. During the interview, Santorum attempted to criticize the Obama administration's record on jobs …
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Nicholas Riccardi / Los Angeles Times:
Arizona conservatives scramble after campaign finance law's defeat — The state's Clean Elections Act had swept a surge of small-government Republicans into power. — Arizona Republican state Sen. Steve Smith, right, had never run for public office before last year.
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Population Density Fact Of The Day: The Netherlands Is An Agricultural Exporter — I'm not sure how relevant this is to the debate between Ha-Joon Chang and Jagdish Baghwati over the importance of manufacturing, but Chang's point about Dutch agriculture is fascinating:
Brad DeLong / Bloomberg:
The Sorrow and Pity of Another Liquidity Trap — There is only one real law of economics: the law of supply and demand. If the quantity supplied goes up, the price goes down. — Back in the third quarter of 2008, the public held about $5.3 trillion of U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds.
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Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia:
The Shame of the Cities and the Shade of LBJ — President Lyndon Johnson and the “best and the brightest” who staffed his administration led this country into three quagmires. By far the most famous, but perhaps not the most expensive and dangerous resulted from LBJ's escalation of the Vietnam War.
Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
White House's New Anti-Terror Strategy: Kill the Suspects? — Usama bin Laden has been killed. The U.S. is poised to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. And the Obama administration's shift in counterterrorism strategy from land wars to precision strikes and raids is raising concerns …
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Craig Robinson / The Iowa Republican:
TIR Poll: Republicans United on Need to Defeat Obama — A new statewide Iowa Caucus poll recently commissioned by TheIowaRepublican.com shows that likely Republican caucus goers are interested in one thing above all else- defeating President Obama in November of 2012.
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