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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dem leader says he'll help GOP on debt-ceiling vote, but at a price — House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Wednesday said he's willing to help Republicans secure the votes they need to pass an increase in the debt ceiling, but not without conditions.
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CNN, The Hill, The Daily Caller and Booman Tribune
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Cantor says GOP open to cutting tax loopholes in debt deal, but Senate Republicans balk
Cantor says GOP open to cutting tax loopholes in debt deal, but Senate Republicans balk
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Hullabaloo and FrumForum
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
McConnell: ‘We look a lot like Greece already’
McConnell: ‘We look a lot like Greece already’
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Paul Krugman and Washington Monthly
Paul Krugman:
The Obama-Keynes Mystery — I'm not alone in marveling at the extent to which Obama has thrown his rhetorical weight behind anti-Keynesian economics; Ryan Avent is equally amazed, as are many others. And now he's endorsing the structural unemployment story too.
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No More Mister Nice Blog and The Confluence
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Barack Obama's Dangerous Embrace Of Economic Fatalism — Even as the Obama administration continues to defend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act from its critics, the White House appears to have sincerely pivoted away from the idea that a higher level of aggregate demand …
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Right Wing News, The New Republic, TalkLeft and Pundit & Pundette
Rob Bluey / The Daily Caller:
White House uses Twitter to bully critics — President Obama's director of progressive media is obsessed with one particular conservative provocateur. Jesse Lee's duties at the White House include “online response” — and there has been no shortage of responses to one person who routinely communicates with him on Twitter.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Obama's Twitter townhall: A win-win for the White House
Obama's Twitter townhall: A win-win for the White House
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Michelle Malkin, CNN, Hot Air, GeekWire and Twitter Blog
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Bachmann surging, signs of weakness for Romney — When PPP polled New Hampshire in April Michele Bachmann was stuck at 4%. She's gained 14 points over the last three months and now finds herself within single digits of Mitt Romney. Romney continues to lead the way in the state with 25% …
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TPMDC, Washington Post, Hot Air, The Atlantic Online, Gallup, The New Republic, GOP 12, Indecision Forever, Balloon Juice and Ballot Box
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Pawlenty co-chairman: Bachmann will be ‘very hard to beat’ in Iowa
Pawlenty co-chairman: Bachmann will be ‘very hard to beat’ in Iowa
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CNN and The Huffington Post
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
The 2012 Horse Whisperers — Who's giving foreign-policy advice …
The 2012 Horse Whisperers — Who's giving foreign-policy advice …
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Ben Smith's Blog, Eunomia and The Other McCain
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
CNN Cancels ‘In the Arena’ With Eliot Spitzer — 1:30 p.m. | Updated CNN on Wednesday cancelled Eliot Spitzer's 8 p.m. political talk show, “In The Arena,” and said it would shift Anderson Cooper's 10 p.m. nightly newscast into the time slot. — The cable news channel also said that Erin Burnett …
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Reuters, Salon, Weasel Zippers, Runnin' Scared, Hot Air, Gawker, The Lonely Conservative, The Raw Story, Capital Tonight and Gothamist, more at Mediagazer »
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Keach Hagey / The Politico:
CNN cancels Eliot Spitzer's show — CNN has taken Eliot Spitzer's “In the Arena” off the air, replacing it with “Anderson Cooper 360” at 8 p.m. in a shakeup that includes the launch of a new show with former CNBC star Erin Burnett. — The move strips the last remnants of the ill-fated …
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FrumForum
Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post:
Jeff Sessions: Saying Millionaires Should Share Pain Is ‘Rather Pathetic’ … WASHINGTON — Having the Senate declare that millionaires should share more of the pain involved in putting America's financial house in order is “rather pathetic,” Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) declared Tuesday.
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The Moderate Voice and Indecision Forever
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Our surreal debate over taxing the rich — So it's come to this. Republican opposition to any kind of revenue increase as part of the deficit deal has grown so implacable that Dems will now hold a Senate vote tomorrow on the basic idea that millionaires and billionaires should help contribute to fixing our deficit.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Sky Dancing, Daily Kos, The Democratic Daily, The Big Picture and The New Republic
Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
Sen. Sessions: Asking Millionaires To Pay More Is ‘Rather Pathetic’
Sen. Sessions: Asking Millionaires To Pay More Is ‘Rather Pathetic’
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Washington Monthly
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Ninth Circuit Reinstates Court Order Striking Down Don't Ask, Don't Tell — Trans Veteran Autumn Sandeen joins others in protesting Don't Ask, Don't Tell at the White House — A three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit just issued a brief order lifting its stay …
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Pam's House Blend
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Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:
Court bars enforcement of 'don't ask, don't tell'
Court bars enforcement of 'don't ask, don't tell'
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Firedoglake and Outside the Beltway
Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
Ninth Circuit Halts DADT Enforcement, Pentagon “Taking Immediate Steps” To Comply
Ninth Circuit Halts DADT Enforcement, Pentagon “Taking Immediate Steps” To Comply
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Equality Matters, DownWithTyranny!, Towleroad News #gay and Daily Pundit
Elaine Quijano / CBS News:
Policy shift in presidential condolence letters — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — NEW YORK - Most families who lose a loved one in the war zones receive a letter of condolence from the President of the United States. But there are a few who do not receive this honor.
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The Politico, Fox News and Shakesville
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Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
What became of ‘repeal and replace’? — When they took control of the House, Republicans could barely stop talking about their plans to “repeal and replace” the health care reform law. — Six months later, they hardly talk publicly about those plans at all. And they're nowhere close to “replacing” the law.
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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Rep. Tim Scott Floats Impeachment If Obama Invokes 14th Amendment On Debt Limit (VIDEO) … WASHINGTON — While some have asserted that the debt limit might be unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment, and therefore President Obama does not need congressional approval to raise it …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Weasel Zippers
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Better Lives for Mexicans Cut Allure of Going North — AGUA NEGRA, Mexico — The extraordinary Mexican migration that delivered millions of illegal immigrants to the United States over the past 30 years has sputtered to a trickle, and research points to a surprising cause …
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ThinkProgress, The Lede, Indecision Forever, Outside the Beltway, Greg's Opinion, Swampland and The Business Insider
Merrill Matthews / Human Events:
Gov. Rick Perry: The Candidate Obama Would Fear the Most — More than any other potential GOP presidential candidate, President Obama fears Texas Gov. Rick Perry. That's because Perry is the only one who can devastate virtually any Obama claim. — Take the whine we hear most often from the President …
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Opinion L.A. and Daily Kos
Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
Michele Bachmann's husband shares her strong conservative values — Lake Elmo, Minn. — In an interview last year with a Christian- — radio talk show, Marcus Bachmann, a therapist who runs a faith-infused counseling center here, compared homosexuals to “barbarians” who “need to be educated, need to be disciplined.”
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Weigel, ThinkProgress, Pam's House Blend, The Awl, Pajamas Media, Ben Smith's Blog and Shakesville
Christi Parsons / Los Angeles Times:
TSA warns of possible airline threat involving implanted bombs — A traveler is inspected at a TSA checkpoint at LAX this year. (Mark Boster) — The government has warned airlines that terrorists are considering surgically implanting explosives into people in an attempt …
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Top of the Ticket, SWJ Blog, Danger Room and Wizbang
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
TSA warns airlines of ‘human bombs’
TSA warns airlines of ‘human bombs’
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Mirror.co.uk, Weasel Zippers and Atlas Shrugs
Heather Vogell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Investigation into APS cheating finds unethical behavior across every level — Across Atlanta Public Schools, staff worked feverishly in secret to transform testing failures into successes. — Teachers and principals erased and corrected mistakes on students' answer sheets.
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
ACORN continues to receive taxpayer cash, group says — In spite of a law aimed at de-funding the controversial organization, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is still receiving taxpayer money through an offshoot group. — Legal watchdog group Judicial Watch discovered …
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Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Judicial Watch and Pajamas Media
Casey Anthony / The Daily Beast:
Worse Than O.J.! — While the stunning Casey Anthony acquittal defied logic, O.J. Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark details how juries often delude themselves—and why this verdict trumps even her case. — Sick, shaken, in disbelief. As I listened to the verdicts in the Casey Anthony case …
Amnesty International:
REPORT REVEALS CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN SYRIAN TOWN — The brutal methods used in a devastating Syrian security operation in the western town of Tell Kalakh may constitute crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said today in a new report. — Crackdown in Syria …
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ThinkProgress and The Daily Dish
Nick Schulz / Economics 2.0:
How Effective Was The 2009 Stimulus Program? — So the stimulus — the so-called American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or ARRA — is starting to wind down. What are the results? — Depends on whom you ask, of course. Conservatives will say unemployment is near double-digits and growth is slow, so clearly it didn't work.
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Hit & Run, RedState, Don Surber and Pajamas Media
Adam Clark Estes / The Atlantic Wire:
Watch a 50-Mile Wide Dust Storm Devour Phoenix — Now, we have a new reason to compare the Great Recession to the Great Depression: Steinbeck-style dust storms. Tuesday evening, a massive cloud of darkness known as a “habub” overtook Phoenix. The National Weather Service reports that the wall …
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msnbc.com, Watts Up With That? and Shakesville
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
The GOP's evolving case against taxes — There are two ways to increase taxes. One is you just raise rates, particularly the top rates. Economists in general — and Republican economists in particular — don't much like this approach because it raises taxes on the last dollars you've earned.
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The New Republic and A plain blog about politics
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
CHART OF THE DAY: The Stealth Social Security Cut In Debt Talks — For months, the high-stakes stand-off over raising the debt ceiling and cutting the deficit has proceeded from two basic premises — that Republicans would take their toys and go home the minute Democrats proposed significant …
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Crooks and Liars