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Letter to Senator Patty Murray, Chair Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee — Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee — Dear Senator Murray: — For many months now, your colleagues in the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee leadership have engaged in a series of disparagements …
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DSCC asking Kochs for cash — The Kochs have become a major target of Democratic ire recently — but that hasn't stopped the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from asking their company for money. A Koch company executive fires back in a letter to DSCC chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray:
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Public Wants Changes in Entitlements, Not Changes in Benefits — GOP Divided Over Benefit Reductions — OVERVIEW — As policymakers at the state and national level struggle with rising entitlement costs, overwhelming numbers of Americans agree that, over the years, Social Security …
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Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post:
Orrin Hatch: The ‘Poor’ Should Do More To Shrink Debt, Not The Rich (VIDEO) … WASHINGTON — Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) voted against beginning debate on a measure that would have the Senate declare the rich should share the pain of debt reduction Thursday, a day after arguing that it's the poor and middle class who need to do more.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Democrats fuming over Obama's apparent move on Social Security
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
The budget deals of Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Obama, in one chart
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi not informed in advance of Obama's broader reform plans
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Bachmann pledges to ban pornography — Tonight, Michele Bachmann became the first presidential candidate to sign a pledge created by THE FAMiLY LEADER, an influential social-conservative group in Iowa. By signing the pledge Bachmann “vows” to “uphold the institution of marriage …
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William Petroski / Iowa Caucuses:
Bachmann is first to sign Family Leader's pro-marriage pledge — The Family Leader, a prominent Iowa group that promotes Christian conservative social values, said Thursday it is asking all presidential candidates to sign a pledge regarding their personal convictions on traditional marriage.
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Doug Heye / The Politico:
DNC chairwoman a work in progress — When President Barack Obama selected Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz to lead the Democratic National Committee, she was hailed as the best pick he could make. — Since her election to Congress, Wasserman Schultz has quickly earned a reputation …
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Will Republican Race's First In Be the First Out? — AMES, Iowa — Tim Pawlenty was first in line to enter the Republican presidential race. He is now fighting to avoid becoming the earliest major candidate to be shown the door. — No contender for the Republican nomination has followed …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Mexican Citizen Is Executed as Justices Refuse to Step In — WASHINGTON — In a 5-to-4 decision that split along ideological lines, the Supreme Court on Thursday evening rebuffed a request from the Obama administration that it stay the execution of a Mexican citizen on death row in Texas.
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Ben Popken / The Consumerist:
Chase Gets Man Thrown In Jail For Fraudulent Check. Except The Check Is Legit. — Ikenna, a 28-year old construction worker, went to deposit a $8,463.21 Chase cashier's check at his local Chase branch, only for the teller to decide that neither he nor his check looked right and he got tossed in jail for forgery, KING5 reports.
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Linda Byron / KING-TV:
Jailed for cashing Chase check at Chase bank
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Why the Republicans Resist Compromise — The chart that I'm going to show you is one of the more important ones that we've presented at FiveThirtyEight in some time. It helps explain a lot of what's going on in American politics today, from the negotiations over the federal debt ceiling to the Republican presidential primaries.
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Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Setting the Record Straight: Correcting Myths About Independent Voters
The Daily Beast:
Elizabeth Smart, Network Pundit? — Amid the Casey Anthony frenzy, ABC News is close to unveiling its latest contributor. Howard Kurtz reports exclusively on the kidnap victim's new career. — Elizabeth Smart first came into our consciousness nearly a decade ago as a 14-year-old girl kidnapped from her Salt Lake City bedroom.
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Alan M. Dershowitz / Wall Street Journal:
Casey Anthony: The System Worked
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Ashleigh Banfield / ABCNEWS:
Casey Anthony Ordered Back to Jail and Fined $4,000
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BBC:
News of the World to close amid hacking scandal — Police are investigating allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World — This Sunday's issue of the News of the World will be the last edition of the paper, News International chairman James Murdoch has said.
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Amelia Hill / Guardian:
Andy Coulson to be arrested over phone hacking tomorrow
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Russell Adams / Wall Street Journal:
News Corp. to Close Its News of the World Tabloid
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
DeMint would accept ‘serious disruptions’ to economy in debt debate — Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said Wednesday night that Republicans should maintain their hardline position in the debt ceiling debate even if it results in “serious disruptions” to the economy.
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Stephanie Mencimer / MoJo Articles:
Why Jamie Leigh Jones Could Lose Her KBR Rape Case — Her story of a brutal attack in Iraq sparked a national outcry—but how much of it is true? — Post Comment — The allegations were explosive when they first hit in 2007: A 20-year-old woman named Jamie Leigh Jones alleged that four days …
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Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
Exclusive: ‘The Undefeated’ Trailer - Daughter. Wife. Mother. Warrior. — The much anticipated Sarah Palin documentary by filmmaker Steve Bannon comes out in theaters next Friday, July 15th. People can now see the trailer for the first time. I've now seen the film three times …
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Abe Sauer / The Awl:
How Republicans and Tea Partiers Alike Used the Heritage Foundation's #AskObama Script — Yesterday, President Obama held a live chat session on Twitter. Billed as a “townhall,” the President spent an hour fielding questions from Twitter users about the state of the nation.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Say No To the Dems' July Surprise — Many times in the past, Congress has voted to raise the nation's debt ceiling with little or no controversy. Not so this year. The Republicans turned the vote on the debt ceiling into a major political issue by threatening to vote No …
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
To Slow Piracy, Internet Providers Ready Penalties — Americans who illegally download songs and movies may soon be in for a surprise: They will be warned to stop, and if they don't, they could find their Internet access slowing to a crawl. — After years of negotiations with Hollywood …
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