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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama Offered To Raise Medicare Eligibility Age As Part Of Grand Debt Deal … WASHINGTON — In his press conference on Monday morning, President Barack Obama repeatedly insisted that he was willing to tackle some sacred cows as part of a larger package to raise the debt ceiling.
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
“Eat Our Peas” - Obama Pushes for Big Grand Bargain at Press Conference
“Eat Our Peas” - Obama Pushes for Big Grand Bargain at Press Conference
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Hullabaloo, The TrogloPundit, Crooks and Liars and Suburban Guerrilla
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Five Separate Sources Confirm Obama Floated Raising Medicare Age ‘As Part Of A Big Solution’
Five Separate Sources Confirm Obama Floated Raising Medicare Age ‘As Part Of A Big Solution’
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National Review and Shakesville
James Pethokoukis:
No big budget deal? Blame Obama, not Boehner
No big budget deal? Blame Obama, not Boehner
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The Daily Caller, BizzyBlog, Hit & Run, Say Anything and Daily Pundit
Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Obama: Time to “eat our peas” and pass debt deal
Obama: Time to “eat our peas” and pass debt deal
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CBS News, Guardian, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Kos, Michelle Malkin, NewsBusters.org and The Lonely Conservative
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Obama ups the ante against GOP on taxes
Obama ups the ante against GOP on taxes
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Daily Kos, Eschaton and Hullabaloo
Natalie Jennings / Washington Post:
Michelle Obama orders 1,556-calorie meal at Shake Shack — First lady Michelle Obama ordered a whopper of a meal at the newly opened Washington diner Shake Shack during lunch on Monday. — A Washington Post journalist on the scene confirmed the first lady, who's made a cause out of child nutrition …
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Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
‘Eat our peas’: Pea growers react to Obama remark
‘Eat our peas’: Pea growers react to Obama remark
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Althouse
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Cantor conspicuous confusion over compromise — All of the relevant players in D.C. want to raise the debt ceiling and prevent a crisis. President Obama is urging Republicans to compromise: Democrats will accept a lot of cuts if Republicans accept a little revenue.
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Left in the West, The Note and The Reality-Based Community
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
'C'mon, Man!' Exclaims VP in Deficit Meeting. 'Let's Get Real!' — Officials familiar with the negotiations say today's meeting began with President Obama asking House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., to lay out what was agreed upon in the deficit reduction talks led by Vice President Biden.
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Pajamas Media and National Review
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Sen. Paul: Boehner has ‘no plan’ to balance the budget — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) sent a letter Monday criticizing Republican leaders, in particular House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), for not pushing a balanced-budget amendment in a deal to raise the debt ceiling.
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The Politico and The Note
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Republicans Say They've Already Agreed To A Concession In Debt Fight: Raising The Debt Limit
Republicans Say They've Already Agreed To A Concession In Debt Fight: Raising The Debt Limit
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Hullabaloo, The Nation and Zandar Versus The Stupid
Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
GOP leaders say they've sacrificed enough already on debt negotiations
GOP leaders say they've sacrificed enough already on debt negotiations
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ThinkProgress
Hollie McKay / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE: Mila Kunis Says She'll Accompany U.S. Marine to Corps Ball — Most men will spend their lives dreaming about going on a date with Mila Kunis - but for one U.S. Marine, that fantasy may very well turn into a reality. — Sgt. Scott Moore, of the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines in Musa Qala …
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Weasel Zippers, AMERICAN DIGEST, National Review, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, PopWatch, Say Anything, Maggie's Farm, Gawker and Hot Air
Craig Robinson / The Iowa Republican:
TIR Poll: Bachmann Overtakes Romney in Iowa — Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has surpassed former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in a recent Iowa poll that was conducted by TheIowaRepublican.com. With Bachmann now leading in Iowa, Romney has fallen to second place …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, CBS News, The Moderate Voice, Minneapolis Star Tribune, The Atlantic Online, The Hill, The Politico, TPMDC, USA Today, Top of the Ticket, Talking Points Memo, Swampland, Minnesota Independent, Newshoggers.com, Daily Kos, Little Green Footballs, Poor Richard's News, The American Independent, ThinkProgress, Balloon Juice, The New Republic, msnbc.com, Say Anything, Iowa Caucuses, CNN, Washington Times, The Blotter, Outside the Beltway, Taylor Marsh, GOP 12, Proof Positive, Hot Air, Washington Wire and FrumForum
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Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Bachmann Responds To Slavery Controversy With Another Slavery Analogy
Bachmann Responds To Slavery Controversy With Another Slavery Analogy
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The American Independent and Alternate Brain
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
GOP candidates caught in slavery controversy
GOP candidates caught in slavery controversy
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The Politico, USA Today, Politics, TPMDC and The Raw Story
Alex Roarty / Hotline On Call:
Gingrich Won't Sign Social Conservative Group's Pledge Without Changes
Gingrich Won't Sign Social Conservative Group's Pledge Without Changes
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Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, ThinkProgress, TPMDC and Iowa Caucuses
Dennis Welch / The Arizona Guardian:
Lawmaker points loaded gun at reporter in the Senate — A state lawmaker known for championing the rights of gun-owners pointed a loaded firearm at the chest of a reporter during a recent interview at the Capitol. — Republican Sen. Lori Klein was showing off her raspberry-pink handgun …
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ThinkProgress, Notes From Underground and Wonkette
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Richard Ruelas / Arizona Republic:
Guns in Arizona: Legislator's gun highlights debate — State Sen. Lori Klein did not intend to make a political statement when she carried a loaded weapon into the state Capitol two days after the mass shooting outside Tucson. The raspberry-pink handgun was simply in her purse, alongside her lipstick and keys.
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The Raw Story, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Tucson Citizen, Gawker, Taegan Goddard's … and Pharyngula
Saeed Shah / Guardian:
CIA organised fake vaccination drive to get Osama bin Laden's family DNA — Senior Pakistani doctor who organised vaccine programme in Abbottabad arrested by ISI for working with US agents — The CIA organised a fake vaccination programme in the town where it believed Osama bin Laden …
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The Politico, The Jawa Report, Politics, Gawker and TigerHawk
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Saeed Shah / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Pakistan holds doctor who tried to collect bin Laden DNA
Pakistan holds doctor who tried to collect bin Laden DNA
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The Moderate Voice, The Raw Story and ThinkProgress
WFTV Channel 9:
Alan Grayson To Run For Office Again — ORLANDO, Fla. — WFTV learned on Monday that former U.S. Congressman Alan Grayson is running for office again. — On Monday, Grayson said he doesn't plan to do anything different. He said he's running again because of all the people who have reached out and asked him to.
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Orlando Sentinel, Crooks and Liars, The Lonely Conservative, Moe Lane, Hotline On Call and JammieWearingFool
rebelpundit:
Chicagoans Overwhelmingly Vote to Ban Palin, Beck & Coulter Books at Book Fair in Obama's Home Town — In June we attended the Printer's Row Literature Festival in Chicago. City blocks were closed off for tents and booths full of all types of literature. We presented a board with a selection …
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Conservatives4Palin, The Jawa Report, Pajamas Media, Verum Serum and Moonbattery
Guardian:
News International papers targeted Gordon Brown — Newspapers obtained information from the former prime minister's bank account, legal file and family medical records — Journalists from across News International repeatedly targeted the former prime minister Gordon Brown …
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The Lede, CBS News, News: News blog, ThinkProgress, New York Times, Associated Press, The Politico, Daily Mail, New York Magazine, Telegraph, Swampland, Taylor Marsh, Bagehot's notebook, Liberal Conspiracy, The Daily Dish, Gawker, MediaFile, The Nation, The Independent, Daily Kos, Tom Watson, AMERICAblog News, The Raw Story, Emptywheel, Harry's Place, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Mirror.co.uk, FrumForum and The Gateway Pundit, more at Mediagazer »
Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
Michele Bachmann Clinic: Where You Can Pray Away the Gay? — A former patient who sought help from the Christian counseling clinic owned by GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann and her husband, Marcus, told ABC News he was advised that prayer could rid him of his homosexual urges and he could eventually be “re-oriented.”
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Firedoglake, Top of the Ticket, FrumForum, Minnesota Independent, Wizbang, Politics, Religion Dispatches, Jezebel and Sky Dancing
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Panetta appears to link al-Qaeda presence with Iraq invasion — Pool/Reuters - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta delivers remarks to U.S. troops as he visits Camp Victory in Baghdad July 11, 2011. Panetta arrived in Iraq on Sunday on his first trip there as U.S. defence secretary.
Mal Leary / Bangor Daily News:
Snowe, Collins support closing tax loopholes to lower debt — AUGUSTA, Maine — Don't look for members of Maine's congressional delegation to support cuts in Social Security or Medicare as part of the debt limit legislation, but all four say a debt reduction package that includes budget cuts and new revenues is likely.
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Sky Dancing and Politics
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Snowe: No Medicare Or Social Security Cuts In Debt Deal
Snowe: No Medicare Or Social Security Cuts In Debt Deal
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Hot Air and AMERICAblog News
Matthew Vadum / Big Government:
BREAKING: It Turns Out Obama Gave ACORN $541K This Year, Not $80K — Remember that story from a few days ago, the one about the Obama administration giving ACORN a $79,819 grant in March despite a federal law that prohibits the government from giving money to ACORN? — It turns out that sum is a lowball figure.
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The Gateway Pundit and The Other McCain
Alex Tabarrok / Marginal Revolution:
The Great Fiction — Catherine Rampell, Bruce Bartlett, and Matt Yglesias are all pushing the chart below from a paper by Suzanne Mettler. According to this gang, people who use, for example, the mortgage interest deduction or who have a 529 college savings program are willfully ignorant …
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Crooked Timber, Outside the Beltway, ThinkProgress and Grasping Reality …
Scott Baker / Breaking news and opinion on The Blaze:
MOVE TO TEXAS CONFIRMED: BECK ANNOUNCES HE WILL OPEN NEW RADIO & TV BROADCAST FACILITY IN DALLAS — Glenn Beck is moving to Dallas. — The news may not surprise his loyal listeners — the host has been dropping plenty of clues and for many months. — And there were a flurry of internet posts …
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Mediaite, The American Independent and TVNewser
Radley Balko / The Huffington Post:
Why 'Caylee's Law' Is A Bad Idea … Within minutes of the Casey Anthony verdict, much of America devolved into the mass media equivalent of a mob bearing torches and pitchforks. Twitter lit up with calls for vigilante justice, and proposals that we revoke the Fifth Amendment's protection …
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The Volokh Conspiracy, Humphrey on the Hill and PointOfLaw Forum
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Pro-Voucher Tea Party Group Admits It Wants To ‘Shut Down Public Schools And Have Private Schools Only’ — As ThinkProgress has documented, a tightly-knit group of right-wing Political Action Committees (PACs) and corporate foundations have unleashed an assault on public education …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Bob Braun
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Top Senate Dems privately warn: Deep Medicare cuts will squander our big advantage on issue — Top Democrats in charge of keeping the Senate in Dem hands and maintaining the political health of the party — DSCC chair Patty Murray and messaging chief Chuck Schumer — have privately expressed frustration …
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AMERICAblog News and The Lonely Conservative
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Clinton surpasses $75 million in speech income after lucrative 2010 — Washington (CNN) - Former president Bill Clinton enjoyed his most lucrative year ever on the speaking circuit in 2010, capping a decade of paid speaking events that has earned him $75.6 million since leaving office in 2001 …