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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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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: Three reasons the debt deal collapsed — (Brendan Smialowski - GETTY IMAGES) Last week's sudden and inexplicable burst of debt-deal optimism is over. But don't ask why the $4 trillion deal collapsed. That's like asking why John Boehner didn't sprout wings and fly.
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Wall Street Journal:
Taxes Upon Taxes Upon . . . Obama wants $1 trillion in taxes on top of what he's already signed. — So the fondest Washington hopes for a grand debt-limit deal have broken down over taxes. House Speaker John Boehner said late Saturday that he couldn't move ahead with a $4 trillion deal …
The White House:
Press Conference by the President James S. Brady Press Briefing Room — THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. I want to give a quick update on what's happening with the debt negotiations, provide my perspective, and then I'm going to take a few questions. — As all of you know, I met with congressional leaders yesterday.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
For Boehner, Lofty Budget Goals Checked by Reality — WASHINGTON — At a private meeting about deficit reduction at the White House last week, Speaker John A. Boehner told his fellow Congressional leaders and President Obama that he did not spend 20 years working his way up to the top job …
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Changing Tone, Obama Pressures Both Parties on Budget Deal — Updated President Obama challenged Republicans on Monday to live up to their demands to cut the nation's deficit and address its long-term debt by enacting spending cuts, revenue increases and changes to entitlement programs.
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
“Eat Our Peas” - Obama Pushes for Big Grand Bargain at Press Conference
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James Pethokoukis:
No big budget deal? Blame Obama, not Boehner
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Method to Their Madness — The Republican Party's strategy …
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Erica Werner / Associated Press:
SPIN METER: Obama, Dems skirt issue on tax hikes
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Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Obama: Time to “eat our peas” and pass debt deal
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Palin warns Boehner on debt ceiling deal
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Guardian:
News International papers targeted Gordon Brown — Newspapers obtained details from the former prime minister's bank account and legal file and his family's medical records — Journalists from across News International repeatedly targeted the former prime minister Gordon Brown …
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Mirror.co.uk:
Phone hacking: 9/11 victims ‘may have had mobiles tapped by News of the World reporters’ — DESPERATE Rupert Murdoch yesterday flew to London to try to save his crumbling empire. — He arrived in a cowboy-style hat to be hit by claims News of the World reporters hacked the phones of 9/11 victims.
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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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
GOP candidates caught in slavery controversy
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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.
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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Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Economy Faces a Jolt as Benefit Checks Run Out — An extraordinary amount of personal income is coming directly from the government. — Close to $2 of every $10 that went into Americans' wallets last year were payments like jobless benefits, food stamps, Social Security and disability, according to an analysis by Moody's Analytics.
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Obama vs. Obama — Not long ago, Obama warned that raising taxes in a struggling economy is “the last thing you want to do.” — In a 75-minute meeting Sunday night, President Obama once again demanded that more than $1 trillion in tax increases be part of any deficit reduction package attached to a vote on the debt ceiling.
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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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Sarah Palin as Newsweek cover girl — again — As celebrity glamour shots go, Sarah Palin's cover photo on this week's Newsweek is danged good! The best-selling author and reality-TV star looks young and vibrant. Her devil-may-care countenance aided and abetted by the wind conspicuously blowing hair back.
Jim Tankersley / NationalJournal.com:
The Glum and the Restless — Nearly one in five recent grads is out of work. Could that hurt Obama's reelection bid? — Still waiting: A college job fair at Rutgers University. — Here's a fact that should give economists—and maybe President Obama's political team—heartburn …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — Paul Ryan accuser won't talk — Susan Feinberg, an associate professor of management and global business at Rutgers University, caused a stir in the left-wing blogosphere over the weekend with her account of witnessing House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan drinking …
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Dick Harpootlian: Jon Huntsman had ‘lips planted’ on Barack Obama — As Jon Huntsman prepares to speak at a South Carolina county GOP fundraiser tonight, state Democratic Party Chairman Dick Harpootlian let loose on a conference call just now. — Kasie Hunt reports that Harpootlian …
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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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UPI:
McConnell: Casey Anthony verdict a warning — The Casey Anthony acquittal shows why U.S. civilian courts should not be trusted to handle terror-suspect cases, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said. — “We just found with the Caylee Anthony case how difficult is to get a conviction in a U.S. court …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
No, We Can't? Or Won't? — If you were shocked by Friday's job report, if you thought we were doing well and were taken aback by the bad news, you haven't been paying attention. The fact is, the United States economy has been stuck in a rut for a year and a half.
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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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Tony Mauro / The BLT:
Bobblehead Alert: It's Clarence Thomas' Turn — The Supreme Court justice bobbleheads that you see on the desks or mantels of lawyers around town will soon have a new colleague to keep them company. This one depicts Justice Clarence Thomas, just in time for his 20th anniversary on the Supreme Court in October.
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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Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
‘South California’ for 51st state? — Fed up with Sacramento, a Riverside County politician seeks to break 13 counties away to form a state called South California — Supervisor Jeff Stone, a Republican pharmacist from Temecula, called California an “ungovernable” financial catastrophe …
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