Top Items:
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.
RELATED:
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.
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 …
Discussion:
CNN, Washington Examiner, Nice Deb, Sister Toldjah, Pajamas Media, iOwnTheWorld.com, Hot Air, UNCOVERAGE.net, The New Republic, Betsy's Page, Cold Fury, Wizbang and TigerHawk
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.
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
Discussion:
The TrogloPundit, Crooks and Liars, Hullabaloo 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’
Discussion:
Shakesville
Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
‘Eat our peas’: Pea growers react to Obama remark
‘Eat our peas’: Pea growers react to Obama remark
Discussion:
Althouse
James Pethokoukis:
No big budget deal? Blame Obama, not Boehner
No big budget deal? Blame Obama, not Boehner
Discussion:
The Daily Caller, Hit & Run, BizzyBlog and Say Anything
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Changing Tone, Obama Pressures Both Parties on Budget Deal
Changing Tone, Obama Pressures Both Parties on Budget Deal
Discussion:
The Politico, CNN, Washington Post, The Impolitic, The Note, The Moderate Voice, Liberal Values, msnbc.com, JustOneMinute, The Daily Dish, TalkLeft and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
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
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly and TPMDC
Erica Werner / Associated Press:
SPIN METER: Obama, Dems skirt issue on tax hikes
SPIN METER: Obama, Dems skirt issue on tax hikes
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers, Speaker and Say Anything
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Obama ups the ante against GOP on taxes
Obama ups the ante against GOP on taxes
Discussion:
The Note, Scarecrow's myFDL diary, Hullabaloo and Eschaton
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Method to Their Madness — The Republican Party's strategy …
The Method to Their Madness — The Republican Party's strategy …
Discussion:
The Atlantic Online, The Politico, Betsy's Page and Prairie Weather
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 …
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, News: News blog, New York Times, The Lede, The Independent, MediaFile, Bagehot's notebook, The Daily Dish, paidContent, Associated Press, Swampland, New York Magazine, Daily Mail, Taylor Marsh, Liberal Conspiracy, Gawker, The Raw Story, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, AMERICAblog News, Emptywheel, Harry's Place, The Nation and FrumForum, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
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 …
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 …
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller and National Review
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 …
Discussion:
The Moderate Voice, Lawyers, Guns & Money, CBS News, The Atlantic Online, Minneapolis Star Tribune, The Politico, Top of the Ticket, The Hill, USA Today, Swampland, Minnesota Independent, Daily Kos, Washington Times, Little Green Footballs, TPMDC, Poor Richard's News, The American Independent, ThinkProgress, The New Republic, Iowa Caucuses, msnbc.com, Jezebel, CNN, Talking Points Memo, The Blotter, Say Anything, Newshoggers.com, Outside the Beltway, Taylor Marsh, GOP 12, Hot Air, Washington Wire, Balloon Juice and Proof Positive
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.
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Bachmann Responds To Slavery Controversy With Another Slavery Analogy — In their apparent effort to ban pornography, GOP presidential frontrunner Rep. Michele Bachmann (MN) and competitor Rick Santorum simultaneously signed a pledge declaring that African-American children …
Discussion:
The American Independent and The Atlantic Online
RELATED:
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
GOP candidates caught in slavery controversy
GOP candidates caught in slavery controversy
Discussion:
The Politico, Politics, USA Today, The Raw Story, TPMDC and Alternate Brain
Saeed Shah / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Pakistan holds doctor who tried to collect bin Laden DNA — ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani authorities have jailed a doctor who helped the CIA by creating an elaborate plot to get DNA samples of Osama bin Laden's family before the al Qaida leader was killed in a special forces raid here.
Discussion:
The Moderate Voice, ThinkProgress and The Raw Story
RELATED:
Saeed Shah / Guardian:
CIA organised fake vaccination drive to get Osama bin Laden's family DNA
CIA organised fake vaccination drive to get Osama bin Laden's family DNA
Discussion:
The Politico, The Jawa Report, Gawker, Politics and TigerHawk
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 …
Discussion:
The Jawa Report, Conservatives4Palin, Pajamas Media and Verum Serum
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, Crooked Timber, Grasping Reality … and Outside the Beltway
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 …
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 …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, AMERICAblog News and The Lonely Conservative
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.
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.
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.
Discussion:
Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Taegan Goddard's …, Gawker, Tucson Citizen and The Raw Story
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 …
Discussion:
Wizbang, The Atlantic Online and Pajamas Media
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 …
Discussion:
The American Independent and TVNewser
Robert Bridges / Wall Street Journal:
A Home Is a Lousy Investment — Today's young people would be foolish to imitate their parents and view ownership as the cornerstone of personal finance. — At the risk of heaping more misery on the struggling residential property market, an analysis of home-price and ownership data …
Discussion:
Grasping Reality … and ThinkProgress