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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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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Cantor conspicuous confusion over compromise
Cantor conspicuous confusion over compromise
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama Offered To Raise Medicare Eligibility Age As Part Of Grand Debt Deal
Obama Offered To Raise Medicare Eligibility Age As Part Of Grand Debt Deal
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Sen. Paul: Boehner has ‘no plan’ to balance the budget
Sen. Paul: Boehner has ‘no plan’ to balance the budget
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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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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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New York Times:
Half Brother of Afghan President Is Killed in Kandahar — By ALISSA J. RUBIN, CARLOTTA GALL and RUHULLAH KHAPALWAK — KABUL, Afghanistan — The powerful half brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai was shot dead on Tuesday by a close family associate, according to Karzai family friends who were nearby.
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BBC:
Afghan president's brother, Ahmad Wali Karzai, killed — Ahmad Wali Karzai in April talking about death threats against him in the BBC documentary Afghanistan: The Unknown Country — The half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been assassinated in Kandahar, officials say.
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Kenric Ward / Sunshine State News:
U.S. Jobless Numbers Dragging Obama Down in Florida — Romney beats president in hypothetical match-up as independents swing toward GOP — A slipping economy has Floridians moving away from President Barack Obama and warming up to Republican Mitt Romney, a Sunshine State News Poll shows.
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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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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Darrell Issa questions White House's 2012 actions — House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa is probing what he sees as signs of an unseemly overlap between President Barack Obama's official and political activities. — In what could be considered the committee's sharpest probe …
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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.”
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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Richard Ruelas / Arizona Republic:
Guns in Arizona: Legislator's gun highlights debate
Guns in Arizona: Legislator's gun highlights debate
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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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Fred Lucas / CNSNews:
Obama: Job Losses Prove Stimulus Worked — (CNSNews.com) - Three days after the U.S. Department of Labor reported that the national unemployment rate had ticked up from 9.1 percent in May to 9.2 percent in June, President Barack Obama said that the loss of jobs in the public sector is …
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Mark Weiss / Telegraph:
Israel parliament passes anti-boycott bill — Israel's parliament has passed a controversial bill making it illegal for any citizen advocating a boycott of Israel or West Bank settlements. — The Knesset voted 47-38 in favour after a stormy debate, during which opposition members accusing …
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Rebecca Rosenberg / New York Post:
The ‘randy’ rabbi — A prominent Long Island Jewish leader was caught with his dreidel out in a string of sordid sex tapes, according to sensational Manhattan court records. — Rabbi Avraham Rabinowich — who leads the wealthy, Conservative Bellmore Jewish Center and is vice president …
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Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
Why we're in the budgetary soup — Just in case you hadn't noticed, no one has elected Grover Norquist to anything. Still, he looms as a major obstacle to Congress reaching a deficit-reduction agreement needed to raise the federal debt ceiling. Norquist heads Americans for Tax Reform …
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Jared Bernstein / On the Economy:
Robert Samuelson Chooses Badly
Robert Samuelson Chooses Badly
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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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Liz Aldermanand Rachel Donadio / New York Times:
Debt Contagion Threatens Italy — Throughout Europe's debt crisis, Italy has largely managed to steer clear of the troubles that have engulfed its profligate Mediterranean neighbors. — But the contagion that started in the euro zone's smaller countries is suddenly moving to some of its largest.
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Des Moines Register:
Pawlenty: The answer is not more government spending — Democrats are saying we have no choice but to spend more and raise taxes, and they are willing to shut down government if they don't get their way. That's the scene in both our nation's and Minnesota's capitals, where Republicans …
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Bryan Preston / Pajamas Media:
Video: President Obama promises ‘massive job killing taxes’ if re-elected — From today's presser on the debt ceiling debate. Check out how the prez frames the debate over taxes. — Click here to view the embedded video. … Re-elect me to get massive job killing tax hikes when I'm a lame duck and you can't do a thing about it.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Fresh doubt cast on Obama's health care story — During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama often discussed his mother's struggle with cancer. Ann Dunham spent the months before her death in 1995, Obama said, fighting with insurance companies that sought to deny her the coverage she needed to pay for treatment.
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Lauraklairmont / CNN:
Huntsman goes on offense against Romney — Greer, South Carolina (CNN) - Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman signaled Monday that he intends to sharpen his campaign message against former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the front-runner in the Republican presidential race and the candidate Huntsman's team views …
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John Schwartz / New York Times:
Polygamist, Under Scrutiny in Utah, Plans Suit to Challenge Law — Kody Brown is a proud polygamist, and a relatively famous one. Now Mr. Brown, his four wives and 16 children and stepchildren are going to court to keep from being punished for it. — The family is the focus of a reality TV show …
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Public Now Divided on Debt Limit Debate — Default Concerns Rise among Independents — As the debate over the nation's debt and deficit continues, the public has grown more concerned that failing to raise the debt limit would force the government into default and hurt the economy.
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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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Ruth Sherlock / Telegraph:
Libya: France risks Nato split over call for Gaddafi talks — France risked opening a significant split within Nato over the war in Libya yesterday by calling for negotiations with Colonel Gaddafi and confirming it was “passing messages” to his regime. — France confirmed it was “passing messages” to Col Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
DOJ gives new tools to ATF on guns — The Obama administration on Monday granted new powers to federal regulators fighting gun traffickers on the violence-plagued Mexican border. — Issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ), the new rules require border-state gun dealers to report bulk purchases …
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LATimes / Top of the Ticket:
‘South California’ proposed as 51st state by Republican supervisor — The 51st state should be named South California, says Jeff Stone, a Republican on the the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. But the proposed 13 southern California counties that would split off from the Golden State would not include Los Angeles.
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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Tackles Housing Slump — The Obama administration is ramping up talks on how to revive the housing market, which is weighing on the economic recovery—and possibly the president's re-election in 2012. — Last year, advisers considered several housing-policy prescriptions but rejected …
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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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