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Wall Street Journal:
Debt-Limit Harakiri — Mitch McConnell isn't selling out Republicans. — Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell said yesterday he's concluded that no deal to raise the debt ceiling in return for serious spending restraint is possible with President Obama, and who can blame him?
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
U.S. Debt Ceiling Increase Remains Unpopular With Americans — More are concerned about higher level of spending than risk of economic crisis — PRINCETON, NJ — Despite agreement among leaders of both sides of the political aisle in Washington that raising the U.S. debt ceiling is necessary …
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Mitch McConnell Just Proposed the “Pontius Pilate Pass the Buck Act of 2011″
Mitch McConnell Just Proposed the “Pontius Pilate Pass the Buck Act of 2011″
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CBS News:
Obama says he cannot guarantee Social Security checks will go out on August 3
Obama says he cannot guarantee Social Security checks will go out on August 3
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
In Fiscal Fight, G.O.P. Distrust of Obama Runs Deep
In Fiscal Fight, G.O.P. Distrust of Obama Runs Deep
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
As Easy as ABC — Moving on from Mitch McConnell.
As Easy as ABC — Moving on from Mitch McConnell.
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The Hill and Wall Street Journal
The Politico:
Obama and DNC raise $86M, more than doubling GOP field - RNC campaign targets four swing states - Mandel brings in $2.3M for Senate bid - Hahn wins in CA-36 - Barbour camp eyes Perry - One month until — (aburns@politico.com) and (jhohmann@politico.com) — 2012 SIREN - OBAMA'S NUMBER …
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Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
President Obama smashes record with $86M haul — President Barack Obama has shattered first quarter fundraising records for a White House incumbent by raising $86 million for the first quarter - dwarfing the 2012 GOP field's total take and breezing past his own target of $60 million.
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The BLT
Sam Youngman / Ballot Box:
Obama is winning on debt debate, but there's no room for moral victories
Obama is winning on debt debate, but there's no room for moral victories
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Alternative Headline: Obama 2012 Fundraising Behind 2008 Pace
Alternative Headline: Obama 2012 Fundraising Behind 2008 Pace
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Obama fails to match Bush fundraising / Update - 2Q v. 3Q
Obama fails to match Bush fundraising / Update - 2Q v. 3Q
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Obama raises $86M haul in second quarter
Obama raises $86M haul in second quarter
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James Robinson / Guardian:
News Corp pulls out of BSkyB bid — BSkyB bid dropped by Rupert Murdoch's media group after pressure from the public and parliament — Rupert Murdoch's media group News Corporation bowed to pressure from the public and parliament on Wednesday and withdrew its bid to take full control of pay-TV company BSkyB.
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BBC:
News Corp withdraws bid for BSkyB — WATCH: Robert Peston says it will have been an ‘incredibly painful’ decision for Murdoch — Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has announced that it is dropping its planned bid to take full ownership of satellite broadcaster BSkyB.
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Eliot Spitzer / Slate Magazine:
Prosecute News Corp.
Prosecute News Corp.
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Fox News:
At Least 10 Reportedly Dead After Explosions Rock Mumbai Markets — Three separate explosions tore through a business district in India's Mumbai Wednesday, leaving at least 10 people dead and over a dozens injured, NDTV.com reported. The country's Home Ministry reportedly confirmed …
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BBC:
Mumbai: Explosions shake India's financial hub — Police told local media that eight people had been killed and more than 100 wounded. — One explosion was reported in the Zaveri Bazaar, another in the Opera House business district and a third in Dadar district.
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Guardian and The Jawa Report
Rajendra Jadhav / Reuters:
Near simultaneous blasts kill at least 3 in India's — (Reuters) - Three almost simultaneous blasts rocked three different locations in India's financial capital of Mumbai during evening rush hour on Wednesday, killing at least three people, police said. — Police did not want to speculate …
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Raise Taxes or Granny Gets It — The liberal media's idea of a grown-up. — President Obama is pulling out the big guns and pointing them straight at your grandmother. “Obama on Tuesday said he cannot guarantee that retirees will receive their Social Security checks August 3” …
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Stephen Marche / Esquire:
How Can We Not Love Obama? — Because like it or not, he is all of us — Before the fall brings us down, before the election season begins in earnest with all its nastiness and vulgarity, before the next batch of stupid scandals and gaffes, before Sarah Palin tries to convert her movie …
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David Catanese / The Politico:
California special election: Hahn cruises to solid victory — Democrat Janice Hahn defeated Republican Craig Huey in a bitterly contested Southern California special election marked by stinging attacks from both sides. — Hahn finished with a healthy 54.56 percent of the vote to Huey's 45.44 percent in Tuesday's vote.
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Jean Merl / Los Angeles Times:
Janice Hahn wins House seat
Janice Hahn wins House seat
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L.A. NOW, AmSpecBlog and Politics
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Democrat Janice Hahn Wins CA-36 Special Election
Democrat Janice Hahn Wins CA-36 Special Election
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The Moderate Voice and Hotline On Call
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Business community to Congress: Enough — It wasn't too long ago that 62 leading U.S. business groups, including the American Gas Association, the Telecommunications Industry Association, and the National Association of Manufacturers, all pleaded with Congress to end the standoff and raise the debt ceiling.
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Jia Lynn Yang / Washington Post:
Congress hears outcry from business lobby on debt ceiling and deficit
Congress hears outcry from business lobby on debt ceiling and deficit
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Mark Tapscott / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — Washington gets $200 billion a month, Social Security costs $50 billion a month, and Obama is threatening to starve Grandma? — President Obama told CBS News today that he “cannot guarantee that those [Social Security] checks go out on August 3rd if we haven't resolved this issue.
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Eric Roper / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
One by one, bars get tapped out — Hundreds of bars, restaurants and stores across Minnesota are running out of beer and alcohol and others may soon run out of cigarettes — a subtle and largely unforeseen consequence of a state government shutdown. — In the days leading up to the shutdown …
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Reid J. Epstein / Reuters:
Shutdown could leave Minnesota dry
Shutdown could leave Minnesota dry
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KSTP-TV and Marginal Revolution
New York Post:
Missing 9-year-old B'klyn boy found dead: sources — The dismembered body of a missing 9-year-old Hasidic boy was found at two locations in Brooklyn and police this morning arrested a suspect in the slaying — who had the child's severed feet in his freezer, sources told The Post.
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Dana Loesch / Big Journalism:
No Justice: Gladney Attackers Found Not Guilty — Hours ago a a St. Louis county jury found Elston McCowan and Perry Molens not guilty in the videotaped beating of Kenneth Gladney. … In the above excerpt, the Post-Dispatch did not bother seeking quotes from Gladney or other witnesses …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
NOT GUILTY!... SEIU Thugs Cleared in Brutal Gladney Beatdown! ...Update: Gladney Reaction (Video)
NOT GUILTY!... SEIU Thugs Cleared in Brutal Gladney Beatdown! ...Update: Gladney Reaction (Video)
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Daily RFT, Cold Fury and Daily Pundit
Stan Musial / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Two charged in scuffle at St. Louis County meeting found not guilty
Two charged in scuffle at St. Louis County meeting found not guilty
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TBogg and Washington Post
JSOnline:
6 fake Democrats fall, setting stage for GOP recalls — Six fake Democratic candidates put up by the Republican Party to buy time for Republican state senators subject to recalls accomplished that job Tuesday, but none of them did the unexpected and knocked off a real Democrat.
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Althouse
Los Angeles Times:
Prison doctor gets paid for doing little or nothing — A California surgeon has mostly been locked out of his job: on paid leave, fired or fighting his termination. When he does work, it's reviewing records. He made $777,000 last year, including back pay. — A file photo of San Quentin State Prison.
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Jospeh Cirincione / The Atlantic Online:
How to Shave a Bundle Off the Deficit: Spend Less on Nukes — We're planning to spend as much on nuclear weapons in the next decade as we did in the last on the Iraq War. But toward what end? — Congress is in the midst of an intense debate over a massive defense spending bill …
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ThinkProgress
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Settled in Albany, Gay Marriage Draws Opposition — Laura L. Fotusky, the town clerk in Barker, N.Y., a small community north of Binghamton, looked at the calendar, looked at her Bible and knew what she had to do. — She drafted a letter to the Town Board and said she would resign on July 21 …
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