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12:05 PM ET, July 13, 2011

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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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Washington Post:   McConnell outlines new proposal on debt ceiling
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
The McConnell Plan's Pitfalls
Discussion: RedState
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
As Easy as ABC  —  Moving on from Mitch McConnell.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
Mitch McConnell Just Proposed the “Pontius Pilate Pass the Buck Act of 2011″
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
In Fiscal Fight, G.O.P. Distrust of Obama Runs Deep
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
Discussion: The BLT
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:   Obama raises record-breaking $86 million
Sam Youngman / Ballot Box:
Obama is winning on debt debate, but there's no room for moral victories
Discussion: driftglass
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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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 …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Times of India:
Three bomb blasts rock Mumbai
Rajendra Jadhav / Reuters:
Near simultaneous blasts kill at least 3 in India's
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Eliot Spitzer / Slate Magazine:
Prosecute News Corp.  —  The U.S. government should go after Murdoch's media company for its corrupt practices and revoke its TV licenses if it's found guilty.  —  Bribery, illegal wiretapping, interference in a murder investigation, political blackmail, and rampant disregard for both the truth and basic decency.
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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.
Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
The News Corp. Bid for BSkyB Is Over — For Now
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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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
U.S. Debt Ceiling Increase Remains Unpopular With Americans
Jeffrey Simpson / Globe and Mail:
Will Americans ‘do the right thing’ on debt?
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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
Discussion: KSTP-TV and Marginal Revolution
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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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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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Gracious In Defeat  —  The National Republican Congressional Committee …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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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Associated Press:
Man Is Questioned in Death of Brooklyn Boy
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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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Can President Obama keep paying Social Security benefits even if the debt ceiling is reached?
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.
Discussion: Althouse
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 …
Jared Polis / Wall Street Journal:
Raise Revenues, Not Taxes  —  Legalizing Internet gambling and marijuana are two easy ways to cut the deficit.  —  This is a leadership moment for President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner.  The debt limit—an issue both leaders agree must be addressed—is the last best hope …
Discussion: The Politico and ThinkProgress
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 …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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.
New York Post:
Palin nemesis goes nude  —  GOP presidential hopeful Sarah Palin and her family are the subjects of a profile by George Gurley in the September issue of Playboy, according to sources.  Insiders say the story will run next to a four-page nude pictorial of Mercede Johnston, the sister of Bristol Palin's estranged baby daddy, Levi.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Bernanke: Fed May Launch New Round of Stimulus  —  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that a new stimulus program is in the works that will entail additional asset purchases, the clearest indication yet that the central bank is contemplating another round of monetary easing.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
 
 
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Top Dem suggests Boehner and Cantor have weak relationship
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Tennessean.com:
Police charge mother in Nashville airport altercation
Owen Bowcott / Guardian:
Supreme court bans use of secret evidence to hide torture claims
Discussion: Firedoglake
Byron Tau / Ben Smith's Blog:
Bachmann's national surge
Discussion: CNN
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
GOP Co-Chair of Deficit Commission Decries Inability of Washington to Find Common Ground …
Discussion: Politics
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