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9:50 AM ET, July 15, 2011

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John Bingham / Telegraph:
Phone Hacking: Rupert Murdoch's daughter in ‘furious’ attack on Rebekah Brooks  —  Rupert Murdoch's daughter Elisabeth has made a “furious” attack on Rebekah Brooks's handling of the phone hacking scandal at News International, The Daily Telegraph has learnt.  —  Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of Rupert
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BBC:
Phone hacking: News International chief Brooks quits  —  Media analyst Steve Hewlett: ‘News International appears to be on the run’  —  Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News International, has resigned, the company has confirmed.  —  Her departure follows days of increasing pressure to step down as the phone hacking crisis grew.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Bruce Orwall / Wall Street Journal:
In Interview, Murdoch Defends News Corp.
Wall Street Journal:
Murdoch Defiant as FBI Acts
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
GOP Senator: Maybe We Shouldn't Have Tied Debt Vote To Deficit Deal (VIDEO) … WASHINGTON — Some Republicans are starting to have buyer's remorse over their party's insistence that a vote to raise the debt limit be tied to a long-term deficit reduction package.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Wall Street Journal:
Plan B Emerges on Debt  —  Sens. Reid, McConnell Quietly Discuss Way to Keep Government From Default  —  A backup plan to cut the federal deficit and keep the U.S. government from default gained momentum Thursday on Capitol Hill as President Barack Obama and congressional leaders took a break …
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
House GOP plans meeting to discuss faltering negotiations over debt deal
Discussion: The Politico
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Go Ahead, GOP, Make Obama's Day  —  So how can the GOP get something it wants out of the sodden mess of our debt negotiations?  Here's my answer: pass a short-term debt-ceiling increase.  It seems pretty clear to me that there's no time or common ground for a grand bargain before August 2nd, so pass a short-term increase.
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Washington Post:
Debt limit: U.S. outreach to banks, investors over possible default comes up empty
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Politics
Felix Salmon:
The damage already done by the debt ceiling debate
Tony Kennedy / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Marcus Bachmann says his clinics not anti-gay  —  Therapists will oblige if patients ask for counseling to become heterosexual, but they don't force treatment, he said.  —  The husband of Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann has come forward to defend his family-owned Christian …
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June Thomas / Slate:
Dan Savage, Bully  —  Dan Savage begins each of his “Savage Love Cast” podcasts with a rip-roaring rant—a sword of invective aimed at homophobic school boards that won't let lesbians attend their high-school prom, hypocritical politicians, and generally despicable people.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Getting to Crazy  —  There aren't many positive aspects to the looming possibility of a U.S. debt default.  But there has been, I have to admit, an element of comic relief — of the black-humor variety — in the spectacle of so many people who have been in denial suddenly waking up and smelling the crazy.
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Sarah Palin Movie Debuts to Empty Theater in Orange County  —  “Why aren't you seeing Harry Potter?” an usher said to the reporter sitting alone in the audience  —  When the clock struck 12:01 am today, AMC theaters in select cities were permitted to start showing “The Undefeated,” a feature length documentary about Sarah Palin.
Discussion: GOP 12
Mark Joyella / Mediaite:
Eric Bolling: 'I'll Never Forget 9/11, But Thank You, Liberals, For Reminding Me How Petty You Can Be'  —  In an emotional statement on Fox's The Five Thursday, Eric Bolling shot back at the “radical liberal left” that “pounced” on him after he said on the program Wednesday that “America was certainly safe between 2000 and 2008.
Discussion: Wonkette and ThinkProgress
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Palin political committee spent tens of thousands on bus trip  —  Sarah Palin's political action committee spent tens of thousands of dollars covering the costs of the former Alaska governor's “One Nation” East Coast bus tour this spring — a trip that Palin (R) has repeatedly characterized as a “family vacation.”
Discussion: CBS News and Balloon Juice
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Martin Peretz / The New Republic:
Sinking Fast  —  Obama's multiplying Middle East failures.  —  The U.S. ship in the successor flotilla aiming to break the Israeli embargo of the Gaza Strip has been named The Audacity of Hope.  It is a bad joke that Barack Obama deserves.  His proven coldness toward Israel has emboldened …
Siobhan Gorman / Wall Street Journal:
Bin Laden Plotted to Attack U.S. on 9/11 Anniversary  —  Osama bin Laden was working to assemble a team of militants to attack the U.S. on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 hijackings, according to communications that Navy SEALs seized from his Pakistani hideout when they killed the al Qaeda leader this spring.
Elad Benari / Arutz Sheva:
Planned Monument for Mecca Goers Leaves Eilat Residents Shocked  —  Follow Israel news on and .  —  The residents of the southern Israeli city of Eilat are shocked at a plan by the municipality to establish a monument in the heart of the city's downtown to commemorate Arab pilgrims to Mecca.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
“Republican Candidate” Extends Lead vs. Obama to 47% to 39%  —  Margin marks first statistically significant lead among registered voters  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Registered voters by a significant margin now say they are more likely to vote for the “Republican Party's candidate for president” …
Patrick O'Connor / Washington Wire:
Pawlenty Ends Quarter With $1.4 Million  —  Tim Pawlenty ended June with $1.4 million to spend on his bid for the Republican presidential nomination as his campaign dumps money into Iowa ahead of a crucial August straw poll.  —  The former Minnesota governor raised $4.5 million during …
Discussion: CNN, Ballot Box, GOP 12 and Ben Smith's Blog
Wall Street Journal:
The Obama Downgrade  —  The real reason the U.S. could lose its AAA rating.  —  So the credit-rating agencies that helped to create the financial crisis that led to a deep recession are now warning that the U.S. could lose the AAA rating it has had since 1917.
The Politico:
GOP threatens to bolt on McConnell's plan  —  A plan to cut spending, put caps on future expenditures and pass a constitutional amendment to balance the budget is certain to come up, lawmakers said.  Also on the unofficial agenda of lawmakers are several bills to force the president …
Discussion: Firedoglake
CBS News:
Source: Bachmann raised $4 million in second quarter  —  A source close to GOP presidential aspirant Rep. Michele Bachmann has told CBS News that Bachmann will report a little less than $4 million raised for her campaign in the second quarter.  Bachmann, who kicked off her campaign in Waterloo …
Phil Reese / Washington Blade:
BREAKING: DOJ seeks emergency stop to DADT injunction as Pentagon finalizes repeal  —  The Department of Justice has requested a short-term emergency stay from the 9th Circuit Court, which last week lifted its stay of an injunction halting enforcement of the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell …
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Cain Rewrites History: I Said I Would Not Be Comfortable With ‘A Terrorist In My Cabinet’  —  ThinkProgress filed this report from Urbandale, Iowa.  —  The defining moment of former pizza executive Herman Cain's upstart presidential bid came in March when he told ThinkProgress …
Judson Berger / Fox News:
ATF Florida Gun Probe Earns Congressional Scrutiny in Wake of ‘Fast and Furious’  —  Several lawmakers are questioning the Obama administration about whether the controversial “Fast and Furious” gunrunning probe may have had a cousin in Florida that resulted in guns being trafficked to Central America.
 
 
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Peter H. Lindert / voxeu.org:
America's Revolution: Economic disaster, development, and equality
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Associated Press:
Broadway to mark NY gay marriage right with unions performed on stage at St. James Theatre
The Note:
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Amy Kellogg / Fox News:
Iranian Pastor Sentenced to Death Could Be Executed if He Doesn't Recant, Says Verdict
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Oregonian:
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Monica Davey / New York Times:
Deal Is Made for Ending Shutdown in Minnesota
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and FrumForum
National Review:
McCain on the Debt Limit
Mike / Rortybomb:
The FCIC Investigation, Wallison on the GSEs and the Conservative Echo Chamber
Discussion: Mother Jones and Firedoglake
Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
GOP Demand Obama Protect Seniors From Default, Won't Name What To Cut Instead
Judicial Watch:
Documents Show Obama White House Attacked, Excluded Fox News Channel