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David Rogers / The Politico:
GOP turns hard right on debt — Turning right with a vengeance, Republicans will bring to the House floor Tuesday a newly revised debt-ceiling bill that is remarkable for its total absence of compromise at this late date, two weeks before the threat of default.
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Congress tees up crucial votes on debt limit — A bipartisan effort in the Senate to allow President Obama to raise the federal debt ceiling in exchange for about $1.5 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years gained momentum Sunday, as leaders agreed they would have to act in the next two weeks …
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Jared Bernstein, The Heritage Foundation, White House Dossier and FrumForum
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Budget experts raise concerns over McConnell debt-limit fallback plan — Liberal and centrist budget experts are joining conservatives in raising red flags about the debt-ceiling plan that is being hashed out by Senate leaders as a last-ditch option for avoiding a national default.
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Bloomberg:
Coburn of Oklahoma to Offer $9 Trillion Budget-Cut Plan to Spur Debt Talks
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Jared Bernstein
Abby Phillip / The Politico:
Richard Cordray, not Elizabeth Warren, to lead CFPB
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The Moderate Voice and Mediaite
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
White House budget director sees progress in debt-ceiling talks
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ABCNEWS, New York Magazine and The Politico
Telegraph:
Jude Law claims he was victim of News of the World phone hacking in US — The News of the World allegedly hacked into the mobile phones of Jude Law and his personal assistant while they were in New York, opening the way for News International to be prosecuted in the United States.
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Telegraph:
Phone Hacking: John Yates ‘to be suspended’ over Neil Wallis links — One of Scotland Yard's most senior officers, John Yates, is likely to be suspended on Monday pending an investigation over the phone hacking scandal and his links to Neil Wallis, sources have told The Daily Telegraph.
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Guy Fawkes' blog and Guardian, more at Mediagazer »
BBC:
Met Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson quits
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Statement from the Commissioner
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David Carr / New York Times:
Troubles That Money Can't Dispel — “Bury your mistakes,” Rupert Murdoch is fond of saying. But some mistakes don't stay buried, no matter how much money you throw at them. — Time and again in the United States and elsewhere, Mr. Murdoch's News Corporation has used blunt force spending …
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Wall Street Journal:
News and Its Critics — A tabloid's excesses don't tarnish thousands of other journalists. — When News Corp. and CEO Rupert Murdoch secured enough shares to buy Dow Jones & Co. four years ago, these columns welcomed our new owner and promised to stand by the same standards and principles we always had.
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CBS News:
Poll: 71% shun GOP handling of debt crisis — CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. — Americans are unimpressed with their political leaders' handling of the debt ceiling crisis, with a new CBS News poll showing …
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Dianeclohesy / Victory Film Group:
ARC Entertainment Announces Strong Opening for “The Undefeated,” with multiple sold-out runs and vocal audience support — Approximately $5,000 per screen through Saturday night — “What would have taken months and cost millions, ARC did in weeks with virtually no traditional media advertising”
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Big Hollywood, Conservatives4Palin and Riehl World View
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Obama's Last Lecture — One of the more constant critiques of this Presidency is that Barack Obama has failed to teach a generation of willing listeners a story about his beliefs and his values, something that will outlast his term in office and provide a blueprint for the future. This isn't true.
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Taylor Marsh, Hullabaloo and ThinkProgress
Telegraph:
Barack Obama accused of crimes against humanity for Osama bin Laden killing — A Spanish lawyer has formally accused Barack Obama of crimes against humanity for ordering the assassination of Osama bin Laden. — US President Barack Obama — Daniel Fiol lodged a written complaint …
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Scared Monkeys, Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch and Questions and Observations
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Letting Bankers Walk — Ever since the current economic crisis began, it has seemed that five words sum up the central principle of United States financial policy: go easy on the bankers. — This principle was on display during the final months of the Bush administration …
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Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Herman Cain: Americans Have The Right To Ban Mosques — To rise above the myriad of GOP presidential candidates, pizza mogul Herman Cain is standing firmly on his anti-Muslim platform. Taking advantage of the Islamophobic atmosphere, Cain consistently vilifies American Muslims and Islam …
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Sky Dancing and The Daily Caller
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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Cain: Americans should be able to ban mosques
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The Other McCain, Atlas Shrugs, CNN, Weasel Zippers, The Reaction, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Outside the Beltway
The Columbus Dispatch:
Cordray is Obama's choice to lead Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — President Barack Obama will nominate former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to head a powerful new consumer protection agency, White House officials said. — At a White House event Monday …
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Hotline On Call, Robert Kuttner, The Volokh Conspiracy, Firedoglake, The Raw Story, Washington Post and ThinkProgress
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Former Ohio Attorney General to Head New Consumer Agency
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