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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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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
No one likes the GOP's reckless tactics — When it comes to public opinion and the debt-ceiling fight, Republicans assume that the public is with them, and voter support bolsters the GOP's refusals to negotiate. — The evidence to the contrary is overwhelming. … Got that?
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ThinkProgress and Balloon Juice
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.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Republican Retreat — In the negotiations over the debt ceiling, the Republican Party had everything mapped out except the endgame. — For months, Republican leaders used all the tools at their disposal — the anti-spending intensity of their base, the White House's desire for a deal …
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Washington Monthly, No More Mister Nice Blog and Washington Post
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 …
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: A three-part deal on the debt ceiling? — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell listens to a question while addressing the media on the budget talks. (Mark Wilson - GETTY IMAGES) We seem to be coming closer to a deal on the debt ceiling. It begins with the McConnell plan …
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Budget experts raise concerns over McConnell debt-limit fallback plan
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The Politico, The Huffington Post, Washington Post and The Moderate Voice
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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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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Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Second top Scotland Yard official in 2 days resigns
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Bloomberg:
Murdoch Struggles for Control as Scandal Grows
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Felix Salmon and Guardian, more at Mediagazer »
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Slow, Painful Coming Death Of The Independent, Conservative Blogosphere — Way, way back in 2001, when I got started in the blogosphere, the Right side of the blogosphere was bigger and more influential than the Left. Why? Well, in American politics, the energy tends to be with the party that's out of power.
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Pajamas Media, Riehl World View, American Power, Althouse and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal:
Video of a brutal Taliban execution of Pakistani policemen emerges — Warning, the video below is extremely graphic in nature. If you choose to watch this video, you will see the Taliban brutally execute more than a dozen bound Pakistani policemen. The Taliban then proceed to pump rounds into those who survived the initial firing.
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Salman Masood / New York Times:
Taliban Video Shows Execution of 16 Pakistanis
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Coburn to unveil $9T deficit-reduction plan — Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said Sunday the federal government can save $1 trillion though tax reform, a proposal that will put him at odds with some GOP colleagues. — Coburn plans to unveil a $9 trillion deficit-reduction package Monday …
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ThinkProgress and Hot Air
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Walter Brandimarte / Reuters:
Moody's suggests U.S. eliminates debt ceiling — * Says ceiling brings periodic uncertainty to bond holders — * Suggests example of Chile in curbing debt — Ratings agency Moody's on Monday suggested the United States should eliminate its statutory limit on government debt to reduce uncertainty among bond holders.
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New York Times:
Another Top Police Official Resigns in British Scandal — LONDON — Britain's phone hacking crisis claimed another high-profile casualty on Monday when John Yates, the deputy commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police resigned, a day after Britain's top police officer quit and Rebekah Brooks …
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New York Magazine, Guardian and FrumForum
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Baird Helgeson / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Chance for quick budget deal fades — Timing of special session is in doubt as GOP legislative leaders try to line up enough votes to end state shutdown. — Four days after the announcement of a budget deal, fresh signs emerged Sunday that the agreement is not coming together as first hoped …
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Minnesota shutdown drags on
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Minnesota Public Radio and FrumForum
Elizabeth Warren / The Huffington Post:
A Big Week for the New Consumer Agency — This is a big week for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Today, the President will announce his intent to nominate Richard Cordray to serve as the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Washington Wire and Executive Gov
Michael J. Boskin / Wall Street Journal:
Get Ready for a 70% Marginal Tax Rate — Some argue the U.S. economy can bear higher pre-Reagan tax rates. But those rates applied to a much smaller fraction of taxpayers than what we're headed for without spending cuts. — President Obama has been using the debt-ceiling debate …
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The Glittering Eye and Richard's Real Estate …
CEPR:
Robert Samuelson Wants Us to Follow the Example of a Country With 7 Years of Double-Digit Unemployment — Yes, I am serious. In his column today Samuelson holds up Latvia as the model for the United States to follow. The unemployment rate in Latvia is currently close to 20 percent.
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