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Jonathan Strong / The Daily Caller:
Stress-related condition ‘incapacitates’ Bachmann; heavy pill use alleged — In late July 2010, Rep. Michele Bachmann's then-communications director, Dave Dziok, told his boss that he planned to take a new job with the public relations firm Edelman. — Dziok had worked for Bachmann …
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Michael Crowley / Swampland:
Reporter Accosted After Bachmann Comments on Migraines — It's not easy to get to Michele Bachmann. Her appearance at a rally on Tuesday in Aiken, South Carolina, attended by perhaps 150 people, featured three uniformed police officers and two body guards in plain clothes.
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The Note:
The Note: Straw Poll Shake Up?: Bachmann Under Scrutiny, Rick Perry Backtracks
The Note: Straw Poll Shake Up?: Bachmann Under Scrutiny, Rick Perry Backtracks
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Bachmann “incapacitated” by migraines?
Bachmann “incapacitated” by migraines?
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Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:
Michele Bachmann's Migraines and the History of Presidential Ailments
Michele Bachmann's Migraines and the History of Presidential Ailments
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GOP 12, Prairie Weather and Politics
The Hill:
Coburn rejoins Gang of Six, backs $3.7T deficit-reduction plan — Democratic and Republican senators are rallying behind a $3.7 trillion deficit-reduction plan announced Tuesday morning by the five remaining members of the Gang of Six. — Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who pulled out of the Gang …
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Obama praises ‘Gang of Six’ plan — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the proposal put forward earlier in the day by “Gang of Six,” a group of Republican and Democratic senators, is “a very significant step” that represents “the potential for bipartisan consensus” …
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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Gang of Six back from the brink — The once moribund Senate “Gang of Six” gained new life Tuesday after Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn unexpectedly rejoined the group and President Barack Obama praised a new effort to cut the debt by as much as $3.7 trillion over the next decade.
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New York Times:
Obama Renews Push for a Bipartisan Deal on Debt
Obama Renews Push for a Bipartisan Deal on Debt
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Tim Fernholz / NationalJournal.com:
DOCUMENT: Gang of Six Deficit Plan Executive Summary
DOCUMENT: Gang of Six Deficit Plan Executive Summary
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Gang of 6 deficit effort gains momentum
Gang of 6 deficit effort gains momentum
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Jamie Dupree / Jamie Dupree Washington Insider:
Gang Of Six Details
Gang Of Six Details
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Joe Conason / National Memo:
Exclusive Bill Clinton Interview: I Would Use Constitutional Option To Raise Debt Ceiling And “Force The Courts To Stop Me” — Former President Bill Clinton says that he would invoke the so-called constitutional option to raise the nation's debt ceiling “without hesitation …
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Bill Clinton: I'd use 14th Amendment
Bill Clinton: I'd use 14th Amendment
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
WSJ/NBC Poll: Americans Take Debt Ceiling Seriously
WSJ/NBC Poll: Americans Take Debt Ceiling Seriously
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Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: Majority says not raising debt ceiling would be problematic
NBC/WSJ poll: Majority says not raising debt ceiling would be problematic
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Washington Post, Associated Press and Washington Monthly
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Obama Endorses Feinstein's Bill To Repeal The Defense Of Marriage Act — A day before the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to hold hearing on the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, the Obama administration has endorsed Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA) legislation to repeal it.
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Mj Lee / The Politico:
Obama backs bill to end DOMA — The Respect for Marriage Act was introduced by Sen. Dianne Feinstein. — AP Photo — The White House on Tuesday publicly supported a bill that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which the Obama administration has opposed.
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National / The Atlantic Online:
Obama Supports Repeal of Gay-Marriage Ban
Obama Supports Repeal of Gay-Marriage Ban
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Guardian:
Phone-hacking: Murdochs and Rebekah Brooks face MPs - live — • Rupert Murdoch attacked at select committee — • ‘This is the most humble day of my life,’ Murdoch tells MPs — • News Corp chair was ‘asked to enter No 10 by back door’ — • Rupert ‘had no knowledge at all of Taylor settlement’
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BBC:
1711: Iain Watson Political correspondent, BBC News
1711: Iain Watson Political correspondent, BBC News
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Robert Mackey / The Lede:
Latest Updates on Phone Hacking Scandal
Latest Updates on Phone Hacking Scandal
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Bachmann continues to surge — Michele Bachmann's momentum continues to build and she's taken first place by the smallest of margins on PPP's newest national Presidential poll. 21% of Republican primary voters say she's their top choice to 20% for Mitt Romney, 12% for Rick Perry …
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Martina Stewart / CNN:
From Clinton to Palin to Bachmann: Why some Dems now support GOP women
From Clinton to Palin to Bachmann: Why some Dems now support GOP women
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Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Software Designer Reports Error in Anthony Trial — MIAMI — Assertions by the prosecution that Casey Anthony conducted extensive computer searches on the word “chloroform” were based on inaccurate data, a software designer who testified at the trial said Monday.
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Road Not Taken — Over the past months, Republicans enjoyed enormous advantages. Opinion polls showed that voters are eager to reduce the federal debt, and they want to do it mostly but not entirely through spending cuts. — There was a Democratic president eager to move to the center.
Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI Raids Homes of Suspected ‘Anonymous’ Hackers — The FBI executed search warrants at the New York homes of three suspected members of notorious hacking group Anonymous early Tuesday morning, FoxNews.com has learned. — More than 10 FBI agents arrived at the Baldwin, N.Y. …
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Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI Executes Search Warrants in New York, Calif. in Hunt for ‘Anonymous’ Hackers
EXCLUSIVE: FBI Executes Search Warrants in New York, Calif. in Hunt for ‘Anonymous’ Hackers
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The Politico:
GOP has no backup plan after vote — There's a narrative gaining traction in Washington as a debt crisis looms: House Republican hard-liners might soften their stance once they've gotten a vote on their Cut, Cap and Balance proposal. — But if that's the case, the conservatives aren't in on the plan.
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Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Group of House Republicans Aim to Stop McConnell Debt-Ceiling Plan
Group of House Republicans Aim to Stop McConnell Debt-Ceiling Plan
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Susanna Kim / ABCNEWS:
Man Attempts Attack on Murdoch During Hearing; Murdoch's Wife Lunges at Attacker — A Parliament hearing into hacking by News Corp. journalists erupted into chaos Tuesday as CEO Rupert Murdoch was attacked by a man with what appeared to be a pie. — Wendi Deng Murdoch, his wife …
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James Kirkup / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Rupert Murdoch attacked: an eyewitness account
Rupert Murdoch attacked: an eyewitness account
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
FAMiLY LEADER's Bob Vander Plaats Erupts In Laughter At Faggot Joke: 'That's Pretty Good' — The FAMiLY LEADER's 14-point marriage fidelity pledge has divided the GOP's 2012 presidential field and raised concerns among GOP operatives that the group and its president — three …
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Nick Bilton / Bits:
Internet Activist Charged in M.I.T. Data Theft — Updated Added links to documents and comment from United States Attorney's office in Boston. — Updated Changed headline and post to remove reference to Mr. Swartz being a co-founder of Reddit, as this is disputed. Added comment from Demand Progress.
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Balancing Act — A balanced budget amendment is the wrong debt solution. — Republicans this week plan to force votes in the House and Senate on a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The last time Congress voted on a BBA was in 1997. It failed. The first unsuccessful BBA was proposed in 1936.
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Dennis Cauchon / USA Today:
Some federal workers more likely to die than lose jobs — Federal employees' job security is so great that workers in many agencies are more likely to die of natural causes than get laid off or fired, a USA TODAY analysis finds. — Death — rather than poor performance, misconduct or layoffs …
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Yves Smith / naked capitalism:
Why Liberals are Lame, Part 3: Why a Warren Run for Senate is a Terrible Idea — It's bad enough that what passes for the left has been kneecapped by the Obama Administration. The ambiguous campaign promise “Change you can believe in” has turned out to be a Nixon-goes-to-China series …
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Justice Department lawyers contradict FBI findings in anthrax case — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has called into question a key pillar of the FBI's case against Bruce Ivins, the Army scientist accused of mailing the anthrax-laced letters that killed five people and terrorized Congress a decade ago.
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