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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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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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Michele Bachmann's handlers get rough with reporter — This morning, the Daily Caller published a story I was inclined to leave to others: Michele Bachmann suffers from severe migraines. — But now the Bachmann camp has suddenly invited a whole lot more scrutiny to the story.
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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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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Michele Bachmann: Migraines don't impact my abilities
Michele Bachmann: Migraines don't impact my abilities
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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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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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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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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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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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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
When Would You Announce Support for the Gang of Six Plan? …
When Would You Announce Support for the Gang of Six Plan? …
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Conn Carroll / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — Gang of six plan raises taxes by $3 trillion
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — Gang of six plan raises taxes by $3 trillion
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Jamie Dupree / Jamie Dupree Washington Insider:
Gang Of Six Details
Gang Of Six Details
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Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
New Senate Debt Plan Emerges
New Senate Debt Plan Emerges
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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.
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: The Cut, Cap and Balance distraction
Wonkbook: The Cut, Cap and Balance distraction
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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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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
Obama backs bill to end DOMA
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NationalJournal.com:
Obama Supports Repeal of Defense of Marriage Act
Obama Supports Repeal of Defense of Marriage Act
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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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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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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.
The Note:
ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Dissatisfaction With Washington Hits 19-Year High — Analysis by ABC News' Pollster Gary Langer (@LangerResearch): — Discontent with Washington's budget battles has spurred public dissatisfaction with the federal government to its highest level in nearly 20 years …
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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 …
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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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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Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: Bachmann surges to 2nd place in GOP '12 field — In the race for the Republican presidential nomination, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney remains the national leader with 30 percent of GOP primary voters saying he's their first choice, according to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll.
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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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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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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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