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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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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 Note, GOP 12, National Review and Prairie Weather
Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
Bachmann Predicted The World Would End In 2006: ‘We Are In The Last Days’
Bachmann Predicted The World Would End In 2006: ‘We Are In The Last Days’
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Jesus' General, Salon, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and Just Another Blog …
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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Washington Monthly, Ben Smith's Blog, msnbc.com, Outside the Beltway and New York Magazine
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Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Priebus: Obama video may be ‘crime’
Priebus: Obama video may be ‘crime’
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ThinkProgress, The Columbus Dispatch, Outside the Beltway, The Huffington Post and Politics
Marin Cogan / The Politico:
House frosh head to White House with demands
House frosh head to White House with demands
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AMERICAblog News, Politics and Balloon Juice
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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David Rogers / The Politico:
Debt ceiling debate turns ‘scary’
Debt ceiling debate turns ‘scary’
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Washington Post, Sky Dancing, The Hill, Weasel Zippers, Connecting.the.Dots, Althouse, The Note and The Caucus
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Warren Buffett: Debt ceiling should be removed
Warren Buffett: Debt ceiling should be removed
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And So it Goes in Shreveport and AMERICAblog News
Guardian:
Phone-hacking: Murdochs and Rebekah Brooks face MPs - live — • Rupert and James Murdoch at select committee — • ‘This is the most humble day of my life,’ says Rupert Murdoch — • 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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Washington Post, Gothamist, The Daily Dish, Daily Mail, Taylor Marsh, Telegraph, AMERICAblog News, Left Foot Forward, The Nation, BBC and Balloon Juice, more at Mediagazer »
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Robert Mackey / The Lede:
Latest Updates on Phone Hacking Scandal … Latest Updates on Phone Hacking Scandal — On Tuesday, The Lede is following parliamentary hearings on the phone-hacking scandal. — ‘Yates of the Yard’ Explains His Resignation — Like his boss, Sir Paul Stephenson, the commissioner …
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Guardian, Wonkette, Mixed Media and Daily Kos, more at Mediagazer »
Bloomberg:
News Corp. Said to Consider Chase Carey as CEO
News Corp. Said to Consider Chase Carey as CEO
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Bachmann Nation: For Republicans and Tea Partyers, there is no imminent crisis — A new Pew poll finds that a majority of Republicans voters, and an even larger majority of Tea Party supporters, simply don't think failing to raise the debt ceiling will lead to a crisis:
Discussion:
Zandar Versus The Stupid and Hullabaloo
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans, Including Republicans, Want Debt Compromise
Americans, Including Republicans, Want Debt Compromise
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Hot Air, CBS News and The Monkey Cage
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Public Split Evenly on Urgency of Debt Limit Debate
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Poll: Support for debt ceiling increase doubles
Poll: Support for debt ceiling increase doubles
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Washington Monthly, RedState, Washington Post, CBS News, Hotline On Call, CNN, NY Daily News, americanthinker.com, The Talking Dog and Indecision Forever
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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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, ThinkProgress, Mediaite, Shakesville, Taylor Marsh, New York Magazine and Politics
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Bill Clinton: I'd use 14th Amendment — Former President Bill Clinton would invoke the 14th Amendment - “without hesitation, and force the courts to stop me,” he says - to raise the debt ceiling if he were in President Barack Obama's shoes, with the deadline to raise the limit just two weeks away.
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers and iOwnTheWorld.com
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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Washington Blade and Towleroad News #gay
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.
Discussion:
JustOneMinute, National Review and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Joe Weisenthal / Politics:
Wynn CEO Goes On Epic Anti-Obama Rant On Company Conference Call — Who doesn't love a good rant? — We certainly do, and as usual, Steve Wynn, the CEO of casino company Wynn Resorts, delivered on his company's quarterly conference call today. — Via Seeking Alpha, here's the crux of it:
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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ProPublica, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Pajamas Media and MiamiHerald.com
PR Newswire:
Sarah Palin Documentary “The Undefeated” to Expand to Additional Cities This Weekend — Strong opening weekend fuels film's expansion to Tucson, AZ, West Palm, FL, Milwaukee, WI, Charlotte, NC, and Ontario, CA — Additional theatres added in Phoenix, AZ and Atlanta, GA
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GOP 12, The Gateway Pundit and Conservatives4Palin
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Palin Again. — CNN did a brilliant job covering the launch …
Palin Again. — CNN did a brilliant job covering the launch …
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Conservatives4Palin, Victory Film Group and The Impolitic
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. …
Howard Portnoy / The Greenroom:
What if the President Told a Joke and Nobody Laughed? — Not possible, you say—not for the funniest person alive. But it's true. President Obama was on the White House lawn today, introducing former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordary as the new head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Discussion:
Scared Monkeys and RealClearPolitics Video Log
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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GOP 12
Wall Street Journal:
Borders Forced to Liquidate, Close All Stores — Above, the exterior of a closed store in San Rafael, Calif. — Borders Group Inc. said it would liquidate after the second-largest U.S. bookstore chain failed to receive any offers to save it. — Borders, which employs about 10,700 people …
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Pajamas Media, Althouse, AnnArbor.com News, Deal Journal, HULIQ, American Power, AllThingsD, CBS Minnesota and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »
Michael Howard Saul / Metropolis:
City to Hold Lottery for Gay Marriage Sunday … Fearing demand for same-sex weddings will be too great for the City Clerk's Office to handle this Sunday, city officials have announced a lottery for weddings on the first day that gay couples can legally wed in the state.
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Towleroad News #gay and Joe. My. God.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Conservative groups threaten GOP lawmakers who vote for McConnell's last-ditch plan - @OMBPress - Panetta's spokespair: George Little and Capt. John Kirby - NYC moguls entreat Christie to run — FIRST LOOK — Jason Furman, deputy director of the White House's National Economic Council, on …
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Taegan Goddard's …
Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: New Montana oil spill went unreported for a month, EPA looking at sanctions — HELENA, Mont. — A newly discovered oil spill in northwestern Montana went unreported for a month before a neighboring landowner complained to the Blackfeet Indian Tribe, federal regulators said Monday.
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ThinkProgress
Associated Press:
Ex-Bush spokesman considering Senate race in WA — A former spokesman for President George W. Bush is considering a campaign for U.S. Senate in Washington state. — Scott Stanzel said Monday he will look at whether to challenge Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell in a race next year.
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Taegan Goddard's … and Hotline On Call