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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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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Bachmann “incapacitated” by migraines? — The Daily Caller's Jonathan Strong drops a bombshell on the Michele Bachmann campaign today with a report that migraines incapacitate the presidential hopeful on a regular basis. The headline also alleges “heavy pill use,” a loaded phrase that insinuates …
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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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GOP 12, Real Clear Politics, The Politico and CNN
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 and Prairie Weather
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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ThinkProgress, Politics, White House Dossier and msnbc.com
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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The Note, The Hill and FT Alphaville
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Gang of 6 deficit effort gains momentum
Gang of 6 deficit effort gains momentum
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Jamie Dupree Washington …, Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, Gawker and Swampland
Tim Fernholz / NationalJournal.com:
DOCUMENT: Gang of Six Deficit Plan Executive Summary
DOCUMENT: Gang of Six Deficit Plan Executive Summary
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Firedoglake and Daily Kos
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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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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Washington Post, Washington Monthly, Gallup, Hullabaloo and Politics
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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Crooks and Liars, Guardian, This Just In, HULIQ, Company Town, Boing Boing, National Review and Tom Watson, more at Mediagazer »
Robert Mackey / The Lede:
Latest Updates on Phone Hacking Scandal
Latest Updates on Phone Hacking Scandal
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New York Times, Guardian, CNN, Mixed Media, Gothamist, Wonkette, TalkLeft and Daily Kos
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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Washington Wire, GOP 12, Daily Kos, TPMDC, Taegan Goddard's …, Booman Tribune, Ben Smith's Blog, The New Republic and The Daily Dish
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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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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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Mediaite, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Fox News, Taylor Marsh, ThinkProgress, Shakesville, New York Magazine and Politics
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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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Weasel Zippers, ThinkProgress and iOwnTheWorld.com
Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: Majority says not raising debt ceiling would be problematic — A majority of Americans say that Congress failing to raise the debt ceiling would be a real and serious problem, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. — Fifty-five percent of all respondents …
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Washington Post and Washington Monthly
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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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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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Michelle Malkin, The Moderate Voice, CBS News, Hot Air and Swampland
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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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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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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.
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JustOneMinute, Don Surber, Boing Boing, National Review, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Gawker
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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Eric Marrapodi / CNN:
Sen. Feinstein announces plan to repeal federal marriage statute
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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LGBTQ Nation, Washington Blade and Towleroad News #gay
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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FrumForum, Outside the Beltway, ProfessorBainbridge.com and The Lonely Conservative
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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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Public Split Evenly on Urgency of Debt Limit Debate — OVERVIEW — While administration officials project an economic catastrophe if the debt limit is not raised by Aug. 2, many Americans do not see this deadline as a major problem. Four-in-ten (40%) say that, from what they've read and heard …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Bachmann Nation: For Republicans and Tea Partyers, there is no imminent crisis
Bachmann Nation: For Republicans and Tea Partyers, there is no imminent crisis
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Zandar Versus The Stupid and Hullabaloo
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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Jay Root / The Texas Tribune:
Rick Perry Says He Has No Interest In VP Slot — Keywords: — Enlargephoto by: Bob Daemmrich — Gov. Rick Perry talks to the media about his possible presidential plans after a meeting of the Cash Management Commitee on July 19, 2011. — John Nance Garner, the colorful West Texas politician known as …
Adam Serwer:
Harry Potter's Shylocky Goblins — I'm not a Harry Potter fan myself, but I did see the last movie this weekend and I was struck by how much J.K. Rowling's Goblins appear to be modeled after anti-Semitic stereotypes. Aside from being small, miserly, and gifted with large schnozes, Goblins …
Investor's Business Daily:
Going Soft On Greece — Diplomacy: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday praised Greece for its economic policy “leadership.” Wait a minute: Isn't this the country that lied to its creditors and has just stuck U.S. taxpayers with an IMF bailout? — Greece is such a wretched mess that it's hard not to feel sorry for it.
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Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
The Note:
ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Advantage on Aiding the Middle Class Helps Keep Obama's Approval Afloat — Analysis By ABC News' Pollster Gary Langer: — Most Americans think the Republicans in Congress have got Wall Street and large corporations' backs, while President Obama prevails …
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Taegan Goddard's …