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New York Times:
Obama and Boehner Close to Major Deal, Officials Say — WASHINGTON —The Obama administration has informed Democratic Congressional leaders that President Obama and Speaker John A. Boehner were starting to close in on a major budget deal that would enact substantial spending cuts …
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Obama Presses Skeptical Dem Leaders On Big Deal With Boehner — A Congressional aide briefed on ongoing negotiations between House Speaker John Boehner and President Obama says the two principals may be nearing a “grand bargain” to raise the debt limit which would contain large …
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner: GOP prepared to compromise
Boehner: GOP prepared to compromise
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Reid Presses Obama Not To Agree To Debt Plan With No Revenue
Reid Presses Obama Not To Agree To Debt Plan With No Revenue
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The Politico:
Boehner, Obama talk big deal
Boehner, Obama talk big deal
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The Hill:
Democratic aides say Obama, Boehner moving closer to debt-ceiling deal
Democratic aides say Obama, Boehner moving closer to debt-ceiling deal
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The Nation and Reuters
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
McConnell-Reid Debt Deal Close To Being Scrapped, Larger Package Reportedly In Reach
McConnell-Reid Debt Deal Close To Being Scrapped, Larger Package Reportedly In Reach
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Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Reid slams House for taking weekend off
Reid slams House for taking weekend off
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Poor Richard's News and Hot Air
Julian E. Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
Pentagon to Certify It is Ready to End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' — Top defense officials plan to certify Friday that the Pentagon is ready to end the ban on gays serving openly in the military, officials said, a landmark moment after almost two decades of controversy.
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Adam Harrington / CBS Chicago:
Workers: Heat Lamps Shined On Hyatt Hotel Picket Line — CHICAGO (CBS) — Union workers say someone turned on the heat lamps in blazing hot broad daylight Thursday, as they walked a picket line in front of the Park Hyatt Hotel. — As WBBM Newsradio 780's Mike Krauser reports …
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Mike Klonsky / Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog:
Pritzker turns heat lamps on striking Hyatt workers — It was already approaching 100° at 8 a.m. when I arrived at the Park Hyatt where, after 22 months of stalled negotiations, hotel workers were staging a one-day picket to protest the hotel chain's intolerable treatment of their housekeeping staff.
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Paul Krugman:
1937! 1937! 1937! — The Telegraph has a leaked draft of the eurozone rescue plan for Greece. The financial engineering is Rube Goldbergish and unconvincing. But here's what leaped out at me: … OK, so we're going to demand harsh austerity in the debt-crisis countries; and meanwhile …
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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Euro in Crisis: Will the Latest Deal Restore Confidence?
Euro in Crisis: Will the Latest Deal Restore Confidence?
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Robert J. Shiller / Project Syndicate:
Debt and Delusion — print recommend Send link clip secure rights
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Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
Allen West Refuses To Apologize, Blames Military Background For His Insulting Remarks — Facing a barrage of criticism, Rep. Allen West (R-FL) remains defiant and says he won't apologize to DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) for a disparaging email in which he called her “vile …
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Gay ‘Barbarians’ Demand Ex-Gay ‘Discipline’ From Bachmann Clinic — Today a group of gay “barbarians” descended upon Marcus Bachmann's Christian counseling center to protest the harmful ex-gay therapy offered there. During a radio interview in 2010, Bachmann compared gay people to “barbarians” who need to be “disciplined.”
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Washington Post:
Out from under the anti-tax pledge — WITH A HANDFUL of exceptions, every Republican member of Congress has signed a pledge against increasing taxes. Would allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire as scheduled in 2012 violate this vow? We posed this question to Grover Norquist …
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Andrew Harmon / Advocate:
Widower to Conservative Org: I Won't Be Needing Your Services — Ron Wallen, who testified at Wednesday's Senate DOMA hearing — During Wednesday's historic Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Defense of Marriage Act, Ron Wallen, a 77-year-old veteran and resident of Indio, Calif. …
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ThinkProgress, AMERICAblog Gay, Box Turtle Bulletin and The BLT
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Huntsman campaign manager Susie Wiles resigns — Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman's (R) presidential campaign manager, Susie Wiles, is resigning and will be replaced by communications director Matt David, according to the campaign. — Huntsman is announcing the changes to his staff at a meeting this afternoon.
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Marc Caputo / Naked Politics:
Susie Wiles leaves as Jon Huntsman's campaign manager. “It was just time”
Susie Wiles leaves as Jon Huntsman's campaign manager. “It was just time”
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Annalyn Censky / CNNMoney.com:
U.S. loses $1.3 billion in exiting Chrysler — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — U.S. taxpayers likely lost $1.3 billion in the government bailout of Chrysler, the Treasury Department announced Thursday. — The government recently sold its remaining 6% stake in the company to Italian automaker Fiat …
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The Note:
Pawlenty Runs into Trouble with Use of ‘Miracle on Ice’ Footage in New TV Ad — ABC News' Matthew Jaffe (@matthewbjaffe) reports: — Miracle on Ice? Try Mess-up on Air. — In his new TV ad “The American Comeback” Tim Pawlenty hoped to position himself as a tenacious underdog …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
G.O.P. Governors Swing Right, Leaving Voters Behind — If the states are laboratories of democracy, then the Republican Party's research pipeline has run dry. Moderate Republican governors, a thriving species before last year's elections, are all but extinct.
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Sharpton Appears to Win Anchor Spot on MSNBC — After giving a nearly six-month tryout for the Internet talk show host Cenk Uygur, the cable news channel MSNBC is preparing to instead hand its 6 p.m. time slot to the Rev. Al Sharpton. — Mr. Sharpton's imminent hiring …
The Note:
Rick Perry Accuses Obama Of Leaving Astronauts To ‘Hitchhike Into Space’ — ABC News' Michael Falcone (@michaelpfalcone) reports: — As America bids farewell to the space shuttle era on Thursday, likely presidential candidate Rick Perry appears none too pleased with the Obama administration …
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Gallup Pollster: Obama's Ratings Higher Than You'd Expect — If Ronald Reagan was the Teflon President, Barack Obama may be the Kevlar President — bad news can bruise him, but none can pierce his armor to cause any severe damage to his approval ratings. — That's according to Gallup Editor …
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Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
Barack Obama is gutting the core principles of the Democratic party — The president's attacks on America's social safety net are destroying the soul of the Democratic party's platform — In 2005, American liberals achieved one of their most significant political victories of the last decade.
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Taylor Marsh, Aljazeera and Newshoggers.com
The Note:
Mitt Romney's Fundraising Pitch: What He Tells High Rollers Behind Closed Doors — ABC News' Shushannah Walshe reports (@shushwalshe) reports: — Mitt Romney was back in New York City Tuesday evening trying to reel in more cash for his campaign, holding top dollar events at The Pierre …
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Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Williams on NPR: Elitist and white — No single person has had a greater impact on National Public Radio in the past year than Juan Williams. — The political wildfire started by his firing ultimately took down the media organization's CEO, top news executive and top fundraiser …
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John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Home Depot Co-Founder: Obama Is Choking Recovery — Bernie Marcus co-founded Home Depot (HD) in 1978 and brought it public in 1981 as the U.S. was suffering from the worst recession and unemployment in 40 years. The company thrived, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs and redefining home improvement retailing.