memeorandum: The Heat Starts Early, Then Breaks a Record (Elizabeth A. Harris/New York Times)

10:15 PM ET, July 22, 2011

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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:

Pelosi Outlines Revenue-Free Path Forward On Debt Limit Fight — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi acknowledged Friday that Democrats may reluctantly accept a last-minute compromise to avoid a default that involves up to $2.5 trillion in spending cuts — without agreed-upon new tax revenues …

Discussion: The Hill, AMERICAblog News, Hullabaloo, Liberal Values, Clusterstock, Red Dog Report, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Daily Kos, Corrente, Booman Tribune, Washington Post, AmSpecBlog and Politics

David Rogers / The Politico:

Debt talks between Barack Obama and John Boehner break down — Debt talks between President Barack Obama and Speaker John Boehner broke down again Friday with Republicans accusing the White House of upping its demands for new revenues after a rival deficit reduction plan had emerged in the Senate.

Discussion: Pajamas Media, Pundit & Pundette, Outside the Beltway, msnbc.com, TPMDC, Connecting.the.Dots and Hot Air

Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:

Bernie Sanders Says It Would Be A ‘Good Idea’ To Primary President Obama — Recently, President Obama has faced fire from many in his own base for endorsing unpopular proposals that would include regressive cuts to Social Security in order to win a hike in the debt ceiling.

Discussion: Valley News Live, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Confluence and Taylor Marsh

John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:

The President Is Actually Trying to Talk the Markets Into a Panic. — An enraged Barack Obama just took to the nation's airwaves to announce his effort to strike a deal with Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner has fallen apart. Perhaps for the first time in American history …

Discussion: Pajamas Media, Right Wing News and Doug Ross

Rebecca Kaplan / The Atlantic Online:

Obama: Can They Say Yes to Anything? — After John Boehner breaks off debt-limit talks with the White House, the president laments the death of a potential compromise — President Obama ordered Democratic and Senate leaders to the White House for negotiations on Saturday …

Discussion: NationalJournal.com

New York Times:

Obama Should Raise the Debt Ceiling on His Own — PRESIDENT OBAMA should announce that he will raise the debt ceiling unilaterally if he cannot reach a deal with Congress. Constitutionally, he would be on solid ground. Politically, he can't lose. The public wants a deal.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and CANNONFIRE

Brian Montopoli / CBS News:

John Boehner walks away from debt talks — House Speaker John Boehner has walked away from negotiations with President Obama over a deal to raise the debt limit. — “In the end, we couldn't connect. Not because of different personalities, but because of different visions for our country,” Boehner said in a letter to colleagues.

Discussion: Don Surber, Outside the Beltway and The Other McCain

Paul Kane / Washington Post:

Obama-Boehner talks collapse; each side blames the other — Debt-reduction negotiations between President Obama and House Speaker John A. Boehner collapsed Friday, derailing an effort to reach a landmark agreement to cut spending, overhaul the tax code and avert a government default.

Discussion: DownWithTyranny!, News Desk, The Lonely Conservative, Weasel Zippers, The Atlantic Online, Clusterstock and Pajamas Media

Sam Youngman / The Hill:

Obama blasts GOP, Boehner on debt: ‘We have run out of time’ — President Obama unleashed a tirade of frustration, anger and disappointment toward Republicans Friday after House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced he was withdrawing from negotiations with White House.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Doug Ross

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
The easiest, most effective way to resolve the crisis

Discussion: Eschaton

The Note:
No Deal: Debt Ceiling Talks Between Obama, Boehner Break Down

Discussion: Political Punch, Patterico's Pontifications, Mediaite and Firedoglake

Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Democrats Set Drop-Dead Date For Debt Ceiling Backup Plan

Discussion: Washington Post, TalkLeft, USA Today, Washington Monthly, The New Republic, The Daily Dish, Daily Kos, Firedoglake, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, No More Mister Nice Blog and Eschaton

The Hill:
Boehner: ‘We are not close’ to reaching a debt deal with Obama

Discussion: CNN and nation.foxnews.com

Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama: Keep working on House GOP

Discussion: CNN, nation.foxnews.com and The Lonely Conservative

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid: 'I'm the Senate majority leader. Why don't I know about this deal?'

Discussion: The Note, CNN, Hot Air, TalkLeft, The Politico, AMERICAblog News, Washington Post, Firedoglake, Pundit & Pundette, RealClearPolitics Video Log, Michelle Malkin, emptywheel, Wake up America and ThinkProgress

New York Times:

16 Die in Norway Shooting and Bombing — OSLO — Norway suffered dual attacks on Friday when powerful explosions shook the government center here and, shortly after, a gunman stalked youths at an island summer camp for young members of the governing Labor Party.

Discussion: msnbc.com, Reuters, The Long War Journal, This Just In, The Politico, The Other McCain, The Lede, Mediaite, Runnin' Scared, Atlas Shrugs, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Raw Story, AmSpecBlog, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Pajamas Media, Wake up America, Daily Kos and Balloon Juice

Haroon Siddique / Guardian:

Norway attacks - live coverage — • “Several” killed by gunman at youth conference in Utoya — If you have any information please email me at hannahgodfrey66@gmail.com — 10.41pm: On BBC's Newsnight Security Correspondent Gordon Corera says a youth rally is not a usual type of target …

BBC:

Live text — Reporters: Peter Jackson, Susannah Cullinane, Vanessa Barford and Matthew Danzico — 1957: — Norwegian radio NRK reports that police have arrested one man after the shooting at the Workers' Youth League camp outside Oslo. — 1955: — A doctor at Oslo University Hospital tells …

Daily Mail:
Police dismiss initial fears Norwegian terror attacks were work of Islamist organisations

Discussion: msnbc.com, The Long War Journal, Hit & Run, Danger Room, Aftenposten, Pajamas Media, Verum Serum and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

The Atlantic Online:
Al-Qaeda's Problem With Norway

Discussion: Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, Guardian, Michelle Malkin and The Moderate Voice

BBC:
Norway: Blast near prime minister's office in Oslo

Discussion: Telegraph, Events, Reuters, Outside the Beltway, AmSpecBlog, New Atlanticist, The Daily Dish, The Agonist and Gawker

BBC:
Twin terror attacks shock Norway

Discussion: msnbc.com, Pajamas Media, The Other McCain and Taylor Marsh

Chris Irvine / Telegraph:
Oslo explosion: live coverage

Discussion: Pajamas Media, The Gateway Pundit and Atlas Shrugs

ThinkProgress:

FAA Will Close at Midnight, Furloughing Up to 4,000 Workers — The Federal Aviation Administration will shut down at midnight after GOP senators refused to let go of an anti-union provision amending the National Mediation Board's union voting rules. Speaking of the matter, Sen. Dick Durbin …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Lisa Caruso / Bloomberg:
U.S. House Stops Voting for Week With No Action to Keep FAA Operating

Discussion: Truthdig

Keith Laing / The Hill:
FAA employees: Furloughs could impact air safety

Discussion: ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, Daily Kos and Crooks and Liars

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:

Obama weighs in on ‘constitutional option’ — President Obama hosted a town-hall event in College Park, Maryland, this morning, and much of the discussion naturally turned to the debt-ceiling fiasco unfolding on Capitol Hill. Of particular interest, though, was an exchange about the so-called “Constitutional Option.”

Discussion: Daily Kos, Balkinization and The Volokh Conspiracy

New York Times:
Debt Ceiling Talks Collapse as Boehner Walks Out

Discussion: Washington Monthly, TPMDC, CNN, Washington Post, Balkinization, The Hill, Crooks and Liars, Daily Kos and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

Paul Krugman:
Conceder In Chief — Amanda Marcotte is right: of course …

Discussion: New York Times, AlterNet, ThinkProgress, The New Republic, The Confluence, Corrente, pandagon.net, American Power and Washington Monthly

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:

GOP Makes Big Gains among White Voters — Especially among the Young and Poor — OVERVIEW — As the country enters into the 2012 presidential election cycle, the electorate's partisan affiliations have shifted significantly since Barack Obama won office nearly three years ago.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, ThinkProgress, 24Ahead, Hotline On Call, Ballot Box, nation.foxnews.com, Newshoggers.com and Wake up America

The Note:
Study: Democrats Losing Support of Poor Whites

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Paul Krugman:

Obama / Nixon — Bruce Bartlett says what you're not supposed to say: Obama has governed as a moderate conservative, somewhat to the right of Richard Nixon. The frothing-at-the-mouth comments are an extra bonus. — And it is, of course, true; although Obama defenders would say that he had no option.

Discussion: Liberal Values, Booman Tribune and TalkLeft

Jeff Dunetz / YID With LID:

PROVEN! Congressman Gary Ackerman Has Proof That Global Warming is REAL! — Whew! That solves that. The debate is now over. Congressman Gary Ackerman (D-NY) has proved that Global Warming is real! During a meeting of the House Foreign Affairs committee the Long Island liberal launched …

Discussion: Questions and Observations and Pajamas Media

Paul DeMiglio / Frontlines, The SLDN Blog:

Finally, Certification Issued! — Sarvis: We celebrate this day, but the fight for LGB equality in America's military marches forward — (Washington, D.C.) Service members today welcomed a key milestone in repeal of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” (DADT), as President Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta …