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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 …
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
The easiest, most effective way to resolve the crisis
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The Note:
No Deal: Debt Ceiling Talks Between Obama, Boehner Break Down
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David Jackson / USA Today:
Boehner calls off debt talks with Obama
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Paul Krugman:
Conceder In Chief — Amanda Marcotte is right: of course …
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The Hill:
Boehner: ‘We are not close’ to reaching a debt deal with Obama
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama: Keep working on House GOP
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid: 'I'm the Senate majority leader. Why don't I know about this deal?'
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.
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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 …
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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
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The Atlantic Online:
Al-Qaeda's Problem With Norway
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BBC:
Norway: Blast near prime minister's office in Oslo
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BBC:
Twin terror attacks shock Norway
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Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
Oslo Explosion: One of Two Blasts Result of Massive Vehicle Bomb, Sources Say
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Chris Irvine / Telegraph:
Oslo explosion: live coverage
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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 …
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Lisa Caruso / Bloomberg:
U.S. House Stops Voting for Week With No Action to Keep FAA Operating
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Keith Laing / The Hill:
FAA employees: Furloughs could impact air safety
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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 …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
'Don't ask, don't tell' policy will end Sept. 20, Obama announces
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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 …
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