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11:35 PM ET, July 23, 2011

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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Boehner Set To Call Obama's Bluff In Push For Short-Term Debt Ceiling Deal … Harry Reid , Debt Ceiling , Boehner Bluff , Boehner Obama , Boehner Savings , Boehner Short Term Deal , Debt Ceiling August , John Boener , Obama Bluff , Obama Savings , Obama Short Term Deal , Reid Short Term Deal , Short Term Deal , Politics News
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Steve Clemons / The Atlantic Online:
Boehner's Market Signals?  Did August 2nd Just Become Tomorrow?  —  Unbelievable.  The scripting of this high stakes drama between House Speaker John Boehner balancing the White House on one side and the never compromise, never surrender Tea Party on the other keeps getting better and better.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and TPMDC
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Pelosi says leaders looking at two-tiered debt approach  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Saturday night that congressional leaders are considering a two-tiered approach to raising the debt ceiling and reducing the nation's long-term budget deficit.
Discussion: National Review
Bloomberg:
Boehner Said to Tell Republicans Positive Signal Needed for Asian Markets  —  House Speaker John Boehner told Republican lawmakers they need to provide a positive signal on a plan to avert a U.S. default before Asian financial markets open tomorrow, Republican congressional aides said.
The Politico:
Boehner wants debt ceiling plan by Sunday  —  House Speaker John Boehner hopes to have a framework for a debt-limit plan in place by Sunday afternoon to avoid roiling the Asian markets, he told colleagues on a Saturday conference call.  —  An immediate deal would raise the debt ceiling and cut spending …
New York Times:
Lawmakers Renew Push to Reach Deal on Cutting Deficit  —  WASHINGTON — Hoping to reassure markets in the wake of an angry breakdown in the federal budget negotiations, Congressional leaders raced Saturday to reach a new deficit-reduction agreement that Speaker John A. Boehner told colleagues …
Jamie Klatell / The Hill:   Reid hopes GOP leaders will ‘reconsider their intransigence’ in negotiations
The Hill:
Responsibility for debt talks shifts to Congress, away from Obama
Discussion: Roll Call and Doug Ross
Peter Beaumont / Guardian:
Anders Behring Breivik: profile of a mass murderer  —  A right-wing fundamentalist with a hatred for Norway's left, multiculturalism and Muslims  —  Not far from of Elverum, 80 miles north of Oslo, a cluster of clapboard buildings, white and red, sits under a low mountain ridge at the end of a dirt track.
Discussion: AlterNet and Verum Serum
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Ali Gharib / ThinkProgress:
Right-Wing Pundits Jumped To Blame Muslims And ‘Jihadists’ For Norway Attacks  —  When news began to unfold on Friday of the terror attacks in Norway that has left more than 90 dead, many blogs and Twitter accounts immediately lit up with speculation about who was behind the massive bombings …
New York Times:
Oslo Suspect Wrote of Fear of Islam and Plan for War  —  OSLO, Norway — The Norwegian man charged Saturday with a pair of attacks in Oslo that killed at least 92 people left behind a detailed manifesto outlining his preparations and calling for a Christian war to defend Europe against the threat …
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
The Washington Post Owes the World an Apology for this Item  —  Read it and weep.  On the Post's site Jennifer Rubin first quotes the Weekly Standard, in a rushed item about the Norway horror: … Then she goes on to argue on her own: … No, this is a sobering reminder for those who think it's …
Sarah Bull / Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Amy Winehouse, 27, found dead at her London flat  —  Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her home in London.  —  The Back To Black singer was found at the property by emergency services at 3.54pm this afternoon, according to sources, and her death is being treated as ‘unexplained’ by police.
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Amy Winehouse, British Soul Singer With a Troubled Life, Dies at 27  —  Amy Winehouse, the British singer who found worldwide fame with a smoky, hip-hop-inflected take on retro soul, yet became a tabloid fixture as her problems with drugs and alcohol brought about a strikingly public career collapse …
TMZ.com:
Amy Winehouse Found Dead
Paul Krugman:
What Obama Was Willing to Give Away  —  Jonathan Cohn summarizes what seems to have been in the deal that Boehner walked away from; it's horrifying.  Above all, the proposed rise in the age of Medicare eligibility was a real betrayal of both Democratic principles and good government.
Discussion: Liberal Values and emptywheel
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Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:
The official straw poll ballot is now final, but write-ins will be counted  —  The official ballot for the Iowa straw poll will list nine names, including three declared candidates who have decided to not compete in the Aug. 13 event: Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich.
Discussion: Saint Petersblog
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Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:
Perry defends gay marriage as states' choice; Santorum takes a swipe
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Troubled David Wu reaches out to Nancy Pelosi  —  Rep. David Wu spoke to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other top Democrats on Saturday about his political future in the wake of allegations of a sexual encounter with a teenager, but it is not clear whether the Oregon Democrat will step down from office.
Andrew Goldman / New York Times:
Cornel West Flunks the President  —  What's with the black suit, white shirt, black tie outfit you always wear?  Do you have anything else in your closet?  —  I've got four black suits that I circulate, and they are my cemetery clothes — my uniform that keeps me ready for battle.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Ben Blanchard / Reuters:
At least 32 die in east China high-speed train crash
Associated Press:
Gunmen Kill Iranian Nuclear Scientist in Tehran
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The Daily Beast:
The Web's Stealth Presidential Race
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FAA hits partial shutdown. Nobody notices.
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Jeffrey Sachs / The Huffington Post:
Budgetary Deceit and America's Decline
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Jonathan Bernstein / Washington Post:
The context of liberal surrender and Barack Obama's choices
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Unfavorable Ratings for Both Major Parties Near Record Highs
Discussion: Eschaton
Jonathan Schwarz / A Tiny Revolution:
Barack Obama Is Powerless Before the Majesty of the Law
Discussion: Corrente and Discourse.net
The Hill:
FAA furloughs 4,000 workers after funding expires, congressional ‘inaction’
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