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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.
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Talking Points Memo and TPMDC
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — GOP readies new debt ceiling plan; bill set for Sunday — House Republicans are finishing work on a new proposal to resolve the standoff over the debt ceiling. The proposal, set to be finished and crafted into the form of a bill by Sunday, will be in two parts.
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Power Line and The Lonely Conservative
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.
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The Hill:
Responsibility for debt talks shifts to Congress, away from Obama — This weekend's turn of events have shifted the responsibility of raising the debt ceiling and reducing the deficit to Congress — and away from President Obama. — Obama and congressional leaders from both parties met …
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.
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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 …
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Jamie Klatell / The Hill:
Reid hopes GOP leaders will ‘reconsider their intransigence’ in negotiations
New York Times:
Lawmakers Renew Push to Reach Deal on Cutting Deficit
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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.
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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 …
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Guardian:
Utøya gunman boasted of links to UK far right
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Reuters, Atlas Shrugs, The Other McCain, Little Green Footballs and Clayton Cramer's Blog
CNN:
Who is the suspect in Norway's attacks?
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New York Times:
Oslo Suspect Wrote of Fear of Islam and Plan for War
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Sarah Bull / Daily Mail:
Amy Winehouse, 27, found dead at her London flat after suspected ‘drug overdose’ — 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, and it's believed Winehouse's death was due to a suspected drug overdose.
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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 …
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The Atlantic Online and The Democratic Daily
BBC:
Amy Winehouse found dead, aged 27
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The Wire, Runnin' Scared, ThinkProgress and Althouse
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.
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Liberal Values and emptywheel
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Obama Admits the Obvious: The GOP Is Unreasonable
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The Reality-Based Community, Hullabaloo and Corrente
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.
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Saint Petersblog
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Rick Perry expects to make 2012 campaign decision in next month
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The Politico, CNN, Ballot Box, New York Magazine, Red Dog Report, The Raw Story and HotAirPundit
Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:
Perry defends gay marriage as states' choice; Santorum takes a swipe
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Towleroad News #gay and National Review
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.
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Weasel Zippers
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.
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The Gateway Pundit, Red Dog Report and Don Surber
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
A Rock-Solid Conservative Who's Willing to Bend — WASHINGTON — Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma was a Tea Partier long before the movement even had a name, the family physician who came to Washington to hammer on Democrats and Republicans alike. His years of bill blocking earned him the nickname Dr. No.
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