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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
EXCLUSIVE: What Boehner said to the caucus — From a source familiar with the call, this is what House Speaker John Boehner told House Republicans on Sunday: … That suggests to me that the House Republicans will pass a bill, send it to the Senate and let the Democrats decide if they want to send the country into default.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Bill would force Obama to pay Social Security, military if US defaults — Tea Party conservatives hope to make a push on the House floor to force President Obama to avoid a national default if Congress fails to raise the debt limit. — Members of the Senate Tea Party Caucus have met …
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The Mahablog, Balloon Juice, The Gateway Pundit, The Politico and RedState
John Hayward / Human Events:
Barack the Mad — The American presidency comes off the rails. — On Friday, right after his Democrat colleagues in the Senate used a procedural maneuver to kill the Cut, Cap and Balance Act without a real vote, President Obama held a town hall meeting at the University of Maryland …
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Doug Ross, The Lonely Conservative, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Hill
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
BLACK MONDAY? Obama's Debt-Ceiling Crisis Strategy Could Sink Wall Street — Let's be clear: President Obama has orchestrated this unnecessary drama for the specific political purpose of causing a crisis that he — with the willing assistance of the liberal media — hopes to blame on Republicans.
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: Republicans have won. But can they stop there? — (YURI GRIPAS - REUTERS) We don't yet know what the final deal to raise the debt ceiling will be. But now that Harry Reid is developing a proposal with $2.7 trillion in cuts and nothing in revenues, it's a safe bet that it won't include any tax increases.
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Rita Nazareth / Bloomberg:
U.S. Stock Futures Decline After Lawmakers Fail to Reach Debt-Ceiling Deal
U.S. Stock Futures Decline After Lawmakers Fail to Reach Debt-Ceiling Deal
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Booman Tribune, odd time signatures and Washington Monthly
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Cantor Opposed Short-Term Debt Ceiling Increase, Now Calls Obama's Opposition to Short-Term Increase ‘Indefensible’
Cantor Opposed Short-Term Debt Ceiling Increase, Now Calls Obama's Opposition to Short-Term Increase ‘Indefensible’
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White House.gov Blog, NationalJournal.com and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Washington Wire:
Live Blog: The U.S. Debt Battle
Live Blog: The U.S. Debt Battle
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Washington Monthly, National Review, MarketBeat, Politics, RedState and Wall Street Journal
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Obama takes political, policy gamble on ‘big deal’
Obama takes political, policy gamble on ‘big deal’
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The Huffington Post, The Hankster and AMERICAblog News
Susan Crabtree / TPMDC:
Boehner Urges GOPers To ‘Stick Together’ As He Works On A Compromise
Boehner Urges GOPers To ‘Stick Together’ As He Works On A Compromise
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Firedoglake and The Note
David Rogers / The Politico:
Boehner, Reid key to path out of debt crisis
Boehner, Reid key to path out of debt crisis
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Ben Smith's Blog, Taylor Marsh and Washington Monthly
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Debt-limit compromise elusive as separate strategies take shape in House, Senate
Debt-limit compromise elusive as separate strategies take shape in House, Senate
Elizabeth Drew / New York Review of Books:
What Were They Thinking? — Someday people will look back and wonder …
What Were They Thinking? — Someday people will look back and wonder …
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
CNN: Reid Working on His Own All-Cuts Debt Limit Proposal
CNN: Reid Working on His Own All-Cuts Debt Limit Proposal
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Associated Press, Taylor Marsh and The Politico
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Killings in Norway Spotlight Anti-Muslim Thought in U.S. — The suspect behind the attacks in Norway said he believed multiculturalism to be a threat. Here, mourners at Oslo Cathedral. More Photos » — The man accused of the killing spree in Norway was deeply influenced …
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Kristen Wyatt / Associated Press:
Norway suspect borrowed from Unabomber's manifesto
Norway suspect borrowed from Unabomber's manifesto
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Joshua Foust / The Atlantic Online:
Why the European Right Can't Be Blamed for the Attacks in Norway
Why the European Right Can't Be Blamed for the Attacks in Norway
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New York Times, The Reaction, The Washington Independent and loonwatch.com
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
In Defense of Blond Norwegians
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Amid Tears, Flickering Candles and Flowers, a Shaken Norway Mourns
Amid Tears, Flickering Candles and Flowers, a Shaken Norway Mourns
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Daniel Frankel / Yahoo! News:
Palin doc headed for PPV as ticket sales plummet — LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - With its Sarah Palin documentary “The Undefeated” increasing its playdates by 40 percent this weekend, only to watch box office revenue decline by more than 63 percent, distributor Arc Entertainment announced Sunday …
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Real Clear Politics:
Rick Perry Eyes Late August Campaign Launch — Texas Gov. Rick Perry is all but certain to launch a presidential campaign and is nearing an announcement set for the second half of August, according to sources familiar with his political team's planning. — For months, Republican activists …
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The Note, GOP 12, Taegan Goddard's …, Hotline On Call, americanthinker.com and Outside the Beltway
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The Politico:
Wu won't resign; Pelosi seeks probe — Embattled Rep. David Wu will not seek reelection in 2012, but he won't resign from office now despite allegations that the Oregon Democrat had an “unwanted sexual encounter” with the teenage daughter of a close friend last Thanksgiving.
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Charles Pope / Oregonian:
Rep. David Wu won't resign, Nancy Pelosi calls for ethics investigation
Rep. David Wu won't resign, Nancy Pelosi calls for ethics investigation
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The Hill:
Obama administration's charm offensive fails to win over business groups — The Obama administration's push to mend its relationship with business has gone cold only six months into the effort. — Complaints abound about the regulations pouring out of federal agencies to implement …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Messing With Medicare — At the time of writing, President Obama's hoped-for “Grand Bargain” with Republicans is apparently dead. And I say good riddance. I'm no more eager than other rational people (a category that fails to include many Congressional Republicans) to see what happens if the debt limit isn't raised.
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Hill Poll: Most voters see media as biased and unethical — Likely voters hold a dismal view of the news media, generally regarding reporters as biased, unethical and too close to the politicians they purport to cover, according to a new poll for The Hill.
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NewsBusters.org and JammieWearingFool
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
U.S. trucking funds reach Taliban, military-led investigation concludes — A year-long military-led investigation has concluded that U.S. taxpayer money has been indirectly funneled to the Taliban under a $2.16 billion transportation contract that the United States has funded in part to promote Afghan businesses.
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The Politico, The Jawa Report and Marine Corps Times
Bunny Mellon / Newsweek:
The Secret-Keeper — On the eve of her 101st birthday, reclusive philanthropist Bunny Mellon, the wealthy zelig who cavorted with Kennedys and stood by John Edwards, talks exclusively to Meryl Gordon about life with Paul, her famous friends, and the secrets buried in her gardens.
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