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3:15 PM ET, July 24, 2011

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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Durbin to Boehner: ‘You break it, you own it’  —  The second most powerful Democrat in the Senate warned Republicans Sunday that they are toying with a fragile economy and would take the blame for any fallout from a debt default.  —  On Sunday, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) …
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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Congress ditches Obama on debt talks  —  First came the Biden talks.  When those blew up, the Obama-Boehner talks took center stage.  And when that failed, the McConnell-Reid talks looked promising.  And after they faltered, the Obama-Boehner talks tried to find a new life.
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Speaker Boehner: President Obama ‘worried about his next election’  —  With his self-imposed deadline for releasing a deficit plan before overseas markets open just a few hours away, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said both sides were “not there yet” and pushed for a two-stage debt-limit vote.
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.
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
‘Super Congress’: Debt Ceiling Negotiators Aim To Create New Legislative Body
The Hill:
Geithner: Deal must remove default threat through 2012 election
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Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Boehner paints two-step deal as only option
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Paul Krugman:
President Pushover  —  Updated: Drew article now available.  —  The redoubtable Elizabeth Drew has a forthcoming article in the New York Review of Books — that confirms all our worst fears.  She tells us that past concessions have … Even more alarming, however, is her window on what the White House is thinking:
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
If Boehner prioritizes blame over success  —  The House went through the motions earlier this week, passing a radical “Cut, Cap, and Balance” debt-reduction plan that Republicans knew would fail.  They did this as a sort of vanity exercise, intended to make GOP lawmakers and their activist base feel better about themselves.
The Note:
Obama and Boehner Back at the Altar?  —  ABC's Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) reports:  —  With the opening of Asian markets now hours away and talks between Congressional leaders at a stand-still, ABC News has learned of a new high-stakes turn in the debt ceiling drama.
Elizabeth Drew / New York Review of Books:
What Were They Thinking?  —  Someday people will look back and wonder, What were they thinking?  Why, in the midst of a stalled recovery, with the economy fragile and job creation slowing to a trickle, did the nation's leaders decide that the thing to do—in order to raise the debt limit …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Hullabaloo
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
House GOP leaders schedule Sunday conference call
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:   Boehner prepared to move debt plan by himself
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Make Way for the Radical Center  —  DID I mention that I've signed a pledge — just like those Republican congressmen who have signed written promises to different political enforcers not to raise taxes or permit same-sex marriage?  My pledge is to never vote for anyone stupid enough to sign a pledge …
New York Times:
Police Say Oslo Suspect Admits ‘Facts’ in Massacre  —  OSLO — The Norwegian man charged with attacks in and near Oslo, killing over 90 people, has admitted “to the facts” of the case, the police and his lawyer said on Sunday, and claims to have acted alone in a strike eerily foretold …
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Reuters:
Norway mourns victims of anti-Islam “Crusader”
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Breaking News:
Taliban hang 8-year-old boy in southern Afghanistan  —  KABUL (BNO NEWS) — Suspected members of the Taliban on Friday hung the 8-year-old son of a local police commander in southern Afghanistan after ordering his father to surrender, according to a news report on Saturday.
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David Ariosto / CNN:
Militants hang 8-year-old boy in southern Afghanistan
Ben White / The Politico:
Once-patient markets now nervous about debt talks  —  NEW YORK - Global markets were poised on a knife's edge Sunday as Washington remained locked in partisan battle over raising the nation's debt ceiling, with no final deal in sight.  —  High level administration officials wanted a deal …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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Michael McConnell / Advancing a Free Society:
Contrary to the President, Social Security Checks Are Not At Risk
Tara Lynn Wagner / NY1.com:
Marriage Equality Comes To The City … Hundreds of LGBT New Yorkers in the five boroughs are finally tying the knot today, as the state Marriage Equality Act takes effect and the City Clerk's offices are open for weekend weddings.  —  Sealing their wedding vows with a kiss shortly after 9 a.m. …
Discussion: Runnin' Scared
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Margaret Sullivan / Buffalo News:   Same-sex couples rush to say ‘I do’
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Republicans, Zealots and Our Security  —  IF China or Iran threatened our national credit rating and tried to drive up our interest rates, or if they sought to damage our education system, we would erupt in outrage.  —  Well, wake up to the national security threat.
 
 
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