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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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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 …
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Booman Tribune, Daily Kos and Hullabaloo
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
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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The Note:
Debt Crisis Update: No Deal Likely by 4 p.m. — ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports: — Asian markets? They are on their own. A Republican source tells ABC News negotiators do not expect to have a deal or even the framework of a deal on the debt ceiling by 4 p.m. today …
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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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New York Magazine and RedState
Rita Nazareth / Bloomberg:
U.S. Stock Futures Decline After Lawmakers Fail to Reach Debt-Ceiling Deal — U.S. stock futures fell, indicating the Standard & Poor's 500 Index will slump after rallying within 1.4 percent of a three-year high, as failure to raise the federal debt limit intensified concern of a default.
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The Hill:
Boehner expects to have proposal Monday; Reid, Pelosi meet Obama
Boehner expects to have proposal Monday; Reid, Pelosi meet Obama
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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
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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Washington Monthly
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Debt-limit talks at a standstill as separate strategies take shape in House, Senate
Debt-limit talks at a standstill as separate strategies take shape in House, Senate
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The New Republic, msnbc.com and naked capitalism
The Politico:
No debt deal in sight, parties go separate ways
No debt deal in sight, parties go separate ways
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Dow Jones Newswires and Outside the Beltway
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Speaker Boehner: President Obama ‘worried about his next election’
Speaker Boehner: President Obama ‘worried about his next election’
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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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Taylor Marsh, Associated Press and The Huffington Post
Mike / Rortybomb:
The Activist Ratings Agencies and Their Poor Public Sector Predictions
The Activist Ratings Agencies and Their Poor Public Sector Predictions
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Paul Krugman, Economist's View, Hullabaloo and Marginal Revolution
New York Times:
Deadline Passes as Debt Ceiling Talks Languish
Deadline Passes as Debt Ceiling Talks Languish
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Sky Dancing, The Page, TalkLeft and The Huffington Post
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
If Boehner prioritizes blame over success
If Boehner prioritizes blame over success
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Grasping Reality …, Raw Replay, The Politico, Booman Tribune and Prairie Weather
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Durbin to Boehner: ‘You break it, you own it’
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
A small deal won't cut it
A small deal won't cut it
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Firedoglake, Grasping Reality …, The New Republic and The Hill
The Hill:
Geithner: Deal must remove default threat through 2012 election
Geithner: Deal must remove default threat through 2012 election
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The Lonely Conservative, The Sundries Shack, The Confluence, Scared Monkeys and James Pethokoukis
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
House GOP leaders schedule Sunday conference call
House GOP leaders schedule Sunday conference call
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Washington Monthly and Firedoglake
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Michele Bachmann launches scathing attack on Tim Pawlenty — In a statement just released from her presidential campaign, Michele Bachmann delivers a harsh counterattack on her former home-state governor, hitting back at his charge that she lacks the experience to be president and blaming Tim Pawlenty for a …
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Debate Clucker Tim Pawlenty Asks Candy Crowley ‘Is President Obama Chicken?’ — In a statement so rich, Republicans are refusing to tax it, GOP presidential can'tidate Tim Pawlenty (R-The Drain) rhetorically asked CNN's Candy Crowley of President Obama, “Is he chicken?”
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Crooks and Liars, PERRspectives and MN Progressive Project
Newsweek:
The Maid's Tale — She was paid to clean up after the rich and powerful. Then she walked into Dominique Strauss-Kahn's room—and a global scandal. Now she tells her story. — “Hello? Housekeeping.” — The maid hovered in the suite's large living room, just inside the entrance.
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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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James S. Robbins / Washington Times:
Exclusive: The Oslo Terrorist in His Own Words: Bomber Predicted “Europe soon will burn once again”
Exclusive: The Oslo Terrorist in His Own Words: Bomber Predicted “Europe soon will burn once again”
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ABCNEWS, Pajamas Media and American Power
Nicholas Kulish / New York Times:
Norway Attacks Put Spotlight on Rise of Right-Wing Sentiment in Europe
Norway Attacks Put Spotlight on Rise of Right-Wing Sentiment in Europe
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Booman Tribune, Guardian, Hot Air, American Power, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Reuters:
Norway mourns victims of anti-Islam “Crusader”
Norway mourns victims of anti-Islam “Crusader”
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Reuters, Runnin' Scared and Maggie's Farm
Paul Krugman:
Means-testing Medicare — I've been thinking about this issue more since Friday's discussion with David Brooks, and have come to the conclusion that this is an even worse idea, on pure policy grounds, than even most liberals realize. — The usual argument against means-testing …
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Modeled Behavior and Marginal Revolution
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Someone is putting words in Jen Rubin's mouth — The Washington Post management doesn't seem to get it. One James Fallows — he who made light of earthquakes in China and never offered a word of apology for his screwy defamation of conservatives in the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Voters Give GOP 10-Point Edge Over Democrats on Economy — With lawmakers haggling over government debt and consumer confidence at a two-year low, voter confidence in Republicans to handle the economy is growing. — The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Voters shows …
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Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, Pajamas Media and Red Dog Report
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
The 14th Amendment, the Debt Ceiling and a Way Out — WASHINGTON — A few days ago, former President Bill Clinton identified a constitutional escape hatch should President Obama and Congress fail to come to terms on a deficit reduction plan before the government hits its borrowing ceiling.
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