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Conservatives denounce Boehner plan — The chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee wasted little time announcing his opposition to the House GOP leadership's two-step plan to raise the debt ceiling. — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who stood — visibly uncomfortable …
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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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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Harry Reid Calls House Republicans' Bluff — Something you often see in negotiations is a mismatch between one side's stated sticking points and its real sticking points. In the debate over the debt ceiling, for example, Republicans have sought to portray themselves as having two bottom lines.
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New York Times:
Senate and House Split as Obama Is to Address Budget — WASHINGTON - The Democratic Senate and Republican House put themselves on a legislative collision course Monday as they moved forward with significantly different plans on how to raise the debt limit and avert a possible federal default next week.
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James Surowiecki / New Yorker:
SMASH THE CEILING — In the past few years, the U.S. economy has been beset by the subprime meltdown, skyrocketing oil prices, the Eurozone debt crisis, and even the Tohoku earthquake. Now it's staring at a new problem—a failure to raise the debt ceiling, which would almost certainly throw the economy back into recession.
Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Steve King on default: Obama could be impeached — Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said Monday that President Barack Obama “would be impeached” if the nation falls into default. — “STOP talking about default,” he wrote on Twitter. “The 1st dime of each $1 of revenue services debt.
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House Republicans Solve Debt Limit Impasse by Cutting Spending — No place for tax hikes in final debt limit deal. — Americans for Tax Reform applauds House Republicans for providing another tangible plan to cut spending and avoid default. Consistent with Leadership's promise …
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Boehner briefed Limbaugh on debt plan — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) outlined the GOP's debt ceiling plan to conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh on Monday before showing it to his conference. — Limbaugh talked about the call he received from Boehner during his radio program Monday.
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Felix Salmon:
How we got into this fine mess — For a clear, powerful, and erudite short take on the current debt debacle, there's no better place to go than Jim Surowiecki. His main thesis is pretty much impossible to argue with: that the debt ceiling should be abolished.
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The Note:
Debt Debate: What are the Odds Congress Can Raise Debt Ceiling by Aug. 2?
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
GOP Stumbles Over Surprise Dem Debt Limit Offer
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Chad Pergram / Fox News:
The Basics of Boehner's Debt Pitch to GOP Conference
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — Reid played key role on debt bill before Obama nixed plan
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Boehner's Plan Unveiled
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid's Debt Proposal Will Leave Entitlement Benefits Untouched
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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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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
A Right-Wing Monster — For many years, a quiz entitled …
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Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs:
NYT: US ‘Counter-Jihad’ Bloggers Heavily Influenced Oslo Terrorist
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Boris Johnson / Telegraph:
Anders Breivik: There is nothing to study in the mind of Norway's mass killer
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Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
Media Assassins — Needless to say, I have been fielding calls …
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Norway Suspect Denies Guilt and Suggests He Did Not Act Alone
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Emmalee Abel / Courthouse News Service:
Black Student Can't Be Valedictorian — PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AR) - A high school southeast of Little Rock would not let a black student be valedictorian though she had the highest grade-point average, and wouldn't let her mom speak to the school board about it until graduation had passed, the graduate claims in Federal Court.
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Telegraph:
Glenn Beck compares Norway's dead teenagers to Hitler youth — Glenn Beck, the leading Right-wing American broadcaster, has prompted outrage after comparing the teenage victims of the Utoya Island massacre to the Hitler Youth. — Beck said that the Labour party youth camp on the island …
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Adam Serwer:
Captain America's Fictitious, Integrated 1940s America — In the vein of what Ta-Nehisi Coates referred to as a “convenient suspension of disbelief” in X-Men First Class, Captain America: First Avenger dutifully ignores the civil-rights struggles of the 1940s.
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Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
‘Captain America,’ Faith In American Institutions, and ‘The Avengers’ v. ‘The X-Men’
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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.
Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
The Absolution I Cannot Give — In the past 48 hours I have had call after call after call from members of the United States Congress. They've read what I've written. They agree. But they feel the hour is short and the end is nigh. — So some are calling looking for alternatives.
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Brian Goldsmith / The Atlantic Online:
Washington Isn't Broken, the Republican Party Is — Democrats have repeatedly sought a compromise deal on the debt. Why blame the whole city for Republican intransigence? — Watching yesterday's Sunday shows was a reminder that, of all the bromides that are popular among D.C. pundits …
Reza Khalili / Pajamas Media:
(BREAKING) Iran: ‘We Have No Option but to Destroy Israel’ — Explosive comments from Mohammad-Reza Naghdi, head of the Basij forces. — In reaction to the recent assassination of Iranian scientist Dariush Rezaiinejad, chief commander of the Basij Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Naghdi stated:
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