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The Hill:
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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New York Times:
Parties Head to Showdown as Obama Warns of a ‘Crisis’ — WASHINGTON — The Democratic-led Senate and Republican-led House on Monday barreled toward a showdown on competing plans to cut spending and raise the debt limit as a resolution to the intensifying crisis remained out of sight just one week before a possible federal default.
cbpp.org:
Statement: Robert Greenstein, President, on House Speaker Boehner's New Budget Proposal — House Speaker John Boehner's new budget proposal would require deep cuts in the years immediately ahead in Social Security and Medicare benefits for current retirees, the repeal of health reform's coverage expansions …
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Tea Party Coalition Rejects Boehner's Debt Proposal (UPDATE) … UPDATE: 4:10 p.m. — A coalition of Tea Party chapters and conservative lawmakers on Monday rejected the debt proposal put forward by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), despite his efforts to sweeten the deal with provisions favored by his conservative base.
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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.
Kbh / Keith Hennessey:
President Obama says no to a bipartisan debt limit plan — Last Friday the President said: … Yesterday there was a tentative agreement among Speaker Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Reid, and Senate Minority Leader McConnell on the outline of a bill to increase the debt limit and cut spending.
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David Jackson / USA Today:
Obama backs Reid debt plan over Boehner
Obama backs Reid debt plan over Boehner
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Americans for Tax Reform RSS:
House Republicans Solve Debt Limit Impasse by Cutting Spending
House Republicans Solve Debt Limit Impasse by Cutting Spending
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The Note:
Debt Debate: What are the Odds Congress Can Raise Debt Ceiling by Aug. 2?
Debt Debate: What are the Odds Congress Can Raise Debt Ceiling by Aug. 2?
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Chad Pergram / Fox News:
The Basics of Boehner's Debt Pitch to GOP Conference
The Basics of Boehner's Debt Pitch to GOP Conference
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The White House:
Address by the President to the Nation — THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Tonight, I want to talk about the debate we've been having in Washington over the national debt — a debate that directly affects the lives of all Americans. — For the last decade, we've spent more money than we take in.
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — White House Transcript: Obama's speech on the debt limit
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — White House Transcript: Obama's speech on the debt limit
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Telegraph:
Norway killer Anders Behring Breivik had extensive links to English Defence League — Anders Behring Breivik had extensive links to the far-Right English Defence League, senior members of the group have admitted. — Anders Behring Breivik leaves court on Monday
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
A Right-Wing Monster — For many years, a quiz entitled …
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
NYT: US ‘Counter-Jihad’ Bloggers Heavily Influenced Oslo Terrorist
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Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
Media Assassins — Needless to say, I have been fielding calls …
Media Assassins — Needless to say, I have been fielding calls …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Krauthammer on Obama's Address: “I Thought I Was Cynical Until I Heard That Speech” (Video) — Charles Krauthammer unloaded on Obama tonight after his stale poll-driven speech to the nation. Obama still has no plan. — “I thought I was cynical until I heard that speech. It was purely partisan.
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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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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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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Mike Lee: I Want America's ‘House To Come Down’ Unless Congress Votes To Rewrite Constitution — In an interview on MSNBC's Hardball this evening, tenther Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) admitted that he is using the threat of a catastrophic default to extort the nation into rewriting the Constitution …
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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Elizabeth Drew / The Politico:
How Obama can end the agony
How Obama can end the agony
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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’
‘Captain America,’ Faith In American Institutions, and ‘The Avengers’ v. ‘The X-Men’
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Caller:
Why Nick Ayers is the most hated campaign operative in America — As Tim Pawlenty's campaign desperately tries to gain steam, the long knives appear to be out for his wunderkind campaign manager Nick Ayers. This past Friday, The HuffPost's Jon Ward reported,
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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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The Politico:
Speaker Boehner's remarks, as prepared for delivery — Speaker Boehner's remarks, as prepared for delivery Monday night: — Good evening. I'm John Boehner. I serve as Speaker of the whole House — of the members of both parties that you elect. These are difficult times in the life of our nation.
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Catherine Rampell / Economix:
On Debt Talks, a Lose-Lose-Lose-Lose Situation — Updated with a fifth (less likely) scenario. — Almost whatever happens this week with Washington's debt talks, the economy will likely be worse off. — As Dean Maki, the chief United States economist at Barclays Capital, put it …
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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.
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