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11:15 PM ET, July 28, 2011

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Payback may be coming for congressman's ‘disloyalty’ — U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan's open defiance of Speaker John Boehner's efforts to solve the debt-ceiling crisis could cost the Urbana Republican his safe seat in next year's election. — Two Republican sources deeply involved in configuring …

Discussion: The Politico, Firedoglake, Hotline On Call, Outside the Beltway, RedState, Don Surber, Ballot Box, The Hill, ThinkProgress, The Right Scoop, Booman Tribune and AmSpecBlog

Sarah Palin / Facebook:

Congressional Freshmen - For Such A Time As This — Out here in proverbial politico flyover country, we little folk are watching the debt ceiling debate with great interest and concern. Today I re-read the open letter I wrote to Republican Freshman Members of Congress in November 2010 …

Discussion: The Other McCain, Politics, National Review, The Camp Of The Saints, Taylor Marsh and The Note

Joe Klein / Swampland:

Republicans' Debt Ceiling Charade Is Downright Dangerous — Let us not put too fine a point on it: Thursday's House vote on Speaker John Boehner's debt ceiling proposal is a joke. If it passes the House, Harry Reid has said it is dead on arrival in the Senate.

Discussion: Mother Jones

The Politico:

Boehner strongarms GOP in vote delay — House Republican leaders delayed a vote on Speaker John Boehner's debt limit bill Thursday evening, sparking a series of emergency meetings and arm twisting as the fate of a trillion dollar deficit package hung in limbo.

Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:

Dems suggest compromise on debt — Democrats are aiming for a debt-limit compromise similar to the House Republican plan, with at least one major difference: The second vote on raising the debt ceiling would not depend on Congress passing a broader deficit-reduction package.

Discussion: The Hill, The Right Scoop, PERRspectives, RedState, The Hill, Booman Tribune and Wake up America

Chris Edwards / Cato @ Liberty:

Boehner's New Plan Doesn't Cut Spending — House Speaker John Boehner has revised his budget plan in response to an unfavorable analysis by the CBO. The CBO has examined Boehner's new plan and finds that it would cut spending by $917 billion over 10 years. Of the total, only $761 billion would be cuts to programs.

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, The Daily Dish, americanthinker.com, FreedomWorks blogs and Hot Air

Ezra Klein / Washington Post:

What the final deal is likely to look like — Traders watch prices in the Ten-Year Treasury Note options pit. (Scott Olson - Getty Images) The big question today is whether Boehner's bill passes in the House. But the answer — which is probably, though not certainly, “yes” — doesn't matter that much.

Discussion: The New Republic, Outside the Beltway, A plain blog about politics and TalkLeft

Gschwarzcnn / CNN:

Bachmann: Debt impasse is not an emergency — Washington (CNN) - Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann again brushed off warnings from leaders in both parties that the country would face disastrous economic consequences if the government fails to raise the debt ceiling by next Tuesday.

Discussion: The Politico, The Note, The Talking Dog, USA Today, GOP 12, Washington Monthly, Outside the Beltway and The New Republic

Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:

Palin's Well-Timed Reminder to Freshmen — Sarah Palin has impeccable timing. — The former Republican vice presidential nominee took to her Facebook page Thursday afternoon to warn freshman Republicans in the House that they just might face primary opposition if they cave in to demands by their party to raise the debt ceiling.

Discussion: New York Times, Conservatives4Palin, The POH Diaries, The Washington Independent, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, National Review and The Daily Dish

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Conservatives angry over Pell Grant funding in Boehner debt bill — House conservatives who have stalled legislation to raise the national debt limit are angry that it includes $17 billion in supplemental spending for Pell Grants, which some compare to welfare.

Discussion: ThinkProgress

ThinkProgress:

ThinkProgress Vote Count: 23 House Republicans Publicly Oppose Boehner Plan — Tonight at around 6 p.m., the House of Representatives will vote on the Boehner plan, which would create another debt ceiling crisis in less than six months and likely lead to a downgrade in U.S. credit.

Discussion: TPMDC, Washington Post, AMERICAblog News, Washington Monthly, Daily Kos and The Caucus

The Hill:
GOP postpones debt vote

Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Lonely Conservative

James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Five Reasons the House GOP Is to Blame

Discussion: Blogcritics and The Heritage Foundation

Seung Min Kim / The Politico:
Nancy Pelosi: Kiss your Medicare goodbye

Discussion: Gretawire, Weekly Standard, USA Today, Weasel Zippers, Babalú Blog, The Lonely Conservative, The Reid Report and The Daily Hurricane

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
New White House talking point: House GOP plan will ruin your Christmas

Discussion: RealClearPolitics Video Log, The Daily Caller, Michelle Malkin, Weasel Zippers and JammieWearingFool

Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Boehner: ‘Beyond My Control’ How Ratings Agencies Treat My Debt Limit Plan

Discussion: Little Green Footballs

Thomas Sowell / Real Clear Politics:
Ideals vs. Realities

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
House Republicans Unprepared For Senate Rejection Of Boehner Debt Limit Plan

Discussion: Washington Post, The Atlantic Wire, CNN, Daily Kos, AMERICAblog News and Hot Air, more at Mediagazer »

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Cantor to Reid: Pass House bill or default is your responsibility

Discussion: Washington Monthly

James Taylor / Yahoo! News:

New NASA Data Blow Gaping Hole In Global Warming Alarmism — NASA satellite data from the years 2000 through 2011 show the Earth's atmosphere is allowing far more heat to be released into space than alarmist computer models have predicted, reports a new study in the peer-reviewed science journal Remote Sensing.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Pajamas Media, The Jawa Report, Climate Science, Power Line, The Greenroom, Weasel Zippers, Michelle Malkin, Wizbang, YID With LID, The Lonely Conservative, Hot Air, Vox Popoli, Red Dog Report, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Moonbattery

Becky Bohrer / Yahoo! News:
APNewsBreak: Arctic scientist under investigation

Discussion: blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Whiskey Fire, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, iOwnTheWorld.com, The Lonely Conservative, Pajamas Media and JammieWearingFool

Jimijams / Media Matters for America: Fox News Watch's Scott: “Maybe it's time for the granola-crunching press to change its doom …

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:

Obama Loses Ground in 2012 Reelection Bid — In GOP, Romney Leads, Attentive Like Perry, Bachmann Most Visible — OVERVIEW — The sizeable lead Barack Obama held over a generic Republican opponent in polls conducted earlier this year has vanished as his support among independent voters has fallen off.

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Huffington Post, Hot Air, CNN, Hotline On Call, Pajamas Media and HotAirPundit

The Politico:
Rand Paul: 'I'd rather be a hobbit than a troll'

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Washington Post, Salt Lake Tribune, Ben Smith's Blog, Wonkette, Weasel Zippers, Raw Replay and The Caucus

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Perry Is Top GOP Pick in South, Romney in West

Discussion: Top of the Ticket, The Daily Caller, The Washington Independent, GOP 12, Washington Post and The Blotter

Jack M. Balkin / CNN:

3 ways Obama could bypass Congress — Editor's note: Jack M. Balkin is Knight Professor of Constitutional Law at Yale Law School. His latest book is “Constitutional Redemption: Political Faith in an Unjust World” (Harvard University Press 2011). — New Haven, Connecticut (CNN) — Very soon, Congress will raise the debt ceiling.

Discussion: The Reaction, The New Republic, The Moderate Voice and Taylor Marsh

Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
The Platinum Coin Option

Discussion: Grasping Reality … and rubber hose

Donald Marron:

Why Do Half of Americans Pay No Federal Income Tax? — You may have heard the claim that about half of Americans pay no federal income tax. That's a true fact. My Tax Policy Center colleagues estimate, for example, that 46% of households either will pay no federal income tax in 2011 …

Discussion: The Incidental Economist, Democracy in America, Hullabaloo, Mother Jones, The Daily Dish and TaxVox

CNN:

Official: Soldier said he wanted to attack Fort Hood troops — Killeen, Texas (CNN) — An AWOL Muslim American Army private arrested near Fort Hood has told investigators that he wanted to attack fellow soldiers at the military base, the police chief in Killeen, Texas, said Thursday.

Discussion: Israpundit, Top of the Ticket and Mother Jones

Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: AWOL Soldier Arrested Over Concerns of Possible Second Attack On Fort Hood

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:

NRSC blasts ‘lewd, violent, anti-Christian’ Dan Savage — With the Massachusetts Democratic Party attacking Senator Scott Brown for refusing to film a video for the “It Gets Better Project,” which offers moral support to gay teens, the National Republican Senatorial Committee came …

Discussion: Box Turtle Bulletin, AMERICAblog Gay, ThinkProgress, Joe. My. God. and Towleroad News #gay

Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
LGBT Leaders Slam Sen. Brown For Refusing To Participate In ‘It Gets Better’ Video

Discussion: The Huffington Post and Towleroad News #gay

FRC Blog:

Texas Gov. Rick Perry: “Obviously gay marriage is not fine with me...” — Last week in Aspen, Colorado, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas addressed New York's new same-sex marriage law by saying “That's New York, and that's their business, and that's fine with me...”

Discussion: CNN, The Note, NOM Blog, ThinkProgress, Politics, No More Mister Nice Blog, Equality Matters, Outside the Beltway, Indecision Forever, GOP 12, Shakesville, Joe. My. God. and Towleroad News #gay

Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
Rick Perry Flip Flops On Gay Marriage, Backs Federal Ban

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Crooks and Liars, Truth Wins Out, NOM Blog, The Note, Dependable Renegade, GOP 12 and The Atlantic Online

Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:

Rep. Joe Walsh Defends Not Paying $117,000 In Child Support: ‘This Is Where Real America Is’ — Last night the Chicago Sun-Times broke the story that Tea Party freshman Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), who has spent months lecturing President Obama and Democrats on fiscal responsibility …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Politico, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Lynn Sweet, Wonkette, Salon, CNN, The Raw Story, The Impolitic, The Daily Hurricane, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Taylor Marsh

Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:

Bachmann Defends Using Federal Loans She Denounced: 'It's Almost Impossible To Buy A Home' Without Them — GOP presidential contender Michele Bachmann (R) has been in hot water in recent weeks for personally taking advantage of hundreds of thousands of dollars in government aid while denouncing the very programs she benefited from.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, AMERICAblog News, The Raw Story and TPMDC

New York Times:

New Hacking Case Outrages Britain — LONDON — Britain was awash in a new surge of outrage over the phone hacking scandal on Thursday, as news emerged that Scotland Yard had added to the list of probable victims a woman whose 8-year-old daughter was murdered by a repeat sex offender in 2000.

Discussion: Guardian and The Lede