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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
To Hell with You People — Look, I am past exhausted talking about liberal media bias. It's real, we all know it, and people who deny it aren't even fooling themselves. But some things just have to be pointed out. This morning I watched the first 15 minutes of the Today Show.
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Michael Lind / Salon:
The Tea Party, the debt ceiling, and white Southern extremism — The Tea Party movement takes its name from the Boston Tea Party of 1773, when American patriots dumped British tea into Boston Harbor to protest British imperial power. But while New England was the center of resistance to the British empire …
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
White House Calls Use of the Word ‘Terrorists’ to Describe Tea Partyers ‘Inappropriate’ and ‘the Product of An Emotional Discussion’ — Given the presence of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., at Congress last night - and President Obama's January 12 speech to the nation about the need for …
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Joe Nocera / New York Times:
Tea Party's War on America — You know what they say: Never negotiate with terrorists. It only encourages them. — These last few months, much of the country has watched in horror as the Tea Party Republicans have waged jihad on the American people. Their intransigent demands …
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A.Killough / CNN:
Tea party groups to join forces in Wisconsin
Tea party groups to join forces in Wisconsin
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Tea Party senator unveils new PAC, won't rule out challenging incumbents
Tea Party senator unveils new PAC, won't rule out challenging incumbents
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David Lieberman / Deadline.com:
Study: Tea Party Supporters Followed Debt Ceiling News Most Closely, And Acted On It
Study: Tea Party Supporters Followed Debt Ceiling News Most Closely, And Acted On It
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Orrin Hatch: I'm a tea party person
Orrin Hatch: I'm a tea party person
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Guy Benson Endless: The Left Ratchets Up ‘Tea Party Terrorists’ Narrative
Guy Benson Endless: The Left Ratchets Up ‘Tea Party Terrorists’ Narrative
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Pelosi: My Deficit Committee Members Will Oppose All Entitlement Benefit Cuts — The debt limit fight is over, but the fight over entitlement programs will continue for months. In the weeks ahead, the leaders of both parties in both the House and Senate will name three members each …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Sen. McCain: Sen. Portman would be good for Super Committee — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) would be a good candidate for the so-called Super Committee charged with making $1.5 trillion worth of cuts to the federal deficit. — “I'm not making the decisions …
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Emily Miller / Washington Times:
Obama's grand slam
Obama's grand slam
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David Rogers / The Politico:
Obama signs debt bill into law
Obama signs debt bill into law
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Richard Lawson / Gawker:
Matt Damon Gives Libertarian Reporter a Satisfying Smackdown — A reporter from libertarian rag Reason interviewed notorious Massachusetts liberal actor Matt Damon at this year's Save Our Schools March and she tried to throw some business at him about teacher tenure and Ayn Randy incentive stuff and he wasn't having it.
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Don Surber:
Saving Matt Damon — Many conservatives think of Matt Damon as another stuck-on-himself multi-millionaire liberal in Hollywood who says one thing but lives otherwise. — But I think of him as a friend of Ben Affleck, who is married to Jennifer Garner, who grew up in Charleston, West Virginia …
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John Detrixhe / Bloomberg:
Moody's, Fitch Affirm U.S. Ratings While Warning of Downgrades — Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings affirmed their AAA credit ratings for the U.S. while warning that the ratings could be downgraded if lawmakers fail to enact debt reduction measures and the economy weakens.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
GOP winning the larger argument over government — In recent days, the debt ceiling deal — which just passed the Senate and is about to be signed by the President — has sparked a fair amount of handwringing among liberals who worry that the fight shows the left has lost the larger argument …
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
‘That Evil Hour ...’ … Don't know about anyone else, but I can totally relate to that, and not merely because of Thompson's gonzo sarcasm about O'Brien promising him a gig in American Samoa. (The actual 1964 correspondence between Thompson and O'Brien is included, pp.
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Steven Levingston / Washington Post:
Beware of dangerous politicians — Are some political parties more dangerous than others? — James Gilligan makes it clear where he comes down on the issue. Gilligan, a psychiatrist and professor at New York University, presents his new book, “Why Some Politicians Are More Dangerous Than Others …
David Dayen / news.firedoglake.com:
The Hidden History of the Debt Limit Hijack: Democrats Started It — I have a piece in the American Prospect today on five turning points in the debt limit fight. I think they're actually in descending order of importance, and the biggest one is right at the top - this deal is the function …
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Peter Wallsten / Washington Post:
Moderate Senate Dems prepare a balanced budget amendment — One of the big victories by tea-party Republicans in the debt-ceiling measure signed into law Tuesday was securing a requirement that Congress vote later this year on a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Rachel Maddow Extends MSNBC Contract (Exclusive) … MSNBC has extended Rachel Maddow's contract in a new multi-year deal that will keep the primetime host at the cable news network well beyond the 2012 presidential election. — The announcement is expected to come Tuesday at the network's portion …
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The Right Scoop:
Palin: If we were terrorists Obama would be wanting to pal around with us — Sarah Palin says that she isn't just going to roll over and say to the left “hit me baby one more time, call me a terrorist again, call me a racist”, but rather she's going to call them out on their hypocrisy.
Steven Russolillo / Wall Street Journal:
Dow Plunges 265 Points — Stocks plunged amid worries over the state of the economy, pushing the market to its longest losing streak in nearly three years and sending the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index to a 2011 closing low. — The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 265.87 points, or 2.2%, to 11866.62.
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Kristin Fisher / wusa9.com:
Woodpecker-Saving Daughter Costs Mom $500, Possible Jail Time — “I've just always loved animals,” said Skylar Capo. “I couldn't stand to watch it be eaten.” — Skylar couldn't find the woodpecker's mother, so she brought it to her own mother, Alison Capo, who agreed to take it home.
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Paul Ryan / Wall Street Journal:
Where's Your Budget, Mr. President? — Ever since they fudged the numbers to pass ObamaCare, Democrats have abandoned credible spending plans. — During the negotiations over raising the debt ceiling, President Obama reportedly warned Republican leaders not to call his bluff by sending him a bill without tax increases.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Virginia Republican Numbers —In another sign of his strength as he prepares to enter the Presidential race Rick Perry leads the Republican field in Virginia, pointing to the possibility for him to be a very strong candidate particularly in the South. He gets 20% to 16% for Mitt Romney …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney to pick up pace in new phase of 2012 campaign
Mitt Romney to pick up pace in new phase of 2012 campaign
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Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
Bush lawyers advising Romney — Mitt Romney is mining the George W. Bush White House for legal talent to advise his presidential campaign — including a key person behind the controversial Justice Department memos authorizing waterboarding and other “enhanced interrogation techniques.”
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Fiscal Conservatives Barred from Supercommittee — Will Senate Republicans be able to prevent tax hikes? — The debt ceiling deal will pass the Senate early this afternoon. No suspense there. But the vote will be worth watching for another reason: Three Republican Senate sources tell TWS …
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Ulrike Putz / Spiegel Online:
Iran Nuclear Program — Related articles, background features and opinions about this topic. — Sabotaging Iran's Nuclear Program — Mossad Behind Tehran Assassinations, Says Source — The funeral of Darioush Rezaei on July 24. Mossad has been blamed for the killing.
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Financial Times:
Spain and Italy rush to quell fresh crisis — By Richard Milne in London and Victor Mallet in Madrid — Spanish and Italian politicians rushed to formulate a fresh response to the debt crisis engulfing their two countries as their borrowing costs hit new euro-era highs on Tuesday.
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Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Joe Lieberman Says U.S. Should Cut Social Security To Pay For Fighting ‘The Islamist Extremists’ — This past April, right-wing war hawk John Bolton suggested during an interview on Fox News that the United States should cut Social Security and Medicare to finance the defense budget.
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Paul Tullis / The Huffington Post:
What Obama Forgot About Change in Washington — So after all that, what did we get, really? — $91 billion a year in promised cuts for 10 years. That's about 6% of last year's federal budget, and it is subject to approval by future Congresses. This is evocative of what happened in 1981 …
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Allan Chernoff / CNNMoney.com:
Debt ceiling cost to taxpayers: $1.7 billion — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The debt ceiling debacle has just cost U.S. taxpayers more than $1.7 billion. — That's the amount of additional interest the government had to pay investors Monday to sell Treasury bills that finance its operations.
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
‘Two And A Half Men’ Premiere To Feature Charlie Harper's Funeral, His Girlfriends Back & His House For Sale — UPDATE MONDAY: I've got more information on the shrouded-in-secrecy ninth-season premiere of CBS' comedy Two and a Half Men, which will feature the debut of new star Ashton Kutcher and which I now hear will be a two-parter.
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Kori Schulman / White House.gov Blog:
Putting Americans Back to Work: President Obama Speaks on the Debt Compromise — Click here to see the video. — This afternoon, Congress approved a compromise to reduce the deficit and avert a default that would have devastated the economy. Speaking from the Rose Garden …
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Edward Krudy / Reuters:
US STOCKS-Massive rout spells trouble for Wall Street — * S&P closes below 200-day moving average — * Dow off 2.2 pct, S&P off 2.6 pct, Nasdaq 2.8 pct — * For up-to-the-minute market news see [STXNEWS/US] (Updates to close) — The S&P 500 turned negative for the year on Tuesday …
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Saeed Ahmed / CNN:
Tooth Fairy cutbacks: Economy at root — (CNN) — Getting the Tooth Fairy to pony up in this sagging economy has been like pulling teeth. — A recent survey found that the national going rate has seen a 40-cent decline this year: From $3 to $2.60. — What's worse?
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