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Biden: Tea partiers like ‘terrorists’ — Vice President Joe Biden joined House Democrats in lashing tea party Republicans Monday, accusing them of having “acted like terrorists” in the fight over raising the nation's debt limit. — Biden was agreeing with a line of argument made by Rep. Mike Doyle …
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Toby Young / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
The real story of the US debt deal is not the triumph of the Tea Party but the death of the Socialist Left — For British conservatives, the US debt deal is a thing of beauty. Under the terms of the deal, the federal government will cut spending by $2.4 trillion over the next 10 years …
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Fine! Call My Bluff! — Obama maximizes his losses by going all in on a weak hand. — Remember a few weeks ago when President Obama reportedly said to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor: “Eric, don't call my bluff”? Lots of commentators said that this was a “tell”—that by referring to …
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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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Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
NBC News' Sharpton Airs Lame Segment Calling Tea Party ‘Monster’ that ‘Will Destroy You’
NBC News' Sharpton Airs Lame Segment Calling Tea Party ‘Monster’ that ‘Will Destroy You’
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The Caucus:
Giffords's Return Marks Moment of Unity in Divided House — The clock was running down, and the debt ceiling compromise did not yet have enough ayes to pass. Then, slowly, applause started trickling through the House chamber. The clapping grew over the next half minute, until finally …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Long Battle on Debt Ending as Senate Set for Final Vote — Members of Congress left after casting their votes Monday on the budget agreement. The bill passed 269 to 161, signifying relatively strong support of the plan. More Photos » — WASHINGTON — After months of partisan impasse …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Joe Biden on Shooting Victim Gabrielle Giffords: “She's Now a Member of Cracked Head Club Like Me”
Joe Biden on Shooting Victim Gabrielle Giffords: “She's Now a Member of Cracked Head Club Like Me”
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The Note:
Gabrielle Giffords Returns to Congress for Debt Ceiling Vote
Gabrielle Giffords Returns to Congress for Debt Ceiling Vote
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Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
Biden denies likening Republicans to terrorists in debt talks
Biden denies likening Republicans to terrorists in debt talks
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
House approves debt-ceiling bill as Giffords makes dramatic return
House approves debt-ceiling bill as Giffords makes dramatic return
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Laura McGann / The Politico:
Debt vote brings Gabrielle Giffords's return to Washington
Debt vote brings Gabrielle Giffords's return to Washington
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Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Boehner: I got 98 percent of what I wanted — CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley sat down with Speaker of the House John Boehner in his office at the Capitol on Monday. — With a brutal partisan fight over the debt ceiling drawing to an apparent close, Boehner said he understands …
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John Cook / Gawker:
Most of Newt Gingrich's Twitter Followers Are Fake — Yesterday Newt Gingrich laid out a new argument for why he should be the GOP presidential nominee: He's got the most Twitter followers. But according to a former Gingrich staffer, he bought them. — Gingrich complained yesterday …
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Thomas Lifson / americanthinker.com:
We The Stupid — I stand here in abject stupefaction. The so-called “right” or “Tea Party” in this republic is being so thoroughly rolled and defeated that I am struggling to come up with an adequate violent submission metaphor that does not involve prison rape . . . and they honesty think that they're “winning.”
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Matthew Cooper / NationalJournal.com:
Amidst Debt Fight, Discontent With Congress — Time for recess: The debt battle that turned Congress upside-down nears end. — Amidst a tumultuous fight over raising the debt ceiling, Americans are deeply dissatisfied with Washington and eager to elect fresh faces to Congress …
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Spengler / Asia Times:
The collapse of America's middle class — People seem to act irrationally when they have nothing to lose. Often we observe in wars that the losing side expends more blood and treasure after its position becomes hopeless. — The American South sustained most of its casualties in the Civil War …
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Egyptians Turn Against Liberal Protesters — CAIRO—Mobs of ordinary Egyptians joined with soldiers to drive pro-democracy protesters from their encampment in Tahrir Square here Monday, showing how far the uprising's early heroes have fallen in the eyes of the public.
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Caitlin McDevitt / The Politico:
Matt Damon weighs in on the debt ceiling — Last week, Ben Affleck briefly became part of the conversation about the debt ceiling. And now his longtime buddy and fellow actor Matt Damon has weighed in on the debate. — “I'm so disgusted man. ... I don't know what you do in the face of that kind of intransigence.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Winner of the Power Line Prize Is... “The Spending Is Nuts,” by Justin Folk: — “Squirrels,” as we call it informally, is a beautiful piece of work. (View it on YouTube in HD here.) We asked Justin to share his thoughts on the contest and his video:
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Nancy A. Youssef / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Who gains from debt deal? The Pentagon, for one — WASHINGTON — The last-minute deal that Congress is considering to raise the federal debt limit probably will mean trillions of dollars in government spending reductions for most agencies. But one department stands to gain: the Pentagon.
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Daily chart:
The red and the black — Where federal taxes are raised and spent — SOME American states receive more in federal spending than they pay in federal taxes; others receive less. Over twenty years these fiscal transfers can add up to a sizeable sum. From 1990 to 2009 …
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Moghtader / Global Public Square:
Zakaria: Tea Party held America hostage — On Friday night, Fareed Zakaria talked to Anderson Cooper about the Tea Party. Fareed argued that the Tea Party held America hostage and undermined the democratic process throughout the debt crisis. Here's the transcript of that conversation, lightly edited:
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The Politico:
Whiteboard Archives — I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A DEBT DEAL: President Obama shifts his focus to labor Tuesday morning as he meets privately in the East Room with the executive committee of the AFL-CIO. In guidance to reporters, the White House said Obama will “discuss issues important to working families …
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Union chief warns of job losses from debt-ceiling deal — The agreement to lift the debt ceiling will lead to job losses, according to the president of the nation's main public workers union. — Gerry McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees …
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Maria Tsvetkova / Reuters:
Putin says U.S. is “parasite” on global economy — (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the United States Monday of living beyond its means “like a parasite” on the global economy and said dollar dominance was a threat to the financial markets.
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Steve Almond / Salon:
What we wish Obama had said — Does anyone else have a sick sense of déjà vu this morning? — After months of slow-motion capitulation, President Obama has cut an eleventh-hour deal with Republican leaders to raise the debt ceiling. After vowing to heed the public outcry …
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Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
Somalis Waste Away as Insurgents Block Escape From Famine — MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Shabab Islamist insurgent group, which controls much of southern Somalia, is blocking starving people from fleeing the country and setting up a cantonment camp where it is imprisoning displaced people who were trying to escape Shabab territory.
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