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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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The Politico:
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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Spiegel Online:
‘We Have Compromised Our Way Into Disaster’
‘We Have Compromised Our Way Into Disaster’
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Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org:
Unhinged Chris Matthews Smears Tea Party Republicans as Baby-Kidnapping ‘Terrorists’ for Debt Deal
Unhinged Chris Matthews Smears Tea Party Republicans as Baby-Kidnapping ‘Terrorists’ for Debt Deal
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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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Gabrielle Giffords Returns to Congress for Debt Ceiling Vote
Gabrielle Giffords Returns to Congress for Debt Ceiling Vote
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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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Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
GABBY GIFFORDS RETURNS: ‘I Had To Be Here For This Vote’
GABBY GIFFORDS RETURNS: ‘I Had To Be Here For This Vote’
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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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Kevin Drawbaugh / Reuters:
Analysis: Storms ahead as debt deal sets up tax fight
Analysis: Storms ahead as debt deal sets up tax fight
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems furious, see deal as GOP win
Dems furious, see deal as GOP win
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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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Thomas M. Defrank / NY Daily News:
Pols all ‘look like idiots’ during debt crisis, but President Obama takes biggest hit of them all — WASHINGTON - There are no real winners in the debt-crisis debacle, and in such moments the leader of the country absorbs a larger hit than most. — The tawdry spectacle of governmental paralysis …
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Paul Bentley / Daily Mail:
What debt crisis? President Obama heads off to be serenaded by Jennifer Hudson for lavish 50th birthday celebration
What debt crisis? President Obama heads off to be serenaded by Jennifer Hudson for lavish 50th birthday celebration
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Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Obama to head home for 50th birthday fundraiser
Obama to head home for 50th birthday fundraiser
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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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Rolling Stone:
Debt Ceiling Deal: The Democrats Take a Dive — So the debt deal has finally been reached. As expected, the agreement arrives in a form that right-thinking people everywhere can feel terrible about with great confidence. — The general consensus is that for the second time in three years …
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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 …
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 …
Shobhana Chandra / Bloomberg:
Consumer Spending in U.S. Unexpectedly Fell in June — Consumer spending in the U.S. unexpectedly dropped in June for the first time in almost two years as a slump in hiring caused households to retrench. — Purchases decreased 0.2 percent, after a 0.1 percent gain the prior month …
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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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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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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Debt Ceiling Deal Paves Way For Potentially Historic Lobbying Campaign
Debt Ceiling Deal Paves Way For Potentially Historic Lobbying Campaign
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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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Mercer:
US employer health plan enrollment up 2% under PPACA's dependent eligibility rule — Despite concerns about cost, just 2% of respondents say they are “very likely” to terminate medical plans after the insurance exchanges are operational, with another 6% “likely” to do so - essentially unchanged from a year ago.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Dems eat Satan sandwich, GOP looks to next course — There's nothing like a vote on federal spending cuts to make one of the most liberal lawmakers on Capitol Hill sound like a Tea Partier. — “We're going to read this document,” Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, said Monday …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
DEMS PLAN PIVOT TO JOBS: Transportation, infrastructure, tax breaks on fall agenda - New Michael Meehan firm - NYT creates Political Desk - Alison Starling, NBC's Peter Alexander engaged —Arizona Republic A1, “Giffords stuns D.C., casts vote,” by Dan Nowicki: “Giffords' decision to come …
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The Daily Beast:
Washington's Next Debt Showdown — Few in Congress much like the debt deal, and fighting among Reid, Boehner, and party members begins anew in the fall over more cuts, new taxes, and entitlements. By Jill Lawrence. … Congress is in a good mood this week, having finally emerged …
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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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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Mitch McConnell Vows To Hold Debt Ceiling Hostage In The Future: 'We'll Be Doing It All Over' — While a deal has been struck to raise the debt ceiling for now, many progressives have worried that the damaged has been already been done in that Republicans learned that …
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Kate Nocera / The Politico:
Judge: Reform doesn't fund abortion — A federal judge in Ohio said Monday that the Affordable Care Act does not provide for taxpayer funding for abortion. The statement was the cornerstone of the judge's ruling to allow a defamation lawsuit brought against the Susan B. Anthony List by a former congressman to move forward.
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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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