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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Dukakis, Kerry ... Romney? — Remember Michael Dukakis (1988) and John Kerry (2004)? It's possible to lose a winnable presidential election to a vulnerable incumbent in the White House (or in the case of 1988, a sitting vice president). So, speaking of losing candidates from Massachusetts …
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Mitt Romney sets GOP fund-raising record — The Romney campaign, along with its Romney Victory fund, raised more than $100 million in June, obliterating the campaign's goal and setting the one-month record for any Republican campaign, according to a GOP official.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Kryptonite — I'll just say it: I don't think the political pundit class understands just how toxic the Swiss/Caymans/Bermuda accounts issue is for Romney. Not that they don't know it's a liability at all. But I don't think they realize the extent of it.
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CANNONFIRE and Washington Monthly
Alexander Burnsand Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Conservative griping about Mitt Romney grows — The Romney campaign is grappling with an unexpected swell of Republican complaints about the former Massachusetts governor's political operation, at least temporarily disrupting the legendarily disciplined message of the presumptive GOP nominee.
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Washington Post, New York Times, CNN and Hot Air
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Obama's Super-PAC Advantage
Obama's Super-PAC Advantage
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New York Times, Hot Air and Betsy's Page
Intern / ThinkProgress:
Obamacare Is A Major Tax Cut For Middle Class Families — Following the Supreme Court's Affordable Care Act ruling, Republicans — including Mitt Romney — have vigorously insisted that the Affordable Care Act is a tax on the American people. But instead of being a tax increase …
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The Raw Story and NationalJournal.com
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Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Curbing the cost of health care
Curbing the cost of health care
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The Glittering Eye, National Review and Daily Kos
Brandon Blackwell / Plain Dealer:
Clash breaks out at GOP rally supporting Mitt Romney in Parma — PARMA, Ohio — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney sent two GOP heavyweights to northern Ohio Thursday to beat President Barack Obama's similar bus tour to the punch. — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Minnesota …
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The Raw Story, The Daily Caller, The Reality-Based Community and Daily Kos
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Erin McPike / Real Clear Politics:
Romney's VP Short List: It May Be Down to Four — Mitt Romney may be tight-lipped about his vice presidential short list, warning that only he and longtime aide Beth Myers know who is on it, but a close examination of the campaign's activity suggests four contenders have risen through the ranks …
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ABCNEWS, Washington Monthly and National Review
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite:
Morgan Freeman: Obama Isn't America's First Black President — President Barack Obama told his compelling life story during the campaign leading up to his election in 2008. Upon his inauguration, many Americans took pride in their country having elected their first black president …
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NewsBusters.org, Weasel Zippers, Riehl World View and Ed Driscoll
David Hogberg / Capital Hill:
‘Great Day For The First Amendment’: Walker Wins Appeal Vs. Kimberlin Peace Order — Back on May 29, Judge C.J. Vaughey of District Court of Maryland for Montgomery County signed a peace order against attorney Aaron Walker, preventing him from writing anything about convicted Speedway Bomber Brett Kimberlin.
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Popehat, Allergic to Bull, hogewash and Instapundit
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Letitia James / The Huffington Post:
Why the Soda Ban Won't Work — Michael Bloomberg , Childhood Obesity , New York Politics , Bloomberg Soda Ban , Soda Ban , New York News — There are few who would criticize Mayor Bloomberg for working towards the goal of a healthier New York. Unfortunately, there are many who would …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / City Room:
At Movies and Beaches, Soda Industry Fights Back
At Movies and Beaches, Soda Industry Fights Back
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Gothamist and New Yorkers …
Robert Wright / The Atlantic Online:
What This Higgs Boson Thing Really Means — As you may have heard, there is now strong evidence that a particle called the Higgs boson, whose existence has long been predicted on theoretical grounds, actually exists. — Let me explain to you what the Higgs boson is. — Just kidding!
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National Review, New York Magazine, Althouse, Ideas Market and Reuters
Chicago Tribune:
Office says Rep. Jackson being treated for ‘physical and emotional ailments’ … Staff report — A week after U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. announced he was taking a leave of absence, his office released a statement today saying his condition is “more serious than initially believed” and he is being treated in an “in-patient facility.”
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CBS News, Riehl World View and Guardian
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Amy Bingham / ABCNEWS:
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.Grappling With ‘Physical and Emotional Ailments’
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.Grappling With ‘Physical and Emotional Ailments’
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Adele Hampton / The Hill:
Rep. Joe Walsh gets into shouting match with CNN host over ‘true hero’ remark — Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) refused to apologize again Thursday for his attacks on his Democratic challenger, an Iraq war vet he accused of not being a “true hero.” — “I'm not going to back out of anything,” Walsh said to CNN's Ashleigh Banfield.
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Rhonda Cook / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Innocent woman spends 53 days in jail — Fifty-three days. — From Aug. 21 until Oct. 12, Teresa Culpepper was locked in the Fulton County Jail. — And all that time she insisted she was not the woman police wanted for throwing hot water on Angelo Boyd — a man she had never met, a man who said he had never met her either.
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The Agitator and Instapundit
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
UPDATED: Brad Pitt's Mother DID Write Anti-Gay Letter — UPDATE (4:30 PM): The Springfield News-Leader has changed its story again, including deleting the Opinion Page editor's previous comment. According to a new editorial note posted on the letter:
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Weasel Zippers, Towleroad News #gay, New York Magazine and Springfield News-Leader
Javier Manjarres / The Shark Tank:
Allen West Called a “Bought Mother F*cker” — After finishing his recitation of the Declaration of Independence during the city of Delray Beach's Independence Day festivities, Congressman Allen West was verbally accosted in front of a small group of constituents and media.
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Sister Toldjah, nation.foxnews.com, Weasel Zippers and The Right Scoop
Daniel González / Arizona Republic:
Agents stir outcry by detaining former Arizona Gov. Raul Castro, 96 — Ex-governor had trace of medical radiation — The wife and a friend of former Arizona Gov. Raul Castro are calling for changes in Border Patrol procedures after agents recently detained the frail 96-year-old in 100-degree heat for more than a half-hour.
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The Raw Story, msnbc.com and Gawker
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Alabama Pastor Holds ‘Whites Only’ Conference — All loving Christians are invited to celebrate the word of God at Rev. William Collier's annual conference — that is, as long and they are white. — Collier's Alabama town is outraged over the flyer for his pastors' conference, which specifies “All White Christians Invited.”
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Firedoglake, WSFA-TV, The Raw Story, Wake up America and Wonkette
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans See More Economic Harm Than Good in Health Law — Independents help tilt the balance to the negative — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans are more likely to say the 2010 healthcare law upheld by the Supreme Court last week will hurt the national economy (46%) rather than help it (37%) …
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Weekly Standard, Wizbang, Weasel Zippers, Business Insider and Washington Wire
BuzzFeed:
The Pauls' New Crusade: “Internet Freedom” — Defending the Internet — and the corporations that invest in it — from government regulation is the new “End the Fed,” Paul advisors tell BuzzFeed exclusively. A new Paul manifesto: “This is our revolution.”
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Hit & Run, The Raw Story, Little Green Footballs and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
The Most Sensible Tax of All — ON Sunday, the best climate policy in the world got even better: British Columbia's carbon tax — a tax on the carbon content of all fossil fuels burned in the province — increased from $25 to $30 per metric ton of carbon dioxide, making it more expensive to pollute.
Economist:
Banksters — How Britain's rate-fixing scandal might spread—and what to do about it — “SINCE we have not more power of knowing the future than any other men, we have made many mistakes (who has not during the past five years?), but our mistakes have been errors of judgment and not of principle.”
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Firedoglake, Mother Jones, The Big Picture, FT Alphaville and Guardian
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
HBO Not Proceeding With Fox News' Roger Ailes TV Movie Produced By MSNBC Rivals: “CNN Affiliation” Cited As The Reason — EXCLUSIVE UPDATE: I scooped yesterday that HBO had done a secret deal for an Untitled Roger Ailes Project being executive produced by Fox News rivals from MSNBC.
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Politico, Guardian and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
BuzzFeed:
Obama: Turn Off Fox News — Obama suggests patron ask bar owner to switch off the conservative-leaning cable network. — Image by KEVIN LAMARQUE / Reuters — PARMA, Ohio — At an unscheduled stop at Ziggy's Pub and Restaurant, an Amherst, Ohio bar, President Barack Obama suggested …
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