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9:40 AM ET, July 17, 2012

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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Ad Taken Down Over Copyright Claim … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Video, Election 2012, Romney Campaign, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney Ad, Mitt Romney Singing Ad, Mitt Romney Web Ad, Obama Singing, Politics News
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Sarah Huisenga / CBS News:
Romney says waiters at fundraiser “aren't having a good year”  —  (CBS News) Mitt Romney held up the waiters and waitresses serving donors at a fundraising event Monday night as examples of people who aren't doing well under President Obama.  —  Addressing 300 contributors who paid $2,500 …
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
TRENDING: Hillary Clinton: Romney ads featuring her a ‘waste of money’
CNN:
Obama ad continues to hammer Romney over taxes
Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Romney Camp Decries 'Crony Capitalism …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Daily Kos
Rob Portman / CNN:
Portman slams president for ‘personal’ attacks
Discussion: Politico and The New Republic
Patricia Sellers / Fortune:
New Yahoo CEO Mayer is pregnant  —  She told Fortune exclusively that her first child is due in October.  —  FORTUNE —Marissa Mayer, the Google (GOOG) executive who today was named Yahoo's (YHOO) new chief executive, is pregnant.  —  Mayer told Fortune exclusively that her first child is due October 7.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Bachmann defends her witch hunt  —  The Minnesota representative offers “evidence” of Islamic infiltration of the U.S. government in a 16-page letter  —  Rep. Michele Bachmann defended her attempt to root out “deep penetration” by the Muslim Brotherhood into the U.S. government Friday …
Discussion: Rumproast and The Maddow Blog
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Senate to take second shot Tuesday to advance DISCLOSE Act  —  The Senate will try again to advance the DISCLOSE Act Tuesday, after Republicans prevented it from moving on Monday.  —  Senators are scheduled to hold a procedural vote on the bill at 3 p.m. — technically, a motion to limit debate on a motion to proceed to the bill.
Discussion: Influence Alley
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BuzzFeed:
Top Dem Leaves Fundraising Debate To Attend Fundraiser
Discussion: Riehl World View
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Dick Cheney to talk sequester with House GOP  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney is flying to Washington from Wyoming to talk to top House Republicans about automatic cuts to defense spending, according to senior GOP sources.  —  Cheney will speak to Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy's (Calif.) …
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Humberto Sanchez / Roll Call:
Democrats Want Leverage From Sequester
PBS:
His Man in Macau: Inside the Investigation Into Sheldon Adelson's Empire  —  A decade ago gambling magnate and leading Republican donor Sheldon Adelson looked at a desolate spit of land in Macau and imagined a glittering strip of casinos, hotels and malls.  —  Where competitors saw obstacles …
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Raising Taxes on Rich Seen as Good for Economy, Fairness  —  OVERVIEW  —  By two-to-one (44% to 22%), the public says that raising taxes on incomes above $250,00o would help the economy rather than hurt it, while 24% say this would not make a difference.  Moreover, an identical percentage …
Discussion: Reuters and The Hill
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama switches off teleprompter  —  President Obama is weaning himself off his teleprompter.  —  At recent campaign events in Pennsylvania, Virginia and again Monday in Ohio, Obama spoke to crowds in high school gymnasiums and at crowded outdoor events without his teleprompter, instead using written notes.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
CNN's Burnett: Release tax returns, Romney  —  In a move that departed from CNN's traditional brand of journalism, host Erin Burnett called on Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns tonight.  —  “It's time, Mitt.  Time to put them on the table,” she said during tonight's edition of OutFront.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Capitalism Debate  —  Let's say you are president in a time of a sustained economic slowdown.  You initiated a series of big policies that you thought were going to turn the economy around, but they didn't work — either because they were insufficient or ineffective.
Washington Examiner:
Romney's new foe: Batman's ‘Bane’ … This summer's much-anticipated Hollywood blockbuster, “The Dark Knight Rises,” is getting an unusual boost from Democrats and other foes of Mitt Romney who are eager to tie the Gotham crushing villain to the GOP presidential candidate.
Bill Friskics-Warren / New York Times:
Kitty Wells, Trailblazing Country Singer, Dies at 92  —  The cause was complications of a stroke, said her grandson John Sturdivant Jr.  —  Ms. Wells was an unlikely and unassuming pioneer.  When she recorded “It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels,” she was a 33-year-old wife …
Discussion: Guardian and Gawker
Andy Campbell / The Huffington Post:
Jonah Falcon, Man With World's Largest Penis, Frisked By TSA At California Airport … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Anatomical Wonders, TSA, Video, 13.5 Inches, Jonah Falcon, San Francisco International Airport, Stop And Frisk, X-Ray Body Scanners, Airport Screening, Largest Penis …
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Rush Limbaugh: Obama ‘hates this country’  —  President Barack Obama “hates this country,” and his philosophy appeals to “people with miserable, meaningless lives” and “people who don't count,” Rush Limbaugh said Monday.  —  “I think it can now be said, without equivocation …
Investor's Business Daily:
Look Who's Holding the Economy Hostage Now  —  Inequality: Democrats say they'll let all the Bush-era tax cuts expire if they can't raise taxes on the rich.  Apparently, economic catastrophe is a reasonable price to pay for class warfare politics.  —  On Monday, Sen. Patty Murray …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Washington Post:
Drought in U.S. reaching levels not seen in 50 years, pushing up crop prices  —  View Photo Gallery — The drought of 2012: Effects of the drought are growing.  Here is a look at the drought and at effects that may cost the U.S. economy $50 billion.  —  A drought gripping the Corn Belt …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and msnbc.com
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Romney and his time machine  —  Mitt Romney is an impressive man, but until now, we didn't know just how impressive.  According to his senior adviser, Ed Gillespie, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is a time traveler.  —  Gillespie made this surprise disclosure to CNN's Candy Crowley …
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Despite Cuomo's Vow of Sunlight, a Bid to Keep Aides' E-Mail in the Dark  —  ALBANY — Aides communicate with untraceable messages sent from BlackBerry to BlackBerry.  Nothing delicate is shared using e-mail.  And in-boxes are regularly wiped clean.  —  When he ran for office …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Retail Sales Cap Sluggish Quarter
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Disability Nation  —  In the Age of Obama, Americans …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Support for Romney for Old Mormon Families
Discussion: US Politics
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Obama's favorite Girl Scout cookie: Thin mints
Discussion: Jezebel, ABCNEWS and New York Magazine
Aaron Carroll / The Incidental Economist:
Let's try to stick to the real world when we talk about Medicaid
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Obama misses new budget deadline
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