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2:00 PM ET, July 25, 2012

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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Obama has no patience for 'you didn't build that' attacks  —  SEATTLE - President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he's losing his patience over the Republican attacks aimed at his “you didn't build that” comment.  —  “I have to tell you, I generally have patience with what the other side says about me …
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BuzzFeed:
Democrats Plan To Go Nuclear On Romney “You Didn't Build This” Attack  —  In a memo, DNC Communications Director Brad Woodhouse outlines aggressive response to “BS” Romney claim.  —  Image by JAMES GLOVER / Reuters  —  DNC Communications Director Brad Woodhouse outlined an all-out response …
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Chicago, DNC plan coordinated national pushback on 'You didn't build that'
Tim Mak / Politico:   Scott Walker knocks Mitt Romney campaign
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Obama gets personal on Planned Parenthood
Jon Swaine / Telegraph:
Mitt Romney would restore ‘Anglo-Saxon’ relations between Britain and America  —  Mitt Romney would restore “Anglo-Saxon” understanding to the special relationship between the US and Britain, and return Sir Winston Churchill's bust to the White House, according to advisers.
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Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Va. state senator blames racism for Romney gains
Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Movie massacre suspect sent chilling notebook to psychiatrist before attack  —  Three days after he allegedly shot up a Colorado movie theater, killing 12 and injuring scores, suspect James Holmes appeared in court, where he seemed disheveled and disoriented.
Kris Kitto / The Hill:
The Hill's 50 Most Beautiful People  —  Forget the Loaded Potato Skins.  Max Engling was surely the best thing to come out of an Indianapolis TGI Friday's, where he was waiting tables when a diner with ties to the modeling industry discovered him.  —  That's right — Engling …
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Kris Kitto / The Hill:
The Hill's 50 Most Beautiful People  —  In terms of style, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has come a long way.  For a 2008 story on congressional wardrobes, she told The Hill, “I'm a bottom-feeder when it comes to clothes shopping,” and described her strategy as going for “markdown, markdown …
Domenico Montanaro / msnbc.com:
Latino support for President Obama holds steady  —  President Barack Obama remains broadly popular with Hispanics, a key voting bloc in this fall's election, according to new data from the NBC-Wall Street Journal-Telemundo poll.  —  The president leads presumptive Republican presidential …
Discussion: GOP 12 and CNN
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Hal Dardick / Chicago Tribune:
Alderman to Chick-fil-A: No deal  —  Moreno tries to block restaurant that opposes gay marriage from opening in his Northwest Side ward … A Chicago alderman wants to kill Chick-fil-A's plans to build a restaurant in his increasingly trendy Northwest Side ward because the fast-food chain's top executive vocally opposes gay marriage.
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Michelle Malkin:
Hey, Boston: Leave Chick-fil-A alone
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Nanny Mike's next target a real boozy  —  The next city health-care crackdown: alcohol abuse.  —  Having attacked smoking, trans fats and sugary drinks, the Bloomberg administration is ramping up its campaign against alcohol abuse, The Post has learned.  —  The city Health Department …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Who's up for a new NBC/WSJ poll based on a bad sample?  —  Last month's sample was questionable.  This month's sample is terrible:  —  The 2008 national exit poll sample, taken when Hopenchange fever was at its zenith, was 39D/32R/29I, or D+7.  This one, after three years of Obamanomics dreck …
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Mogul's Latest Foray Courts Jews for the G.O.P.  —  WASHINGTON — A Republican group backed by the casino magnate Sheldon Adelson is starting a new effort in battleground states to win over Jewish voters who could be persuaded to turn away from President Obama and support Mitt Romney.
msnbc.com:
Shop windows smashed, fires reported as Anaheim protest turns violent  —  Protests in Anaheim, Calif., turned violent in the wake of two controversial shootings involving local police.  And as KNBC's Angie Crouch reports, at least several arrests were made.
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nbclosangeles.com:
Several Arrested After Anaheim Police Protest Swells Into Streets
Discussion: L.A. NOW, Guardian and The Raw Story
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Democrats catch major typo in Republicans' deregulation bill  —  House Democrats on Tuesday caught an error in a GOP deregulation bill that is aimed at only allowing new regulations to be issued once the unemployment rate falls to 6 percent, but unwittingly refers to the employment rate.
Forrest Wilder / The Texas Observer:
Washington Post Reporter Allows College Officials to Alter Story on Controversial Test  —  Reporter breaks journalistic convention by sharing entire drafts with ‘customers’ in University of Texas press office.  —  In February, Daniel de Vise, a reporter for the Washington Post …
CNBC:
Wall Street Legend Sandy Weill: Break Up the Big Banks  —  Former Citigroup Chairman & CEO Sanford I. Weill, the man who invented the financial supermarket, called for the breakup of big banks in an interview on CNBC Wednesday.  —  “What we should probably do is go and split up investment banking …
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Did President Reagan Neglect National Security?  —  The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Mitt Romney is recounting a Jim Baker anecdote in which President Reagan ordered Baker, as White House chief of staff, to hold no national security meetings over a hundred day period early …
Associated Press:
Greece expels Olympic athlete over racist tweets  —  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Triple jumper Voula Papachristou was expelled from Greece's Olympic team Wednesday for her comments on Twitter mocking African immigrants and expressing support for a far-right party.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Washington Blade:
Who signed the Md. anti-gay marriage petition?  — Stumble upon something good?  Share it on StumbleUpon  — Send via Email  — Send this page to Print Friendly  —  The names of some 110,000 Maryland residents who signed a petition to force the state's new marriage equality law onto …
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Justice Scalia Disputes Accuracy Of ‘Leak’ … Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia spoke with NPR on Tuesday at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.  —  Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, influential conservative and pugilistic dissenter, is challenging everything from a recent leak …
Discussion: Washington Wire
Crystal Wiltshire / Ecorazzi:
WATCH: David Letterman 'We're Screwed' Due To Fracking  —  David Letterman held nothing back last week when he voiced his concerns over fracking, calling the oil companies greedy, he plainly explained to America, “we're screwed.”  —  The Late Show host went on to point out the issues …
Ed Carson / Investor's Business Daily:
Government Motors: GM Stock Hits New Low, Taxpayer Loss Hits $35 Billion  —  General Motors (GM) shares closed down 1.5% to 19.02 on Monday, hitting 18.85 intraday.  That's the lowest since the U.S. auto giant came public again in November 2010 at 33 a share.  Update: GM shares early Tuesday fell 1.4% to 18.76, hitting a new low.)
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Syria Is Iraq  —  Lord knows I am rooting for the opposition forces in Syria to quickly prevail on their own and turn out to be as democratically inclined as we hope.  But the chances of this best-of-all-possible outcomes is low.  That's because Syria is a lot like Iraq.
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Balloon Juice
Lewis Hay III / Wall Street Journal:
Lewis Hay: The Tax Cliff Endangers Seniors  —  Now is not the time to raise tax rates on investment income.  —  Most people know that the U.S. government is rapidly approaching the edge of a fiscal cliff that will raise taxes for millions of Americans—at every income level and age.
Discussion: Off the Charts Blog
 
 
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William Nottingham / L.A. NOW:
L.A. City Council votes 14-0 to ban medical marijuana shops
Discussion: Firedoglake and LAist
Quinnipiac University:
New Yorkers Like Cuomo As Gov, Clinton As President, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Obama …
Discussion: City Room and Politico
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
To Move Polls, Romney Needs to Go Positive
Helen Carter / Guardian:
Boy, 11, flies to Italy without ticket
Discussion: The Daily Caller and msnbc.com
Larry Elliott / Guardian:
Shock 0.7% fall in UK GDP deepens double-dip recession
Discussion: Firedoglake and Eschaton
David Siders / Capitol Alert:
VIDEO: Herman Cain adviser explains smoking ad while smoking
Discussion: Politico
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Cantor: Obama administration ‘beats back into submission’ those who dissent
Discussion: Politico, Wake up America, Hot Air and CNN
Washington Post:
N.Y. Fed quiet on Barclays' admission of rigging Libor
Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
Why Advertisers Want Charlie Sheen As Their Spokesman—And Why Young Men Still Like Him
Discussion: The Raw Story and The Daily Beast
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Thanks ‘Gay-Porn Kingpin’
Martha Woodall / Philly.com:
Feds charge Philly charter school mogul in massive fraud
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
'We're Not Going to Protect You'  —  New York's mayor calls for a police insurrection.
 

 
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The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney expects to spend $24B on content in 2025, up from $23.4B in 2024, due to sports programming expenses rising after NFL rate increases and NBA contracts

Umar Shakir / The Verge:
Echoing TikTok's gifting, YouTube is rolling out “jewels” that users can buy to support creators during livestreams, for those in the YouTube Partner Program

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Don Lemon, who sued Elon Musk and X after a deal fell apart, says he's leaving X on November 15, citing X's new ToS that moves legal disputes to Texas courts

 
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