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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid: Bain Investor Told Me That Mitt Romney 'Didn't Pay Any Taxes For 10 Years' … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Harry Reid , Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Video, Mitt Romney Taxes, Harry Reid Mitt Romney, Harry Reid Romney Taxes, Mitt Romney 2012, Reid Romney …
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Government funding deal reached — House and Senate leaders have reached a deal to keep federal agencies running into next year, sources say, a move that would avoid a partisan government shutdown fight before the November elections. — The agreement in principle by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid …
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Datechguy / Datechguy's Blog:
Can we stop calling the Washington Post a “newspaper” now? — ...and officially declare it a propaganda organ? … Mind you the Washington post isn't citing an unnamed source that has talked to them, they are reporting that someone else (Harry Reid) claims that an unnamed source said something.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Harry Reid: This might not be true, but some Bain investor who I won't name told me Romney …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Campaign Brings Up ‘Felons’ in Latest Ad — The latest web ad from Barack Obama's campaign goes after Mitt Romney for not releasing more tax returns than he already has. The ad, titled “Mitt Romney's Tax Returns: When Will He Come Clean?,” at one point flashes two words onscreen, “FELONS” and “TAX RECORDS.”
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CNN:
First on CNN: Romney preps swing state blitz, stirring V.P. speculation — Washington (CNN) - Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is quietly laying the groundwork for a high-profile blitz of several key battleground states in the run-up to the Republican National Convention in Tampa …
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CNN:
Romney aide loses cool, curses at press in Poland — Warsaw, Poland (CNN) - The traveling press secretary for Mitt Romney lost his cool and cursed at reporters who attempted to ask questions of the Republican presidential candidate in a public plaza near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw Tuesday.
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Jonathan Martin / Reuters:
Romney aide to reporters: ‘Shove it!’ — WARSAW—A Mitt Romney aide told reporters to “shove it” Tuesday morning after the American press corps here shouted questions at the presidential candidate. — As Romney was walking away from Pilsudski Square toward his vehicle …
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Rush Limbaugh:
Romney's Trip Has Been So Successful Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Endorsed Obama
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Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Romney: I “did not speak about” Palestinian culture — (CBS News) Under fire from Palestinian leaders for recent comments suggesting that Israel's economic success is borne out of its “culture,” Mitt Romney on Tuesday attempted to clarify his remarks, telling Fox News in an interview …
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Matthew Shelley / NationalJournal.com:
Romney on Gaffes: It's the Media's Fault
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New York Post:
Inconvenient truth — While in Israel, Mitt Romney …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney says press focusing on overseas stumbles to aid Obama
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Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Romney Photo Spurs Domestic Abuse Incident — Suspect mistook Republican pol for live-in girlfriend's sidepiece — Suspicious that his live-in girlfriend was planning an affair, a Tennessee man confronted the woman after spotting a photo of an unknown guy on her Facebook page, according to a police report.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz wins Republican runoff for Texas Senate seat — (Pat Sullivan - AP) Former state solicitor general Ted Cruz, a tea party-aligned conservative once regarded as a long-shot candidate, has won the Republican runoff in Texas, where he will be the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate in the November election.
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Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Cruz Defeats Dewhurst for G.O.P. Nomination in Texas Senate Race — HOUSTON — Ted Cruz, an insurgent backed by the Tea Party, defeated the candidate favored by Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday in a runoff election for the Republican Senate nomination that revealed a wide rift in Texas between …
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John Celock / The Huffington Post:
Kelly Keisling, Tennessee Legislator, Mass Emailed Obama ‘Staged Assassination’ Rumor … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Video, Department Of Homeland Security, Canada Free Press, Doug Hammon, Email, Frankie Anderson, Holt Whitt, Joe Aglione, Kelly Keisling, Obama Conspiracy Theories, Tennessee Politics, Politics News
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
GOP Rep. Steve King Defends Dog Fighting — Left: Rep. Steve King (R-IA). Right: Dogfighting victim. — If you believe that the United States should legalize dogfighting because we allow humans to fight, fear not. You've got an ally in the United States Congress.
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BuzzFeed:
Federal Trial Court In Connecticut Strikes Down DOMA's Marriage Definition — On DOMA's definition of “marriage,” court finds “that no conceivable rational basis exists for the provision.” — Janet Geller & Joanne Marquis, two of the plaintiffs in the Connecticut case.
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Dan Pfeiffer / White House.gov Blog:
The Churchill Bust & Charles Krauthammer — Yesterday following his column, I sent the following email to Charles Krauthammer. Charles asked that I make the email public and I have agreed.
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
The Daily Lays Off a Third of Its Staff — The Daily, News Corp.'s attempt to create a digital newspaper for the iPad age, is laying off nearly a third of its staff. — The publisher plans to tell its workers today that it will fire 50 of its 170 employees, according to people familiar with The Daily's plans.
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Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Elizabeth Warren calls her Wall Street claim ‘silly’ — Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren is copping out of her claim that Wall Street executives are supporting her because she'll “save capitalism,” saying she made a “silly” gaffe. — “I passed along a comment that was over the top …
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Chad Brady / The Daily Caller:
The Daily Caller Gun Giveaway Week 11: Find Our Hacker — The Daily Caller will be giving away one gun per week until Election Day: November 6, 2012. — The FMK 9C1 is an American-made high capacity 9mm designed by Jim Pontillo and manufactured in California. Each gun is engraved with the Bill of Rights.
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
House GOP Tax Plan Raises Taxes On 10 Times As Many People As Democratic Proposal — Senate Republicans last week proposed a plan that would raise taxes on more than 20 million Americans, while maintaining the high-end Bush tax cuts. Letting those tax cuts on income in excess of $250,000 expire …
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Twitter Blog:
Our approach to Trust & Safety and private information — We want to take a moment to explain some of our general Trust and Safety policies and procedures, and address the specific case at hand that has unfolded over the past 48-hours (we normally don't address matters pertaining …
BuzzFeed:
Romney App Crushes Obama's In App Store Both launched today, Romney is at #14 on the top free apps on the App Store, Obama's app is at #165. — Both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama launched iPhone apps this morning, and the presumptive Republican nominee's is blowing the president's out of the water.
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David Chalian / Associated Press:
Is Antonio Villaraigosa poised to be America's first Latino president? — (J. Scott ... LOS ANGELES — When Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa gavels the 2012 Democratic National Convention into session in Charlotte this September, his role as prominent cheerleader for President Obama will be clear.
Paul Krugman:
Fire Ed DeMarco — Do it now. — Who? you ask. DeMarco heads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie and Freddie. And he has just rejected a request from the Treasury Department that he offer debt relief to troubled homeowners — a request backed by an offer by Treasury …
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Ed Fischer / CBS Philly:
Pa. Top Election Official Disputes Negative Impact of New Voter ID Law — HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) — Pennsylvania's Secretary of the Commonwealth was on the witness stand today, during day five of the court hearing on Pennsylvania's new voter ID law. — And her testimony just added …
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TBogg:
Conventional Whiz Kid — Lil Luke Russert tonight: — It was back on 7/18 when the Republicans handed the keynote speaker gig at the Republican National Convention to Jersey Shore shouty guy Chris Christie. What did Lil Luke have to say that day? — Meh. Didn't mention it.
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John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
NPR'S COKIE ROBERTS: ROMNEY POLAND TRIP RACIALLY MOTIVATED — What's important about the NPR excerpt below, which broadcast this morning, is that this is everything NPR's Cokie Roberts has to say about Romney's motives for going to Poland. This is the entirety of it.
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kff.org:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: July 2012 — July's second Health Tracking Poll reports in further depth on public opinion toward the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the wake of last month's key Supreme Court decision. When it comes to the individual mandate, the Court's verdict …
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Forbes:
President Obama vs. My Grandfather — My grandfather, a gruff and uneducated but whip-smart guy, started out poor. Following a stint in the Army, he spent a few years working and scrimped together enough money to start his own restaurant in a small town near Philadelphia.
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Freshman Republican says House GOP ‘angry,’ ‘incapable of governing’ — Freshman Republican Rep. Richard Hanna (N.Y.) compares the parties in Congress to sports teams only interested in “winning” and this week credited Democrats in Congress with having “less anger” than Republicans toward the other side.
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Carol E. Lee / Wall Street Journal:
Punctuation Nerds Stopped by Obama Slogan, ‘Forward.’ — From Both Sides of the Aisle, a Question: Is Ending It With a Period Weird? — The. Obama. Campaign. Slogan. Is. Causing. Grammarians. Whiplash. — “Forward.” is the culprit. It was chosen to reflect the direction …
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