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3:10 PM ET, August 2, 2012

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Steve Tetreault / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Reid doubles down on Romney tax charge … WASHINGTON - Sen. Harry Reid caused a stir this week when he told an interviewer that Mitt Romney hasn't released more of his tax returns because “he didn't pay taxes for 10 years.”  On Wednesday, Reid doubled down on the charge.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Reid: Romney is guilty of my evidence-free accusations until he proves himself innocent; Update: Repeats accusation on floor of Senate  —  Let's see if we can get the Democratic Party philosophy of late correct.  Unless a business owner foots the entire bill for his employees' contraceptives …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Jon Stewart: ‘You, Harry Reid, Are Really, Really Terrible’  —  Jon Stewart very thoroughly ripped into Senator Harry Reid for not just claiming that Mitt Romney hasn't paid taxes for ten years without caring about whether it is true or not, but for his unbelievable statement that Romney's father would be …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and The Raw Story
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Reid doubles down on tax claims
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
David Rogers / Politico:
CR snubs appropriators, endangers federal programs
Discussion: CNN
CNN:
TRENDING: Horserace turns (almost) literal in London  —  (CNN) - The political horserace turned into an actual horserace Thursday in London.  Or at least a horse ballet.  —  Rafalca, the mare co-owned by Ann Romney, made her Olympics debut at Greenwich Park, competing in the individual …
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Politico
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CNN:
Looking a dressage horse in the mouth
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
MoveOn speaks for ‘pampered’ Romney horse Rafalca in TV ad
Discussion: USA Today
Associated Press:
Ann Romney ‘thrilled’ by Rafalca performance
Discussion: CNN
Jack Moore / BuzzFeed:
Watch Ann Romney's Horse “Dance” In The Olympics
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Nine takeaways on Romney's tax plan  —  1) The Tax Policy Center bent over backwards to make Romney's promises add up.  They assumed a Romney administration wouldn't cut a dollar of tax preferences for anyone making less than $200,000 until they had cut every dollar of tax preferences for everyone making over $200,000.
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Washington Post:
White House analyst warned saving Solyndra could cost more than letting it fail  —  As the Obama administration moved last year to bail out Solyndra, the embattled flagship of the president's initiative to promote alternative energy, a White House budget analyst calculated that millions …
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BuzzFeed:   Romney Spokesman Suggests Obama Campaign Manager Broke The Law
David W. Chen / New York Times:
Goldman to Invest in City Jail Program, Profiting if Recidivism Falls Sharply  —  New York City, embracing an experimental mechanism for financing social services that has excited and worried government reformers around the world, will allow Goldman Sachs to invest nearly $10 million in a jail program …
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Jill Stein, Green Party presidential nominee, arrested  —  The Green Party's presidential nominee was arrested Wednesday in Philadelphia and charged with trespassing during a protest against Fannie Mae.  —  Jill Stein, a Massachusetts resident and Harvard-educated doctor …
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Ashley Halsey III / Washington Post:
Two planes taking off from National put on collision course with plane trying to land  —  Three commuter jets came within seconds of a midair collision at Reagan National Airport on Tuesday after confused air traffic controllers launched two outbound flights directly at another plane coming in to land …
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney's Comeback Plan  —  After the deluge.  “This campaign is not like a baseball game,” says Fehrnstrom.  —  Image by Carsten Koall / Getty Images  —  Mitt Romney has lost each of the last 40 days, each day in its own way.  Now his campaign, finally reckoning with a summer …
Tony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Missile Defense Staff Warned To Stop Surfing Porn Sites  —  The Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency warned its employees and contractors last week to stop using their government computers to surf the Internet for pornographic sites, according to the agency's executive director.
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Why Marco Rubio Is Wrong on Olympic Winnings  —  He and Mitt Romney want to exempt medalists from taxes.  But such loopholes are exactly what makes the tax code a complicated mess.  —  Reuters  —  Senator Marco Rubio has long made tax simplification one of his talking points.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Olympic Medal Tax Pander
bfi.org.uk:
The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time  —  846 critics, programmers, academics and distributors have voted - and the 50-year reign of Kane is over.  Our critics' poll has a new number one.  —  Image courtesy Kobal Collection  —  Introduction  —  Ian Christie rings in the changes in our biggest-ever poll.
Dorian De Wind / The Moderate Voice:
Syrian Military Defectors in Turkey: Should They Return Home and Join the Fighting?  —  As the fighting in Syria intensifies, especially the battle for the Syrian city of Aleppo and as Kofi Annan, the special envoy of the United Nations and Arab League, throws in the towel …
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Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Annan Casts Blame Widely as He Resigns as Syria Envoy
Gail Collins / New York Times:
For God, Texas and Golf  —  Texas Republicans have just nominated a Senate candidate who is promising to protect America's golf courses from the United Nations.  —  This is not actually the most important point about Ted Cruz, the Tea Party favorite who scored a dramatic upset victory over the state's lieutenant governor on Tuesday.
Discussion: Hot Air and Politico
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Joanna Paraszczuk / Jerusalem Post:
Ahmadinejad: World forces must strive to annihilate Israel  —  In Ramadan speech to ambassadors from Islamic countries, Iranian president says “horrible Zionist current” has been managing world affairs for 400 years, adds that liberating Palestine would solve all world problems.
TheDenverChannel.com:
CU Psychiatrist Called Threat-Team Members About Holmes  —  Sources Tell CALL7 Investigators Dr. Lynne Fenton Had Concerns About Holmes' Behavior Six Weeks Before Shootings  —  Arthur Kane and John Ferrugia , CALL7 Investigators  —  DENVER — The psychiatrist treating accused Aurora theater …
Matt Higgins / CBS DC:
Michael Moore: 'I Wouldn't Say I Support' Obama  —  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Liberal stalwarts Susan Sarandon and Michael Moore said Wednesday they're not thrilled with President Barack Obama's performance but hope he gets four more years.  —  “I wouldn't say I support him.
Discussion: Reuters, Mediaite and Weasel Zippers
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Romney to Chick-fil-A?  —  Mitt Romney's hosting a campaign event at Jeffco Fairgrounds in Golden, Colorado around lunchtime today, and a quick scan of Chick-fil-A's website shows several locations within fifteen miles or so of the Romney event.  So it should be easy for Romney to stop …
Associated Press:
Romney's CEO style rankled Mass. lawmakers  —  BOSTON (AP) — What worked for Mitt Romney in the corporate boardroom didn't fly in the more raucous corridors of the Massachusetts Legislature.  —  Now the Republican candidate for president, Romney took over as governor in 2003 after a long …
 
 
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Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMMuckraker  —  Controversy Ahead Of House Hearing On GOP's ‘English Only’ Bill
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Aug. 1: Obama Extends Electoral College Advantage
Russell Berman / Ballot Box:
Boehner ‘feeling better’ about GOP retaining majority in the House
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
The Obama Ad Blitz Isn't Working
Discussion: First Read, Daily Kos and Power Line
John R. Lott Jr / Wall Street Journal:
What Mayor Bloomberg Doesn't Know About Police and Guns
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Glenn Hubbard / Wall Street Journal:
The Romney Plan for Economic Recovery
Rolling Stone:
Ludicrous Times Op-Ed Forgets Entire Year of Wall Street History
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Dominic Rushe / Guardian:
GM profits slip 41% as European struggles take their toll
David Kravets / Wired:
Court Demands TSA Explain Why It Is Defying Nude Body Scanner Order
Discussion: Infowars, The Verge and Hot Air
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
WWII vet Sen. Inouye: Obama's birth-control mandate is no Pearl Harbor
Fernanda Santos / New York Times:
Sheriff's Eagerness to Be Known as Tough May Bite Back
BuzzFeed:
Israel Group To Attack Obama In Florida
Wall Street Journal:
Jobless Claims Increase
Jared Diamond / New York Times:
Op-Ed Contributor: Mitt Romney's Search for Simple Answers
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Rick Warren: Chick-fil-A's owner told me they set a new world record in sales today
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Report: Garrett Ventry, who will join NBC News' Election Night coverage as a Republican pundit on election day, registered as an agent of Qatar in September

 
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