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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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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 …
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The Democratic Daily, The PJ Tatler and The Raw Story
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 …
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Harry Reid doubles down on Romney taxes; Romney campaign responds
Harry Reid doubles down on Romney taxes; Romney campaign responds
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Politico, The Huffington Post, The Daily Caller, The Hill, FOX News Radio, Taylor Marsh, US Politics and Business Insider
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Harry Reid's Financial McCarthyism: 'I Don't Think the Burden Should Be on Me'
Harry Reid's Financial McCarthyism: 'I Don't Think the Burden Should Be on Me'
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Instapundit, Washington Examiner, Weasel Zippers, therightplanet.com and Datechguy's Blog
Sam Jones / Guardian:
Ann Romney's horse fails to win dressage but avoids offending British — Rafalca, owned by Mrs Mitt Romney, was impeccably behaved and well received by Olympic equestrians in Greenwich — Short of mocking Shetland ponies over their lack of stature or laying into zebras for their failure …
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Feministing, TBogg and Gawker
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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 …
CNN:
Looking a dressage horse in the mouth
Looking a dressage horse in the mouth
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Taylor Marsh, NewsBusters.org blogs and The Mahablog
Mary Pilon / New York Times:
A Toast, but No Rain, for the Olympic Debut of Romney's Horse
A Toast, but No Rain, for the Olympic Debut of Romney's Horse
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New York Magazine and Booman Tribune
Anthony Bartkewicz / NY Daily News:
Chick-fil-A manager goes rogue, sponsors New Hampshire gay pride fest — Many customers, gay and straight, have boycotted the restaurant chain because of its antigay stance, but the company reported ‘Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day’ brought record sales Wednesday.
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The Huffington Post, PinkNews.co.uk and WTVR-TV
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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 …
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Wonkette, American Prospect, The Hinterland Gazette, The Daily Caller, Balloon Juice and Power Line
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Rick Warren: Chick-fil-A's owner told me they set a new world record in sales today
Rick Warren: Chick-fil-A's owner told me they set a new world record in sales today
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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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Glenn Hubbard / Wall Street Journal:
The Romney Plan for Economic Recovery
The Romney Plan for Economic Recovery
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Power Line, Talking Points Memo, AEIdeas, Washington Wire and The Lonely Conservative
BuzzFeed:
White House On Solyndra Failure: “Ugh” — Emails between White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer and then-Deputy Senior Advisor Stephanie Cutter reveal concern, frustration as former poster-child for clean energy investment failed. The House Energy and Commerce Committee peels back the curtain on Solyndra in a new report.
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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 …
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Washington Monthly, The Moderate Voice, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Washington Post
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 …
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Denver Post, BBC, newsfeed.time.com, Outside the Beltway, New York Magazine, Gawker and Wizbang
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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 …
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Balloon Juice, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Agonist, New York Magazine, Via Meadia, ABCNEWS, Gothamist and Marginal Revolution
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Aug. 1: Obama Extends Electoral College Advantage — Barack Obama's standing in the FiveThirtyEight forecast reached its strongest position to date on Tuesday as a result of favorable polls in a set of swing states. The forecast model now gives Mr. Obama a 70.8 percent chance of winning …
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Weekly Standard, Political Watch, Real Clear Politics, American Thinker and americanthinker.com
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 …
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CNN, Los Angeles Times, BBC, Outside the Beltway, ABCNEWS, The Raw Story, Associated Press and The BLT
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.
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Weasel Zippers, The Jawa Report, The PJ Tatler, Weekly Standard, Algemeiner.com, Jihad Watch and normblog
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.
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Althouse, Guardian, DCist, Outside the Beltway, neo-neocon, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Deadline.com, newsfeed.time.com, BBC and Hit & Run
BBC:
Sex gang man jailed for 22 years — The jailed leader of a Rochdale sex ring has received a further term of 22 years for 30 child rape charges. — Shabir Ahmed, 59, of Oldham, was one of nine men convicted of sex offences against children at Liverpool Crown Court in May.
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The Jawa Report
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.
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Reuters, Wired, The Raw Story, Indecision Forever, Business Insider, The Verge, The Other McCain, Taylor Marsh, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
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.
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Reuters, Weasel Zippers and Mediaite
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Romney's Personal Image Remains Negative — Obama Leads Nationwide, But Closer Race in Swing States — OVERVIEW — By a 52% to 37% margin, more voters say they have an unfavorable than favorable view of Mitt Romney. The poll, conducted prior to Romney's recent overseas trip …
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Business Insider
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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Associated Press and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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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The Political Carnival and Politico
BuzzFeed:
Romney Spokesman Suggests Obama Campaign Manager Broke The Law — Eric Fehrnstrom hits Jim Messina for personal email use in the White House. — Image by JOHN GRESS / Reuters — A top adviser Eric Fehrnstrom charged Thursday that Obama campaign manager Jim Messina appears …
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Obama Administration Will Consider Gay Couples' Marriages In Deportation Decisions — Another step toward recognition on a high-stakes issue for many couples. Nancy Pelosi had pressed for clarification. — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. — Image by T.J. Kirkpatrick / Getty Images
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Mike Flynn / BREITBART.COM:
OBAMA CAMPAIGN SUES TO RESTRICT MILITARY VOTING — Obama, like many Democrats, like to say that, while they may disagree with the GOP on many issues related to national security, they absolutely share their admiration and dedication to members of our armed forces.
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The Jawa Report and Weasel Zippers
Rasmussen Reports:
North Carolina: Romney 49%, Obama 44% — Mitt Romney has a five-point edge over President Obama in the battleground state of North Carolina. — The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the Tar Heel State finds Romney with 49% support, while the president earns 44% of the vote.
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