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8:50 AM ET, July 22, 2013

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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Plans to Unveil His Agenda for Economy  —  WASHINGTON — With major battles looming in the fall over the federal budget and the debt ceiling, President Obama is trying to regain the initiative, embarking on a campaign-style tour of the Midwest this week to lay out his agenda for reinvigorating …
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Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Obama to Begin New Series of Economic Addresses  —  President Barack Obama will return this week to an Illinois college where he once spelled out a vision for an expanded and strengthened middle class as a freshman U.S. senator, long before the Great Recession would test his presidency.
Los Angeles Times:
Rhetoric, race and reality in America  —  The biggest threat to black youths is other young blacks, not white bigots.  —  Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during a news conference outside the Department of Justice while discussing Trayvon Martin case.  Sharpton called for the federal government …
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Dem Rep. Rush, Gingrich spar over Trayvon Martin hoodie, urban violence
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
CONSERVATIVES FEAR ‘CONFERENCE’ MAY TRANSFORM HOUSE IMMIGRATION BILLS TO SENATE'S AMNESTY  —  While House Speaker John Boehner is keeping a tight lid on his personal position on immigration reform, conservative activists and lawmakers fear the Republican leader may rubber-stamp Democrats …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Boehner declines to share position on pathway to citizenship
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Boehner promises more House votes against ObamaCare
Discussion: Right Turn, ThinkProgress and Politico
Peter Hamby / CNN:
‘Stop Hillary’ group ramps up anti-Clinton efforts  —  Washington (CNN) - Hillary Clinton may or may not run for president in 2016, but the conservative effort to derail her potential candidacy is already underway.  —  The organizers behind Stop Hillary PAC, a political action committee quietly incorporated …
Discussion: Politico
Bob Ward / Aspen Times:
In Snowmass, Scalia says judges should not be policy makers  —  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia used the twin terrors of Nazi Germany and radical Islam to warn a Snowmass Village audience Saturday about the dangers of judicial activism.  —  Speaking to a gathering …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   Peak Scalia  —  With his own claims to originalism fading fast …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Detroit, the New Greece  —  When Detroit declared bankruptcy, or at least tried to — the legal situation has gotten complicated — I know that I wasn't the only economist to have a sinking feeling about the likely impact on our policy discourse.  Was it going to be Greece all over again?
Discussion: Daily Kos
Chicago Sun Times:
6 dead, 17 wounded in shootings since Friday night  —  Six men were killed and at least 17 people — including a 6-year-old girl — were wounded in shootings across the city since Friday night.  —  Asked Sunday about Chicago's reputation in the wake of another violent weekend …
Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Duchess of Cambridge Is Hospitalized in ‘Early Stages of Labor’  —  LONDON — After months of ever more frenetic anticipation, the British royal family said Monday that the Duchess of Cambridge, the former Kate Middleton, had gone to St. Mary's Hospital in the Paddington district of London …
Juliet Lapidos / New York Times:
The 'Ender's Game' Boycott  —  The film “Ender's Game” tells the story of a gifted child sent to a military academy in space to prepare for an alien invasion.  It's catnip for the Comic-Con crowd, and Lionsgate Entertainment wants to position it as November's big-budget blockbuster.
Discussion: Hot Air and The Moderate Voice
New York Post:
NY food stamp recipients are shipping welfare-funded groceries to relatives in Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Haiti  —  Food stamps are paying for trans-Atlantic takeout — with New Yorkers using taxpayer-funded benefits to ship food to relatives in Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
25 Facts About The Fall Of Detroit That Will Leave You Shaking Your Head  —  Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog,  —  It is so sad to watch one of America's greatest cities die a horrible death.  Once upon a time, the city of Detroit was a teeming metropolis …
Discussion: Power Line
 
 
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Daniel Hannan / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Statism is turning America into Detroit - Ayn Rand's Starnesville come to life
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Welcome to the ‘Sharing Economy’
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H. R. McMaster / New York Times:
The Pipe Dream of Easy War
Discussion: Weekly Standard
John Bingham / Telegraph:
Religion told to halt weddings over gay rights
Discussion: Gay Star News and Jezebel
Nikki Murfitt / Daily Mail:
Taliban tried to make eight-year-old a suicide bomber: Afghan rebels recruit starving orphans with sweets and 60p bribes
Benjamin Bell / ABC News:
Ted Cruz Dismisses Talk of 2016 Presidential Bid While in Iowa
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Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Gov. Rick Snyder: Government bailout is the wrong answer for Detroit
Discussion: Hot Air and Gawker
CBS News:
Violence continues in France over Islamic veil ban
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Paiagirl / Firedoglake:
Mixed Messages: Where Does Rep. Hanabusa Stand on Social Security?
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Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Math Behind Leak Crackdown: 153 Cases, 4 Years, 0 Indictments
Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
Bill requiring warrants for email searches nears Senate vote