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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Shutdown looms over ObamaCare — ObamaCare is at the center of a rapidly escalating fight that threatens to shut the government down this fall. [WATCH VIDEO] — Senate Republicans, including two members of the leadership, are coalescing around a proposal to block any government funding resolution …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Are Republicans fooling themselves about Obamacare? — When Washington conservatives gather to talk among themselves, and the discussion turns to Obamacare — it happens pretty frequently — it's not unusual to hear predictions that the president's health care law will “collapse of its own weight.”
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Aaron Blake / The Fix:
The House will not pass the Senate immigration bill. Here's why. — House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) isn't backing down from his position that the House will deal with the immigration issue piece-by-piece and won't vote on the Senate-passed bill. — And he's got good reason.
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Alex Roarty / NationalJournal.com:
Poll: Most Americans Don't Want Congress to Repeal Obamacare
Poll: Most Americans Don't Want Congress to Repeal Obamacare
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
No Comment From Weiner Camp On New Alleged Sex Chats — The Dirty posts explicit Facebook and Formspring exchanges. “I'm deeply flawed.” — Source: thedirty.com — Anthony Weiner's campaign did not respond Tuesday to repeated inquiries about a new set of unverified images suggesting …
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NikRichie / The Dirty:
EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Weiner Is A Sexual Predator Luring His Victims — My source is solid. She really thought Anthony Weiner and her were in love, they spoke on the phone daily multiple times a day for 6 months. Anthony Weiner played with her emotions and mind. Most calls were phone sex.
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Doug Denison / delawareonline:
Republicans wait as O'Donnell weighs another campaign — In the three years since her unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaign nearly caused a schism in the state Republican Party, little has changed for Christine O'Donnell as she considers another race. — O'Donnell continues to be regarded …
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Scott Clement / The Fix:
Moderate Democrats are quitting on Obamacare
Moderate Democrats are quitting on Obamacare
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
North Carolina On Cusp Of Passing Worst Voter Suppression Bill In The Nation — Voting in North Carolina may soon change, much in the same way a wrecking ball changes a building. — The highly-conservative North Carolina legislature just released a new voter suppression bill that would enact …
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David Lightman / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Poll: Obama's job approval plunges; Congress, especially GOP, still unpopular — WASHINGTON — Stung by Americans' persistent worries about the economy and a capital gripped by controversy and gridlock, President Barack Obama is suffering his lowest job approval numbers in nearly two years, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll.
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Policy Divisions Challenge Obama, But GOP Battles Its Own Discontent — Credit: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo — Challenges across the policy spectrum are keeping Barack Obama in political peril, with the public divided on initiatives ranging from Senate-supported immigration reform to Obama's signature health care law.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Poll: Obama hits second-term record low
Poll: Obama hits second-term record low
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Ray Kelly / Wall Street Journal:
The NYPD: Guilty of Saving 7,383 Lives — Accusations of racial profiling ignore the fact that violent crime overwhelmingly occurs in minority neighborhoods. — Since 2002, the New York Police Department has taken tens of thousands of weapons off the street through proactive policing strategies.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Cheney Senate bid looks like an uphill battle — PPP's new Wyoming poll finds that most voters in the state see Liz Cheney as an outsider...and as a result she starts out at a significant deficit in a primary contest with Mike Enzi. — Overall only 31% of Wyoming voters consider Cheney to be a ‘Wyomingite’ to 50% who do not.
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TIME:
The Meaning of al-Qaeda's Alarming Baghdad Jailbreak — Why Iraq could become Obama's next big foreign policy crisis — By Michael Crowley @CrowleyTIMEJuly 23, 2013 — The Middle East has presented Barack Obama with many nasty surprises. But Iraq has not been among them.
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Philip Caulfield / NY Daily News:
Pro-Zimmerman, Pro-Trayvon Martin groups meet in tense standoff in Houston — ‘Justice for Trayvon’ marchers came face-to-face with a group supporting George Zimmerman and Florida's Stand Your Ground law in an upscale neighborhood in Houston on Sunday. — The dueling groups converged …
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John Byrne / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago alderman gets White House award, admits talking to FBI … Clout Street — In a case of only-in-Chicago political timing, the White House announced Monday it would honor Ald. Joe Moore as a “pioneer for political reform,” the same day the veteran City Council member revealed …
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Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
Sacha Baron Cohen Exits Freddie Mercury Biopic Over Creative Differences With Queen — BREAKING... EXCLUSIVE... Sacha Baron Cohen is just not seeing eye to eye with the remaining members of Queen who have script and director approval over that biopic on iconic lead singer Freddie Mercury.
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Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Both Parties Need to Keep an Eye on Older Voters for 2014 Elections — The electorate has changed since the 2010 midterms, and this segment - which voted Republican in the last two elections - appears to be shifting in recent surveys. — This week, I had the opportunity to listen …
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Jim Galloway / Ajc Blogs: &lsquo:
Michelle Nunn declares herself a U.S. Senate candidate — Shortly after 1 p.m. Monday, Michelle Nunn declared herself a Democratic candidate in the 2014 race for U.S. Senate, the very seat once held by her father. — The formal announce will come Tuesday, when she files the official paperwork.
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New York Times:
Getting Detroit Back on Its Feet — After suffering through decades of economic decline and official mismanagement, the city of Detroit sought bankruptcy protection last week, becoming the largest American municipality to take that extreme step. The city's debts total a staggering $18 billion …
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Matt Fuller / Goppers:
House GOP August Plan: Hate on Washington — When House Republicans retreat to their districts for the August recess, they will each be armed with a detailed guide — an exceptionally detailed guide — on how to assure their already convinced constituents that Washington is broken.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker slams Jay Z and Kanye West for boycotting Florida — Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) slammed rapper Jay-Z for joining Stevie Wonder's boycott of Florida after traveling to Cuba. — Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) slammed rapper Jay-Z for joining Stevie Wonder's boycott of Florida after traveling to Cuba.
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Jacques Billeaud / Associated Press:
New York Man Arrested After Threatening Two News Anchors On Twitter — PHOENIX (AP) — A New York man has been arrested on allegations that he made threats on Twitter against two national newscasters who angered him with their coverage of the Jodi Arias trial, Arizona authorities said Monday.
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