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8:55 AM ET, July 24, 2013

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New York Times:
Mr. Weiner and the Elusive Truth  —  At some point, the full story of Anthony Weiner and his sexual relationships and texting habits will finally be told.  In the meantime, the serially evasive Mr. Weiner should take his marital troubles and personal compulsions out of the public eye …
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Andrew Kaczynski:
Here Is The Woman Linked To Anthony Weiner In Sex Chats  —  A progressive activist from Indiana in her early 20s who identifies herself online as “Sydney Leathers” and “sidneyelainexo” is the woman whose online profile is linked to the latest Weiner scandal.  Weiner, she wrote, could “continue sending dick pics every single day.”
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.
NikRichie / The Dirty:
EXCLUSIVE IMAGE: Anthony Weiner Penis Picture And Timeline  —  Here is another exclusive image that Anthony Weiner sent to my source.  Letting it all hang out.  Huma Abedin don't tell me you don't recognize those feet and mushroom head.  Time to leave this Weiner already.
Chris Kirk / Slate:
The Carlos Danger Name Generator  —  Use our widget to get a name like Anthony Weiner's alleged sexting pseudonym.  —  New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner has vaguely confirmed allegations from gossip website the Dirty that he sent sexually explicit chat messages and photos to additional women.
Discussion: Telegraph, BuzzFeed and Ordinary Times
BuzzFeed:
Weiner's Wholesome People Magazine Spread Came One Week After Starting Online Relationship  —  “Anthony has spent every day since [the scandal] trying to be the best dad and husband he can be,” his wife had said.  —  A high-profile interview with People Magazine seen as a first step …
The Dirty:
EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Weiner Hasn't Changed Poor Huma Abedin, New Image Of His Penis  —  Anthony Weiner is up to his old tricks again.  I've been in contact with a young female girl who wishes to remain Anonymous.  She was lured by Anthony Weiner post scandal via Facebook.
Tracy Connor / U.S. News:
Anthony Weiner admits sexting continued after 2011 resignation from Congress  —  New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, who resigned from Congress in 2011 after a sexting scandal, admitted Tuesday that his Internet shenanigans didn't stop when he stepped down in disgrace.
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Anthony Weiner Faces New Sex Chat Allegations
Politico:
Anthony Weiner kept sexting after resignation
Discussion: CNN and New Republic
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Meet William Wilkins
Philip Bump / The Atlantic Wire:
Anthony ‘Carlos Danger’ Weiner Not Dropping Out After Admitting To More Sexting
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Balloon Juice
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Huma Abedin Has Her Own Life
Discussion: Jezebel and Instapundit
CNN:
Weiner, with wife at side, says lewd exchanges happened after resignation
Ben White / Politico:
5 things to watch in Obama's economy speech  —  President Barack Obama on Wednesday delivers what the White House is billing as a major address on jobs and the economy — and Republicans are mocking as yet another “pivot” from a president struggling for traction.
Discussion: msnbc.com and Yahoo! News
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
House G.O.P. Sets New Offensive on Obama Goals
Discussion: Roll Call and Prairie Weather
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Obama to Try to Focus Public Attention on Economy
Discussion: CNN and Associated Press
Curtis Houck / CNSNews:
Hoyer: GOP Will Shoot Its ‘Own Child’ if Dems Don't ‘Pay Ransom’ on Debt Ceiling
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and BizPac Review
The Atlantic Online:
It's the Racism, Stupid  —  National Review's Victor Davis Hanson takes on the president's comments with predictable results.  Here Hansen counters The Talk that African-American parents give their children about the police with his own version of The Talk: … I really, really hope not.
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Facing Facts about Race
Politico:
The new power triangle  —  Barack Obama, to hear his advisers tell it, has finally found The One he has been looking for: John McCain.  —  “We have been looking literally for years for someone we can cut deals with, and finally someone has stepped up,” a White House official said.
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Right now, Larry Summers is the front-runner for Fed chair  —  The word among Federal Reserve watchers right now is that the choice is down to Janet Yellen or Larry Summers as Ben Bernanke's replacement.  I can't find anyone who really thinks it'll be Roger Ferguson, Tim Geithner, Alan Blinder, or some other dark horse.
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Poll: Obama approval nears record low  —  A new poll finds President Obama's approval rating dropping to its lowest level in nearly two years, and near his all-time low.  —  A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released late Tuesday finds Obama with 45 percent approval and 50 percent disapproval.
Discussion: Politico
Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
House forces NSA surveillance vote  —  Opposition to bulk surveillance swells with vote that would ‘end authority for blanket collection of records under the Patriot Act’  —  Congressional opposition to the NSA's bulk surveillance on Americans swelled on Tuesday as the US House prepared …
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Jennifer Martinez / Hillicon Valley:
Wyden warns data collection under Patriot Act is ‘limitless’
Discussion: Politico, Hullabaloo and The Hill
Gary Strauss / USA Today:
Could door-to-door Postal Service delivery end soon?  —  Congressional effort to cut Postal Service losses proposing an end to door-to-door mail delivery  —  First, it was doing away with Saturday delivery.  Now, door-to-door service could be coming to an end.
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Reuters:
Snowden could soon leave Moscow airport: airport source  —  (Reuters) - Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has been granted the papers that will allow him to leave the transit area of a Moscow airport where he is holed up, an airport official said on Wednesday.
KPBS San Diego:
Filner Harassment Scandal Grows As Second Woman Comes Forward … Another woman came forward today to report an unwanted advance by Mayor Bob Filner, telling KPBS News in an exclusive interview that the then-congressman patted her “posterior” while making a crude joke at a crowded fundraiser.
Discussion: Politico, CNN, Gawker and Los Angeles Times
Sandra Lilley / NBC Latino:
Iowa's Rep. King: For every valedictorian Dreamer, 100 are “hauling marijuana”  —  Iowa conservative Republican Congressman Steve King said in an interview with Newsmax that for every valedictorian DREAMer who has been brought to this country by his or her family, “...there's another 100 out there who …
Discussion: The Reaction and Daily Kos
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Washington Post:
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John L. Allen Jr / ncronline.org:
Right wing ‘generally not happy’ with Francis, Chaput says
Discussion: National Review and The Raw Story
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Cornelia Pillard, Obama's radical feminist judicial nominee
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