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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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Daily Mail:
REVEALED: The Obama election campaigner, 23, who ‘received illicit messages and had phone sex with Anthony Weiner’ a year after humiliated wife forgave him — Sydney Leathers, a liberal activist from Illinois, is allegedly the woman who revealed explicit images she received from Weiner
New York Times:
Account of Weiner's Conversation Fits Pattern of Online Exchanges — The racy online conversations now convulsing Anthony D. Weiner's campaign for mayor began with an angry Facebook message, according to the editor of a blog that has communicated with the young woman involved.
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Hot Air, Mediaite, The Week, Business Insider and Politicker
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.”
Amanda Cochran / CBS News:
CBS News poll finds more Americans than ever want Obamacare repealed — (CBS News) A new CBS News poll finds more Americans than ever want the Affordable Care Act repealed. — According to the poll, 36 percent of Americans want Congress to expand or keep the health care law while 39 percent …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
House G.O.P. Sets New Offensive on Obama Goals — WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are moving to gut many of President Obama's top priorities with the sharpest spending cuts in a generation and a new push to hold government financing hostage unless the president's signature health care law is stripped of money this fall.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama hits GOP for ‘phony scandals’
Obama hits GOP for ‘phony scandals’
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E2-Wire and Red Alert Politics
Nate Cohn / New Republic:
Obama Is Losing the White Working Class
Obama Is Losing the White Working Class
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Washington Monthly and Taegan Goddard's …
Politico:
Denis McDonough to Democrats: We've got this
Denis McDonough to Democrats: We've got this
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Poll: Obama approval nears record low
Poll: Obama approval nears record low
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Politico, Scared Monkeys and CNN
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Meet President Obama's new economic message. Same as his old economic message. — You could be forgiven if you thought you had heard President Obama's speech on the economy today before. Because you have. For most of the 2012 campaign. (Don't trust us, read Obama's 2012 acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.)
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
A warmed-over jobs message
A warmed-over jobs message
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama ‘Pivots’ for 19th Time
Obama ‘Pivots’ for 19th Time
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Wake up America and ABC News
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Older, But Not Wiser — “As a country, we're older and we're wiser …
Older, But Not Wiser — “As a country, we're older and we're wiser …
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Washington Free Beacon
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
John Boehner: Obama speech ‘an Easter Egg with no candy’
John Boehner: Obama speech ‘an Easter Egg with no candy’
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
READ: Obama's Economic Speech In Illinois As Prepared For Delivery — Eight years ago, I came here to deliver the commencement address for the class of 2005. Things were a little different back then. I didn't have any gray hair, for example. Or a motorcade. I didn't even have a teleprompter.
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Barack Obama economic push launches with middle class focus — President Barack Obama sharpened his focus on the economy Wednesday, looking to breathe new life into his second-term agenda with a fresh pivot back to the issue a majority of Americans feel most acutely in their daily lives.
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Red Alert Politics
Washington Wire:
Transcript: Obama's Remarks on Middle-Class Prosperity
Transcript: Obama's Remarks on Middle-Class Prosperity
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Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:
Obama Blasts Republicans In Major Economic Speech: 'You Can't Just Be Against' Everything I Propose
Obama Blasts Republicans In Major Economic Speech: 'You Can't Just Be Against' Everything I Propose
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The Heritage Foundation and The Gateway Pundit
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Conservatives Desperately Move To Shut Down Government Over Obamacare — Running out of time and options, conservatives are exploring new ways to corner Congress into shutting down the government this fall unless Obamacare is defunded. But they aren't likely to achieve much more than giving Republican leaders heartburn.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
GOP senator: Don't hold debt limit ‘hostage’ over ObamaCare funds
GOP senator: Don't hold debt limit ‘hostage’ over ObamaCare funds
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Politico
Eric W. Dolan / The Raw Story:
Pennsylvania police chief: F*ck all you libtards out there, you take it in the a** — The mayor of Gilberton, Pennsylvania is standing by her city's police chief despite a series of profanity-laced and threatening videos. — In a video that has received wide attention …
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Marist Poll:
7/24: A Look at the 2016 Presidential Contest — If former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were to announce a candidacy for the Presidency, she would be the clear frontrunner for the Democratic nomination. Clinton outdistances her closest potential opponent, Vice President Joe Biden …
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New York Times:
Snowden Lawyer Says No Clearance to Leave Airport — By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and STEVEN LEE MYERS — MOSCOW — After a month holed up in the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, Edward J. Snowden, the former intelligence contractor sought by the United States on espionage charges …
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Jessica Yellin / CNN:
Obama to nominate Caroline Kennedy as ambassador to Japan — (CNN) - Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of former President John F. Kennedy and a prominent Democratic backer, was nominated by President Barack Obama Wednesday to serve as U.S. ambassador to Japan.
Geetika Rudra / Yahoo! Good Morning America:
Judge Orders $1 Million Returned to Exotic Dancer — A federal judge has ruled that Nebraska cops must return over $1 million confiscated at a traffic stop from a woman who saved the money $1 at a time during her 15 year career as an exotic dancer. — The money belongs to Tara Mishra …
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The Volokh Conspiracy, Hit & Run and Firedoglake
New York Times:
U.S. Halts Delivery of F-16 Fighters to Egypt, in Sign of Disapproval — WASHINGTON — President Obama, in his first punitive response to the ouster of Mohamed Morsi as president of Egypt, has halted the delivery of four F-16 fighter planes to the Egyptian air force.
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BBC, Guardian, Outside the Beltway and The Week
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
What's the Matter With North Carolina? — The state went from beacon of tolerance to bastion of voter suppression in a month. — North Carolina is proving itself to be the poster child for all that is wrong with modern American democracy and—with thanks to Moral Mondays—also highlighting all that may someday save it.
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