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4:45 PM 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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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.
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.”
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  —  “I don't normally do this,” President Obama's senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer wrote in the subject line of an e-mail blast to reporters Sunday night.  —  This was tantalizing.  What would this top White House official be doing?  Singing karaoke on the North Lawn?
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Older, But Not Wiser  —  “As a country, we're older and we're wiser …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama talks up economy, hits Republicans on ‘phony scandals’
Discussion: E2-Wire and Red Alert Politics
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
John Boehner: Obama speech ‘an Easter Egg with no candy’
Discussion: msnbc.com and Washington Monthly
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Jay Carney: Get past ‘phony scandals’
Discussion: The Daily Caller and CNN
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.
Discussion: Red Alert Politics
Washington Wire:
Transcript: Obama's Remarks on Middle-Class Prosperity  —  President Barack Obama returned to Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., Wednesday to discuss his plans for boosting the middle class.  Here are Mr. Obama's remarks, as prepared for delivery:  —  Eight years ago, I came here to deliver …
New York Times:
Obama Focuses on Economy, Vowing to Help Middle Class
Discussion: Economix, New Republic and msnbc.com
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama: 'We've Come a Long Way Since I First Took Office.  As a Country, We're Older and We're Wiser.'
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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.
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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 …
Nate Cohn / New Republic:
Obama Is Losing the White Working Class
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Poll: Obama approval nears record low
Discussion: Politico, Scared Monkeys and CNN
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 …
Discussion: Yahoo! News, CNN and Hot Air
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
2016 poll: Clinton tops likely GOP rivals
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Reuters
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
Discussion: 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 …
Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Americans turn against Edward Snowden  —  The American people, who once defended Edward Snowden's leaks of sensitive intelligence information gathered by the U.S. government, are starting to turn against him.  —  A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that a majority of Americans …
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Attitudes Shift Against Snowden; Fewer than Half Say NSA is Unjustified
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Hot Air
Manu Raju / Politico:
Mitch McConnell slams Matt Bevin in Senate race  —  Matt Bevin is getting a Mitch McConnell welcome in Kentucky: A slashing TV ad seizing on the political newcomer's problems with his Connecticut-based bell manufacturing business.  —  Bevin, a wealthy Louisville businessman …
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Conservative challenger takes on top Senate Republican
Discussion: Reuters, Politico, msnbc.com and Roll Call
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 …
Ben Goad / The Hill:
Home care workers press administration for minimum wage  —  Scores of health workers and their supporters gathered outside the Labor Department Tuesday, demanding long-sought minimum wage and overtime rights for home care workers.  —  In what would be a major victory for labor unions …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Shakesville
 
 
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
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Don't Let Bankruptcy Fool You: Detroit's Not Dead
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Tyler Kingkade / The Huffington Post:
USC Student: Police Said I Wasn't Raped Because He Didn't Orgasm
Discussion: The Week, AMERICAblog, Jezebel and Politico
Peter Hamby / CNN:
First on CNN: Republicans launch their own ‘50 state strategy’
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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