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8:10 AM ET, July 26, 2013

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Alyssa Newcomb / ABC News:
George Zimmerman Juror Says He ‘Got Away With Murder’  —  The only minority on the all-female jury that voted to acquit George Zimmerman said today that Zimmerman “got away with murder” for killing Trayvon Martin and feels she owes an apology Martin's parents.
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Hal Boedeker / The TV Guy:
George Zimmerman trial ‘a publicity stunt,’ juror tells ABC
Discussion: Mediaite and theGrio
Inside Edition:
EXCLUSIVE: Sydney Leathers Details Being At Center Of Anthony Weiner Sexting Scandal  —  We're hearing for the first time from the young woman at the center of the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal.  —  Twenty-three-year-old Sydney Leathers spoke exclusively to INSIDE EDITION about the raunchy text messages …
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Marist Poll:
7/25: Quinn Reclaims Lead from Weiner in Democratic Primary... Should Weiner Drop Out?  Dems Divide  —  In light of new revelations that Anthony Weiner continued to engage in lewd online behavior after he resigned from Congress two years ago, Weiner now trails Christine Quinn in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor.
Breanna Edwards / Politico:   Anthony Weiner texter felt ‘manipulated’
Gideon Resnick / Politicker:
Rival Says Weiner Needs to Apologize to Latinos for ‘Carlos Danger’ Nickname
Discussion: National Review
Sam Baker / The Hill:
Voting rights challenge in Texas opens up new Obama-GOP fight  —  Attorney General Eric Holder's surprise decision to challenge Texas's voting laws triggers a huge new fight between the federal government and southern states dominated by the Republican Party.
Discussion: Associated Press
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Associated Press:
AG Eric Holder: Justice Department targeting Texas redistricting in voting-rights fight
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Justice Department to challenge states' voting rights laws
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Republican Health Care Panic  —  Leading Republicans appear to be nerving themselves up for another round of attempted fiscal blackmail.  With the end of the fiscal year looming, they aren't offering the kinds of compromises that might produce a deal and avoid a government shutdown; instead …
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Wall Street Journal:
Jindal and Walker: Unworkable ObamaCare
Discussion: Right Turn
Sen. Marco Rubio / Fox News:
America, it's not too late to stop ObamaCare
Discussion: Politico, CBS Miami and The Hill
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Inside Groundswell: Read the Memos of the New Right-Wing Strategy Group Planning a “30 Front War”  —  Ginni Thomas, Allen West, and a crew of conservative activists and journalists have formed a hush-hush coalition to battle progressives—and Karl Rove.  —  From left: Frank Gaffney; Ginni Thomas; Allen West
CBO's Publications:
How Eliminating the Automatic Spending Reductions Specified by the Budget Control Act Would Affect the U.S. Economy in 2014  —  Letter to the Honorable Chris Van Hollen  —  This letter provides an analysis of how a cancellation of the automatic spending reductions specified by the Budget Control Act of 2011 …
Discussion: Federal Eye and Capitol Report
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
CBO: Sequester cuts would cost up to 1.6M jobs through 2014  —  The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Thursday estimated that keeping the spending cuts from sequestration in place through fiscal 2014 would cost up to 1.6 million jobs.  —  Canceling the cuts, on the other hand …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Daily Kos
Declan McCullagh / CNET:
Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords  —  Secret demands mark escalation in Internet surveillance by the federal government through gaining access to user passwords, which are typically stored in encrypted form.  —  The U.S. government has demanded that major Internet …
The United States Department of Justice:
Halliburton Agrees to Plead Guilty to Destruction of Evidence in Connection with Deepwater Horizon Tragedy … Halliburton Energy Services Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence in connection with the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Department of Justice announced today.
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Ben Geman / E2-Wire:
Halliburton will plead guilty in BP Gulf oil spill
Discussion: Politico
Max Fisher / WorldViews:
Al-Qaeda hosts a family fair in Syria, complete with ice cream and jihad  —  Nothing says wholesome family fun like al-Qaeda, which is why the group's Syrian and Iraqi branches held a festival in a rebel-held neighborhood of Aleppo.  The bizarre event, captured on video …
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Richard Hall / The Independent:
Video: Al-Qa'ida holds family fun day in war torn Aleppo
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Jawa Report
Kim Severson / New York Times:
Paula Deen's Cook Tells of Slights, Steeped in History  —  SAVANNAH, Ga. — Dora Charles and Paula Deen were soul sisters.  That's what Ms. Deen called the black cook from the start, even before the books and the television shows and the millions of dollars.  —  For 22 years, Mrs. Charles was the queen of the Deen kitchens.
Associated Press:
Weiner: I Messaged Up To Three Women After I Resigned, I Am Seeking Help  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Weiner says he traded racy messages with as many as three women after resigning from Congress in 2011 for similar conduct.  —  The married Democrat also said Thursday that he's still …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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David Weigel / Slate:
The Overrated Huma Abedin  —  We like her, we really like her.  Because ... we like her!  —  Mansplaining disclosure: The following item is written by a man, analyzing the political progress of a woman, and thus can be easily dismissed if you're the type of person who dismisses such commentary.
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Breanna Edwards / Politico:
Rush Limbaugh: 'Weiner isn't Clinton'
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh and CNN
Brendan Sasso / Hillicon Valley:
The FBI has flown drones ten times in US  —  The FBI revealed to Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) that it has flown drones in U.S. airspace ten times since 2006.  —  In a letter released by Paul on Thursday, Stephen Kelly, the FBI's director of legislative affairs, said that the agency uses drones in …
Discussion: Politico
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Target Gives $50K to Group Supporting Anti-Gay VA Candidate Ken Cuccinelli  —  Back in 2010, Target Corporation was forced to apologize when it came out that it had funded campaign ads on behalf of virulently anti-gay Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer.
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Senior GOPer: Try To Ditch Obamacare?  Dream On, Guys  —  As conservatives escalate their efforts to shut down the government if Obamacare is not defunded, a familiar voice of reason is returning to the fray to send them a message: Dream on.  —  Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), a deputy majority whip …
 
 
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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
College Enrollment Falls as Economy Recovers
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
When Did Obama Decide That The Scandals He Once Thought Were Serious Are Now ‘Phony’?
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Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
Why Do Women Disapprove of Drone Strikes So Much More Than Men Do?
Discussion: The Verge and Daily Kos
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Conservatives should be more racially sensitive
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
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Washington Post:
McDonnell switches advisers, strategy in answering allegations
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