Top Items:
Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
Bill and Hillary Clinton are ‘livid’ at comparisons to Weiner's sexcapades and Huma's forgiveness — Bill and Hillary Clinton are angry with efforts by mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner and his campaign to compare his Internet sexcapades — and his wife Huma Abedin's incredible forgiveness …
RELATED:
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Time to Hard-Delete Carlos Danger — WASHINGTON — WHEN you puzzle over why the elegant Huma Abedin is propping up the eel-like Anthony Weiner, you must remember one thing: Huma was raised in Saudi Arabia, where women are treated worse by men than anywhere else on the planet.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Are Republicans too divided to have a civil war? — A nasty fight is brewing among Republicans over a proposal to defund Obamacare. Another intra-party fight is flaring over national security and the war on terror. And yet another is well under way over immigration reform.
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, Booman Tribune, Connecting.the.Dots and The Hill
RELATED:
Associated Press:
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul hits critics for ‘gimme, gimme’ attitude toward federal Sandy relief — FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul hit back at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the two Republicans' ongoing spat over national security. — Christie last week criticized Paul's opposition …
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, Andrew Kaczynski, The Dish, TIME, Politicker, Hit & Run, DownWithTyranny!, Post Politics, The Mahablog and The Daily Caller
Digby / Crooks and Liars:
Blue America Chat: Meet Barbara Buono, Chris Christie's Worst Nightmare … My first exposure to Chris Christie was when I saw video footage of him abusively browbeating a school teacher at a town hall meeting for having the temerity to question his education policies.
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
After hits from King and Christie, Rand Paul fires back on Sandy aid
After hits from King and Christie, Rand Paul fires back on Sandy aid
Discussion:
PoliticusUSA, Politico and The Hinterland Gazette
Howard Dean / Wall Street Journal:
The Affordable Care Act's Rate-Setting Won't Work — Experience tells me the Independent Payment Advisory Board will fail. — Continuing efforts by congressional Republicans to “defund” further implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, even if it takes shutting …
Discussion:
Michelle Malkin, The New Republic, The Hill, Power Line, Brad DeLong, LifeNews.com and Weasel Zippers
RELATED:
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Howard Dean, Concerned American and Non-Shill — Pope Francis on Gay Priests: ‘Who Am I to Judge?’ — If you are old enough to remember when Howard Dean was running for president in 2004, excoriating fellow Democrats like John Kerry as a “handmaiden of special interests,” …
Associated Press:
In shift of tone, Pope Francis reaches out to gays, says he won't judge gay priests — ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRCRAFT — Pope Francis reached out to gays, saying he won't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference Monday as he returned from his first foreign trip.
Discussion:
Wonkblog, The Daily Beast, The Hinterland Gazette, Simply Left BehindThe … and Gawker
RELATED:
Stephen Carter / Bloomberg:
How to Get Obama Out of His Bubble — During Bill Clinton's …
How to Get Obama Out of His Bubble — During Bill Clinton's …
Discussion:
Hit & Run
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Stranded by Sprawl — Detroit is a symbol of the old economy's decline. It's not just the derelict center; the metropolitan area as a whole lost population between 2000 and 2010, the worst performance among major cities. Atlanta, by contrast, epitomizes the rise of the Sun Belt …
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, Power Line, National Review, The Reality-Based Community, VodkaPundit, Eschaton and Prairie Weather
Ben Jacobs / The Daily Beast:
Cory Booker Visiting Iowa In August — Is Cory Booker already running for President in 2016? … The Newark mayor who is heavily favored in New Jersey's special election to replace Frank Lautenberg in the U.S. Senate has already scheduled a major speaking engagement in Iowa in August.
Discussion:
Yahoo! News, Post Politics, Taegan Goddard's … and The Daily Caller
RELATED:
Matt Friedman / New Jersey Online:
Lautenberg and Booker's tortured history shows up in campaign
Lautenberg and Booker's tortured history shows up in campaign
Discussion:
Ballot Box
ABC News:
Obama: Toughest Work Ahead in Mideast Talks — President Barack Obama says the relaunch of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks is a promising step forward. But he adds that the most difficult work is yet to come. — With senior Israeli and Palestinian negotiators en route to Washington …
Discussion:
Politico and Associated Press
RELATED:
Reuters:
Palestinian, Israeli officials clash over format of Washington peace talks
Palestinian, Israeli officials clash over format of Washington peace talks
Discussion:
Israel Matzav, Booman Tribune, The Week, Algemeiner.com and Gawker
William Booth / Washington Post:
Peace talks set to begin after Israel agrees to free 104 Palestinian prisoners
Peace talks set to begin after Israel agrees to free 104 Palestinian prisoners
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Taylor Marsh, Via Meadia, normblog, The Hugh Hewitt Show and Guardian
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Cumulus planning to drop Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity — In a major shakeup for the radio industry, Cumulus Media, the second-biggest broadcaster in the country, is planning to drop both Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity from its stations at the end of the year, an industry source told POLITICO on Sunday.
Discussion:
The Week, Mediaite, theGrio, Twitchy, The Spectacle Blog, Rush Limbaugh, Crooks and Liars, NewsHounds blog, msnbc.com, Myajc Blogs, Towleroad News #gay, americanthinker.com, Scared Monkeys, The Huffington Post, PoliticusUSA, Outside the Beltway, The Raw Story, The Moderate Voice, Deadline.com, The Right Scoop, The Gateway Pundit, The Reaction and Little Green Footballs, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
REPORT: Nation's Second Largest Radio Broadcaster Planning To Drop Rush Limbaugh
REPORT: Nation's Second Largest Radio Broadcaster Planning To Drop Rush Limbaugh
Discussion:
Politico, Mediaite, Shakesville and Prairie Weather
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
In U.S., 52% Back Law to Legalize Gay Marriage in 50 States — Americans would legalize gay marriage nationwide, favor equal rights for such unions — PRINCETON, NJ — If given the opportunity to vote on a law legalizing gay marriage in all 50 states, the slight majority of Americans …
Discussion:
Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Hill, Hullabaloo, Advocate, The Dish, Real Clear Politics and First Read
National Review:
Mitch Daniels Was Right — Mitch Daniels, whom some Republicans would like to see president of something more than Purdue University, is under attack because as governor of Indiana he objected to the use of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States in public-school curricula.
Discussion:
Washington Monthly and Power Line
china labor watch:
Apple's supplier Pegatron Group violates workers' rights — Today, China Labor Watch (CLW) published an investigative report detailing the labor violations of three factories of Pegatron Group, a major supplier to Apple. In 2013, Apple has increased its orders to these factories …
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, BBC, The Verge and Washington Free Beacon
Josh Eidelson / Salon:
Fast food strikes intensify in seven cities — The biggest walkout yet begins this morning — and the strikes could have far-reaching implications for labor — This morning marks the start of what will likely be the largest fast food worker mobilization in U.S. history …
Discussion:
Lawyers, Guns & Money, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos and WNEM-TV
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Jimmy Carter traveling to North Korea — Former President Jimmy Carter's reported travels to North Korea aren't in cooperation with the Obama administration and would be a “private trip,” the White House said Monday, following reports that he was headed there to negotiate for the release of a U.S. citizen.
Discussion:
BuzzFeed
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Momentum Builds Against N.S.A. Surveillance — WASHINGTON — The movement to crack down on government surveillance started with an odd couple from Michigan, Representatives Justin Amash, a young libertarian Republican known even to his friends as “chief wing nut,” and John Conyers Jr. …
Discussion:
Guardian, ThinkProgress, Prairie Weather, Mediaite and The Agonist
RELATED:
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
With NSA revelations, Sen. Ron Wyden's vague warnings about privacy finally become clear
With NSA revelations, Sen. Ron Wyden's vague warnings about privacy finally become clear
Discussion:
Taylor Marsh and Post Politics