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10:20 PM ET, July 29, 2013

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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 …
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Rick Klein / ABC News:
Sources: Clintons' Patience Growing Thin with Anthony Weiner  —  Bill and Hillary Clinton increasingly see Anthony Weiner's mayoral campaign as an embarrassment and potential liability, and are signaling through associates that they are eager to see him exit the race, several former Clinton aides and advisers told ABC News.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Yahoo! News
Dylan Byers / Politico:
CNN to produce Hillary Clinton film  —  CNN Films has tapped documentary filmmaker Charles H. Ferguson to direct a feature-length documentary about former Hillary Clinton, POLITICO has learned.  —  “CNN is very pleased to be working with Academy-Award winner Charles Ferguson on the film …
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.
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
NEWS/ Julianna Margulies Talks Anthony Weiner Scandal: “It's the Gift That Keeps on Giving” for The Good Wife
Discussion: Politico and The Huffington Post
Kathryn Jean Lopez / National Review:
What the Pope Did and Didn't Say on the Plane  —  Papal plane rides have been known to get people talking.  Infamously, there was Pope Benedict's 2009 plane ride to Africa, when a remark about condoms was woefully misunderstood (and the cardinal archbishop of Buenos Aires …
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Rachel Donadio / New York Times:
On Gay Priests, Pope Francis Asks, ‘Who Am I to Judge?’  —  Behind the Pope's Surprising Shift: The Times's Ian Fisher, a former Rome bureau chief, on the pope's statement on gay priests and how it differentiates Francis from previous leaders of the Catholic Church.
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Pope Francis Says He Will Not Judge Gay Priests  —  ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRCRAFT (AP) — Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip.
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 …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:   Howard Dean, Concerned American and Non-Shill
Dean Obeidallah / CNN:
Explain Obamacare at last  —  Editor's note: Dean Obeidallah …
Discussion: Wonkblog
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  July 29, 2013 - Weiner Should Drop Out, NYC Likely Dem Voters Tell Quinnipiac University Poll; Quinn Leads, With De Blasio, Thompson Tied For Second  —  Congressman Anthony Weiner drops to fourth place among likely Democratic primary voters in the race for New York City mayor …
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Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney On 47 Percent Remark: 'Actually, I Didn't Say That' About Personal Responsibility
Discussion: CNN
James Arkin / Politico:
Eliot Spitzer not voting for Anthony Weiner  —  Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer doesn't think Anthony Weiner should be mayor of New York City.  —  Asked by host Chris Matthews Monday on MSNBC's “Hardball” who he would vote for in the mayoral election, Spitzer was hesitant to answer.
Discussion: CNN
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Bill Draper / Associated Press:
Jackson County Circuit judge fires 34-year court veteran for good deed  —  A Kansas City man freed from prison three decades after being wrongfully convicted of rape considers Sharon Snyder his “angel” for giving him a public document that showed him how to properly seek DNA tests.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Gawker
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.
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Tom LoBianco / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: GOP Donor's School Grade Changed  —  Former Indiana and current Florida schools chief Tony Bennett built his national star by promising to hold “failing” schools accountable.  But when it appeared an Indianapolis charter school run by a prominent Republican donor might receive a poor grade …
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Widening Regional Divide over Abortion Laws  —  OVERVIEW  —  While the balance of opinion toward abortion nationwide has remained largely steady over the past 20 years, there are widening disparities in public attitudes on the issue across different regions of the country.
Discussion: The Week, Firedoglake, Yahoo! News and CNN
Joe / Joe. My. God.:
Pat Robertson On Transgender People  —  Bring It Online is the daily portion of Pat Robertson's CBN show where he answers questions from viewers.  Today he was asked the above question and his answer, while far from perfect, was rather surprising.  “I don't understand all that, but I think they are men who are in a woman's body.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Obama Vineyard vacation at $7.6m private resort, over 75 rooms booked for staff  —  MASSACHUSETTS WASHINGTON SECRETS WHITE HOUSE  —  The Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard, the exclusive playground for presidents and their families, is about to get its annual summer infusion of cash …
Anthea Butler / Guardian:
Conservatives bashed me for speaking out about the Zimmerman verdict  —  America may be a nation of ‘free speech’, but be prepared to be bullied and harassed for speaking up, especially on race  —  Hours after the George Zimmerman verdict, I found myself at my computer, calling to mind a text I had first read in seminary.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Natalie Solent
Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Guantanamo's Secret Camp Loves ‘Shades Of Grey’ Series, Officials Tell Congressional Delegation  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Military officials gave a congressional delegation a tour of Guantanamo's secretive Camp Seven last week and told a visiting congressional delegation that the camp's high-value detainees enjoy …
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
In 93-1 vote, Senate confirms FBI nominee  —  The Senate voted 93-1 Monday to confirm James Comey as head of the FBI.  —  The only senator to vote against Comey was Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who has expressed concerns about the FBI's domestic drone program.  —  Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) voted present.
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Fear of a Female Fed Chief  —  The hard-money cranks of the right have spent the Obama years nurturing fears of incipient inflation that never seems to arrive, yet whose non-arrival never dents their airtight worldview.  The current jostling between Larry Summers and Janet Yellen to become …
CNN:
Building collapses in Philadelphia  —  (CNN) — Firefighters in Philadelphia were responding to a building collapse Monday morning, the city's fire department said.  —  Witnesses told CNN affiliate KYW that they heard an explosion and smelled gas after the blast.
Discussion: KTLA 5
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House GOP leaders may have trouble adjourning for the summer  —  House Republican leaders looking to adjourn for the August break at the end of this week could run into trouble, as members of both parties might vote against leaving to protest the lack of progress on spending measures, immigration, the budget and the farm bill.
Discussion: Daily Kos
hotpress.com:
HOT PRESS MEETS KEVIN SPACEY  —  House Of Cards actor Kevin Spacey talks about power, conspiracy, his mate Bill Clinton and whether he'd ever run for office...  Spacey's asides to the camera, uttered in a slow, Southern drawl, lend the character an appropriately slimy and smug air.
Discussion: Politico and Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Sen. Marco Rubio / RedState:
Shut Down ObamaCare, Not Government
Matthew Lee / ABC News:
Familiar Cast as US Launches New Mideast Peace Bid
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
ABC News:
Obama Promising to Protect Minority Voting Rights
Discussion: Politico
David Gans / Balkinization:
CAC, Larry Lessig File Brief in McCutcheon v. FEC Urging New Look at Framers' Understanding of Corruption
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
At the 11th Hour, a Languid Congress
CNN:
Verdict in Manning trial to be revealed Tuesday
Discussion: KTLA 5
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
4 Pinocchios for Rep. Steve King's claim on valedictorians and smugglers
 Earlier Items: 
Jed Lewison / Daily Kos:
Rand Paul explains why both sides are losing the GOP civil war
Discussion: The Stranger …
CBS Atlanta:
Unisex Uniforms Debut As Army Opens Units To Women
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
105 kids rescued from prostitution rings; 150 arrested
Discussion: The Other McCain and NPR
Josh Eidelson / Salon:
Fast food strikes intensify in seven cities
Ben Jacobs / The Daily Beast:
Cory Booker Visiting Iowa In August
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters blogs:
Peggy Noonan: Obama Got To Point Where People Stopped Listening To Him Faster Than Most Presidents