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7:05 PM ET, July 30, 2013

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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Manning Acquitted of Aiding the Enemy  —  FORT MEADE, Md. — A military judge on Tuesday found Pfc. Bradley Manning not guilty of “aiding the enemy” for his release of hundreds of thousands of military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks.  But she convicted him of multiple counts of violating …
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CNN:
Judgment day for Manning  —  Fort Meade, Maryland (CNN) — A military judge acquitted Army Pfc. Bradley Manning on Tuesday of aiding the enemy, but convicted him of violations of the Espionage Act for turning over a trove of classified data to the website WikiLeaks, in a case where the soldier …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Bradley Manning trial verdict: Acquitted of aiding the enemy, convicted on lesser charges  —  FORT MEADE, Md. — A military judge Tuesday acquitted Pfc. Bradley Manning of aiding the enemy — the most serious charge the Army intelligence analyst faced for leaking hundreds of thousands …
U.S. News:
Manning acquitted of aiding enemy but convicted on other charges
Discussion: Advocate and msnbc.com
Julie Tate / Washington Post:
Bradley Manning found not guilty of aiding the enemy
Denis Hamill / NY Daily News:
Democratic mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner talks about his marriage, the sexting scandal and his hopes for City Hall  —  Anthony Weiner's campaign to be the Democratic candidate for mayor has been fraught with challenges.  He sat down with Denis Hamill talk about these difficulties, his home life and what he wants from office.
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Sally Quinn / Washington Post:
Blaming Huma Abedin  —  Anthony Weiner, the New York mayoral candidate, says that his decision to stay in the race despite another sex chat scandal “is not about me.  It's about the citizens of New York.”  —  Unfortunately, that is just not the case.  It's about the mayoral race, yes …
Lara Seligman / The Hill:
Weiner's wife meets with Hillary Clinton spokesman
Discussion: Politico and Hot Air
NY Daily News:
Anthony Weiner would remain defiant even if the Clintons called for him to drop out of mayoral race
Discussion: Post Politics
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Appeals court upholds ruling slapping down Mayor Bloomberg's soda ban  —  An appeals court today dealt another blow to Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed soda ban, calling the controversial regulation “invalid” because it violates “the principle of separation of powers.”
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Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:
N.Y.'s Large Soda Ban Block Ruling Upheld on Appeal
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Appeals court cans N.Y.C. soda ban
Discussion: NewsBusters blogs
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Offers to Cut Corporate Tax Rate as Part of Jobs Deal  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama, in a bid to break a stalemate with the Republican-controlled House, will announce Tuesday that he will agree to cut corporate tax rates in return for a commitment from Republicans to invest in middle-class jobs.
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Jon Favreau / The Daily Beast:
Jon Favreau on the Destructive Rise of the No-Government Conservatives  —  The Republican Party is divided—and the small-government conservatives, who want to reduce government's size but preserve its institutions, are losing.  Jon Favreau on the ruinous ideology that's ascendant.
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Talking Points Memo:   Mike Lee To GOP On Obamacare: 'If You Fund It, You're For It'
Jeffrey Toobin / News Desk:
Another Citizens United—but Worse  —  Think the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United was bad?  A worse one may be on the horizon.  —  To recognize the problem, it's necessary to review some of the Court's gnarled history on the subject of campaign finance.
Maxim Lott / Fox News:
Gov't Knows Best?  White House creates ‘nudge squad’ to shape behavior  —  The federal government is hiring what it calls a “Behavioral Insights Team” that will look for ways to subtly influence people's behavior, according to a document describing the program obtained by FoxNews.com.
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Groundswell: A Secret Tape Reveals How It Lobbied Boehner and Issa on Benghazi  —  As Mother Jones revealed last week, Groundswell, the hush-hush right-wing strategy group partly led by Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, wanted to hype the Benghazi tragedy …
timesfreepress.com:
Take your jobs plan and shove it, Mr. President: Your policies have harmed Chattanooga enough  —  Welcome to Chattanooga, one of hundreds of cities throughout this great nation struggling to succeed in spite of your foolish policies that limit job creation, stifle economic growth and suffocate the entrepreneurial spirit.
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
EMILY's List president passes on Montana Senate bid  —  EMILY's List President Stephanie Schriock (D) said Tuesday she won't seek Montana's open Senate seat in 2014, dealing Democrats another blow just weeks after former Gov. Brian Schweitzer also took a pass.  —  “Montana raised me, and it will always be my heart.
Discussion: CNN
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Rebecca Elliott / Politico:
No Senate run for EMILY's List chief
Discussion: NewsBusters blogs
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Why NSA Surveillance Will Be More Damaging Than You Think  —  The real threat from terrorism is not the harm it inflicts directly but the over-reaction it provokes.  We saw that with the invasion of Iraq.  We're seeing it with security-state overreach.  —  This column over the weekend …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Palin top pick of Alaska Republicans  —  Alaska should be a top tier pick up opportunity for Senate Republicans next year...but their top choice of a candidate is Sarah Palin.  36% of GOP primary voters in the state say they'd like Palin to be their standard bearer against Mark Begich to 26% …
KNSD-TV:
UCSD Student “Forgotten by DEA” to Get Millions  —  Daniel Chong was hospitalized in April 2012 after spending five days in a DEA holding cell without food or water  —  The U.S. government will pay $4.1 million in response to a lawsuit filed against federal agents who forgot …
Discussion: Colorlines, The Raw Story and TalkLeft
Jessica Chasmar / Washington Times:
CBC recommends Sheila Jackson Lee for Homeland Security post  —  Just two weeks after Janet Napolitano announced her resignation as Secretary of Homeland Security, the Congressional Black Caucus has suggested Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston fill her spot.
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Paul: Christie is the ‘king of bacon’ on government spending  —  (CNN) - The feuding between Republicans Chris Christie and Rand Paul continued Tuesday as the senator from Kentucky cautioned the governor from New Jersey was picking a fight with the wrong guy.
Cord Jefferson / Gawker:
Video of Violent, Rioting Surfers Shows White Culture of Lawlessness  —  A frightening and violent mob swept through the normally quiet seaside community of Huntington Beach last night following a surfing competition in the area.  Businesses were vandalized and looted, portable toilets overturned …
Discussion: msnbc.com
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Wrinkle in Health Law Vexes Lawmakers' Aides  —  WASHINGTON — As President Obama barnstorms the country promoting his health care law, one audience very close to home is growing increasingly anxious about the financial implications of the new coverage: members of Congress and their personal staffs.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Greenwald: NSA hearing canceled  —  This week's informal congressional hearing on the National Security Agency's surveillance program has been cancelled, according to The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald, who was expected to testify via satellite.  —  Democratic congressman Alan Grayson …
Stanley Kurtz / National Review:
Regionalism: Obama's Quiet Anti-Suburban Revolution  —  The consensus response to President Obama's Knox College speech on the economy is that the administration has been reduced to pushing a menu of stale and timid policies that, in any case, won't be enacted.  But what if the administration isn't actually out of ideas?
Discussion: Power Line and VodkaPundit
 
 
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Bloomberg:
Guns Are for White People
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Donna Cassata / Associated Press:
Obama Asks Graham, McCain to Travel to Egypt
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Amash: Michigan Senate race ‘very difficult’
Discussion: Politico
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Obama: Pay gap ‘morally wrong’
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Prairie Weather
Washington Wire:
Text of Obama's Remarks on Middle-Class Jobs
Arthur Delaney / The Huffington Post:
Food Stamp Cuts Set To Kick In, Congress Not Paying Attention
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Bill Nojay / Wall Street Journal:
Lessons From a Front-Row Seat for Detroit's Dysfunction
Bryan Koenig / CNN:
Virginia's McDonnell giving it all back
Discussion: Politico
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Cardinal Downplays Pope Francis' Gay Remark: Homosexual Acts Are Still A ‘Sin’
New York Times:
Corrections: July 30, 2013  —  Because of an editing error …
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Midterm Elections Could Be a Wave, But Who's Going to Drown?
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Alex Roarty / NationalJournal.com:
Why Didn't Liz Cheney Run for the Senate in Virginia?
 

 
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