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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Why the Tea Party Is Folding on the Debt Limit — They were never irrational, just delusional — “You've got to know when to hold them and when to fold them”—thus spake Michele Bachmann in an interview with The Washington Post last week. Bachmann is, of course, the high priestess of not knowing when to fold them.
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Booman Tribune and Hullabaloo
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
House passes clean debt ceiling bill — Democrats, again, saved John Boehner. — After a frantic few days, the House voted 221-201 to lift the debt ceiling until March 2015, removing the threat of a default until well after the November midterm election. The bill was supported by 193 Democrats and just 28 Republicans.
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CNN, Post Politics, ImmigrationProf Blog, Guardian, Mediaite, Washington Monthly and National Review
Politico:
Immigration groups turn to anger — Immigration reform advocates are done playing nice with House Republicans. — After holding their fire for years at the urging of the Obama administration, several immigration reform groups now plan to unleash their anger at the right.
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The Daily Caller, BizPac Review, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and ImmigrationProf Blog
New York Times:
House Votes to Raise Debt Ceiling, Without Conditions
House Votes to Raise Debt Ceiling, Without Conditions
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ThinkProgress, The Caucus, msnbc.com, Taking Note, Outside the Beltway, PoliticusUSA, Yahoo! News, Daily Kos and Washington Post
Matt Fuller / Roll Call:
Republicans Plan ‘Clean’ Debt Limit Vote Today (Updated)
Republicans Plan ‘Clean’ Debt Limit Vote Today (Updated)
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Talking Points Memo, The Week, The World's Greatest … and Hot Air
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
GOP debt limit extortion is dead
GOP debt limit extortion is dead
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Daily Kos and Washington Post
Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Why I'm Getting Sick of Defending Obamacare — Incompetence, politics, and delays frustrate advocates of health care reform. — It's getting difficult and slinking toward impossible to defend the Affordable Care Act. The latest blow to Democratic candidates, liberal activists …
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Humberto Sanchez / Roll Call:
Cruz Does Boehner No Favors
Cruz Does Boehner No Favors
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New York Times and The Reaction
Joe Klein / TIME:
The Hillary Clinton Papers: Not Much There — In February of 1998, in the midst of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, I interviewed Diane Blair about her dear friend Hillary Clinton. — Blair was ill then, suffering from cancer, but she was vehement about two things: that Hillary was a dynamite friend-smart …
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American Spectator
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Betsy Rothstein / The Daily Caller:
‘Anti-Clinton website:’ NBC affiliates across country refuse to say ‘Washington Free Beacon’
‘Anti-Clinton website:’ NBC affiliates across country refuse to say ‘Washington Free Beacon’
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National Review, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Ed Driscoll, NewsBusters, FIRST DRAFT, Washington Free Beacon and Weekly Standard
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Team Clinton started talks on 2016 White House run night of Obama's victory
Team Clinton started talks on 2016 White House run night of Obama's victory
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No More Mister Nice Blog, ABC News, CNN, Talking Points Memo, The Reaction and Politico
Ken Ward Jr / Charleston Gazette:
‘Significant’ coal slurry spill blackens Kanawha County creek — CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State officials were trying this morning to contain a “significant spill” of coal slurry from a Patriot Coal processing facility in eastern Kanawha County. — Emergency officials said that the spill …
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Philly.com, Daily Kos, DeSmogBlog and Shakesville
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ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Pipe Break At Coal Facility Contaminates West Virginia Waterway — A West Virginia coal slurry impoundment that collapsed in 2012. — CREDIT: AP Photo/W.Va. Department of Environmental Protection — A coal preparation facility spilled an unknown quantity of coal slurry …
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WV Department …, The State Journal, EcoWatch and Balloon Juice
Aljean Harmetz / New York Times:
Shirley Temple Black, Screen Darling, Dies at 85 — Shirley Temple Black, who as a dimpled, precocious and determined little girl in the 1930s sang and tap-danced her way to a height of Hollywood stardom and worldwide fame that no other child has reached, died on Monday night at her home in Woodside, Calif. She was 85.
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Outside the Beltway, Jezebel, Boing Boing, TCM Turner Classic Movies, The Other McCain, Taylor Marsh, Althouse, Gawker and Liberaland
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Eric M. Johnson / Reuters:
Shirley Temple Black, child star who became diplomat, dies at 85
Shirley Temple Black, child star who became diplomat, dies at 85
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Politico, The Fix, The Heritage Foundation and The Week
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Bevin, McConnell and TARP — Matt Bevin, who is challenging Sen. Mitch McConnell in a Republican primary, calls the 2008 federal bailout of banks and Wall Street giants “irresponsible” and says he would have opposed it as a senator. — Yet back in 2008, as an investment fund president …
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BuzzFeed, Washington Monthly, WFPL and The Daily Caller
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TheBlaze.com:
Tea Party Senate Candidate Accused of Being a Huge Fan of the Bailout - This Is How He Responded — U.S. Senate candidate Matt Bevin responded Tuesday to a report alleging he once signed off on a memo supporting the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Politico, Hot Air, National Review and The Daily Caller
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The Left Fights Back — This weekend's massive protest in North Carolina shows that the GOP doesn't own morality. — I spent most of this past weekend answering two questions: “Why are you so interested in what happens in North Carolina?” (Posed mainly by people not from North Carolina.)
Yahoo! News:
Clarence Thomas: Society is overly sensitive about race — Americans today are too sensitive about race, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told a gathering of college students in Florida on Tuesday. — Speaking at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Fla., Thomas …
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, National Review and TheBlaze.com
Natalie Villacorta / Politico:
Karl Rove hits Rand Paul for Bill Clinton bashing — Karl Rove took a shot at Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday for attacking Bill Clinton over his “predatory” behavior toward Monica Lewinsky, saying that it's not good strategy for running for president. — “Frankly, Rand Paul spending …
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Taylor Marsh, Outside the Beltway, The Daily Banter, Hot Air, American Prospect and The Atlantic Online
Sam Borden / New York Times:
American Lugers Annoyed by Group's Gay Rights Video — KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — There was a ripple of discontent over a gay rights issue at the Sochi Games on Tuesday, but it had nothing to do with Russia. — Several American doubles lugers said they were irritated …
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
What AOL's Tim Armstrong Got Right — Wonder why it's so hard to “bend the cost curve” in health care? Look no further than the universal freakout over AOL Inc. chief executive officer Tim Armstrong's recent remarks. — For those who haven't been following along at home, a recap …
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JustOneMinute, News Desk, Financial Post, Mediaite, New York Times and Instapundit
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Holder Urges States to Repeal Bans on Felons' Voting — WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Tuesday urged states to repeal laws that prohibit felons from voting, a move that would restore the right to vote to millions of people. — The call was mostly symbolic …
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Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, Balloon Juice, Naked Politics, Feeds and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Jennifer Sullivan / The Seattle Times:
Inslee halts executions in state while he is governor — Gov. Jay Inslee this morning announced a moratorium on executions while he is in office: “During my term we will not be executing people.” — Gov. Jay Inslee is calling a moratorium on executions while he is governor.
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Daily Kos and Taegan Goddard's …
ThinkProgress:
Florida County Eliminates Minority-Heavy Polling Places — Manatee County Supervisor of Elections Mike Bennett (R) — On a party-line vote, a Florida county's Republican majority Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to eliminate almost one-third of Manatee County's voting sites.
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Bradenton Herald & … and The BRAD BLOG
Christine Clarridge / The Seattle Times:
Anti-abortion arsonist sought; accused of groping girl at store — Curtis Anton Beseda, who once served 12 years in federal prison for setting fire to abortion clinics in Western Washington, is accused of groping an 11-year-old girl at a Snohomish store. — The tips started coming in shortly …
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Liberaland, The Other McCain and The Raw Story
Pew Social & Demographic Trends:
The Rising Cost of Not Going to College — Overview — For those who question the value of college in this era of soaring student debt and high unemployment, the attitudes and experiences of today's young adults—members of the so-called Millennial generation—provide a compelling answer.
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Los Angeles Times and Real Time Economics