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Tsamuel / theroot.com:
Gates Says ‘Yes’ To Beer With Crowley — In a statement to The Root, the Harvard professor says he would meet with the cop who arrested him, as President Obama has suggested. — TheRootStaff — President Obama tried to calm the racial furor surrounding the arrest of black Harvard scholar …
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Bob Salsberg / Associated Press:
Black officer at Gates home during arrest said scholar acted strange, supports arrest — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A black police officer who was at Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s home when the black Harvard scholar was arrested says he fully supports how his white fellow officer handled the situation.
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Washington Post:
Obama Invites Gates, Arresting Officer to the White House — President Obama expressed regret Friday over the comment that has plunged his administration into a polarizing national debate, and he invited the two men at its center — a white police officer and an African American scholar — to join him at the White House.
Dan / Riehl World View:
A Gatesgate At Henry Gates' “Bogus” Charity? — Henry Louis Gates, Jr controls a tax-exempt, non-profit charity, Inkwell Foundation, Inc, that managed to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in direct support in one year, yet only gave out $27,500 in grants, the bulk of which went to Gates' employees and Harvard colleagues.
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The Corner:L'Affaire Gates — After spending untold millions of dollars …
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New York Times:Obama Shifts Tone on Gates After Mulling Scale of Debate
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:A Presidential Mea Culpa To Sgt. Crowley
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The Hill:
House healthcare talks break down in anger — House healthcare negotiations dissolved in acrimony on Friday, with Blue Dog Democrats saying they were “lied” to by their Democratic leaders. — The seven Blue Dogs on the Energy and Commerce Committee stormed out of a Friday meeting …
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New York Times:
Bush Weighed Using Military in Arrests — WASHINGTON — Top Bush administration officials in 2002 debated testing the Constitution by sending American troops into the suburbs of Buffalo to arrest a group of men suspected of plotting with Al Qaeda, according to former administration officials.
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Chris / TVNewser:
Jon Klein on Birthers: “It Seems This Story is Dead” — TVNewser has learned CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein sent an email to a handful of “Lou Dobbs Tonight” staffers last night regarding the coverage of the so-called birthers and the validity of Pres. Obama's birth in the U.S.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
CNN President Brushes Off Criticism Of Lou Dobbs' Continued Floating Of “Birther” Theories — CNN/US president Jonathan Klein is rebuffing the mounting criticism of the network over Lou Dobbs' continued airing of “birther” theories, saying that Lou runs “his own show” that merely hosts …
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Know-Nothing-in-Chief — There's no evidence Obama has even a sketchy grasp of economics. — Is President Obama an economic illiterate? Harsh as that sounds, there's growing evidence he understands little about economics and even less about economic growth or job creation.
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Jason Embry / Postcards:
Hutchison steps onto field, hits Perry on stimulus — U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison today knocked Gov. Rick Perry for not accepting federal stimulus dollars to expand unemployment benefits, signaling that she's ready to start fighting Perry on issues head-on.
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama: Health bill aids small businesses — President Barack Obama pitched health care reform Saturday as a boon for small businesses, saying it would make allow them to tap into more affordable insurance that is now only available to large companies. — In his weekly radio and Internet address …
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The Swamp
Jim Manzi / The Corner:
Has Global Warming Stopped? — Ezra Klein, Kevin Drum, and Ryan Avent all have posts up that attack George Will's statement that “If you're 29, there has been no global warming for your entire adult life.” Kevin Drum describes this as “idiotic,” Ryan as “moronic,” and Ezra responds, of course, with a chart.
Juana Summers / The Blotter:
Police investigating brick thrown into East Austin home — Police are investigating a brick with an offensive message thrown into the window of an East Austin home. — The brick, thrown through a 4-year-old boy's bedroom window, read “Keep Eastside Black. Keep Eastside Strong.”
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Ellen / News Hounds:
Fat Cat Limbaugh: Only Those Who Can Afford The Ritz Should Have Excellent Health Insurance — Rush Limbaugh was a guest for half of last night's On The Record (7/23/09) where he offered some breathtaking hatemongering about President Obama, the media, universal health care and more.
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Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Shortages of Capable Afghan Forces in South Complicates U.S. Mission — GARMSIR, Afghanistan — “Six, you've got six,” Marine 1st Lt. Justin Grieco told his military police training team, counting the handful of Afghan police officers present for a patrol in this volatile region of southern Afghanistan.
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Connie Hair / Human Events:
GOP Not Allowed to Say ‘Government-Run Healthcare’ — Rep. John Carter (R-Texas), the secretary of the House Republican Conference and a former District Court Judge, is having his messages to constituents censored by Democrats on the Franking Commission. Republicans are no longer allowed …
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Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
...surrender, but don't give yourself away. — “Surrender”, by Cheap Trick — Heh: … “It wasn't Hirohito” says Gateway Pundit: … ...which is correct, but only approaches the punchline: — Admiral William F. Halsey and Vice Admiral John S. McCain on board USS Missouri (BB-63) …
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