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5:00 PM ET, July 24, 2010

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Matt Lewis / Politics Daily:
Five Minutes With Andrew Breitbart  —  Few would dispute the notion that Andrew Breitbart, 41, has become a major force on the right.  Formerly the editor of The Drudge Report, and a primary developer for The Huffington Post, Breitbart has come into his own in recent years …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
CNN anchors attack the scourge of anonymity  —  CNN's Kyra Phillips and John Roberts spent a good five minutes yesterday expressing serious concern over what they called “the dark side” of the Internet: the plague of “anonymous bloggers” who are “a bunch of cowards” for not putting their names …
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Alana Goodman / NewsBusters.org:
CNN Host Calls for Crackdown on ‘Bloggers’ …
NY Daily News:
Rep. Charles Rangel says it would be unpatriotic of him to resign amid ethics scandal  —  HENRICK KAROLISZYN AND KATHLEEN LUCADAMO  —  Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel said Saturday it would be unpatriotic to resign rather than fight his pending ethics charges - despite a call that he do so to save the Democratic party.
Discussion: The Hill and HotAirPundit
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Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Rangel proceeding worries Dems and puzzles ethics experts  —  The timing of Rep. Charles Rangel's (D-N.Y.) public House ethics trial has House Democrats panicked and ethics watchdogs puzzled.  —  Democrats are worried the unusual and high-profile trial will cost the party seats in the fall …
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Young Voters Slowly Abandoning Hope & Change  —  Could it finally be sinking in who exactly is going to be paying for all this alleged “free” stuff? … “Easily disillusioned” is sociology-speak for “sucker.”  —  Even “Obama Girl” was struck by reality a few months ago.
Discussion: Riehl World View
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Geoff Earle / New York Post:
Shock poll reversal
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Jamal Abdi / The Huffington Post:
Resolution Green-Lighting Israeli Strikes on Iran Introduced by House Republicans  —  Republicans in the House of Representatives have introduced a measure that would green-light an Israeli bombing campaign against Iran.  The resolution, H.Res. 1553 (in full below), provides explicit support …
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Obama and Boehner square off again over parties' jobs plans
Discussion: CNN and The Politico
Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
Journolist flap shows a destructive ‘gotcha’ mentality  —  The current Journolist controversy that has the blogosphere heaving sparks and Washington even more self-absorbed than usual is weak tea — a tempest in Barbie's teacup.  —  At least as concerns the so-called conspiracy itself.
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Britain Plans to Decentralize National Health Care  —  LONDON — Perhaps the only consistent thing about Britain's socialized health care system is that it is in a perpetual state of flux, its structure constantly changing as governments search for the elusive formula that will deliver …
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
‘A Commandeering of the People’  —  One of America's leading libertarian legal scholars handicaps whether the Supreme Court will find ObamaCare's insurance mandate constitutional.  —  Is ObamaCare constitutional?  “If you ask any constitutional law professor whether Congress can do something …
David Fox / Reuters:
Taliban say 2 U.S. soldiers captured in Afghanistan  —  (Reuters) - The Taliban said on Saturday they had captured two U.S. servicemen in Afghanistan, and NATO confirmed they were missing and scrambled helicopters and planes to search for them.  —  The U.S. and NATO-led International Security …
The Right Scoop:
Lt. Col. Allen West: I don't see myself as African American, Black American.  I see myself as an American  —  West gets a standing ovation for that line.  And he means every word of it.  And that's why America loves Lt. Col. Allen West!  —  Also, this is a MUST SEE …
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Cubachi:   Allen West talks about the incident in his life that represents honor and integrity
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Clinton Wedding Is Leaving Some Feeling Left Out  —  So, just what does it take to score an invitation to the hottest — not to mention most secretive — political wedding of the summer?  —  More than a cross-country ride on a private jet, apparently.  —  “I'm good enough to borrow a plane from …
Paul Krugman:
Keynes In Asia  —  David Pilling: … In early 2009, the IMF estimated the size of stimulus programs (pdf) in G20 countries:  —  There are several interesting things about this table; one is the fact that in the face of the crisis, Germany's actions were very different from its rhetoric; it was pretty Keynesian in the crunch.
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Darren Goode / The Hill:
Jane Fonda helps out Sen. Boxer  —  Actress and liberal activist Jane Fonda is joining Sen. Barbara Boxer Saturday at a fundraiser to help the California Democrat's reelection and local Republicans are scrambling to do a last-minute protest.  —  The Republican Party of Los Angeles County sent …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Sen. Bernie Sanders / The Huffington Post:
No To Oligarchy  —  This piece was first published in The Nation.
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Ezra Klein:
Sen. Kent Conrad: 'The immediate threat is not the debt.
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Jeff Jarvis / Columbia Journalism Review:
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Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
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