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July 30, 2010, 12:40 pm
FROM THE BLOGS:
Summer of corruption - Michelle Malkin
What will Congress do about Bush tax cuts? - Ezra Klein
The BP shakedown - Dan McLaughlin, Red State
GOP blocks aid to 9/11 heroes - Joan McCarter, Daily Kos
Arizona appeals — now what? - Pete Williams, First Read
Florida Senate race is stagnant - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Friday's campaign round-up - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Club for Growth endorses Paul - Daniel Foster, The Corner
The taxman cometh - James Downie, TNR
Republicans hit back on military modernization - John Noonan, Weekly Standard
Republican temper tantrums - Kevin Drum, MoJo
Marriage and the judgment of the people - Chuck Donovan, The Foundry
How to lose an 11 point lead - John Aravosis, AMERICAblog
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July 30, 2010, 7:00 am
FROM THE BLOGS:
An interview with Rep. Paul Ryan - Ezra Klein
Unemployment NOT a work disincentive - Paul Rosenberg, Open Left
Charlie Crist: the depths of political lame-assery - Michelle Malkin
Scare tactics on New START - James Carafano, The Foundry
The FBI wants to codify snooping - Marc Ambinder, The Atlantic
Rangel fails to strike a deal - Charles Lemos, MyDD
Obama wants more warantless surveillance - Joan McCarter, Daily Kos
King still doesn't understand Arizona law - Alex Fitzsimmons, Newsbusters
Graham wants to end birthright citizenship - Allahpundit, Hot Air
Conway keeps his distance from Reid - Julie Sobel, Hotline OnCall
Schlafly does it again - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Nobody is helping Aisha - Matthew Yglesias
Where the real hypocrisy lies - Carol Platt Liebau, Townhall
Do Americans really want an 'efficient' government? - M. Clouthier, RWN
DeMint endorses Rossi in Washington - Chris Cillizza, The Fix OTHER NEWS SOURCES: White House backs ethics proceedings against Rangel - The Hill Rangel poses test for Dems as election nears - New York Times U.S. takes tougher line toward China - Washington Post
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July 29, 2010, 4:26 pm
FROM THE BLOGS: What David Cameron doesn't know about Turkey - Michael Weiss, The Weekly Standard
The D-Word - Charles Lemos, MyDD
A window past? - Josh Marshall, TPM
Celebrate manufacturing workers, too! - Bryan Riley, The
Foundry
Sunsetting the DHS - Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish
Conservative leaders oppose union power grab - AmSpecBlog
Biggest mistake? Not getting right of filibuster - Chris Bowers, Open Left
Grayson foe wants investigation of video - Michael Memoli, The Swamp
Sherrod to sue Breitbart - Frum Forum
Schlafly does it again - Steve
Benen, The Washington Monthly
Pelosi: We want card check ASAP - Ed Morrissey, Hot
Air
Hundreds of jobs set to move overseas due to moratorium - Meg Bloomgren, ChamberPost
Group launches 'Anti-Islamic' bus ads in major cities - Nina Bhattacharya, Think
Progress
Behind the leaked documents - Michael Reagan, The
Moderate Voice
Nobody is helping Aisha - Matthew Yglesias
OTHER
NEWS SOURCES: Ethics panel brings 13 counts against embattled Rep. Rangel - The Hill House Dems face resistance from their own on oil spill - The Hill Fed member's inflation warning hints at policy shift - New York Times Pentagon assails document leak - Washington Post
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July 29, 2010, 2:47 pm
FROM THE BLOGS:
Organizing the unemployed - Pema Levy, TAPPED
Primary heats up in New Hampshire - Neil Stevens, Red State
Chart of the day: Healthcare reform - Kevin Drum, MoJo
Open letter to Mayor Bloomberg - Paul, Power Line
Has the swamp been drained? - Matthew Jaffe, The Note
Reviewing Obama on the view - Michelle Cottle, TNR
Keep internet free of U.N. - Brett Schaefer, The Foundry
Obama's self-inflicted wounds - Paul Rosenberg, Open Left
Did WaPo's 'Top Secret America' succeed - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Obama takes on '24/7' media cycle - Political Ticker
Senate GOP blocks small business bill - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Charlie Crist votes present on Ariz. law - John McCormack, Weekly Standard
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July 29, 2010, 7:48 am
FROM THE BLOGS:
Buchanan disproves global warming! - Blue Texan, firedoglake
The farce ends - Jennifer Rubin, contentions
Florida loves wealthy outsiders! - Jim Geraghty, The Campaign Spot
Scott, Greene have double-digit leads in Fla. - Josh Kraushaar, Hotline OnCall
A dark Beige Report - Charles Lemos, MyDD
Reality check - Erick Erickson, RedState
Obama insists on performance standards - Marc Ambinder, The Atlantic
Obama and a moronic room with a view - Lori Ziganto, Right Wing News
Even yet more warantless searches - Kevin Drum, Mother Jones
Franken: stop corporate media takeover - Joan McCarter, Daily Kos
Social Security fight starts again - John Aravosis, AMERICAblog
The red flag of partisanship - Gary Andres, Weekly Standard
Peter Orszag's parting shots - Dayo Olopade, Daily Beast
Dems would reach 55 seats in Senate - Chris Bowers, Open Left
First take on Arizona ruling - Paul, Powerline OTHER NEWS SOURCES: GOP focus on tax cuts for recess - The Hill Arizona ruling a warning to other states - New York Times FBI may get expanded access to data - Washington Post
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July 28, 2010, 6:28 pm
FROM THE BLOGS:
Will Bush memoir hurt Republicans? - Taeggan Goddard, Political Wire
GOP puts principle first on war funding - Peter Wehner, Contentions
Simmons running for Senate...again - DemFromCT, Daily Kos
Did the federal government cause the BP oil spill? - Erick Erickson, Red State
Aristotle, meet Gingrich - Jonathan Chait
Dem message: Tea Party has captured GOP - Allahpundit, Hot Air
Recession response has worked - Matt Yglesias
Wrong ruling in Ariz. - Hans von Spakovsky & Jack Park, The Foundry
Dodd carries water for anti-Warren forces - kos, Daily Kos
A specious decision on immigration law - Andy McCarthty, The Corner
Angle's latest gaffe - Eric Kleefeld, TPMDC
Cantor's Wall St. cash - Jesse Zwick, TWI
Will Romney's START gamble pay off? - Marc Ambinder, The Atlantic
OTHER NEWS SOURCES: Judge blocks most controversial parts or Ariz. law - The Hill Rangel relieved to be able to talk about case soon - The Hill DNC tries to pin 'Tea Party' label on Republicans - WaPo
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July 28, 2010, 7:31 am
FROM THE BLOGS:
The Senate does the Kabuki - Jay Newton-Small, Swampland
A scheme so nefarious ... - Daniel Foster, The Corner
Tea Party Express endorses O'Donnell in Delaware - Robert Stacy McCain, AmSpecBlog
Quench your outrage - Josh Marshall, TPM
Time for a uniter, not a divider - Jennifer Rubin, Contentions
Senate GOP blocks vote, kills DISCLOSE act - Steve Benen, The Washington Monthly
Oil slick on gulf surface rapidly disappearing ... - Ed Driscoll, Hot
Air
Wikileaks' enlightened betrayal ... - William Kern, The Moderate Voice
Dems deny secret plans; no renewable standard in energy bill - Ezra Klein
Ready for the next trillion-dollar bailout? - James Carafano, The Foundry
More federal medical marijuana raids - Brian Riedl, Hit &
Run
Bush DoD lost $8,700,000,000 in Iraqi oil revenue - Laurence Lewis, Daily Kos
Tax cut proposal of 1963 - Crooks & Liars
Chart of the day - Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish
Filibuster and the super-judiciary - Matthew Yglesias
OTHER
NEWS SOURCES: Obama fights back against anti-business assertions - The Hill House Dems mull break on Obama's tax pledge - The Hill House aproves money for war, but rift deepens - New York Times BP probe focuses on three firms - Washington Post
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July 27, 2010, 5:00 pm
FROM THE BLOGS:
OR-GOV: Swing State moves to 'toss up' - Joan McCarter, Daily Kos
 Disclose Act looks dead - Jacob Sullum, Hit & Run
 Pomeroy's not finished yet - Neil Stevens, RedState
The limits of enforcement - Megan McArdle, The Atlantic
Deficit chickenhawks - Paul Rosenberg, Open Left
Another problem with bigotry - Ezra Klein
Rockefeller and the torture tape investigation - emptywheel
 Using Sherrod to undermine the Black Panther case - J. Tobin, contentions
 Why does Franken fear oversight? - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
No one notices white-on-white contrast - Steve Benen, Political Animal
 Free to booze - John McCormack, Weekly Standard
The best anti-gay expert we could find - Josh Marhsall, TPM
 Do UI extensions mater to unemployment? - Reihan Salam, The Agenda
A second look at Wikileaks - Kevin Drum, Mother Jones
 New calculator of tax payments next year - Curtis Dubay, The Foundry OTHER NEWS SOURCES: Rangel expects ethics trial to go forward - The Hill Ex-financial regulators set to lobby agencies - New York Times NTSB says failed circuit caused Metro crash - Washington Post
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July 27, 2010, 12:25 pm
FROM THE BLOGS:
The big picture behing the Afghanistan leak - Paul Rosenberg, Open Left
 Netroots Nations wants to face Palin in 2012 - Daniel Halper, Weekly Standard
10 races to watch in 2010 - Brian Goldsmith, The Atlantic
Job-creating TANF program running out of funds - Annie Lowrey, TWI
Gingrich pretends to have credibility - Steve Benen, Political Animal
 Lieberman to miss Disclose Act vote - Daniel Foster, The Corner
What is free market clean energy? - Jonathan Chait
 Against ethanol subsidies - Peter Suderman, Hit & Run
It all turns on Olympia Snowe - Greg Sargent, Plum Line
 GOP up big in generic ballot - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Republicans make hay of Rangel competition - Bernie Becker, The Caucus
The latest Rand Paul hilarity - kos, Daily Kos
OTHER NEWS SOURCES: Top Dem: Rangel must decide alone whether to retire - The Hill Democrats' summer strategy - The Hill House Dems feel hung out to dry - WaPo
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July 27, 2010, 7:00 am
FROM THE BLOGS:
 Journolist's heroes - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Amanpour all seasons - Madeliene Albright, Vanity Fair
The media, the money, the whole damn thing - P.M. Carpenter, BuzzFlash
 Cries of racism now mostly about politics - J. Hawkins, Right Wing News
The morning plum - Greg Sargent, The Plum Line
Obama may get intel director before recess - Marc Ambinder, The Atlantic
For and against the maximum income - Matthew Yglesias
Climate peacocks show their feathers - Steve Benen, Political Animal
 Reid introduces 'slimmed-down' energy bill - Meredith Jessup, Townhall
Republicans get tough on exec pay - mistermix, Balloon Juice
 What is Mr. Times saying? - Scott, Powerline
Chris Hayes examines Wikileaks - Blue Texan, firedoglake
 Taxes for thee, not for me - Jim Geraghty, Campaign Spot
Voters head to polls in Okla. - Naomi Jagoda, On Politics
 The left knows the jig is up - Jennifer Rubin, contentions
OTHER NEWS SOURCES: Democrats' summer strategy - The Hill BP posting record loss, says new CEO - New York Times Leak gains more attention than the content - Washington Post
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It seems as though Shirley Sherrod’s ‘wisdom and dignity’ could
make her for a good advising role in the White House, John Steele
Gordon says at contentions. Also, there wasn’t a more fitting
tribute to Stanley McChrystal than the former Army general’s retirement
ceremony on Friday, Max Boot
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If outgoing BP CEO Tony Hayward’s severance package is as
reported, it’s the definition of ‘moral hazard,’ Jim White argues at
firedoglake. Also, former Rep. Tom Tancredo’s (R-Colo.) call for President
Obama’s impeachment makes sense within the larger context of emerging GOP
rhetoric, Blue Texan
says.
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Money and healthcare go hand in hand, exmearden
writes at Daily Kos in a first-hand perspective. Also, a fired Texas bus driver
who refused to take a woman to Planned Parenthood shouldn’t get his job back, Kaili Joy Gray
says.
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ABC’s Jake Tapper has had a good run as the interim host as “This
Week,” at least from a conservative perspective, Ed Morrissey
writes at Hot Air. Also, Howard Dean might have overreached to suggest that Fox
News had been “absolutely racist” in its handling of the Shirley Sherrod story,
Allahpundit
argues.
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This year’s midterm elections are a little more
complicated than “it’s the economy stupid,” Nate Silver writes. Ed
Kilgore runs down the
results of the Alabama runoff results.
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several news stories about fiscal policy, including several clips about
President Obama’s pick to head the Office of Management and Budget, Jacob Lew. Dylan Matthews probes
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