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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
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
No one notices white-on-white contrast - Steve Benen, Political Animal
The best anti-gay expert we could find - Josh Marhsall, TPM
A second look at Wikileaks - Kevin Drum, Mother Jones
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
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
What is free market clean energy? - Jonathan Chait
It all turns on Olympia Snowe - Greg Sargent, Plum Line
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:
Amanpour all seasons - Madeliene Albright, Vanity Fair
The media, the money, the whole damn thing - P.M. Carpenter, BuzzFlash
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
Republicans get tough on exec pay - mistermix, Balloon Juice
Chris Hayes examines Wikileaks - Blue Texan, firedoglake
Voters head to polls in Okla. - Naomi Jagoda, On Politics
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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