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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Democrats Say C.I.A. Deceived Congress  —  WASHINGTON — The director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Leon E. Panetta, has told the House Intelligence Committee in closed-door testimony that the C.I.A. concealed “significant actions” from Congress from 2001 until late last month, seven Democratic committee members said.
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Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:
[UPDATED] Six Seven Members of Congress Say Panetta Testified That CIA Misled Congress  —  Remember how CIA Director Leon Panetta said in May that members of the House Intelligence Committee “will have to determine” whether the CIA accurately and appropriately briefed Congress about the agency's “enhanced interrogation program”?
Tim Starks / Top Stories from CQ:
Panetta Admits CIA Misled Congress on “Significant Actions”  —  CIA Director Leon Panetta told the House Intelligence Committee that the agency had misled and “concealed significant actions from all members of Congress” dating back to 2001 and continuing until late June, according to a letter from seven Democrats on the panel.
Siobhan Gorman / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Say CIA Misled Congress
Discussion: Washington Post and msnbc.com
Jonathan Cohn / The Treatment:
Houston—er, Washington—We Have a Problem  —  On Wednesday, according to a Capitol Hill source, the Senate Finance Committee distributed to its members a list of about twenty ways to help pay for health care reform.  Everything you could imagine was on the list: Taxes on soda and cigarettes.
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The Politico:
Harry Reid opens $320B health plan hole  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tried his best Wednesday to soften some of the toughest talk of the day before on health care - meeting with Republicans in hopes of showing bipartisanship on the issue isn't dead.  —  But taxing health benefits to pay for an overhaul?
Associated Press:
House Dems eye surtax on wealthy for health bill
Mike Murphy / NY Daily News:
To go forward, GOP must snap out of its Sarah Palin spell  —  Gov. Sarah Palin is the political train wreck that keeps on giving.  First, she was an awful choice last year as John McCain's running mate.  I came to this conclusion with regret - I am one of McCain's biggest admirers.  —  But facts are facts.
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Thomas Beaumont / Des Moines Register:
Iowa GOP wants Palin at dinner  —  Iowa Republican Party officials Wednesday said they are aggressively courting Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to headline the state GOP's premier annual fundraising event.  —  And they have put a well-connected Des Moines woman in charge of trying to land …
Time:
Sarah Palin: Where Is the Political Outsider Going Next?
Discussion: MoJo Blog Posts and The Page
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Independents begin to edge away from President Obama  —  In a potentially alarming trend for the White House, independent voters are deserting President Barack Obama nationally and especially in key swing states, recent polls suggest.  —  Obama's job approval rating hit a — still healthy …
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Josh Kraushaar / Scorecard's Blog:
Republican recruiting successes  —  Candidate recruitment is one of the strongest leading indicators for future political success—and the National Republican Senatorial Committee's recent string of landing top candidates portends a better-than-expected 2010 election cycle for the GOP.
Foon Rhee / Boston Globe:
Obama's poll numbers drop
Discussion: Philly.com and The Campaign Spot
Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Netanyahu's paranoia extends to ‘self-hating Jews’ Emmanuel and Axelrod  —  At about 3:15 P.M. yesterday, the government's 100th day in office, political correspondents' beepers went off.  In an unprecedented move, the Prime Minister's Bureau was inviting the correspondents to a press conference …
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Haaretz: Bibi Netanyahu Thinks Emanuel and Axelrod are “Self-Hating Jews”
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
Who Is Michael Steele Grooming?  —  The latest in a never-ending series of gaffes from the RNC chairman: … Given that Palin is basically in a statistical tie with Romney and Huckabee for the pole position in the 2012 primary, it's not clear why Steele keeps shooting his mouth off …
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Phil Trexler / Akron Beacon Journal:
Akron police investigate teen mob attack on family  —  Akron police say they aren't ready to call it a hate crime or a gang initiation.  —  But to Marty Marshall, his wife and two kids, it seems pretty clear.  —  It came after a family night of celebrating America and freedom with a fireworks show at Firestone Stadium.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A SHAKY STORY STARTS TO LOOK WORSE.... The rationale for Sarah Palin's resignation has never made sense, but it seems even less clear now.  —  One of the few specific points the governor has raised deals with “frivolous” ethics violations filed by her political enemies.
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Uncommon Detail Marks Rulings by Sotomayor  —  She Almost Oversteps Her Role, Experts Say  —  Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's opinions show support for the rights of criminal defendants and suspects, skepticism of corporations, and sympathy for plaintiffs alleging discrimination …
David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
DeMint: America is ‘Where Germany Was Before World War II’  —  Last night, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) gave a short talk and Q&A at at the National Press Club about his book “Saving Freedom.”  DeMint told a room of around 100 people about a conversation he'd had with an Iranian immigrant …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
AmeriCorps stonewalls questions of White House involvement in IG firing  —  A top official of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the government agency that oversees AmeriCorps, has refused to answer questions from congressional investigators about the White House's role …
Richard Lawson / Gawker:
Brian Kilmeade Would Like Species and ‘Ethnics’ to Remain Pure  —  To stave off dementia!  Yes, today the befuddled screech owls on Fox & Friends were discussing a study that states that those that stay married fend off Alzheimer's and dementia better than lonely divorcees.  Brian Kilmeade took issue with this.
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Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Palin says inquiries wasted ‘millions’  —  TALLY: Record requests, ethics complaints, lawsuits, troopergate given price tag.  —  scockerham@adn.com  —  Gov. Sarah Palin, explaining her stunning resignation announcement, has repeatedly said attacks on her since she ran for vice president …
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
King's New Rationale For Voting Against Slave Labor Resolution: It Wasn't ‘A Balanced Depiction Of History’  —  Yesterday, a number of blogs reported that right-wing Rep. Steve King (R-IA) was the lone dissenter on a House vote to acknowledge the role that slave labor had in constructing the U.S. Capitol.
Discussion: Radio Iowa, TPMDC and Associated Press
Ben Parr / Mashable!:
Bing Now Bigger Than Digg, Twitter and CNN  —  With the headlines that Microsoft's new search engine Bing has been grabbing, it's easy to forget that it only went live about a month ago.  Since its launch at the beginning of June, it has given Google pause and even had its own web infomercial.
Gary Susswein / The University of Texas at Austin:
Rick Perry ahead in latest statewide poll  —  Share this story: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.  —  AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Rick Perry holds a 12-point lead over probable challenger Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in next year's Republican primary …
Charlotte Spratt / Daily Mail:
Miss Obama's peacenik T-shirt sends a message to G8 leaders  —  Her father had just won agreement from the Russians to cut back on the world's stockpiles of nuclear weapons.  —  And Barack Obama's eldest daughter was obviously keen to make her own statement on the issue - even if it was merely a fashion statement.
Wall Street Journal:
White House Ponders Bernanke's Future  —  As the White House begins to ponder whether to reappoint or replace Ben Bernanke when his term expires in January, the Federal Reserve chairman's standing on Wall Street is on the rise while attacks on him from Congress mount.
 
 
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