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8:20 PM ET, July 11, 2009

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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Sotomayor backers urge reporters to probe New Haven firefighter  —  WASHINGTON — Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor are quietly targeting the Connecticut firefighter who's at the center of Sotomayor's most controversial ruling.  —  On the eve of Sotomayor's Senate confirmation hearing …
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The New Haven firefighter is no stranger to employment disputes.  —  Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have announced that Frank Ricci, the firefighter who recently prevailed in his “reverse discrimination” lawsuit against the city of New Haven, Conn., will testify at Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Path to Court: Speak Capably but Say Little  —  WASHINGTON — On his first day at the Justice Department in 1981, a 26-year-old lawyer named John G. Roberts Jr. was handed a high-profile assignment: to help prepare Sandra Day O'Connor, then an Arizona judge, for her Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Cheney Is Linked to Concealment of C.I.A. Project  —  The Central Intelligence Agency withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years on direct orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney, the agency's director, Leon E. Panetta …
Daniel Klaidman / Newsweek:
Obama doesn't want to look back, but Attorney General Eric Holder may probe Bush-era torture anyway. … From the magazine issue dated Jul 20, 2009  —  It's the morning after Independence Day, and Eric Holder Jr. is feeling the weight of history.  The night before, he'd stood on the roof …
WhiteHouse.gov Blog:
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO THE GHANAIAN PARLIAMENT  —  Accra International Conference Center  —  Accra, Ghana  —  THE PRESIDENT: (Trumpet plays.)  I like this.  Thank you.  Thank you.  I think Congress needs one of those horns.  (Laughter.)  That sounds pretty good.  Sounds like Louis Armstrong back there.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Delivers Call for Change to a Rapt Africa  —  CAPE COAST, Ghana — President Obama traveled in his father's often-troubled home continent on Saturday as a potent symbol of a new political era but also as a messenger with a tough-love theme: American aid must be matched by Africa's responsibility for its own problems.
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama's African journey: ‘Promise’
Paul Singer / Roll Call:
Freshman Rep. Grayson Taken to Cleaners in Ponzi Scheme  —  Freshman Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) lost $3 million in a stock swindle between 2000 and 2005, a Florida television station reported this week.  —  According to Orlando's Local 6, Grayson was an investor in a Ponzi scheme run by the company Derivium Capital.
Discussion: Redhot
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Leaders in House Seek to Tax Rich for Health Plan  —  WASHINGTON — House Democrats will ask the wealthiest Americans to help pay for overhauling the health care system with a $550 billion income tax increase, the chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee said Friday.
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Wall Street Journal:
House Health Bill Relies on Wealth Tax
Discussion: Felix Salmon
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Democrats Agree on Tax Hike to Fund Health Care
Discussion: Washington Monthly and RedState
Steven T. Dennis / Roll Call:
Rangel to Unveil Health Bill Monday
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Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
David Brooks Recounts GOP Senator Who “Had His Hand On My Inner Thigh” At Dinner Party  —  You can view this video right here by getting the latest version of Flash Player!  —  DOWNLOADS: (622)  —  PLAYS: (1451)  —  Think Progress has more: … This is one of those bizarre moments …
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Andrew Alexander / Washington Post:
The Stumbles That Led to an Ethics Blunder  —  The Washington Post's ill-fated plan to sell sponsorships of off-the-record “salons” was an ethical lapse of monumental proportions.  —  Publisher Katharine Weymouth and Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli have now taken full responsibility …
Dean Baker / American Prospect:
The Post's Editorial Writers Know Zero Economics  —  That wouldn't be a problem except that they feel so much need to expound on it.  Today, they tell readers that: “those calling for an additional stimulus package must explain why this is not enough.”  —  Wow, haven't they heard?
Discussion: Firedoglake
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Weekly remarks: Obama still clearing wreckage; Cantor asks, where are the jobs?  —  This week's weekly remarks open with President Obama in Africa opening on foreign affairs.  But by the second paragraph out of 20, he gets to what he really wants — needs — to talk about: domestic business in general and the economy specifically.
Associated Press:
Gov. Ritter Steered Stimulus Money To Ex-Employer  —  DENVER (AP) ― Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has awarded some of the state's first stimulus money to his former employer in a no-bid contract.  —  Ritter hired his former law firm, the Washington-based Hogan & Hartson …
Discussion: Don Surber and Moe Lane
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
What Would More Stimulus Look Like?  —  Paul Krugman and Brad DeLong both had good items yesterday discussing the desirability of additional stimulus.  The politics still aren't there yet, but in the interests of moving the ball forward it's worth thinking about what additional stimulus might look like.
Discussion: MoJo Blog Posts
 
 
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