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6:35 PM ET, July 25, 2009

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Dan / Riehl World View:
A Gatesgate At Henry Gates' “Bogus” Charity?  —  Henry Louis Gates, Jr controls a tax-exempt, non-profit charity, Inkwell Foundation, Inc, that managed to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in direct support in one year, yet only gave out $27,500 in grants, the bulk of which went to Gates' employees and Harvard colleagues.
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Tsamuel / theroot.com:
Gates Says ‘Yes’ to Beer With Crowley  —  In a statement to The Root, the Harvard professor says he would meet with the cop who arrested him, as President Obama has suggested.  —  TheRootStaff  —  President Obama tried to calm the racial furor surrounding the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr …
Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
It's Miller time for parties in racially charged incident
Discussion: theroot.com and The Moderate Voice
David Lawder / Reuters:
Black scholar agrees to beer with Obama, policeman
Discussion: Townhall.com
Michael O'Brien / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
House to consider resolution demanding Obama apologize to Crowley
Discussion: Daily Kos and Boston Globe
Chris Frates / The Politico:
CBO deals new blow to health plan  —  For the second time this month, congressional budget analysts have dealt a blow to the Democrat's health reform efforts, this time by saying a plan touted by the White House as crucial to paying for the bill would actually save almost no money over 10 years.
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Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
Baucus in health driver's seat, destination unknown  —  Liberals malign him, the White House and his Senate leaders prod him and House Democrats blame him for their troubles.  But Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) just keeps on keeping on.  —  President Obama wanted him to be done by now.
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
CBS News:
Palin: “Bigger” Than Obama, or Quitter?  —  GOP Operatives in Heated Exchange, on “The Early Show Saturday Edition”  —  (CBS) Is Sarah Palin still a star, or a fading quitter?  What does the future hold for her?  —  If a three-way discussion among Republican pundits on …
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Suzy Khimm / The New Republic:
Ready for Her Close-Up  —  Why Alaska lawmakers, including …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
FRED BARNES DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.... Conceit is nearly always unseemly, but it takes a smug fool with misplaced arrogance to be truly offensive.  —  The Weekly Standard's Fred Barnes devotes his latest column to bashing President Obama's economic policies.  That, in and of itself, is unremarkable.
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Know-Nothing-in-Chief  —  There's no evidence Obama has even a sketchy grasp of economics.  —  Is President Obama an economic illiterate?  Harsh as that sounds, there's growing evidence he understands little about economics and even less about economic growth or job creation.
New York Times:
Bush Weighed Using Military in Arrests  —  WASHINGTON — Top Bush administration officials in 2002 debated testing the Constitution by sending American troops into the suburbs of Buffalo to arrest a group of men suspected of plotting with Al Qaeda, according to former administration officials.
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Matthew / FishBowlDC:
Man Bites Dog: U.S. Navy Commander Files Sex Complaint Against Female Miami Herald Journo  —  FishbowlDC Exclusive: US Navy Commander Jeffrey D. Gordon has filed a sexual harassment complaint against the Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg.  —  FishbowlDC obtained a copy of the July 22 …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Gatesgate  —  I have been reluctant to really delve into the Gates story because well ... it just seems so obvious.  And it's clear that it's just taking the wingnut bait.  But since I write often about police abuse of power, particularly with tasers, some readers seem to be interested …
Inside Cable News:
Tweets of the Day...  Rick Sanchez...  and this...  You just know FNC won't take this one lying down.  Expect full blowback from Fox and Friends and O'Reilly...  Update: “i'd be rich anchoring at fox news”....is Sanchez implying that CNN ain't paying enough and FNC would pay more?
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Bachmann Sees Health Care Debate In Political Terms: ‘We Can Take Heart’ Obama's ‘Dropping Like A Rock’  —  Yesterday, The Conservative Women's Network hosted Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) for a discussion on critical legislation before Congress.  ThinkProgress attended the event and recorded Bachmann's remarks.
Juana Summers / The Blotter:
Police investigating brick thrown into East Austin home  —  Police are investigating a brick with an offensive message thrown into the window of an East Austin home.  —  The brick, thrown through a 4-year-old boy's bedroom window, read “Keep Eastside Black.  Keep Eastside Strong.”
 
 
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Barofsky fires back at Treasury, says $24,000,000,000,000 estimate sound
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Brigid Schulte / Washington Post:
Mail Volume Expected to Continue Decline; U.S. Postal Service Adapting Services
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Mark Thoma / Economist's View:
From 1983: Health Care Reform in Canada
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Shortages of Capable Afghan Forces in South Complicates U.S. Mission
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
The Frenzy begins  —  Following up on dday's post below …
Ellen / News Hounds:
Fat Cat Limbaugh: Only Those Who Can Afford The Ritz Should Have …
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Jim Manzi / The Corner:
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