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8:55 AM ET, July 27, 2009

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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Palin resigns, blasts press, ‘starlets’  —  FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin resigned here Sunday with a blast at the media that reflected the frustrations that led her to leave office a year-and-a-half before her term expired.  But speaking in a style that her fans see as plain talk …
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Associated Press:
Palin's Formal Farewell Includes Parting Shots  —  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Sarah Palin stepped down Sunday as Alaska governor to write a book and build a right-of-center coalition, but she left her long-term political plans unclear and refused to address speculation she would seek a 2012 presidential bid.
CNN:
Palin steps down ‘to chart a new course’  —  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (CNN) — Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin gave her final speech as Alaska's governor Sunday before stepping down from her post, telling a Fairbanks crowd that she is resigning “to chart a new course to advance the state.”
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Morning Fix: What's Next for Palin?
The Corner:
Robert Gibbs on FNS  —  On today's Fox News Sunday, presidential press secretary Robert Gibbs admitted President Obama had been prepared to answer questions about the Henry Louis Gates arrest at his press conference last week.  Bret Baier, filling in for regular host Chris Wallace, asked Gibbs …
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Obama plays golf....again  —  President Obama has become quite the golf fanatic since he began his presidency.  —  The commander in chief is out on the links again today, playing a round at Andrews Air Force Base.  This is the 10th time in as many weeks that Obama has found time to squeeze in some golf …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
An Incoherent Truth  —  Right now the fate of health care reform seems to rest in the hands of relatively conservative Democrats — mainly members of the Blue Dog Coalition, created in 1995.  And you might be tempted to say that President Obama needs to give those Democrats what they want.
ABCNEWS:
Transcript: Sens. Kent and DeMint  —  “This Week” Transcript with Sens. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.  —  GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (voice-over): Will delay kill Obama-care, or give time to get it right?  Is the president's plan what America needs now?
Discussion: Conventional Folly
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Health Care Reform the People Don't Want  —  David Leonhardt has another in a growing series of great David Leonhardt pieces on the nutty and dysfunctional nature of “fee-for-service” medicine in which doctors are paid for doing stuff rather than for treating illness.
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Forget Who Pays Medical Bills, It's Who Sets the Cost
Discussion: The Treatment
msnbc.com:
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton  —  MR. DAVID GREGORY: This Sunday: She's logged 100,000 miles traveling around the globe as secretary of state, pushing President Obama's foreign policy goals as his top diplomat.  This week in Asia she confronted U.S. adversaries, trading barbs with the North Koreans...
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Pelosi unpopular?  'I don't care'  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is one of the most despised political figures in the country.  —  And, frankly, she doesn't give a damn.  —  “No, I don't care,” Pelosi told POLITICO last Thursday, laughing heartily as she walked beneath the Capitol dome and plunged into a crowd of tourists.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Sorry to State the Obvious, But ...  For all the obvious reasons, I hesitate to even enter this discussion.  But (famous last words) I can't help myself.  —  As you know, high on the list of current right-wing conspiracy theorizing (and sort of a stalking horse for underlying beliefs …
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Marisa Taylor / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Why are U.S.-allied refugees still branded as ‘terrorists?’  —  WASHINGTON — Almost every day for three years, prison guards at one of Saddam Hussein's most notorious prisons tortured Sami Alkarim.  —  Now, in a cruel twist of fate, the accomplished Iraqi artist is being treated like a terrorist …
BBC:
Whale wedged on cruise ship bow  —  A rare whale was discovered wedged on to the bow of a cruise ship when it docked in a Canadian port.  —  The 70ft fin whale, a threatened species in Canada, was found when the Sapphire Princess docked at the Port of Vancouver, the cruise company said.
Discussion: Moe Lane
 
 
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The Losers Hang On  —  After spending a week traveling …
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