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11:45 AM ET, July 2, 2010

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Ezra Klein:
Economy lost 125,000 jobs and 652,000 workers in June  —  A brutal unemployment report this month.  Payrolls dropped by 125,000.  In another one of those unwanted lessons in how we calculate unemployment data, the unemployment rate dropped from 9.7 percent to 9.5 percent — but not because people got hired.
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Michael Powell / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Shed 125,000 Jobs in June; Rate Is 9.5%  —  The United States added just 83,000 private-sector jobs in June, a dishearteningly low number that could add to the growing number of economists who warn that the economic recovery is stalling.  —  Multimedia
Ezra Klein:
The White House's economic message  —  “Today's employment report shows continued signs of gradual labor market recovery,” reads the first line of Christina Romer's analysis of the May jobs report.  She emphasizes the 83,000 jobs created in the private sector (the 125,000 net job loss is due …
Discussion: Grasping Reality …
Christina Romer / White House.gov Blog Feed:
The Employment Situation in June  —  Today's employment report shows continued signs of gradual labor market recovery.  Private nonfarm payroll employment increased by 83,000 in June and the unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a percentage point to 9.5%.  June marks the sixth month in a row …
Christopher S. Rugaber / Associated Press:
Payrolls drop by 125K, jobless rate falls  —  WASHINGTON - A wave of census layoffs cut the nation's payrolls in June for the first time in six months, while private employers added a modest number of jobs.  The unemployment rate fell to 9.5 percent, its lowest level in almost a year.
David Leonhardt / Economix:
The Recovery Is Losing Steam
USA Today:
What is the Tea Party?  A growing state of mind  —  WASHINGTON — The “Tea Party” is less a classic political movement than a frustrated state of mind.  —  A year and a half after the idea of a Tea Party burst into view, three of 10 Americans describe themselves in the USA TODAY/Gallup Poll …
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Tea Party Supporters Overlap Republican Base  —  Eight out of 10 Tea Party supporters are Republicans  —  PRINCETON, NJ — There is significant overlap between Americans who identify as supporters of the Tea Party movement and those who identify as conservative Republicans.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham spits out tea party  —  The tea party has no shortage of critics, especially among left-leaning folks who regard it with a mixture of anxiety and suspicion.  —  But deciphering what this movement stands for can be like nailing Jell-O to the wall.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Myths of Austerity  —  When I was young and naïve, I believed that important people took positions based on careful consideration of the options.  Now I know better.  Much of what Serious People believe rests on prejudices, not analysis.  And these prejudices are subject to fads and fashions.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
RNC chairman: Obama pursued Afghanistan war ‘trying to be cute’  —  Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele was caught on video at a fundraiser in Connecticut on Thursday raising doubts about the war in Afghanistan.  —  The Democratic National Committee (DNC) pushed out the video …
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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Steele Says We Shouldn't Be In Afghanistan; Calls It Obama's War Of Choice
Corky Siemaszko / NY Daily News:
Barack Obama is among best presidents ever - George W. Bush not so much, say scholars in Siena poll  —  George W. Bush was no FDR, but Barack Obama could be.  —  That's the verdict of 238 of the nation's leading presidential scholars, who - for a fifth time - rated Franklin Delano Roosevelt …
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Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Factory Jobs Return, but Employers Find Skills Shortage  —  BEDFORD, Ohio — Factory owners have been adding jobs slowly but steadily since the beginning of the year, giving a lift to the fragile economic recovery.  And because they laid off so many workers — more than two million since the end of 2007 …
John Poirier / Reuters:
Obama to announce broadband grants to spur jobs  —  (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is slated to announce on Friday nearly $800 million in loans and grants for the build-out of broadband networks to reach homes, schools and hospitals.  —  The grants and loans, which will be matched …
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Cecilia Kang / Post Tech:
Obama to announce $795M in broadband grants
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
CNN:
Top House Republicans quick to criticize Obama over jobs report  —  House Minority Leader John Boehner issued a statement following the release of Friday's job report.  —  Washington (CNN) - The top two Republicans in the House were quick to respond Friday to the June jobs report.
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Fox News:
Pelosi: Unemployment Checks Fastest Way to Create Jobs
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
Weak private hiring shows tepid recovery  —  (Reuters) - Private payrolls rose only modestly in June and overall employment fell for the first time this year as thousands of temporary census jobs ended, showing the economic recovery failing to gain traction.
Discussion: AmSpecBlog
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Bob Willis / Bloomberg:   Employment in U.S. Probably Dropped on Census Cutbacks
CNBC:
June Job Losses at 125,000, But Jobless Rate Falls to 9.5%
Discussion: Power Line and Gateway Pundit
LoriC / RADAR:
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Mel Gibson's Racist Rant Caught On Tape - Tells Oksana She Would Get ‘Raped By N***ers’  —  In one of the most explosive, racist and vile outbursts by a celebrity ever caught on tape, Mel Gibson told the mother of his love child that the way she was dressed would get her …
David Paul Kuhn / Real Clear Politics:
The Polarization of the Supreme Court  —  The Supreme Court has gradually come to act more like a political institution.  The share of one-vote majority rulings has risen more than four-fold in the past six decades, compared to the half-century prior, based on a RealClearPolitics analysis of rulings from 1801 to the present.
Charlie Cook / National Journal Online:
Hurricane GOP On The Way  —  MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT: THERE IS A WAVE OUT THERE, AND FOR DEMOCRATS, THE HOUSE IS, AT BEST, TEETERING ON THE EDGE.  —  Imagine sitting in Washington's Verizon Center, listening blissfully to Carole King and James Taylor, thanks to a fast-thinking friend who managed to score four floor seats.
Jon Ortiz / Sacramento Bee:
Schwarzenegger orders minimum wage for state workers  —  The Schwarzenegger administration today ordered State Controller John Chiang to reduce state worker pay for July to the federal minimum allowed by law — $7.25 an hour for most state workers.  —  The instructions from the Department …
Discussion: Hot Air
Moni Basu / CNN:
Death by stoning imminent for Iranian woman, attorney says  —  (CNN) — Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani, a mother of two, is waiting to die in Iran by a method of execution described by her lawyer as “barbaric” — stoning.  —  She will be buried up to her chest, deeper than a man would be …
Discussion: Weekly Standard and YID With LID
Michelle Malkin:
Assimilation and the Founding Fathers  —  As we head into Independence Day weekend, my column today reflects on the other “A” word missing from the immigration debate: Assimilation.  —  Assimilation and the Founding Fathers  —  by Michelle Malkin  —  Creators Syndicate  —  Copyright 2010
Discussion: Riehl World View
Los Angeles Times:
Economic rebound may be losing ground, data show  —  Home and car sales fall.  Manufacturing may be losing steam.  But most experts don't see a double dip looming.  —  The construction sector remains weak.  Spending on building fell 0.2% in May from April.
Discussion: The Swamp
Associated Press:
21 killed in shootout between drug, migrant trafficking gangs near Arizona border  —  HERMOSILLO, Mexico (AP) — A massive gun battle between rival drug and migrant trafficking gangs near the U.S. border Thursday left 21 people dead and at least six others wounded, prosecutors said.
 
 
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