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11:40 AM ET, July 3, 2010

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The Huffington Post:
Liz Cheney Joins The Michael Steele Should Resign Chorus  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Another prominent neoconservative has called for RNC Chairman Michael Steele to resign in the wake of his calling the Afghanistan war a largely un-winnable conflict of President Obama's choosing.
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Steele's Afghanistan criticism highlights Democrats' mixed message on war  —  Michael Steele's criticism of the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan may be creating a headache for the Republican National Committee, but it's also shining a spotlight on the Democrats' mixed message on the war.
Michael Muskal / D.C. Now:
RNC leader Michael Steele's Afghanistan comments put GOP in a …
Susan Davis / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Slam Steele Over Remarks
Discussion: Online NewsHour
Fox News:
Steele Blames Afghan War on Obama, Drawing Calls to Resign
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:   RNC Chairman Steele tries to stamp out controversial remarks
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Michael Steele Must Resign
Marc Kaufman / Washington Post:
Jefferson changed ‘subjects’ to ‘citizens’ in Declaration of Independence  —  “Subjects.”  —  That's what Thomas Jefferson first wrote in an early draft of the Declaration of Independence to describe the people of the 13 colonies.  —  But in a moment when history took a sharp turn …
Michael Powell / New York Times:
Illinois Stops Paying Its Bills, but Can't Stop Digging Hole  —  CHICAGO — Even by the standards of this deficit-ridden state, Illinois's comptroller, Daniel W. Hynes, faces an ugly balance sheet.  Precisely how ugly becomes clear when he beckons you into his office to examine his daily briefing memo.
Bradley Blackburn / ABCNEWS:
Petraeus Assumes Command of Coalition Forces in Afghanistan  —  On Deadly Day in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus Arrives in Kabul to Take Control of War  —  As Gen. David Petraeus arrived in Kabul today to take control of the long Afghanistan war, a pre-dawn attack on an American aid organization …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
Bidens make unannounced trip to Iraq  —  Vice President Joe Biden is in Iraq for July 4 weekend to meet with U.S. troops and Iraqi leaders trying to form a new government after March's deadlocked election.  —  Biden will “meet with Iraqi political leaders to reaffirm the U.S. long-term commitment …
Discussion: The Politico
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Clinton Defends Byrd's KKK Ties: “He Was Trying To Get Elected” “He once had a fleeting association with the Ku Klux Klan, what does that mean?  I'll tell you what it means.  He was a country boy from the hills and hollows from West Virginia.  He was trying to get elected,” former President Bill Clinton said of Sen. Robert Byrd.
Rasmussen Reports:
29% Say Stimulus Plan Helped the Economy, 43% Say It Hurt  —  Just 25% of voters nationwide believe the economic stimulus package created jobs and voters are counting on decisions made by business owners more than government officials to create the jobs needed by the nation.
Associated Press:
Moynihan, as Nixon aide, warned of global warming  —  YORBA LINDA, Calif. — Documents released Friday by the Nixon Presidential Library show members of President Richard Nixon's inner circle discussing the possibilities of global warming more than 30 years ago.
Ezra Klein:
Are Democrats setting themselves up for failure in 2011 by not passing a budget?  —  The most important job news of the days was not the June jobs numbers.  It was a mostly ignored vote in the House of Representatives last night.  By a vote of 215 to 210, the House passed a …
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The Huffington Post:
Pelosi: End The Filibuster
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Gates Tightens Rules for Military and the Press  —  WASHINGTON — Nine days after a four-star general was relieved of command for comments made to Rolling Stone magazine, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates issued orders on Friday tightening the reins on officials dealing with the news media.
David Leonhardt / Economix:
Worse Than 1982?  —  If you've already lost your job, your prospects for finding a new one are looking dismal.  Especially if you lost your job a long time ago.  —  Private-sector job growth has slowed.  The workweek also shrunk in June, and wages fell.  —  The labor market is recovering …
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Study of Waterboarding Coverage Prompts a Debate in the Press  —  A study released this week of the four biggest newspapers in the United States said that in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, there was “a dramatic shift in coverage away from nearly a century of practice recognizing waterboarding as torture.”
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Orla Guerin / BBC:
Debt agony  —  Every few days Pakistan makes the worst kind of headlines: bombings in markets and mosques, battles with the Taleban.  But, much less widely reported, the daily lives of millions of Pakistanis are consumed by another problem.  They have to cope with desperate poverty.
Discussion: Biased BBC
Neil Irwin / Washington Post:
Economy lags as job growth remains weak  —  The economic expansion is sputtering.  —  Private employers added only 83,000 jobs in June, the government said Friday, too few to keep up with growth in the working-age population.  And the unemployment rate fell to 9.5 percent from 9.7 percent …
Discussion: Right Wing News
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
CNN: The feds are trying to block media coverage of how bad the oil spill is  —  Via Cubachi, a good one from last night's AC 360.  I don't think this is an “Obama problem” as much as it is a “government problem,” but of course the bold, fresh Hopenchange climate of transparency was supposed …
Discussion: Cubachi
Tim Arango / New York Times:
War in Iraq Defies U.S. Timetable for End of Combat  —  NEAR TULUL AL-BAQ, Iraq — President Obama has set an August deadline for the end of the combat mission in Iraq.  Here at this makeshift desert camp in the insurgent badlands of northern Iraq, a mission is under way that is not going to stop then …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
BUY THAT SENATOR A NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTION.... I've noticed, from time to time, that Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) seems to be a little slow on the uptake.  As the New York Times' Gail Collins noted this week, after the senator tried to talk about Wall Street reform, and demonstrated …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:
Iran stoning case fought by family
Discussion: Jihad Watch, normblog and CNN
John / Power Line:
A Veteran Puts Kagan to Shame
Abdon M. Pallasch / Chicago Sun Times:
Chicago approves new gun restrictions
Discussion: RedState and Clout St
Associated Press:
Sneijder's goal in 68th minute decisive; Brazil unravels in second half
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Caller
NPR:
The Declaration Of Independence, Read Aloud
Matt Gutman / ABCNEWS:
Gulf Oil Spill: A Bleak Holiday for Tourism
Discussion: Recent Updates … and Pat Dollard
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Byrd Tributes Go Overboard
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Laura Blumenfeld / Washington Post:
Obama's national security officials, on the night watch
Discussion: Emptywheel and Mother Jones
Robert Shrum / The Week Magazine:
Keep Congress in session this August
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