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12:35 PM ET, July 11, 2010

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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
‘The Crisis at Which We Are Arrived’  —  Don't fear the Tea Parties. … We are not now quite at a founding moment, or even a re-founding moment.  But we have arrived at a genuine crisis, or a set of crises, and we may well be at a decisive moment for the country.  —  This sense of crisis is what animates the Tea Parties.
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Pundits Blog:
Blogger face-off: Like Sen. Graham said, will the Tea Party movement die out?
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Axelrod: ‘Patchwork’ of state laws would ‘dillute’ federal border efforts  —  White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod on Sunday defended the administration's lawsuit against Arizona's immigration law, saying state laws such as the controversial one in the border state “dillute” federal efforts to secure the border.
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
White House: Berwick recess appointment key to ‘move forward’  —  White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod defended the recess appointment of Donald Berwick to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, saying it was a necessary move to fill a key position in the healthcare system.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Democratic governors point finger at D.C.  —  BOSTON - Democratic governors facing grim budget choices, lingering unemployment and angry voters are pointing a finger at their colleagues in Democratic-controlled Washington to explain this year's toxic political climate.
Discussion: Hot Air and Cold Fury
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Liz Sidoti / The Daily Caller:   Struggling states seeking more aid from Washington
New York Times:
Bank Bailout Is Potent Issue for Both Parties in Fall Races  —  WASHINGTON — The vote in 2008 to bail out Wall Street was framed as the only way to avert an economic meltdown and relieve financial institutions of their most poisonous holdings.  For many members of Congress, it turns out that the vote itself was toxic.
Larry Rohter / New York Times:
Dead for a Century, Twain Says What He Meant  —  Wry and cranky, droll and cantankerous — that's the Mark Twain we think we know, thanks to reading “Huck Finn” and “Tom Sawyer” in high school.  But in his unexpurgated autobiography, whose first volume is about to be published a century after his death …
Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
It Begins... First Oil Rig Relocates From Gulf to Foreign Waters  —  Thanks Barack.  —  Diamond Offshore announced on Friday that it will be the first company to relocate one of its oil rigs from the Gulf of Mexico to Egyptian waters due to the Obama Administration's ban on drilling.
Discussion: Moonbattery
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Netanyahu: Obama ‘might have the only real effect on Iran’  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made clear in an interview aired Sunday that he believes President Barack Obama is the key to stopping Iran's nuclear program.  —  “There's only been one time that Iran stopped the program …
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Wall St. Hiring in Anticipation of an Economic Recovery  —  While much of the country remains fixated on the bleak employment picture, hiring is beginning to pick up in the place that led the economy into recession — Wall Street.  —  The shift underscores the remarkable recovery …
Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
Obama Finalizes Plans For 3rd Vacation Since Gulf Oil Spill Crisis Began  —  “I'm not going to rest or be satisfied until the leak is stopped at the source, the oil in the Gulf is contained and cleaned up, and the people in the Gulf are able to go back to their lives and their livelihoods.”
Jonathan Spyer / GLORIA Center:
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Discussion: Soccer Dad and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Jerusalem Post:
Israel: We won't let ship reach Gaza  —  MK Tibi: Activists on Libyan ship still plan to sail straight to Gaza.  —  Talkbacks (50)  —  Make JPOST.COM your Home Page  —  Iranian Threat  —  Jewish World  —  Local Israel  —  Arts & Culture  —  Français  —  Classifieds  —  Israel
Stephen Williamson / New Monetarist Economics:
New Keynesians and New Monetarists  —  What's the difference between a New Keynesian and a New Monetarist?  This sounds like I'm leading off to tell a joke (a duck walks into a bar...), but I'm not.  A New Keynesian thinks that the real interest rate is too high, while a New Monetarist thinks the real interest rate is too low.
Discussion: Grasping Reality … and EconLog
 
 
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Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
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Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Obama can't shake gay-rights fights
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