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Ezra Klein:
Jon Kyl gives away the game on deficits  —  “[Y]ou should never raise taxes in order to cut taxes,” Jon Kyl said on Fox News Sunday.  “Surely Congress has the authority, and it would be right to — if we decide we want to cut taxes to spur the economy, not to have to raise taxes in order to offset those costs.
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Kyl: Unemployment Benefits A ‘Necessary Evil’
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Deficit Peacocks Admit Their Own Fraud with Talk on Tax Cuts, Defense
Discussion: The Hill, The Atlantic Online and Salon
Mike Glover / Associated Press:
Gingrich says he's considering presidential run  —  DES MOINES, Iowa - Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday he's seriously considering seeking the Republican presidential nomination and will announce his decision early next year.  —  Gingrich, 67, told The Associated Press …
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
2012: What Palin Is, and Isn't, Doing  —  Sarah Palin's PAC disclosure release has occasioned a new round of “Will she or won't she?”  If we take the dictum that one's judgment is more easily interrogated than one's motivation, we're left with a simple answer: she's seriously thinking about running for president.
Associated Press:
White House denies NASA remark on Muslim outreach  —  WASHINGTON - The White House is contradicting the NASA administrator's claim that President Barack Obama assigned him to reach out to Muslims on science matters.  —  NASA Administrator Charles Bolden recently told Al-Jazeera network …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Michelle Malkin
Mike Flynn / Big Government:
Democrats Gone Wild: Rep. Ciro Rodriguez Loses It  —  I've often noted that I expect this to be a long, hot summer.  The mid-term elections are inching closer and Democrats are having to finally admit that they are in real political trouble.  For those keeping score at home, let's recap …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Congressman blames town hall incident on opponent, apologizes
Discussion: Big Government and Wonkette
Bbtv / Breitbart.tv:
Another Democrat Congressman Loses Temper on Camera
Discussion: Moonbattery and iOwnTheWorld.com
Ed Barnes / Fox News:
Felons Voting Illegally May Have Put Franken Over the Top in Minnesota, Study Finds  —  The six-month election recount that turned former “Saturday Night Live” comedian Al Franken into a U.S. senator may have been decided by convicted felons who voted illegally in Minnesota's Twin Cities.
Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Andrew Napolitano: Bush and Cheney Should Have Been Indicted for Torturing, for Spying and Arresting Without Warrants  —  Well, this is something you don't see every day.  Ralph Nader hosted this interview segment with Fox News' Judge Andrew Napolitano and discussed his book, Lies the Government Told You.
Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
Michelle Obama Rouses NAACP Before Vote Condemning ‘Racist’ Elements of Tea Party  —  Tea Party Leaders Say Political Motivation Driving NAACP Agenda  —  First Lady Michelle Obama brought renewed energy to the NAACP today, delivering the keynote speech at the annual convention …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Group to oppose Obama Mideast policy  —  Leading conservatives will launch a new pro-Israel group this week with a scathing attack on Rep. Joe Sestak, the Democratic Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, the first shot in what they say will be a confrontational campaign against the Obama …
Elvie / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE NEW AUDIO: Mel Gibson Admits Hitting Oksana, Threatens To Kill Her - Listen To It Here  —  WARNING: This audio may not be reproduced or republished.  —  Mel Gibson, under investigation for domestic violence, admits to hitting Oksana Grigorieva and TWICE threatens to kill …
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Salazar Revises Rules for Deepwater Drilling Ban  —  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar issued revised rules on Monday for a six-month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, replacing an earlier one that had been declared invalid by federal courts.
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CNN:
New containment cap lowered over crippled Gulf oil well
Joanna Connors / Metro:
Harvey Pekar, Cleveland comic-book legend, dies at age 70  —  CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — Harvey Pekar's life was not an open book.  It was an open comic book.  —  Pekar chronicled his life and times in the acclaimed autobiographical comic book series, “American Splendor,” …
The Hill:
Dems hit 60 on Wall Street bill  —  Democrats appeared on Monday to have won the 60 votes they need to move Wall Street reform through the Senate when Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe (Maine) and Scott Brown (Mass.) announced their support for a conference report.
Discussion: The Politico
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Mr. America  —  Why Scott Brown is the key to U.S. politics.
Discussion: Salon and Ezra Klein
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Obama (and Cohn) Wrong on Berwick  —  Last week, President Obama named Donald Berwick as head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  He used a recess appointment, which means Berwick won't go through Senate confirmation—or, in this particular case, get so much as a hearing.
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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Obama at odds with Petraeus doctrine on ‘Islam’
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Sharron Angle flummoxes local press with “stimulus” non-sequitor  —  Here's the latest out of Nevada: Sharron Angle is getting attention for flubbing an answer involving job creation in a manner that raises questions about whether she grasps an enormously important local issue.
Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz:
Stuff  —  As I mentioned in my last entry, I've been watching Babylon 5 lately.  It's not a perfect show, but it has one big advantage: it's consistent and believable.  —  Contrast this with Doctor Who.  Doctor Who is fun to watch, but if you think about it for more than two seconds …
Stan Cox / Washington Post:
In the heat wave, the case against air conditioning  —  Washington didn't grind to a sweaty halt last week under triple-digit temperatures.  People didn't even slow down.  Instead, the three-day, 100-plus-degree, record-shattering heat wave prompted Washingtonians to crank …
Daniel Friedman / Hotline On Call:
Panel To Delay Kagan Vote  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee will not vote Tuesday on the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, GOP aides said today.  —  GOP senators will use the ability of any committee member under the panel's rules to put off a vote for one week, several aides said.
Discussion: TPMDC, The Other McCain and Big Peace
Lee Fang / Think Progress:
Cantor To Host Job Fair With Employers Stimulated By Over $50 Million In Recovery Act Funds  —  House Minority Whip Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) has been one of the Recovery Act's most vocal critics.  After whipping his caucus into uniformly opposing the stimulus, Cantor has been the lead spokesman decrying the program as a failure.
Discussion: The Impolitic and Swampland
Steve Pardo / Detroit News:
4 missionaries charged in Dearborn festival proselytizing  —  Dearborn — Four Christian missionaries were arraigned today on misdemeanor charges of disturbing the peace following their June 18 arrest at the Arab International Festival.  —  Negeen Mayel, 18, of California; Nabeel Qureshi …
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
When Was The New Black Panther Case Downgraded?  —  I did an interview with New York Daily News Columnist Errol Louis about the New Black Panther Party case today and realized that there's a specific data point that has been lost in all the breathless coverage of this case and whether …
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
What You Need to Know About Gov. Joe Manchin  —  Suffice it to say that West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, the chairman of the National Governors Association, is making neither the White House nor Congressional Democrats happy.  His confusing series of decisions about when or whether to hold elections …
 
 
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Cuba's Fidel Castro makes rare state TV appearance
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Jim Sciutto / ABCNEWS:
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Joe Hagan / New York Magazine:
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ABCNEWS:
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Patrick J. Michaels / Wall Street Journal:
The Climategate Whitewash Continues
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Rasmussen Reports:
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Ezra Klein:
Wasted interviews  —  This New York Times article on Paul …
Washington Post:
Historic oil spill fails to produce gains for U.S. environmentalists