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12:35 PM ET, July 12, 2010

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Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Governors Voice Grave Concerns on Immigration  —  BOSTON — In a private meeting with White House officials this weekend, Democratic governors voiced deep anxiety about the Obama administration's suit against Arizona's new immigration law, worrying that it could cost a vulnerable Democratic Party in the fall elections.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
SarahPAC steps into the big leagues  —  A new financial report filed Sunday evening showed Sarah Palin's political action committee has taken its fundraising to a higher level - and suggests that she has begun building a more sophisticated political operation in place of a bare-bones organization …
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Reid Wilson / Hotline On Call:
What Palin's Haul Says  —  Ex-AK Gov. Sarah Palin's political …
Discussion: Commentary
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Palin's PAC raises nearly $900,000 in second quarter
Discussion: CNN, Swampland and Politics Daily
Becky Bohrer / Associated Press:
FEC filing shows Palin gave $87,500 to candidates
Dave Itzkoff / ArtsBeat:
Polanski Is Free After Swiss Reject U.S. Extradition Request  —  Updated  —  Article: Swiss Reject U.S. Request to Extradite Polanski  —  The justice ministry of Switzerland said on Monday that it had denied a request to extradite the director Roman Polanski to the United States …
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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 …
Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
GOP's Angle rejects political makeover  —  Candidate focuses on economy  —  Republican Sharron Angle said Saturday she won't change her staunch conservative views to win the U.S. Senate race, although she acknowledged softening some of her rhetoric to avoid giving Sen. Harry Reid and other Democrats more sound bites to attack.
Discussion: TPMDC
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Angle says advisers suggested she look ‘more serious’
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Benjamin Spillman / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Steele vows to bring GOP together, sidesteps controversial remarks
Discussion: The Fix, TPMDC and FrumForum
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Feckless Fed  —  Back in 2002, a professor turned Federal Reserve official by the name of Ben Bernanke gave a widely quoted speech titled “Deflation: Making Sure ‘It’ Doesn't Happen Here.”  Like other economists, myself included, Mr. Bernanke was deeply disturbed by Japan's stubborn …
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 …
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Timing Unclear for Senate Vote on Finance Overhaul  —  WASHINGTON — Final passage of sweeping legislation to overhaul the nation's financial regulatory system is now a question of when — not if — according to Senate Democrats.  Yet, there still seem to be a lot of questions about when.
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Manchin holds off on Senate call
Washington Post:
Historic oil spill fails to produce gains for U.S. environmentalists  —  For environmentalists, the BP oil spill may be disproving the maxim that great tragedies produce great change.  —  Traditionally, American environmentalism wins its biggest victories after some important piece …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Class War We Need  —  The rich are different from you and me.  They know how to game the system.  —  That's one interpretation, at least, of last week's news that Americans with million-dollar mortgages are defaulting at almost twice the rate of the typical homeowner.
msnbc.com:
Al-Qaida-linked militants claim Uganda blasts  —  Al-Shabab says it is responsible for attacks that killed 74 World Cup watchers  —  KAMPALA, Uganda — Simultaneous explosions tore through crowds watching the World Cup final at a rugby club and a restaurant in Uganda's capital on Sunday night …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Cantor predicts GOP takeover of House  —  Republicans will win back a majority of seats in this fall's election, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) predicted 16 weeks before Election Day.  —  Cantor, the second-ranking House Republican, said he expected his party to win enough seats …
Discussion: The Politico and Washington Post
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First Read / msnbc.com:
First thoughts: House play
Persian2English:
26 Year Old Woman Raped and Murdered by Basij Members for “Bad Hijab”  —  According to sources, this was the last picture Elnaz Babazadeh uploaded as her Facebook profile picture.  —  According to HRANA, Elnaz Babazadeh, a 26 year old woman was raped and murdered by Basij forces in the city of Tabriz (northwestern Iran) last week.
Eileen Aj Connelly / Associated Press:
More Americans' credit scores sink to new lows  —  NEW YORK - The credit scores of millions more Americans are sinking to new lows.  —  Figures provided by FICO Inc. show that 25.5 percent of consumers — nearly 43.4 million people — now have a credit score of 599 or below, marking them as poor risks for lenders.
Discussion: Don Surber and AMERICAblog News
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Unsure About “Progressive” Political Label  —  More than twice as many say label does not describe them as say it does  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup polling reveals widespread public uncertainty about the “progressive” political label — a label recently embraced by no less than Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.
Discussion: TPMDC and AmSpecBlog
Directorblue / The Greenroom:
‘We Will Not Be Silenced’: Democrats Produce Documentary Alleging Rampant Vote Fraud by Obama Campaign vs. Hillary in 2008 Primaries  —  Referring to the controversial 2008 Democrat presidential primary, Carolyn Tackett asks, “Was Barack Obama selected rather than elected?.”
 
 
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
REPUBLICANS JUST DON'T LIKE THE UNEMPLOYED, CONT'D. …
Discussion: Philly.com and The New Republic
E.S. Browning / Wall Street Journal:
Small Investors Flee Stocks, Changing Market Dynamics
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Felix Salmon
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
McCain's Consistency  —  Jacob Weisberg is re-evaluating …
Michael Powell / New York Times:
End of Census, and for Many, End of Job
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Jill Lawrence / Politics Daily:
Seven Things Republicans Were For Before They Were Against Them
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
 Earlier Items: 
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Gregg optimistic about Senate's future
Washington Post:
Survey says: Federal workers are glad to have their jobs
Discussion: Federal Eye
Jack Ewing / New York Times:
Crisis Awaits World's Banks as Trillions Come Due
Discussion: Firedoglake
The Politico:
Doctors' lobby losing clout on Hill
Discussion: OpenSecrets.org