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11:30 AM 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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Fox News:
Governors: Obama's Immigration Suit Is ‘Toxic’
Discussion: The Reaction
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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Nick Cumming-Bruce / New York Times:
Swiss Reject U.S. Request to Extradite Polanski  —  GENEVA — Switzerland will not extradite the film director Roman Polanski to the United States to face charges of unlawful sex with a minor because of a possible fault in the American application for his extradition, Justice Minister Eveline …
CNN:
Swiss won't extradite Polanski on child sex charge
Discussion: PopEater
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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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Palin's PAC raises nearly $900,000 in second quarter  —  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's political action committee raised $865,815 in the second quarter.  —  The PAC also doled out some $87,500 to Republican candidates over that same period, according to a report filed Sunday with the Federal Election Commission.
Discussion: Politics Daily and Swampland
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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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Congress returns from recess to even more of the same
Discussion: Congress Matters and The Page
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Manchin holds off on Senate call
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
First Read / msnbc.com:
First thoughts: House play  —  When Robert Gibbs suggested the House is in play in November, he was only stating the obvious... Our four reasons why the GOP could win back the House... And four other reasons why it might not... The Obama White House's communications problem …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Cantor predicts GOP takeover of House
Discussion: The Politico
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
Twin blasts kill scores of World Cup watchers in Uganda  —  KAMPALA, UGANDA — Powerful explosions tore through two venues in the Ugandan capital where crowds were watching television broadcasts of the World Cup final late Sunday, killing at least 70 people and wounding scores of others, Ugandan police said.
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Josh Kron / New York Times:
Bombers Kill More Than 60 in Attacks in Uganda Capital
Discussion: Reuters, FP Passport and The Lede
Andrew Cawthorne / Reuters:
Spain glory in win
Discussion: THEROOT.COM and Firedoglake
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: AMERICAblog News
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.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Atlas Shrugs
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?.”
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Gregg optimistic about Senate's future  —  Retiring Sen. Judd Gregg expressed confidence on Monday that the Senate would continue to allow for substantial bipartisan work in the face of an increasingly polarized political atmosphere in Washington.  —  Gregg, the ranking Republican …
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: AmSpecBlog
Paul Krugman:
Lacking All Conviction  —  Atrios: … I have no idea what they're thinking.  It would be one thing if polls suggested a tolerable outcome in November, so that playing it safe could possibly make sense as a political strategy.  But that's not the way it is; and it's hard to see what possible motivation there is for pulling punches.
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Michael Powell / New York Times:
End of Census, and for Many, End of Job
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Angle says advisers suggested she look ‘more serious’
Jill Lawrence / Politics Daily:
Seven Things Republicans Were For Before They Were Against Them
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Mike Flynn / Big Government:
Democrats Gone Wild: Rep. Ciro Rodriguez Loses It
Discussion: Breitbart.tv
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Obama to Outline New Strategy Against AIDS
Discussion: Advocate
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
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David Axelrod / msnbc.com:
Transcripts on  —  MR. DAVID GREGORY: This Sunday …
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Eschaton
The Politico:
Doctors' lobby losing clout on Hill
Discussion: OpenSecrets.org
Washington Post:
Karzai to push for removing up to 50 ex-Taliban officials from U.N. blacklist
Discussion: SWJ Blog and The Page
Jesse Kornbluth / The Huffington Post:
‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ …
Joe Keohane / Boston Globe:
How facts backfire  —  Researchers discover a surprising threat to democracy: our brains
 

 
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