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1:10 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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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Obama's debt commission warns of fiscal ‘cancer’  —  BOSTON — The co-chairmen of President Obama's debt and deficit commission offered an ominous assessment of the nation's fiscal future here Sunday, calling current budgetary trends a cancer “that will destroy the country from within” unless checked by tough action in Washington.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Debt Commission Eying Mostly-Cuts Package  —  The latest from the Obama administration's deficit commission: … That sounds like a classic pleases no one, goes nowhere package.  Since it includes tax increases, zero Republicans will vote for it.  But since it's mostly weighted to spending cuts, most Democrats will reject it.
Fox News:
Governors: Obama's Immigration Suit Is ‘Toxic’
Discussion: The Reaction
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
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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Bbtv / Breitbart.tv:   Another Democrat Congressman Loses Temper on Camera
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 …
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 …
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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Benjamin Spillman / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Steele vows to bring GOP together, sidesteps controversial remarks
Discussion: The Fix, TPMDC and FrumForum
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Angle says advisers suggested she look ‘more serious’
Discussion: ABCNEWS
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
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Thomas Rhiel / TPMDC:   Poll: Majority Of Americans Not Quite Sure What ‘Progressive’ Means
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 …
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
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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Persian2English:
26 Year Old Woman Raped and Murdered by Basij Members for “Bad Hijab”  —  ACT NOW |  Stoning, Rape and Execution of Women is Bad Gender Policy; It is Time to Remove the Islamic Republic from the UN Commission on the Status of Women  —  According to sources, this was the last picture Elnaz Babazadeh uploaded …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Atlas Shrugs
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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Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
Twin blasts kill scores of World Cup watchers in Uganda
Discussion: Politics Daily and Online NewsHour
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
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
REPUBLICANS JUST DON'T LIKE THE UNEMPLOYED, CONT'D.... I've been marveling in recent months at the ways in which Republican lawmakers and candidates seem to actively dislike — on a personal level — those who've lost their jobs in the recession.  It's kind of odd, given that the unemployed …
Discussion: Philly.com and The New Republic
Ezra Klein:
Wasted interviews  —  This New York Times article on Paul Volcker's view of the financial regulation bill is clearly and proudly set around a wide-ranging, on-the-record interview with Volcker himself.  But that interview, aside from a few isolated quotes, is nowhere to be found.
 
 
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Brown the new McCain, cont'd
Discussion: The Hill and FrumForum
Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:
Giving the IPCC a Pass on Errors of Omission, and Errors of Willful Omission:
Discussion: Commentary and Biased BBC
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
New Jersey Governor Defies Political Expectations
Discussion: Townhall.com and James Pethokoukis
BBC:
Spain set to receive Cuban dissidents on Tuesday
Discussion: Reuters and FP Passport
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 …
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Jill Lawrence / Politics Daily:
Seven Things Republicans Were For Before They Were Against Them
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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
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