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10:20 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.
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Congress returns from recess to even more of the same  —  Congress will return this week from the July 4th recess to a pile of unfinished business.  —  Yes, the same might be said of every Congress returning from every recess since lawmakers wore wigs and tights.
Discussion: Congress Matters and The Page
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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.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Manchin holds off on Senate call
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
Twin blasts kill scores of World Cup watchers in Uganda  —  NAIROBI — Two explosions, minutes apart, tore through two venues in the Ugandan capital where crowds were watching television broadcasts of the World Cup final late Sunday, killing at least 64 and wounding scores, 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: Firedoglake and THEROOT.COM
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.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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 …
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 …
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?.”
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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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.
Dave Itzkoff / ArtsBeat:
Polanski Free as Swiss Reject 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 …
NY Daily News:
Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki puts ‘Everybody Draw Mohammed’ cartoonist Molly Norris on execution hitlist  —  A charismatic terror leader linked to the botched Times Square car bomb has placed the Seattle cartoonist who launched “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” on an execution hitlist.
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
Washington Post:
Survey says: Federal workers are glad to have their jobs  —  In these times of high unemployment and economic uncertainty, federal workers are continuing a trend of job satisfaction, giving the Obama administration good marks for its leadership of agencies though remaining skeptical on a key point …
Discussion: Federal Eye
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 …
Discussion: Riehl World View and Cold Fury
 
 
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Obama to Outline New Strategy Against AIDS
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Jack Ewing / New York Times:
Crisis Awaits World's Banks as Trillions Come Due
Discussion: Firedoglake
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Investors Expect Profits and Seek Clues to Future
Discussion: Marginal Revolution and Truthdig
David Axelrod / msnbc.com:
Transcripts on  —  MR. DAVID GREGORY: This Sunday …
Discussion: Eschaton
The Politico:
Doctors' lobby losing clout on Hill
Washington Post:
Karzai to push for removing up to 50 ex-Taliban officials from U.N. blacklist
Discussion: SWJ Blog and The Page
Naomi Schaefer Riley / Wall Street Journal:
What They're Doing After Harvard
Discussion: Joanne Jacobs
Latme / Babylon & Beyond:
IRAN: Merchants continue to protest government's proposed tax hike
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Jesse Kornbluth / The Huffington Post:
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Boston Vs. Brewer
John / Power Line:
Pawlenty for President?  —  Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty …
Discussion: The Other McCain
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
The un-routine sets apart Sotomayor's first term
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Jared Allen / The Hill:
Dems plan attack over GOP meeting with business leaders
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and The Politico
Joe Keohane / Boston Globe:
How facts backfire  —  Researchers discover a surprising threat to democracy: our brains
Los Angeles Times:
Scientists expected Obama administration to be friendlier
 

 
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