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6:20 AM ET, July 14, 2010

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Associated Press:
Iowa billboard compares Obama to Hitler; draws criticism  —  (AP) —A billboard created by an Iowa tea party group comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin is being condemned by other tea party activists.  —  The North Iowa Tea Party began displaying the sign in Mason City last week.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Sharron Angle: Tea Party ousted Robert Bennett because he “outlived his usefulness”  —  The Harry Reid campaign thinks they've found another high-octane Sharron Angle quote that will help them paint her as too harsh and extreme for the Senate: She claimed last night that Senator Robert Bennett …
Kansas City Star:
NAACP passes resolution on racism in tea party  —  Late this afternoon the NAACP passed a resolution calling on all people — including tea party leaders — to condemn racism within the tea party movement.  —  Passed on the fourth day of the National Association for the Advancement …
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
NAACP Passes Tea Party Racism Resolution
Fox News:
Tea Party Preempts ‘Racist’ Resolution, Condemns ‘Bigoted’ NAACP
Discussion: AmSpecBlog and Weasel Zippers
Bill Hennessy / St. Louis Tea Party:
St. Louis Tea Party Condemns NAACP Slur
Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Online:
A Chart That Screams, ‘Extend Unemployment Benefits!’  —  At the end of May there were 3.2 million job openings, according to a new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  In the face of nearly 15 million unemployed, that's obviously not enough.  And if you add in those other Americans …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
The GOP strategy of obstruction is working beautifully  —  As you know, I've been arguing here that the GOP strategy of obstruction is paying off for Republicans — big time.  The public is blaming Democrats, not Republicans, for the government dysfunction that has resulted …
Newsweek:
Can Obama Persuade Voters to Stay the Course?
Discussion: National Review
Ezra Klein:   ‘A Chart That Screams, “Extend Unemployment Benefits!” ’
Wall Street Journal:
Crash Data Suggest Driver Error in Toyota Accidents  —  The U.S. Department of Transportation has analyzed dozens of data recorders from Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles involved in accidents blamed on sudden acceleration and found that at the time of the crashes, throttles were wide open …
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Poll: Americans Say Bad Economy Will Linger  —  CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.  —  A majority of Americans have a negative impression of the economy and expect the effects of the recession to linger for years, according to a new CBS News poll.
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Bloomberg:
Americans in 70% Majority See More Jobless as Deficit Widens  —  More than 7 out of 10 Americans say the economy is mired in recession, and the country is conflicted over how to balance concerns over joblessness and the federal budget deficit, according to a Bloomberg National Poll.
Discussion: Top of the Ticket and The Page
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
President Obama, White House: Al Qaeda Is Racist  —  In an interview earlier today with the South African Broadcasting Corporation to air in a few hours, President Obama disparaged al Qaeda and affiliated groups' willingness to kill Africans in a manner that White House aides say was an argument that the terrorist groups are racist.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
New White House talking point: Al Qaeda is racist  —  First come the drone attacks, then comes the surge in Afghanistan, and now — the big one drops. … I like the idea behind it.  It's a cheap, hopefully effective way of combating jihadi recruitment in Africa by elevating racial pride above religious identity.
David Weigel / The Daily Dish:
Believing Sarah Palin  —  Like I said in my first post, I guest-blogged for the Daily Dish back in 2006.  I don't remember anyone, at the time, challenging the decision.  So I was unprepared for the rat-a-tat of criticism I got for signing up this week.  To quote Baseball Crank …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Megyn Kelly threatens to cut off Kirsten Powers “mic” over heated New Black Panther argument  —  FOX News has been ginning up a story about the hate group the “New Black Panthers” from the election on November 4th as some sort of ‘angry black man’ intimidation tactic that made Obama win the presidency.
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
It's Unanimous!  GOP Says No To Unemployment Benefits, Yes To Tax Cuts For The Rich  —  For weeks, Senate Republicans have filibustered an extension of unemployment benefits on the grounds that Democrats aren't willing to cut spending or raise taxes to pay for them.
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The Politico:
Pelosi rips Gibbs's House prediction  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi bashed White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs in absentia Tuesday night, even after the president's top spokesman backpedaled from an earlier assertion that Democrats could lose control of the chamber in the November election.
John Whitesides / Reuters:
Crist leads 3-way Senate race in Florida  —  (Reuters) - Florida Governor Charlie Crist holds a narrow edge over Republican Marco Rubio in a three-way Senate race dominated by economic worries, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday.  —  Crist, who left the Republican Party …
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The Fix:
Senate Republicans' open seat money edge
Fox News:
Lesbian Prison Gangs Waiting to Get Hands on Lindsay Lohan, Report Says  —  Inmates of the jail where Lindsay Lohan is set to spend up to 90 days have warned of gangs out to attack the starlet, saying “everyone will want a piece of her”, The Sun reported Tuesday.
Discussion: Mediaite, The Jawa Report and Gawker
The Huffington Post:
Rand Paul Faces Backlash After Suggesting That America's Poor Don't Have It That Bad (VIDEO)  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  AP/Huffington Post - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul says the poor in America are “enormously better off than the rest of the world,” citing an old Cold War film …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:   Paul campaign chairman leaves
Henry Fountain / New York Times:
Oil Still Spilling as Well Test Is Delayed  —  ABOARD THE RESOLUTE, 40 miles off Louisiana — Workers on surface ships continued to flare gas and oil on Tuesday at the site of BP's runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico, as officials announced that a critical pressure test on the well would be postponed, pending further analysis.
Discussion: Dot Earth and Truthdig
Bob Johnson / Associated Press:
Tea Party Favorite Loses GOP Runoff in Alabama  —  Mainstream GOP candidate beats tea party activist in runoff for Ala House seat held by Dems  —  A mainstream Republican has rolled past a tea party activist in the GOP runoff for a southeast Alabama congressional seat that Republicans hope to reclaim.
Discussion: TBogg and The Politico
First Read / msnbc.com:
Manchin to make Senate appointment by Friday  —  From NBC's Kelly O'Donnell  —  Earlier today, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin released special session legislation which will clarify the state code on the succession process for the vacant senate seat left due to the passing of longtime Senator Robert Byrd.
Karen E. Crummy / Denver Post:
McInnis' articles for foundation lift ideas, words directly from 20-year-old essay  —  Although GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis presented his “Musings on Water” for publication as original works, portions are identical and nearly identical to an essay on water written 20 years earlier …
The United States Department of Justice:
Six New Orleans Police Officers Indicted in Danziger Bridge Case  —  WASHINGTON -Six officers with the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) were charged today in connection with the federal investigation of a police-involved shooting on the Danziger Bridge in the days after Hurricane Katrina, the Justice Department announced today.
 
 
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Barry Eichengreen / Project Syndicate:
Fiscal Fibs and Follies
Discussion: Economist's View
Leonard Greene / New York Post:
Jihad monkey!  —  Monkey see, monkey kill.  —  Taliban …
Ryan / The Bellows:
“Manufacturing”
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
It's Not “Just the Economy, Stupid” This Time
Townhall.com:
The Necessary Death of the Bank of the United States
Free exchange:
Out of the shadows  —  ONE of the failures leading up to the crisis …
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Peter Baker / The Caucus:
Back to the Future: Lew Returns as Budget Officer
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Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
British Surrender to Former Gitmo Detainees
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David Weigel / The Daily Dish:
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