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10:40 AM ET, July 30, 2010

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Curbing Your Enthusiasm  —  Why does the Obama administration keep looking for love in all the wrong places?  Why does it go out of its way to alienate its friends, while wooing people who will never waver in their hatred?  —  These questions were inspired by the ongoing suspense …
Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
U.S. SENATE RACE: Poll: Reid, Angle neck and neck  —  Sixty percent of Nevadans see nation on wrong track  —  Sen. Harry Reid and Sharron Angle are locked in a dead heat, says a new poll for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and KLAS-TV, Channel 8 that shows the GOP challenger regaining ground …
Quinnipiac University:
Crist On Top In 3-Way Florida Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Dem Sink Tied With Either Republican In Govenor's Race  —  Florida Gov. Charlie Crist leads the three-way race for the U.S. Senate seat with 37 percent, followed by 32 percent for Republican Marco Rubio and 17 percent …
Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Dems Call On GOPers To Renounce Phyllis Schlafly Over Remarks About ‘Unmarried Women’ (AUDIO)  —  Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly took aim at “unmarried women” at a recent fundraiser and in an interview with TPM, saying that they overwhelmingly support President Obama and are all on welfare.
Discussion: Political Byline and Daily Kos
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
When Phyllis Schlafly Speaks the Truth, Democrats Call It ‘Extremism’
Discussion: DaTechguy's Blog
Gabi Jaye / The Oakland Press:
Conservative's comments spark Raczkowski protest
David Freedlander / New York Observer:
McMahon Campaign Hits Grimm For Taking “Jewish Money”  —  Mike Grimm, a G.O.P challenger for Mike McMahon's Congressional seat, took in over $200,000 in his last filing.  —  But in an effort to show that Grimm lacks support among voters in the district, which covers Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn …
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
S.E.C. Charges Brothers With $550 Million Fraud  —  WASHINGTON — Samuel and Charles Wyly, the billionaire brothers from Dallas who are large donors to philanthropies and to conservative causes, were charged Thursday with conducting an extensive securities fraud that the Securities …
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
SEC Charges Corporate Insider Brothers With Fraud  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  2010-137  —  Washington, D.C., July 29, 2010 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged brothers Samuel E. Wyly and Charles J. Wyly, Jr. of Dallas with violating federal securities laws governing ownership …
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
National Income and Product Accounts  —  Gross Domestic Product: Second Quarter 2010 (Advance Estimate)  —  Revised Estimates: 2007 through First Quarter 2010  —  Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States …
David Kocieniewski / New York Times:
Rangel Appears Nearly Certain to Face Trial on Ethics Charges  —  WASHINGTON — In laying out 13 charges of ethical violations committed by Representative Charles B. Rangel, the House ethics committee set the stage for a rare public trial of the Democratic Congressman this fall …
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Joe Conason / Salon:
Fred Barnes not on a team?  Why did GOP pay him?  —  The Weekly Standard editor claimed political purity in bashing Journolist, but he's on the Republican payroll  —  In the pages of the Wall Street Journal, Fred Barnes has lately lamented the betrayal of “traditional journalism” …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid plans showdown with GOP on funds for education, Medicaid  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will force Republicans to vote next week on a $26.1 billion package of education funding and Medicaid assistance to states.  —  It will be a tough vote for centrist Republicans …
Discussion: CNN
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Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:
Republicans block small business lending bill
Jeremy Schwartz / Austin American-Statesman:
Banks won't take Fort Hood shooting suspect's paychecks  —  BELTON — As he sits in the Bell County Jail, accused of the Nov. 5 Fort Hood shooting that left 13 dead, Maj. Nidal Hasan continues to receive his monthly U.S. Army paycheck, which based on his rank and experience is probably more than $6,000.
Discussion: Left Coast Rebel
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Nobody is Helping Aisha  —  It's certainly true as Time's emotionally manipulative new cover image indicates that the Taliban are terrible for women and that the more of Afghanistan they rule the worse things will be for women.  That said, it's extremely disingenuous to act …
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Jack Devine / Wall Street Journal:
The CIA Solution for Afghanistan
CNN:
Army private transferred to Virginia amid WikiLeaks probe  —  (CNN) — An Army private suspected of leaking classified material, including videos and other documents, has been transferred from Kuwait to a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Virginia.  —  Pfc. Bradley Manning …
Discussion: newsfeed.time.com
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Orszag leaves his mark  —  Peter Orszag may have had the shortest tenure of any member of the Obama Cabinet, but in an administration dominated by a powerful White House staff, he left as deep a mark as almost anyone in it.  —  The 41-year-old economist, whose last day is Friday …
Discussion: The Page
Elizabeth Williamson / Washington Wire:
Gibbs Takes on Rush Limbaugh  —  At a briefing today to discuss the administration's efforts to rescue the auto industry, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs took on conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh—and every other critic “sitting in the cheap seats” -for criticizing the rescue …
Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
Lawmakers' concerns about deficit slows passage of annual spending bills  —  Election-year deficit concerns are slowing the annual appropriations process as lawmakers wrestle with how much spending is palatable on everything from healthcare to homeland security.
Gregg Zoroya / USA Today:
Army suicides linked to risky behavior, lax discipline  —  WASHINGTON — After nine years of war, the Army attracts recruits ready for combat but inclined toward risky personal behavior — a volatile mix that led to more deaths from suicide, drug overdoses and drinking and driving than from warfare, an Army review concludes.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Look to Wealthy to Help Save Social Security  —  Favor expanding Social Security taxes, limiting benefits for high-income Americans  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Of six possible ways to address concerns with the Social Security system in a recent USA Today/Gallup poll, a majority of Americans favor two …
Discussion: Donklephant and Firedoglake
Associated Press:
Ariz. Illegal Immigration Law Judge Threatened  —  Federal Judge Received Messages from People Against Ruling Who “Expressed Their Displeasure in a Perverted Way”  —  (AP) Authorities say a federal judge in Phoenix has been getting some threats since her ruling on Arizona's controversial immigration law.
Ezra Klein:
What would Republicans do for the economy?  An interview with Rep. Paul Ryan.  —  Paul Ryan is the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, and one of the party's most influential voices on the economy.  And with Republicans likely to pick up a lot of seats — and maybe even the House …
Discussion: Economist's View
Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
Taliban Exploit Openings in Neglected Province  —  PUL-I-KUMRI, Afghanistan — Almost unnoticed, this strategic northern province is slipping away from government control.  —  Baghlan Province contains two of the crucial north-south routes in Afghanistan.  As night falls on this provincial capital, the city turns dark and silent.
Discussion: democracyarsenal.org
Susan Pulliam / Wall Street Journal:
From Tiananmen Square to Possible Buffett Successor  —  Twenty-one years ago, Li Lu was a student leader of the Tiananmen Square protests.  Now a hedge-fund manager, he is in line to become a successor to Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway Inc.  —  Mr. Li, 44 years old …
Discussion: DealBook
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Obama talks race, pop culture on ‘The View’  —  NEW YORK - President Barack Obama said Thursday that the racial firestorm that led to the ouster of a black Agriculture Department official was a “phony controversy” generated by the media.  He said his administration overreacted by forcing her out.
Discussion: THEROOT.COM and Politics Daily
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
President Obama calls African-Americans a ‘mongrel people’
 
 
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The Daily Caller:
Support for Mexican border fence up to 68%
Mark Judge / The Daily Caller:
The Men of Journolist
Washington Post:
Body of Jarod Newlove, second missing U.S. sailor, found in Afghanistan
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Obama Housing Bailout Under Attack
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Spencer Wilking / New York Press:
Tea Party Jitters
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Jim McElhatton / Washington Times:
OMB nominee got $900,000 after Citigroup bailout
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Republicans Garner 11-Point Lead in Midterms
Chicago Tribune:
Appeals court removes federal judge from drug case
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
The Stupidity of Liberal Apathy
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