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11:05 PM ET, August 5, 2010

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Manu Raju / The Politico:
McConnell to Franken: This isn't ‘SNL’  —  When Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell laid out his opposition to Elena Kagan's Supreme Court nomination, someone in the chamber appeared to be moving around in his chair, gasping and rolling his eyes.  —  It was Sen. Al Franken.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell scolds Franken for making faces from dais during his speech  —  Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) scolded Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) on the Senate floor Thursday for allegedly mocking him while he delivered a solemn speech on Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Hot Air and Nice Deb
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Senate Votes to Confirm Elena Kagan for U.S. Supreme Court  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan to a seat on the Supreme Court on Thursday, giving President Obama his second appointment to the high court in a year, and a political victory as the Senate neared the end of its business for the summer.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sen. Scott Brown will vote against confirming Kagan
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Senate confirms Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court
ABCNEWS:
Senate Confirms Elena Kagan to Supreme Court
Kirk Victor / Hotline On Call:
Romer To Leave White House  —  Christina Romer, chairwoman of Pres. Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, has decided to resign, according to a source familiar with her plans.  —  Romer, an economics professor at the University of California (Berkeley) before taking the key admin post, did not respond to repeated calls to her office.
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James Pethokoukis:
An August Surprise from Obama?  —  Main Street may be about to get its own gigantic bailout.  Rumors are running wild from Washington to Wall Street that the Obama administration is about to order government-controlled lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive a portion of the mortgage debt …
The Note:
Romer To Step Down As Chairwoman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors
Discussion: The Politico
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Axelrod: President remains opposed to same-sex marriage  —  President Obama remains opposed to same-sex marriage despite a federal judge's decision to strike down a ban on such marriages, a top White House adviser said Thursday.  —  Senior adviser David Axelrod said the president supports …
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Gerard Bradley / Fox News:
Why Has Media Ignored Judge's Possible Bias In California's Gay Marriage Case?  —  Any minute now we will hear the result of another lawsuit about same-sex marriage.  —  This month a federal judge in Massachusetts threw out a Congressional law which defined marriage as the union of man and woman.
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Judge Walker's decision to overturn Prop 8 is factual, well-reasoned, and powerful.
Media Matters for America:
Ben Dimiero & Eric Hananoki: Meet Breitbart's Sherrod writer: Racist sexual “expert” and inventor (who cured cancer)  —  In two posts on Andrew Breitbart's BigGovernment website, Dr. Kevin Pezzi smears Shirley Sherrod as a racist, claiming that “if someone deserves to be put on a pedestal for overcoming racism, it isn't Sherrod.”
Oleoleolson / AlterNet Blogs:
Massive Censorship Of Digg Uncovered  —  A group of influential conservative members of the behemoth social media site Digg.com have just been caught red-handed in a widespread campaign of censorship, having multiple accounts, upvote padding, and deliberately trying to ban progressives.
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Source: Debt Commission Fights Over Freezing Military Pay, Slashing Benefits  —  Republicans would like you to think that Democrats have sinister plans for the post-election lame duck session of Congress, and Democrats are at pains to insist otherwise.  But the one winter initiative progressives fear …
Annie Lowrey / The Washington Independent:
The Return of the $1,000 Down Mortgage  —  In Wisconsin and other states, home buyers might be eligible for 100 percent financing on mortgages.  (Creative Commons.)  —  “Buy new with $1,000 down,” the advertisement says, the words resting atop a trim green clapboard house offset by a bright blue sky.
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
Sharia vs. The New Deal.
Timothy F. Geithner / ssa.gov:
A MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC:  —  Each year the Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds report on the current and projected financial status of the two programs.  This message summarizes our 2010 Annual Reports.  —  The outlook for Medicare has improved substantially …
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Health-care law strengthens Medicare, report finds
Helen Jung / Oregonian:
Portland lemonade stand runs into health inspectors, needs $120 license to operate  —  It's hardly unusual to hear small-business owners gripe about licensing requirements or complain that heavy-handed regulations are driving them into the red.  —  So when Multnomah County shut down an enterprise …
NY Daily News:
Material girl Michelle Obama is a modern-day Marie Antoinette on a glitzy Spanish vacation  —  Sacrifice is something that many Americans are becoming all too familiar with during this economic downturn.  It was a key theme in President Obama's inaugural address to the nation …
Pat G. / Think Progress:
Boehner derides police officers and teachers as ‘special interests.’  —  Yesterday, the Senate finally overcame a Republican filibuster to approve $26 billion in funding to bolster state budgets, including $10 billion to prevent massive teacher layoffs.  Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi …
E.D. Kain / Balloon Juice:
International Beer Day  —  Today is International Beer Day (the site was down last I checked so here's the wiki article).  My favorite beer is Fat Tire.  I like New Belgium both as a company and because they make lots of good brews.  I also enjoy all the local breweries here, and going to local breweries when I'm on the road.
Larry J. Sabato / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Record-Setting Midterm of 2010  —  Larry J. Sabato, Director, U.Va. Center for Politics  —  Everyone already knows the 2010 elections are significant and competitive.  Let's add record-setting to that description.  Why?  — 2010 features the most U.S. Senate seats on the November ballot (37) since 1962.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
The Huffington Post:
Kristol's Hawkish Pro-Israel Group Launches New Ad Against Endangered Dem (VIDEO)  —  What's Your Reaction: … A hawkish, pro-Israel group that includes some of the most prominent neo-conservative and evangelical voices in the country is launching the second salvo in an ad campaign targeting primarily congressional Democrats.
The Hill:
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) believes the November elections will likely weed out some of the “most difficult Democrats” that leadership lawmakers have dealt with this Congress.  —  In an interview with The Hill, the Energy and Commerce Committee chairman expressed confidence that Democrats …
Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Rep. Wamp loses gov. primary to Mayor Haslam  —  Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam (R) defeated Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.) and Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey (R) to claim the GOP gubernatorial nod Thursday.  —  Boosted by his support during early voting, Haslam was declared the winner by the Associated Press close …
Discussion: The Politico and Hotline On Call
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
ObamaCare: The sum of all fears  —  Today, we welcome a guest post from Mary Katharine Ham of the Weekly Standard and Townhall's political editor Guy Benson, bringing us up to date on the status of promises made in connection with ObamaCare.  —  Two years ago, Ed Morrissey and Allahpundit …
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
Dems accused of tea party tampering  —  The charges of dirty tricks are being leveled in Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Jersey and Florida.  AP Photo  —  Nationally, Democrats say they intend to campaign against the tea party movement.  But locally, Democratic officials and activists …
Rep. Michele Bachmann / Big Government:
Announcing the Largest Tele-Townhall: Mobilize Against Dem to Pass Government Worker Bailout  —  Speaker Pelosi is calling the 435 House members to DC next week for the purpose of spending another $26 billion we don't have.  We were on a six week hiatus, and members had scattered to the four corners of the Earth.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
 
 
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Dem strategy on ethics: Make lemons into lemonade
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Carol Felsenthal / Chicago magazine:
Mark Kirk's Ex-wife: ‘Svengali Figure’ Influencing Candidate
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Washington Post:
Head of defunct lobbying firm PMA indicted on charges of illegal campaign gifts
Alex Seitz-Wald / Think Progress:
Bush reportedly pushed back publication of his memoir until …
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Pentagon demands documents back from Wikileaks, wants files deleted
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The Talibanisation of British childhood by hardline parents
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GM donates $41,000 to lawmakers' pet projects
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Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Fact-checking the Fact-checkers on the $3.8 Trillion Obama Tax Hike
Discussion: Hot Air and Don Surber
Jill Rosen / Baltimore Sun:
After flood of outrage, police will investigate shooting of husky in dog park