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7:40 PM ET, August 6, 2010

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Flimflam Man  —  One depressing aspect of American politics is the susceptibility of the political and media establishment to charlatans.  You might have thought, given past experience, that D.C. insiders would be on their guard against conservatives with grandiose plans.
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Paul Krugman:
How To Read A CBO Report  —  One thing that has been overwhelmingly obvious in the discussion of Paul Ryan's roadmap is that lots of people who should know better — including, alas, reporters at the Washington Post — don't know how to read a CBO report.  They think you can just skim …
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and Hullabaloo
CNSNews:
Republican Senator: Jesus's ‘Golden Rule’ Inspired His Vote For Pro-Abortion Kagan  —  (CNSNews.com) - Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said that Jesus's Golden Rule inspired him to vote to confirm Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court and suggested it would be a good thing …
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Daniel Foster / National Review:
Birth of a Strategy: Talking Immigration With Lindsey Graham  —  Yesterday I spoke with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) who caused a bit of a stir by tentatively endorsing a plan to modify the century-old standard of birthright citizenship — by constitutional amendment if necessary.
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Who Inspired Lindsey Graham to Vote for Elena Kagan's Confirmation?  Why, Jesus, of Course!  —  There's soon to be an entire wing in the Nancy Pelosi Hall of Ecclesiastical Shame dedicated to Lindsey Graham: … I agree that more of Graham's colleagues — Graham included — should have pondered Jesus's words as they prepared to vote.
Discussion: Riehl World View
David Harsanyi / Denver Post:
Time for a divorce  —  In the 1500s, a pestering theologian instituted something called the Marriage Ordinance in Geneva, which made “state registration and church consecration” a dual requirement of matrimony.  —  We have yet to get over this mistake.  But isn't it about time we freed marriage from the state?
Discussion: protein wisdom and GayPatriot
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John Schwartz / New York Times:
Conservative Jurist, With Independent Streak  —  Judge Vaughn R. Walker has ruled on cases involving newspaper mergers, high-tech corporate battles and the Bush administration's use of wiretaps without warrants.  But nothing has earned him as much attention — and ire …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
What collapsing empire looks like  —  (updated below)  —  As we enter our ninth year of the War in Afghanistan with an escalated force, and continue to occupy Iraq indefinitely, and feed an endlessly growing Surveillance State, reports are emerging of the Deficit Commission hard at work planning …
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Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Governments Go to Extremes as the Downturn Wears On
Discussion: Money Game
CNN:
Palin helping RNC raise money  —  Sarah Palin is helping the RNC raise funds.  —  Palin has attached her name to a letter and survey being mailed to RNC donors soliciting contributions for the committee's Victory 2010 program, a nationwide get-out-the-vote effort.
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Reid Wilson / Hotline On Call:
RNC Passes Calendar Reform
CNN:   RNC approves 2012 nominating calendar
Keach Hagey / The Politico:
The RNC's least favorite reporter
Discussion: CNN and Wonkette
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Sharron Angle opposes gay adoption  —  Sharron Angle doesn't believe gays should be able to adopt, according to a questionnaire she filled out.  AP  —  Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sharron Angle believes that gays should not be allowed to adopt children and that religious leaders should be allowed …
Discussion: Wonkette and New York Magazine
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Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
Group promoting Angle event: Medicare “evil” …
Bloomberg:
Obama Fed Board Pick Diamond Gets Referred Back to White House by Senate  —  The Senate sent the nomination of Peter Diamond, one of President Barack Obama's three nominees for the Federal Reserve Board, back to the White House because of objections from at least one lawmaker.
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Wall Street Journal:
Senate Rejects Fed Nominee
Discussion: Seeing the Forest
The Huffington Post:
Dean: Individual Mandate Will Be Removed From Health Care Reform By 2014  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Former DNC Chairman Howard Dean has never been a fan of the individual mandate for insurance coverage, both on policy and political grounds.  And once Senate negotiators removed any hope …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Prime Buzz
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Ian M. / Think Progress:
Howard Dean Launches Misguided Attack On Health Reform  —  Speaking on MSNBC this morning, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean (D) made the wildly incorrect claim that the provision in the Affordable Care Act requiring almost all Americans to carry insurance is not “essential to the plan”:
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Five myths about the ‘tea party’  —  The grass-roots conservative activists who march under the “Don't tread on me” Gadsen flag and the “tea party” label have put a new twist on Gandhi's maxim: First they were ignored; then they were ridiculed; then they began to fight.
Steven Allen Adams / West Virginia Watchdog:
Manchin's Office Confirms Subpoenas  —  Gov. Joe Manchin's office confirmed today that state government officials have been contacted by the U.S. Attorney's Office this week regarding an ongoing investigation.  The target may be Manchin himself, according to a source who asked to remain anonymous.
Discussion: Hot Air, National Review, Weigel and The Eye
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Associated Press:
W.Va. gov says feds seeking documents, information
Discussion: The Hill
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Private Sector Adding Jobs, State Budget Crises Killing Economy  —  The new unemployment report highlights the fact that the economy remains lousy and John Boehner is going to be the next Speaker of the House of Representatives.  Ironically, it also demonstrates the bankruptcy of Boehner's way of thinking.
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Ezra Klein:
Jobs report: Public sector loses 202,000 jobs; private sector gains 71,000
Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
Exotic Deals Put Denver Schools Deeper in Debt  —  In the spring of 2008, the Denver public school system needed to plug a $400 million hole in its pension fund.  Bankers at JPMorgan Chase offered what seemed to be a perfect solution.  —  The bankers said that the school system …
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CNN:
Sen. Bennet pushes back against critical report
Discussion: Hotline On Call
New York Sun:
Palin's Fraternal Greetings  —  No sooner had President Obama concluded his dirge before the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations than Sarah Palin was out with a posting on her Facebook page, commiserating with her husband's fellow union members on having to sit through another “Blame Bush” lecture.
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Alan Snyder / Big Government:
Ridicule and Disdain: The Reagan-Palin Connection
Discussion: Whiskey Fire and Da Techguy's Blog
Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Private Growth Is Tepid as U.S. Economy Sheds Jobs Overall  —  With the American economic recovery hanging in the balance, private employers added 71,000 jobs in July, up from a downwardly revised 31,000 in June but below the consensus forecast of 90,000.  The unemployment rate stayed steady at 9.5 percent.
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Employers Shed Jobs
Brookings Institute:
2010 Arab Public Opinion Poll: Results of Arab Opinion Survey Conducted June 29-July 20, 2010  —  Shibley Telhami, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy  —  On Thursday, August 5, Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development …
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Marc Lynch / Foreign Policy:
Arab confidence in Obama collapsing
Tanya Somanader / Think Progress:
Reminder to critics who think a mosque is offensive to the legacy of 9/11: There's already one at the Pentagon.  —  In opposing the planned Islamic community center two blocks from Ground Zero in New York City, conservative stalwarts have picked up on right-wing extremists' paranoid hysteria over the initiative.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Three Senators Oppose Ground Zero Mosque
Wall Street Journal:
America Is at Risk of Boiling Over  —  And out-of-touch leaders don't see the need to cool things off.  —  It is, obviously, self-referential to quote yourself, but I do it to make a point.  I wrote the following on New Year's day, 1994.  America 16 years ago was a relatively content nation …
Charlie Sykes / 620wtmj.com:
FEINGOLD'S FAKE PERSON?  —  In Senator Feingold's new ad, he features some footage designed to make the argument that his $787 stimulus bill created Wisconsin jobs.  —  One piece of footage features a nameplate being placed outside an office or cubicle, and it appears the person named does not exist …
Discussion: RedState and Marathon Pundit
John Cook / Yahoo! News:
Fox News chief packs heat  —  Fox News chief Roger Ailes has a license to carry a firearm in New York City on his person at all times, according to the NYPD's newly released list of handgun-permit holders.  And he's not alone among his Fox News colleagues: Prime-time shouter Sean Hannity also has a city license to carry a gun.
 
 
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Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
Kerry: Net-neutrality legislation unlikely, FCC must act
Discussion: Firedoglake and Daily Kos
The Huffington Post:
Sam Stein: Senate Dems, Messina Chart Strategy For August …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Ezra Klein:
The problem with Larry Summers
Michael Barbaro / City Room:
In Mosque Debate, a Rival Praises Bloomberg
Discussion: The Daily Politics and TPMDC
Elaine Marshall / The Huffington Post:
I would welcome President Obama to North Carolina
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The alleged political benefits of moderation
Paul Lewis / Guardian:
How ‘urban hunters’ outfoxed the media
Discussion: Boing Boing
Gregory White / Clusterstock:
Watch The Hilarious Way White House Labor Secretary Hilda Solis Tries …
Discussion: Money Game, NO QUARTER and Hot Air
Tony Romm / The Politico:
Chuck Grassley: NSF still a hotbed of porn
Discussion: Don Surber and Wonkette