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11:20 AM ET, June 29, 2011

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Elise Young / Bloomberg:
Christie Loses Support for Second Term as Residents Oppose Cuts  —  More than half of New Jersey residents say they wouldn't back Governor Chris Christie for a second term, disapproving of his choices on a range of policy and personal issues, from killing a commuter tunnel to using …
The Huffington Post:
14th Amendment: Democratic Senators See Debt Ceiling As Unconstitutional … WASHINGTON — Growing increasingly pessimistic about the prospects for a deal that would raise the debt ceiling, Democratic senators are revisiting a solution to the crisis that rests on a simple proposition: The debt ceiling itself is unconstitutional.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dems fault Obama for not using bully pulpit  —  Senate Democrats are accusing President Obama of failing to use his bully pulpit effectively in the debt-ceiling fight.  —  They say most people are confused about the issue and don't understand they'd face an economic catastrophe if the $14.3 trillion ceiling isn't raised by Aug. 2.
Manu Raju / The Politico:
No holiday recess this week  —  President Barack Obama won't be able to make any recess appointments next week because GOP maneuvering has blocked the Senate from adjourning over the Fourth of July break.  —  Under the Constitution, each house of Congress must approve of the other adjourning for more than three days at a time.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Brian Brown / NOM Blog:
Reversing SSM in New York: The Campaign Begins  —  What can you do to restore marriage in New York?  —  The secretive, “emergency” process by which same-sex marriage was brought to New York last Friday night has left many outraged—even some supporters of same-sex marriage.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:   Obama's Position on Gay Marriage Faces New Test
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Obama Gay Marriage Stance a Nod to 2012 Battlegrounds
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
On same-sex marriage, Obama still has cold feet
The Note:
Sarah Palin's Unlikely Supporter  —  ABC News' Sheila Marikar (@SheilaYM) reports from Pella, Iowa:  —  There's the stereotype of the Sarah Palin supporter, and then there's Sonnie Johnson.  —  The 30-year-old African-American mother and wife is featured in “The Undefeated” …
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Scott Conroy / Real Clear Politics:
Palin Vows “110 Percent” Commitment to Iowa — If She Runs  —  PELLA, Iowa — Though she indicated that she is still not close to announcing her decision on whether to run for president, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Tuesday said that she would fully commit to the traditional process leading …
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
As film debuts in Iowa, Sarah Palin gives no hint of presidential plans
Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Bristol Palin: Michele Bachmann ‘Dresses a Lot Like My Mom’
Discussion: GOP 12 and Mediaite
Associated Press:
Bank of America to pay $8.5 billion settlement over mortgages  —  NEW YORK — Bank of America and its Countrywide unit will pay $8.5 billion to settle claims that the lenders sold poor-quality mortgage-backed securities that went sour when the housing market collapsed.
Discussion: Angry Bear
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Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Bank of America Near $8.5 Billion Deal on Mortgage Securities
Discussion: TalkLeft and Calculated Risk
Dan Fitzpatrick / Wall Street Journal:
BofA Nears Huge Settlement
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Obama needs to create jobs, not fight for them  —  (Mark Wilson - Bloomberg) Ron Klain, former chief of staff to both Al Gore and Joe Biden, thinks President Obama needs to make more of a show of fighting for job-creating policies.  “The greatest risk to the president will be if the American people believe …
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Ron Klain / Bloomberg:
About Ron Klain  —  Ron Klain is a senior executive …
Discussion: Jared Bernstein
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Jewish Dems losing faith in Obama  —  David Ainsman really began to get worried about President Barack Obama's standing with his fellow Jewish Democrats when a recent dinner with his wife and two other couples — all Obama voters in 2008 — nearly turned into a screaming match.
David Seifman / New York Post:
Rudy breaks vows  —  The gay car dealer who opened his home to Rudy Giuliani in 2001 during his humiliating divorce battle says the former mayor offered to preside at his wedding if same-sex marriage were ever legalized — but is now ducking his calls to make good on the offer.
Pamela Constable / Washington Post:
Taliban hotel attack kills at least nine, rattles Afghan capital  —  KABUL — Kamel Khan, 32, a businessman, was chatting with two friends on the poolside terrace of the hilltop Intercontinental Hotel Tuesday night when he heard a burst of gunfire and looked up.
Tim Mak / The Politico:
Rep. Kucinich's Syria visit raises eyebrows  —  Rep. Dennis Kucinich showed up in Syria this week and held a press conference in which he appeared to praise embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - who is ruthlessly crushing opposition to his government - as “highly loved and appreciated by the Syrians.”
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Kucinich has language problem in Syria
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and FrumForum
Marjorie Connelly / The Caucus:
Republican Voters Lack Enthusiasm for Presidential Contenders, Poll Shows  —  Republican voters are not satisfied with the candidates running for the Republican nomination and wish they had more choices, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.  None of the candidates currently hoping …
Discussion: FrumForum
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Romney Says U.S. Has Basis To Cut Off Open Trade With China (VIDEO)
Discussion: FrumForum and Swampland
Jeff Shesol / New York Times:
Should Justices Keep Their Opinions to Themselves?  —  ARE there really only nine Supreme Court justices?  —  It seems that everywhere you look, you see one popping up: giving speeches, signing books, leading workshops, posing for pictures at charity functions.
Live Action News & Opinion:
VIDEO: Do Women Need Planned Parenthood?  —  Medicaid Misinformation: Planned Parenthood Caught on Tape Lying About Indiana Healthcare  —  Live Action Launches “Standing with Indiana” Petition  —  June 29, 2011 - Undercover phone calls released today show Planned Parenthood …
Jack Doyle / Daily Mail:
The joke of ‘secure Britain’: Vile banned militant extremist strolls through Heathrow immigration as 200 Somalian criminals are allowed to stay due to human rights  — European Court ruling stems from appeals by two asylum seekers convicted of offences including burglary, making threats to kill and drug dealing
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Debt-limit delay would jeopardize Social Security payments  —  WASHINGTON — Social Security payments to millions of retirees and people with disabilities could be threatened if President Obama and Congress can't agree to increase the government's debt limit by Aug. 2, a new analysis shows.
Biz Stone:
It's So Obvious  —  Believe it or not, Jason is the smartest of the trio.  —  My career in developing large scale systems that allow people to express themselves and communicate started in 1999 with Xanga.  I left after a couple years and got more academic about the democratization of information on the web.
Michael Scherer / Swampland:
Obama Won't Declare ‘Mission Accomplished’ on the Recovery.  Should He Defend It at All?  —  Stanley Greenberg, the Democratic pollster who helped elect President Bill Clinton, South Africa's Nelson Mandela and Israel's Ehud Barak, says all of his clients have had the same, sometimes terrible …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Daniel Beekman / NY Daily News:
500-lb public piano stolen from Norwood Park in the Bronx  —  Bronx music lovers are singing the blues after a brightly-painted, 500-pound piano - one of 88 installed in parks around the city - was apparently stolen from a Norwood park.  —  Local ivory-ticklers and the group that put …
Discussion: Gothamist
Tim Mak / The Politico:
Price of U.S. wars: $4.4 trillion?  —  The final bill for U.S. military involvement in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan could be as high as $4.4 trillion, according to a comprehensive new report Tuesday.  —  In the 10 years since American troops were sent into Afghanistan …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Shira Schoenberg / Boston Globe:
In N.H. visit, Bachmann praises moratorium on US income tax  —  GOP hopeful says 1-year halt would boost economy  —  Michele Bachmann, greeting supporters in Raymond, N.H., yesterday, cited the tax moratorium in reply to a question.  (Jim Cole/Associated Press)
Discussion: msnbc.com
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Adm. McRaven: Obama administration has no plan for captured terrorists  —  The top military official involved in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden said Tuesday that the Obama administration has no clear plan for handling terrorist leaders if they are caught alive outside a war zone.
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Feinstein: Senators close to ethanol deal  —  A trio of senators is nearing agreement on a plan to end a major ethanol tax credit and import tariff while extending incentives for next-wave biofuels.  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Tuesday that she had reached an agreement with Sens. Amy Klobuchar …
Discussion: msnbc.com
Jon Bershad / Mediaite:
Tearful Glenn Beck Describes How He And His Family Were Attacked In New York Park  —  “These people were some of the most hateful people I have ever seen,” said a distraught Glenn Beck this morning as he described an altercation he and his family had last night while watching a screening …
 
 
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Quinnipiac University:
Catholic New Yorkers Approve Of Cuomo 3-1, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Cuomo Tops …
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
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