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2:05 PM ET, July 1, 2011

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New York Times:
Strauss-Kahn Case Faces Test in Hearing  —  The sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is on the verge of collapse as investigators have uncovered major holes in the credibility of the housekeeper who charged that he attacked her in his Manhattan hotel suite in May, according to two well-placed law enforcement officials.
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New York Post:
Maid who accused DSK of sexual assault repeatedly lied: sources  —  The maid who accused former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn of a violent sex attack in his Midtown hotel room has repeatedly lied to prosecutors and is “personally associated” with money launderers and drug dealers …
John Eligon / New York Times:
Strauss-Kahn Is Released as Case Teeters  —  Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest on Friday as the sexual assault case against him moved one step closer to dismissal after prosecutors told a Manhattan judge that they had serious problems with the case.
Andrew Cohen / The Atlantic Online:
5 Ways to Think About The Times' Strauss-Kahn Story  —  The facts laid out by the paper virtually guarantee that prosecutors would lose the case if they were to proceed to trial  —  The one immutable fact about high-profile cases, especially at the beginning, is that the people …
Discussion: Guardian, Politics and AMERICAblog News
New York Times:
News of Turnaround in Dominique Strauss-Kahn Case Stuns France  —  PARIS — News of the possible collapse of sexual assault charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn hit France on Friday morning like a whirlwind, upending political calculations, challenging moral assumptions and apparently vindicating supporters …
Associated Press:
Dominique Strauss-Kahn Freed Without Bail By Judge
Discussion: FrumForum
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Minnesota government begins historic shutdown  —  Dayton renewed his call to tax the rich; GOP pointed to harm of long-term debt.  The governor and legislative leaders worked into the evening in a last-ditch bid for resolution.  —  Talks imploded Thursday between DFL Gov. Mark Dayton …
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Tim Pawlenty: Shutdown could be a good thing  —  In a press conference just hours before the shutdown to defend his record as Minnesota governor, Tim Pawlenty said that he wished the 2005 government shutdown he presided over would have lasted longer, and that the paralysis underway now in the state could be a good thing.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Minnesota government shuts down after tax plan torpedoes budget
Discussion: Indecision Forever
Minnesota Public Radio:
Government halts, finger-pointing starts
Discussion: The Nation and Washington Post
Abby Phillip / The Politico:
Fact checking a claim on tax breaks  —  'I think it's only fair to ask an oil company .... to give up a tax break,' Obama said.  —  AP Photo  —  President Obama used oil barons and corporate jet owners to anchor his opposition to Republicans' demands on taxes in his press conference on Wednesday.
Discussion: The Other McCain
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David Freddoso / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL  —  Heritage: Yes, Obama still owns the tax break for corporate jets
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Heritage Foundation Refusing To Admit It Made A Mistake On Tax Preference For Corporate Jets
Discussion: TPMDC and iOwnTheWorld.com
John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:
President Gets Flak for Jet-Tax Idea
Mike Gonzalez / The Heritage Foundation:
White House Wastes Time Attacking Heritage
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Senate GOP mocks president with video of Obama on golf course  —  Senate Republicans on Friday said President Obama should look in the mirror before questioning their work ethic.  —  The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), the Senate GOP's campaign arm, released a Web video …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama's fighting tone could buy room with left for a deal with right
Discussion: Prairie Weather
The Politico:
GOP's balanced-budget right turn
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Section 4 Of The 14th Amendment Was Designed To Stop Boehner  —  Kevin Drum is skeptical that the Obama administration would really be within its rights to ignore the debt ceiling: … Jack Balkin delves into the legislative history and shows why the 14th Amendment has a provision guaranteeing …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Union curbs rescue a Wisconsin school district  —  “This is a disaster,” said Mark Miller, the Wisconsin Senate Democratic leader, in February after Republican Gov. Scott Walker proposed a budget bill that would curtail the collective bargaining powers of some public employees.
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Employees had been increasingly troubled by Gingrich's Tiffany purchases  —  Employees of presidential candidate Newt Gingrich grew increasingly concerned in recent years about their boss's purchases from luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co., worried that if he followed through on plans to run …
New York Times:
White House Sees Date for Budget Deal or Bust  —  WASHINGTON — The White House believes it must strike a budget deal with Congress by July 22 to avoid a risk of defaulting on the national debt, Democratic officials briefed on the negotiations said Thursday, as Senate leaders canceled …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
To the Limit  —  In about a month, if nothing is done, the federal government will hit its legal debt limit.  There will be dire consequences if this limit isn't raised.  At best, we'll suffer an economic slowdown; at worst we'll plunge back into the depths of the 2008-9 financial crisis.
JSOnline:
Firefighters union throws cold water on 9-11 float  —  These days, almost anything can get caught in the blender of Wisconsin's union politics.  —  It can even happen to a Fourth of July parade float honoring firefighters and cops killed on Sept. 11, 2001.
Gina Pace / NY Daily News:
Glenn Beck to move to Texas; rents $20,000-a-month house  —  New Yorkers better get their heckling in fast, because Glenn Beck is headed for the Lone Star State.  —  The TV host and commentator recently sold his New Canaan, Conn., mansion, to Maura Abeln Smith, recently named general counsel of PepsiCo, for $3.6 million.
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Donald Rumsfeld / Wall Street Journal:
The Peril of Deep Defense Cuts  —  Our country has taken an axe to the national security budget after every war of the 20th century.  And every time we later regretted it.  —  Today Leon Panetta will take the oath to become our nation's 23rd secretary of defense.
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Rummy: Up miltary health premiums
Discussion: FrumForum
Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times:
Two Rulings Find Cuts in Public Pensions Permissible  —  Judges in Colorado and Minnesota have dismissed court challenges by retired public workers whose pensions had been cut — developments that may embolden other states and cities to use pension reductions as a tool to help balance their budgets.
Radley Balko / The Huffington Post:
Cory Maye To Be Released From Prison … MONTICELLO, Miss. — After 10 years of incarceration, and seven years after a jury sentenced him to die, 30-year-old Cory Maye will soon be going home.  Mississippi Circuit Court Judge Prentiss Harrell signed a plea agreement Friday morning …
Discussion: The Agitator and Cato @ Liberty
 
 
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Mika: ‘Morning Joe’ Being Pressured To Invite More Pro-Obama Flacks
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Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
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Brad Cooper / Kansas City Star:
Overland Park clinic gets last-minute license to provide abortions
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
California Republicans push Rick Perry to run
Discussion: USA Today and The Daily Caller
Kevin Jolly / POLITICS:
Group opposed to same sex marriage targets Grisanti
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Mireya Navarro / New York Times:
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