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4:40 PM ET, July 2, 2011

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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Prof. Chemerinsky says Justice Ginsburg “has in her power the ability to prevent a real shift in the balance of power on the court.”  —  “On the other hand, there's the personal.  How do you decide to leave the United States Supreme Court?”  —  Wow!  How much of this kind of moral pressure is being applied to the venerable Justice?
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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Associated Press:
Justice Ginsburg Not Leaving Court ‘Anytime Soon’  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and liberals have a nightmare vision of the Supreme Court's future: President Barack Obama is defeated for re-election next year and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at 78 the oldest justice, soon finds her health will not allow her to continue on the bench.
New York Times:
Strauss-Kahn Accuser's Call Alarmed Prosecutors  —  Twenty-eight hours after a housekeeper at the Sofitel New York said she was sexually assaulted by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, she spoke by phone to a boyfriend in an immigration jail in Arizona.  —  Investigators with the Manhattan district …
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia:
The Failure of Al Gore Part Three: Singing the Climate Blues  —  Some readers are wondering why I am spending so much time analyzing the political problems of a former vice president.  It is not out of any personal animus toward Mr. Gore.  Though I'm not expecting any invitations …
Jamie Klatell / The Hill:
Obama: We can't afford to keep every tax break  —  President Obama used his weekly address to reiterate his demand for ending tax breaks for “millionaires and billionaires” in any budget deal to raise the nation's debt limit.  —  “It would be nice if we could keep every tax break, but we can't afford them,” Obama said.
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The White House:
WEEKLY ADDRESS: Cutting the Deficit and Creating Jobs
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Paul Krugman
Mark Landler / The Caucus:
Obama Again Assails Tax Breaks
Discussion: Daily Kos and FrumForum
Mark Steyn / National Review:
Obama's Declaration of Dependence  —  Dozens of countries have “Independence Days.”  November 25th, for example: Independence Day in Suriname.  In that instance as in most others, the designation signifies nothing more than transfer of de jure sovereignty and de facto operational control …
Discussion: Pundit & Pundette
Alexander Burns / Reuters:
Herman Cain's top Iowa staff resigns  —  A few days after two senior aides in New England, the other shoe drops on Herman Cain in Iowa: … Cain spokeswoman Ellen Carmichael told POLITICO a few days ago that the New Hampshire staff would be replaced in short order.
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
China's Stimulus  —  Word from Prime Minister Wen Jiabao : … Now obviously what Wen doesn't add to that is “and a lot of this new construction is pretty wasteful.”  But the reality is that it is.  People often say that China has a billion people.  But it doesn't.  It has over 1.3 billion people.
Discussion: Eschaton
New York Times:
U.S. Expands Its Drone War Into Somalia  —  WASHINGTON — The clandestine American military campaign to combat Al Qaeda's franchise in Yemen is expanding to fight the Islamist militancy in Somalia, as new evidence indicates that insurgents in the two countries are forging closer ties …
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David Gambacorta / Philly.com:
On Obama's visit, presidential seal blew off his limo on I-76; it later was recovered  —  There's nothing quite like that feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you just know that you've lost something important.  —  It happens to people all the time - especially travelers.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Weasel Zippers
Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
Here's The Legal Complaint WikiLeaks Is Threatening To File Against Visa, MasterCard  —  More than six months have passed since Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and others cut WikiLeaks' purse strings.  And if that blockade lasts six more days, the secret-spilling group plans to take its financial fight to the courtroom.
Agence France Presse:
Hamas slams Greece for barring Gaza aid ship  —  DAMASCUS — The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Friday denounced Greece after its coastguard intercepted a US vessel which tried to sail to Gaza to break Israel blockade of the coastal strip.  —  In a statement issued by its political leadership …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
It's Reagan's party no more  —  It should cause no shortage of frustration for congressional Republicans that President Obama is in line with the Reagan legacy — and they're actively rejecting it.  Politico's David Rogers had a fine piece of reporting touching on this point yesterday.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and The Politico
 
 
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Former Obama economic adviser warns on debt limit
Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
Google hiring 12 lobbying firms as FTC readies antitrust probe
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Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
DOJ: Court Should Not Dismiss Karen Golinski's Health Benefits Claim, Should Instead Find DOMA Unconstitutional
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Peter Orszag / Bloomberg:
About Peter R Orszag  —  Link U.S. Payroll Tax Holiday to Unemployment Rate: Peter Orszag
Ynetnews:
Swiss party ad features Jewish doll
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
Jason Burke / Guardian:
Saudi Arabia's clerics challenge King Abdullah's reform agenda
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David Dayen / news.firedoglake.com:
The Social Security Benefit Cut in the Debt Limit Talks
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and ThinkProgress
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Pro Perry effort hires former Newt staffer in Iowa
Discussion: CNN, The Other McCain and FrumForum
Pete Vonder Haar / Hair Balls:
Sarah Palin Sneak Preview: The Agony of The Undefeated
TMZ.com:
Maria Shriver Files for Divorce from Arnold
Jamie Klatell / The Hill:
White House releases staffers' salaries
Discussion: Outside the Beltway, CNN and FrumForum