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5:10 PM ET, July 8, 2011

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Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Job Growth Falters Badly, Clouding Hope for Recovery  —  The United States economy added a meager 18,000 jobs in June, up from a gain of a revised 25,000 jobs in May, the Department of Labor said on Friday.  The unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent from 9.1 percent in May, the department said.
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The Politico:
Obama: ‘A long way to go’  —  President Barack Obama acknowledged Friday that the U.S. economy has “a long way to go” and urged Congress to take action “right now” to spark growth after another disappointing monthly jobs report.  —  The unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent and the economy added …
David Jackson / USA Today:
Obama looks at 9.2% unemployment, speaks at 10:35 a.m.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
What did David Plouffe really say about unemployment?  —  Senior Obama adviser David Plouffe is getting widely pilloried on the right today for claiming that people won't vote in 2012 “based on the unemployment rate.”  —  Plouffe made the comments to reporters at a Bloomberg breakfast earlier this week.
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Top Obama adviser says unemployment won't be key in 2012  —  President Obama's senior political adviser David Plouffe said Wednesday that people won't vote in 2012 based on the unemployment rate.  —  Plouffe should probably hope that's the case, since dismal job figures aren't expected …
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Mitt Romney on jobless numbers: ‘Fire Plouffe’
Discussion: New York Magazine
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
What's the White House Doing Today to Create Jobs? …
Discussion: Hot Air and Datechguy's Blog
Cheryl Contee / Jack & Jill Politics:
Michelle Bachmann Signs Pledge that Says Black Children Better Off During Slavery  —  In Iowa, there's a social conservative pledge called “The Marriage Vow - A Declaration of Dependence upon Marriage and Family” that is anti-abortion, anti-same sex marriage, anti-divorce etc etc that GOP candidates are being urged to sign.
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The Note:
Bachmann Signs Pledge for Ban on Porn and Same-Sex Marriage
William Petroski / Iowa Caucuses:
Bachmann is first to sign Family Leader's pro-marriage pledge
Laurence H. Tribe / New York Times:
A Ceiling We Can't Wish Away  —  ON May 16, the United States hit its legal debt limit of $14.3 trillion.  Unless that limit is raised, the Treasury will, on Aug. 2, be unable to pay its bills.  It will then have to either stop spending money on government programs, or default on paying the nation's creditors.
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Erika Gudmundson / U.S. Department of the Treasury:
FACT CHECK: Treasury General Counsel George Madison Responds to New York Times Op-Ed on 14th Amendment  —  Treasury's General Counsel George Madison submitted to the New York Times today the following letter to the editor:  —  620 Eighth Avenue  —  New York, NY 10018  —  To the Editor:
Rand Simberg / Popular Mechanics:
6 False Lessons Of The Space Shuttle  —  With the final flight of shuttle Atlantis sparking inspired debate over where NASA should go from here, PM contributor Rand Simberg warns against some of the conclusions that observers are drawing from 30 years of shuttle flights.  —  The last space shuttle flight has now launched.
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David Leonhardt / Economix:
The Cost of Austerity  —  The main problem with the job market is the lack of hiring by private employers.  Above all, they aren't sure what the future will bring.  —  Financial crises have long hangovers, and this one is no exception.  Home sales and car sales remain depressed …
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:   The High Price Of Austerity
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
What Obama Wants  —  On Thursday, President Obama met with Republicans to discuss a debt deal.  We don't know exactly what was proposed, but news reports before the meeting suggested that Mr. Obama is offering huge spending cuts, possibly including cuts to Social Security and an end …
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Washington Wire:
Transcript of Obama's Remarks on June Unemployment Report
Discussion: UNCOVERAGE.net
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama weak in Pennsylvania  —  Pennsylvania is looking more and more like it could be a tough hold for Barack Obama in 2012.  His approval rating in the state continues to be under water at 46/48.  More voters have expressed disapproval than happiness with Obama on all three polls PPP has done in the state so far in 2011.
Discussion: GOP 12
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Will Republican Race's First In Be the First Out?
Andrew Tilghman / Army Times:
Pentagon suspends DADT in wake of court ruling  —  The Pentagon has ordered a halt to all separations of gay troops under “don't ask, don't tell” and will begin accepting applications from prospective recruits who identify themselves as homosexuals.  —  The moratorium issued Friday came …
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Bachmann: ‘I Hope’ Higher Unemployment Will Help My Campaign  —  Appearing on CNBC this morning, presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) was asked about this morning's dismal jobs report and whether higher unemployment rates might help her chances of winning in 2012.
Discussion: CNNMoney.com, CNN and Daily Kos
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
CHART: Over 500,000 Government Jobs Lost Since Obama's Inauguration  —  So should we blame today's bad jobs numbers on Barack Obama's big government policies?  Again, I doubt it.  What we continue to see are decent—though not great—private sector job numbers offset by tumbling public sector employment:
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
What's In A Name?  Dems Support Social Security Benefit Cut — By Calling It Something Else  —  Social Security benefit cuts may be a bridge too far for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).  But what if Republicans and Democrats alike just agreed to refer to a benefit cut by another name.
Susan Crabtree / TPMDC:
Rep. Ryan Tastes The Grapes Of Wrath  —  Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), a leading advocate of shrinking entitlement spending and the architect of the plan to privatize Medicare, spent Wednesday evening sipping $350 wine with two like-minded conservative economists at the swanky Capitol Hill eatery Bistro Bis.
Paul Krugman:
Falling Wages  —  Ugh.  That was a seriously ugly jobs report (pdf).  Almost no job creation, with slow private-sector growth offset by falling public-sector employment; a falling employment-population ratio; and (I don't know how many people have picked this up), an actual decline in wages, albeit a small one.
James Pethokoukis:
Why the GOP should reject tax increases, in one chart  —  Why are Republicans demanding a debt deal that has big spending cuts but no tax increases?  (Besides, of course, the fact that spending is the problem and the last thing this weak economy needs is a tax hike?)
Tony Radar / RADAR:
Casey Anthony Offered $1 Million For TV Appearance  —  Casey Anthony has been offered $1 million to appear on The Jerry Springer Show, Star magazine is reporting exclusively via RadarOnline.com.  And yes, there is a hitch: her parents, Cindy and George, plus her brother Lee must appear with her.
Andrew Frye / Bloomberg:
Buffett Bets ‘Heavily’ Against Double Dip  —  Billionaire Warren Buffett said he is wagering on continued economic expansion and doesn't expect a second recession.  —  “I would bet very heavily against that,” Buffett told Bloomberg Television's Betty Liu on the “In the Loop” program today after data showed slowing U.S. job growth.
 
 
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