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11:45 PM ET, July 11, 2011

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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama Offered To Raise Medicare Eligibility Age As Part Of Grand Debt Deal … WASHINGTON — In his press conference on Monday morning, President Barack Obama repeatedly insisted that he was willing to tackle some sacred cows as part of a larger package to raise the debt ceiling.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Cantor conspicuous confusion over compromise  —  All of the relevant players in D.C. want to raise the debt ceiling and prevent a crisis.  President Obama is urging Republicans to compromise: Democrats will accept a lot of cuts if Republicans accept a little revenue.
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
'C'mon, Man!'  Exclaims VP in Deficit Meeting.  'Let's Get Real!'  —  Officials familiar with the negotiations say today's meeting began with President Obama asking House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., to lay out what was agreed upon in the deficit reduction talks led by Vice President Biden.
Discussion: Pajamas Media and National Review
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Sen. Paul: Boehner has ‘no plan’ to balance the budget
Discussion: The Politico and The Note
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Republicans Say They've Already Agreed To A Concession In Debt Fight: Raising The Debt Limit
The White House:
Press Conference by the President James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Five Separate Sources Confirm Obama Floated Raising Medicare Age ‘As Part Of A Big Solution’
Discussion: National Review and Shakesville
Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
GOP leaders say they've sacrificed enough already on debt negotiations
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Obama ups the ante against GOP on taxes
Discussion: Eschaton, Daily Kos and Hullabaloo
Natalie Jennings / Washington Post:
Michelle Obama orders 1,556-calorie meal at Shake Shack  —  First lady Michelle Obama ordered a whopper of a meal at the newly opened Washington diner Shake Shack during lunch on Monday.  —  A Washington Post journalist on the scene confirmed the first lady, who's made a cause out of child nutrition …
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Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
‘Eat our peas’: Pea growers react to Obama remark
Hollie McKay / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE: Mila Kunis Says She'll Accompany U.S. Marine to Corps Ball  —  Most men will spend their lives dreaming about going on a date with Mila Kunis - but for one U.S. Marine, that fantasy may very well turn into a reality.  —  Sgt. Scott Moore, of the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines in Musa Qala …
Craig Robinson / The Iowa Republican:
TIR Poll: Bachmann Overtakes Romney in Iowa  —  Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has surpassed former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in a recent Iowa poll that was conducted by TheIowaRepublican.com.  With Bachmann now leading in Iowa, Romney has fallen to second place …
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Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Bachmann Responds To Slavery Controversy With Another Slavery Analogy
Dennis Welch / The Arizona Guardian:
Lawmaker points loaded gun at reporter in the Senate  —  A state lawmaker known for championing the rights of gun-owners pointed a loaded firearm at the chest of a reporter during a recent interview at the Capitol.  —  Republican Sen. Lori Klein was showing off her raspberry-pink handgun …
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Richard Ruelas / Arizona Republic:
Guns in Arizona: Legislator's gun highlights debate  —  State Sen. Lori Klein did not intend to make a political statement when she carried a loaded weapon into the state Capitol two days after the mass shooting outside Tucson.  The raspberry-pink handgun was simply in her purse, alongside her lipstick and keys.
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Snowe: No Medicare Or Social Security Cuts In Debt Deal  —  Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe (ME) said she will not support any debt deal that includes cuts to the two social safety net programs, citing “strong bipartisan support.”  “There are solvency problems with both programs.
Discussion: Hot Air and AMERICAblog News
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Mal Leary / Bangor Daily News:
Snowe, Collins support closing tax loopholes to lower debt
Discussion: Sky Dancing and Politics
WFTV Channel 9:
Alan Grayson To Run For Office Again  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — WFTV learned on Monday that former U.S. Congressman Alan Grayson is running for office again.  —  On Monday, Grayson said he doesn't plan to do anything different.  He said he's running again because of all the people who have reached out and asked him to.
Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
Michele Bachmann Clinic: Where You Can Pray Away the Gay?  —  A former patient who sought help from the Christian counseling clinic owned by GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann and her husband, Marcus, told ABC News he was advised that prayer could rid him of his homosexual urges and he could eventually be “re-oriented.”
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Panetta appears to link al-Qaeda presence with Iraq invasion  —  Pool/Reuters - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta delivers remarks to U.S. troops as he visits Camp Victory in Baghdad July 11, 2011.  Panetta arrived in Iraq on Sunday on his first trip there as U.S. defence secretary.
rebelpundit:
Chicagoans Overwhelmingly Vote to Ban Palin, Beck & Coulter Books at Book Fair in Obama's Home Town  —  In June we attended the Printer's Row Literature Festival in Chicago.  City blocks were closed off for tents and booths full of all types of literature.  We presented a board with a selection …
Guardian:
News International papers targeted Gordon Brown  —  Newspapers obtained information from the former prime minister's bank account, legal file and family medical records  —  Journalists from across News International repeatedly targeted the former prime minister Gordon Brown …
Jared Bernstein / On the Economy:
Robert Samuelson Chooses Badly  —  Robert Samuelson launches a serious attack on the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in this morning's WaPo.  As an employee of that institution, I will recuse myself from rants and raves and from defending my friend Bob Greenstein …
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Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:   Why we're in the budgetary soup
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Public Now Divided on Debt Limit Debate  —  Default Concerns Rise among Independents  —  As the debate over the nation's debt and deficit continues, the public has grown more concerned that failing to raise the debt limit would force the government into default and hurt the economy.
Discussion: CNN and FrumForum
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Pro-Voucher Tea Party Group Admits It Wants To ‘Shut Down Public Schools And Have Private Schools Only’  —  As ThinkProgress has documented, a tightly-knit group of right-wing Political Action Committees (PACs) and corporate foundations have unleashed an assault on public education …
Matthew Vadum / Big Government:
BREAKING: It Turns Out Obama Gave ACORN $541K This Year, Not $80K  —  Remember that story from a few days ago, the one about the Obama administration giving ACORN a $79,819 grant in March despite a federal law that prohibits the government from giving money to ACORN?  —  It turns out that sum is a lowball figure.
Saeed Shah / Guardian:
CIA organised fake vaccination drive to get Osama bin Laden's family DNA  —  Senior Pakistani doctor who organised vaccine programme in Abbottabad arrested by ISI for working with US agents  —  The CIA organised a fake vaccination programme in the town where it believed Osama bin Laden …
Alex Tabarrok / Marginal Revolution:
The Great Fiction  —  Catherine Rampell, Bruce Bartlett, and Matt Yglesias are all pushing the chart below from a paper by Suzanne Mettler.  According to this gang, people who use, for example, the mortgage interest deduction or who have a 529 college savings program are willfully ignorant …
Scott Baker / Breaking news and opinion on The Blaze:
MOVE TO TEXAS CONFIRMED: BECK ANNOUNCES HE WILL OPEN NEW RADIO & TV BROADCAST FACILITY IN DALLAS  —  Glenn Beck is moving to Dallas.  —  The news may not surprise his loyal listeners — the host has been dropping plenty of clues and for many months.  —  And there were a flurry of internet posts …
Radley Balko / The Huffington Post:
Why 'Caylee's Law' Is A Bad Idea … Within minutes of the Casey Anthony verdict, much of America devolved into the mass media equivalent of a mob bearing torches and pitchforks.  Twitter lit up with calls for vigilante justice, and proposals that we revoke the Fifth Amendment's protection …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Top Senate Dems privately warn: Deep Medicare cuts will squander our big advantage on issue  —  Top Democrats in charge of keeping the Senate in Dem hands and maintaining the political health of the party — DSCC chair Patty Murray and messaging chief Chuck Schumer — have privately expressed frustration …
Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
McConnell On Casey Anthony Trial: It Means Terrorists Could Win  —  The top Republican in the Senate invoked the high-profile acquittal of Casey Anthony on charges she murdered her daughter as a reason to oppose the use of civilian trials for terrorism suspects.  —  “These are not American citizens.
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Obama Takes Centrist Banner in Impasse Over Deficit  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama made no apparent headway on Monday in his attempt to forge a crisis-averting budget deal, but he put on full display his effort to position himself as a pragmatic centrist willing to confront both parties and address intractable problems.
 
 
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Drought Spreads Pain From Florida to Arizona
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Harriet Sherwood / Guardian:
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Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
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