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Guardian:
News of the World phone-hacking whistleblower found dead — Death of Sean Hoare - who was first named journalist to allege Andy Coulson knew of hacking - not being treated as suspicious — Sean Hoare, the former News of the World showbusiness reporter who was the first named journalist …
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Wall Street Journal:
News and Its Critics — A tabloid's excesses don't tarnish thousands of other journalists. — When News Corp. and CEO Rupert Murdoch secured enough shares to buy Dow Jones & Co. four years ago, these columns welcomed our new owner and promised to stand by the same standards and principles we always had.
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David Carr / New York Times:
Troubles That Money Can't Dispel
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CBS News:
Poll: 71% shun GOP handling of debt crisis — CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. — Americans are unimpressed with their political leaders' handling of the debt ceiling crisis, with a new CBS News poll showing …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama officially threatens to veto GOP's ‘cut, cap and balance’ bill — The White House on Monday warned President Obama will veto GOP legislation to “cut, cap and balance” spending and the budget. — In a statement of administration policy, the White House Office of Management …
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The Moderate Voice, The Hill, Pajamas Media, Don Surber, The Politico and AMERICAblog News
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Republican Retreat — In the negotiations over the debt ceiling, the Republican Party had everything mapped out except the endgame. — For months, Republican leaders used all the tools at their disposal — the anti-spending intensity of their base, the White House's desire for a deal …
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The New Republic, Balloon Juice, Washington Monthly and No More Mister Nice Blog
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Rep. Louie Gohmert Wonders If Obama Chose Debt Ceiling Deadline To Coincide With His Birthday Party
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
White House rejects linking debt limit to balanced budget, threatens veto
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Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
GOP Rep. Rokita Refuses To Raise The Debt Ceiling Even If It Means ‘The Economy Might Get Worse’
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Washington Monthly and The Note
Jay Newton-Small / Swampland:
Still Stalled: Debt Talks Splinter as Negotiators Go Their Own Ways
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The Politico, Washington Post, Roll Call, Washington Monthly and The New Republic
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
No one likes the GOP's reckless tactics
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Hullabaloo and Balloon Juice
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Elizabeth Warren to ‘think’ about Senate run against GOP's Scott Brown — Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard law professor tapped by President Obama to set up the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), said Monday she would think about running for Sen. Scott Brown's (R-Mass.) seat in 2012.
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Elizabeth Warren / The Huffington Post:
A Big Week for the New Consumer Agency
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Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Congressman Who Harassed Elizabeth Warren Showered With Donations From Banks And Predatory Lenders
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First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Holding pattern
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
New O'Keefe investigation uncovers Medicaid fraud [VIDEO] — Conservative filmmaker James O'Keefe released the first installment in a new video investigation Monday morning, this one focused on Medicaid fraud. The first video in the series shows government employees in Ohio assisting two men …
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Hot Air, Mediaite, RedState, The Gateway Pundit and Confederate Yankee
Judson Berger / Fox News:
NIH-Backed Study Examined Effects of Penis Size in Gay Community — The federal government helped fund a study that examined what effect a gay man's penis size has on his sex life and general well-being. — The study was among several backed by the National Institutes of Health …
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Wonkette and The Jawa Report
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Feds pay for study of gay men's penis sizes
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Amelia Hill / Guardian:
Police examine bag found in bin near Rebekah Brooks's home — Former NI chief executive's husband denies bag - containing computer, paperwork and phone - belonged to his wife — Detectives are examining a computer, paperwork and a phone found in a bin near the riverside London home of Rebekah Brooks …
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Mediaite and Boing Boing
John Nolte / Big Hollywood:
‘Eunuchs’: Did Anyone Notice Bill Maher Trashing Sarah Palin's Children as ‘Family of Inbred Weirdos’? — From everything I've read, the only factor remaining in Governor Palin's decision-making process about a 2012 presidential run is the impact the campaign would have on her family …
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The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Slow, Painful Coming Death Of The Independent, Conservative Blogosphere — Way, way back in 2001, when I got started in the blogosphere, the Right side of the blogosphere was bigger and more influential than the Left. Why? Well, in American politics, the energy tends to be with the party that's out of power.
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American Power, Pajamas Media, Betsy's Page, Ben Smith's Blog, Riehl World View, Althouse and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
George Packer / New Yorker:
EMPTY WALLETS — In the midst of the debt crisis in Washington, D.C., Danny Hartzell backed a Budget rental truck up to a no-frills apartment building that is on a strip of motels and pawnshops in Tampa, Florida. He had been laid off by a packaging plant during the financial crisis of 2008 …
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Ben Birnbaum / Washington Times:
Cain: I would attack Iran to protect Israel — GOP presidential hopeful met Monday with Israeli ambassador — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks with reporters and editors during an interview Monday at The Washington Times' office building in D.C. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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ThinkProgress, TPMDC, Outside the Beltway and FrumForum
Center for American Progress:
Infographic: '60s Retro Budget Plan by Republicans Unfit for Today — Gutting Federal Spending to 1966 Levels Is Untenable — The Republican-led House of Representatives this week will consider a proposal that would restrict federal spending to the arbitrary level of 18 percent of gross domestic product.
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Jared Bernstein, TPMDC and The Gavel
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Tea Party Nation: “We Must Stand With The Bachmanns” Against Gay Rights — Tea Party Nation has increasingly voiced a militant opposition to gay rights, endorsing activists who maintain that LGBT equality will destroy America and that anti-LGBT bullying is “healthy.”
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Washington Blade, ThinkProgress, Pam's House Blend and Towleroad News #gay
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Letting Bankers Walk — Ever since the current economic crisis began, it has seemed that five words sum up the central principle of United States financial policy: go easy on the bankers. — This principle was on display during the final months of the Bush administration …
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The Moderate Voice, Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, The Impolitic and Prairie Weather
Juana Summers / The Politico:
Roemer to launch W.H. bid Thursday — It's official: Buddy Roemer will formally announce his presidential campaign Thursday from New Hampshire. — While the former Louisiana governor's campaign has not set a location for the announcement, he's scheduled to speak at Dartmouth College …
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CNN, The Washington Independent, The Political Carnival, Gawker and FrumForum
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
White House: Budget cuts to president's office hurt debt efforts — Proposed House cuts to the Executive Office of the President's (EOP) budget will hurt administration efforts to cut the deficit, the White House argues. — The Obama administration made the argument in comments on H.R. 2434 …
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Reuters, Pajamas Media, New York Post, Weasel Zippers and Michelle Malkin
Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal:
Video of a brutal Taliban execution of Pakistani policemen emerges — Warning, the video below is extremely graphic in nature. If you choose to watch this video, you will see the Taliban brutally execute more than a dozen bound Pakistani policemen. The Taliban then proceed to pump rounds into those who survived the initial firing.
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Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
Gay conservative group reaches out to Bachmann — As gay-issue advocacy groups increase pressure on Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann over her views about homosexuality, the gay conservative group GOProud is requesting a meeting with the Republican presidential candidate to possibly lend a hand.
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Mediaite, Truth Wins Out, ThinkProgress, Joe. My. God. and Towleroad News #gay
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