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2:55 AM ET, July 20, 2011

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Michael Crowley / Swampland:
Reporter Accosted After Bachmann Comments on Migraines  —  It's not easy to get to Michele Bachmann.  Her appearance at a rally on Tuesday in Aiken, South Carolina, attended by perhaps 150 people, featured three uniformed police officers and two body guards in plain clothes.
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Jonathan Strong / The Daily Caller:
Stress-related condition ‘incapacitates’ Bachmann; heavy pill use alleged  —  In late July 2010, Rep. Michele Bachmann's then-communications director, Dave Dziok, told his boss that he planned to take a new job with the public relations firm Edelman.  —  Dziok had worked for Bachmann …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Michele Bachmann's handlers get rough with reporter  —  This morning, the Daily Caller published a story I was inclined to leave to others: Michele Bachmann suffers from severe migraines.  —  But now the Bachmann camp has suddenly invited a whole lot more scrutiny to the story.
Bryan Fischer / afa.net:
Bachmann migraines would be a gamechanger, make Perry run inevitable  —  Follow me on Twitter: @BryanJFischer, on Facebook at “Focal Point”  —  A sensational Daily Caller story this morning by Jonathan Strong quotes three anonymous sources to the effect that Michele Bachmann suffers routinely …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bachmann Says Migraines Won't Be a Problem if She's Elected President
Discussion: The Daily Caller and msnbc.com
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Allen West tirade: Wasserman Schultz ‘vile...despicable...not a Lady’  —  Florida GOP Congressman Allen West this afternoon dispatched a scathing personal email to Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, calling her “vile, unprofessional ,and despicable,” “a coward …
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The Note:
Rep. Allen West Unloads On ‘Vile, Unprofessional, and Despicable’ Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz  —  ABC News' John R. Parkinson (@JRPabcDC) reports:  —  Rep. Allen West unleashed an scathing email to House leadership to raise his objections to “unprofessional and inappropriate sophomoric behavior” …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
The Hill:
Coburn rejoins Gang of Six, backs $3.7T deficit-reduction plan  —  Democratic and Republican senators are rallying behind a $3.7 trillion deficit-reduction plan announced Tuesday morning by the five remaining members of the Gang of Six.  —  Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who pulled out of the Gang …
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Gang of Six plan punts on key details
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Firedoglake
David Wessel / Washington Wire:
‘Gang of Six’ Plan: Tax Increase or Tax Cut?
Tim Fernholz / NationalJournal.com:
DOCUMENT: Gang of Six Deficit Plan Executive Summary
Discussion: Firedoglake and Daily Kos
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Two House lawmakers call for vote on Gang of Six plan  —  A House Republican and a member of the New Democrat coalition are jointly calling on Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to bring the Senate's “Gang of Six” deficit-reduction proposal to a House vote alongside an increase in the debt ceiling.
Discussion: RedState and The Politico
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The Note:
ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Dissatisfaction With Washington Hits 19-Year High  —  Analysis by ABC News' Pollster Gary Langer (@LangerResearch):  —  Discontent with Washington's budget battles has spurred public dissatisfaction with the federal government to its highest level in nearly 20 years …
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
House pursues balanced-budget bill; need for backup plan acknowledged
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Obama hails deficit-reduction plan gaining momentum in Senate
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Obama Endorses Feinstein's Bill To Repeal The Defense Of Marriage Act  —  A day before the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to hold hearing on the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, the Obama administration has endorsed Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA) legislation to repeal it.
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:   Obama to Back Repeal of Law Restricting Marriage
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Obama backs Respect For Marriage Act
Discussion: Balloon Juice
NationalJournal.com:
Obama Supports Repeal of Defense of Marriage Act
National / The Atlantic Online:
Obama Supports Repeal of Gay-Marriage Ban
Discussion: Shakesville
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Is Obama Against Romney a Toss-Up?  —  Looking at head-to-head polls can be treacherous so far in advance of a presidential election.  Instead, I'd suggest that you devote most of your attention to President Obama's approval ratings and perhaps the favorability ratings of the Republican candidates …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
WSJ/NBC Poll: Bachmann Surges to Second Place
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: Bachmann surges to 2nd place in GOP '12 field
N.C. Aizenman / Washington Post:
Birth control coverage proposed for most health insurance plans  —  Virtually all health insurance plans could soon be required to offer female patients free coverage of prescription birth control, breast-pump rentals, counseling for domestic violence, and annual wellness exams and HIV tests …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and AMERICAblog News
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Jay Lindsay / Associated Press:
Feds: Harvard fellow hacked millions of papers … BOSTON (AP) — A Harvard University fellow who was studying ethics was charged with hacking into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's computer network to steal nearly 5 million academic articles.  —  Aaron Swartz, 24, of Cambridge …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and RedState
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Nick Bilton / Bits:
Internet Activist Charged in M.I.T. Data Theft  —  Updated Added links to documents and comment from United States Attorney's office in Boston.  —  Updated Changed headline and post to remove reference to Mr. Swartz being a co-founder of Reddit, as this is disputed.  Added comment from Demand Progress.
Allen West / National:
At this Point, Anyone with an Obama 2012 Bumper Sticker is a Threat to the Gene Pool  —  Greetings to our constituents, fellow Floridians, and all Americans, here we are for another weekly update.  There is only one word that describes the past week: appalling.
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Ninth Circuit Panel Reverses Conviction for Allegedly Threatening to Kill Then-Candidate Obama  —  The case is this morning's United States v. Bagdasarian (decided by a 2-to-1 vote). … Bagdasarian was convicted, but the panel majority reversed the conviction.  —  To understand the legal question, we need a bit of background.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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David Kravets / Threat Level:
Urging Obama's Assassination Is Lawful Online Speech, Divided Appeals Court Says
Discussion: Law Blog
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Jay Carney: ‘Leadership Is Not Proposing a Plan.’  —  White House Press Secretary Jay Carney argues, with a straight face, that leadership means waiting for House and Senate negotiators to come up with a plan:
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
When Would You Announce Support for the Gang of Six Plan? …
David Weigel / Weigel:
Only 19 Percent of Republicans Think Obama Would Be Raptured  —  Behold: The best poll questions of the day, from PPP's survey of 574 GOP primary voters nationwide.  —  They've either found a new way of asking whether people think Obama is a Christian, or they've discovered that some number …
Discussion: First Draft
 
 
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Liberals trash Obama's tax-holiday
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Paul Krugman:
Scribblers and Madmen  —  Ezra Klein has a good column …
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