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6:05 PM ET, July 20, 2011

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Former Senator Judd Gregg Says Shutdown Needed Before House Will Agree To Debt Limit Deal  —  Former Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) says Social Security checks will need to be halted before House Republicans will agree to a deal to raise the debt limit.  —  A deficit hawk and former Chairman …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Cantor's wealthy backers: raise our taxes  —  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) has scuttled any possible debt-reduction compromise, insisting House Republicans can't agree to so much as a penny in new revenue.  Every tax cut billionaires enjoy is sacred; every corporate-jet owner mustn't …
Discussion: The Daily Dish and The Hill
Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
White House may be open to short-term debt deal  —  The White House signaled Wednesday that President Obama could accept a short-term deal to raise the debt ceiling, but only if it appeared lawmakers were close to an agreement on a significant deficit reduction plan.
Discussion: Daily Kos and msnbc.com
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
House GOP Suicide Squad gets bigger
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Reid says he's waiting on Boehner to tell him ‘path forward’ on raising debt ceiling
Discussion: Hot Air
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
White House says Obama could agree to short-term debt ceiling hike
Discussion: The Hill and Big Government
Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Tom Harkin: House Republicans Have Morphed Into ‘A Cult’
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Daily Caller
Courtney Comstock / Clusterstock:
Goldman Just Held A Call On The Debt Ceiling — Here's Judd Gregg's Bearish Prediction
Discussion: James Pethokoukis
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Franken Destoys Focus On The Family Witness, Exposes Misuse Of HHS Study  —  During this morning's Senate DOMA hearings, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) destroyed Focus on the Family's Tom Minnery's argument that children are better off with opposite-sex parents by demonstrating how Minnery misrepresented an HHS study.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Is Grassley Hinting That Maggie Gallagher Was Too Scared To Testify Against DOMA?
Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
Al Franken Pokes Fun At Focus On The Family Mischaracterizing Study At DOMA Hearing (VIDEO)
Discussion: Washington Monthly and TPMDC
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Focus On The Family Witness Admits Children Are Disadvantaged By Lack Of Protections For Same-Sex Couples
Fortune:
Larry Summers calls Winklevoss twins ‘A**holes’  —  NEW YORK (Fortune) — What did Larry Summers really think of the Winklevoss twins?  —  “Rarely, have I encountered such swagger, and I tried to respond in kind,” the former president of Harvard said in an interview at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Pawlenty says WH hopefuls must be able do the job  —  Tim Pawlenty moved closer Wednesday to raising doubts about Michele Bachmann's fitness for office.  —  While repeating his previous comments that he'd defer to doctors on Bachmann's particular health situation, Pawlenty said broadly …
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Reuters:
Michele Bachmann faces more migraine questions  —  On the campaign trail in South Carolina, Michele Bachmann should have been basking in the glow of new polls showing her surging among national Republican primary voters.  —  Instead, the day was overshadowed by her acknowledgment Tuesday …
The Note:
Bachmann Releases Doctor's Note on Migraines as Pawlenty Says Candidates Must Be Able …
David Brody / The Brody File:
Never Before Seen: The ‘Inside Scoop’ on Some 2012 Presidential Contenders  —  On this week's edition of The Brody File show, some never before seen footage from my interviews with Sarah Palin, Speaker John Boehner, Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann as we get the 'scoop" on some of their “personal preferences.
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Christian Heinze / GOP 12:   Palin: Journalists can learn from me
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Wasserman Schultz brushes off West email  —  Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) is dismissing Tuesday's personal attack by Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) as political bluster, not a hatchet job on the congresswoman, her office said Tuesday.  —  “I don't think that Congressman West is upset …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama in perilous shape  —  For the first time since last July Barack Obama does not lead Mitt Romney in PPP's monthly national poll on the 2012 Presidential race.  Romney has now pulled into a tie with the President at 45%.  —  Obama's approval rating this month is 46% with 48% of voters disapproving of him.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Rumsfeld had role in Perry meeting  —  Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld helped organize Rick Perry's foreign policy and national security briefing in Austin last Wednesday, Rumsfeld's staff confirmed today.  —  Perry's aides have been tight-lipped about the gathering …
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Brad Watson / KHOU-TV:
Anita Perry encourages husband to run for president
Discussion: Pajamas Media
ThinkProgress:
NOM Rabbi Blames Gay Marriage For 8 Year Old's Murder  —  The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) recently invited Rabbi Yehuda Levin to join them at a rally protesting New York's same sex marriage bill, despite Levin's long history of offensive comments.
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G-A-Y / Good As You:
OMG! Video: NY ‘protect marriage’ ally blames gays for young boy's death!
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
JSOnline:
Democratic senator Hansen retains seat in recall attempt  —  Tea party activist, attorney are winners in Republican primaries  —  By Tom Tolan, Lee Bergquist and Georgia Pabst of the Journal Sentinel  —  Democratic state Sen. Dave Hansen of Green Bay was the first of nine state senators …
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John Bolton / The Great Debate:
Why is Obama giving Libya to the Russians?  —  The opinions expressed are his own.  —  With President Obama's Libya policy staggering from one embarrassment to another, last week he and Secretary of State Clinton outdid themselves.  They publicly welcomed Russia's effort to insert itself as a mediator …
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James Joyner / The Atlantic Online:
Scant Planning for Post-Qaddafi Libya
Ron Nixon / New York Times:
Cost-Cutters, Except When the Spending Is Back Home  —  WASHINGTON — Freshman House Republicans who rode a wave of voter discontent into office last year vowed to stop out-of-control spending, but that has not stopped several of them from quietly trying to funnel millions of federal dollars into projects back home.
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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Getting Specific on Spending
John Nolte / Big Hollywood:
Numbers Don't Lie: “The Undefeated” Had a Remarkable Box Office Debut  —  Box Office Mojo is a universally accepted and respected source for box-office numbers, mainly because they've always done a very professional job of sticking to numbers and avoiding the business and political nonsense that tarnishes so many others.
Discussion: Conservatives4Palin
Jonnie Marbles / Guardian:
Why I foam-pied Rupert Murdoch |  Jonnie Marbles  —  Some people might think my action played into Murdoch's hands, but I did it for all the people who couldn't  —  First things first: I don't hate octogenarians.  I don't have a vendetta against anyone over 80 who likes to begrudgingly give evidence to parliamentary committees.
Tina Korbe / Hot Air:
Report: Private sector job creation ground to a halt almost instantly after Obamacare passed  —  A new report out yesterday from The Heritage Foundation shows private sector job creation dropped dramatically almost immediately after President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) into law.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Christie on the decline  —  Chris Christie's popularity has declined significantly over the first half of 2011 and he would have a very difficult time winning reelection if voters in New Jersey went to the polls today.  —  Only 43% of voters in the state approve of the job Christie is doing to 53% who disapprove.
Dan Lamothe / Marine Corps Times HOME:
Obama OKs Medal of Honor for living Marine  —  Dakota Meyer, a former corporal, will be honored for his heroics in Ganjgal, Afghanistan, in September 2009 … A Marine who repeatedly braved enemy fire in eastern Afghanistan attempting to find and save fellow members of his embedded training team …
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
State Dept. contract officer steers $52 million to secret husband, daughter  —  A special investigation by The Daily Caller has discovered that a State Department contract specialist participated in awarding more than $52 million in taxpayer-funded contracts to a company owned and operated by her husband and daughter.
 
 
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Maureen O'Connor / Gawker:
Sarah Palin is going to be a grandmother again.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Fed planning for potential default
Discussion: Fortune and Politics
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Are you listening, Steve Jobs?
Katie Zezima / New York Times:
Couple Sues a Vermont Inn for Rejecting Gay Wedding
Discussion: Right Wing Watch and Joe. My. God.
Abby Phillip / The Politico:
Obama to nominate fourth openly gay judicial candidate
Discussion: Poliglot and Towleroad News #gay
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Rep. Allen West calls DNC chair ‘vile ... despicable’ …
Discussion: Gawker, Washington Post and Hullabaloo
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Nearly 10 Years Ago Today, The U.S. Began Borrowing Billions To Pay For The Bush Tax Cuts
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Bloomberg:
Romney as Job Creator Clashes with Bain Record of Job Cuts
Discussion: Economix, The Note and Politics
Matt Schneider / Mediaite:
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