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6:05 PM ET, July 25, 2011

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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: Republicans have won.  But can they stop there?  —  (YURI GRIPAS - REUTERS) We don't yet know what the final deal to raise the debt ceiling will be.  But now that Harry Reid is developing a proposal with $2.7 trillion in cuts and nothing in revenues, it's a safe bet that it won't include any tax increases.
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Harry Reid Calls House Republicans' Bluff  —  Something you often see in negotiations is a mismatch between one side's stated sticking points and its real sticking points.  In the debate over the debt ceiling, for example, Republicans have sought to portray themselves as having two bottom lines.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Speaker Boehner's Big Gamble  —  The Republican Speaker John A. Boehner, following the collapse of negotiations with President Obama, appears to be considering a path that would involve the House Republicans voting to raise the federal debt ceiling on their own terms, with little expectation of Democratic support.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
White House stokes debt-ceiling crisis  —  A Republican aide e-mails me: “The Speaker, Sen. Reid and Sen. McConnell all agreed on the general framework of a two-part plan.  A short-term increase (with cuts greater than the increase), combined with a committee to find long-term savings …
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Boehner briefed Limbaugh on debt plan  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) outlined the GOP's debt ceiling plan to conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh on Monday before showing it to his conference.  —  Limbaugh talked about the call he received from Boehner during his radio program Monday.
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Killings in Norway Spotlight Anti-Muslim Thought in U.S.  —  The suspect behind the attacks in Norway said he believed multiculturalism to be a threat.  Here, mourners at Oslo Cathedral.  More Photos »  —  The man accused of the killing spree in Norway was deeply influenced …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
A Right-Wing Monster  —  For many years, a quiz entitled …
Boris Johnson / Telegraph:
Anders Breivik: There is nothing to study in the mind of Norway's mass killer
William Saletan / Slate Magazine:
If Muslims are responsible for Islamic terrorism, are Muslim-bashers responsible for the massacre in Norway?
Discussion: Dean's World
BBC:
Norway gunman ‘has accomplices’
James Surowiecki / New Yorker:
SMASH THE CEILING  —  In the past few years, the U.S. economy has been beset by the subprime meltdown, skyrocketing oil prices, the Eurozone debt crisis, and even the Tohoku earthquake.  Now it's staring at a new problem—a failure to raise the debt ceiling, which would almost certainly throw the economy back into recession.
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
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Felix Salmon:
How we got into this fine mess
Chad Pergram / Fox News:
The Basics of Boehner's Debt Pitch to GOP Conference
Discussion: USA Today and AmSpecBlog
Telegraph:
Glenn Beck compares Norway's dead teenagers to Hitler youth  —  Glenn Beck, the leading Right-wing American broadcaster, has prompted outrage after comparing the teenage victims of the Utoya Island massacre to the Hitler Youth.  —  Beck said that the Labour party youth camp on the island …
Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Steve King on default: Obama could be impeached  —  Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said Monday that President Barack Obama “would be impeached” if the nation falls into default.  —  “STOP talking about default,” he wrote on Twitter.  “The 1st dime of each $1 of revenue services debt.
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Rep. King Says Obama Will Be Impeached If Government Defaults
Discussion: Politics
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Hill Poll: Most voters see media as biased and unethical  —  Likely voters hold a dismal view of the news media, generally regarding reporters as biased, unethical and too close to the politicians they purport to cover, according to a new poll for The Hill.
Emmalee Abel / Courthouse News Service:
Black Student Can't Be Valedictorian  —  PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AR) - A high school southeast of Little Rock would not let a black student be valedictorian though she had the highest grade-point average, and wouldn't let her mom speak to the school board about it until graduation had passed, the graduate claims in Federal Court.
Brian Goldsmith / The Atlantic Online:
Washington Isn't Broken, the Republican Party Is  —  Democrats have repeatedly sought a compromise deal on the debt.  Why blame the whole city for Republican intransigence?  —  Watching yesterday's Sunday shows was a reminder that, of all the bromides that are popular among D.C. pundits …
Adam Serwer:
Captain America's Fictitious, Integrated 1940s America  —  In the vein of what Ta-Nehisi Coates referred to as a “convenient suspension of disbelief” in X-Men First Class, Captain America: First Avenger dutifully ignores the civil-rights struggles of the 1940s.
Fox News:
Feds Silent on How Convicted Felons Bought Guns in ‘Operation Fast and Furious’  —  EXCLUSIVE: In the latest chapter of the gunrunning scandal known as Operation Fast and Furious, federal officials won't say how two suspects obtained more than 360 weapons despite criminal records that should have prevented them from buying even one gun.
Daniel Frankel / Yahoo! News:
Palin doc headed for PPV as ticket sales plummet  —  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - With its Sarah Palin documentary “The Undefeated” increasing its playdates by 40 percent this weekend, only to watch box office revenue decline by more than 63 percent, distributor Arc Entertainment announced Sunday …
Christine Haughney / New York Times:
To Reach Simple Life of Summer Camp, Lining Up for Private Jets  —  Gov. Paul LePage of Maine happened to be waiting for his flight at Augusta State Airport on a recent Saturday when the weekend crush began.  —  A turboprop Pilatus PC-12 carrying Melissa Thomas, her daughter …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Politics of a downgrade  —  A bond trader forwards on a note from Bank of America analysts today, anticipating a short term debt deal, likely followed at some point by a downgrade of America's bond rating from AAA to AA:  —  We expect the US credit rating to remain on negative outlook …
 
 
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Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
The Absolution I Cannot Give
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Obama's Young Ex-Fans
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DoD panel calls for radical retirement overhaul
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Tim Pawlenty: Michele Bachmann often ‘off the mark’
Discussion: GOP 12, Hot Air and National Review
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Poll: Economic pessimism hits 15-year high
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Julie Mason / The Politico:
On immigration, Obama blames GOP
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Top Dem.: ‘If Boehner would just lead his caucus, this would have been over’ …
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Washington Wire:
Mike Ross, a Leading Blue Dog Democrat, to Leave the House
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CURL: Is Obama a pathological liar?
Clive Crook / Financial Times:
Washington is drowning America
Discussion: Paul Krugman and AMERICAN FUTURE