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1:10 PM ET, July 26, 2011

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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
New polls confirm Obama's Democratic base crumbles  —  With all of the spotlights on the high-stakes debt maneuverings by President Obama and Speaker John Boehner the last few days, few people noticed what Vermont's Sen. Bernie Sanders said:  —  “I think it would be a good idea if President Obama faced some primary opposition.”
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Ylan Q. Mui / Washington Post:
More Americans unhappy with Obama on economy, jobs  —  More than a third of Americans now believe that President Obama's policies are hurting the economy, and confidence in his ability to create jobs is sharply eroding among his base, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
New York Times:
The Republican Wreckage  —  House Republicans have lost sight of the country's welfare.  It's hard to conclude anything else from their latest actions, including the House speaker's dismissal of President Obama's plea for compromise Monday night.  They have largely succeeded in their campaign …
The Hill:
Cantor tells GOP to ‘stop whining’ about Boehner debt-ceiling plan  —  Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on Tuesday bluntly told House Republicans to stop “grumbling and whining” about Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) new proposal for a limited debt-limit increase.
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Cantor to GOP: Quit whining and vote  —  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) delivered a blunt message to the Republican Conference Tuesday morning: Quit the “grumbling” and “whining” and come together to rally behind Speaker John Boehner to pass his debt ceiling plan.
The Hill:
Conservatives denounce Boehner plan
David Beard / NationalJournal.com:
Congressional Websites Crash After Obama Urges People to Reach Out on Debt Ceiling
The White House:
Address by the President to the Nation
David Espo / Business Week:
Challenging Obama, House GOP unveils new debt bill
Discussion: The Agonist
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Conservatives bridle at trillions in ‘phony’ cuts
Discussion: Biased BBC and Keith Hennessey
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Baby Talk  —  I was struck by these sentences in President Obama's speech: … Consider the condescension implicit in the president's statement—"a term that most people outside of Washington have probably never heard of before."  These “people outside of Washington” are not little children …
Robinson / nation.foxnews.com:
O'Reilly Shreds Media for Calling Norway Terrorist ‘Christian’  —  BILL O'REILLY, FOX NEWS HOST: “Impact” segment tonight: mass murder in Norway.  A vicious killer, Anders Breivik, has murdered at least 76 people in the Scandinavian nation of Norway.  Breivik is a brutal fanatic …
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Dan Bilefsky / New York Times:
A Revenge Plot So Intricate, the Prosecutors Were Pawns  —  Soon after Seemona Sumasar started dating Jerry Ramrattan, she had an inkling that something might be wrong.  —  He said he was a police detective, but never seemed to go to work.  He seemed obsessed with “C.S.I.,” “Law & Order” and other television police dramas.
Discussion: Hit & Run, Shakesville and Althouse
Kimi Yoshino / L.A. NOW:
Jerry Brown nominates Goodwin Liu to California Supreme Court [Updated]  —  Gov. Jerry Brown nominated UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu to the California Supreme Court Tuesday, giving the state high court a fourth Asian justice and a collegial liberal who is likely to be strongly supportive of civil rights.
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Maeve Reston / Los Angeles Times:
Brown signs California Dream Act
Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
The Help-Wanted Sign Comes With a Frustrating Asterisk  —  The unemployed need not apply.  —  That is the message being broadcast by many of the nation's employers, making it even more difficult for 14 million jobless Americans to get back to work.  —  A recent review of job vacancy postings …
PewResearch.org:
Wealth Gaps Rise to Record Highs Between Whites, Blacks and Hispanics  —  Twenty-to-One  —  By Rakesh Kochhar, Richard Fry and Paul Taylor, Pew Research Center's Social & Demographic Trends  —  The median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times …
The Note:
‘Off the hook’: Calls Pour Into Capitol Hill  —  ABC News' Sunlen Miller (@sunlenmiller) reports:  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has received over 600 calls between 8-10 this morning.  His office has six people now working the phones, and they continue to be “inundated.”
Discussion: CNN
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The Note:
Reid Begins Process to Move his Debt Plan, But Doesn't File Cloture
Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Wisconsin weird: Cops probe balloon popping  —  As if Wisconsin's politics couldn't get any wackier - the popping of a protestor's balloon at the state Capitol has left a trail of blood and is now the subject of a criminal investigation.  —  The latest bizarre incident …
Discussion: Althouse and JSOnline
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host.madison.com:
RSS Government And Politics Police investigate bloody incident with red heart balloon at Capitol
Discussion: The Blotter
Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Rep. David Wu, D-Ore., to resign amid sex scandal  —  Rep. David Wu, an Oregon Democrat facing an ethics investigation for allegedly having an unwanted sexual encounter with a young woman, said today he will resign from Congress as soon as the dispute over the nation's debt limit is resolved.
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and Oregonian
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Katherine Burton / Bloomberg:
Soros to End Hedge-Fund Career, Return Money  —  George Soros, the billionaire best known for breaking the Bank of England, is returning money to outside investors in his $25.5 billion firm, ending a career as hedge-fund manager that spanned more than four decades.
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama leaves Hispanic activists unsatisfied  —  President Obama might be looking for allies anywhere he can find them during the contentious debt limit debate that has consumed Washington this month.  But, as he learned Monday, he would be wise not to forget about his base while his focus is aimed at battling House Republicans.
WQAD-TV:
Bachmann walks away from WQAD  —  Davenport, Iowa— Michele Bachmann made a visit to the Quad Cities last night to speak with supporters and give interviews to the local television media, that is, with one exception.  Despite promises to WQAD for a one-on-one interview the Congresswoman's managers openly …
BBC:
‘Tell the police to hurry.  People are dying here!’  —  Julie Bremnes, 16, was one of the youths caught on Utoeya island during Anders Behring Breivik's killing spree on Friday.  —  She first called her mother, Marianne, at 1710 to tell her there was “a crazy man who is shooting here” on the island.
Discussion: National Review
 
 
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Hoover Institution:
Raise Taxes on the Poor?
Discussion: Sense of Events and Bloomberg
David Montgomery / Washington Post:
National Geographic's map of Cuba is labor of love for Cuban American mapmaker
Discussion: Greg's Opinion
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Federal Auditors Will Soon Review Health Insurance Rates in 10 States
Discussion: Hit & Run
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Right wing money pours into Wisconsin recall wars
Discussion: Daily Kos and TPMDC
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Where ya gonna go?  —  Ed Kilgore has a thoughtful piece …
Harriet Baskas / msnbc.com:
Bladder cancer survivor has new run-in with TSA
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 Earlier Items: 
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
I would remind you that extremism in defense of solvency is no vice
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Bigger Government, Smaller People? Not Really, Mr. Speaker
Paul Davidson / USA Today:
Texas bucks national unemployment trend
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Gingrich regrets 2008 climate ad with Pelosi
Craig Kanalley / The Huffington Post:
Congress Websites Down: House, Senate Sites Not Working (UPDATE)
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Mike Lee: I Want America's ‘House To Come Down’ Unless Congress Votes To Rewrite Constitution
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and The Reaction