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11:55 PM ET, July 27, 2011

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Julie Mason / The Politico:
Carney makes an accusation  —  Jay Carney took on Fox News's Ed Henry.  —  John Shinkle/POLITICO  —  The day after White House press secretary Jay Carney and Fox News reporter Ed Henry tangled over Henry's request for specifics on Obama's plan on debt limit and deficit reduction, Carney and Henry were back at it again on Wednesday.
The Politico:
GOPers chant ‘fire him’ at Paul Teller  —  House Republicans on Wednesday morning were calling for the firing of the Republican Study Committee top staffer after he was caught sending e-mails to conservative groups urging them to pressure GOP lawmakers to vote against a debt proposal from Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
It's All Over but the Face-Saving?  —  It remains unclear whether the House will pass a bill by the speaker, John A. Boehner, to raise the debt ceiling, though prospects appear to be significantly better today than they did yesterday.  Still, the math looks to be pretty close.
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Ben Affleck Reacts To House GOP Using Clip From ‘The Town’ In Debt Debate … WASHINGTON — Heads turned a bit on Tuesday night when the Washington Post reported that House Republicans were using a scene from the movie “The Town” as a motivational vignette to encourage members to back Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) debt ceiling plan.
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
McCain vs. the Tea Party  —  Is the old John McCain back?  —  The fiery, independent version of the Republican senator from Arizona took to the floor of the Senate Wednesday morning.  Demanding “straight talk,” Mr. McCain accused conservative opponents of the House Republican leader's plan of abandoning reason in the debt fight.
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
President on Sidelines in Critical Battle Over Debt Ceiling  —  WASHINGTON — For an hour on Wednesday the White House press secretary, Jay Carney, fielded questions about what, if anything, President Obama was doing to help end the impasse in Congress over the imminent need to raise the nation's borrowing limit.
The Note:
McCain Blasts Tea Party for ‘Foolish’ Demands in Debt Debate  —  ABC News' Sunlen Miller (@sunlenmiller) reports:  —  As Speaker of the House John Boehner is looking for votes on his House debt bill, one Senate Republican sent a strong message to the Tea Party block in the House and Senate …
Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:
The Clearest Sign Yet That Boehner's Bill Will Pass the House  —  They talk a big game, but in private, Republicans attack the one person who stands up for what they claim to believe  —  If you listen to Eric Cantor or any of the self-styled Tea Party Republicans pushing the country to the brink of default …
Marin Cogan / The Politico:
Tea party rally on Capitol Hill draws thin crowd  —  The only thing missing at the event attended by three senators?  A big audience.  Jay Westcott/POLITICO  —  It had all the makings of a big time tea party rally: Presidential candidate Herman Cain, conservative Sens. Jim DeMint of South Carolina …
The Politico:
Boehner quells rebellion on the right
David Mark / The Politico:
Grover Norquist backs John Boehner's debt bill
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
A Time for Choosing  —  To govern is to choose.  To vote is to choose.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
WSJ: Tea Party “hobbits” need to go back to Middle Earth, or something
Discussion: John Boehner and The Other McCain
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Outcome is referendum on Boehner
Discussion: New York Times
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Dem lawmaker: ‘Nobody I know’ has seen Reid plan
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
What Does Wall Street Want?  —  I've been having some disturbing conversations with both finance people and Washington people over the last few days, that have only confirmed the disconnect I wrote about a few weeks ago.  Each side is sending signals that the other side is not reading correctly.
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Standard and Poor's Should Not Be Able to Play Kingmaker in the 2012 Election
Wall Street Journal:
Who Elected the Rating Agencies?
Discussion: SmartMoney.com and The Politico
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Palin: American Ideals Are ‘Foreign To Our President’ Because Of ‘His Background’  —  Adding her heft to the GOP's debt ceiling debacle, the “undefeated” Sarah Palin graced Fox News Business last night to slam President Obama for suggesting that the wealthy should return to a higher tax rate.
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Jim Spencer / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Franken's SNL moment on the Senate floor  —  For a moment Wednesday, Al Franken looked like he was back on the set of Saturday Night Live and not on the floor of the U.S. Senate.  In a speech explaining that there would be no money to pay for military and security personnel if Congress …
Kris Kitto / The Hill:
50 Most Beautiful People for 2011  —  It's no accident that Amy Cheng exhibits model-like poise in front of a camera.  Growing up, her family would spend time outside their Chinese restaurant taking photos of one another in a park, and later on, Cheng would pose for her younger sister …
Penny Starr / CNSNews:
Jackson Lee at Radical Islam Hearing: Let's ‘Have a Hearing on Right-Wing Extremists, Ideologues’  —  (CNSNews.com) - At a hearing of the House Committee on Homeland Security today about the radicalization of young Somali American Muslims by the al-Shabaab terrorist group, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Herman Cain Apologizes To Muslims  —  Herman Cain had his much-ballyhooed meeting with Muslims Wednesday, and he emerged, he said in a campaign statement “humble and contrite for any statements I have made that might have caused offense to Muslim Americans and their friends.”
Barbarossa / The Jawa Report:
Norway mass murderer an equal opportunity plagiarist?  So-called “manifesto” a cut-and-paste job  —  The 1500+ page “manifesto” that is alleged to have been written by Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has the Left and their establishment media allies doing circle jerks and kept …
Discussion: Gawker
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John Hooper / Guardian:
Ex-Berlusconi minister defends Anders Behring Breivik
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Report: Obama And Boehner Agreed To Raise Medicare Eligibilty Age Before Debt Talks Broke Down  —  In what may be one of the most under-reported stories of the debt ceiling talks, Politico's Jen Haberkorn notes that before negotiations broke down on Friday evening, President Obama and Speaker …
Danny Gallagher / courier-gazette.com:
Planned Parenthood clinic attacked with Molotov cocktail  —  MCKINNEY - Officials with Planned Parenthood confirmed that their McKinney clinic was the target of violence sometime last night.  —  Holly Morgan, director of media relations and communications for Planned Parenthood in Dallas …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
The Note:
Rep. Barney Frank: ‘Gender Bias’ Contributed to Warren Downfall  —  ABC News' Michael Ono reports:  —  Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., blames an unconscious culture of sexism for the failed appointment of Elizabeth Warren to the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Kbh / Keith Hennessey:
Why I support the Boehner bill  —  If you'd like a quick summary of the Boehner plan, please read my earlier post.  —  I support the Boehner bill and hope House Republicans will vote to pass it.  —  First I'll flag what I like about the substance of the bill.
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
House Democrats urge Obama to invoke the 14th Amendment in debt fight  —  House Democratic leaders are calling on President Obama to invoke the 14th Amendment and raise the debt ceiling without congressional input.  —  Addressing the House Democratic Caucus on Wednesday morning …
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50 Most Beautiful People for 2011  —  Sen. Lisa Murkowski …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
HARRY REID: Tea Partiers Are Not Real Americans
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