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11:35 AM ET, July 17, 2012

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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Ad Taken Down Over Copyright Claim … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Video, Election 2012, Romney Campaign, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney Ad, Mitt Romney Singing Ad, Mitt Romney Web Ad, Obama Singing, Politics News
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Sarah Huisenga / CBS News:
Romney says waiters at fundraiser “aren't having a good year”  —  (CBS News) Mitt Romney held up the waiters and waitresses serving donors at a fundraising event Monday night as examples of people who aren't doing well under President Obama.  —  Addressing 300 contributors who paid $2,500 …
David Taintor / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Inside The Obama Campaign's New Ad, ‘Firms’
Dylan Byers / Politico:
CNN's Burnett: Release tax returns, Romney  —  In a move that departed from CNN's traditional brand of journalism, host Erin Burnett called on Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns tonight.  —  “It's time, Mitt.  Time to put them on the table,” she said during tonight's edition of OutFront.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
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Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
DNC uses conservatives to hit Romney on tax returns
Discussion: CNN
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The Mystery of Mitt Romney's Lame Defense of His Bain Years
Discussion: The Maddow Blog
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Capitalism Debate  —  Let's say you are president in a time of a sustained economic slowdown.  You initiated a series of big policies that you thought were going to turn the economy around, but they didn't work — either because they were insufficient or ineffective.
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama switches off teleprompter  —  President Obama is weaning himself off his teleprompter.  —  At recent campaign events in Pennsylvania, Virginia and again Monday in Ohio, Obama spoke to crowds in high school gymnasiums and at crowded outdoor events without his teleprompter, instead using written notes.
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Bachmann defends her witch hunt  —  The Minnesota representative offers “evidence” of Islamic infiltration of the U.S. government in a 16-page letter  —  Rep. Michele Bachmann defended her attempt to root out “deep penetration” by the Muslim Brotherhood into the U.S. government Friday …
Discussion: Jezebel, Rumproast and The Maddow Blog
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The media obsess on Bain while we head to a recession  —  The divergence between what the Obama campaign and the media (I repeat myself) are talking about (Bain, Bain and Bain) and the most important economic (and hence political) news of the year is breathtaking.  To put it bluntly, we are looking at economic contraction.
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Washington Examiner:
Romney's new foe: Batman's ‘Bane’ … This summer's much-anticipated Hollywood blockbuster, “The Dark Knight Rises,” is getting an unusual boost from Democrats and other foes of Mitt Romney who are eager to tie the Gotham crushing villain to the GOP presidential candidate.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Is Romney Overreacting to Bain Attacks?
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Raising Taxes on Rich Seen as Good for Economy, Fairness  —  OVERVIEW  —  By two-to-one (44% to 22%), the public says that raising taxes on incomes above $250,00o would help the economy rather than hurt it, while 24% say this would not make a difference.  Moreover, an identical percentage …
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Welcome to ‘Panthers Stadium’  —  National Democrats have repeatedly touted their stand against taking corporate money for their convention in September, and so it was striking to see two emails from the DNC host committee referring to the Charlotte venue where President Obama will speak as “Panthers Stadium.”
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Senate to take second shot Tuesday to advance DISCLOSE Act  —  The Senate will try again to advance the DISCLOSE Act Tuesday, after Republicans prevented it from moving on Monday.  —  Senators are scheduled to hold a procedural vote on the bill at 3 p.m. — technically, a motion to limit debate on a motion to proceed to the bill.
Discussion: Influence Alley
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
DISCLOSE Act, new donor transparency law, blocked in Senate
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke / Board of Governors …:
Testimony  —  Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress  —  Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.  —  Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Shelby, and other members of the Committee, I am pleased to present the Federal Reserve's …
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Romney appears in final stages of running-mate decision  —  (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney appears to be in the final stages of deciding who to pick as his vice presidential running mate, with speculation growing that he has narrowed his choice down to a short-list of three.
Patricia Sellers / Fortune:
New Yahoo CEO Mayer is pregnant  —  She told Fortune exclusively that her first child is due in October.  —  FORTUNE —Marissa Mayer, the Google (GOOG) executive who today was named Yahoo's (YHOO) new chief executive, is pregnant.  —  Mayer told Fortune exclusively that her first child is due October 7.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Romney and his time machine  —  Mitt Romney is an impressive man, but until now, we didn't know just how impressive.  According to his senior adviser, Ed Gillespie, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is a time traveler.  —  Gillespie made this surprise disclosure to CNN's Candy Crowley …
Investor's Business Daily:
Look Who's Holding the Economy Hostage Now  —  Inequality: Democrats say they'll let all the Bush-era tax cuts expire if they can't raise taxes on the rich.  Apparently, economic catastrophe is a reasonable price to pay for class warfare politics.  —  On Monday, Sen. Patty Murray …
Discussion: Hot Air and NewsBusters.org
First Read / msnbc.com:
Early VP selection would break with history  —  By NBC's Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Brooke Brower  —  *** Don't bet on an early VP pick: While we're bracing for Mitt Romney to make his VP pick as soon as this week, here is something to consider: If history is any guide, Romney won't announce his selection until next month.
James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas:
Paul Ryan rips Obama's comment that 'if you've got a business — you didn't build that.  Somebody else made that happen'  —  It was Rep. Paul Ryan's wife, Janna, who first saw — via Twitter — President Obama's recent comments about American entrepreneurs, that “if you've got a business — you didn't build that.
PBS:
His Man in Macau: Inside the Investigation Into Sheldon Adelson's Empire  —  A decade ago gambling magnate and leading Republican donor Sheldon Adelson looked at a desolate spit of land in Macau and imagined a glittering strip of casinos, hotels and malls.  —  Where competitors saw obstacles …
USA Today:
USA TODAY interview: Elton John's life a ‘constant delight’  —  OLD WINDSOR, England - He once favored Minnie Mouse costumes and towering Mohawk wigs.  Now, as he sips coffee in his elegant dining room, Elton John wears a navy blazer, dress shirt and dark pants, which all adds up to a Midwestern-bank-president look.
Discussion: Politico and Towleroad News #gay
Joel Kotkin / The Daily Beast:
Are Millennials the Screwed Generation?  —  ‘Boomer America’ never had it so good.  As a result, today's young Americans have never had it so bad.  —  Today's youth, both here and abroad, have been screwed by their parents' fiscal profligacy and economic mismanagement.
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Via Meadia
Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
Could one word take down Obamacare?  —  Section 1401 of the Affordable Care Act is, on the surface, just as exciting as it sounds.  It outlines in excruciating detail the eligibility requirements for an American to receive a tax subsidy to assist in purchasing health insurance.
Discussion: SSRN and The Incidental Economist
 
 
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Seven Tea Party Freshmen Spent More Than $100,000 In Taxpayer Money On Personal Cars
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Despite Cuomo's Vow of Sunlight, a Bid to Keep Aides' E-Mail in the Dark
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Support for Romney for Old Mormon Families
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