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2:05 PM ET, July 23, 2012

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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Quote of the Day: Mitt Romney Told Olympians They Didn't Get There Alone  —  Our political Quote of the Day gives us one more strand in the heaping-plate-of-spaghetti-of- hyocrisy called American partisan politics, where the accuracy of an assertion is not what matters.
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Matthew Mosk / ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney Olympic Archive Still Off-Limits  —  More than a decade has passed since Mitt Romney presided over the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, but the archival records from those games that were donated to the University of Utah to provide an unprecedented level of transparency …
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Romney To Olympians: 'You Didn't Get Here Solely On Your Own'  —  Mitt Romney and the conservative blogosphere are pushing a selectively edited Obama campaign speech to suggest that the president believes that the government is responsible for the successes of small businesses.
Sheldon Alberts / The Hill:
The Hill Poll: Majority of voters blame president for bad economy  —  Two-thirds of likely voters say the weak economy is Washington's fault, and more blame President Obama than anybody else, according to a new poll for The Hill.  —  It found that 66 percent believe paltry job growth …
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Burn Rate Worries Some Democrats
Dave Helling / MiamiHerald.com:
People's minds are made up, unlikely to change
ESPN:
Penn State sanctions: $60M, bowl ban  —  The NCAA has hit Penn State with a $60 million sanction, a four-year football postseason ban and a vacation of all wins dating to 1998, the organization said Monday morning.  —  The career record of former head football coach Joe Paterno will reflect …
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TimothyJMcL / CBS Philly:
NCAA Announces Major, Unprecedented Sanctions Against Penn State
Pete Thamel / New York Times:
N.C.A.A. Gives Penn State $60 Million Fine and Bowl Ban
Jack Healy / New York Times:
Online Ammunition Sales Highlighted by Aurora Shootings  —  DENVER — Unhindered by federal background checks or government oversight, the 24-year-old man accused of killing a dozen people inside a Colorado movie theater was able to build what the police called a 6,000-round arsenal legally …
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Sen. Ron Johnson: 100-round rifle magazine is a ‘basic freedom’
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Democrats shun Pelosi's plea for cash  —  One by one, the pictures of House members adorning the lobby of Democratic Party headquarters have come down, turning neat rows of framed photos into a disjointed mess — “splattered,” as one aide described it.  —  The half-dozen or so lawmakers whose mugs …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
California Republicans Seek a Turnaround  —  LOS ANGELES — This would seem a moment of great opportunity for California Republicans.  The state has become a national symbol of fiscal turmoil and dysfunction, the Legislature is nearly as unpopular as Congress and Democrats control every branch of government.
Wall Street Journal:
Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet?  —  Contrary to legend, it wasn't the federal government, and the Internet had nothing to do with maintaining communications during a war.  —  A telling moment in the presidential race came recently when Barack Obama said: “If you've got a business, you didn't build that.
J.J. Gould / The Atlantic Online:
Disrupting the Infamy Game: How to Change the Coverage of Mass Shootings  —  “I think if I squint I can just about make out the face of a killer.  Isn't the news brilliant?”  —  Anyone remember a fourth-century-BC Greek named Herostratus?  He's the guy whose name history has recorded solely …
Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Massacre suspect James Holmes' gun-range application drew red flag  —  BYERS, COLO. - Less than a month before carrying out the midnight movie massacre that left 12 dead, suspected shooter James Holmes applied for membership at a private gun range, unnerving the club's owner whose calls …
Michelle Knoll / KSTP-TV:
Survey USA Poll: Obama's Lead Cut in Half Since Last Poll  —  RESULTS OF SURVEY USA/KSTP Poll  —  In an election for President of the United States in Minnesota today, 07/20/12, three months till voting begins, Barack Obama captures the North Star State's 10 electoral votes …
Bloomberg:
Bungled Bank Bailout Leaves Behind Righteous Anger  —  In the year since I stepped down as the special inspector general of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the sadly predictable consequences of the government's disparate treatment of Wall Street and Main Street have only become worse.
Discussion: Firedoglake
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First Read / msnbc.com:
Candidates lightly tread back on the campaign trail
Discussion: Daily Kos
Curtis M. Wong / The Huffington Post:
Tripp Palin Gay Slur: Bristol's Son Calls Aunt Willow A ‘Faggot’ On Reality Show … FOLLOW:  —  Bristol Palin, Sarah Palin, Video, Tripp Palin Faggot, Tripp Palin Gay Slur, Tripp Palin Homophobic Slur, Anti-Gay Slurs, Bristol Palin Life's a Tripp, Tripp Palin, Gay Voices News
Discussion: Mediaite
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Louis Peitzman / Gawker:
Little Tripp Palin Calls Aunt Willow the F-Word on Bristol Palin's Reality Show (UPDATED)
Discussion: Truth Wins Out
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Former State Senator Claims Colorado Shooting Victims Lacked Courage To Stop Gunman  —  Though the alleged gunman at the theater shooting last Friday was armed to the teeth, able to fire off 60 rounds in a minute, and dressed fully in bulletproof gear, former Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce thinks …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama will visit Israel in second term, says aide  —  President Obama will travel to Israel if he's elected to a second term, a campaign aide said Monday.  —  “We can expect him to visit Israel in a second term should he be elected,” Colin Kahl, the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense …
Discussion: CNN
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Obama Tells Tall Tales About The Bush Years  —  A key attack line in President Obama's campaign stump speech these days is to claim that the country has tried Mitt Romney's economic policies already, and they were a dismal failure.  —  Romney, he says, wants to do two things …
Discussion: Wake up America and Hot Air
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Muppets Abandon Chick-fil-A Because Of Its Anti-Gay Policies  —  Gonzo doesn't have to worry about Camilla and his other chickens anymore, because the Muppets are officially going to be eating less chicken.  In a Facebook note posted Friday evening, The Jim Henson Company …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Biden gives emotional speech to police in wake of shootings in Colorado theater  —  Vice President Biden touted the heroism of authorities who first responded to the Colorado shootings in an emotional speech in Palm Beach, Florida on Monday to the National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO).
Discussion: CNN
Jackie Kucinich / USA Today:
GOP makes room for Rep. Ron Paul at Tampa convention  —  Ron Paul supporters have feuded with state Republican parties across the country, battling for delegate seats at the national convention, but the national party is welcoming Paul and his supporters to the event with open arms …
Discussion: Texas on the Potomac
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Loading the Climate Dice  —  A couple of weeks ago the Northeast was in the grip of a severe heat wave.  As I write this, however, it's a fairly cool day in New Jersey, considering that it's late July.  Weather is like that; it fluctuates.  —  And this banal observation may be what dooms us to climate catastrophe, in two ways.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Job Approval Up Slightly in 14th Quarter  —  Averages 46.8%, up from 45.9% in prior quarter  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama averaged 46.8% job approval during his 14th quarter in office, marking a slight improvement from quarter 13.  His quarterly average approval rating has improved …
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Daily Dish
 
 
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Dan Frosch / New York Times:
Suspect in Colorado Shooting Appears in Court
Discussion: New York Magazine
Elizabeth Traynor / Texas on the Potomac:
TexMessage: Louie Gohmert says his comments on Colorado shooting ‘grossly taken out of context’
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Mediaite
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
President Obama Praises Self for Ending War in Iraq on Bloodiest Day of the Year in That Country
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Capital Ideas: A Ray of Hope on Climate Change
John Ingold / Denver Post:
Aurora movie theater shooting suspect makes first court appearance
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Geithner set to defend actions on Libor, Wall Street reform before Congress
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 Earlier Items: 
Washington Examiner:
Examiner Editorial: Liberal pundits always rush to blame the Tea Party
Discussion: Hit & Run and Politico
Thomas B. Edsall / Campaign Stops:
The Politics of Anything Goes
New York Times:
Iraq Insurgents Kill at Least 100 After Declaring New Offensive
Discussion: Algemeiner.com and Taylor Marsh
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Report: Weiner's wife under police protection after receiving threat