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12:55 AM ET, July 24, 2012

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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Star of Romney 'My Hands Didn't Build This' Ad Received Millions in Government Loans and Contracts  —  The Romney campaign has been making much out of an out-of-context President Obama quote.  —  Speaking in Roanoke, Virginia on July 13 about the necessity of government for services such as infrastructure …
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John DiStaso / unionleader.com:
John DiStaso's Granite Status: Romney-backer's NH business received government-assisted loans; Kevin Smith to air new TV spot this week  —  MONDAY, JULY 23 UPDATE: MONDAY, JULY 23, UPDATE: SMITH'S NEW ADS, CLINTON FOR MAGGIE.  Republican candidate for governor Kevin Smith will release …
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Albright recalls Romney thanks for ‘keeping my mouth shut’ on Olympics uniforms  —  Madeleine Albright's circa 2008 book, “Memo to the President Elect,” offers this nugget about her own experience seeing the 2002 Olympics uniforms were made in Burma, which she says she brought to Mitt Romney's attention at the time.
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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.
BuzzFeed:
First Female U.S. Astronaut, Sally Ride, Comes Out In Obituary  —  “I hope it makes it easier for kids growing up gay that they know that another one of their heroes was like them,” Sally Ride's sister, Bear Ride, said.  —  Astronaut Sally Ride, mission specialist on STS-7 …
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Denise Grady / New York Times:
Sally Ride |  1951-2012: Sally Ride, Trailblazing Astronaut, Dies at 61  —  Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died on Monday at her home in San Diego.  She was 61.  —  The cause was pancreatic cancer, her company, Sally Ride Science, announced on its Web site.
Michael Winter / USA Today:   Sally Ride, first U.S. woman in space, dies at 61
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Mitt's First Foreign Stumble?  —  It's treacherous for a US presidential candidate to travel overseas — lots of opportunities for mis-chosen words and getting drawn into other countries' domestic politics.  With Mitt Romney about to leave on his big trip abroad he may already have had his first big foreign stumble.
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
With Bob Carr's permission...  We posted earlier on Mitt Romney's discussion at his fundraiser in San Francisco about his meeting with Australian foreign minister Bob Carr, but it's worth highlighting, given that the Republican presumptive nominee is heading out on a multistop foreign trip …
Discussion: New York Magazine and BuzzFeed
Erica Ritz / TheBlaze.com:
‘AMERICA IN DECLINE’: MITT ROMNEY GETS GRIM WARNING FROM AUSTRALIAN LEADER
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Romney preferred over Obama to handle the economy  —  WASHINGTON - Despite concerted Democratic attacks on his business record, Republican challenger Mitt Romney scores a significant advantage over President Obama when it comes to managing the economy, reducing the federal budget deficit …
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CNN:
TRENDING: Obama ad uses different tone in drawing contrast with Romney
Discussion: Politico and Pundits Blog
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Obama Spending Blitz Brings Little Change in Race
Discussion: Via Meadia
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
“The Context Is Worse Than the Quote”  —  Many conservatives didn't think Mitt Romney was a good spokesman for our movement, but the fact is that right now, he, more than anyone else, is lifting high the banner of free enterprise and American tradition.  Democrats have tried to defend …
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
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Jennifer Dauble / nbcuniversal.presscentre.com:
CNBC EXCLUSIVE: CNBC TRANSCRIPT: REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY SPEAKS ONE-ON-ONE WITH LARRY KUDLOW TODAY ON CNBC  —  Where: CNBC's “The Kudlow Report”  —  Following is the unofficial transcript of a CNBC EXCLUSIVE interview with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney today, Monday, July 23rd.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Daily Kos
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
OK, Let's Debate Gun Control!  —  A second Obama term could kill the Second Amendment.  —  Last week's horrific crime in Aurora, Colo., has, predictably enough, prompted many leftist politicians and commentators to call for more antigun laws.  Actually, that's not quite right.
Discussion: Hot Air, ABCNEWS, CNN, Mediaite, Althouse and Guardian
David Weigel / Slate:
“Jettison Some of the Crap”  —  Rand Paul's quiet war against more defense spending.  —  Shortly after noon last Tuesday, Dick Cheney slipped out of an elevator and into the Lyndon Baines Johnson room where Republican senators hold a weekly lunch.  His mission: convince them that $700 billion …
Discussion: Mediaite, Southern Beale and Hit & Run
Jason Sickles / Associated Press:
Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes appears dazed in court  —  CENTENNIAL, Colo.—James Holmes, the suspect in the Colorado theater massacre, appeared in a Colorado courtroom on Monday, three days after one of the deadliest shooting sprees in modern American history.
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Report Details $21-$32 Trillion in Untaxed Global Wealth Parked Offshore  —  New study estimates $20-30 trillions in tax shelters (photo: bright strangely)  —  The Tax Justice Network, an organization I frankly had never heard of until this weekend, came out with a study over the weekend alleging …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and emptywheel
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Meteor Blades / Daily Kos:
World's elite loots at least $21 trillion and stashes it in tax-avoiding hideaways
Jason Riley / Courier-Journal:
Contempt motion withdrawn for sexual-assault victim Savannah Dietrich who tweeted attackers' names  —  Defense attorneys for two boys who pleaded guilty to assaulting a 17-year-old Savannah Dietrich have withdrawn their motion that she be held in contempt for tweeting the names of her attackers in defiance of a court order.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds investigating Pennsylvania voter ID law  —  The Justice Department is investigating Pennsylvania's new voter identification law, a letter sent to the state government Monday indicates.  —  The letter from Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez seeks a variety of records related …
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Dustin Ingalls / Public Policy Polling:
Iowa 2016 presidential preference poll  —  Hillary Clinton continues to have a dominant lead in Iowa Democrats' preferences for their 2016 presidential nominee almost three years before actual candidates will begin chowing down on cobs of corn.  The straw poll on the Republican side is much closer …
Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
Energy-efficient CFL bulbs cause skin damage, say researchers  —  New research funded by the National Science Foundation has scientists warning consumers about the potentially harmful effects energy-saving CFL light bulbs can have on skin.  —  The warning comes based on a study conducted …
Discussion: AEIdeas and Vodkapundit
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Federal Government's Debt Jumps More Than $1T for 5th Straight Fiscal Year  —  (CNSNews.com) - By the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2012, the new debt accumulated in this fiscal year by the federal government had already exceeded $1 trillion, making this fiscal year the fifth straight …
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
‘Diva’ candidate explains pink site  —  Mindy Meyer's bright pink website for her New York state Senate campaign may have inspired some snark Monday on Twitter, but she says her candidacy is no laughing matter.  —  “One person's response was, ‘Is this a joke?’  I'm like, absolutely not.
Discussion: Politicker, Mediaite, Gothamist and TBogg
E2-Wire:
OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Lobbyists, GOP get cracking on ‘embryonic’ energy platform  —  State of Play: GOP lawmakers, aides and an array of energy industry lobbyists huddled at Republican National Committee (RNC) headquarters Monday to lay the groundwork for the party's official energy platform at August's national convention.
Discussion: CNN
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Scott Brown gets in on the Big Lie  —  Look, ma, I can lie about Obama's quote, too!  —  Obama's now infamous “didn't build that” speech is similar to Elizabeth Warren's viral remarks about how the rich didn't get rich on their own.  So it's not surprising that Senator Scott Brown …
 
 
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Ari Fleischer / Wall Street Journal:
The Latest News on Tax Fairness
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Associated Press:
103 killed in Iraq's deadliest day this year
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ACLU:
Government Wins Right to Pretend That Cables Released by WikiLeaks Are Still Secret
Discussion: Firedoglake and Hit & Run
CNN:
At VFW, Obama talks about promises kept
Discussion: Politico
Spiegel Online:
Berlin, IMF To Refuse Fresh Aid for Greece
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
8,753,935: Workers on Disability Set Another Record in July; Exceed Population of 39 States
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Julie Watson / Associated Press:
Marine Corps creates law enforcement battalions
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Anthony Bartkewicz / NY Daily News:
Porn, stripping get Octomom Nadya Suleman off welfare
Rasmussen Reports:
72% Believe Small Business Owners Primarily Responsible for Their Own Success
Discussion: Hot Air, Power Line and Wake up America
Curtis M. Wong / The Huffington Post:
Tripp Palin Gay Slur: Bristol's Son Calls Aunt Willow A ‘Faggot’ On Reality Show
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ESPN:
Penn State sanctions: $60M, bowl ban
Sheldon Alberts / The Hill:
The Hill Poll: Majority of voters blame president for bad economy
 

 
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