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10:45 AM ET, July 31, 2012

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CNN:
Romney aide loses cool, curses at press in Poland  —  Warsaw, Poland (CNN) - The traveling press secretary for Mitt Romney lost his cool and cursed at reporters who attempted to ask questions of the Republican presidential candidate in a public plaza near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw Tuesday.
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Jonathan Martin / Reuters:
Romney aide to reporters: ‘Shove it!’  —  WARSAW—A Mitt Romney aide told reporters to “shove it” Tuesday morning after the American press corps here shouted questions at the presidential candidate.  —  As Romney was walking away from Pilsudski Square toward his vehicle …
Roger Simon / Politico:
Mitt Romney should have stayed home from Europe  —  Maybe Mitt Romney should have just stayed in London and watched the dancing horses.  —  Or just stayed home.  Even though his recent trip to England was largely a public relations disaster, he made a more serious mistake in his next stop …
Discussion: Mediaite and ABCNEWS
Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
White House Takes Note of Romney's Rocky Road Trip
CNN:
Ehud Barak sings praises of Obama administration
Rachel Rose Hartman / ABCNEWS:
Elizabeth Warren to open for Bill Clinton at Democratic convention  —  Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren announced late Monday that she is slated to open for former President Bill Clinton at this summer's Democratic National Convention.  —  “It will be an honor to share …
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Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's foreign trip didn't go well.  Does it matter?  —  Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney later today wraps up his foreign tour, a trip that drew a series of negative headlines and has left many Republicans wondering what exactly the GOP presidential nominee was hoping to accomplish.
Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
If you liked George W. Bush, you'll love Mitt Romney
Discussion: Politico and New York Times
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Most Striking Thing About Mitt Romney's Overseas Trip...  ...has been the press coverage.  It has been hypercritical, to put it mildly.  It started in England, where Romney's observation that certain logistical issues relating to the Olympic Games were “disconcerting” …
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Whiskey Fire
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Romney's Warsaw Speech  —  Mitt Romney's stop in Jerusalem will probably remain the highlight of his foreign trip, but his eloquent and powerful speech today in Warsaw deserves more notice than it will probably get.  In his remarks, Romney suggests a theme for his trip as a whole and a rationale …
Discussion: protein wisdom
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Paul Riede / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Rep. Hanna: Fellow Republicans indulge the party's extreme members too much  —  Syracuse — U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna took his own party to task today, saying the Republican Party is too willing to accommodate its most extreme members.  —  “I have to say that I'm frustrated by how much we …
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Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Romney campaign to announce VP selection via smartphone app  —  Mitt Romney's campaign announced Tuesday that supporters can sign up to be the first to learn of the presumptive Republican nominee's vice presidential choice by downloading a new smartphone app.
Amy Willis / Telegraph:
London Olympics 2012: Twitter 'alerted NBC to British journalist's critical tweets'  —  Twitter employees alerted NBC staff to a British journalist's tweets and showed them how to file a complaint against him, the television network has revealed.  —  Gary Zenkel and Matt Lauer …
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John Koblin / Deadspin:
NBC's No. 1 Tweeting Critic Has Been Suspended From Twitter
Amelia Chasse / Townhall.com:
For Women in 2012, A War on Stereotypes  —  In case you haven't heard, fellow women, we are at war.  Barack Obama's new ad tells us that “it's a scary time to be a woman.”  According to President Obama, we should vote to give him a second term on the sole ground that under a President Mitt Romney, we may not get free birth control.
Stephen Moore / Wall Street Journal:
The Man Who Saved Capitalism  —  Milton Friedman, who would have turned 100 on Tuesday, helped to make free markets popular again in the 20th century.  His ideas are even more important today.  —  It's a tragedy that Milton Friedman—born 100 years ago on July 31—did not live long enough …
Discussion: americanthinker.com and Cold Fury
Richard A. Serrano / Los Angeles Times:
Exclusive: Five ATF officials found responsible for Fast and Furious  —  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista), chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, co-authored a report finding that five senior ATF officials were responsible for the Fast and Furious operation.
Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
Mayhem at GM  —  This wasn't supposed to happen until Nov. 7: It's like the last act of Titus Andronicus over at GM corporate headquarters.  —  Two weeks ago, Opel chief Karl-Friedrich Stracke presented numbers to Dan Akerson.  Akerson fires him.  Opel gets two interim chiefs in a week.
Andy Bull / Guardian:
Ye's world record Olympic swim ‘disturbing’, says top US coach  —  • Chinese 16-year-old who swam faster than Ryan Lochte compared to East Germans  —  • John Leonard says gold medal time was ‘not believable to many people’  —  China has become embroiled in the first doping controversy …
Catholic Chicago Blog:
Reflections on “Chicago values”  —  Recent comments by those who administer our city seem to assume that the city government can decide for everyone what are the “values” that must be held by citizens of Chicago.  I was born and raised here, and my understanding of being a Chicagoan never included submitting …
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Forgiveness of Debt Could Yield Savings  —  As the regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac nears its decision on whether to approve debt forgiveness for troubled borrowers, a new analysis by the regulator suggests taxpayers could benefit from the move, according to people briefed on the findings.
Globe and Mail:
JOANNA SLATER  —  As a teenager growing up in Toronto, Dan Senor used to perform as a magician to earn money.  These days, he is attempting a different kind of feat - getting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney elected.  —  A senior foreign-policy adviser to Mr. Romney …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
David Daley / Salon:
Jayson Blair: Jonah Lehrer's story reminds me of my own  —  The former New York Times reporter says fabulists cross the line out of fear they can't live up to expectations  —  Jonah Lehrer resigned his position at the New Yorker today after admitting that he fabricated the Bob Dylan quotes he used in his new best-seller, “Imagine.”
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
As ‘fiscal cliff’ looms, debate over pre-Election Day layoff notices heats up  —  The deep federal spending cuts scheduled to take effect at the start of next year may trigger dismissal notices for tens of thousands of employees of government contractors, companies and analysts say …
Joan Juliet Buck / The Daily Beast:
Joan Juliet Buck: Mrs. Assad Duped Me  —  Just before the Arab Spring, Vogue writer Joan Juliet Buck did an infamous interview with Syria's first lady.  For the first time, she tells the story behind the debacle.  —  Late in the afternoon of Dec. 1, 2010, I got a call from a features editor at Vogue.
New York Times:
Power Failures Hit Millions in India  —  NEW DELHI — About 600 million people lost power in India on Tuesday when the country's northern and eastern electricity grids failed, crippling the country for a second consecutive day.  —  The outage stopped hundreds of trains in their tracks …
Discussion: Algemeiner.com and Revkin.net
New York Times:
Turkey Strengthens Forces on Syrian Border  —  ANTAKYA, Turkey — The Turkish military sent troops, armored personnel carriers and missile batteries to the Syrian border on Monday, shoring up defenses against a country that has plunged into turmoil with some serious potential repercussions for Turkey.
Discussion: Via Meadia and Algemeiner.com
Jon Ham / Right Angles:
Newsweek's cover for next week?  —  As you all know by now, Newsweek this week featured a Mitt Romney cover with “The Wimp Factor” as the headline.  It's a replay of an old hit job on President George H. W. Bush in 1992.  This is an example of the media making up a meme and pushing …
Jesse Helfrich / The Hill:
Anxious Obama campaign plans high-dollar fall fundraising spree  —  President Obama will host a series of high-dollar fundraisers in the coming weeks and is expected to add more events than usual after the Democratic National Convention.  —  The string of upcoming events reflects deep worry …
 
 
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