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4:10 PM ET, August 2, 2012

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Steve Tetreault / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Reid doubles down on Romney tax charge … WASHINGTON - Sen. Harry Reid caused a stir this week when he told an interviewer that Mitt Romney hasn't released more of his tax returns because “he didn't pay taxes for 10 years.”  On Wednesday, Reid doubled down on the charge.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Jon Stewart: ‘You, Harry Reid, Are Really, Really Terrible’  —  Jon Stewart very thoroughly ripped into Senator Harry Reid for not just claiming that Mitt Romney hasn't paid taxes for ten years without caring about whether it is true or not, but for his unbelievable statement that Romney's father would be …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Reid: Romney is guilty of my evidence-free accusations until he proves himself innocent; Update: Repeats accusation on floor of Senate  —  Let's see if we can get the Democratic Party philosophy of late correct.  Unless a business owner foots the entire bill for his employees' contraceptives …
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Harry Reid doubles down on Romney taxes; Romney campaign responds  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has doubled (actually tripled) down on his claim that Mitt Romney did not pay taxes for 10 years.  —  In both a Senate floor speech and in conversation with Nevada reporters …
David Rogers / Politico:   CR snubs appropriators, endangers federal programs
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Reid doubles down on tax claims
Discussion: The Hill and Taylor Marsh
CNN:
TRENDING: Horserace turns (almost) literal in London  —  (CNN) - The political horserace turned into an actual horserace Thursday in London.  Or at least a horse ballet.  —  Rafalca, the mare co-owned by Ann Romney, made her Olympics debut at Greenwich Park, competing in the individual …
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Politico
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Mary Pilon / New York Times:
A Toast, but No Rain, for the Olympic Debut of Romney's Horse  —  LONDON — The crowd was customarily silent, so as not to distract horse and rider.  Plastic Champagne flutes and windbreakers abounded, to toast the competitors and confront a rainy day at the park.
CNN:
Looking a dressage horse in the mouth
Sam Jones / Guardian:
Ann Romney's horse fails to win dressage but avoids offending British
Discussion: TBogg and Gawker
Jack Moore / BuzzFeed:
Watch Ann Romney's Horse “Dance” In The Olympics
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
MoveOn speaks for ‘pampered’ Romney horse Rafalca in TV ad
Discussion: USA Today
Associated Press:
Ann Romney ‘thrilled’ by Rafalca performance
Discussion: CNN
Washington Post:
White House analyst warned saving Solyndra could cost more than letting it fail  —  As the Obama administration moved last year to bail out Solyndra, the embattled flagship of the president's initiative to promote alternative energy, a White House budget analyst calculated that millions …
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BuzzFeed:
Romney Spokesman Suggests Obama Campaign Manager Broke The Law
Discussion: Mediaite and Politico
BuzzFeed:
White House On Solyndra Failure: “Ugh”
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Romney to Chick-fil-A?  —  Mitt Romney's hosting a campaign event at Jeffco Fairgrounds in Golden, Colorado around lunchtime today, and a quick scan of Chick-fil-A's website shows several locations within fifteen miles or so of the Romney event.  So it should be easy for Romney to stop …
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Anthony Bartkewicz / NY Daily News:
Chick-fil-A manager goes rogue, sponsors New Hampshire gay pride fest
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Rick Warren: Chick-fil-A's owner told me they set a new world record in sales today
David W. Chen / New York Times:
Goldman to Invest in City Jail Program, Profiting if Recidivism Falls Sharply  —  New York City, embracing an experimental mechanism for financing social services that has excited and worried government reformers around the world, will allow Goldman Sachs to invest nearly $10 million in a jail program …
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney's Comeback Plan  —  After the deluge.  “This campaign is not like a baseball game,” says Fehrnstrom.  —  Image by Carsten Koall / Getty Images  —  Mitt Romney has lost each of the last 40 days, each day in its own way.  Now his campaign, finally reckoning with a summer …
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Nine takeaways on Romney's tax plan  —  1) The Tax Policy Center bent over backwards to make Romney's promises add up.  They assumed a Romney administration wouldn't cut a dollar of tax preferences for anyone making less than $200,000 until they had cut every dollar of tax preferences for everyone making over $200,000.
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Jill Stein, Green Party presidential nominee, arrested  —  The Green Party's presidential nominee was arrested Wednesday in Philadelphia and charged with trespassing during a protest against Fannie Mae.  —  Jill Stein, a Massachusetts resident and Harvard-educated doctor …
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Ashley Halsey III / Washington Post:
Two planes taking off from National put on collision course with plane trying to land  —  Three commuter jets came within seconds of a midair collision at Reagan National Airport on Tuesday after confused air traffic controllers launched two outbound flights directly at another plane coming in to land …
Joanna Paraszczuk / Jerusalem Post:
Ahmadinejad: World forces must strive to annihilate Israel  —  In Ramadan speech to ambassadors from Islamic countries, Iranian president says “horrible Zionist current” has been managing world affairs for 400 years, adds that liberating Palestine would solve all world problems.
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Why Marco Rubio Is Wrong on Olympic Winnings  —  He and Mitt Romney want to exempt medalists from taxes.  But such loopholes are exactly what makes the tax code a complicated mess.  —  Reuters  —  Senator Marco Rubio has long made tax simplification one of his talking points.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Olympic Medal Tax Pander
bfi.org.uk:
The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time  —  846 critics, programmers, academics and distributors have voted - and the 50-year reign of Kane is over.  Our critics' poll has a new number one.  —  Image courtesy Kobal Collection  —  Introduction  —  Ian Christie rings in the changes in our biggest-ever poll.
Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMMuckraker  —  Conyers Speaks Spanish At ‘English-Only’ Hearing (VIDEO)  —  Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) delivered his opening statement in Spanish at a hearing on Thursday about an English-only bill proposed by House Republicans.  —  Republicans at the panel said Conyers' speech actually supported their point.
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Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMMuckraker  —  Controversy Ahead Of House Hearing On GOP's ‘English Only’ Bill
Discussion: Daily Kos
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Aug. 1: Obama Extends Electoral College Advantage  —  Barack Obama's standing in the FiveThirtyEight forecast reached its strongest position to date on Tuesday as a result of favorable polls in a set of swing states.  The forecast model now gives Mr. Obama a 70.8 percent chance of winning …
Tony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Missile Defense Staff Warned To Stop Surfing Porn Sites  —  The Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency warned its employees and contractors last week to stop using their government computers to surf the Internet for pornographic sites, according to the agency's executive director.
TheDenverChannel.com:
CU Psychiatrist Called Threat-Team Members About Holmes  —  Sources Tell CALL7 Investigators Dr. Lynne Fenton Had Concerns About Holmes' Behavior Six Weeks Before Shootings  —  Arthur Kane and John Ferrugia , CALL7 Investigators  —  DENVER — The psychiatrist treating accused Aurora theater …
 
 
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