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3:20 PM ET, August 18, 2012

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AUDIO REMARKS ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CUTS TO MEDICARE  —  This November, America will make a choice about the direction we want to go as a country - and nowhere is that choice clearer than on the issue of Medicare.  —  President Obama's healthcare law raided $716 billion from the Medicare trust fund.
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Ryan saves boldest plan for Medicaid  —  Medicare is not the only entitlement Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has big plans to reform.  —  Its sister program, Medicaid, would lose about three-quarters of its federal funding by 2050 under proposals from the Republican vice presidential candidate, according to federal budget auditors.
Emily Schultheis / Politico:
GOP advice on Medicare: Attack  —  Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan say that they welcome a debate about the federal budget and their plans to reform Medicare.  —  But Republican strategists believe that there is really only one way to win the Medicare message wars: mount a bruising offense …
Mike Lillis / Ballot Box:
Obama: Paul Ryan plan would cut Romney's tax rate to 1 percent
Discussion: Politico
Alicia Mundy / Washington Wire:
Paul Ryan Discloses $1 Million to $5 Million Family Trust
MS Bellows Jr / Guardian:
Mitt Romney's tax returns: the ‘voter fraud’ theory  —  There has been much speculation about why Romney refuses to disclose earlier tax returns.  Could it be as simple as an address?  —  Friday's exchange of letters between the election campaigns of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney …
BuzzFeed:
How Management Killed “The Village Voice”  —  Mike Lacey figured out sex ads on the Internet, but little else.  The paper edges toward collapse.  —  Alt-weeklies are always dying.  But the news Friday that four editorial staffers were laid off or had their hours cut to part-time at The Village Voice …
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Foster Kamer / The New York Observer:
Layoffs Hit Editorial Staff at The Village Voice
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Why doom has not materialized  —  Sometimes the news is that something was not newsworthy.  The United Nations' Rio+20 conference — 50,000 participants from 188 nations — occurred in June without consequences.  A generation has passed since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, which begat other conferences and protocols (e.g., Kyoto).
Discussion: Cold Fury and AEIdeas
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
‘The Tonight Show’ Lays Off 20 Staffers And Host Jay Leno Takes Pay Cut To Save Jobs  —  BREAKING... EXCLUSIVE: NBC insiders tell me The Tonight Show went through “downsizing” today and that 20 staffers lost their jobs.  Others tell me the number is more like 25, and producers were forced to take pay cuts or lose their jobs.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
With a Full Quiver, Senator Schumer Is Quick to Release Cupid's Arrows  —  Even by the standards of Capitol Hill, where ambitious and awkward young people are thrust together in cramped workplaces and crowded bars, the nuptial output of Senator Charles E. Schumer's office stands out.
Discussion: Althouse
Dennis / Gallup.Com:
August Unemployment Not Looking Good  —  New Gallup unemployment data suggest an increase in the government's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for August when it is reported on Friday, Sept. 7.  During recent months, Gallup's measurements have been more optimistic than those of the BLS.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan Claims He Didn't Know He Signed Letters Asking For Stimulus Funds  —  During an interview with Fox News' Carl Cameron on Saturday, Paul Ryan tried to explain why he denied requesting stimulus funds for a local energy company in 2009 after voting against and demagoguing the Recovery Act.
Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
Chronicling Mitt's Mendacity, Vol.  XXX  —  Mitt Romney gave a speech Beallsville, Ohio, this week, and presented an unfortunate attack against President Obama.  “How can you go out there and tell people things that just aren't true?” he asked rhetorically.  He added, “This is a time for truths.”
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Jon Swaine / Telegraph:
US election: Mitt Romney may have breached ethics laws through company linked to Paul Ryan's brother  —  Mitt Romney may have breached state ethics laws as Governor of Massachusetts by holding a stake in a company that did lucrative work for his administration and was linked to the family of Paul Ryan …
 
 
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Kristin J. Bender / insideBayArea:
Oakland: Six arrested as protest at Obama campaign headquarters ends peacefully
Discussion: Hot Air and The Raw Story
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Rep. Hartzler: Dems politicizing drought-relief measures
Discussion: Speaker.gov, CNN, USA Today and Politico
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GOP convention's focus: Romney the professional
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