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10:30 AM ET, July 18, 2013

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Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
‘Ridiculous’: Reporters Mock, Sneer At Daily Caller Intern Who Dared Ask Jay Carney A Question  —  The impropriety displayed on Wednesday by a high school-age intern who dared to ask White House Press Secretary Jay Carney a question relating to the security provided to the family of George Zimmerman knows no bounds.
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Chris Frates / NationalJournal.com:
Republicans, White House in Talks Toward Big Fiscal Deal  —  GOP senators and Obama's chief of staff have been meeting for weeks to set a course that might avoid a crisis when America hits its debt limit in the fall.  —  At least a dozen Republican senators are regularly meeting …
Gabe Finger / The Daily Caller:
‘Ridiculous’: Carney dismisses question about safety of Zimmerman family [VIDEO]
Yahoo! News:
White House: ‘Yeah,’ Olympics boycott would be a bad idea
Discussion: The Week
Rich Lowry / Politico:
Conversation about race?  Get real  —  Let's take the advice of the attorney general of the United States.  Let's have a national conversation about race in the wake of the Zimmerman case.  Let's make it a painfully honest conversation — except about all the things that are painful for us to admit.
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Andrew C. McCarthy / CNN:   Politics shouldn't force federal case vs. Zimmerman
Gail Collins / New York Times:
The Cheney in Waiting  —  Dick Cheney's daughter wants to be a senator!  To give Wyoming a conservative voice!  Well, it's about time somebody thought of that.  —  “Over the last several years, citizens across our great state have urged me to consider running for the Senate,” Liz Cheney said, announcing her candidacy via YouTube.
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Michael O'Brien / First Read:
Cheney calls GOP senator she's challenging ‘confused’
Discussion: Bloomberg, Slate, Weekly Standard and CNN
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Sen. Mike Enzi: I'm not too old
Discussion: Right Turn, PolicyMic, ABC News, CNN and Guardian
Meredith Shiner / The World's Greatest …:
Testy Meeting Among Senate GOP on ‘Nuclear Option’ Deal  —  A meeting of Senate Republicans on Wednesday grew tense as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told his members he could have gotten a better deal on nominations than the one negotiated by rank-and-file Republicans.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
DNA test: Rep. Steve Cohen not the father  —  The woman whom Rep. Steve Cohen has been claiming is his out-of-wedlock daughter is not, according to a paternity test revealed on Thursday.  —  CNN had a paternity test done on Victoria Brink with Cohen's participation, although the Tennessee Democrat did not appear on camera.
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
House Republicans Pass Dead-End Bill To Delay Obamacare Individual Mandate  —  House Republicans passed legislation Wednesday to delay the Obamacare individual mandate for one year — the chamber's 38th attempt to repeal or dismantle the law.  —  The proposal is set to die in the Senate …
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Wonkblog:
Obama's last campaign: Inside the White House plan to sell Obamacare
Deirdre Walsh / CNN:
House passes two bills to delay key Obamacare requirements
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
IRS lawyer says scandal was overseen by D.C., names names  —  Top IRS officials in Washington, D.C. planned and oversaw the agency's improper targeting of conservative groups, according to the 72-year old retiring IRS lawyer who will testify Thursday before the House Oversight Committee.
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
GOP says IRS chief counsel's office had role in Tea Party delays
Discussion: BizPac Review
Reuters:
U.S. Senators Said to Reach Deal to Temporarily Hold Down Student Loan Rates  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. senators reached a deal on Wednesday to temporarily hold interest rates on student loans at lower levels as they raced to get the measure completed before an August deadline, a Senate aide said.
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Politico:
Obama, senators meet on student loan rates
Politico:
Marco Rubio stumbles  —  Todd Harris, the usually gregarious consultant to Sen. Marco Rubio, uncharacteristically resisted eight days of calls and emails seeking his thoughts for this column.  When he finally did reply, the answer was: “to be honest, another story about Marco and immigration is not high on Christmas list!!”
Discussion: msnbc.com and Pat Dollard
New York Times:
Voters Approve of City's Progress, Poll Finds, but Seek Empathetic Mayor  —  After 12 years with a peevish and pragmatic billionaire running the city, New Yorkers are eager for a mayor with heart.  —  By a clear majority, the city's voters say empathy is the most important trait in the next mayor …
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Nasser Al-Awlaki / New York Times:
The Drone That Killed My Grandson  —  SANA, Yemen — I LEARNED that my 16-year-old grandson, Abdulrahman — a United States citizen — had been killed by an American drone strike from news reports the morning after he died.  —  The missile killed him, his teenage cousin and at least five …
Discussion: emptywheel and Mediaite
EndPlay / TheDenverChannel.com:
Town of Deer Trail considering hunting licenses for unmanned aerial vehicles, bounties for drones  —  ‘They fly in town, they get shot down,’ man says  —  Deer Trail Mayor Franks Fields displays proper drone-hunting technique.  (Photo by Amanda Kost/7NEWS)  —  Regular Photo Size
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Pelosi: GOP needs ‘lesson on the birds and the bees’ amid abortion fights  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) slammed Republican lawmakers in Washington and in statehouses across the country for attempting to pass new laws restricting abortion rights, saying they needed a lesson on “the birds and the bees.”
Discussion: LifeNews.com and Weasel Zippers
Politico:
Jim DeMint back at war with Republicans  —  Jim DeMint's at war with Republicans — again.  —  The tea party firebrand who made his mark in GOP primary races across the country is now at the helm of the Heritage Foundation where its political arm is doing the same thing: holding conservatives feet to the fire.
Rolling Stone:
Jahar's World  —  He was a charming kid with a bright future.  But no one saw the pain he was hiding or the monster he would become. … Peter Payack awoke around 4 a.m. on April 19th, 2013, and saw on his TV the grainy surveillance photo of the kid walking out of the minimart.
 
 
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Fed Chief Reaffirms Fervor for Stimulus
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JPMorgan in Talks to Settle Energy Manipulation Case for $500 Million
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Virginia governor race 2013 poll: Terry McAuliffe holds narrow edge
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Robert J. Lopez / Los Angeles Times:
17 people arrested in Zimmerman trial protest in Victorville
Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools and ABC News
Kevin Roose / New York Magazine:
Reminder: Don't Pay Attention to Wall Street's Whines About Regulation
Discussion: Balloon Juice and The Big Picture
 Earlier Items: 
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters:
Bill Maher Booed for Tasteless Zimmerman Jokes on CBS Late Show
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Mediaite
Brent Weisberg / KOIN-TV:
Vancouver man's gun shooting defense: Biden
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Bipartisan group in House closes in on immigration reform compromise
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Labor secretary nominee narrowly survives Senate vote