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11:05 AM ET, July 24, 2013

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New York Times:
Mr. Weiner and the Elusive Truth  —  At some point, the full story of Anthony Weiner and his sexual relationships and texting habits will finally be told.  In the meantime, the serially evasive Mr. Weiner should take his marital troubles and personal compulsions out of the public eye …
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Andrew Kaczynski:
Here Is The Woman Linked To Anthony Weiner In Sex Chats  —  A progressive activist from Indiana in her early 20s who identifies herself online as “Sydney Leathers” and “sidneyelainexo” is the woman whose online profile is linked to the latest Weiner scandal.  Weiner, she wrote, could “continue sending dick pics every single day.”
Daily Mail:
REVEALED: The Obama election campaigner, 23, who ‘received illicit messages and had phone sex with Anthony Weiner’ a year after humiliated wife forgave him  — Sydney Leathers, a liberal activist from Illinois, is allegedly the woman who revealed explicit images she received from Weiner
Chris Kirk / Slate:
The Carlos Danger Name Generator  —  Use our widget to get a name like Anthony Weiner's alleged sexting pseudonym.  —  New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner has vaguely confirmed allegations from gossip website the Dirty that he sent sexually explicit chat messages and photos to additional women.
NikRichie / The Dirty:
EXCLUSIVE IMAGE: Anthony Weiner Penis Picture And Timeline
Politico:
Anthony Weiner kept sexting after resignation
Discussion: CNN and New Republic
Tracy Connor / U.S. News:
Anthony Weiner admits sexting continued after 2011 resignation from Congress
NikRichie / The Dirty:
EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Weiner Is A Sexual Predator Luring His Victims
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Meet William Wilkins
Politico:
Denis McDonough to Democrats: We've got this  —  White House officials knew that selling Obamacare to the public would be difficult, but it wasn't until Sen. Max Baucus called the rollout a “huge train wreck coming down” that they realized they were losing a key constituency: congressional Democrats.
Discussion: First Read and americanthinker.com
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
House G.O.P. Sets New Offensive on Obama Goals  —  WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are moving to gut many of President Obama's top priorities with the sharpest spending cuts in a generation and a new push to hold government financing hostage unless the president's signature health care law is stripped of money this fall.
Politico:
The new power triangle  —  Barack Obama, to hear his advisers tell it …
Ben White / Politico:
5 things to watch in Obama's economy speech
Discussion: msnbc.com and Yahoo! News
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Obama to Try to Focus Public Attention on Economy
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Politico
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Poll: Obama approval nears record low  —  A new poll finds President Obama's approval rating dropping to its lowest level in nearly two years, and near his all-time low.  —  A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released late Tuesday finds Obama with 45 percent approval and 50 percent disapproval.
Discussion: CNN, Politico and Scared Monkeys
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
House to vote on NSA snooping
Reuters:
Snowden could soon leave Moscow airport: airport source  —  (Reuters) - Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has been granted the papers that will allow him to leave the transit area of a Moscow airport where he is holed up, an airport official said on Wednesday.
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Associated Press:
Russian state news agency says US leaker Edward Snowden has documents to enter Russia
Mark Murray / First Read:
America's race relations take hit after Zimmerman verdict, NBC News/WSJ poll finds  —  In the wake of the George Zimmerman case, U.S. views of race relations have taken a hit, and one-third of Americans say his acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin has shaken their confidence in the legal system …
Discussion: NBC Politics, theGrio and msnbc.com
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Mark Murray / First Read:
NBC/WSJ poll: Faith in DC hits a low; 83 percent disapprove of Congress
O.Kay Henderson:
Congressman King defends “drug mule” comments about “DREAMers” (AUDIO)  —  Iowa Congressman Steve King did an interview with Newsmax last week and King made reference to the so-called “DREAMers” — people under the age of 35 who were brought into the U.S. illegally by their parents …
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The Atlantic Online:
It's the Racism, Stupid  —  National Review's Victor Davis Hanson takes on the president's comments with predictable results.  Here Hansen counters The Talk that African-American parents give their children about the police with his own version of The Talk: … I really, really hope not.
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Facing Facts about Race
Kurt Badenhausen / Forbes:
Phil Mickelson Wins Historic British Open And Incurs 61% Tax Rate  —  This is a guest post from K. Sean Packard, CPA, who is Director of Tax at OFS.  He specializes in tax planning and the preparation of tax returns for pro athletes.  He can be reached at sean.packard@ofswealth.com and on Twitter at @AthleteTax.
Tyler Kingkade / The Huffington Post:
USC Student: Police Said I Wasn't Raped Because He Didn't Orgasm  —  The University of Southern California is facing a federal investigation for alleged failures by school officials and campus police to prosecute rape.  —  In response to a Title IX complaint filed in May …
Discussion: AMERICAblog, Jezebel and Politico
KPBS San Diego:
Filner Harassment Scandal Grows As Second Woman Comes Forward … Another woman came forward today to report an unwanted advance by Mayor Bob Filner, telling KPBS News in an exclusive interview that the then-congressman patted her “posterior” while making a crude joke at a crowded fundraiser.
Discussion: Politico, CNN, Los Angeles Times and Gawker
Peter Hamby / CNN:
First on CNN: Republicans launch their own ‘50 state strategy’  —  Washington (CNN) - After weaknesses in its ground game were badly exposed in 2012, the Republican National Committee is taking a page straight out of the Democratic playbook and launching an ambitious “50 state strategy” …
Gary Strauss / USA Today:
Could door-to-door Postal Service delivery end soon?  —  Congressional effort to cut Postal Service losses proposing an end to door-to-door mail delivery  —  First, it was doing away with Saturday delivery.  Now, door-to-door service could be coming to an end.
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Right now, Larry Summers is the front-runner for Fed chair  —  The word among Federal Reserve watchers right now is that the choice is down to Janet Yellen or Larry Summers as Ben Bernanke's replacement.  I can't find anyone who really thinks it'll be Roger Ferguson, Tim Geithner, Alan Blinder, or some other dark horse.
 
 
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GOP gauges Obamacare views in swing districts
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Seth McLaughlin / Washington Times:
Records of snooping into Christine O'Donnell tax records disappear
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Key House subcommittee advances permanent ‘doc fix’
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Transgender troops serve in silence
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Cornelia Pillard, Obama's radical feminist judicial nominee
Discussion: ThinkProgress and LifeNews.com
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Jennifer Rubin: Obama ‘Not a Good Person’ …
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