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2:45 PM 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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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
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.”
New York Times:
Account of Weiner's Conversation Fits Pattern of Online Exchanges  —  The racy online conversations now convulsing Anthony D. Weiner's campaign for mayor began with an angry Facebook message, according to the editor of a blog that has communicated with the young woman involved.
Chris Kirk / Slate:
The Carlos Danger Name Generator
New York Times:
Snowden Lawyer Says No Clearance to Leave Airport  —  By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and STEVEN LEE MYERS  —  MOSCOW — After a month holed up in the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, Edward J. Snowden, the former intelligence contractor sought by the United States on espionage charges …
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Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Americans turn against Edward Snowden
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Attitudes Shift Against Snowden; Fewer than Half Say NSA is Unjustified
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Hot Air
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.
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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.
Washington Wire:
Transcript: Obama's Remarks on Middle-Class Prosperity  —  President Barack Obama returned to Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., Wednesday to discuss his plans for boosting the middle class.  Here are Mr. Obama's remarks, as prepared for delivery:  —  Eight years ago, I came here to deliver …
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Jay Carney: Get past ‘phony scandals’
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Obama to Try to Focus Public Attention on Economy
Discussion: Politico
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Conservatives Desperately Move To Shut Down Government Over Obamacare  —  Running out of time and options, conservatives are exploring new ways to corner Congress into shutting down the government this fall unless Obamacare is defunded.  But they aren't likely to achieve much more than giving Republican leaders heartburn.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
GOP senator: Don't hold debt limit ‘hostage’ over ObamaCare funds
Discussion: Politico
Nate Cohn / New Republic:
Obama Is Losing the White Working Class  —  One of the funny things about electoral politics is that you can't always have the coalition you want, or even the coalition you think you'll get.  When the Democratic Leadership Council was thinking about how to rebrand the party in the late '80s …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Poll: Obama approval nears record low
Discussion: Politico, CNN and Scared Monkeys
Marist Poll:
7/24: A Look at the 2016 Presidential Contest  —  If former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were to announce a candidacy for the Presidency, she would be the clear frontrunner for the Democratic nomination.  Clinton outdistances her closest potential opponent, Vice President Joe Biden …
Discussion: Yahoo! News, CNN and Hot Air
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
2016 poll: Clinton tops likely GOP rivals
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Reuters
Manu Raju / Politico:
Mitch McConnell slams Matt Bevin in Senate race  —  Matt Bevin is getting a Mitch McConnell welcome in Kentucky: A slashing TV ad seizing on the political newcomer's problems with his Connecticut-based bell manufacturing business.  —  Bevin, a wealthy Louisville businessman …
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Conservative challenger takes on top Senate Republican
Discussion: Reuters, Politico, msnbc.com and Roll Call
Eric W. Dolan / The Raw Story:
Pennsylvania police chief: F*ck all you libtards out there, you take it in the a**  —  The mayor of Gilberton, Pennsylvania is standing by her city's police chief despite a series of profanity-laced and threatening videos.  —  In a video that has received wide attention …
O.Kay Henderson:
Congressman King defends “drug mule” comments about “DREAMers” (AUDIO)  —  UPDATE: Read the Radio Iowa story here; below you'll find the text and audio of the interview.  —  Iowa Congressman Steve King did an interview with Newsmax last week and King made reference to the so-called “DREAMers” …
Richard Florida / The Atlantic Cities:
Don't Let Bankruptcy Fool You: Detroit's Not Dead  —  On Thursday, the city of Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history.  Cue the panic.  —  The media, internet, and social media exploded with predictable stories of the city's imminent demise.
Discussion: New Republic
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Book: Jimmy Carter targeted by US and foreign assassins  —  Potential assassins have threatened the life of Jimmy Carter multiple times since he left the White House in 1981, making the one-term Georgian the most threatened former president in history, according to a new book about John F. Kennedy and his assassination 50 years ago.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama ‘Pivots’ for 19th Time  —  According to political reporter Salena Zito, today's economic speeches by Barack Obama represent the 19th “pivot” for the president: … Chuck Todd tried to coin a phrase “this pivot to the economy,” by calling it “Déjà Pivot”:
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
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House Democrat proposes police registration for neighborhood watchmen  —  Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) said Wednesday that she would soon introduce legislation that would cut federal funding to any state that doesn't require neighborhood watch programs to register with police.
Discussion: BizPac Review and Weasel Zippers
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” …
Discussion: Ballot Box
 
 
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Dan Friedman / NY Daily News:
Rep. Charles Rangel will run for reelection in 2014 — for now
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Michigan County Clerk Sides With Same-Sex Couple Challenging Marriage Amendment
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Alabama Government Agency Prays Against Gay Marriage
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WFMZ-TV:
Montgomery County prepared to issue same-sex marriage licenses
Sy Mukherjee / ThinkProgress:
Missouri Lawmaker: Abortions To Save A Mother's Life Are ‘A Matter Of Convenience’
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Henrick Karoliszyn / Metropolis:
Amid New Weiner Revelations, Spitzer Focuses on Campaigning
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New Book Quotes Not-So-Humble Christie on Presidential Thoughts
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Tyler Kingkade / The Huffington Post:
USC Student: Police Said I Wasn't Raped Because He Didn't Orgasm
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Gary Strauss / USA Today:
Could door-to-door Postal Service delivery end soon?
Discussion: americanthinker.com
John L. Allen Jr / ncronline.org:
Right wing ‘generally not happy’ with Francis, Chaput says
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