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Denis Hamill / NY Daily News:
Democratic mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner talks about his marriage, the sexting scandal and his hopes for City Hall  —  Anthony Weiner's campaign to be the Democratic candidate for mayor has been fraught with challenges.  He sat down with Denis Hamill talk about these difficulties, his home life and what he wants from office.
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Concern grows for Huma Abedin within Clinton world  —  In 2011, Huma Abedin had support from her friends and Clinton associates when she decided to stay with her husband, scandal-plagued New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner.  —  The past week, that support has morphed into concern.
Discussion: msnbc.com, Weasel Zippers and CNN
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
A Bet on Clinton: If They Network, She Will Run  —  A new group dedicated to paving the way for a Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016 has already recruited dozens of the Democratic Party's most elite donors and bundlers, effectively kicking off the presidential money hunt more than three years before Election Day.
Lara Seligman / The Hill:
Weiner's wife meets with Hillary Clinton spokesman  —  Huma Abedin, the wife of former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), dined Monday night with Hillary Clinton's spokesman Philippe Reines.  —  The two were spotted at Meiwah, a Chinese restaurant in Washington, D.C.
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Rick Klein / ABC News:
Sources: Clintons' Patience Growing Thin with Anthony Weiner  —  Bill and Hillary Clinton increasingly see Anthony Weiner's mayoral campaign as an embarrassment and potential liability, and are signaling through associates that they are eager to see him exit the race, several former Clinton aides and advisers told ABC News.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Reaction
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  July 29, 2013 - Weiner Should Drop Out …
Tina Brown / The Daily Beast:
End the Damn Dickmanship!
Discussion: Althouse and TheBlaze.com
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
NEWS/ Julianna Margulies Talks Anthony Weiner Scandal: “It's the Gift That Keeps on Giving” for The Good Wife
Discussion: Politico and The Huffington Post
Wall Street Journal:
Obama to Offer New Deal on Corporate Taxes, Jobs  —  By - PETER NICHOLAS and - JOHN MCKINNON  —  Hoping to break an impasse, President Barack Obama today will extend a new offer to congressional Republicans in which he would back an overhaul of the corporate tax system in exchange for a guarantee …
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Jessica Yellin / CNN:
President to propose ‘grand bargain’ on jobs  —  Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama will offer a new proposal Tuesday that would cut corporate taxes while investing in programs that could put more Americans in well paying, full-time jobs, White House officials said.
Discussion: Hot Air and Mediaite
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Obama proposes ‘grand bargain’ for jobs
Discussion: First Read
Emily Stanton / US News:
Poll: 78 Percent of Young Women Approve of Weiner  —  Anthony Weiner courts voters in Harlem a day after announcing he will enter the New York mayoral race.  —  Anthony Weiner loves the ladies, and apparently they love him back.  —  Sugar daddy dating website SeekingArrangement.com found …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Sally Quinn / Washington Post:
Blaming Huma Abedin
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
The latest action in the war on women: Column
New York Times:
Choosing the Next Fed Leader  —  Despite a campaign from allies both inside and outside the White House, the recent drive to install Lawrence Summers as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve seems to be faltering — and with good reason: He is not the best person for the job …
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Chris Frates / NationalJournal.com:
Inside Boehner's Strategy to Slow Walk Immigration to the Finish Line  —  House leaders put off immigration votes until after August recess, seeing delay as the best way to pass reform.  —  House Republicans head home for the August break having done little to pass immigration reform …
Discussion: Yahoo! News
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Ben Goad / The Hill:
GOP launches summer assault on regs
Discussion: Politico
Jules Witcover / Baltimore Sun:
GOP's Obamacare obsession is starting to look like political suicide  —  There is no chance Republicans will prevail in attempt to repeal or de-fund the health care law  —  Many present-day Republicans seem bent on making “Backward, Christian Soldiers” their marching song in their relentless determination …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
A City Invokes Seizure Laws to Save Homes  —  The power of eminent domain has traditionally worked against homeowners, who can be forced to sell their property to make way for a new highway or shopping mall.  But now the working-class city of Richmond, Calif., hopes to use the same legal tool to help people stay right where they are.
Discussion: Hit & Run, Law Blog and Obsidian Wings
Reuters:
Abbas: ‘Not a single Israeli’ in future Palestinian state  —  PA president says would agree to int'l presence in W. Bank.  —  CAIRO - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas laid out his vision on Monday for the final status of Israeli-Palestinian relations ahead of peace talks due …
Washington Examiner:
Obamacare train wreck is crashing employment, too  —  Every day we hear new reports of challenges surrounding the implementation of the president's health care law.  More workers and businesses are coming forward to express frustration with the law.  —  Under the law's employer mandate …
Tom LoBianco / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: GOP Donor's School Grade Changed  —  Former Indiana and current Florida schools chief Tony Bennett built his national star by promising to hold “failing” schools accountable.  But when it appeared an Indianapolis charter school run by a prominent Republican donor might receive a poor grade …
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Big-Name G.O.P. Donors Urge Members of Congress to Back Immigration Overhaul  —  WASHINGTON — More than 100 Republican donors — many of them prominent names in their party's establishment — sent a letter to Republican members of Congress on Tuesday urging them to support an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws.
BBC:
Bars targeted in Nigeria Kano blasts  —  At least 10 people have been killed in a series of explosions that targeted bars in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, officials say.  —  Witnesses said the blasts shook a Christian neighbourhood that has previously been attacked by militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram.
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Judge Says DOMA Ruling Changes Private Companies' Retirement Plans  —  “Following the [Supreme] Court's ruling, the term ‘Spouse’ is no longer unconstitutionally restricted to members of the opposite sex, but now rightfully includes those same-sex spouses in ‘otherwise valid marriages,’” judge rules.
Rachel Abrams / Variety:
Hollywood Studios Denied Payments from China  —  China's new value-add tax has kept profits away from studios since at least January  —  Sony just got the green light for “Smurfs 2″ to play in China, but there's one big problem facing the studio: China hasn't paid Hollywood in months.
Bill Draper / Associated Press:
Jackson County Circuit judge fires 34-year court veteran for good deed  —  A Kansas City man freed from prison three decades after being wrongfully convicted of rape considers Sharon Snyder his “angel” for giving him a public document that showed him how to properly seek DNA tests.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Gawker
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Don't Know Much About Voter ID: Matthews Exposes Ignorance About Laws ‘Only Republicans’ Pursue  —  Chris Matthews, beating a familiar drum on Monday, attacked Republicans for aggressively pursuing voter identification laws at the state level.  Matthews, in his predictably hyperbolic fashion …
Alex Roarty / NationalJournal.com:
Why Didn't Liz Cheney Run for the Senate in Virginia?  —  She'd face long odds against Mark Warner.  But she'd be a much stronger candidate than the GOP alternatives.  —  Republican officials are grumbling that Liz Cheney passed up an opportunity to run in her adopted state of Virginia …
David W. Chen / New York Times:
Groups That Are Often at Odds Join Forces to Oppose Spitzer's Campaign  —  Alarmed by Eliot Spitzer's momentum in his unexpected bid to win citywide office, an unlikely coalition of business leaders, women's groups and labor unions is vowing to finance an ambitious effort to thwart the former governor's ambition.
Discussion: ABC News and Politicker
 
 
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Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Midterm Elections Could Be a Wave, But Who's Going to Drown?
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Discussion: LifeNews.com and Politico
BuzzFeed:
$1.35 Million Grant Will Examine Transgender Military Service
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Senate Backs F.B.I. Chief and Considers Other Picks
Discussion: msnbc.com
Associated Press:
AP sources: Pentagon likely to cut furlough days
Ed Payne / CNN:
All employees accounted for in plant blast
Discussion: The Week and KTLA 5
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