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8:25 AM ET, July 14, 2014

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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Reid just wants to legislate  —  Ten years ago this summer, U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama's keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention made him a star.  —  Pundits like to “slice and dice our country into red states and blue states,” he said.
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama the pariah  —  Democrats in tough reelection races have a blunt message for President Obama: Keep away.  —  Obama's approval ratings are in the basement and show no signs of improving, so Democrats are keeping their distance.  On the stump, in campaign ads and at fundraisers, Obama's absence is increasingly conspicuous.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Spokesman: Obama ‘absolutely’ the most transparent president  —  President Obama is “absolutely” the most transparent president in history, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Sunday after the White House received a letter from signed by a dozen top journalists' groups complaining …
Discussion: CNN
Sen. Rand Paul / Politico:
Rick Perry Is Dead Wrong  —  There are many things I like about Texas Gov. Rick Perry, including his stance on the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution.  But apparently his new glasses haven't altered his perception of the world, or allowed him to see it any more clearly.
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Karoli / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Face The Nation: Rep. Gutierrez Destroys GOP Border Crisis Lies  —  Rep. Luis Gutierrez patiently explained to Bob Schieffer how Rick Perry and the GOP are lying about the issues at the border.  —  Rep. Luis Gutierrez has been a consistent champion for immigration reform.
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:   Hume Grills Perry: What Good Will Troops At Border Do If They Can't Arrest Anyone? (VIDEO)
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Isn't It Rich?  —  WASHINGTON — CHELSEA CLINTON never acted out during the eight years she came of age as America's first daughter.  —  No ditching of her Secret Service detail.  No fake IDs for underage tippling.  No drug scandal.  No court appearance in tank top and toe ring.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Holder sees ‘racial animus’ in opposition
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
CBS News:
Israel says it downed drone fired from Gaza  —  Smoke from Israeli air strike rises over the Gaza Strip on July 14, 2014 at the Israeli-Gaza border ILIA YEFIMOVICH, GETTY IMAGES  —  Shares -  —  JERUSALEM — Israel's military said it downed a drone along its southern coastline on Monday …
Discussion: Hot Air
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Yaakov Lappin / Jerusalem Post:
Israel Navy commandos raid long-range rocket facility in Gaza
Adam Sneed / Politico:
McCain calls Israeli restraint ‘admirable’
Discussion: CNN
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Teachers unions turn on Obama  —  Teachers unions have turned on Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and the Obama administration, creating a major divide in the Democratic Party coalition.  —  The largest teachers union in the country, the National Education Association (NEA) …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Obamacare Fails to Fail  —  How many Americans know how health reform is going?  For that matter, how many people in the news media are following the positive developments?  —  I suspect that the answer to the first question is “Not many,” while the answer to the second is “Possibly even fewer,” for reasons I'll get to later.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
The Strange Leak of the New Exposé ‘Clinton, Inc.’  —  Sure, hotly anticipated books leak all the time.  But 10 days early?  And by a tipster who seems to be posing as a Tea Partier—but who one source suspects is affiliated with the Clintons?  —  The marketing and publicity folks …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
BBC:
Pope Francis: ‘About 2%’ of Catholic clergy paedophiles  —  Pope Francis has been quoted as saying that reliable data indicates that “about 2%” of clergy in the Catholic Church are paedophiles.  —  The Pope said that abuse of children was like “leprosy” infecting the Church, according to the Italian La Repubblica newspaper.
Martin Matishak / The Hill:
Christie jabs Obama: ObamaCare a ‘failure’  —  In what could be the latest move toward a 2016 presidential bid, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) offered a wide-ranging critique of President Obama's domestic and foreign policies.  —  Speaking to reporters at the National Governors Association on Saturday …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Chris Christie: Gay marriage debate not over
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
 
 
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama's unpredictability ‘stresses’ the Secret Service
Discussion: Capitol Report
George Packer / New Yorker:
TRAPPED IN IRAQ  —  Ali is a self-described “agnostic Shiite” who lives in Baghdad.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Rebecca Trigger Updated / ABC:
Australia's Wicked campervan company under fire for ‘misogynistic, sexist’ slogans
Discussion: The Raw Story and ThinkProgress
Brent Johnson / New Jersey Online:
Christie leads 2016 Republican field in New Hampshire, poll shows
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Gov. Hickenlooper: Behind the Eight Ball?
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
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Boston Herald:
Illegal immigrants flown to Bay State
Discussion: RedState and Twitchy
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Colorblind Harry Reid continues to divide
Discussion: The Daily Caller and RedState
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
ObamaCare's next court threat
Geoff Folsom / News, sports and weather …:
Candidates in race for Hastings' congressional seat hurl attacks
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 

 
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