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Drudge Report
Drudge banners: "IOU" and links to this LA Times story on the budget crisis in California. And the U.S. says North Korea does not appear to be readying a missile launch in this Bloomberg story is also highlighed on Drudge. ... READ MORE

Huffington Post
The Huffington Post banners: "Obama's first major military operation underway in Afghanistan" and links to this AP story. Unemployment to hit a 9.6 percent, a 26 year high, according to this AP report, highlighted on the HuffPo. And Jesse Berney ... READ MORE

HotAir
The Obama administration doesn't see the contradiction between calling for free elections in Honduras and staying out of the election in Iran, writes Allahpundit. And veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas went "nuclear" on the White House for controlling the ... READ MORE

DailyKos
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) wants to president but "she couldn't even get her own campaign's scheduling staff to give her enough time to run," writes Jed Lewison. And South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's (R) recent confessions have set off ... READ MORE

Townhall
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's (R) Republican enemies hope he stays in office, writes Matt Lewis. And, drawing on examples from other countries, Carol Platt Liebau writes what ObamaCare "really means." READ MORE

OpenLeft
Advancing the debate over torture is always going to be difficult, writes Daniel de Groot. And Mike Lux takes a look at the fight over a new Pecora commission. READ MORE

RedState
The press is "finally" calling out the Obama administration for controlling the press, writes Paint it Red. And Moe Lane takes a detailed look at the 2010 election and the ages of several Democratic committee chair people. READ MORE

MyDD
Mitt Romney appears to be urging Republicans to stand up to President Obama, writes Charles Lemos. And Lemos also writes that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) must think the Associated Press is a "licensed therapist." READ MORE

Powerline
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) appeared to open the door to the Obama administration making more demands Israel in the peace process while in the country, writes Paul. And new polling shows that support for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is ... READ MORE

Matthew Yglesias
The entire committee system in Congress "leaves a lot to be desired," writes Matthew Yglesias. And Yglesias also points out a general thought among the punditry right now: Congress is asserting its dominance in setting and controlling the agenda, not ... READ MORE

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July 2, 2009

MORNING READ

@ 7:18 am by Jeremy P. Jacobs

FROM THE BLOGS:
Committee Reform - Matthew Yglesias
Sotomayor Support Slipping - John, Powerline
Romney Urges GOP to Stand Up to Obama - C. Lemos, MyDD
A Thought on the 2010 Elections - M. Lane, RedState
Sic Semper Tyrannis - D. De Groot, OpenLeft
Why Sanford's GOP Critics Hope He Stays - M. Lewis, Townhall
Sanford Unleashes S.C. GOP Fracas - J. Lewison, DailyKos
Helen Thomas Goes Nuclear on W.H. - Allahpundit, HotAir
Why 60 Votes Doesn't Matter - J. Berney, Huffington Post
Another Lie from Stanford, Tick, Tick, Tick - Michelle Malkin
More Sweetheart Deals - Kevin Drum
Obama's Budget More Expensive - N. Moore, The Foundry
On Palin - Digby, Hullabaloo
Trouble in Paradise - R. Abrams, Weekly Standard
How Long Can Sanford Hang On? - A. Koppelman, Salon
On Sanford - L. Schiffren, The Corner

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Sununu Won't Seek Senate Return - The Hill
Boehner Doesn't Try to Recruit Tiger - The Hill
Marines Launch New Afghan Mission - Washington Post
Facing Deficits, Some States Cut Summer School - New York TImes

July 1, 2009

MORNING READ

@ 7:47 am by Jeremy P. Jacobs

FROM THE BLOGS:
He Thinks You're Stupid - John, Powerline
McCain Confuses On Healthcare - Matthew Yglesias
Saying One Thing, Doing Another - D. Spencer, RedState
Northern Overexposure - C. Lemos, MyDD
Understanding Honduras - C.P. Liebau, Townhall
Healthcare and Financing - N. Chart, OpenLeft
Purdum Defends Palin Hit Piece - Allahpundit, HotAir
Why Sanford Keeps Talking - J. Lewison, DailyKos
Crossing the Line - M. Steyn, The Corner
God Is My Doorman - C. Kelly, Huffington Post
A Fine Print Czar - Michelle Malkin
Battle of the Bulging Deficit - J.D. Foster, The Foundry
Woodward, Jones and that Obama Book - G. Sherman, The Plank
How Cool is Franken? - E. Alterman, DailyBeast
Fanfare for the Common Moron - Attaturk, Firedoglake

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Franken Takes Dems to 60 - The Hill
A Bigger Majority Means More Dem Defectors - The Hill
After a Call from Sen. Inouye, Small Bank Got Aid - WaPo
Roberts Shifts Court to the Right With Help from Kennedy - NYTimes

June 30, 2009

MORNING READ

@ 7:44 am by Jeremy P. Jacobs

FROM THE BLOGS:
Things Used to Be Worse - Matthew Yglesias
Coup Are You? - Scott, Powerline
The LGBT White House Event - C. Lemos, MyDD
Obama Endorses Evil - E. Erickson, RedState
'Moderates' Have Become the Problem - C. Bowers, OpenLeft
Sometimes It's OK To Meddle - C.P. Liebau, Townhall
The Recession Could be Ending - M. Blades, DailyKos
I'll Totally Help You, Just not Right Now - Allahpundit, HotAir
Hitting YouTube With Pointers for Citizen Journos - A. Huffington
Hillary's Persian Voice - S. Leibsohn, The Corner
Rule of Law and Crimes of Torture - Emptywheel, Firedoglake
SCOTUS Vs. Sotomayor - A. Grossman, The Foundry
Polis on DOMA - J. Sudbay, AMERICAblog
Mark Kirk Is Doing What??! - Michelle Malkin
A Justice Reflects - W. Isaacson, Daily Beast

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Obama Promises Progress to Gay Community - The Hill
Sanford Asks Supporters for Forgiveness - The Hill
In a Coup in Honduras, Ghosts of Past U.S. Policies - NYTimes
In Iraq, Jubilation as U.S. Withdraws - WaPo

June 29, 2009

MORNING READ

@ 7:40 am by Jeremy P. Jacobs

FROM THE BLOGS:
Sotomayor More Popular than Roberts, Alito - Matthew Yglesias
Make No Mistake - Scott, Powerline
Public Strongly Opposes Overturning Roe - J. Singer, MyDD
Admin. Weighing Tax Increase - J. Richardson, RedState
The Recovery Myth - P. Rosenberg, OpenLeft
Obama Putting Politics Over Science - C.P. Liebau, Townhall
Why Sanford's Career Needs to be Over - S. Singiser, DailyKos
Axelrod Refuses to Rule Out Tax Hike - Allahpundit, HotAir
Pecora Whirling - R. Kuttner, Huffington Post
Barbour v. Obama, 2012 - M. McKinnon, DailyBeast
Hypocrisy Is The Least of Sanford's Sins - A. Wolfe, The Plank
Dems Puts Special Interests Over Consumers - N. Loris, The Foundry
Sanctity of Whose Marriage? - T. Partridge, Firedoglake
Obama Our Personal Trainer - B. Kristol, Weekly Standard
Thin Blue Cross Line - M. Steyn, The Corner

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Liberal Activists Fret Over Public Option - The Hill
N. Korea May Add Fireworks To Recess Week - The Hill
Loophole Benefits GE in Bank Rescue - Washington Post
Obama Opposes Trade Sanctions in Climate Bill - New York Times

June 26, 2009

MORNING READ

@ 8:17 am by Eric Zimmermann

FROM THE BLOGS:
When is a climate bill note a climate bill? - K. Drum, MoJo
EPA playing politics with GHG? - Moe Lane, Red State
Young and not so invincible - Anthony Wright, The Treatment
Cap and trade to limp across finish line? - John, Power Line
The crisis and your nest egg - Zubin Jelveh, The Stash
Now that's a presser! - Jennifer Rubin, Contentions
Limbaugh blames Obama for Sanford - Hunter, Daily Kos
One last cap and trade push - Michelle Malkin
The truth about false confessions - Jeff Kaye, Firedoglake
Commofidication of humane life - Mona Charen, The Corner
The last social safety net - Anne Laurie, Balloon Juice
Cultural conservatives can't win - Rod Dreher, Crunchy Con
Banks preparing more losses - Chris in Paris, AMERICAblog
ABC's ratings bomb - Warner Todd Huston, Newsbusters
The deficit problem WITHOUT healthcare - Dean Baker, Beat the Press

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Critics: U.S. Capitol is too white - The Hill
Last minute vote push on climate change - The Hill
Premier says U.S. withdrawal from Iraq is victory - NYT
Watching Iran with wonder, awe - WaPo

June 25, 2009

MORNING READ

@ 8:09 am by Eric Zimmermann

FROM THE BLOGS:
How to get Dems to be nice to you - N. Chart. Open Left
Iran, realism, and democracy promotion - M. Loyola, The Corner
Healtchare change isn't so scary - Jonathan Cohn, The Treatment
Gibbs hammered over planted questioner - Dan Spencer, Red State
Reward good journalism - Tim F., Balloon Juice
ABC stacked the deck for Obama - W.T. Huston, Newsbusters
Someone think of the children! - DarkSyde, Daily Kos
How Sanford can come back - Gamecock, Minority Report
Crisis of legitimacy - Ezra Klein
2 reasons Sanford's career is over - J. Gandelman, Moderate Voice
Twitter as GOP's online war room - Meghan Parlett, TechRepublican
About those Sanford emails - David Corn, MoJo
Sanford may have to take a hike - K. Parker, Daily Beast
Telecoms helped Iran spy on net - Susie Madrak, Crooks and Liars
Arms control for arms control's sake - Jamie Fly, Weekly Standard

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Obama targets middle class in town hall - The Hill
Dems see agenda slipping - The Hill
Sanford a new dose of bad news for GOP - NYT
Ahmadinejad: 'Avoid interfering' in Iran - WaPo

June 24, 2009

MORNING READ

@ 7:59 am by Eric Zimmermann

FROM THE BLOGS:
Obama's misdirection - Jennifer Rubin, Contentions
Journalists whine about HuffPo question - scarce, Crooks and Liars
Boxer demotes herself - J. Jena, Big Hollywood
Obama considers FBI-CIA interrogations - S. Ackerman, Wash. Ind.
Healthcare that lawmakers get - Karen Tumulty, Swampland
Iranian protesters 'confess' to foreign plot - Allahpundit, Hot Air
File this one under 'green shoots' - John Cole, Balloon Juice
He thinks you're stupid - John, Power Line
Progressive super heroes vs. Blanche Lincoln - A. Green, OpenLeft
'What took you so long,' Mr. Obama? - Ken Taylor, Minority Report
One good move on LGBT rights - Hilzoy, Political Animal
RNC takes shot at ABC - Dan Spencer, Red State
Climate change hobbles forward - Kevin Drum, MoJo
Obama wrote to Khamenei - Andy McCarthy, The Corner
Balancing act of war crimes - Attaturk, Firedoglake

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Climate change: Pelosi's green gamble - The Hill
Groups seize on Metro crash to push highway bill - The Hill
Khamenei vows Iran will not yield 'at any cost' - NYT
Obama sharpens criticism of Iran - WaPo

June 23, 2009

MORNING READ

@ 8:02 am by Eric Zimmermann

FROM THE BLOGS:
GOP hold on Koh comes to end - Dave Weigel, Wash. Ind.
CBO underestimates cap-and-trade costs - Nick Loris, Foundry
77 lawmakers press Obama on DADT - Teddy Partridge, Firedoglake
No meddling? - Jennifer Rubin, Contentions
Obama should sit back and wait - Ezra Klein
Obama defends Bush from media - Allahpundit, Hot Air
Another Iranian oddity - Nate Silver, 538
Conrad moving toward public option - Jed Lewison, Daily Kos
Netanyahu parts ways with Obama - Paul, Power Line
Why does the NYT hate science? - Climate Progress
Sotomayor a liability for the GOP - Joe Gandelman, Moderate Voice
Conservatives gaining - Dan Spencer, Red State
Who is this 'hard left?' - Hilzoy, Political Animal
Guess who's still coming to dinner - Michael Goldfarb, Weekly Standard
A counter coup in Iran? - Charles Lemos, MyDD

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Climate change bill hits floor this week - The Hill
Dems ignore Obama cuts - The Hill
Clerical council rejects plea to annul vote - NYT
Iran reveals split on U.S. role - WaPo

June 22, 2009

MORNING READ

@ 7:58 am by Eric Zimmermann

FROM THE BLOGS:
33 journalists jailed in Iran - Amanda Terkel, Think Progress
Vindication and refutation of neocons - Andrew Sullivan
Add another IG 'retiring' to the list - Moe Lane, Red State
A serious argument for bipartisanship - J. Cohn, The Treatment
Netanyahu should break with Obama on Iran - Paul, Powerline
CBO giving a boost to climate policy? - Bradford Plumer, The Vine
Israeli's shift gears on Obama - David Hazony, Contentions
Republicans for theocracy - Chris Bowers, Open Left
Iran: One big prison for journalists - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Al Qaeda and Pakistan's nukes - Swaraaj Chauhan, Moderate Voice
Special interests vs. a public option - Nate Silver, 538
Tension building in Iran - James Phillips, The Foundry
Again with the deficit reduction? - Dean Baker, Beat the Press
Danny Peal helped save David Rohde - Asra Nomani, Daily Beast

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Lawmakers to delve into financial overhaul plan - The Hill
Dems still struggle with cost after drug company deal - The Hill
Iran admits possible discrepancy in 3 million votes - NYT
GM's foreign business model - WaPo

June 19, 2009

MORNING READ

@ 8:11 am by Michael O'Brien

FROM THE BLOGS:
The right and the WaPo opinion page - Glenn Greenwald
Ensign: GOP hypocrite of the week - meg, BuzzFlash
English banker: End of 'too big to fail' - Chris in Paris, AMERICAblog
The imperialism of babs - William Teach, Right Wing News
Re: The Obamamedia - Jennifer Rubin, contentions
Friday morning news - Jeralyn, TalkLeft
Obama on the wrong side with Iran - Ken Taylor, The Minority Report
Cronkite reportedly gravely ill - Turkana, The Left Coaster
Big fix - digby, Hullabaloo
Colbert out of character! - Josh Marhsall, TalkingPointsMemo
ABC goes OBC on healthcare - Tom Blumer, Newsbusters
Fiddling as Tehran burns - Moe Lane, RedState
Faux passing? - Julian Sanchez
Peta + Che Guevera's granddaughter - Michelle Malkin
Quote of the day - Allahpundit, Hot Air

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
House passes first approps bill - The Hill
Iran's supreme leader warns protesters - New York Times
Obama initiatives hit speed bumps on Hill - Washington Post
Senate quick to attack Geithner reforms - Financial Times

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