Boehner trumpets GOP influence

In talk with GOP House members, Boehner says, "We've changed the terms of the debate," adding: "It's all spending cuts"

Source: http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CBSNewsMain/~3/GwscvwQb9cA/8301-503544_162-20086108-503544.html

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South Carolina Governor Rejects NAACP Push to Remove Confederate Flag

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley isn't retreating from her decision to keep the Confederate flag atop the north end of the Statehouse in Columbia despite complaints from the NAACP, whose president this week said the ethnic minority governor is a "contradiction" for allowing the flag to fly.

Source: http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/S_v9E_WE1Wg/

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Reid's bill goes down, compromise plan to be added as amendment

Nate Silver earlier this morning

What happens next, from TPM:

That plan has been outmoded by a new plan hammered out by the White House and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, still being finalized. When it's completed, it will be attached as an amendment to Reid's bill (Reid will be able to recall that legislation by voting to filibuster his own plan, knowing it's doomed anyhow).

And while we wait, here's a piece from Ezra arguing that the Bush tax cuts are the undiscussed other side of the coin, the shoe that's yet to drop.

It?s difficult to see how it could have ended otherwise. Virtually no Democrats are willing to go past Aug. 2 without raising the debt ceiling. Plenty of Republicans are prepared to blow through the deadline. That?s not a dynamic that lends itself to a deal. That?s a dynamic that lends itself to a ransom.

But Democrats will have their turn. On Dec. 31, 2012, three weeks before the end of President Barack Obama?s current term in office, the Bush tax cuts expire. Income tax rates will return to their Clinton-era levels. That amounts to a $3.6 trillion tax increase over 10 years, three or four times the $800 billion to $1.2 trillion in revenue increases that Obama and Speaker John Boehner were kicking around. And all Democrats need to do to secure that deal is...nothing.

That, of course, requires some trust in the White House to either stand firm or cut taxes in an election year.

Trust, we'll note for the record, is currently in short supply.

Source: http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/GBQDs7BwLl0/-Reids-bill-goes-down,-compromise-plan-to-be-added-as-amendment

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Right Turn: Didn't Obama pledge to complete 3 free-trade deals?

The Wall Street Journal reports: "U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk on Monday appealed to congressional leaders to begin work "without delay" toward ratifying a free-trade deal with South Korea, even as Republican leaders continued to press to link such action with movement on trade pacts with C...

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/08/AR2011030804720.html?wprss=rss_politics

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The Man Behind the Anti-Shariah Movement

David Yerushalmi has come to exercise a striking influence over American public discourse about Islamic law.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=dc296a97e1835c82c6cafc49473caf86

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Enrique Iglesias Reveals Bedroom Secrets At Concert

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/31/enrique-iglesias-reveals-bedroom-secrets_n_914241.html

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Barbour: Obama's policies a 'threat' to economic future

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R), taking another step toward an expected run for the 2012 presidential nomination, road-tested his economic message on Monday in a speech in which he blamed President Obama's economic policies for failing to revive the economy and posing "an even greater threat to o

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/14/AR2011031402828.html?wprss=rss_politics

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Reid Dismisses GOP Letter Against His Bill

Senate Majority Leader says his plan is 'only game in town.'

Source: http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=47bbb7063f7a5e8b5c6633e23e18728d

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Ex-Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards Marries Prison Pen Pal Less Than Half His Age

The 32-year-old bride started writing Edwards, 84, letters while he was in prison and visited him there regularly on weekends and holidays in recent years

Source: http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/M7lAKogH0cw/

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The Future of Coal: The ?Dead Island of Hashima?

What happens when a community dependent on a finite fossil resource can no longer go on exploiting? These powerful pictures tell the story. The dead island of Hashima delivers a lively warning about the importance of foresight. It offers a view of the end result of “development,” the fate of a community severed from Mother [...]

Source: http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/07/30/283457/the-future-of-coal-the-dead-island-of-hashima/

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Another earthquake jolts northeastern Japan

Another earthquake jolts northeastern Japan

Source: http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/cbsnews/feed/~3/ufXNRFXPQ18/main20085895.shtml

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Paul Ryan: Balanced Budget Amendment is not 'realistic'

These are so not serious legislators. Paul Ryan, last night.

Speaking with Fox News host Greta Van Susteren, Ryan said it?s not ?realistic? to expect that Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) would force the large number of members needed to change the Constitution to ?vote against their conscious?:

RYAN: What I never really agreed with is the idea that we would expect Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi to deliver 40 [and] 15 votes from Democrats for our version of the Balanced Budget Amendment. You know, I just never thought that was realistic, to demand Democrats vote against their conscious for our version of the Balanced Budget Amendment. So I just never thought that would work.

And that unrealistic option is precisely what is Speaker John Boehner is proposing, in the hopes, as ThinkProgress notes, that "the ensuing economic 'chaos' would force Democrats to switch their votes."

Just a reminder: a Constitutional Amendment would require a two-thirds majority, in both chambers of Congress. By Aug. 2. Right.

Source: http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/eQV-1bYq7LE/-Paul-Ryan:-Balanced-Budget-Amendment-is-not-realistic

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The Ball Is in the Senate's Court

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/07/30/the_ball_is_in_the_senate039s_court_260425.html

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Wisconsin recall: Tea Party Express, Joe the Plumber to do rallies for Republicans

Please, contribute $7 to Daily Kos to blanket two key Wisconsin districts with online ads.

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While we are closing out the Wisconsin recall campaign with Google Blasts, the Tea Party Express is bringing in Joe the Plumber:

The Tea Party Express ? along with Joe the Plumber ? will be rolling through Wisconsin starting next week to support the six Republican state senators targeted in the upcoming recall elections.

Why? According to their website, because of the honesty and integrity of the state senators involved:

Six Wisconsin State Senators that have represented their constituents with honesty and integrity are under attack from the left. They have engaged in productive debate and advocated for fiscally responsible solutions to Wisconsin?s financial woes.

Yep, honesty, integrity and fiscal responsibility like getting state jobs with massive raises for their mistresses:

A state worker with ties to Sen. Randy Hopper is being paid $11,000 more annually than her predecessor in a position at the department of regulation and licensing.

State officials said the woman, 26, was hired to a limited term, communications specialist position last month, with a salary equivalent to $42,328 annually.

State officials Friday said the woman?s predecessor left the position in January, with a salary equivalent to $31,200 annually. No explanation was given for the new hire?s higher pay.

Oh yeah, and they have engaged in public debate like this:

Several people in a crowd of about 200 displayed anger and dismay Monday night when state Sen. Randy Hopper, R-Fond du Lac, said a listening session would not involve answers from him.(?)

?I?m not going to be commenting and we?re not going to take questions,? Hopper said. ?I?m here to listen to you today.?

Whatevs, Tea Party Express. I'm sure that bringing in Joe the Plumber will be about as locally relevant for Wisconsinites as playing "Sweet Home Alabama" was during the pro-Scott Walker tea party rally back in February. Still, I am happy you are showing up, so we can kick your butt in these recalls, too.

While Joe the Plumber is rallying Republicans during the final days of the Wisconsin recalls, we are going to be swamping every single person who goes online in Randy Hopper and Luther Olsen's districts with Google blast ads. We're getting close to the $27,192 we need to cover both districts for the final 120 hours of the election. Please, chip in $7 to Daily Kos to make sure our message in Wisconsin is louder than Joe the Plumber's.

Source: http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/NWVZIHzvqSw/-Wisconsin-recall:-Tea-Party-Express,-Joe-the-Plumber-to-do-rallies-for-Republicans

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Benefit recipient? Disruptions may be coming

If the day comes ? whether next Tuesday or later ? when the government reaches its legal borrowing limit, it will be forced to make a 40 percent cut in outlays.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43928500/ns/politics/

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HHS weighs contraceptives clause

Under the measure, some insurers would be able to not cover contraception on religious grounds.

Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/60243.html

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Reagan the Statesman

Rich Lowry, National Review
Ronald Reagan, God rest his soul, has been dead for seven years. This is long enough for liberals to feel safe making him their pet Republican.In their telling, Reagan raised the debt ceiling 18 times, passed tax increases, negotiated with the Soviets, and then pretty much called it a day, adjourning to share a friendly after-hours drink with his bosom buddy, Democratic House Speaker Tip O'Neill. These heterodoxies would get him ostracized in today's Republican party, proving that the GOP has been hijacked by dangerous extremists.Needless to say, that's what they called Reagan...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/07/29/reagan_the_statesman_110762.html

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Barcelona Booted From Impromptu Practice on National Mall in DC

FC Barcelona were booted off the national mall near the White House Thursday when they tried to hold an impromptu practice there

Source: http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=b0965c7bb5b0df953eea373b78ecae82

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