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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/egypt/120723/michelle-bachmann-huma-abedin-muslim-brotherhood-responds">Huma Abedin’s Muslim Brotherhood </a>ties are news to the Muslim Brotherhood.</p>
<p>One year after <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/new-york-gay-marriage-fir_n_1694561.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003&amp;ir=Politics">the first same-sex nuptials occurred in New York,</a> there have not been as many of them as first predicted.</p>
<p>Marty Golden <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/07/6271247/golden-says-he-hopes-democrats-keep-talking-about-feminine-presence">hopes Democrats keep talking</a> about his cancelled seminar.</p>
<p>Michael Grimm <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/07/6270979/grimm-argues-against-banning-extended-magazines-citing-workaround-o">opposes a ban</a> on extended ammo clips.</p>
<p>Ruben Diaz <a href="http://www.nysenate.gov/press-release/senator-rev-ruben-diaz-it-s-time-support-stop-and-frisk">announced his support</a> for stop-and-frisk.</p>
<p>Mayor Bloomberg <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/07/6271508/nancy-soderberg-florida-senate-candidate-calls-clinton-and-bloomber">is helping</a> a Florida State Senate candidate who used to work for him.<!--more--></p>
<p>Carl Kruger’s former chief of staff <a href="http://www.cityandstateny.com/carl-krugers-ex-chief-staff-consulting-cymbrowitz/">is now working</a> for Steve Cymbrowitz.</p>
<p>In advance of tomorrow’s Dept of Health hearing on Mayor Bloomberg’s soda ban, about 100 protesters gathered on the steps of City Hall, some holding signs that said, “<a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/sides_face_off_ahead_of_nyc_sugary_MeEdXyubgTM2IBUaKBgKpL?utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_content=%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Local">My Body, My Choice.”</a></p>
<p>Michelle Williams <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/07/michelle-williams-voices-anti-hydrofracking-ad">provided the voice</a> for an anti-hydrofracking ad.</p>
<p>“They could take away our hot dogs,” <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/a-rally-for-sweet-drink-rights-comes-with-soaked-in-patriotism/">one protester declared</a>. “They could take away our steaks, our calzones!”</p>
<p>New Yorkers for Beverage Choices is out with <a href="http://gothamist.com/2012/07/23/big_soda_ads_up_before_soda_ban_hea.php">radio ads mocking “Nanny Bloomberg.”</a></p>
<p>Andrea Peyser says that <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/klyn_revival_ringmaster_i98WgeBGEcWs5c2L8oWbYJ/1">the new Nets arena in downtown Brooklyn </a>will “breathe air” back into the apparently moribund borough.</p>
<p>Barack Obama’s victory is dependent upon <a href="http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/the-politics-of-anything-goes/?hp">tamping down voting </a>among the white working class.</p>
<p>After the Aurora shooting, <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/07/23/biden-drops-policy-speech-to-praise-police/?mod=WSJBlog">Joe Biden scrapped a planned policy speech </a>in front of the National Association of Police Organizations in order to heap praise on the police.</p>
<p>The shootings put the increasingly vitriolic <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/obama-vs-romney_n_1695385.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HP%2FPolitics+%28Politics+on+The+Huffington+Post%29">Obama/Romney campaign on hold. </a></p>
<p>But not for long, with the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/obama-campaign-chides-romney-on-foreign-policy-ahead-of-his-overseas-trip/2012/07/23/gJQAqE1d4W_blog.html?wprss=rss_politics">Obama camp chiding Romney to be more specific about foreign policy </a>ahead of his overseas trip.</p>
<p>Romney said this is a time <a href="http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/romney-gun-control-colorado-kudlow.php?ref=fpb">“for people to reach out to others in their community”</a> rather than discussing gun policy.<br />
.<br />
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/gun-control-bill-senate_n_1695364.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HP%2FPolitics+%28Politics+on+The+Huffington+Post%29">The shootings are unlikely to spur Congress</a> to take up additional gun control measures.</p>
<p>Stay classy, Russell Pearce: the former Arizona State Senator suggested that those in the movie theater l<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/07/23/565821/former-state-senator-claims-colorado-shooting-victims-lacked-courage-to-stop-gunman/">acked the courage to bring down the shooter. </a></p>
<p>Legal firearms will be permitted <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/23/how-to-legally-bring-a-gun-to-the-republican-national-convention/">“all around” the Republican National Convention</a>.</p>
<p>Bill Daley hopes that the <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/23/bill-daley-asks-is-obama-campaign-ready-for-recounts.html">Obama campaign is ready for recounts across several states. </a></p>
<p>Polling data shows indications the Obama campaign’s “<a href="http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/07/where-the-bain-attacks-are-working.html">attacks on Bain and outsourcing are particularly resonant in Ohio</a>.”</p>
<p>The Obama campaign is holding a fundraiser <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/obama-the-wire-fundraiser_n_1695240.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HP%2Fmedia+%28Media+on+The+Huffington+Post%29">with the cast from “The Wire.”</a></p>
<p>The Democratic and Republican tax plans, <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/bush-tax-cuts-middle-class-150000-deficit.php?ref=fpnewsfeed">in chart form. </a></p>
<p>After defeating a Tea Party challenger, i<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/orrin-hatch-and-why-elections-have-consequences/2012/07/23/gJQAybgc4W_blog.html?wprss=rss_the-fix">s Orrin Hatch tacking back to the center?</a></p>
<p>Christopher Shays won’t support Linda McMahon if she beats him in the GOP Senate primary in Connecticut: “<a href="http://ctsenate2012.nhregister.com/2012/07/21/chris-shays-says-he-wont-support-linda-mcmahon-if-she-wins-primary/">You have a candidate who is basically giving the finger to all the editorial boards</a>.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/press/bloomberg-plans-convention-dailies-142097">Bloomberg LP is planning to go all-out for the conventions</a>, publishing a daily magazine.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/07/politico-announces-convention-plans-129785.html">POLITICO announced their convention plans</a> as well.</p>
<p>A very, very special <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/07/23/_world_war_iii_that_s_obama_s_plan_for_you_and_me_.html">song for Romney</a>.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/egypt/120723/michelle-bachmann-huma-abedin-muslim-brotherhood-responds">Huma Abedin’s Muslim Brotherhood </a>ties are news to the Muslim Brotherhood.</p>
<p>One year after <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/new-york-gay-marriage-fir_n_1694561.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003&amp;ir=Politics">the first same-sex nuptials occurred in New York,</a> there have not been as many of them as first predicted.</p>
<p>Marty Golden <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/07/6271247/golden-says-he-hopes-democrats-keep-talking-about-feminine-presence">hopes Democrats keep talking</a> about his cancelled seminar.</p>
<p>Michael Grimm <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/07/6270979/grimm-argues-against-banning-extended-magazines-citing-workaround-o">opposes a ban</a> on extended ammo clips.</p>
<p>Ruben Diaz <a href="http://www.nysenate.gov/press-release/senator-rev-ruben-diaz-it-s-time-support-stop-and-frisk">announced his support</a> for stop-and-frisk.</p>
<p>Mayor Bloomberg <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/07/6271508/nancy-soderberg-florida-senate-candidate-calls-clinton-and-bloomber">is helping</a> a Florida State Senate candidate who used to work for him.<!--more--></p>
<p>Carl Kruger’s former chief of staff <a href="http://www.cityandstateny.com/carl-krugers-ex-chief-staff-consulting-cymbrowitz/">is now working</a> for Steve Cymbrowitz.</p>
<p>In advance of tomorrow’s Dept of Health hearing on Mayor Bloomberg’s soda ban, about 100 protesters gathered on the steps of City Hall, some holding signs that said, “<a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/sides_face_off_ahead_of_nyc_sugary_MeEdXyubgTM2IBUaKBgKpL?utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_content=%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Local">My Body, My Choice.”</a></p>
<p>Michelle Williams <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/07/michelle-williams-voices-anti-hydrofracking-ad">provided the voice</a> for an anti-hydrofracking ad.</p>
<p>“They could take away our hot dogs,” <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/a-rally-for-sweet-drink-rights-comes-with-soaked-in-patriotism/">one protester declared</a>. “They could take away our steaks, our calzones!”</p>
<p>New Yorkers for Beverage Choices is out with <a href="http://gothamist.com/2012/07/23/big_soda_ads_up_before_soda_ban_hea.php">radio ads mocking “Nanny Bloomberg.”</a></p>
<p>Andrea Peyser says that <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/klyn_revival_ringmaster_i98WgeBGEcWs5c2L8oWbYJ/1">the new Nets arena in downtown Brooklyn </a>will “breathe air” back into the apparently moribund borough.</p>
<p>Barack Obama’s victory is dependent upon <a href="http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/the-politics-of-anything-goes/?hp">tamping down voting </a>among the white working class.</p>
<p>After the Aurora shooting, <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/07/23/biden-drops-policy-speech-to-praise-police/?mod=WSJBlog">Joe Biden scrapped a planned policy speech </a>in front of the National Association of Police Organizations in order to heap praise on the police.</p>
<p>The shootings put the increasingly vitriolic <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/obama-vs-romney_n_1695385.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HP%2FPolitics+%28Politics+on+The+Huffington+Post%29">Obama/Romney campaign on hold. </a></p>
<p>But not for long, with the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/obama-campaign-chides-romney-on-foreign-policy-ahead-of-his-overseas-trip/2012/07/23/gJQAqE1d4W_blog.html?wprss=rss_politics">Obama camp chiding Romney to be more specific about foreign policy </a>ahead of his overseas trip.</p>
<p>Romney said this is a time <a href="http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/romney-gun-control-colorado-kudlow.php?ref=fpb">“for people to reach out to others in their community”</a> rather than discussing gun policy.<br />
.<br />
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/gun-control-bill-senate_n_1695364.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HP%2FPolitics+%28Politics+on+The+Huffington+Post%29">The shootings are unlikely to spur Congress</a> to take up additional gun control measures.</p>
<p>Stay classy, Russell Pearce: the former Arizona State Senator suggested that those in the movie theater l<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/07/23/565821/former-state-senator-claims-colorado-shooting-victims-lacked-courage-to-stop-gunman/">acked the courage to bring down the shooter. </a></p>
<p>Legal firearms will be permitted <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/23/how-to-legally-bring-a-gun-to-the-republican-national-convention/">“all around” the Republican National Convention</a>.</p>
<p>Bill Daley hopes that the <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/23/bill-daley-asks-is-obama-campaign-ready-for-recounts.html">Obama campaign is ready for recounts across several states. </a></p>
<p>Polling data shows indications the Obama campaign’s “<a href="http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/07/where-the-bain-attacks-are-working.html">attacks on Bain and outsourcing are particularly resonant in Ohio</a>.”</p>
<p>The Obama campaign is holding a fundraiser <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/obama-the-wire-fundraiser_n_1695240.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HP%2Fmedia+%28Media+on+The+Huffington+Post%29">with the cast from “The Wire.”</a></p>
<p>The Democratic and Republican tax plans, <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/bush-tax-cuts-middle-class-150000-deficit.php?ref=fpnewsfeed">in chart form. </a></p>
<p>After defeating a Tea Party challenger, i<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/orrin-hatch-and-why-elections-have-consequences/2012/07/23/gJQAybgc4W_blog.html?wprss=rss_the-fix">s Orrin Hatch tacking back to the center?</a></p>
<p>Christopher Shays won’t support Linda McMahon if she beats him in the GOP Senate primary in Connecticut: “<a href="http://ctsenate2012.nhregister.com/2012/07/21/chris-shays-says-he-wont-support-linda-mcmahon-if-she-wins-primary/">You have a candidate who is basically giving the finger to all the editorial boards</a>.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/press/bloomberg-plans-convention-dailies-142097">Bloomberg LP is planning to go all-out for the conventions</a>, publishing a daily magazine.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/07/politico-announces-convention-plans-129785.html">POLITICO announced their convention plans</a> as well.</p>
<p>A very, very special <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/07/23/_world_war_iii_that_s_obama_s_plan_for_you_and_me_.html">song for Romney</a>.</p>
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