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Election strategists love ethics violations — GOP wants Paul Ryan to just shut up for a bit — Study: Incompetent handling of American economy is stressing you out, isn’t it? — White House Correspondents Association puts somebody with a pulse in Helen Thomas’ seat —
Abbott and Costello run for Senate in Nevada — Is Nancy Pelosi going crazy? Probably!  (more)

The White House Correspondents’ Association decided Sunday to give a front row seat in the White House briefing room to Fox News. (more)

White House advisor demanded–and got–support from JournoList — Obama wants the FBI be able to look at more things without anybody knowing they are looking at things — Charlie Rangel’s colleagues cannot wait to sell him down the river — Statepocalypse begins now — Americans are losing the will to protest their government’s bad decisions — Rich people are buying up votes in Florida like real estate (more)

Senate Republicans blocked a measure that would cut taxes and ease credit for small businesses, saying they objected that Democrats refused to consider their amendments to extend tax breaks and cap federal spending. (more)

Sales of U.S. new homes rose in June more than forecast following an unprecedented collapse the prior month, a signal the worst of the slump triggered by the end of a government tax credit is over. (more)

Ford reported a second quarter profit of $2.6 billion today, marking the automaker’s best quarterly performance in six years and easily beating Wall Street expectations. (more)

Journolist update: How can we destroy Sarah Palin? — Business community to Obama: We has a sad — Tea Party skeptics don’t buy this whole ‘caucus’ thingamajig — Poll: America is ready to burn Congress to the ground — Ag secretary apologizes for making snap judgments, publicly humiliating employee —
Judicial activist to star in next sequel of Bring it On  (more)

The fallout from the worst recession since the 1930s means U.S. contractions will be more frequent and severe, according to Neal Soss, chief economist at Credit Suisse in New York. (more)

Nov. 3: (more)

July 20 (Bloomberg) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said second-quarter profit dropped 82 percent, missing analysts’ estimates on a slide in trading revenue, five days after settling U.S. regulators’ fraud allegations. Revenue and profit were the lowest since the fourth quarter of 2008. (more)

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday rejected a request from top White House adviser Valerie Jarrett to speak at a jobs summit hosted by the business group, the latest escalation in an ongoing war between the two camps. (more)

Last month, Verizon Communications Inc. Chairman Ivan Seidenberg accused the federal government of “injecting uncertainty into the marketplace.” Last week, he was named to a presidential panel on U.S. exports. (more)

The Washington Post today reports on the breaking news that the FBI has broken up a Russian spy ring in the U.S.: (more)

Purchases of U.S. new homes fell in May to the lowest level on record after a tax credit expired, showing the market remains dependent on government support. (more)

It’s been creeping into speeches made by the president and his staff. It litters Barack Obama’s two websites, BarackObama.com and Whitehouse.gov. As rhetoric fades, and the reality of multiple crises sets in, this sorry word is emerging as the plan of action for an administration that looks increasingly incapable of dealing with the challenges before it. The word is “cope” and as “hope” wanes, it seems to be the only avenue President Obama is capable of pursuing. (more)

One should hold deeply mitigated expectations for a senator who, as lead author of a cap-and-trade bill, admits he doesn’t know what cap-and-trade means. But Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is tempting me to think that, if he is merely uninformed, it must be willfully so. Or else he’s got an uncomfortable relationship with the truth and, it would seem particularly given the absence of specifics or examples, is making stuff up. (more)

And another member of the media is leaving the world of reporting for a left-leaning advocacy job. (more)

Helen Thomas’s departure from the White House press corps adds a wild card to the race among reporters to sit on a board that will decide who gets her permanent front-row seat in the Brady briefing room. (more)

Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s largest automaker, is acquiring a $50 million stake in Tesla Motors Inc. and will develop electric vehicles with the California company. (more)

Anti-bank rhetoric may be all the rage, but there are 19 billion reasons why taxpayers should redirect their anger toward Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the lawmakers who keep bailing them out and the news media that refuse to report it. (more)