As the debt-deal dust clears, we see a mounting body of evidence that Washington has effectively doomed any chance of a near-term, meaningful recovery. That said, not all news is bad. See: GM. Oh, and how about 100,000 new jobs? Can’t hurt. Here’s today’s Morning EDition:
TODAY
- Pres. Obama turns 50.
BUDGET
- JP Morgan analyst: Washington’s economic policies will devastate GDP next year. (Anyone have the formula that converts change in GDP to change in jobs? I’ve seen it before so I know it’s out there…)
- A Hundred Years of Showdowns.
- House GOP Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), whose agenda involves breaking America’s generational promises, predicts that America will have to break its generational promises.
- White House got Wall St. to lobby for the debt deal. Remember when banks had to lobby our government, not the other way around?
- Grover Norquist has already won his battle for “super committee” appointments.
- Health-care and defense industries gear up to lobby the “super committee.”
- Sen. Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says it’s extremely important to appoint people who are prepared to cave.
- Reid goes after media false equivalences, says he doesn’t think people are mad at Obama.
- The Pentagon is already on defense.
- Poll: Tea Party doesn’t think it won debt-ceiling battle. How can you win anything when you’re a permanent victim?
- Poll: Most liberals and Democrats approve of the debt deal.
- The Ryan Plan is back, baby!
ECONOMY
- GM’s profit beats expectations, nearly doubling.
- White House is pressuring Treasury Sec. Tim Geithner to stick around.
- Europe’s debt crisis threatens to go critical.
CLASS WARFARE
- Gov. Terry Branstad (R-IA) vetoes tax breaks for the poor because corporations didn’t get cut in.
- Study finds the health-care and finance industries are decimating America.
- Study finds overdraft fees just as high as they were before reform.
JOBS
- Number of expected layoffs reaches a 16-month high.
- On the other hand, here comes 100,000 new jobs.
- The White House considers a menu of teeny-tiny job-creation measures.
- Could pivoting to jobs lead voters to punish Obama when he fails to create them?
- By one count, this is the seventh jobs pivot so far.
- Both parties reach a deal to clear free-trade agreements, and try to mitigate the US jobs that will be lost.
BIG OIL
- Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) does constituent service for one of his biggest constituencies: Offshore drillers.
FAA
- No resolution on the immediate horizon.
- Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) calls GOP’s FAA shutdown a hostage-taking.
- VIDEO: FAA worker blasts GOP for skipping town without ending FAA shutdown.
ISLAMOPHOBIA
- VIDEO: Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) gets it 100% right.
GAY RIGHTS
- Boehner legal team argues there’s not much history of anti-gay discrimination, because gays mostly stayed in the closet. Um.
SECURITY STATE
- Judge allows torture lawsuit against former Defense Secy. Don Rumsfeld.
WISCONSIN
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