Obama’s ‘Bank of Washington’ applauded by Solyndra CEO in email

(Daily Caller – Neil Munro) *Lead Story*

GAO: Tax cheats get millions in Medicaid money

(Washington Times – Stephen Dinan) *Must Read*

Report: Billions in Additional ID Tax Fraud

(Wall Street Journal – John D. McKinnon)

August 1, 2012: A Day Which Will Live in Infamy

(CNS News – Paul Rondeau)

Court Upholds Domestic Drone Use in Arrest of American Citizen

(US News & World Report – Jason Koebler)

Juneau man gets DUI on raft in Chena River

(Fairbanks Daily News-Miner – Sam Friedman)

Taxpayers to recover only $24 million from Solyndra

(Washington Examiner – Sean Higgins) *Must Read*

Big Blue Stymies Creative Destruction In Detroit

(American Interest – Walter Russell Mead)

Harry Reid Accuses Romney of Federal Crime on Senate Floor, Offers Zero Evidence

(Townhall – Guy Benson)

How’s the Auto Industry Doing?: GM Profits Take a 41% Nosedive

(The Blaze – Becket Adams)

Amid military budget fight, legislators call for Pentagon audit

(Human Events – Hope Hodge)

Obama Wins The Gold For Worst Economic Recovery Ever

(Forbes – Louis Woodhill)

Cybersecurity Act fails Senate vote

(The Hill – Ramsey Cox and Jennifer Martinez)

Time for the Union Payoffs! Bullet Train’s First Boon Goes to State Highway Workers

(Reason – Scott Shackford)

McConnell Implores Reid to Allow Senate Vote on Repeal of Obamacare

(Weekly Standard – Daniel Halper)

Gastronomical Prohibitionists

(City Journal – Troy Senik)

Long live King Coal

(Pittsburgh Review-Tribune – Robert Bryce)

Obama also centralizing education

(Orange County Register – Lance Izumi)

When It Comes to Fiscal Position, US Has Some Strange Bed Fellows

(Money News – David Skarica) *Must Read*