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Morning Briefing: As Taxmageddon Approaches, GOP May Be Softening On Taxes

– Some in the GOP are subtly softening its harsh anti-tax rhetoric, just as Congress gets ready for “taxmageddon,” the almost-certainly contentious debate over whether to renew the Bush tax cuts, the payroll tax holiday, and the debt ceiling sequester agreement.

– The race for Texas’s Senate seat is going to a runoff, “setting up another showdown between a state party establishment favorite, and a national tea party-backed insurgent.”

– Jon Stewart responds to Roger Ailes’ claim that Stewart told Ailes he is a socialist:

– There are no states where a 40-hour workweek at minimum wage can pay the rent of a two bedroom apartment:

– And finally, there’s a glaring typo in Mitt Romney’s newly-released app:

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