Reason Morning Links: McConnell's Deal With the Devil, the Latest From Wisconsin, the Truth About Salt

Mike Riggs | 7.13.2011 9:06 AM

• The Weekly Standard shreds Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell's debt ceiling plea deal with the White House.  
• The House Oversight Committtee claims Senate-confirmed political appointees to the DOJ were involved with Fast and Furious.  
• Mitt Romney joins Gary Johnson and Newt Gingrich in refusing to sign that silly FAMiLY LEADER pledge. 
• BREAKING NEWS: The connection between excess salt and heart disease is tenuous, perhaps totally BS. 
• Wisconsin Supreme Court justices "can't kick each other off cases for alleged bias, the court ruled Tuesday." 
• "Every day in America, an average of 18 veterans commit suicide." 

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Mike Riggs is a contributing editor at Reason.