The Shuttle Program Ends an Era Obama surrenders space to Russia (and Iran's monkey).• NASA.gov: Real-Time Space Shuttle in Google Earth

Fear: GOP Will Cave on Sunday, Agree to Hike Taxes with Fake Cuts Boehner says it's "Kristol clear" they won't hike taxes.

Don't Buy Talk of SocSecurity Cuts Pelsoi postures, but she'll fall in line to blame the GOP.

The Establishment, Not the Base, is Pressuring Republicans and Lying to Us With Threats of a Dire Default This crisis comes from overspending, not too little debt.

RUSH: Okay, to the phones we go as promised. We go to Brooklyn and Vinny is back. Hey, Vinny.CALLER: Hey, Rush. Two If By Tea dittos.RUSH: Thank you. Thanks very much, sir. I appreciate that a lot.CALLER: Okay. I have two points. My first one is this on Bill Kristol. I've listened to him trying convince me that John McCain was such a great candidate for this country. Kristol is part of the Washington establishment, and so is his entire magazine. I don't trust him, and for him to come out and say...

A Tea Party Third Party Candidate Will Guarantee Obama's Reelection This terrifying prospect is what Republicans should fear.

In Front of Uncle Rush Revere's Poster Outside the Smithsonian Courtney, Caitliyn, Will, Scott and Christen in DC.• TwoIfByTea: Could It Stiffen House GOP Spines?

Open Line Friday: Who's More Dangerous, a Liberal or a RINO? A sly caller who might fool other hosts, but not yours.

Rick Santelli: No Compromise! Democrats say, "Let's compromise...and keep doing things our way," when there won't be a default anyway!

"Boehner's base does not want him to compromise or cave, so whatever pressure he thinks he's under is coming from somebody else."

Rush's Morning Update: The Deal July 11, 2011Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player Pharaoh Obama is demanding “something big” from Congress – in order to reduce the massive deficits he has run up. Here’s what he’s offering: a new gauge to measure inflation on Social Security payments, to reportedly save $200 billion over the next ten years.The tradeoff would be for Republicans to agree to commit political suicide and...

O's Unemployment is a Disaster This joblessness is unlike any we've seen in a century. Plouffe: Unemployment Won't Matter in 2012

RUSH: You know that Fast and Furious gunrunning thing? Justice.gov website located on page 96 a report on this program, 2009, February, the Recovery Act signed into law allocated $10 million to ATF for Project Gunrunner. Stimulus money paid for this, is what has been discovered. Stimulus money paid for Fast and Furious. Ten million was allocated in the stimulus bill to buy machine guns and revolvers and let Mexican drug lords take them across the border back to Mexico and use them. Stimulus...