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2:40 PM ET, June 28, 2009

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BBC:
Honduran leader forced into exile  —  Troops in Honduras have ousted the president and flown him out of the country after a power struggle over plans to change the constitution.  —  After arriving in Costa Rica, deposed President Manuel Zelaya said he had been kidnapped by soldiers.
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Fausta / Fausta's Blog:
Coup in Honduras  —  UPDATED throughout the day  —  Please read the 1:50PM update.  The Honduran Supreme Court of Justice has confirmed that Honduran president Manuel Zelaya was detained this morning by the military in compliance with an order of the courts of law.
Associated Press:
Soldiers arrest Honduran president: AP+
Discussion: RedState
Associated Press:
Private secretary: Soldiers arrest Honduran president on day of disputed referendum
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Ceci Connolly / Washington Post:
Health-Care Activists Are Targeting Democrats Who Are Usually Allies  —  Sniping Among Liberals May Jeopardize Votes Needed to Pass Bill  —  In the high-stakes battle over health care, a growing cadre of liberal activists is aiming its sharpest firepower against Democratic senators …
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N. Gregory Mankiw / New York Times:
The Pitfalls of the Public Option  —  IN the debate over health care reform, one issue looms large: whether to have a public option.  Should all Americans have the opportunity to sign up for government-run health insurance?  —  President Obama has made his own preferences clear.
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Boehner: Climate bill a ‘pile of s—t’  —  Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) had a few choice words about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) landmark climate-change bill after its passage Friday.  —  When asked why he read portions of the cap-and-trade bill on the floor Friday night …
John / Power Line:
Obama's EPA Quashes Climate Change Science  —  The Competitive Enterprise Institute has obtained an EPA study of the “endangerment” to human well-being ostensibly caused by carbon dioxide emissions, together with a set of EPA emails indicating that the study, which concludes that carbon dioxide …
Discussion: Townhall.com and NewsBusters.org
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Declan McCullagh / CNET News:
E-mails indicate EPA suppressed report skeptical of global warming
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Ian Halperin / Daily Mail:
'I'm better off dead.  I'm done': Michael Jackson's fateful prediction just a week before his death  —  Whatever the final autopsy results reveal, it was greed that killed Michael Jackson.  Had he not been driven - by a cabal of bankers, agents, doctors and advisers …
Nazila Fathi / New York Times:
In Tehran, a Mood of Melancholy Descends  —  TEHRAN — An eerie stillness has settled over this normally frenetic city.  In more settled times, the streets are clogged with honking cars and cranky commuters grousing about the lack of decent parking.  —  But on Saturday, few cars and relatively few people were on the streets.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
There They Go Again: Fixing the Primary Process  —  There is no end to the complaints about the way the two political parties select their presidential nominees.  As the litany goes, the process begins too early, gives undue influence to a handful of small, unrepresentative states …
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Huma Khan / The Note:
Democrats Work To Avoid 2008 Primary Strife
Discussion: Liberal Values
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Political Shifts on Gay Rights Lag Behind Culture  —  WASHINGTON — For 15 minutes in the Oval Office the other day, one of President Obama's top campaign lieutenants, Steve Hildebrand, told the president about the “hurt, anxiety and anger” that he and other gay supporters felt over the slow pace …
ABCNEWS:
Transcript: David Axelrod and Sen. Charles Grassley  —  White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Ia.  —  ABC'S “THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS”  —  STEPHANOPOULOS: Good morning and welcome to “This Week.”  —  OBAMA: We're going to get it done.
Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Buchanan: Climate Bill Will Lead to Transfer of Wealth and Power to World Government  —  You can view this video right here by getting the latest version of Flash Player!  —  DOWNLOADS: (262)  —  PLAYS: (600)  —  Pat Buchanan on MSNBC during a break in their wall to wall Michael Jackson …
Washington Post:
Most Americans Want Sotomayor on Supreme Court, Poll Indicates  —  Poll Indicates That 62 Percent Think Federal Judge Should Be Confirmed by Senate  —  A sizable majority of Americans want the Senate to confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, and most call her “about right” …
 
 
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