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8:40 AM ET, June 20, 2010

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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Obama hits golf course with Biden on another hot, humid weekend  —  President Barack Obama hit the golf course Saturday with Vice President Joe Biden.  —  The White House pool report noted that Obama left at about 1 p.m. for the course at Andrews Air Force base, and his golfing parters …
Associated Press:
White House Chief: Yacht Trip Another Gaffe by BP  —  White House chief of staff says BP executive Hayward commits another gaffe by going yachting  —  President Barack Obama's chief of staff says BP chief executive Tony Hayward has committed yet another in a “long line of PR gaffes” …
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Democrats spend big to lure Obama's minority and young voters back to the polls  —  As political gambles go, it's a big and risky one: $50 million to test the proposition that the Democratic Party's outreach to new voters that helped make Barack Obama president can work in an election where his name is not on the ballot.
Josh Gerstein / Josh Gerstein's Blog:
Former watchdog Walpin loses suit over firing  —  A federal agency inspector general fired last year by President Barack Obama amid claims of bizarre and incompetent behavior, Gerald Walpin, has lost the first round in his legal bid to win back his job.  —  On Thursday, U.S. District Court …
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Byron York / Beltway Confidential:
Walpin defeat means president can fire IGs at will
Discussion: The Sundries Shack and AmSpecBlog
Ben / bsom:
Washington Post Alternate Reality: Public More Concerned About Deficit Than Jobs or Economy Overall  —  A stunning front-page article in Saturday's Washington Post moves the paper firmly into conservatives' dream universe on deficit policy.  “Stimulus plans run up against deficit fears” by Lori Montgomery serves up this whopper:
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Election-year deficit fears stall Obama stimulus plan
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Vianna Davila / Houston Chronicle:
Student pleased he's allowed to stay in U.S.  —  Harvard student from Texas won't be deported - for now  —  Immigration officials are currently not pursuing deportation proceedings against San Antonio's Eric Balderas, an unauthorized immigrant from Mexico who's been thrust into the national spotlight …
Ulf Laessing / Reuters:
25 Saudi Guantanamo prisoners return to militancy  —  (Reuters) - Around 25 former detainees from Guantanamo Bay camp returned to militancy after going through a rehabilitation program for al Qaeda members in Saudi Arabia, a Saudi security official said on Saturday.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
An unexpected result for some census takers: the wrath of irate Americans  —  This is the scary season for the nation's census takers.  —  Since they began making follow-up house calls in early May, census takers have encountered vitriol, menace and flashes of violence.
Bill Quick / Daily Pundit:
The Useful Idiots Begin to Blubber  —  Instapundit » Blog Archive » PEGGY NOONAN: A Snakebit President: Americans want leaders on whom the sun shines.  “Mr. Obama is ...  You know, folks like Noonan and Mort Zuckerman whining about Obama, after they praised him, pushed him …
Discussion: The Other McCain
Nina Bernstein / New York Times:
Immigrant Arrested After His Wife's Plea to Obama  —  The letter appealing to President Obama was written in frustration in January, by a woman who saw her family reflected in his.  She was a white United States citizen married to an African man, and the couple — college-educated professionals …
Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Violence Up Sharply in Afghanistan  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — With an average of an assassination a day and a suicide bombing every second or third day, insurgents have greatly increased the level of violence in Afghanistan, and have become by far the biggest killers of civilians here …
Ken Timmerman / NewsMax.com:
Left-Wing Lobbyists Orchestrate Gaza Campaign  —  An American communications firm best known for shaping the liberal Moveon.org into a national movement has tackled a new project: orchestrating an international anti-Israel campaign aimed at breaking the blockade of the Gaza strip.
 
 
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David F. Nesenoff / Washington Post:
I asked Helen Thomas about Israel.  Her answer revealed more than you think.
Discussion: Mediaite
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Dems: E-mail bolsters Kagan
Discussion: CNN and Patterico's Pontifications
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Avoiding the Resource Curse
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Walter Russell Mead / Walter Russell Mead's Blog:
The Killings in Kyrgyzstan  —  The grim news from Kyrgyzstan continues to roll in.
Discussion: Beltway Confidential
Jules Crittenden:
Ding Dong Ditch
Discussion: The Jawa Report and ABCNEWS
The Note:
Pelosi Throws Down — Won't Consider Senate Doc Fix
Discussion: Liberal Values and Hot Air
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
McCaskill says she has votes to end Senate practice of secret holds
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Pakistan, Afghanistan begin talks about dealing with insurgents
Discussion: Power Line and The Foundry
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Obama Porkway: Road Built With Stimulus Money Will Bear President's Name
Justin Gillis / msnbc.com:
‘The grandaddy of all gushers’? Not this spill
Mariah Blake / Washington Monthly:
Revisionaries  —  How a group of Texas conservatives is rewriting your kids' textbooks.
Discussion: Wonk Room
WCBS-TV:
NYC Going After Teen ‘Sexting’ — In The Home
BBC:
Tea and coffee ‘protect hearts’
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
BBC Chair Samir Shah calls for UK's “outdated” regulatory regime to be improved to let public service broadcasters compete with US streaming giants for viewers

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

 
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