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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Judge uses Obama's words against him — **FILE** President Obama talks about his health care plan, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009, at Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, N.H.(Associated Press) — In ruling against President Obama's health care law, federal Judge Roger Vinson used Mr. Obama's own position …
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Kevin Sack / New York Times:
Federal Judge Rules Health Law Violates Constitution — A second federal judge ruled on Monday that it was unconstitutional for Congress to enact a health care law that requires Americans to obtain commercial insurance, evening the score at two-to-two in the lower courts as the conflicting opinions begin …
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Stephanie Cutter / White House.gov Blog:
Judicial Activism and the Affordable Care Act — Today, a judge in Florida issued a decision in a case filed by 25 Republican Attorneys General and Governors striking down the Affordable Care Act. This ruling is well out of the mainstream of judicial opinion.
Ezra Klein:
What happens if conservatives succeed in undermining the ACA? — The legal theory currently in vogue in conservative circles holds that the Constitution's vision of “a central government with limited power” — to use Judge Vinson's phrase — permits the government to establish …
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Ezra Klein:
GOP judge rules against Affordable Care Act
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Wall Street Journal:
The Constitutional Moment — Judge Vinson introduces ObamaCare to Madison and Marshall.
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John / Power Line:
Florida Judge Rules Obamacare Unconstitutional
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Tea Party Judge Roger Vinson ‘Borrows Heavily’ …
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Ilya Shapiro / Cato @ Liberty:
Florida Ruling Requires Government to Stop Implementing Obamacare
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Rep. Weiner ‘still pissed’ about public option
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Douglas Hamilton / Reuters:
Israel shocked by Obama's “betrayal” of Mubarak — (Reuters) - If Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak is toppled, Israel will lose one of its very few friends in a hostile neighborhood and President Barack Obama will bear a large share of the blame, Israeli pundits said on Monday.
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
A democratic Egypt or a state of hate? — Things are about to go from bad to worse in the Middle East. An Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement is nowhere in sight. Lebanon just became a Hezbollah state, which is to say that Iran has become an even more important regional power, and Egypt …
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John Kerry / New York Times:
Allying Ourselves With the Next Egypt — EVEN if the protests shaking Egypt subside in the coming days, the chaos of the last week has forever changed the relationship between the Egyptian people and their government. The anger and aspirations propelling a diverse range of citizens …
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Los Angeles Times:
U.S. open to a role for Islamists in new Egypt government — But the Muslim Brotherhood must renounce violence and support democracy, the White House says. — Reporting from Washington — The Obama administration said for the first time that it supports a role for groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood …
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Marc Champion / Wall Street Journal:
Coptic Christians Worry About Future Without Mubarak
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Michael Downey / World Policy Institute:
An Interview with the Brotherhood
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The Official Google Blog:
Some weekend work that will (hopefully) enable more Egyptians to be heard — Like many people we've been glued to the news unfolding in Egypt and thinking of what we could do to help people on the ground. Over the weekend we came up with the idea of a speak-to-tweet service …
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al-bab.com:
'Tell Mubarak we don't need his damn Internet'
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Al Jazeera English Finds an Audience
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Bush Child, in a Break, Endorses Gay Marriage — The Bush dynasty is no stranger to generational conflict: father and son differed over deposing Saddam Hussein, raising taxes and the role of the United Nations. — Now it is father and daughter who find themselves at odds over a weighty issue.
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Bush daughter Barbara supports gay marriage
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Kyle Trygstad / Roll Call:
Denny Rehberg to Announce Senate Bid Saturday — Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) will announce Saturday he is challenging Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.). — “It's happening Saturday,” said a knowledgeable Montana GOP political operative. “He's running. There is a lot of support and enthusiasm back home, and Denny knows he can win.”
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The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid: Social Security Is ‘Off The Table’ … As Congress debates measures to reduce the deficit, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) declared Social Security “off the table” in a web video posted Monday. — Reid's sweeping rejection comes as congressional Republicans are calling …
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Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Reid: Social Security Cuts Are ‘Off the Table’
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Harry Reid Takes Social Security ‘Off The Table’ (VIDEO)
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Telegraph:
WikiLeaks: Britain secretly advised Libya how to secure release of Lockerbie bomber — Ministers secretly advised Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan regime how to secure the successful early release of the Lockerbie bomber, documents obtained by The Daily Telegraph have disclosed.
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Andrew Martin / New York Times:
Government's Dietary Advice: Eat Less — The latest nutrition guidelines released Monday by the federal government reiterate much of the advice from previous years: eat less salt and saturated fats, eat more fruits and vegetables and whole grains. — But there is a startling difference.
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Dean Baker / The Huffington Post:
Debts Should be Honored, Except When the Money Is Owed to Working People — This seems to be the lesson that our nation's leaders are trying to pound home to us. According to the New York Times, members of Congress are secretly running around in closets and back alleys working up a law allowing states to declare bankruptcy.
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Will Stewart In Moscow / Daily Mail:
Terrorists threatened to kill my baby unless I became a Black Widow: Young mother on how she was groomed to be a Russian suicide bomber — A 24 year-old woman who was being groomed as a ‘Black Widow’ suicide bomber in Moscow has revealed the barbarity behind the terrorist cell which unleashed …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Romney: I won't apologize for my Massachusetts health reforms — Mitt Romney (R) said Tuesday he wouldn't apologize for the healthcare plan he created as governor of Massachusetts. — Romney waged a defense of his state's healthcare plan, perhaps his biggest hurdle to clear if he hopes …
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