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9:45 AM ET, June 14, 2011

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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
New Hampshire Republican debate: Winners and losers  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney answers a question as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, left, and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, listen during the first New Hampshire Republican presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Monday, June 13, 2011.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Debate Swings Door Open for Perry, Closed For Palin  —  Most people have better things to do than to watch a presidential debate eight months in advance of the Iowa caucuses.  So when considering a debate like the one that took place among Republican candidates in New Hampshire tonight, it's important to be mindful of the following:
A.Killough / CNN:
5 things we learned tonight  —  Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) - Five things we learned at the debate:  —  1) Michele Bachmann is now a candidate for president.  The congresswoman from Minnesota was the only person on the stage who was not officially a candidate at the start of the debate.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
GOP DEBATE: Bachmann grabs spotlight with filing announcement  —  Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) announced during Monday evening's presidential debate that she'd filed paperwork to run for president.  —  “I filed today my paperwork to run for president of the United States ... I wanted you to be the first to know,” she said.
The Atlantic Online:
CNN's Crazy, No-Holds-Barred, Social-Media Debate  —  It's got more bells and whistles than a video game and could send the candidates into anaphylactic shock  —  Manchester, N.H. — By nature, I'm a debate skeptic.  They're hard to differentiate, and the last one is usually forgotten as soon as the next one rolls around.
Discussion: CNN, Taylor Marsh, The Caucus and Hot Air
The Politico:
Pawlenty beats hasty N.H. retreat  —  GOFFSTOWN, N.H. - Tim Pawlenty's puzzling decision at Monday's debate to abandon a new line of attack on Mitt Romney's healthcare record is prompting fresh doubts among members of his own party about his readiness to confront the GOP frontrunner.
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL  —  My take on the New Hampshire debate  —  Senior Political Analyst Follow Him @MichaelBarone  —  My Washington Examiner colleagues have given their ongoing reactions to the CNN/WMUR/New Hampshire Union Leader two-hour debate at St. Anselm's College (what a fab auditorium! …
James A. Barnes / NationalJournal.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Political Insiders Give Early Debate Nod to Romney, Bachmann
James A. Barnes / NationalJournal.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Political Insiders Give Debate Nod to Romney, Bachmann
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Matt Lewis / The Daily Caller:
While we do not encourage drinking, it sometimes makes debates more fun.
msnbc.com:
Obama: ‘I would resign’ in Weiner's situation  —  President talks scandal, debt ceiling in an exclusive interview with TODAY's Ann Curry  —  Below:  —  In an exclusive interview with TODAY's Ann Curry that will air on Tuesday's show, President Barack Obama said that if he were Democratic …
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Emily Miller / Washington Times:
Taxpayers pay Weiner for “sex-rehab” vacation?  —  The House voted unanimously on Monday night to give Rep. Anthony Weiner a two-week paid leave of absence.  Rep. Mike Capuano, Massachusetts Democrat, sponsored the request from the New York Democrat.  Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Obama on Weiner: ‘If it was me, I would resign’
Discussion: The Politico and The Note
Matt Schneider / Mediaite:
Joe Scarborough To RNC Chairman: ‘Shut Up’ With ‘Cheap Shots’ On Rep. Weiner
Discussion: Salon
Washington Post:
‘Paula Brooks,’ editor of ‘Lez Get Real,’ also a man  —  Just one day after the author behind a popular Syrian lesbian blog admitted to being a married, American man named Tom MacMaster, the editor of the lesbian news site Lez Get Real, with the tag­line “A Gay Girl's View on the World,” acknowledged that he is also a man.
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Guardian:
Second lesbian blogger exposed as a man  —  Paula Brooks, who claimed to be editor of LezGetReal.com, admitted to the Washington Post that ‘she’, too, was a man  —  A second supposedly leading lesbian blogger was exposed as a man masquerading as a gay woman, a day after the Gay Girl …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
In 5-4 Vote, Supreme Court Limits Securities Fraud Suits  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a mutual fund's investment adviser may not be sued for securities fraud over misstatements in fund prospectuses.  —  The 5-to-4 decision split along ideological lines.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Turning More Frequently to Dictionary, and Not Just for Big Words
Discussion: pandagon.net
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Nevada's Law on Conflict of Interest
Discussion: The Caucus
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama fundraiser underwhelms  —  The empty seats at President Obama's fundraiser in Miami, Fl. were hard to miss.  —  MIAMI, Fla. — A low-dollar fundraiser here Monday felt like a throwback to the 2008 campaign.  —  There was the same old soundtrack - including “City of Blinding Lights” …
George Gene Gustines / New York Times:
Restarting Comics' Clock Is Issue No. 1  —  Audacious.  That is the best way to describe the recent DC Comics announcement that it was renumbering its entire DC Universe line of comics: by September 52 series will have begun anew, each with an issue No. 1.  —  Though comic book publishers resort …
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Can Heterosexuality Be Cured?  —  “Congressman Weiner departed this morning to seek professional treatment.”  —  Unlike homosexuality, heterosexuality is amenable to therapeutic remedies—or so Anthony Weiner and his fellow House Democrats would like us to believe.
The Atlantic Online:
Herman Cain's Anti-Muslim Bigotry Should Be Disqualifying  —  The loyalty test he proposes for Muslim Americans isn't just discriminatory and unconstitutional — it would never work  —  Presidential candidate Herman Cain has reiterated his position that any Muslim serving in his administration …
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Herman Cain: “Am I Black?”
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WI Democrat Tells Female Constituent He Wants to “Smack Her Around” in Message (Audio)  —  Typical democrat.  —  A Wisconsin democrat running in a recall election left a message on a woman's answering machine.  The democrat said he ought to smack her around in a message he didn't know was being recorded.
Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com
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wisgop.org:
Shocking Audio: Rep. Fred Clark's Disturbing Comments about Female Constituent
Discussion: Fox Nation and The Daily Caller
The Huffington Post:
Bank Of America ‘Significantly Hindered’ Federal Investigation, U.S. Official Says … Bank Of America , HUD IG , Inspector General , Bank Of America Foreclosures , Bank Of America Mortgage , Foreclosure Investigation , Hud Inspector General , Mortgage Investigation , Mortgage Securities , State Attorneys General , Business News
Discussion: naked capitalism and FrumForum
Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
Bankruptcy Court: DOMA Unconstitutionally Limits Same-Sex Married Couples From Joint Bankruptcy Filing  —  Today, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, in Los Angeles, released an opinion finding Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional …
 
 
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Joshua Miller / Roll Call:
Southern Seats Line Road to Majority
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Anthony Shadid / New York Times:
Syrian Unrest Stirs New Fear of Deeper Sectarian Divide
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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
CIA to operate drones over Yemen
Discussion: New York Times and Mother Jones
Guardian:
Has Facebook peaked? New drop in number of UK users
Discussion: New York Magazine
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Adoptions by Gay Couples Rise, Despite Barriers
Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
Did Mitt Romney commit voter fraud when he cast a ballot …
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG
Aaron Wiener / TPMDC:
Chart Of The Day: For American Workers, No Economic Recovery
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truth-out.org:
EXCLUSIVE: New Documents Claim Intelligence on Bin Laden, al-Qaeda Targets Withheld From Congress' 9/11 Probe
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Sarah Palin's letter from God
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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”

Reuters:
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing “dangerous”

 
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