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11:25 AM ET, June 15, 2011

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Supreme Court reinstates collective bargaining law  —  By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel  —  Madison - Acting with unusual speed, the state Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated Gov. Scott Walker's plan to all but end collective bargaining for tens of thousands of public workers.
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:   “your comments about spiking footballs seem distinctly un-professorial”
Monica Davey / New York Times:
Wisconsin Court Reinstates Law on Union Rights
Discussion: Firedoglake and FrumForum
New York Times:
Pakistan Arrests C.I.A. Informants in Bin Laden Raid  —  WASHINGTON — Pakistan's top military spy agency has arrested some of the Pakistani informants who fed information to the Central Intelligence Agency in the months leading up to the raid that led to the death of Osama bin Laden, according to American officials.
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Declan Walsh / Guardian:
Pakistan arrests five men for helping CIA spy on Bin Laden house
Discussion: The Jawa Report and The Reaction
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
In CA-36, Democrat Calls For Blanket Condemnation Of Stunning New Web Ad (VIDEO)  —  The special election to replace the retired Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) just took a turn for the spectacular.  A new web video aimed at boosting the Republican chances for an upset win is
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David Weigel / Weigel:
The Most Offensive Political Ad Ever, This Hour  —  Democrats sort of bungled a low-turnout jungle primary for Jane Harman's open seat.  They expected it to produce an all-Democrat race between Janice Hahn and Debra Bowen, but Bowen fell short, and Republican Craig Huey got the other runoff spot.
Discussion: The Other McCain, Gawker and alicublog
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Graham says Romney risks looking like Jimmy Carter  —  A leading Republican voice on national security said Tuesday that presidential contender Mitt Romney risks looking like Jimmy Carter if he doesn't take a stronger stance on Afghanistan.  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), who supported Sen. John McCain …
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
On Afghanistan—What Did Mitt Mean?
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Mitt Romney's Afghanistan remark stuns GOP pals
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Lewis Page / The Register:
Earth may be headed into a mini Ice Age within a decade  —  Physicists say sunspot cycle is ‘going into hibernation’  —  What may be the science story of the century is breaking this evening, as heavyweight US solar physicists announce that the Sun appears to be headed into a lengthy spell of low activity …
The Huffington Post:
Grover Norquist Rebuked By GOP … WASHINGTON — Grover Norquist's grip on the Republican Party's tax policy slipped dramatically on Tuesday, a development that is likely to have significant repercussions on the debate over spending, revenue and the federal deficit.
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Investor's Business Daily:
Big Corn Eats GOP
Jimmy Vielkind / Albany Times Union:
GOP senator from Saratoga becomes 31st vote for same-sex marriage bill  —  GOP Sen. Roy McDonald becomes 31st vote for same-sex marriage bill  —  New York Rangers player Sean Avery, left, and ?  Sex and The City? star Cynthia Nixon make their way to a news conference calling on the state legislature …
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Kenneth Lovett / NY Daily News:
Gay marriage now just one vote shy of becoming law in New York despite Archbishop Dolan's objections
Discussion: Washington Post
The Politico:
Obama donors net government jobs  —  Telecom executive Donald H. Gips raised a big bundle of cash to help finance his friend Barack Obama's run for the presidency.  —  Gips, a vice president of Colorado-based Level 3 Communications, delivered more than $500,000 in contributions for the Obama war chest …
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Sjohnson / iWatch News:
Obama rewards big bundlers with jobs, commissions, stimulus money, government contracts, and more
Ynetnews:
Glenn Beck's Jerusalem rally program unveiled  —  TV star's solidarity event is expected to draw thousands of Israelis, Americans with music, pyrotechnics.  Sarah Palin, republican presidential candidates set to drop by  —  Tzvika Brot  —  Tens of thousands of excited Israelis and Americans …
The Atlantic Online:
In Which I Become a Republican  —  At least for purposes of admiring the panache and “a dish best served cold” gleeful nastiness of today's proclamation by Gov. John Kasich, Republican of Ohio, that the Dallas Mavericks and their friends, family, and fans are all Honorary Ohioans.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner demands that Obama provide legal basis for Libya mission  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is warning President Obama that he will be in violation of the War Powers Resolution on Sunday because he has not received congressional authorization for the military mission in Libya.
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New York Post:
America poll-axes Weiner  —  By GEOFF EARLE and S.A. MILLER in Washington and ANDY SOLTIS in NY  —  America has seen enough of Anthony Weiner.  —  The first national Weinergate poll shows 60 percent of Americans want the lewd lawmaker to quit Congress.  —  And a paltry 8 percent …
Oliver Tree / Daily Mail:
Judgement day: Weiner's wife returns home to confront errant husband as new images emerge showing congressman cross dressing and ‘oiled up’  —  Beleaguered congressman Anthony Weiner is set to face his humiliated wife Huma Abedin after she arrived at the family home in Washington home earlier today.
RushLimbaugh.com:
Luddite Bamster Blames ATM Machines for High Unemployment  —  BEGIN TRANSCRIPT  —  RUSH: There's a new reason for high unemployment as told by Obama.  He had that interview with Ann Curry at the Today Show, and basically there's too much automation out there.  He cited ATM machines as a reason for high unemployment.
Discussion: National Review
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Brobinson / Fox Nation:
Obama Blames ATMs for High Unemployment
Quinnipiac University:
Santorum Trails Romney, Obama In Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Casey Runs Strong, But Short Of 50 Percent Mark  —  Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum trails former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney among Keystone State Republicans and trails President Barack Obama 49 …
Discussion: CNN, The Hill, GOP 12, Daily Kos and The Page
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Will the “lamestream” journalists now look straight into the camera and proclaim Sarah Palin a media genius?  —  “The Daily Show” had a great montage of the idiotic media excitement over Sarah Palin's email.  —  A few thoughts:  —  1. This intense eagerness to get Sarah Palin for whatever …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Moe Lane
Marlene Sokol / St. Petersburg Times:
Tea party group offers summer camp  —  TAMPA — Here's another option now that the kids are out of school: a weeklong seminar about our nation's founding principles, courtesy of the Tampa 912 Project.  —  The organization, which falls under the tea party umbrella, hopes to introduce kids ages 8 …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Gawker and Salon
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
What will we tell the children? : Tea Party Reeducation Camp
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Early Onset of Night:
OUR ABORTION WAS DIFFERENT: WHEN THE ANTI-CHOICE CHOOSE  —  Rick Santorum, former Pennsylvania senator and likely presidential candidate, wants all abortions outlawed.  He has even said that abortion providers should be “criminally charged.”  Clearly, his compassion for zygotes, fetuses …
Discussion: Spreading Santorum
Roger Clegg / National Review:
Disgusting Little Boxes  —  If you want to be disgusted, take a look at the front-page story in today's New York Times, “On College Forms, a Question of Race, or Races, Can Perplex.”  It's about how selective colleges and universities are wrestling with the problem of how to deal with applicants …
Discussion: Flypaper and New York Times
 
 
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The Politico:
Top radio talkers sell endorsements
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Gingrich feels ‘liberated’ by shake-up
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Dinesh Ramde / host.madison.com:
Senate votes to legalize concealed carry
Discussion: UrbanGrounds and Vox Popoli
Major Garrett / NationalJournal.com:
McConnell Urges Obama to Play the ‘Crazy Republicans’ Card on Taxes
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Wal-Mart Workers Try the Nonunion Route
Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Obama 2012 Reelection Campaign: ‘Hope’ And ‘Change’ Aren't Enough To Inspire Voters
Reason:
Perverted Justice  —  Sex offender laws represent the triumph of outrage over reason.
Discussion: Hit & Run
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
US Housing Crisis Is Now Worse Than Great Depression
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Moonbattery
 Earlier Items: 
Owen Bowcott / Guardian:
Afghanistan worst place in the world for women, but India in top five
Discussion: msnbc.com
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Report: Giuliani, Christie to meet
Discussion: GOP 12 and CNN
Caitlin McDevitt / The Politico:
John King: The grunting moderator
CNNMoney.com:
Surging college costs price out middle class
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Reason Seen More as Weapon Than Path to Truth
Discussion: ArtsBeat, The Big Picture and Gawker
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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