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9:05 AM ET, June 28, 2011

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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
The wrong John Wayne  —  Rep. Michele Bachmann kicked off her presidential campaign on Monday in Waterloo, Iowa, and in one interview surrounding the official event she promised to mimic the spirit of Waterloo's own John Wayne.  —  The only problem, as one eagle-eyed reader notes …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Bachmann cites wrong John Wayne, praises notorious serial killer  —  Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has a thing for John Wayne.  In an interview yesterday with Newsmax, she said she wants to live in “John Wayne's America.”  And in the Iowa town of Waterloo today, where she announced …
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
John Wayne's Waterloo connection
Discussion: TPMDC
Carl Cameron / Fox News:
Bachmann Misspeaks While Noting Her Hawkeye Roots
Discussion: CNN and Associated Press
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Bachmann Confuses John Wayne With John Wayne Gacy (VIDEO)
The Hill:
Bush rates are kept safe in debt-limit talks  —  The White House, seeking an agreement to raise the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling by Aug. 2, on Monday said it would not insist that any deal include an end to former President George W. Bush's controversial tax rates on the wealthy.
Discussion: The Politico and FrumForum
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Wall Street Journal:
Negotiators Wrangle on Taxes
David Rogers / The Politico:
Revenue vs. cuts in debt debate
The Politico:
Michele Bachmann's thin legislative résumé  —  Rep. Michele Bachmann is surging in the GOP presidential polls and barnstorming Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, but as she sprints toward the front of the Republican pack, there's a major hole in her political résumé: legislation.
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The Politico:
Bachmann to launch with Iowa momentum - House Majority PAC goes up vs. 8 targets - S.C. primary in peril - Mass. Dems swat Brown on gay marriage - DeMint rules out Huntsman  —  (jhohmann@politico.com) and (aburns@politico.com)  —  POPPING THIS MORNING - HOUSE MAJORITY PAC BLITZES 8 …
Michael O'Brien / Ballot Box:
Bachmann: Obama ‘is afraid of my candidacy’  —  President Obama “fears” Republican Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign, the Minnesota congresswoman said Monday night.  —  Bachmann, the newly-minted candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, pointed to the president's reelection office's attack …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
Supreme Court strikes down ban on sale of violent video games to minors  —  The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a California law that banned the sale of violent video games to minors, ruling video games are protected under the First Amendment as free speech.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court strikes Arizona's ‘matching funds’ for publicly financed candidates
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Strike Down Arizona Campaign Finance Law
Discussion: New York Times
CNN:
Two top Herman Cain staffers resign  —  Washington (CNN) - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's New Hampshire state director, his only staffer in the state, as well as a Cain campaign regional director have both resigned.  —  Matt Murphy is the former state director and Jim Zeiler is the former regional director.
Discussion: GOP 12 and Outside the Beltway
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Political Use of the White House ‘Just Got More Interesting’  —  Was the below campaign video filmed in the White House?  It certainly appears so, although it's hard to say with certainty.  —  We all remember President Bill Clinton using the Oval Office for fundraising events in 1996.
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Peter Wallsten / Washington Post:
Obama pushing behind scenes to win over big-dollar donors
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Chicago Tribune:
Blagojevich guilty on 17 counts  —  A federal jury today convicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich on 17 of 20 counts, finding he brazenly abused the powers of his office in a series of attempted shakedowns captured on undercover government recordings.  —  Blagojevich showed no reaction as the jury announced their decisions.
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New York Post:
Weiner horning in on successor race  —  His ego has no bounds.  —  In a dazzling display of arrogance, disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner is trying to insert himself back into politics — calling power brokers and would-be candidates for his old seat, hoping they'll let him play …
Sarah Kliff / The Politico:
Texas to defund Planned Parenthood  —  The Texas Legislature approved a bill Monday that would both compel the state to push the Obama administration to convert Texas's Medicaid program into a block grant and defund abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.
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JSOnline:
Two probes opened into Bradley claim  —  By Patrick Marley, Jason Stein and Don Walker of the Journal Sentinel  —  Madison - Two agencies are investigating a claim by Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley that Justice David Prosser put her in a chokehold earlier this month.
The Hill:
Lobbyists took $100k cut in pay to work for members of Congress  —  Some lobbyists who went to work on Capitol Hill this year took a pay cut of about $100,000, an analysis by The Hill shows.  —  A review of financial disclosure reports for lobbyists who were hired as congressional aides …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Bristol Palin says her mom has decided whether to run for president  —  The daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) said Tuesday that her mother had made up her mind already about whether to run for president in 2012.  —  Bristol Palin, the eldest daughter of the 2008 Republican vice …
Scott Conroy / Real Clear Politics:
Palin Not Reaching Out to Key Iowans Ahead of Visit  —  WATERLOO, Iowa — Sarah Palin appears to be designing her impending visit to Iowa to be as low-key as possible.  —  The former Alaska governor is slated to arrive in the small Iowa town of Pella on Tuesday to attend the premiere of …
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Andrew Harmon / Advocate:
Pentagon Confirms New DADT Discharges  —  The Pentagon confirmed Monday that more service members have been discharged under “don't ask, don't tell” pending certification of the policy's repeal, with one individual's discharge approved as recently as Thursday.
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Money Was The Key Ingredient In New York's Gay Marriage Bill … Gay Marriage , Gay Rights , Same Sex Marriage , Ken Mehlman , New York Gay Rights , New York Same Sex Marriage , Paul Singer , Cuomo Gay Rights , Lgbt Gay Rights , Lgbt Money , Republican Donors Gay Rights , Same Sex Marriage Money , Same Sex New York , Politics News
 
 
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The Hill:
What's needed: A $4 trillion gimmick-free deficit deal in two parts
Discussion: National Review and FrumForum
Washington Post:
Afghan officials at loggerheads as U.S. withdrawal looms
Discussion: Firedoglake
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Rep. Woolsey officially announces retirement
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Santorum Laments Pro-Democracy Movement In Egypt, Says Obama Threw Mubarak ‘Under The Bus’
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Report: Apple is building two (!) iPhones for September release
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Hatch showdown? Tea party activists knock on GOP's door, literally
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