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Kevin Sack / New York Times:
Round 1 in Appeals of Health Care Overhaul Goes to Obama — The Obama administration prevailed Wednesday in the first appellate review of the 2010 health care law as a three-judge panel from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that it was constitutional for Congress …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: 6th Circuit Upholds Constitutionality of Affordable Care Act — The majority writes: “We find that the minimum coverage provision is a valid exercise of legislative power by Congress under the Commerce Clause and therefore AFFIRM the decision of the district court.” Key passage:
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Adam Serwer:
Sixth Circuit Breaks Partisan Streak On ACA Rulings
Sixth Circuit Breaks Partisan Streak On ACA Rulings
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Sixth Circuit upholds ObamaCare mandate
Sixth Circuit upholds ObamaCare mandate
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
George W. Bush-Appointed States' Rights Crusader Rejects Lawsuit Challenging Affordable Care Act
George W. Bush-Appointed States' Rights Crusader Rejects Lawsuit Challenging Affordable Care Act
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Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Obama: It's Kids Versus Corporate Jets on Debt-Ceiling Talks — President Obama speaks during a press conference in the East Room of the White House on June 29, 2011. — Kids versus corporate jets. — If President Obama's news conference accomplished anything on Wednesday afternoon …
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Obama: Republican Leaders Must Bend on Taxes
Obama: Republican Leaders Must Bend on Taxes
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
How you know the negotiations have truly failed — (SHAWN THEW VIA BLOOMBERG) The best advice I've gotten for assessing the debt-ceiling negotiations was to “watch for the day when the White House goes public.” As long as the Obama administration was refusing to attack Republicans publicly …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Obama picks fight with GOP over tax cuts for the rich — The primary goal of President Obama's presser, which just wrapped up, was obvious: He was clearly out to pick a major public fight with Republicans over tax cuts for the rich. Obama mounted a surprisingly aggressive moral case …
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Alex DiPrato / WPRI-TV:
RI Senate OKs civil unions bill — Gov. Chaffee says he'll sign it in to law — PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - Rhode Island moved one step closer to allowing same-sex civil unions on Wednesday after the Senate passed a bill to legalize them. — The Senate Judiciary committee voted 7-4 to approve the measure.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Obama Stops Short of Backing Gay Marriage
Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Rhode Island Lawmakers Approve Civil Unions
Rhode Island Lawmakers Approve Civil Unions
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ThinkProgress:
Bachmann's Husband Calls Homosexuals ‘Barbarians’ Who ‘Need To Be Educated’ And ‘Disciplined’ — When trying to figure out where presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) gets her stringent, anti-gay views, you only have to look as far as her husband.
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Lauraklairmont / CNN:
Bachmann: Media wants a ‘mud wrestling fight’ with Palin — Daniel Island, South Carolina (CNN) - Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann claimed Wednesday that the media is rooting for a catfight between her and Sarah Palin. — “They want to see two girls come together and have a mud wrestling fight …
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Toronto Sun:
Lennon was a closet Republican: Assistant — John Lennon was a closet Republican, who felt a little embarrassed by his former radicalism, at the time of his death - according to the tragic Beatles star's last personal assistant. — Fred Seaman worked alongside the music legend from 1979 …
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Sarah Palin Blasts Hollywood Stars as ‘Full of Hate’ at Movie Premiere (Exclusive Audio) … PELLA, Iowa — Sarah Palin stared a bit uncomfortably at a movie screen Tuesday night watching a montage of Matt Damon, David Letterman, Madonna, Howard Stern, Bill Maher, Louis C.K. and other celebrities malign her …
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate Magazine:
Has Bachmann Met Her Waterloo? … Like This Story — Follow Slate's Fighting Words … - Do Gay Bars Make a Lot of Money? - Extremely Witty Poems by a Poet Who Was Sure He Was Going to Hell- Shafer: Why Patch and Other Hyperlocal Journalism Is a Complete Waste …
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Matthew Desmond / addictinginfo.org:
Michelle Bachmann Supporters Alter Wikipedia To Make John Quincy Adams A Founding Father
Michelle Bachmann Supporters Alter Wikipedia To Make John Quincy Adams A Founding Father
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
'That's why they're called leaders' — One of the more common Republican criticisms of President Obama, at least in the context of the debt-reduction talks, is that he hasn't shown enough “leadership.” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took to the floor late last week to cry …
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Jonathan Wachtel / Fox News:
North Korea to Chair UN Disarmament Conference — Despite numerous breaches of arms embargoes and continued threats to expand its nuclear weapons program, North Korea has assumed the presidency of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament. In a speech to the 65-nation arms control forum in Geneva …
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Jamie Weinstein / The Daily Caller:
North Korea assumes presidency of U.N. arms control conference
North Korea assumes presidency of U.N. arms control conference
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Julian Ryall / Telegraph:
North Korea shuts down universities for 10 months
North Korea shuts down universities for 10 months
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Elise Young / Bloomberg:
Christie Loses Support for Second Term as Residents Oppose Cuts — More than half of New Jersey residents say they wouldn't back Governor Chris Christie for a second term, disapproving of his choices on a range of policy and personal issues, from killing a commuter tunnel to using …
Josh Kraushaar / NationalJournal.com:
Nerves Show on Team Obama — Recent scrambling by the president's political advisers indicates they're very worried about his reelection chances. — Fretful: President on defense. — It's been a rough June for the White House. Instead of being able to run a campaign taking credit …
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Andrew Ferguson / New York Times:
What Does Newt Gingrich Know? — Let's consult the literature — all 21 books by the self-proclaimed ideas man of politics. (Gingrich cites 23 books on his Web site. We are not counting the Contract With America or the coffee-table book “Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous With Destiny.") — Multimedia
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David Seifman / New York Post:
Rudy breaks vows — The gay car dealer who opened his home to Rudy Giuliani in 2001 during his humiliating divorce battle says the former mayor offered to preside at his wedding if same-sex marriage were ever legalized — but is now ducking his calls to make good on the offer.
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Toby Harnden / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Sarah Palin's man in Iowa says she will run for the White House in 2012 — Sarah Palin will run for the White House in 2012 and conduct an “unorthodox, grassroots campaign the likes of which you've never seen”, according to the man in Iowa who has spent the past eight months organising for her in Iowa.
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Reid Forgrave / Iowa Caucuses:
In the race? Maverick Palin still mum on her intentions
In the race? Maverick Palin still mum on her intentions
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The Note:
Obama Breaks Silence About Boeing v. NLRB Labor Dispute — ABC News' Amy Bingham reports: — President Obama broke his silence today about the dispute between Boeing and the National Labor Relations Board over a proposed plant in South Carolina. — The move by the NLRB to block Boeing's plan …
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Obama press conference - false choices and demagoguery — I watched Obama's press conference today, and he is a wonder to behold. He is a relentless demagogue who plays Americans against Americans and sets up false choices as part of a class warfare agenda.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Texas lukewarm on Perry bid — A potential Rick Perry Presidential bid has been getting oodles of attention in the last few weeks. There's one place where voters aren't real into the possibility though- Texas. Only 33% of voters in the state think he should make a bid for the White House compared to 59% opposed to him running.
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Jewish Dems losing faith in Obama — David Ainsman really began to get worried about President Barack Obama's standing with his fellow Jewish Democrats when a recent dinner with his wife and two other couples — all Obama voters in 2008 — nearly turned into a screaming match.
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Taking Action Matters — Something I like to ask people who are disgruntled with the performance of the political system is what have you, personally, done about it? When was the last time you wrote or called your member of Congress? Can you even name the people who represent …
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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Exclusive: Myspace to Be Sold to Specific Media for $35 Million — Closing another chapter on one of the Internet's most iconic properties, Myspace has been sold to Specific Media, an advertising network, for $35 million. — Sources close to the situation said the deal is being completed today …
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Greece Passes Austerity Budget. Did they Make a Mistake? — This morning, Greece passed another austerity budget. This has been, to put it mildly, unpopular. The country has been beset by days of riots in protest of the spending cuts, apparently led by self-proclaimed anarchists who seem …