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The White House:
President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit — WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Obama will nominate Caitlin Halligan and Srikanth Srinivasan to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
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Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Did the Supreme Court Just Gut Habeas Rights? — The Supreme Court's decision on Monday not to hear appeals from a group of Gitmo detainees leaves the remaining 169 detainees at the facility with little chance of securing their freedom through US courts. — In the 2008 case Boumediene v. Bush …
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court bypasses all new detainee cases (FINAL UPDATE)
Court bypasses all new detainee cases (FINAL UPDATE)
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Taylor Marsh, Lawfare and Ricochet Conversations Feed
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Florida to sue DHS in voter registration battle — Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) said he will sue the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to move forward with his controversial attempt to purge the voter rolls in his state of ineligible voters. — “I have a job to do to defend the right …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Governor Rick Scott Announces Florida Will Sue Obama Administration Over Voter Purge — During an appearance on Fox News Monday afternoon, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) announced that the state will sue the Department of Homeland Security to obtain access to a database that it believes …
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Ylan Q. Mui / Washington Post:
Fed: Americans' wealth dropped 40 percent — View Photo Gallery — Is the U.S. economic recovery stalling?: The Labor Department reported June 1 that the nation's economy added only 69,000 jobs in May, bringing the unemployment rate to 8.2 percent.
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Family Net Worth Drops to Level of Early '90s, Fed Says
Family Net Worth Drops to Level of Early '90s, Fed Says
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Mother Jones, Real Time Economics, Rush Limbaugh, Economix, The Daily Beast and Hullabaloo
Jesse Helfrich / The Hill:
Commerce secretary's hit-and-run keeps Obama off message — A hit-and-run accident involving Commerce Secretary John Bryson threw the White House off message Monday just as President Obama sought to regain his footing after a series of political missteps. — After hitting a car …
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Mj Lee / Politico:
John Bryson takes medical leave of absence
John Bryson takes medical leave of absence
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Clarence Page / Chicago Tribune:
What's with Wisconsin? — (Chris Walker, Chicago Tribune / June 5, 2012) — Let's give Wisconsin voters some credit. While others try to find easy right-versus-left explanations for Gov. Scott Walker's decisive victory last week, Badger State voters appeared to be more worried about their state's purse.
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Jack Maddox / CNN:
Sheriff: Father kills man sexually abusing his daughter — (CNN) — A Texas father caught a man sexually assaulting his 4-year-old daughter and punched him in the head repeatedly, killing him, authorities said. — The father was casually acquainted with the alleged abuser, said Lavaca County Sheriff Micah Harmon.
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Rush Limbaugh:
You're Not Special: Great Commencement Speech by David McCullough Jr. — RUSH: We're nearing the end, ladies and gentlemen, of commencement address season. You're nodding your head like you know where I'm going. There was the most amazing commencement address in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
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The Swellesley Report and The Lonely Conservative
Eline Gordts / The Huffington Post:
Gay Pride Month: Israel Defense Forces Facebook Photo Stirs Controversy … FOLLOW: — Israel, Pride 2012, Israel Soldiers, Pride 2012, Idf, Idf Gay Pride Month, Israel Army, Israel Army Gay Pride Month, Israel Gay Pride Month, Israel Soldiers Gay Photo, World News
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Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Does Mitt Romney need ‘Obamacare’? — Republicans are cheerleading for the Supreme Court to strike down President Barack Obama's health care law. — But there's one Republican who might be sorry: Mitt Romney. — There's fear in some GOP circles that if the court wipes the Affordable Care Act off …
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John Ellis / Real Clear Politics:
The Tipping Point — In 2008, 43 percent of white voters cast …
The Tipping Point — In 2008, 43 percent of white voters cast …
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The Daily Dish
Anne Tergesen / Wall Street Journal:
Counting on an Inheritance? Count Again. — The bad news: Many baby boomers are likely to get less money from Mom and Dad than they thought. The worse news: They may have to help their parents financially instead. — Baby boomers: Get ready for a double whammy.
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Dave Levinthal / Reuters:
FEC: OK to fundraise via text — The Federal Election Commission on Monday night unanimously voted to allow Americans to make political donations via text message, making Androids, iPhones and Blackberries the newest weapon in the battle to raise unprecedented amounts of money.
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Outside the Beltway
The Boston Globe:
Mass. stalled antibullying guide under Romney — Objections to writing ‘transgender,’ ‘bisexual’ — In July 2006, former governor Mitt Romney vetoed a $158,000 budget line item that was earmarked for counseling violence victims in the “LGBT community.” — Former governor Mitt Romney's …
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Towleroad News #gay and New York Magazine
New York Times:
Worries in Euro Zone Shift to Italy From Spain — VENICE — Concerns grew on Monday that Italy could be the next victim of Europe's financial infection, leading nervous investors to sell Italian stocks and bonds and damping euphoria over a weekend deal to bail out Spain's banks.
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Giles Tremlett / Guardian:
Hurried Spanish banking bailout fails to calm market nerves
Hurried Spanish banking bailout fails to calm market nerves
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Firedoglake and US Politics
ZIP / Weasel Zippers:
Obama Releases New Ad Campaign Targeting Black Voters: “We've Got Your Back!” — Update: Audio Added... If he has their backs, who has ours? — Via The Grio: … Update: This is the actual audio from the ad. Reminiscent of a blaxploitation soundtrack from the 1970s. Our own WM added the pics.
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Joy-Ann Reid / theGrio:
Obama campaign releases first black radio ad
Obama campaign releases first black radio ad
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Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
President Barack Obama wants his 2012 re-election campaign to focus on Gov. Mitt Romney's private-sector record, but his own private-sector history shows that he promoted and profited from the nation's disastrous real-estate bubble. One striking example comes from the president's 1995 housing …
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White House Dossier, Pat Dollard, The City Square and The Lonely Conservative
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
It's the public sector that's ‘doing fine’
It's the public sector that's ‘doing fine’
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Mj Leeand Tim Mak / Politico:
Paul Krugman: President Obama ‘screwed up the line’
Paul Krugman: President Obama ‘screwed up the line’
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Rachel Leven / The Hill:
GOP chairmen failing to cut checks from campaigns to NRCC — More than two dozen House chairmen have not given any money from their campaign war chests to the Republican committee tasked with defending the GOP's majority. — The lack of direct transfers from Republicans in senior positions comes during …
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Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
John Sununu defends Romney's call for fewer teachers, says it was not a ‘gaffe’ — Former New Hampshire Gov. John H. Sununu, a surrogate for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, defended the presumptive Republican nominee's comments that the nation should have fewer teachers …
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Romney Campaign Chair: ‘Taxpayers Really Do Want To Hear There Will Be Fewer Teachers’
Romney Campaign Chair: ‘Taxpayers Really Do Want To Hear There Will Be Fewer Teachers’
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Shakesville, The Raw Story and Little Green Footballs