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10:30 AM ET, June 15, 2012

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Hunter Walker / Politicker:
President Obama's Speech Gets A Thumbs Down From Political Press Corps  —  President Obama on stage in Ohio.  (Photo: Getty)  —  Prior to President Barack Obama's marathon 54 minute speech in Ohio today, the Obama campaign sent our several statements promising the speech would be a major address framing the campaign going forward.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Skip the falsehoods, Mr. President, and give us a plan  —  I had high hopes for President Obama's speech on the economy.  But instead of going to Ohio on Thursday with a compelling plan for the future, the president gave Americans a falsehood wrapped in a fallacy.
New York Post:
Running on empty  —  Man, is Barack Obama running dry.  —  The president gave a speech about the economy yesterday to put his stumbling campaign on a strong new footing — and cribbed most of it from speeches he delivered last year.  —  OK, presidents repeat themselves; it's no crime.
Discussion: Pundit & Pundette
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
MSNBC Panel's Verdict On Obama Campaign Speech: It Stinks  —  President Barack Obama delivered a campaign speech on Thursday that was billed as an effort to refocus on the economy and to frame the debate against Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney moving forward.
Washington Post:
Full transcript of Obama's speech on the economy in Cleveland, Ohio  —  Full transcript of President Obama's June 14 speech on the economy at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio:  —  OBAMA: Thank you.  Thank you.  Thank you, everybody.  Thank you very much.  Thank you so much.
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Obama Campaign Checks IDs At The Door  —  Not at the polls.  —  (Getty Images / JEWEL SAMAD)  —  CLEVELAND — President Barack Obama's presidential campaign checked the identification of the supporters attending Obama's “framing” event at Cuyahoga Community College today.
McPartland / nation.foxnews.com:   ID Required At Obama Speech But Not To Vote
Alicia A. Caldwell / Associated Press:
AP sources: Immunity offered to certain immigrants  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives.  The election-year initiative addresses …
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Amanda Peterson Beadle / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Obama To Stop Deporting DREAM-Eligible Youth, Protecting 1 Million Undocumented Students  —  President Obama will announce a new immigration policy this morning that will allow some undocumented students to avoid deportation and receive work authorization.
Elizabeth Flock / US News:
RNC Latino Site Features Stock Photo of Asian Children
Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Obama to Celebrities: 'You're the Ultimate Arbiter of Which Direction This Country Goes'  —  NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama soaked in the support — and the campaign cash — of Manhattan's elite entertainers Thursday as his re-election team sought to fill its fundraising coffers.
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Mark Knoller / Twitchy:
Obama bemoans ‘people hurting out there’ at Sarah Jessica Parker's $40,000-per-person fundraiser
CNN:
Michigan lawmakers barred from floor after ‘vagina,’ ‘vasectomy’ remarks  —  (CNN) - Two state representatives in Michigan were barred from speaking on the floor of the legislature in Lansing Thursday after colleagues deemed their language “failed to maintain the decorum” of the legislative body.
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Ruschell Boone / NY1.com:
NY1 Exclusive: School Prohibits Fifth-Grader From Giving Speech On Same-Sex Marriage … Kameron Slade worked on his speech with his mother and his teacher after winning a class competition.  He was slated to deliver it in a school-wide contest at PS 195.  —  That's no longer going to happen.
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Fifth-Grader Prohibited From Giving Speech Supporting Marriage Equality  —  A Queens, New York fifth-grader named Kameron Slade won a class competition and was slated to deliver a speech as part of a school-wide competition at PS 195.  However, because Kameron's speech was to be about same-sex marriage …
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
Ronald Bailey / Hit & Run:
Union of Concerned Scientists Admits It Was Wrong  —  Last week, my column, Union of Concerned Scientists Cooks the Books, Media Swallow It, dissected the artful way in which UCS analysts had used corporate giving data to imply that General Electric executives were climate change hypocrites …
Discussion: Moe Lane and Guardian
John Bresnahanand Jake Sherman / Politico:
Eric Holder offers Darrell Issa ‘extraordinary’ deal  —  Attorney General Eric Holder made a new offer to House Republicans on Thursday to defuse the growing controversy over the “Fast and Furious” program, the latest bid to derail a contempt vote against Holder set for next week.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Mj Lee / Politico:
Gay judge appointed in Virginia  —  An openly gay prosecutor has been appointed in Virginia to take the bench as a district judge, despite the state General Assembly's rejection of his nomination last month.  —  Tracy Thorne-Begland, whose appointment by Richmond Circuit Court judges will begin July 1 …
Mary Bruce / ABCNEWS:
White House Forgets to Pay Father's Day Lunch Tab  —  Amid the bustle of President Obama's surprise stop for barbecue Wednesday the White House apparently overlooked one key detail: the bill.  —  Celebrating Father's Day early, the president had lunch with two service members and two local barbers at Kenny's BBQ on Capitol Hill.
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NOM Blog:
General Mills Declares War on Marriage with Its Own Customers  —  Contact: Anath Hartmann or Elizabeth Ray (703-683-5004)  —  “This will go down as one of the dumbest corporate PR stunts of all time.”  —Brian Brown, NOM president—  Washington, D.C.—The National Organization …
Discussion: Good As You
ZIP / Weasel Zippers:
Ohio: Romney Campaign Bus Drives Circles Around Obama Speech Site Honking Its Horn...  The Obamabots must be losing their marbles (or what's left of them).  —  Via CBS News' Mark Knoller  —  CBS News' Sarah Boxer and BuzzFeed's Zeke Miller confirm:  —  Update: Romney's traveling press secretary keeps taunting.
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BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Bus Taunts Obama Supporters Honks its horn as hundreds of Obama supporters wait to enter event in Ohio.
 
 
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