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Tim Mak / Politico:
Bloggers honor Breitbart in Las Vegas — LAS VEGAS — The RightOnline conservative bloggers conference opened Friday evening with a tribute to Andrew Breitbart, the late conservative pundit known for his pugilistic journalism and confrontations with the left.
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Tim Mak / Politico:
Sarah Palin mocks Obama on drug use, dogs — LAS VEGAS - Sarah Palin ridiculed President Barack Obama at a conservative bloggers conference Friday for his “cocaine snorting” and eating dog as a child. — “That cocaine snorting, and what he ate — Fido? Rufus?” the former Alaska governor said …
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Scared Monkeys, Runnin' Scared and Conservatives4Palin
The Right Scoop:
Full Speech: Sarah Palin at Right Online 2012 — Sarah Palin spoke tonight at Right Online 2012 about the impact the new media is having on the political landscape, all the way from Matt Drudge and his modem to the new media reporters on the ground exposing the Occupy movement.
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All American Blogger, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and NewsBusters.org blogs
George F. Will / Washington Post:
George Will: Unleash the high court — Because judicial decisions have propelled American history and because a long-standing judicial mistake needs to be rectified, the most compelling of the many reasons for electing Mitt Romney is that presidential elections shape two of the federal government's three branches.
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Hullabaloo, p m carpenter's commentary and The Hill
Pamela Constable / Washington Post:
Young illegal immigrants' amnesty could tighten competition for jobs, college — President Obama has just opened a floodgate of opportunity for young illegal immigrants in the United States, but could it squeeze the aspirations of legal Americans in the process?
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The PJ Tatler, The Caucus, iOwnTheWorld.com, New York Times, Daily Kos, Ezra Klein and The Hill
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
WaPo wonders: What will hundreds of thousands of job permits do to the economy? — I asked the same question in an update to Erika's post on Barack Obama's unilateral move to accommodate young illegal immigrants by refusing to deport them and issue them temporary work permits instead.
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Michelle Malkin, Scared Monkeys, Washington Post and Conservatives4Palin
Samuel P. Jacobs / Reuters:
Independents say Obama hurts job creation
Independents say Obama hurts job creation
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Weasel Zippers and The PJ Tatler
Dylan Byers / Politico:
WHCA: Reporter ?discourteous? — The president of the White House Correspondents' Association has called today's “rude interruption” of President Obama by a Daily Caller reporter “discourteous,” but said that the Daily Caller's status as a member for the White House in-town press pool …
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NewsBusters.org blogs and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Alex Pareene / Salon:
Angry Daily Caller person shouts at president
Angry Daily Caller person shouts at president
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TBogg and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Nicholas Ballasy / The Daily Caller:
Neil Munro explains his exchange with President Obama in Rose Garden [VIDEO]
Neil Munro explains his exchange with President Obama in Rose Garden [VIDEO]
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NewsBusters.org blogs, Riehl World View, theGrio and Pirate's Cove
Siva Vaidhyanathan / Slate:
Strategic Mumblespeak — Er, UVA's Teresa Sullivan was fired for what? — In the 19th century, robber barons started their own private universities when they were not satisfied with those already available. But Leland Stanford never assumed his university should be run like his railroad empire.
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Horse Co-Owned by Ann Romney Earns a Spot on the Olympic Dressage Team — GLADSTONE, N.J. — Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, who plan to attend the opening of the Olympic Games in London this summer, now have a personal rooting interest in the event. — Jan Ebeling, Mrs. Romney's longtime riding tutor …
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Hullabaloo
LAW.com:
In second book, Scalia, Garner warn judicial decisions leading to ‘descent into social rancor’ — The National Law JournalJune 15, 2012 — A new book co-authored by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and legal writing expert Bryan Garner accuses judges - including some on the Supreme Court …
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Are We in Revolutionary Times? — Legally, President Obama has reiterated the principle that he can pick and choose which U.S. laws he wishes to enforce (see his decision to reverse the order of the Chrysler creditors, his decision not to enforce the Defense of Marriage Act …
Bill Mears / CNN:
Justice Ginsburg suggests ‘sharp disagreement’ over hot-button cases — Washington (CNN) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is predicting “sharp disagreement” as the Supreme Court prepares by month's end to release some of its most-talked-about rulings, including the constitutionality of the health care law championed by President Obama.
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The Hill, Scared Monkeys, Hot Air, Prairie Weather, Booman Tribune and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
The White House:
Presidential Letter — 2012 War Powers Resolution 6-Month Report — Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) — I am providing this supplemental consolidated report, prepared by my Administration and consistent with the War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148), as part of my efforts to keep …
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TBIJ, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and emptywheel
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Acknowledges U.S. Is Fighting Groups Tied to Al Qaeda in Somalia and Yemen
Obama Acknowledges U.S. Is Fighting Groups Tied to Al Qaeda in Somalia and Yemen
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Firedoglake and The Agonist