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8:00 AM ET, June 17, 2012

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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Explain to me again why they are called “reporters”?  —  When Neil Munro shouted out a question to Obama yesterday as Obama was reading a statement in the Rose Garden about his unilateral thumbing of Congress and the American people in the eye, a firestorm of condemnation erupted among media-types on both the left and right.
Discussion: The Conservatory
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Sam Donaldson Rejects Comparison To Reporter Who Interrupted Obama … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Diane Sawyer, Immigration, Video, ABC News, Daily Caller, Sam Donaldson, Tucker Carlson, Neil Munro Daily Caller, Obama Daily Caller, Latino Politics, Obama-Interrupted, Sam Donaldson Tucker Carlson …
Tim Mak / Politico:
Neil Munro bad, media worse, say conservative bloggers at RightOnline  —  LAS VEGAS - Conservative bloggers at the RightOnline conference on Saturday assailed the Daily Caller's Neil Munro for interrupting President Barack Obama during remarks at the White House - but tempered their criticism …
Nicholas Ballasy / The Daily Caller:
Neil Munro explains his exchange with President Obama in Rose Garden [VIDEO]
Alex Pareene / Salon:
Angry Daily Caller person shouts at president
Discussion: TBogg and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Atrios / Eschaton:
Tom Friedman, The Musical!  —  I guess “Tommy” has already been used.  Inspired somewhat by this, my long friendship with the man, and some suggests from the Twitter, here's what we have so far:  —  It's the tale of a wealthy white American who travels the world, blissfully unaware …
Keith Laing / The Hill:
Highway bill running out of gas, as House, Senate negotiations stall  —  Advocates for a new federal transportation bill think even bumping negotiations up to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) may not be enough to save the measure from this year's legislative scrapheap.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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.
Discussion: americanthinker.com
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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.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Hullabaloo
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Romney Horse Wins Spot on 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 …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Hullabaloo
Paul West / Los Angeles Times:
Romney: Obama fears Israeli attack on Iran more than Iran nukes  —  Washington— In hawkish remarks that drew cheers from an audience of religious conservatives, Mitt Romney accused President Obama on Saturday of being more afraid that Israel might attack Iran than that Iran will develop a nuclear weapon.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Israel Matzav
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
44 Senators urge Obama to cut off Iran negotiations unless progress made  —  Nearly half the Senate told President Barack Obama today that unless Iran gives three specific concessions at this weekend's talks with world powers in Moscow, he should abandon the ongoing negotiations over the country's nuclear program.
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Weekly Standard
Steve Friess / Politico:
Obama's policy strategy: Ignore laws  —  President Obama returned Friday to a trusted tactic — satisfying his political allies by not doing something.  —  Conservatives were angry when Janet Napolitano announced the administration would stop deporting certain undocumented immigrants but they should have seen it coming.
Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Huckabee Defends Obama's Immigration Policy: 'It's An Admirable Thing'  —  Mike Huckabee told the crew at Fox & Friends this morning that he understood his stance on immigration was not particularly popular among Republicans, and he didn't support and executive order for it …
Detroit Free Press:
‘Vagina Monologues’ coming to Capitol to protest muzzle on legislators  —  When state House Republicans — a largely male group — indefinitely banned two Democratic women in the House from speaking in the chamber, it set the stage for an unlikely theatrical performance on the Capitol steps in Lansing.
Discussion: Addicting Info and The Raw Story
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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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Krauthammer: New Obama immigration policy ‘out-and-out lawlessness’ [VIDEO]
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Santorum: Romney ‘solid’ on social conservative issues
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Siva Vaidhyanathan / Slate:
Strategic Mumblespeak  —  Er, UVA's Teresa Sullivan was fired for what?
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In second book, Scalia, Garner warn judicial decisions leading to ‘descent into social rancor’
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
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