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9:50 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 …
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 …
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.
Haaretz:
Officials: Hamas ordered Grad attack on Israel at request of Muslim Brotherhood  —  It is unclear whether the rocket was part of an attempt to launch rockets at specific targets within Israel.  —  The remains of a rocket attack on Netivot in southern Israel.  Photo by Eliyahu Hershkowitz
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
Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Alberto Gonzales: Obama May Have Violated His Oath Of Office With Immigration Move  —  Former George W. Bush administration Attorney General Alberto Gonzales doesn't disagree with the thought behind President Obama's executive action changing the way immigration policy …
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.
Tyler Cowen / New York Times:
Broken Trust Takes Time to Mend  —  PRESIDENT OBAMA caused a stir recently when he said that “the private sector is doing fine” and pinned many of the nation's economic troubles on a decline in public-sector employment.  He cited some interesting numbers, but he didn't draw the right lesson …
Discussion: xpostfactoid
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 …
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
 
 
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Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Huckabee Defends Obama's Immigration Policy: 'It's An Admirable Thing'
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Are We in Revolutionary Times?  —  Legally, President Obama …
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Tim Mak / Politico:
Bloggers honor Breitbart in Las Vegas
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Santorum: Romney ‘solid’ on social conservative issues
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Strategic Mumblespeak  —  Er, UVA's Teresa Sullivan was fired for what?
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