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2:00 AM ET, June 18, 2012

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Romney: No need to detail how I'll pay for massive tax cuts.  Just trust me.  —  There's a great deal to chew on in Mitt Romney's interview with Bob Schieffer, which just aired on CBS.  —  Romney repeatedly refused to say whether he'd repeal Obama's order to halt deportations of DREAM-eligible youth.
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Romney dodges immigration questions
Reuters:   Romney accuses Obama of political motivation on immigration
Lindsey Boerma / CBS News:
Romney: Immigration needs long-term fix, not stop-gap
Eugene Scott / Arizona Republic:
MCSO arrests girl, 6, suspected of illegal immigration  —  Maricopa County Sheriff Office deputies arrested a 6-year-old suspected illegal immigrant Friday, the day President Barack Obama softened the country's deportation policy toward young illegal immigrants.
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Arrests 6-Year-Old Undocumented Immigrant  —  Joe Arpaio, the controversial Arizona Sheriff from Maricaopa County, arrested a 6-year-old undocumented immigrant on Friday.  The move came the same day President Obama announced a new policy halting deportations for young undocumented immigrants.
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James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
Greek election results: What they mean for Greece, the euro, the EU — and beyond
Discussion: Business Insider and Telegraph
Financial Times:
Greece exit polls too close to call
Discussion: Firedoglake and Business Insider
Guardian:
Greek elections: Greece returns to the polls - live coverage
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama plays 100th round of golf as president  —  CHICAGO — President Obama is spending Father's Day in his hometown playing the 100th round of golf of his presidency.  —  After a late night at the wedding of senior adviser Valerie Jarrett's daughter Laura, the president was out of the house …
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Keith Koffler / White House Dossier:
Obama Plays Golf for the 100th Time of his Presidency  —  President Obama rolled out of his Kenwood, Chicago home Sunday morning and headed to out to play his 100th round of golf since becoming president.  —  Obama played at the Beverly Country Club with two old pals, Eric Whitaker and Marty Nesbitt …
CNN:
Rodney King dead at 47  —  Los Angeles (CNN) — Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead in his swimming pool Sunday, authorities and his fiancee confirmed.  He was 47.
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Cristina Corbin / Fox News:
Conservative bloggers taking precautions over ‘SWAT-ing’ attacks  —  LAS VEGAS - Conservative bloggers are on heightened alert following a string of so-called “SWAT-ing” incidents and are taking precautionary measures to ensure they don't fall victim to the potentially dangerous prank …
David Catanese / Politico:
Josh Mandel kept afloat by outside cash  —  “I would assume they'll do half a million to a million a week for the next 20 weeks and 6 days,” he predicted of his outside opponents.  “They are in this race in a big way because I'm not going to be bought.  It really does give a new meaning to the phrase, ‘Buy American.’”
Discussion: Power Line
Angie Nassar / Lebanon news:
Salafist group warns tomatoes are “Christian”  —  This makes perfect sense... because it makes no sense.  —  A Salafist group called the Popular Egyptian Islamic Association has come under fire after sending out a warning on Facebook urging its followers not to eat tomatoes because the vegetable (or fruit) is a Christian food.
CNN:
Romney sees bright side of rain-soaked campaign event  —  Brunswick, Ohio (CNN) - Everyone was drenched by the time Mitt Romney arrived at his Father's Day pancake breakfast in Ohio, but the GOP candidate turned the lousy weather into a metaphor for the 2012 presidential race.
Discussion: Politico
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John Barrasso / CNN:
Lawmakers mum on health care contingency plans
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
David Plouffe / CNN:
Immigration change not political, Plouffe asserts
Discussion: Politico
Gwen Florio / Helena Independent Record:
GOP convention features ‘Obama library’ outhouse with painted-on bullet holes  —  MISSOULA — Political conventions often feature unique offerings.  But the gun/shovel/duct tape raffle and the bullet-"pocked" outhouse at the Montana GOP convention might have pushed the envelope.
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Romney: President Has the Power to Act Unilaterally Against Iran  —  The notion of Constitutional Separation of Powers has gotten muddied over the last ten years or so, thanks in great part to the Republicans and the wars of choice in Iraq and Afghanistan, costing trillions in American blood and treasure.
BuzzFeed:
The Real Story Of Barack Obama  —  A new biography finally challenges Obama's famous memoir.  And the truth might not be quite as interesting as the president, and his enemies, have imagined.  —  David Maraniss's new biography of Barack Obama is the first sustained challenge to Obama's control …
John_Frank / Raleigh News & Observer:
Beau Biden takes shot at Mitt Romney, hits Gov. Bev Perdue  —  Beau Biden, the son of the Democratic vice president, went “off script,” as he called it, to fire a shot a Republican Mitt Romney but hit Gov. Bev Perdue at the same time.  —  At the N.C. Democratic Party's annual fundraising dinner …
 
 
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Prof Niall Ferguson / BBC:
Viewpoint: Why the young should welcome austerity
Discussion: Firedoglake and Newsy
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite:
Fmr. Bush Atty General: Obama May Have Violated Oath Of Office With New Immigration Policy
Cooper Smith Koch / The Huffington Post:
The Ultimate Father's Day Gift
Discussion: GLAAD and Towleroad News #gay
Ben Geman / Ballot Box:
Romney says he'd still reject 10-to-1 budget cuts to revenue deal
Shay / CBS Charlotte:
New Law To Keep Booze Flowing For Democratic Convention
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Playbook: Prankster Mitt leaves note
Sam Dolnick / New York Times:
As Escapees Stream Out, a Penal Business Thrives
Discussion: Gothamist and Washington Monthly
Nathaniel Popper / New York Times:
C.E.O. Pay Is Rising Despite the Din
Discussion: Hullabaloo and ThinkProgress
Haaretz:
Officials: Hamas ordered Grad attack on Israel at request of Muslim Brotherhood
 

 
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