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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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Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler:
Six-Year-Old Illegal Alien Gets Arrested. Whose Fault Is It?
Six-Year-Old Illegal Alien Gets Arrested. Whose Fault Is It?
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Opinion: Defeat of healthcare law would erode voters' trust in Supreme Court — Every political strategist working the fall elections sees a game changer coming by the end of the month. — That's when the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of President Obama's signature legislative accomplishment, the Affordable Care Act.
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Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Whitehouse: ‘Very Little’ Hope For Bipartisan Push To Roll Back Citizens United — Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has warned that if Republicans don't join Democrats in reining in the Citizens United decision, Americans should brace for a new wave of corruption in politics.
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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
Obama Plays Golf for the 100th Time of his Presidency
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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
Romney dodges immigration questions
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Top GOP Pundit Bill Kristol Praises Obama Immigration Order As ‘The Right Thing To Do’
Top GOP Pundit Bill Kristol Praises Obama Immigration Order As ‘The Right Thing To Do’
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Bonnie Kavoussi / Reuters:
Roberto Unger, Obama's Former Harvard Law School Professor, Says The President ‘Must Be Defeated’ … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Barack Obama , Elections 2012, Video, Obama Roberto Unger, Obama Unger, Obama Unger HLS, Obama Unger Harvard Law School, President Obama Roberto Unger …
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Washington Post:
Egypt's military issues decree giving vast powers to armed forces, but few to president — CAIRO — Egypt's military leaders issued a constitutional decree Sunday that gave the armed forces sweeping powers and degraded the presidency to a subservient role, as the Muslim Brotherhood declared …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Egypt's Military Cements Its Powers as Voting Ends
Egypt's Military Cements Its Powers as Voting Ends
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Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:
GREECE: Conservatives Win The Vote, But There's Still No Government — If you thought for a moment that the Greek election would end in a clean outcome tonight, the joke was on you. — In the first wave of exit polls that came out at 12:00 PM ET, the pro-bailout, conservative …
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James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
Greek election results: What they mean for Greece, the euro, the EU — and beyond
Greek election results: What they mean for Greece, the euro, the EU — and beyond
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Business Insider, Spiegel Online and Telegraph
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Greece as Victim — Ever since Greece hit the skids, we've heard a lot about what's wrong with everything Greek. Some of the accusations are true, some are false — but all of them are beside the point. Yes, there are big failings in Greece's economy, its politics and no doubt its society.
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Rachel Donadio / New York Times:
Greek Election Favors Pro-Bailout Party
Greek Election Favors Pro-Bailout Party
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WBUR:
WBUR Poll: Angus King Heavy Favorite To Replace Sen. Snowe — A new WBUR poll shows former Maine Gov. Angus King as the heavy favorite to replace retiring Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe. Current poll numbers have King, who is running as an independent, with 50 percent of likely voters …
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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.
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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 …
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Justin Worland / Roll Call:
Scott Walker Raises Washington Profile — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker continued his ascendancy to top GOP surrogate this week, capping off a two-day trip to Washington, D.C., by delivering today's Republican weekly address. — Walker's Washington trip, undertaken in the wake of his victory …
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.’”
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