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9:35 AM ET, June 18, 2012

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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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Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler:
Six-Year-Old Illegal Alien Gets Arrested.  Whose Fault Is It?  —  While one public official was announcing his intent to let millions break the law on one side of the country, another official was enforcing the law on the other side of the country.  Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's deputies rounded …
Discussion: alicublog
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Arrests 6-Year-Old Undocumented Immigrant
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.
Discussion: Pirate's Cove and Prairie Weather
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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.
Discussion: Campaign 2012 and CANNONFIRE
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney mum on whether he'd overturn Obama immigration move  —  I'm a bit late to this, but via Kasie Hunt, a sharp write-up of the morning show appearances by Mitt Romney and David Plouffe, leading with the Republican hopeful's handling of questions about President Obama's executive power immigration move …
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Daily Mail:
Obama's Harvard law professor says ‘President MUST be defeated in 2012’ …
Discussion: Mediaite
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
Discussion: BBC, Rubin Reports, msnbc.com and Newsy
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.
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 …
Peter J. Boyer / The Daily Beast:
Chris Christie: Call Me, Mitt  —  Did the Jersey governor blow his White House chances?  He talks to Peter J. Boyer about why he passed on running—and how Romney could talk him into being his running mate.  —  The most consequential vote of the political season may well have been one that occurred …
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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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
Guardian:
Greek elections: Greece returns to the polls - live coverage
Pema Levy / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Montana GOP Convention Features ‘Obama Library’ Riddled With Fake Bullet Holes  —  Outside the Montana state Republican Party convention this weekend was an outhouse labeled the “Obama Presidential Library” and covered in painted-on bullet holes.
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Gwen Florio / Helena Independent Record:
GOP convention features ‘Obama library’ outhouse with painted-on bullet holes
Discussion: Addicting Info, Jezebel and TBogg
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
The Hill Poll: Voters fear US could slip into a double-dip recession  —  A massive majority of likely voters fear America could be slipping into a second economic downturn just four years after the Great Recession, according to a new poll for The Hill.  —  But people remain split …
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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New Law To Keep Booze Flowing For Democratic Convention
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