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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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ABCNEWS, Pirate's Cove, Jammie Wearing Fools, The Lonely Conservative and Prairie Weather
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Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Whitehouse: ‘Very Little’ Hope For Bipartisan Push …
TPM2012 — Whitehouse: ‘Very Little’ Hope For Bipartisan Push …
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The Apothecary, Campaign 2012 and CANNONFIRE
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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Bloomberg, Washington Monthly, Guardian, Ezra Klein, Daily Kos, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, Paul Krugman and Washington Post
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Stephen Castle / New York Times:
Markets Relief Fades at Greek Election Results
Markets Relief Fades at Greek Election Results
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Via Meadia, Ezra Klein, Daniel W. Drezner, IHT Rendezvous and The Daily Beast
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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Power Line, Questions and Observations, Guardian, The Moderate Voice and The Lede
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AJE - Al Jazeera English:
Rival camps claim victory in Egypt vote
Rival camps claim victory in Egypt vote
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Taylor Marsh, The Agonist and Newsy
Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Egypt rulers promise power transfer by end of June
Egypt rulers promise power transfer by end of June
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The PJ Tatler, The Gateway Pundit and Haaretz
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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p m carpenter's commentary, The Moderate Voice, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and ThinkProgress
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Ann Romney: ‘I doubt’ we'll take as many overseas vacations as the Obamas — Ann Romney, the wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, said Monday that she doubted that she and her husband would vacation overseas as frequently as the Obamas if her husband were to win election.
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney mum on whether he'd overturn Obama immigration move
Romney mum on whether he'd overturn Obama immigration move
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Business Insider and Taylor Marsh
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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The Huffington Post, Balloon Juice, Outside the Beltway, Mediaite and The Lonely Conservative
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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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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Arrests 6-Year-Old Undocumented Immigrant
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Arrests 6-Year-Old Undocumented Immigrant
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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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Firedoglake, Washington Wire, Ballot Box, ThinkProgress, Hotline On Call and Outside the Beltway
Daily Mail:
Obama's Harvard law professor says ‘President MUST be defeated in 2012’ (even though he's the man Barack used to have on speed dial) — A former professor of Barack Obama has turned against his one-time student and publicly urged voters not to re-elect him.
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Tara Kelly / The Huffington Post:
Giant Mushroom Cloud In Beijing (VIDEO) (PHOTOS) … FOLLOW: — Foreign Affairs, Video, Mushroom Clouds, Beijing, Beijing Mushroom Cloud, Beijing-China, China Mushroom Cloud, China Pollution, Green Haze, Haze, Massive Mushroom Cloud China, Mushroom Cloud Beijing, Mushroom Cloud Beijing Photos, World News
CNN:
Romney's ‘Doing Fine?’ becomes ‘¿Van Bien?’ — (CNN) - Mitt Romney unveiled a Spanish language version of an English ad he released last week targeting President Barack Obama's record on the economy, days after the president announced a new policy aimed at stopping the deportation of some young illegal immigrants.
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Unfair Park and The Reaction
Bloomberg:
The Obama Campaign Needs an Intervention — During a focus group in Denver last week, Jeffrey Penny laid out his “criteria” for giving President Barack Obama his vote this year as he did in 2008. — “I just want to see specifics and quit the trash talk,” the 31-year-old web designer …
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Vodkapundit
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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NO QUARTER, The Gateway Pundit, ABCNEWS and Nice Deb
Ken / Popehat:
The Oatmeal v. FunnyJunk, Part IV: Charles Carreon Sues Everybody — Background: the previous entries in our coverage of Charles Carreon's bizarre and contemptible behavior on behalf of his client, FunnyJunk, against The Oatmeal can be found here at Part I, Part II, and Part III.
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Pharyngula and TechCrunch
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 …
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ABCNEWS, The Daily Beast and Washington Post
Thomas Lovejoy / New York Times:
What Rio Can Do — Twenty years after the largest gathering of heads of state in history at the 1992 Earth Summit, the world's nations are returning to Rio de Janeiro to negotiate further progress toward sustainable development. — The 80-page draft text that the delegates will be discussing addresses a number of important issues.
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Power Line and Mashable!