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What It Will Mean If the Supreme Court Strikes Down Obamacare — Two years ago, when President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, the idea that its individual mandate provision was unconstitutional was laughable. There was no case law, no precedent, and frankly …
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Scalia and Ginsburg Drop Hints about Obamacare's Fate at the Supreme Court — A Tea-Party supporter protest outside the US Supreme Court on the third day of oral arguements over the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on March 28, 2012 in Washington, DC.
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UNPOPULAR MANDATE … - FRONT ROW - PHOTO BOOTH - PAGE-TURNER - CLOSE READ - DAILY COMMENT - JOHN CASSIDY - JONAH LEHRER - SPORTS
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly, Prairie Weather, The Daily Caller and Brad DeLong
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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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Any Court Health Care Decision Unlikely to Please — Immigration: Public Backs AZ Law, But Also Path to Citizenship — OVERVIEW — The public is unlikely to be satisfied with the Supreme Court's upcoming ruling on the 2010 Affordable Care Act - no matter what the Court decides.
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Indecision Forever, Washington Post and Business Insider
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The folly of Obamacare — We pay our presidents for judgment …
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Power Line, The Daily Beast and OpenMarket.org
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TPMDC — Scalia Reverses Himself: Now Disagrees With Key …
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Mother Jones, ACS Blog, The Volokh Conspiracy, Balloon Juice, Talking Points Memo and Wonkette
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‘What New Law?’ — People who would benefit have little idea …
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New York Magazine, The Daily Dish and Washington Monthly
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A Primer on Possible Obamacare Decisions (Updated)
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Washington Monthly
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Obama picks John Kerry to play Romney in mock debate rehearsals — President Obama has tapped Sen. John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, to play Republican Mitt Romney in mock debate rehearsals, Obama campaign officials and the senator's office confirmed Monday.
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Mediaite, Wonkette, New York Magazine, Business Insider and ABCNEWS
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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.
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Allen West says he's ‘dejected’ by Romney's answers on immigration
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The PJ Tatler, The Raw Story and Mediaite
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John Kerry to play role of Mitt Romney for President Obama's debate prep
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Washington Monthly, Politico, Campaign 2012 and WBUR
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Allen West on Obama: ‘The Resurrection of an Imperial Presidency’
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Hot Air
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Rubio Says Own Dream Act Derailed for Now — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Monday that President Barack Obama's move last week to block deportations for some young illegal immigrants in the U.S. has likely derailed his own similar efforts, at least until after the election.
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ThinkProgress, Politico, The Hill, The Daily Caller, National Review and Balloon Juice
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Rubio's Take on DREAM ‘by Fiat’
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CNN, New York Times, ThinkProgress and Washington Post
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Exclusive: A Nation of Laws and a Nation of Immigrants
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Democracy in America, Politico, The New Republic and The PJ Tatler
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At Party, Bloomberg Tips Hand on Endorsement — Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York has remained coy about whether he plans to endorse a presidential candidate this year, even as Mitt Romney and President Obama aggressively court the billionaire media mogul.
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The Daily Caller, Gothamist and New York Magazine
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Clemens Is Found Not Guilty in Perjury Trial — WASHINGTON — Roger Clemens, whose hard throws intimidated even the toughest batters and turned him into one of the best pitchers in baseball history, was acquitted Monday of charges that he lied to Congress in 2008 when he insisted …
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More transparency into government requests — About two years ago, we launched our interactive Transparency Report. We started by disclosing data about government requests. Since then, we've been steadily adding new features, like graphs showing traffic patterns and disruptions to Google services from different countries.
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World Now, Mediaite, Hit & Run, TechCrunch, Mashable!, AllThingsD, New York Magazine and Gizmodo
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Google reports ‘alarming’ rise in government censorship requests
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Washington Post, Wired and Politico
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Robert Redford: Democrats are bad storytellers — Robert Redford's a long-time supporter of the Democratic Party, but he thinks they could stand to learn a thing or two from his profession: Storytelling. — In the latest issue of Outside magazine, the actor and director is asked why …
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and Indecision Forever
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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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Politico, RedState, Hot Air, Questions and Observations, Weekly Standard and Vodkapundit
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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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The Greek Election Solves... Nothing
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New York Times and IHT Rendezvous
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‘How would a Jewish person feel if you put a swastika on a shoe?’ Adidas under fire for unveiling new trainer with orange ‘shackles’ like those worn by black slaves — Adidas has sparked outrage and been accused of ‘promoting slavery’ by creating a new pair of trainers which have bright orange 'shackles …
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The Gateway Pundit, Riehl World View and The Right Scoop
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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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9 Tall Tales From Barack Obama's Memoir — 1. Hussein Onyango, Barack's grandfather, wasn't really imprisoned and tortured by the British. — Source: 1.bp.blogspot.com — 2. The father of his Indonesian stepfather, Soewarno Martodihardjo, wasn't killed by Dutch soldiers in the fight for independence.
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Weasel Zippers and Hot Air
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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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Mediaite, The Reaction, Indecision Forever, Hot Air, The Jawa Report and Reuters
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POLITICO Influence: Skynyrd at RNC — PI SCOOP... SKYNYRD, ADKINS, KID ROCK LINE UP FOR RNC CONVENTION: Liberty Plaza Events has signed on musical acts Lynyrd Skynyrd (Aug. 26), Trace Adkins (Aug. 28) and Kid Rock (Aug. 29) for the Republican National Convention in Tampa …
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The Buzz Florida Politics Feed
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Michelle Obama slaps ‘corporate’ work, ‘fat paychecks’ — President Obama along with his mother-in-law Marian Robinson and wife Michelle Obama watch a basketball game November 2009 between GWU and Oregon State, coached by the first lady's brother, Craig Robinson, standing at right.
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The Lonely Conservative
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Two Partisan Warriors, Michael Steele and Lanny Davis, Going Purple — Michael Steele and Lanny Davis are challenging their parties to stop the politics of demonization. The strange bedfellows tell Howard Kurtz why they're teaming up. — Michael Steele and Lanny Davis are quick to admit they are reformed sinners.
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Washington Monthly and New York Magazine