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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, The Daily Caller and Brad DeLong
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TPMDC — Scalia Reverses Himself: Now Disagrees With Key Precedent Supporting Constitutionality Of Health Care Reform — To observers of the ‘Obamacare’ oral arguments, it would come as no surprise that Justice Antonin Scalia is a likely vote to strike it down.
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Mother Jones, ACS Blog, The Volokh Conspiracy, Balloon Juice, Talking Points Memo and Wonkette
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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Any Court Health Care Decision Unlikely to Please
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Indecision Forever, Washington Post and Business Insider
Alec MacGillis / The New Republic:
‘What New Law?’ — People who would benefit have little idea …
‘What New Law?’ — People who would benefit have little idea …
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The Daily Dish, New York Magazine and Washington Monthly
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
The folly of Obamacare — We pay our presidents for judgment …
The folly of Obamacare — We pay our presidents for judgment …
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The Daily Beast, OpenMarket.org and Power Line
Washington Post:
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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The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, Wonkette, New York Magazine, Business Insider and ABCNEWS
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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.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Allen West says he's ‘dejected’ by Romney's answers on immigration — Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) said Monday he was “dejected” by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's performance during an interview Friday in which he was asked repeatedly about President Obama's recently announced policy shift on illegal immigration.
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The PJ Tatler, The Raw Story and Mediaite
Dina Rudick / Boston Globe:
John Kerry to play role of Mitt Romney for President Obama's debate prep
John Kerry to play role of Mitt Romney for President Obama's debate prep
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Washington Monthly, Politico, Campaign 2012, Guardian and WBUR
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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, Hot Air, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Balloon Juice and National Review
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Rubio's Take on DREAM ‘by Fiat’
Rubio's Take on DREAM ‘by Fiat’
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New York Times, Washington Post and ThinkProgress
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Another Ridiculous Lie From Liberal Media - Distorting Romney's “WAWAs” Hoagie Speech — Another example of how ridiculous the media is in their uncompromising struggle to distort the truth in order to make sure Obama wins and Conservatives lose. — Today it's being widely reported …
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Postcards from the Bus-Capade: Romney Road Report
Postcards from the Bus-Capade: Romney Road Report
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Prairie Weather
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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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Michael Barbaro / The Caucus:
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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Hot Air, Gothamist, The Daily Caller and New York Magazine
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Sen. Brown to debate, if MSNBC drops out — Fascinating sign of the times: Sen. Scott Brown announced today that he will accept an invitation to debate Elizabeth Warren at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Boston, but only on two conditions — one of which is that MSNBC …
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Mediaite and The Rightnewz
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Noah Bierman / Boston Globe:
Scott Brown accepts Kennedy debate with conditions
Scott Brown accepts Kennedy debate with conditions
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Daily Kos
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Egypt generals say they'll “hand over power to the elected president” at end of month — (CBS News) CAIRO - In spite of opposition claims that Egypt's cadre of ruling generals is setting up what they say amounts to a military dictatorship, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) …
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Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
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The Official Google Blog:
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, Hit & Run, TechCrunch, Mashable!, Mediaite, AllThingsD, New York Magazine and Gizmodo
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John D. Sutter / CNN:
Google reports ‘alarming’ rise in government censorship requests
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
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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Politico, RedState, Hot Air, Questions and Observations, Weekly Standard and Vodkapundit
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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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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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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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New York Magazine, Washington Monthly and The New Republic
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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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Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
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Obama's WV Problem Stretches Into PA — A significant portion of western and central Pennsylvania Democrats declined to vote for Barack Obama in the April primary, an analysis by PoliticsPA has found. The results there resemble those of Arkansas, Kentucky and West Virginia …
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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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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 …