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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Nancy Pelosi Slams Contempt Vote: 'I Could Have Arrested Karl Rove ... But We Didn't' … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Darrell Issa, Eric Holder, Karl Rove, Nancy Pelosi, Elections 2012, Video, Darrell Issa Contempt, Eric Holder Contempt, Fast And Furious, Holder Fast And Furious, Issa Fast And Furious, Politics News
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Mark Levin / Facebook:
Executive Privilege and how the House should move forward legally — As the Supreme Court recognized in US v. Nixon, the Executive Branch has a legitimate interest in confidentiality of communications among high officials so that the President can have the benefit of candid advice.
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National Review and JOSHUAPUNDIT
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Those Fast and Furious documents must be dynamite — My friend Bill Otis was a Justice Department lawyer for many years. He spent a good portion of those years as a prosecutor. He also served as an attorney in the White House Counsel's shop, so he knows all about dealing …
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Executive privilege poses tricky situation for Obama — View Photo Gallery — Eric Holder isn't the first: Other high-profile officials held in contempt: Eric Holder isn't the first government official who has been found in contempt of Congress. Congressional Research Service compiled …
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Investor's Business Daily:
Obama's Executive Privilege Has The Stench Of Cover-Up — Scandal: The president illegally asserts executive privilege to protect an attorney general who's either a clueless political hack, malevolent or both, withholding answers of who is responsible for a Border Patrol agent's death.
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Shot in the Dark
Politico:
Fast and Furious brawl blows up
Fast and Furious brawl blows up
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Murdered Border Agent's Family Says President Obama ‘Compounding This Tragedy’ with Executive Privilege Assertion
Murdered Border Agent's Family Says President Obama ‘Compounding This Tragedy’ with Executive Privilege Assertion
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Shannen W. Coffin / National Review:
Obama Invokes Executive Privilege
Obama Invokes Executive Privilege
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David Kopel / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Is President Obama's assertion of executive privilege valid?
Is President Obama's assertion of executive privilege valid?
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Todd Gaziano / The Heritage Foundation:
Fast And Furious: Executive Privilege Is Illegitimate to Shield Wrongdoing
Fast And Furious: Executive Privilege Is Illegitimate to Shield Wrongdoing
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Another retraction: Holder withdraws claim that Bush's attorney general knew about gunwalking
Another retraction: Holder withdraws claim that Bush's attorney general knew about gunwalking
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John Gramlich / CQ.com:
Contempt Citation Would Carry Limited Legal Consequences
Contempt Citation Would Carry Limited Legal Consequences
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New York Times:
House Panel Recommends Contempt Case Against Holder
House Panel Recommends Contempt Case Against Holder
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Michael C. Bender / Bloomberg:
Romney Campaign Said To Ask Scott To Downplay Job Gains — Mitt Romney's presidential campaign asked Florida Governor Rick Scott to tone down his statements heralding improvements in the state's economy because they clash with the presumptive Republican nominee's message that the nation …
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Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Distaste for Health Care Law Reflects Spending on Ads — DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Erika Losse is precisely the kind of person President Obama's signature health care law is intended to help. She has no health insurance. She relies on her mother to buy her a yearly checkup as a Christmas gift …
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
HHS touts health law for creating jobs, expanding care — Federal health officials announced that new grants under the the healthcare reform law will expand clinic access to more than 1.25 million Americans and create roughly 5,640 jobs. — The grants were awarded Wednesday to 219 local health centers.
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Bias Against a Mormon Presidential Candidate Same as in 1967 — Four in 10 Americans do not know that Mitt Romney is a Mormon — PRINCETON, NJ — Eighteen percent of Americans say they would not vote for a well-qualified presidential candidate who happens to be a Mormon, virtually the same as the 17% who held this attitude in 1967.
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
NBC Prepares to Replace Ann Curry on ‘Today’ — NBC executives are readying a plan to replace Ann Curry on the “Today” show, only a year after she became the co-host of the iconic franchise. — The planning — which is taking place in secret and has not been finalized …
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Barbara Liston / Reuters:
Florida police chief embroiled in Trayvon Martin scandal fired — (Reuters) - The Florida police chief whose department failed to arrest neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the February shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin was fired on Wednesday, the city of Sanford said.
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Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Obama campaign holds $110 million in cash — The Obama campaign spent more money than it raised in May, but is sitting on $110 million in cash, according to a Federal Election Commission filing on Wednesday. — Obama for America raised $39.1 million in May and spent $44.6 million.
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Newt Gingrich / CNN:
Miriam Adelson gets a refund
Miriam Adelson gets a refund
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Odarcy / d-umn.campusreform.org:
University sponsors campaign to undermine ‘white privilege’ — The University of Minnesota - Duluth (UMD) is now sponsoring an ad-campaign designed to achieve “racial justice” by raising awareness of “white privilege.” — The project disseminates its message, that “society was setup for us …
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The Gateway Pundit
Susanne Craig / DealBook:
Bosses Rein In Banker Who Golfs With Obama — One of the biggest banks in the world wants the president's favorite banker muzzled. — The banker, Robert Wolf, a top UBS executive in New York, is among President Obama's leading fund-raisers, building more than more than $500,000 for his re-election so far this year.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney faces immigration test in speech to Fla. crowd — Mitt Romney faces a crucial test Thursday, when he must lay out his immigration policy in order to deny President Obama a potent campaign weapon. — Romney's momentum has stalled since Obama announced his administration …
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Jersey Boys — The governor and the Boss—a tale of politics, rock and roll, and unrequited love — CHRIS CHRISTIE IS, even in moments of tranquility—of which, in his life, there seem to be none—a torqued-up, joyously belligerent, easily baited, and preternaturally exuberant son of New Jersey …
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Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
BREAKING: House GOP Leaders Will Ask Supreme Court By the End of June to Take DOMA Appeal — Lawyers for the House Republican leadership today told a federal court that the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group plans to ask the Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court ruling …
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