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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Mourdock cheers SCOTUS for striking down Obamacare (Updated) — Yes, you read that right. — Indiana Treasurer and GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock applauds the Supreme Court's decision invalidating the Affordable Care Act in a new video uploaded to his YouTube account.
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theusconstitution.org:
DEVELOPING: COURT RULES IN CHAMBER'S FAVOR IN EVERY CASE DECIDED SO FAR THIS TERM — As we approach the end of the October 2011 Term, it is hard to think about almost anything other than the Court's impending health care decision. But there is another developing story that has so far been overlooked.
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Tensions rise as justices kick healthcare ruling to next week — The Supreme Court did not rule on President Obama's healthcare law Thursday, raising tensions before a decision next week. — The ruling was possible Thursday but not expected. The court traditionally holds its biggest decisions until …
Ezra Klein:
Of course the Supreme Court is political
Of course the Supreme Court is political
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Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
Boehner: If Supreme Court strikes down health care law, ‘there will be no spiking of the ball’
Boehner: If Supreme Court strikes down health care law, ‘there will be no spiking of the ball’
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Badly Will SCOTUS Screw Up Obamacare?
How Badly Will SCOTUS Screw Up Obamacare?
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Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
Health insurance plans owe $1.1 billion in rebates
Health insurance plans owe $1.1 billion in rebates
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
GOP Holds Early Turnout Edge, But Little Enthusiasm for Romney — Obama Better Liked, Romney Ahead on Economy — OVERVIEW — Less than five months before Election Day, voters are not as engaged with the presidential campaign as they were at this point four years ago, when interest in the campaign reached record levels.
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BuzzFeed:
Romney's Cold War Strategy To Defeat Obama — Can the Republican spend him to death? “Our SuperPACs are our Star Wars.” — Image by Joe Raedle / Getty Images — Mitt Romney has adopted what top Republicans describe as a Cold War strategy to defeat President Barack Obama: To spend him into oblivion.
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Michael C. Bender / Bloomberg:
Romney Campaign Said To Ask Scott To Downplay Job Gains
Romney Campaign Said To Ask Scott To Downplay Job Gains
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
4 Pinocchios for Obama's newest anti-Romney ad
4 Pinocchios for Obama's newest anti-Romney ad
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Mara MacDonald / WDIV-TV:
Poll shows Obama, Romney in statistical dead heat in Michigan; state called ‘purple’
Alexander Burns / Reuters:
Race gap hardens in 2012 contest
Race gap hardens in 2012 contest
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Anne-Marie Slaughter / The Atlantic Online:
Why Women Still Can't Have It All — It's time to stop fooling ourselves, says a woman who left a position of power: the women who have managed to be both mothers and top professionals are superhuman, rich, or self-employed. If we truly believe in equal opportunity for all women, here's what has to change.
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E.J. Graff / American Prospect:
Why Does The Atlantic Hate Women? — The picture alone filled me with dread: a baby in a briefcase. (Do go look at Jessica Valenti's hilarious compilation of images from this genre.) That sick feeling only increased when I got to the hideous headline: “Why Women Still Can't Have It All.”
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Garrett Epps / American Prospect:
The Court's Scott Walker Moment — On First Amendment Thursday, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court delivered an unsubtle warning to public employee unions: You are living on borrowed time. — In Knox v. Service Employees International Union, the five—Chief Justice John Roberts …
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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
‘The Cycle’: MSNBC's New 3 PM Show Features Four Co-Hosts … REACT: — FOLLOW: — MSNBC, Dylan Ratigan, Msnbc 3 PM, Steve Kornacki, The Cycle, Toure, Toure Msnbc, Media News — MSNBC has found its replacement for Dylan Ratigan's show: “The Cycle.” — The new program …
James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas:
BREAKING: Texas bank launches constitutional challenge to Dodd-Frank financial reform law — If the U.S. Supreme Court throws out President Obama's healthcare law this month, the only other remaining major achievement from the president's first term would be, arguably, the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The 20 Hottest Conservative Women In The New Media (2012 Edition) — Welcome to the 4th annual 20 hottest conservative women in the new media. Besides myself, this year's new slate of judges included, 1) Ali Akbar from Vice and Victory and National Bloggers Club. 2) Steven Crowder.
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Dan Froomkin / The Huffington Post:
Yes, Iraq Definitely Had WMD, Vast Majority Of Polled Republicans Insist … REACT: — FOLLOW: — WASHINGTON — How misinformed are Republicans about world affairs? If presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's assertion that Russia is “without question our number one geopolitical foe” …
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Hunter Walker / Politicker:
Former KKK Leader David Duke Endorses Charles Barron [Video] — Dr. David Duke in his video endorsing Charles Barron for Congress. (Photo: YouTube) — Former KKK Grand Wizard and member of the Louisiana Legislature David Duke released a video yesterday endorsing Charles Barron in his race …
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Celeste Katz / NY Daily News:
Charles Barron: David Duke Video Endorsement Of My Congressional Campaign Is “Foolishness”
Charles Barron: David Duke Video Endorsement Of My Congressional Campaign Is “Foolishness”
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United States Department of Labor:
Skip to page content — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis — EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION — Program Contact: — TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL — (202) 693-4676 — UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT — SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
Martin Z. Braun / Bloomberg:
Obama Stimulus Aids WorldCom Felon With Health Care Loan — David Myers was at the epicenter of one of the biggest corporate frauds in U.S. history. Now the former WorldCom Inc. controller is rebuilding his life a decade later with the help of the federal government.
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Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Biden's brawlers: Veep's security team squared off in Nantucket melee — This hulking Secret Service agent was taken in by Nantucket police after a barroom brawl, but was freed when everyone agreed not to press charges. — Eric “Bomb Squad” Gahagan, a Massachusetts State trooper …
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BuzzFeed:
Ann Romney's High Horse — Super Hit had Butorphanol, Delomidine, Romifidine, and Xylatine in its system at the time of his sale, according to court documents. Testified an expert: “In my 38 years of practice, I have never come across a drug screen such as this where the horse has been administered …
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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
C.I.A. Said to Aid in Steering Arms to Syrian Opposition — WASHINGTON — A small number of C.I.A. officers are operating secretly in southern Turkey, helping allies decide which Syrian opposition fighters across the border will receive arms to fight the Syrian government, according to American officials and Arab intelligence officers.
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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
‘Today’ Show's Unfortunate Lower Third — Really, “Today” show? You couldn't have come up with a less obtuse lower third for Ann Curry's interview with Steve Carell this morning? — New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.
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Sara Ganim / PennLive.com:
Jerry Sandusky case: Sandusky's adopted son, Matt, says he is a victim and would have testified, lawyer says — BELLEFONTE — Matt Sandusky, through his attorney Andrew Shubin, said that he met with prosecutors this week to say for the first time that he is a molestation victim of Jerry Sandusky, his adopted father.
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
‘Fox & Friends’ Finds Ratings and Controversy — When it comes to sitting for interviews Mitt Romney is not usually a willing and eager subject. But there is one invitation he rarely turns down. — “Fox & Friends” has had Mr. Romney as a guest 21 times in the last year.
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Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Ron Paul's Route To Convention Chaos: The Vice Presidential Nomination … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Republican Convention , Vice President, Elections 2012, Barack Obama , Rand Paul, Ron Paul, Video, Liberty Movement, Floor Fight, Vice Presidential Nominee, Politics News
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Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:
DISASTER: PHILLY FED REPORT COLLAPSES TO -16.6 — UPDATE: — The number is out and it's very bad. — A reading of -16.6 is WAY below the expected 0.0 reading, and it's well below the -5.5 number. — Not good. — Here's the rull report — Manufacturing firms responding …
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Robert D. Hershey Jr / New York Times:
Anna Schwartz, Economist Who Collaborated With Friedman, Dies at 96 — Anna J. Schwartz, a research economist who wrote monumental works on American financial history in collaboration with the Nobel laureate Milton Friedman while remaining largely in his shadow, died on Thursday at her home in Manhattan.
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