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2:55 PM ET, June 22, 2012

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
POLITICO reporter suspended for remarks  —  POLITICO reporter Joe Williams has been suspended pending review of recent controversial comments he made on television and Twitter, POLITICO editors informed staff late Thursday night.  —  On MSNBC today, Williams made a remark suggesting Mitt Romney …
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John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
POLITICO REPORTER TWEETS ANN ROMNEY PENIS JOKE  —  Politico, the unofficial web-branch of MSNBC, and whose staff spends more time on MSNBC than Chris Matthews, has a so-called reporter named Joseph Williams who all but called Mitt Romney a racist on Martin Bashir's show today.
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Romney's Bain Capital invested in companies that moved jobs overseas  —  Mitt Romney's financial company, Bain Capital, invested in a series of firms that specialized in relocating jobs done by American workers to new facilities in low-wage countries like China and India.
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Romney campaign: ‘outsourcing’ does not equal ‘offshoring’  —  Mitt Romney's campaign is disputing a Washington Post report on Bain Capital's record of investing in companies that outsourced jobs, calling it a “fundamentally flawed” story that elides the difference between outsourcing and shipping jobs overseas.
David Blankenhorn / New York Times:
How My View on Gay Marriage Changed  —  IN my 2007 book, “The Future of Marriage,” and in my 2010 court testimony concerning Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that defined marriage as between a man and a woman, I took a stand against gay marriage.
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Associated Press:
Despite Obama's endorsement of gay marriage, public opinion shifts little on issue
David Paul Kuhn / Real Clear Politics:
Obama's White Support Is Too Low to Win  —  President Obama does not currently have enough white support to win re-election even if he retains his minority base from 2008.  At the same time, electoral data indicates Mitt Romney has not yet attracted enough of these white voters to capitalize on Obama's weakness.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Rubio blasts both Republicans and Democrats for politicizing immigration
Discussion: Politico
Amie Parnes / The Hill:   Obama looks to capitalize on shift in presidential race's momentum
ZIP / Weasel Zippers:
Obama Asks People Getting Married To Forgo Gifts, Ask Their Guests To Donate To His Campaign Instead...  You can even register your wedding on his campaign website.  Could he be any more pompous?
Latino Decisions:
New Poll: Obama leads Romney among Latinos in key 2012 battleground states  —  New polling released June 22, 2012 by Latino Decisions and America's Voice finds President Obama maintaining a wide lead over Republican Mitt Romney among Latino registered voters in five key battleground states.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Hispanic population soars in presidential swing states
Discussion: Washington Monthly and CNN
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:
The Only Nine Things You Need To Know From The Huffington Post Politico Profile That You Can't Read Online  —  We just downloaded The Huffington Post's profile by Michael Calderone of how Politico is supposedly in disarray.  You can't read it online because it's only on the iPad.
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Eric Randall / The Atlantic Wire:
Huffington Magazine: Politico's Newsroom Is ‘The Hunger Games’
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM and Poynter
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Exclusive: Mary Cheney marries longtime partner Heather Poe  —  Mary Cheney, the openly gay daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, has married her long-time partner Heather Poe, The Daily Caller has learned.  —  Cheney spokeswoman Kara Ahern confirmed to TheDC that the couple married Friday morning in Washington, D.C.
Discussion: CNN, Mediaite, Advocate and FishbowlDC
Paul Geitner / New York Times:
On Vacation and Sick?  A Court Says Take Another  —  BRUSSELS — For most Europeans, almost nothing is more prized than their four to six weeks of guaranteed annual vacation leave.  But it was not clear just how sacrosanct that time off was until Thursday, when Europe's highest court ruled …
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Texas bank challenging Dodd-Frank, consumer bureau in court  —  A Texas community bank and two advocacy groups are filing suit in U.S. District Court to challenge the constitutionality of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.  —  In particular, the suit will contend that the Consumer Financial …
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Wall Street Journal:
Why Dodd-Frank Is Unconstitutional
Michael Graham / Boston Herald:
Fast and Furious front and center  —  Victim becoming a footnote  —  The two most important words in the current Obama administration scandal aren't “Fast” or “Furious.”  They are “Brian Terry.”  —  In December 2010, Brian Terry — a former Marine and police officer turned Border Patrol agent …
Discussion: Samizdata.net
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Tim Mak / Politico:
Brian Terry's parents: W.H. ‘lying’
Gary Strauss / USA Today:
Gas prices could hit $3 by autumn  —  The darkening clouds of the slowing economy could provide a bright spot for consumers: gasoline at $3 a gallon — or less — by autumn.  —  Nationally, regular gasoline averages $3.47 a gallon, down 47 cents from this year's high in April and well below …
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
GOP Congressman Calls Pelosi ‘Mind-Numbingly Stupid’ And Suggests She May Be Mentally Ill  —  Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) yesterday called House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi “mind-numbingly stupid” and said that there is something medically wrong with her brain because she believes Republicans …
Discussion: The Raw Story
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Chief Justice Offers Hint at New Timing for Health Care Ruling  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday indicated that it is likely to go into overtime next week, as the nation awaits its decisions in challenges to President Obama's health care law and a tough Arizona immigration law.
Josh Hicks / Washington Post:
Whopper: White House adviser David Plouffe on Romney's jobs record and GOP strategy  —  “There was an amazing article the other day, I believe it was in The Wall Street Journal, where Republicans in Congress are openly saying, 'we're not going to do anything until the election with the economy …
Discussion: Hot Air
BuzzFeed:
Immigration Divides Romney And His Church  —  Hispanic Mormons are torn.  “Romney should listen to his church,” says Salt Lake City's Yapias.  —  Romney speaks at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.  —  Image by Gerardo Mora / Getty Images
Ian Simpson / Reuters:
(Note: explicit sexual content)  —  (Reuters) - Jurors in the child sex abuse trial of Jerry Sandusky resumed deliberations on Friday, sequestered and shielded from a shocking new accusation from Sandusky's adopted son that he, too, was abused by the former Penn State assistant football coach.
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.
Jake Tapper / The New Republic:
The Snoozeroom  —  Aaron Sorkin's empty critique of cable news.  —  THE RIVETING DRAMA and moral risks that are part of TV journalism offer a fertile field for artists.  Paddy Chayefsky in Network told us the story of “the first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings.”
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Member of Egyptian Terror Group Goes to Washington  —  Terrorists aren't supposed to get visas.  But Hani Nour Eldin was apparently invited to D.C. this week to meet with top officials.  Did no one Google him?  —  It was supposed to be a routine meeting for Egyptian legislators in Washington …
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Charlie Sheen Cast As U.S. President in ‘Machete’ Sequel  —  Director Robert Rodriguez made the announcement Thursday via Twitter.  —  Charlie Sheen is in negotiations to play the U.S. president in Machete Kills, director Robert Rodriguez's sequel to his Grindhouse action movie Machete.
 
 
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Rolling Stone:
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David Hogberg / Capital Hill:
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Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
ABA Picks Sides on Judicial Nominations
Discussion: PointOfLaw Forum
Daniel Larison / The American Conservative:
Report: Bolton Is a “Leading Candidate” for Secretary of State
Dana Hughes / ABCNEWS:
Hillary Clinton Sports Mardi Gras Sunglasses at Swearing In Ceremony
Wall Street Journal:
Once More, With Meaning  —  Romney can win, but he needs more than applause lines.
Discussion: GOP 12, The Daily Caller and INSTAPUTZ
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Prisons, Privatization, Patronage
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Stephen Gray / PinkNews.co.uk:
Queensland ‘downgrades’ civil partnerships and will ban gay surrogacy
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Peter White / Deadline:
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Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
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