memeorandum: HHS pushes out cash ahead of ruling (Politico)

8:45 PM ET, June 23, 2012

Top Items:

White House Memo: White House Waits Tensely for Decision on Health Law — Late on Tuesday, March 27, halfway around the world, President Obama began one of the most suspenseful waits in recent presidential history. — After a blur of nuclear security meetings in South Korea …

Discussion: Althouse

Politico:

HHS pushes out cash ahead of ruling — Conservatives wanted the White House to stop spending on the health care law until the Supreme Court rules on whether it's constitutional. — But the administration has forged ahead, spending at least $2.7 billion since oral arguments in the case ended on March 28.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit

Ian Swanson / The Hill:
GOP promises to rid nation of healthcare law

Discussion: CNN and Politico

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:

Romney's Bain Profited Even As The Companies It Invested In Went Bankrupt, Analysis Reveals — Mitt Romney has argued that his business experience as head of Bain Capital from 1984 to 1999 will help him turnaround the economy, reduce the debt and place the nation on a sustainable economic footing.

Discussion: Hot Air, The Maddow Blog, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and DownWithTyranny!

UPI:
Obama: U.S. needs ‘bottom-up economics’

Discussion: Hot Air, Pirate's Cove and Weasel Zippers

Fox News:

Phoenix boy, 14, shoots armed intruder while watching three younger siblings — A 14-year-old Phoenix boy shot an intruder who broke into his home while brandishing a gun as the teenager watched his three younger siblings, police said. — The teen and his brothers and sisters were at home alone …

Discussion: Examiner, Riehl World View and protein wisdom

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

Do Democrats Have a Shot at the House? — So far this election season we have written very little about the race for the House of Representatives. In part this is because this looks to be less dramatic than the presidential race — where Barack Obama has only a slight edge, in my view …

Discussion: americanthinker.com

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

GOP leader fires back at newspaper over First Amendment protections — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has fired a salvo at The Washington Post after two of its columnists wrote that he has been inconsistent on First Amendment issues. — McConnell, who considers himself …

Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:

Ann Romney has a horse. So what? — The punch line is at least as old as the eldest baby boomer: “I didn't get a pony.” — Here's Jerry Seinfeld: “I hated those kids [who had ponies]. In fact, I hate anyone that ever had a pony when they were growing up.” — Why is this funny?

Discussion: The Reaction, Booman Tribune, Balloon Juice, Althouse and No More Mister Nice Blog

Roland Pease / BBC:

Alan Turing's ‘suicide’ in doubt — Turing was found dead in his bed by his housekeeper — Alan Turing, the British mathematical genius and codebreaker born 100 years ago on 23 June, may not have committed suicide, as is widely believed. — At a conference in Oxford on Saturday …

Discussion: Advocate and AllThingsD

CNN:

Powerful congressman accused of campaign finance violations — Washington (CNN) — Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan, a self-made Florida millionaire, is only in his third term in Congress, but he already is in charge of fundraising for the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Political Carnival, Ballot Box and Outside the Beltway

Joe Drape / New York Times:

Penn State's Sandusky Convicted of Sexually Abusing Boys — BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach, was convicted Friday of sexually abusing young boys, completing the downfall of a onetime local hero in a scandal that shook a proud Pennsylvania community …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, A Blog For All, Washington Monthly, Prairie Weather, Examiner, Gothamist, neo-neocon, Outside the Beltway, his vorpal sword and PennLive.com

Philly.com: Jerry Sandusky found guilty on 45 counts, led from court in handcuffs

Ian Simpson / Reuters:
Sandusky found guilty on 45 of 48 sex abuse charges

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, americanthinker.com, The Raw Story and Suburban Guerrilla

Associated Press:

Al-Qaida No. 2 condemned US army war ethics — CAIRO, Egypt — Before he was killed in a U.S. drone strike earlier this month, al-Qaida's second-in-command condemned what he described as “unethical” actions of U.S. soldiers in war. — The message came in a 17-minute video of Abu Yahya al-Libi …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Jawa Report

Keith Bradsher / New York Times:

Chinese Data Said to Be Manipulated, Understating Slowdown — HONG KONG — As the Chinese economy continues to sputter, prominent corporate executives in China and Western economists say there is evidence that local and provincial officials are falsifying economic statistics to disguise the true depth of the troubles.

Discussion: Via Meadia and Business Insider

Mike Lillis / The Hill:

GOP hardliners won't attack Romney's ‘amnesty’ plan on illegal immigration — Republican hardliners in both chambers are holding their tongues over Mitt Romney's plan to grant qualified illegal immigrants legal status and even U.S. citizenship. — Similar proposals in the past have led …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland