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Morsi Is Winner of Egyptian Presidency — CAIRO — Election regulators named Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood the winner of Egypt's first competitive presidential elections, handing the Islamist group a symbolic triumph and a new weapon in its struggle for power with the ruling military council.
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Morsi wins Egypt's presidential election — Muslim Brotherhood candidate declared the official winner with 13.2 million votes. — The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi has officially won Egypt's presidential election and will be the country's next president, the electoral commission has announced.
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ThinkProgress, protein wisdom, The PJ Tatler and The Powers That Be


Morsi named new Egyptian president — CAIRO—Egypt's electoral commission announced Sunday that Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi would be sworn in as president, becoming the Arab world's first elected Islamist head of state after more than a year of popular uprisings that ousted autocrats …
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The Moderate Voice and Power Line


Past Denials of Vulnerability Raise Health Act What-Ifs — WASHINGTON — With the Supreme Court set to render judgment on President Obama's health care law as early as Monday, the White House and Congress find themselves in a position that many advocates of the legislation once considered almost unimaginable.
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Politico, Power Line, Right Wing News and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
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Obama's legal tactics seen as possibly hurting chances to save health-care law — Some prominent legal scholars say a series of tactical decisions by President Obama's legal team may have hurt the chances of saving his landmark health-care legislation from being gutted by Supreme Court conservatives.
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Riehl World View and New York Times

Six Of One — Supporters of the Affordable Care Act are having …
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No More Mister Nice Blog and The Mahablog


GOP Oversight Chair Admits There Is No Evidence Of White House Involvement In Fast And Furious — Last week, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) claimed that the White House decision to invoke executive privilege to prevent the release of some documents related to the “Fast and Furious” …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Raw Story
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Issa confident House will vote to place Eric Holder in contempt — House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) predicted Sunday that Republicans and Democrats would vote to find Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress this week. — “I believe they will …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Planned Parenthood's Self-Destructive Behavior — PLANNED PARENTHOOD has a large target on its back. At no time in the organization's history has it faced such a concerted Congressional challenge to its agenda. But most worrisome is the organization's shrinking number of defenders, and Planned Parenthood has only itself to blame.
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Weekly Standard and Washington Free Beacon


New Hampshire town asks Obama campaign to pay for costs of upcoming visit — DURHAM, NH - A New Hampshire town is asking the Obama campaign to foot the up to $30,000 bill for the president's upcoming campaign stop in their city. — MyFoxBoston reports the town of Durham is asking Obama's campaign …
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Scared Monkeys and CBS Boston


For Wealthy Romney Donors, Up Close and Personal Access — PARK CITY, Utah —They schmoozed with Mitt Romney at a barbecue cookout at the Olympic Park, pressing him on labor regulations and the threat of a nuclear Iran as downhill skiers performed midair flips behind them.
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Crooks and Liars, Mother Jones and Eclectablog

Members of Congress trade in companies while making laws that affect those same firms — One-hundred-thirty members of Congress or their families have traded stocks collectively worth hundreds of millions of dollars in companies lobbying on bills that came before their committees …
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Outside the Beltway


Political Scientists Are Lousy Forecasters — DESPERATE “Action Alerts” land in my in-box. They're from the American Political Science Association and colleagues, many of whom fear grave “threats” to our discipline. As a defense, they've supplied “talking points” we can use …
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The Monkey Cage, americanthinker.com, American Power, Daily Kos and The Volokh Conspiracy