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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
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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AJE - Al Jazeera English:
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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Fox News:
Muslim Brotherhood candidate Morsi wins Egyptian presidential election — June 24: In this image taken from Egypt State TV, Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi react to the announcement of his victory in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt.AP/EGYPT STATE TV
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
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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Peter Wallsten / Washington Post:
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
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Six Of One — Supporters of the Affordable Care Act are having …
Six Of One — Supporters of the Affordable Care Act are having …
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No More Mister Nice Blog and The Mahablog
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
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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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
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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CNN and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Campbell Brown / New York Times:
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 York Times:
What Sheldon Adelson Wants — No American is dedicating as much of his money to defeat President Obama as Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate who also happens to have made more money in the last three years than any other American. He is the perfect illustration of the squalid state of political money …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Mondoweiss
Washington Post:
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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Fox News:
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
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
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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