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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Homeland Security suspends immigration agreements with Arizona police — The Obama administration said Monday it is suspending existing agreements with Arizona police over enforcement of federal immigration laws, and said it has issued a directive telling federal authorities to decline …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
The Romney camp's line on Arizona (Updated) — Mitt Romney released a statement earlier today emphasizing the right of states to enact immigration policies, but not actually commenting directly on the substance of today's Supreme Court decision on the Arizona immigration law.
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Associated Press:
Federal hotline set up on Arizona immigration
Federal hotline set up on Arizona immigration
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Scott Wong / Politico:
Democrats mulling legislation after immigration ruling
Democrats mulling legislation after immigration ruling
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Scalia's Anger at Obama on Immigration
Scalia's Anger at Obama on Immigration
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Alan Gomez / USA Today:
High court rejects parts of Ariz. immigration law
High court rejects parts of Ariz. immigration law
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Sahil Kapur / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — Justice Scalia Rages Against Obama On Immigration
TPMDC — Justice Scalia Rages Against Obama On Immigration
Scott Lemieux / American Prospect:
Supreme Court Strikes Most of Arizona Immigration Law, Making Scalia Very Angry
Supreme Court Strikes Most of Arizona Immigration Law, Making Scalia Very Angry
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Politico:
Issa escalates ‘Furious’ war — Rep. Darrell Issa escalated the legal war over Fast and Furious, directly accusing President Barack Obama of either abusing his power by withholding information or having his aides conspire with Justice Department officials to manage the aftermath of the failed ATF gun-walking program.
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
ATF leader's email could be Fast and Furious smoking gun and Holder admitted Obama can't shield it
ATF leader's email could be Fast and Furious smoking gun and Holder admitted Obama can't shield it
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Dems seek to recast Holder furor as GOP effort to suppress votes
Dems seek to recast Holder furor as GOP effort to suppress votes
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Eric Holder ‘Fast and Furious’ contempt vote to be held Thursday
Eric Holder ‘Fast and Furious’ contempt vote to be held Thursday
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Patterico's Pontifications:
Aaron Walker SWATted — No joke. It happened around 6 p.m. Eastern. I briefly talked with one of the police officers at the scene, who confirmed that someone had called saying he had shot his wife, and sent officers to Aaron's address. — I just got off the phone with Aaron and he and his wife are a little shaken up but OK.
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A.W. / Allergic to Bull:
An Important Victory For Freedom of Expression — First, dear readers, you should expect this post to change radically—or perhaps I will start a new post. I just wanted to get this off my chest immediately. — I am free once again to do something very simple. I am allowed to say the name Brett Kimberlin again.
Whitson Gordon / Lifehacker:
Facebook Changed Everyone's Email to @Facebook.com; Here's How to Fix Yours — Facebook just removed everyone's email address from their profile and replaced it with an @facebook.com email address without asking you. Here's how to easily fix the problem. — Facebook launched …
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Kashmir Hill / The Not-So Private Parts:
Facebook's Lame Attempt To Force Its Email Service On You — Please don't email me here. — You may or may not realize that you have a Facebook email address. It's an @facebook.com address you can use to correspond with people on external email accounts from your Facebook inbox.
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Gail Sheehy / The Daily Beast:
Bill Clinton Warns About Supreme Court Ruling Against Obamacare — As America awaits the Supreme Court's decision on Obamacare, Clinton spells out the dire consequences of the law being struck down—and talks about the prospects for Hillary being president and Chelsea giving him a grandchild.
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
How Republicans made it possible for the Supreme Court to rule against the mandate
How Republicans made it possible for the Supreme Court to rule against the mandate
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Miranda Leitsinger / msnbc.com:
Teen lesbian couple found shot in Texas park — Police are investing the shooting of two teenage girls in a small Texas community along the Gulf of Mexico. KRIS reporter Lindsay Curtis has the story. — Two teenage girls in a relationship were found with gunshot wounds to the head in a south Texas park …
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Tami Luhby / CNNMoney.com:
Government wants more people on food stamps — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — More than one in seven Americans are on food stamps, but the federal government wants even more people to sign up for the safety net program. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been running radio ads …
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BuzzFeed:
Romney Bus Circles, Honks Obama — Again Mitt Romney's campaign bus circled President Barack Obama's fundraiser tonight in Boston, the second time they've pulled the stunt in two weeks. — BOSTON — For the second time in as many weeks, Mitt Romney's campaign taunted President Barack Obama outside a speech.
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Kelly Cernetich / PoliticsPA:
Turzai: Voter ID Law Means Romney Can Win PA — House Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) told the Republican State Committee that Voter ID will allow Romney to win PA. — State Treasurer candidate Diana Irey Vaughan may have stolen the show at the Republican State Committee meeting …
Rachel Gordon / San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. gay rights advocate arrested over child porn — San Francisco police have arrested veteran gay rights advocate Larry Brinkin in connection with felony possession of child pornography. — Brinkin, 66, who worked for the San Francisco Human Rights Commission before his retirement in 2010, was taken into custody Friday night.
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Erin Sherbert / The Snitch:
Larry Brinkin, S.F. Gay Rights Icon, Arrested on Child Porn Charges
Larry Brinkin, S.F. Gay Rights Icon, Arrested on Child Porn Charges
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Wall Street Journal:
News Corp. Mulls Splitting in Two — News Corp. is considering splitting into two companies, separating its publishing assets from its entertainment businesses, say people familiar with the situation. — The split would carve off News Corp.'s film and television businesses …
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Hans Nichols / Bloomberg:
Democrats May Drop Speedway Event At Charlotte Convention — Democrats are considering canceling their political convention's kick-off event at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, as party planners grapple with a roughly $27 million fundraising deficit, according to two people familiar with matter.
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Michael Patrick Leahy / BREITBART.COM:
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS WHITEWASH OF ELIZABETH WARREN SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT CHARGE ENTANGLES UVA, UC PRESIDENTS — (Second in a four-part series) When Elizabeth Warren, Teresa A. Sullivan, and Jay Westbrook, co-authors of the 1989 book As We Forgive Our Debtors: Bankruptcy and Consumer Credit in America …
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Anne Bayefsky / Jerusalem Post:
A Hamas victory at the UN Human Rights Council — A Hamas-affiliated organization and its supporters held an “informal parallel meeting” promoting the destruction of the Jewish state. — The Obama administration's political and financial backing of the UN Human Rights Council resulted …
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
White House threatens polygraphs for leakers — Officials at the CIA, FBI and other intelligence agencies will be given expanded polygraph tests under a new Obama administration directive aimed at stamping out national-security leaks. — James Clapper, the director of national intelligence …
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Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal:
On Orbitz, Mac Users Steered to Pricier Hotels — Orbitz Worldwide Inc. has found that people who use Apple Inc.'s Mac computers spend as much as 30% more a night on hotels, so the online travel agency is starting to show them different, and sometimes costlier, travel options than Windows visitors see.
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Cato Institute:
Cato Institute and Shareholders Reach Agreement in Principle — The Cato Institute and its shareholders have reached an agreement in principle that would resolve pending lawsuits filed by Charles Koch and David Koch against Cato, its CEO, and several of its directors.
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