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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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First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: A limit to states' rights — Wrapping up yesterday's SCOTUS decisions: A limit to states' rights... Mitt be (no so) nimble, Mitt be (not so) quick when reacting to the Arizona immigration decision... But he transforms into George W. Bush on the issue, promising immigration reform …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
The Romney camp's line on Arizona (Updated)
The Romney camp's line on Arizona (Updated)
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Associated Press:
Federal hotline set up on Arizona immigration
Federal hotline set up on Arizona immigration
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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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Scott Wong / Politico:
Democrats mulling legislation after immigration ruling
Democrats mulling legislation after immigration ruling
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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 — A single internal Department of Justice email could be the smoking-gun document in the Operation Fast and Furious scandal — if it turns out to contain what congressional investigators have said it does.
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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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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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DealBook:
News Corp. Considers Dividing Itself in Two — Updated News Corporation is considering dividing itself in two, cleaving its publishing arm from its far larger entertainment division, a person briefed on the matter told DealBook early on Tuesday. — If News Corporation follows through …
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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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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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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Condoleezza Rice: VP offer ‘not going to happen’ — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice looked to downplay speculation Tuesday that she could be inching up Mitt Romney's short list for vice president after a widely regarded policy briefing over the weekend to a meeting of the Republican presidential nominee's top donors.
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Jeanne Marie Laskas / GQ:
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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
Facebook's Lame Attempt To Force Its Email Service On You
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Politico:
On green jobs and DOE loans, the jury is still out — The Energy Department's clean-energy loan program hasn't yet yielded the kind of moonshot-style success that President Barack Obama envisions would transform the U.S. economy. But its results also go well beyond the $535 million collapse of Solyndra.
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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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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 …
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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Chicago Tribune:
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. takes medical leave of absence — U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s office disclosed Monday that the veteran Democratic congressman has been on medical leave from Congress for the past two weeks and is being treated for exhaustion. — The 17-year Illinois congressman's …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. treated for exhaustion, takes medical leave
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. treated for exhaustion, takes medical leave
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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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Roxana Tiron / Bloomberg:
Congress Said To Delay Automatic Budget Cuts Until March — Republican and Democratic congressional leaders are weighing whether to delay automatic federal spending cuts until March 2013, according to a House aide and industry officials who were briefed on the discussions.
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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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Sasha Issenberg / The Atlantic Online:
Abolish the Secret Ballot — For the United States' first century, Americans elected their leaders in full view of their neighbors, gathering on courthouse steps to announce their votes orally or hand a distinctive preprinted ballot or unfolded marked paper to a clerk.
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