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2:45 PM ET, June 27, 2012

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Katherine Eban / Fortune:
The truth about the Fast and Furious scandal  —  A Fortune investigation reveals that the ATF never intentionally allowed guns to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels.  How the world came to believe just the opposite is a tale of rivalry, murder, and political bloodlust.
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Quinnipiac University:
Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania Swinging To Obama, Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll Finds; Voters Back President On Immigration, Split On Economy  —  This compares to the results of a May 3 Swing State Poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University, showing Obama …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Quinnipiac: Swing states inch toward Obama
Samuel P. Jacobs / Reuters:
Democratic campaign chair tells candidates to avoid convention  —  (Reuters) - The man responsible for getting Democrats elected to the U.S. Congress this fall has a message for his party's candidates: Stay away from the Democratic National Convention.  —  “If they want to win an election …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Dems go AWOL in class war  —  Labor unions hoped to turn the Wisconsin recall election into a rallying cause for their ailing movement.  But a Democratic president couldn't be dragged off the sidelines for the fight.  —  Anti-Wall Street activists were itching to see JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon bashed …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Althouse
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Why the Whole Health Care Law Is in Jeopardy  —  The real Supreme Court news on Tuesday wasn't the Arizona immigration decision or even the summary reversal of the Supreme Court of Montana in the “Citizens United 2” case.  It was that the chief justice of the United States didn't write any of these opinions.
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
GOP plan for ‘Obamacare’: Nothing  —  Republicans still have only one thing in mind when it comes to President Barack Obama's health care law: full repeal.  —  If the Supreme Court wholly or partially strikes down the law on Thursday, House Republicans won't rush to pass a bill …
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Justices' personal health struggles may influence their decision
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Bachmann Says Democrats Will Be To Blame If Supreme Court's Health Ruling Increases Costs
Discussion: The Raw Story
Washington Post:
On health care, the public doesn't like its options
Fox News:
Holder in peril as Dems break ranks on contempt resolution  —  June 26, 2012: Attorney General Eric Holder gestures while speaking at a civil rights symposium in Boston.AP  —  The congressional contempt vote against Attorney General Eric Holder is looking more and more like a fait accompli …
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Four House Dems back measure to place Holder in contempt
Charles McGrath / New York Times:
Nora Ephron |  1941-2012: Nora Ephron, Essayist, Screenwriter and Director, Dies at 71  —  Nora Ephron, an essayist and humorist in the Dorothy Parker mold (only smarter and funnier, some said) who became one of her era's most successful screenwriters and filmmakers, making romantic comedy hits like …
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Los Angeles Times:
Nora Ephron dies at 71; writer of sharp-edged romances
Discussion: The Spectacle Blog and CBS Philly
Michelle Malkin:
Day 5 of Waldo Canyon Fire evacuation: Blaze engulfs homes/historic ranch; 32k total evacuated; more dangerous winds, heat ahead  —  Twitter panorama photo from last night via @megzenger  —  Via Matt Meister, StormTracker 13, from the front lines 2:15am MT Wednesday morning in Mountain Shadows
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Twitchy
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Tim Hoover / Denver Post:
Colorado wildfires: C-130 air tankers called in for “surge capability”
Discussion: Weekly Standard and The PJ Tatler
David Seifman / New York Post:
Mayor rigs wacky A/C to keep his SUV chilled  —  Who's full of hot air?  —  Mayor Bloomberg wants to maintain his politically correct credentials on global warming — but hates to get into a hot car when he leaves an air conditioned building.  —  The solution his aides came up with could easily …
G-A-Y / Good As You:
Minnesota for Marriage: Gays should be ‘put to death’  —  From the official campaign:  —  I think that the campaign's final response to Brad's question says it all, don't you?  —  **UPDATE: The MN For Marriage campaign is now claiming they were hacked.  That seems very fishy …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Romney to seek Washington Post retraction  —  Mitt Romney campaign representatives will meet with the Washington Post today to seek a formal retraction of its June 21 report that Bain Capital invested in firms that specialized in outsourcing American jobs, POLITICO has learned.
NY Daily News:
Charles Barron won't accept landslide loss in Brooklyn's 8th Congressional District against Hakeem Jeffries  —  With 54% of precincts reporting, the Associated Press deemed Jeffries the easy winner, 75% of the vote to Barron's 25%.  —  Charles Barron concession speech at Sistas Cafe in Bed Stuy …
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Gersh Kuntzman / New York Times:
Hakeem Jeffries Defeats Charles Barron in Bitter Democratic Primary
Discussion: Runnin' Scared and National Review
Benny Johnson / TheBlaze.com:
PROTESTERS SHOW UP TO RALLY AGAINST KARL ROVE — BUT CAN'T REALLY SAY WHO KARL ROVE IS  —  Organized protesters set out to counter the issue of money in politics while marching over a mile through Washington DC last week.  The heat index was a blistering 90 degrees, which seemed to add …
Discussion: Power Line
Natalie DiBlasio / USA Today:
A third of Earthlings believe in UFOs, would befriend aliens  —  Aliens often compete with superheroes, vampires and zombies to top hit movie lists — but more than a third of Americans say UFOs are not a fantasy.  —  That's the word from a new National Geographic Channel study finding …
Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Luis Gutierrez: Who's The Immigrant, Justin Bieber Or Selena Gomez? … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Arizona Immigration Law, Immigration, Video, Antonin Scalia, Geraldo Rivera, Justin Bieber, Luis Gutierrez, Papers Please Law, S.B. 1070, Selena Gomez, Ted Koppel …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Mediaite
Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
Iran's Vice President Makes Anti-Semitic Speech at Forum  —  TEHRAN — Iran's vice president delivered a baldly anti-Semitic speech on Tuesday at an international antidrug conference here, saying that the Talmud, a central text of Judaism, was responsible for the spread of illegal drugs around the world.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
ACLU to represent KKK group  —  The American Civil Liberties Union will champion a Ku Klux Klan outfit's right to “adopt” a section of highway in Union County, an ACLU official said Tuesday — on the same day that key members of the KKK group acknowledged they live in a neighboring county.
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Obama Hails The ‘Miami Heats’  —  Unfazed by a partisan spat sparked by his comment on former Red Sox player Kevin Youkilis, President Obama tonight again opined on a professional sports team, publicly praising the NBA champion Miami Heat at a campaign fundraiser in the city.
 
 
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Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Two Lawsuits Challenge the Lack of Air-Conditioning in Texas Prisons
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Associated Press:
Trump rep confirms Romney meeting for Thursday, but Romney campaign not so sure
Discussion: Daily Kos and New York Magazine
New York Post:
Cargo ship from Pakistan with alleged ‘stowaways’ arrives in Port Newark
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Hans Villarica / The Atlantic Online:
Study of the Day: Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Don't Attract Crime
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Business Insider
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Democrats' Money Panic: Is Obama About to Get Swamped by GOP Cash?
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Jeff Remington / Fox News:
Why is Team Obama playing politics with our national security?
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