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John Yoo / Wall Street Journal:
Chief Justice Roberts and His Apologists — Some conservatives see a silver lining in the ObamaCare ruling. But it's exactly the big-government disaster it appears to be. — White House judge-pickers sometimes ask prospective nominees about their favorite Supreme Court justice.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Local Tea Party Leader: ‘I Hope The Supreme Court Justices Get Colon Cancer’ — Conservatives have had a series of extreme reactions to the Supreme Court's Thursday decision to uphold the constitutionality of Obamacare's individual health care mandate: from charging that Chief Justice John …
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Liberal Values, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Prairie Weather, American Power and The Raw Story
Carolyn Dube / Merrimack, NH Patch:
Former Town Official Wishes Cancer on Supreme Court Justices — Mike Malzone says he wants them to feel the pain average Americans do. — Former Town Councilor Mike Malzone, the founder of the Merrimack Tea Party, said Thursday in a Facebook post reacting to the Supreme Court ruling on health care …
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The Raw Story
Susan Candiotti / CNN:
Disturbing e-mails could spell more trouble for Penn State officials — (CNN) — With convicted serial child sex abuser Jerry Sandusky behind bars, new questions are surfacing about what Penn State officials knew about a 2001 incident involving the former assistant football coach's encounter …
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Ricochet Conversations Feed, CBS Chicago, Lawyers, Guns & Money and First Draft
Greta Christina / Salon:
Why are believers ignorant about atheists? — When believers talk about atheists, they often don't bother to talk to any first. What are they afraid of? — The director of the Sistine Chapel Choir, Monsignor Massimo Paolombella arrives for an interview with The Associated Press, in Rome.
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Towleroad News #gay and Hullabaloo
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Joe Williams to leave POLITICO — Joe Williams, the POLITICO reporter who was suspended last week for controversial remarks he had made on television and Twitter, will leave his job. — “After some cordial discussions, Joe Williams and I mutually decided that the best step for him is to begin …
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TBogg, Little Green Footballs and NewsBusters.org blogs, more at Mediagazer »
Kate Wiltrout / Virginian-Pilot:
SEAL training range won't show woman as target — The Navy will not use a target depicting a Muslim woman holding a gun at a new training range for SEALs in Virginia Beach. — The announcement came hours after the Council on American-Islamic Relations asked the Pentagon to remove the target.
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Jihad Watch and BLACKFIVE
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Paul Krugman:
Macroeconomics and the Centrist Dodge — Simon Wren-Lewis says something quite similar to my own view about the trouble with macroeconomics: it's mostly political. And although Wren-Lewis bends over backwards to avoid saying it too bluntly, most - not all, but most - of the problem comes from the right.
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Economist's View and Angry Bear
New York Times:
Reluctance in Some States Over Medicaid Expansion — WASHINGTON — Millions of poor people could still be left without medical insurance under the national health care law if states take an option granted by the Supreme Court and decide not to expand their Medicaid programs, state officials and health policy experts said Friday.
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Firedoglake, No More Mister Nice Blog, PERRspectives, Yahoo! News and Wall Street Journal
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
For Opponents of Health Care Law, No Easy Road to Repeal
For Opponents of Health Care Law, No Easy Road to Repeal
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Prairie Weather and No More Mister Nice Blog
Angela K. Brown / Associated Press:
Hood shooting suspect again barred from court — FORT HOOD, Texas — A military judge ruled Friday against delaying the trial of the Fort Hood shooting suspect, an Army psychiatrist who remains banned from the courtroom because his beard violates Army regulations.
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Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Washington Post:
D.C. thunderstorms knock out power across region, leaving at least 5 dead — The Washington region was still scrambling Saturday to recover from a sudden and violent storm that killed at least five people, uprooted thousands of trees and left more than1.3 million homes and businesses without power …
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CBS DC and New York Magazine
Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
OBAMA CAMPAIGN CELEBRATES INDEPENDENCE DAY ... WITH FUNDRAISER IN PARIS — Apparently tiring of US soil as a source of campaign dollars, the Obama campaign is headed overseas — with its celebrity friends in tow. The European Obama campaign starts next week in Paris on July 4 …
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Red Alert Politics
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Tina Daunt / Hollywood Reporter:
George Clooney to Appear at Mega-Dollar Obama Fundraisers in Geneva
George Clooney to Appear at Mega-Dollar Obama Fundraisers in Geneva
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The Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers
CNN:
Millions without power as storms pound U.S. following record-setting heat — (CNN) — Nearly 4 million homes lost power early Saturday across the Midwest as a fierce line of thunderstorms and winds pounded the region after record-setting temperatures. — The storms moved east …
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This Just In, Los Angeles Times and The Atlantic Cities
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems see ‘window of opportunity’ on immigration if Obama reelected — Leading House Democrats say President Obama has a great opportunity to pass immigration reform next year if he keeps the White House, but warn his window to act will be short. — Although Obama vowed …
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
A Dark Cloud On A Sunny Day — Share This: Digg! — Obama and Roberts — Upholding ACA, laying groundwork to strike down New Deal — Yesterday, a happy day for many of us, where the Affordable Care Act was upheld in a 5-4 decision (PDF) authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, there is a dark cloud attached.
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The Moderate Voice, naked capitalism and Suburban Guerrilla
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Amy Davidson / News Desk:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Hero
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Hero
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The Democratic Daily and Brad DeLong