memeorandum: Why Logic Won't Work in the Medicaid Expansion Debate (David Dayen/Firedoglake)

8:50 PM ET, July 3, 2012

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Paul Campos / Salon:

Roberts wrote both Obamacare opinions — A Court source tells Salon the chief justice wrote the majority opinion and much of the dissent in the ACA case — This weekend CBS News' Jan Crawford reported that Chief Justice John Roberts switched his vote in regard to upholding the bulk of the Affordable Care Act.

Josh Kraushaar / 2012 Decoded:

Romney Campaign Declaring Cease Fire on Health Care — In the aftermath of the Supreme Court health care ruling, the early conventional wisdom was that an unfavorable health care ruling at the court would be good for Republicans politically, even as it was a serious policy setback for conservatives.

Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:

The amazing number of people who know nothing about the health-care ruling — One of the most common mistakes made in political reporting is to assume that average voter is following the daily news cycle as closely as we are. He or she isn't. — This Oct. 8, 2010, photo shows the justices …

Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:

The “narrative” of judicial intrigue — NOTE TO READERS: Ordinarily, this blog does not deal in “scoop” journalism, although we have been known to be first on some things. We focus more on what the Court does than on whether the Justices have good manners or like each other, or on what they do in their free time.

Discussion: Balkinization, The Volokh Conspiracy and emptywheel

David Brooks / New York Times:

A Choice, Not a Whine — Hostility toward the Supreme Court has risen sharply since Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. upheld the Obama health care law. People are apparently angry that the court didn't rid them of a law they detest. But that's silly. If Americans want to replace this thing, they should do it themselves.

Discussion: The Incidental Economist, NewsBusters.org blogs, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Washington Wire, Washington Post and National Review

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Team Romney: No, we're not declaring ‘cease-fire’ on Obamacare — Popular in Politics — In the days since the Supreme Court decision upholding Obamacare, some Democrats and commentators in the press have suggested that Mitt Romney is declaring a “cease-fire” on the issue and will no longer …

Discussion: Washington Post, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, Wake up America, Outside the Beltway, Mediaite and American Spectator

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Will Romney Pretend to Have a Health Plan?

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Hit & Run, rooseveltinstitute.org and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
CONSERVATIVES TO MITT: QUIT NOW IF YOU WON'T FIGHT OBAMATAX!

Discussion: Weekly Standard, TheBlaze.com, Patterico's Pontifications, The Daily Caller, Little Green Footballs, ThinkProgress, Wake up America, The Moderate Voice, The Caucus, Power Line, Booman Tribune, Hot Air, GOP 12, myHeritage, The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys and Conservatives4Palin

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Division, Uncertainty over Court's Health Care Ruling

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Washington Wire, Firedoglake, The Maddow Blog, Mediaite, Poynter, The Caucus, Politico, Reuters and Outside the Beltway

Jim Tynen / nccivitas.org:
Civitas Poll: Romney Leads in NC after Court Ruling

Discussion: Business Insider and Weekly Standard

Josh Gerstein / Reuters:
Liberals fear the John Roberts rebound

Discussion: Politico, SCOTUSblog and Mother Jones

Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:

Rep. Joe Walsh Blasts Double Amputee's Military Service, Says She's Not A ‘True Hero’ — GOP Rep. Joe Walsh (left) and his Democratic opponent Tammy Duckworth (right) — Though he never joined the military himself, Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) disparaged his Democratic opponent's military service …

Discussion: Politico, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Ballot Box, Crooks and Liars, ABCNEWS, PoliticusUSA, The Maddow Blog, Mediaite, Wonkette, The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos, New York Magazine, Little Green Footballs, Balloon Juice and The Agonist

Laura Leslie / @NCCapitol:

Carney: ‘I feel rotten’ about accidental fracking vote — State House lawmakers have apparently accidentally legalized fracking in North Carolina, due to a deciding vote one Democrat says was a mistake. — Rep. Becky Carney, D-Mecklenburg, says she did not intend to cast the key vote that overrode the governor's veto of the bill.

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, southernstudies.org, UrbanGrounds, Wonkette, Gawker, The Lonely Conservative and Pirate's Cove

ThinkProgress:

NEWS FLASH — North Carolina General Assembly Officially Dismantles The Racial Justice Act | Today in North Carolina, the Republican-dominated General Assembly overrode Gov. Bev Perdue's (D-NC) veto of the rewritten Racial Justice Act. The landmark legislation allowed North Carolina death row inmates …

John Frank / Raleigh News & Observer:
Lawmaker's mistaken vote puts state on a path toward fracking

Discussion: Politico and Business Insider

Craig Jarvis / Raleigh News & Observer:
Lawmakers override veto of Racial Justice Act revamp

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Los Angeles Times and Law Blog

WITN:

Sheriff Confirms Andy Griffith Has Died, Says Actor Has Been “Laid To Rest” — Dare County Sheriff Doug Doughtie has confirmed Andy Griffith has died and also released a short statement from the family. — Sheriff Doughtie tells WITN News the family stated that Andy died at seven this morning …

Discussion: Boing Boing, USA Today, E! Online, www2.wsls.com, msnbc.com, The Right Scoop, BBC, The Moderate Voice, Althouse, Mashable!, Gawker, LewRockwell.com Blog and Sister Toldjah

Celebrity Circuit / CBS News:
Andy Griffith dead at 86

Discussion: Scholars and Rogues, New York Times, Booman Tribune, The Agitator and The Maddow Blog

Maggie Haberman / Politico:

Obama camp, super PAC go there on tax evasion — From Obama campaign spokseman Ben LaBolt, on a call with Ohio reporters: … And from Bill Burton, at Priorities: … Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul replied, “President Obama's attacks on Mitt Romney have been proven false time and again.

Discussion: CNN and Daily Kos

Nicholas Shaxson / Vanity Fair:

Where the Money Lives — For all Mitt Romney's touting of his business record, when it comes to his own money the Republican nominee is remarkably shy about disclosing numbers and investments. Nicholas Shaxson delves into the murky world of offshore finance, revealing loopholes that allow …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, The Moderate Voice, Business Insider, Washington Post, Salon, Mediaite, Washington Wire, ThinkProgress, The Hill, The Maddow Blog, Daily Kos, Washington Examiner, TheBlaze.com, msnbc.com and New York Times

ThinkProgress:

STUDY: Medicaid Expansion Saves States Billions — Republican politicians across the country claim that Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid, the widely popular program which makes health insurance available for lower-income Americans, will increase costs for states.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hullabaloo and PhillyNow

David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Why Logic Won't Work in the Medicaid Expansion Debate

Discussion: Washington Post, Mother Jones, emptywheel and Hullabaloo

Dave Murray / MLive.com:

Gov. Snyder vetoes election bills denounced as ‘voter suppression’ by critics — GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed election reform bills that sparked angry protests and cries of voter suppression during committee hearings. — Snyder, in one day doubling the number of bills vetoed during …

Discussion: Daily Kos

Eric Kleefeld / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMMuckraker — Michigan's Republican Governor Vetoes Voter ‘Fraud’ Bills

Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Debate Link

Chris Bragg / City & State:

Sen. Marty Golden Holding Event Teaching The “Feminine Presence” [UPDATED] — Have we stumbled into an episode of Mad Men? — Later this month, Republican State Sen. Marty Golden's office is holding a career-development event for women in his southern Brooklyn district teaching them “Posture, Deportment and the Feminine Presence.”

Discussion: Runnin' Scared, Politicker, Indecision Forever, Feministe, Joe. My. God., The Raw Story, New York Magazine and Gothamist

Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
GOP State Senator Will Teach Brooklyn Women To Act Like Ladies

Discussion: Politicker, nysenate.gov and City & State

Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:

North Carolina Defunds Planned Parenthood In Midnight Vote, Overriding Veto … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Planned Parenthood, Video, Bev Perdue, Bev Perdue North Carolina, Bev Perdue Planned Parenthood, Defund Planned Parenthood, North Carolina Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood Of Central North Carolina, Slideexpand, Politics News

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Balloon Juice

Jeffrey H. Anderson / Weekly Standard:

Likely Voters: Carter Was a Better President than Obama — According to a Newsweek/Daily Beast poll of likely voters, Barack Obama now rates behind Jimmy Carter in the pantheon of great presidents. The poll asked likely voters to list the two best and the two worst presidents the history of the United States.

Discussion: JOSHUAPUNDIT, The Gateway Pundit and Wake up America

Ari Shapiro / NPR:

Gay Donors Open Wallets On Both Sides Of The Aisle … In politics, money talks. And money from gay and lesbian donors is talking louder than ever in this election cycle. — That's partly a result of President Obama endorsing same-sex marriage, and it's partly because Republicans are starting to see contributions as well.

Discussion: Politico, Weasel Zippers, Advocate and Towleroad News #gay

Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:

This US summer is ‘what global warming looks like’ — WASHINGTON (AP) - If you want a glimpse of some of the worst of global warming, scientists suggest taking a look at U.S. weather in recent weeks. — Horrendous wildfires. Oppressive heat waves. Devastating droughts. Flooding from giant deluges.

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, ThinkProgress, Washington Post, The Heritage Foundation, NewsBusters.org blogs, Weasel Zippers and Joe. My. God.

Jerusalem Post:

'Radioactive substance found on Arafat's clothing' — Al Jazeera suggests Palestinian leader may have been poisoned, citing laboratory testing of his personal effects. — Tests performed on former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's personal belongings have revealed that they contained abnormal levels …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs and Israel Matzav

BuzzFeed:

Republican Congressman Slams Romney On Immigration — Romney has kept Rep. David Rivera at a distance over financial questions. “I'm not willing to participate in any Hispanic outreach efforts without seeing more details on a permanent solution for these kids,” Rivera tells BuzzFeed.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, American Prospect, The Maddow Blog, Naked Politics and Politico

Brian MacQuarrie / The Boston Globe:

No Martha's Vineyard vacation for Barack Obama this summer — After three consecutive summer vacations on Martha's Vineyard, President Obama and his family apparently will not be relaxing on the island this year as a heated presidential campaign gathers momentum toward what is expected to be a close election.

BBC:

No evidence of mermaids, says US government — There is no evidence that mermaids exist, a US government scientific agency has said. — The National Ocean Service made the unusual declaration in response to public inquiries following a TV show on the mythical creatures.

Discussion: Telegraph, Gawker, The Jawa Report and New York Magazine