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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.
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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
CONSERVATIVES TO MITT: QUIT NOW IF YOU WON'T FIGHT OBAMATAX! — The Obama campaign has seized on remarks made by Romney adviser Eric “Etch-A-Sketch” Fehrnstrom this morning on MSNBC, to the effect that the individual mandate in Obamacare (and Romneycare) is not a tax.
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Division, Uncertainty over Court's Health Care Ruling — Top One-Word Reactions — ‘Disappointed,’ ‘Surprised’ — OVERVIEW — The public has long been divided in its opinions about the 2010 health care law. There is now a similar division of opinion over last week's Supreme Court decision …
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Politico, Poynter, The Caucus and Outside the Beltway
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Public Divides on ACA Ruling, But Romney's Plans Fall Shorter
Public Divides on ACA Ruling, But Romney's Plans Fall Shorter
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Politico, Business Insider and Washington Examiner
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
A Tax Is a Tax Is a Tax — One of the few bright spots …
A Tax Is a Tax Is a Tax — One of the few bright spots …
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National Review
Mj Lee / Politico:
Allen West questions Romney team
Allen West questions Romney team
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CNN, NewsBusters.org blogs, Reuters and Conservatives4Palin
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 …
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BBC, www2.wsls.com, msnbc.com, Gawker and Sister Toldjah
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TMZ.com:
Andy Griffith Dead — TV Icon Dies at 86 — DEAD AT 86 — R.I.P. — 8:15 AM — Ron Howard just went to Twitter to post a message about his friend Andy Griffith ... writing, “His pursuit of excellence and the joy he took in creating served generations & shaped my life I'm forever grateful RIP Andy.”
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Fox News, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Mediaite, Wake up America, Joe. My. God. and The PJ Tatler
Ann Oldenburg / USA Today:
Andy Griffith dies at age 86
Andy Griffith dies at age 86
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The Right Scoop, msnbc.com, The New Civil Rights Movement, LewRockwell.com Blog and www2.wsls.com
Joal Ryan / E! Online:
Andy Griffith, Matlock and Mayberry's Favorite Son, Dead at 86
Andy Griffith, Matlock and Mayberry's Favorite Son, Dead at 86
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Althouse
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 …
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PoliticusUSA, Mediaite, New York Magazine and The Raw Story
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House to prohibit IRS from implementing healthcare law — The House as early as next week will pass legislation prohibiting the IRS from receiving any money from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement the 2010 healthcare reform law. — Passage of the financial …
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Prairie Weather, RedState, Wake up America and americanthinker.com
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Fifteen governors reject or leaning against expanded Medicaid program — At least 15 governors have indicated they will not participate in the expansion of Medicaid under the healthcare law, striking a blow to President Obama's promise of broader insurance coverage.
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Washington Post and Weasel Zippers
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Quayle wants to amend Constitution to address decision on healthcare law ‘tax’
Quayle wants to amend Constitution to address decision on healthcare law ‘tax’
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ThinkProgress and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
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The Hill, The Maddow Blog, Business Insider, ThinkProgress, Washington Wire, Daily Kos, msnbc.com and TheBlaze.com
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Morning Plum: No letting up on Bain
The Morning Plum: No letting up on Bain
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New York Post:
Roberts the coward — Last Friday on NPR, liberal columnist E.J. Dionne said something very revealing about why Chief Justice John Roberts decided to affirm the constitutionality of ObamaCare. The remarks proved even more enlightening when we learned for a certainty from peerless Supreme …
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National Review and UrbanGrounds
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Keith Hennessey / Wall Street Journal:
A Strategy to Undo ObamaCare
A Strategy to Undo ObamaCare
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New York Magazine, New York Times, Associated Press, Betsy's Page, JustOneMinute, Politico and Keith Hennessey
Joe Arnold / WHAS-TV:
Even with repeal, ‘Obamacare’ will be hard to unwind, McConnell says
Even with repeal, ‘Obamacare’ will be hard to unwind, McConnell says
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The PJ Tatler, Associated Press and The Rightnewz
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.
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Weasel Zippers, The Heritage Foundation and Joe. My. God.
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Stephen Lacey / ThinkProgress:
Media Connecting The Dots On U.S. Storms, Heat And Wildfires: ‘This Is What Global Warming Looks Like’
Media Connecting The Dots On U.S. Storms, Heat And Wildfires: ‘This Is What Global Warming Looks Like’
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Climate Central and Guardian
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.
The Daily Beast:
Exclusive — Over the years, as the media fixated on Anderson Cooper's sexuality, Kathy Griffin talked around the questions. Now that he's come out, she explains why she thinks her friend needs to be careful. — My friend Anderson Cooper is the scion of one of America's great shipping and railroad families, the Vanderbilts.
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Obama braces for June jobs report — Weak June manufacturing numbers released Monday intensified concern about the fragility of the economic recovery and turned election-watchers' attention toward unemployment numbers due out at the end of this week. — The reports, just four months …
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Jammie Wearing Fools, Taylor Marsh and americanthinker.com
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.
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The Daily Caller and Weekly Standard
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Christie: I'd ‘Answer the Call’ If Asked to Be Vice President — Outspoken New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, in a CNBC appearance Tuesday, opened the door to a vice presidential run should Republican candidate Mitt Romney choose him. — While many of those thought to be in contention …
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Washington Wire and Washington Post
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.
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The Jawa Report, Telegraph and New York Magazine
Brad Shannon / The Olympian:
I-1192's marriage initiative won't make ballot — The citizen initiative that would spell out that marriage is only between a man and a woman won't qualify for the November ballot. Its sponsor, Stephen Pidgeon of Everett, says Initiative 1192 is more than 140,000 signatures short ahead …
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ThinkProgress, KING-TV and Towleroad News #gay
Jeffrey Young / The Huffington Post:
Health Care Reform Defiance By Republican Governors Worries Hospital Industry … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Barack Obama , Bobby Jindal, Health Insurance, Rick Scott, Scott Walker, Elections 2012, Florida, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Jan Brewer, Health Care, Politics, Rick Perry …
NewsMax.com:
Rasmussen: Conservative Anger Against Obamacare Hitting ‘Stratospheric Levels’ — More ways to share... Mixx — Stumbled — LinkedIn — Vine — Buzzflash — Newstrust — Technocrati — Forward Article — Conservative interest in the presidential election hit …
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Scared Monkeys and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Rigged Rates, Rigged Markets — Marcus Agius, the chairman of Barclays, resigned on Monday, saying “the buck stops with me.” His was the first departure since the British bank agreed last week to pay $450 million to settle findings that, from 2005 to 2009, it had tried to rig benchmark interest rates to benefit its own bottom line.
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Firedoglake, BBC, Bloomberg, naked capitalism, Vox Popoli and Jared Bernstein