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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 …
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Quayle wants to amend Constitution to address decision on healthcare law ‘tax’  —  Rep. Ben Quayle (R-Ariz.) has proposed fighting back against the Supreme Court's healthcare decision by amending the Constitution so that no law can be considered a tax unless Congress designates it as a tax.
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Public Divides on ACA Ruling, But Romney's Plans Fall Shorter  —  Americans divide on the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the federal health care law and on Barack Obama's plans for the health care system alike, while favorable views of Mitt Romney's approach to health care fall shorter, with more undecided.
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
A Tax Is a Tax Is a Tax  —  One of the few bright spots …
Discussion: National Review
Mj Lee / Politico:
Allen West questions Romney team
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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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Fifteen governors reject or leaning against expanded Medicaid program
Discussion: Washington Post and Weasel Zippers
NewsMax.com:
Rasmussen: Conservative Anger Against Obamacare Hitting ‘Stratospheric Levels’
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 …
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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Morning Plum: No letting up on Bain
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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Ann Oldenburg / USA Today:
Andy Griffith dies at age 86
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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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte To Join Romney In New Hampshire On July 4
Kelly Ayotte / CNN:
Ayotte to join Romney at July 4th parade
Discussion: Politico and ABCNEWS
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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Stephen Lacey / ThinkProgress:
Media Connecting The Dots On U.S. Storms, Heat And Wildfires: ‘This Is What Global Warming Looks Like’
Discussion: 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.
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: National Review and UrbanGrounds
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 …
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.
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
8,733,461: Workers on Federal ‘Disability’ Exceed Population of New York City  —  (CNSNews.com) - A record of 8,733,461 workers took federal disability insurance payments in June 2012, according to the Social Security Administration.  That was up from 8,707,185 in May.
Hartford Courant:
CCSU Police Say Student Faked Anti-Gay Notes  —  Alleged Bias Prompted Campus Rally Where Accused Student Spoke  —  Alexandra E. Pennell speaking at the March 13 rally (Ryan Bernat/ FoxCT / March 13, 2012)  —  The day Alexandra Pennell addressed an anti-hate rally at Central Connecticut State University …
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.
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
The 11 Most Pro-Gay U.S. Representatives  —  Rep. Barabara Lee (D-CA), the Most Pro-Gay U.S. Representative Credit: Adam Bouska  —  Last week, ThinkProgress identified seven anti-LGBT Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives who sponsored or co-sponsored five or more of the ten …
 
 
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Jim Sanders / Sacramento Bee:
California bill would allow a child to have more than two parents
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Thom Shanker / New York Times:
U.S. Adds Forces in Persian Gulf, a Signal to Iran
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