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Lindsey Boerma / CBS News:
Romney: Individual mandate “is a tax” — (CBS News) Two days after his top adviser insisted otherwise, Mitt Romney on Wednesday told CBS News chief political correspondent Jan Crawford that President Obama's individual mandate - upheld last week by the Supreme Court - is “a tax.”
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Romney shifts, says mandate's a tax — Directly contradicting his senior adviser, Eric Fehrnstrom, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney told CBS that the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate is “a tax.” — Earlier this week, Fehrnstrom said in a TV appearance that Romney …
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CNN:
Romney calls health care mandate a ‘tax,’ contradicts top aide
Romney calls health care mandate a ‘tax,’ contradicts top aide
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Ihosvani Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Hallandale Beach lifeguard fired after participating in beach rescue — As lifeguards are paid and trained to do, Tomas Lopez rushed down the beach to rescue a drowning man — and then got fired for it. — The problem: Lopez stepped out of the beach zone his company is paid to patrol, a supervisor said Tuesday.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
America-Hating Patriots and Other Mysteries of the 4th — I'm always at a bit of a loss as to what to say on this big patriotic occasion. I'm as “American” in background, outlook, and life-experiences as anyone you'd meet. I belong to a distinctly American religious community, born on the Kentucky frontier long after Independence.
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Bill Frezza / Political Capital:
Lamenting The Lost Legacy Of Independence Day
Kurt Andersen / New York Times:
The Downside of Liberty — THIS spring I was on a panel at the Woodstock Writers Festival. An audience member asked a question: Why had the revolution dreamed up in the late 1960s mostly been won on the social and cultural fronts — women's rights, gay rights, black president, ecology …
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The Gateway Pundit and Booman Tribune
Associated Press:
Mystery Bermuda-based company and other undisclosed Romney assets hint at larger wealth — Paul Sancya/file/Associated Press - FILE — In an Oct. 10, 2006 file photo Mitt Romney speaks at the Leadership Summit on Race in Detroit. For nearly 15 years, Republican presidential candidate Mitt …
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Thereisnospoon / Hullabaloo:
Founding fathers quotes you probably haven't heard, by @DavidOAtkins — Founding fathers quotes you probably haven't heard — On July 4th, enjoy some of the less famous quotes from the founders of our country. — Thomas Paine: … James Madison: … Benjamin Franklin: … Benjamin Franklin again:
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A Tiny Revolution
Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Jonathan Krohn Laughs Off Bitter Conservative Reprisals — Jonathan Krohn, the teen conservative idol turned liberal heretic, is on the receiving end of a world of abuse from right wing pundits this week. Fine by him. But please folks, lay off his mom.
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NY Daily News:
Rep. Charles Rangel urges supporters to have faith in Board of Elections in wake of Adriano Espaillat's legal challenge — Congressman preaches calm during rally in Harlem after his chief opponent in the 13th Congressional District primary made accusations of voter suppression
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Ballot Box, Politico and The Raw Story
Dennis Overbye / New York Times:
Physicists Find Elusive Particle Seen as Key to the Universe — ASPEN, Colo. — Signaling a likely end to one of the longest, most expensive searches in the history of science, physicists said Wednesday that they had discovered a new subatomic particle that looks for all the world like the Higgs boson …
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Randy Barnett / The Volokh Conspiracy:
The Declaration of Independence Annotated — [From the next edition of my casebook, Constitutional Law: Cases in Context:] — When reading the Declaration, it is worth keeping in mind two very important facts. The Declaration constituted high treason against the Crown and every person …
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Mj Lee / Reuters:
Billy Baldwin: Alec may run for mayor — Alec Baldwin's flirtation with a possible run for New York mayor may not be just for show. — That's according to his little brother Billy, who said in an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan on Tuesday night that the “30 Rock” star's …
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