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5:30 PM ET, July 7, 2012

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Jonathan Strong / Roll Call:
John Boehner: Voters Need Not Love Mitt Romney  —  By now, Republican laments that presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney is not the most inspiring figure to ever run for president are well-known.  —  “The Republican bench had several candidates stronger than Romney, but they chose not to run …
Discussion: The Hill
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Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Boehner: I can't make you love Mitt Romney  —  (CBS News) When House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, endorsed Mitt Romney for president in April, he pledged to do “everything I can to help him win.”  —  In his words, however, the one thing he can't do is make voters “fall in love” with the candidate.
Marisa Lagos / San Francisco Chronicle:
Legislature approves high-speed rail spending  —  Photo: Anonymous, ASSOCIATED PRESS / SF  —  Sacramento —  A divided state Senate approved billions of dollars in funding to start construction on California's ambitious high-speed rail line Friday, handing the controversial project $7.9 billion …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
California Senate Narrowly Approves Rail Project
Discussion: Via Meadia
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
LaHood: Golly, I envy the Chinese government
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and Weasel Zippers
Reuters:
Taliban publicly execute woman near Kabul: officials  —  (Reuters) - A man Afghan officials say is a member of the Taliban shot dead a woman accused of adultery in front of a crowd near Kabul, a video obtained by Reuters showed, a sign that the austere Islamist group dictates law even near the Afghan capital.
Mark Steyn / National Review:
American Twilight  —  This weekend, I am thousands of miles from home in a remote and isolated part of the world with erratic communications and lack of basic services.  No, not Washington, D.C. Things aren't that primitive, thank God.  I'm in a rude Highland croft way up a far Scottish brae …
Emma Graham-Harrison / Guardian:
Hillary Clinton declares Afghanistan a ‘major non-Nato ally’ of US  —  Declaration on eve of donor conference allows for streamlined military co-operation including access to weapons and training  —  The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, has declared Afghanistan a “major non-Nato ally” …
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BBC:
Afghanistan made ‘major US ally’
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Newsy
Carlo Munoz / The Hill:
White House declares Afghanistan a ‘major non-NATO ally’
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:
The tax man cometh to police you on health care  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court's decision to uphold most of President Barack Obama's health care law will come home to roost for most taxpayers in about 2 1/2 years, when they'll have to start providing proof on their tax returns that they have health insurance.
Akron Beacon Journal:
Akron restaurant owner dies hours after meeting President Obama  —  The Rev. Jesse Jackson and his son have stopped at Ann's Place.  So have several professional football players.  —  For Josephine “Ann” Harris, however, none came close to President Barack Obama visiting her West Akron restaurant.
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Mixed Message as Republicans Claim Health Law Cuts Medicare  —  WASHINGTON — For much of the past year, Republicans assailed President Obama for resisting the Medicare spending reductions they say are needed to both preserve health benefits for older Americans and avert a Greek-style debt crisis.
Ron Futrell / BREITBART.COM:
ABC: ‘BEST NEWS’ IS GAS PRICES WILL DROP IN TIME FOR NOVEMBER  —  The Activist Old Media is making it very clear who they want to win the White House in 2012.  It's the same guy they were rooting for in 2008.  —  Lowering gas prices is one of the weapons they will use to try to convince …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  In Pa., Voter ID Law Already Changing The Electoral Landscape  —  PITTSBURGH — Hundreds of thousands of potential voters here were left scrambling in the wake of Pennsylvania's voter ID law — enough to prompt speculation as to whether the law could change the outcome of the election in November.
Chicago Tribune:
Thieves steal $230K in hair extensions from SE Side store … Thieves broke through a wall overnight and made off with $230,000 in hair extensions from a Southeast Side beauty supply store, police and the store owner said.  —  35th Street Beauty Supply, 260 E. 35th St., was bustling Saturday afternoon …
Discussion: theGrio and New York Magazine
iowahawk:
DNC Scientists Disprove Existence of Roberts' Taxon  —  WASHINGTON DC - Jubilant scientists at the DNC's High Speed Word Collider (HSWC) announced today they have conclusively disproven the existence of Roberts' Taxon, the theoretical radioactive Facton particle that some had worried would lead …
Chris Moody / Associated Press:
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter resigns from Congress  —  Michigan Republican Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, who launched a short-lived White House bid in 2011, announced Friday that he was resigning from Congress, citing personal family issues.  —  “After nearly 26 years in elected office …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and PoliticusUSA
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Charles Mahtesian / Politico:   McCotter resigns after ‘nightmarish month’
 
 
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Libyans Vote in First Election in More Than 40 Years
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Associated Press:
Suicide bomber kills 7 of his own family in Iraq
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Mark Knoller / CBS News:
Presidential seal returns to Obama campaign events after change of heart
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Weasel Zippers
Ernest Drucker / The Huffington Post:
Decriminalization of Drug Possession Doesn't Increase Drug Use, New Report Finds
Discussion: The Raw Story
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Paul Davidson / USA Today:
8.2% unemployment rate unchanged in June
Ernest Luning / Colorado Statesman:
Dutch lawmaker brings his crusade against Islam to conservative confab
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Bloomberg:
Some Health Care For All, but not Too Much  —  Tyler Cowen caught …
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
There's Battle Lines Being Drawn
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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