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Supreme Court strikes down part of Voting Rights Act — The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — the map that determines which states must get federal permission before they change their voting laws. — The ruling, a 5-4 decision …
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Bill Mears / CNN:
Supreme Court limits federal oversight of Voting Rights Act — What do you think? Sound off in a video on CNN iReport. — Washington (CNN) — A deeply divided Supreme Court has limited use of a key provision in the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, in effect invalidating federal enforcement …
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The Moderate Voice, The Democratic Daily, Weasel Zippers and How Appealing
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Part of Voting Rights Act — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday effectively struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by a 5-to-4 vote, ruling that Congress had not provided adequate justification for subjecting nine states, mostly in the South, to federal oversight.
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The Mahablog and Shakesville
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Divided Supreme Court strikes down key voting rights provision — In a decision that marks the end of a major civil rights-era reform, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the federal government can no longer force states and jurisdictions with a long-past history of voting discrimination …
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Conservatives4Palin, Weekly Standard and UrbanGrounds
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court stops use of key part of Voting Rights Act
Supreme Court stops use of key part of Voting Rights Act
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The Fix
Sam Baker / The Hill:
High court strikes down key part of Voting Rights Act in 5-4 ruling
High court strikes down key part of Voting Rights Act in 5-4 ruling
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New York Times:
DEVELOPING Live Analysis of Supreme Court Decision on Voting Rights
DEVELOPING Live Analysis of Supreme Court Decision on Voting Rights
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Supreme Court doesn't resolve wrongs of affirmative action
Supreme Court doesn't resolve wrongs of affirmative action
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Power Line, New York Times, Joanne Jacobs and The Huffington Post
John Cassidy / News Desk:
Demonizing Edward Snowden: Which Side Are You On? — As I write this, a bunch of reporters are flying from Moscow to Havana on an Aeroflot Airbus 330, but Edward Snowden isn't sitting among them. His whereabouts are unknown. He might still be in the V.I.P. lounge at Sheremetyevo International Airport.
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Booman Tribune, Taylor Marsh, CANNONFIRE, ABC, Althouse, Daily Kos and Politico
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RT:
Putin: Snowden still in Moscow airport, won't be extradited, free to go anywhere — Russia's President says former NSA contractor Edward Snowden is still in the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport. Vladimir Putin says that any accusations of Russia related to Snowden are “nonsense and rubbish.”
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The Moderate Voice, Mediaite and Business Insider, more at Mediagazer »
CNN:
Where in the world is Edward Snowden?
Where in the world is Edward Snowden?
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KTLA 5, The Week, Guardian, msnbc.com and The Daily Beast
Vladimir Isachenkov / Associated Press:
RUSSIA REJECTS US DEMAND FOR SNOWDEN'S EXTRADITION
RUSSIA REJECTS US DEMAND FOR SNOWDEN'S EXTRADITION
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ViralRead, The Gateway Pundit, Business Insider and New York Times
Guardian:
Edward Snowden never crossed border into Russia, says foreign minister
Edward Snowden never crossed border into Russia, says foreign minister
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bigstory.ap.org, BBC, Reuters, The Huffington Post, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Outside the Beltway
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
US-China relations chill over Snowden
US-China relations chill over Snowden
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CNN, Politico, Reuters and The Reaction
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Obama to Outline Ambitious Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gases — WASHINGTON — President Obama will propose a sweeping plan to address climate change on Tuesday, setting ambitious goals and timetables for a series of executive actions to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and prepare the nation for the ravages of a warming planet.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
WH Climate Adviser: 'A War on Coal Is Exactly What's Needed'
WH Climate Adviser: 'A War on Coal Is Exactly What's Needed'
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E2-Wire, National Review, Weasel Zippers, Conservatives4Palin, Washington Free Beacon and Jammie Wearing Fools
Darren Goode / Politico:
President Obama to unveil sweeping climate plan
President Obama to unveil sweeping climate plan
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Justice Samuel Alito's middle-school antics — The most remarkable thing about the Supreme Court's opinions announced Monday was not what the justices wrote or said. It was what Samuel Alito did. — The associate justice, a George W. Bush appointee, read two opinions …
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EgbertoWillies.com, Taylor Marsh, Taegan Goddard's … and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Garrett Epps / The Atlantic Online:
Justice Alito's Inexcusable Rudeness — A justice of the Supreme Court should not act like a high schooler on the bench; when the target is a fellow justice, the offense is even greater. — I suspect that the cause of cameras in the Supreme Court suffered a blow on Monday.
Eliana Johnson / National Review:
‘Lookout List’ Not Much Broader Than Originally Thought, Contrary to Reports — Acting IRS commissioner Danny Werfel on Monday told reporters that the now-infamous “Be On The Lookout” list was far broader than was originally disclosed in the Treasury Department inspector general's report.
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The Gateway Pundit, The Dish, Power Line and The Daily Caller
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Bloomberg:
IRS Look at Progressive Groups Complicates Controversy
IRS Look at Progressive Groups Complicates Controversy
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Taegan Goddard's …, National Review and The Huffington Post
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Documents Show Liberals in I.R.S. Dragnet
Documents Show Liberals in I.R.S. Dragnet
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Yahoo! News, The Plum Line, Washington Post, msnbc.com and Wall Street Journal
Politico:
Obama in the doldrums — Not yet six months into his second term, Barack Obama's presidency is in a dead zone. — A combination of familiar Washington intransigence and a more recent run of bad news and political setbacks have left him with less influence over his circumstances …
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Connecting.the.Dots, The Daily Beast, Betsy's Page, Mediaite and NationalJournal.com
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Politico:
On Penny Pritzker, where's the outrage? — Penny Pritzker has understated her income by tens of millions of dollars, clashed openly with organized labor, benefited from offshore tax havens and invested in financial instruments that helped precipitate the 2008 financial meltdown.
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Paula's Worst Ingredients — Paula Deen is where sass meets crass, where the homespun and folksy curdle into something with a sour aftertaste. — Her manner may be as sugary as her cooking, her smile as big as the hams she hawked for Smithfield. But she doesn't pause when she should.
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Michael Bloomberg aide lobbied on guns in Nevada — Michael Bloomberg's gun control group sent a city employee to register as a lobbyist in Nevada on state-based firearms issues, a use of government resources that raises further questions about the relationship between the city and the mayor's self-funded 501(c)(4).
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Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
Loaded mayor's gun grab: NYC $$ targets Nevada
Loaded mayor's gun grab: NYC $$ targets Nevada
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Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon and Jammie Wearing Fools
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Spokesman Says Iran's President ‘Will Return With Hidden Imam’ — An Iranian government spokesman has said that outgoing President Mahmud Ahmadinejad will return with the Hidden Imam, who according to Shi'ite belief went into hiding in the 10th century and will reappear to bring justice to Earth.
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Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller
Hasnain Kazim / Spiegel Online:
Exodus: Afghan Diplomats Defect as Western Withdrawal Nears — The situation in Afghanistan is becoming increasingly precarious that Afghan diplomats no longer want to return to their homeland. Up to 100 foreign service employees set for rotation back to Kabul from assignments abroad have now defected.
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The Gateway Pundit
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Mirwais Harooni / Reuters:
Afghan forces put down attack on presidential palace: police
Afghan forces put down attack on presidential palace: police
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emptywheel, Weasel Zippers and Quartz
Irin Carmon / Salon:
Caught on tape: Crisis pregnancy center's abortion lies — Watch: Exclusive video shows antiabortion pregnancy center give young woman medically inaccurate, dangerous advice — In a secretly recorded video (embedded at the bottom of this story), a young woman named Kate, 19 …
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Feministing
Robert Costa / National Review:
Bolton Plans a Tour of Early-Primary States — Watch out, Rand Paul. — As Paul, a Kentucky senator, plans for a 2016 presidential run, he is talking up his views on foreign policy, which, broadly speaking, include less intervention in foreign conflicts and a smaller military budget.
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Yahoo! News, Weasel Zippers and Hit & Run
David Daley / Salon:
Chris Hayes: Bring on the upper-middle-class revolution! — The MSNBC anchor pins Iraq, the economy, Katrina and more on elites — and says we all need to get radicalized now — Twenty years ago, William Greider's “Who Will Tell the People?” documented the betrayal of American democracy by the elites …
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