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7:40 PM ET, June 25, 2014

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It Looks Like African-Americans Really Did Help Thad Cochran Win — Tuesday night, Republican Sen. Thad Cochran defied the polls and defeated tea party challenger Chris McDaniel in the Mississippi Senate primary runoff by a 51 percent to 49 percent margin. Cochran couldn't have done …

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Erick Erickson / RedState:

The Marionettes Remain Uncut — “At some point there will be more people with knives out to cut the strings than there will be puppeteers with checkbooks.” — Having been an elected Republican and someone who routinely takes the position of supporting conservatives in primaries and Republicans …

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Patrick Brennan / National Review:

The Flier That Got Thad Cochran Elected? — It's generally agreed that Thad Cochran squeaked out a win in Mississippi last night in part by getting Democrats, especially African Americans, to turn out. Here's a flier that was distributed in heavily black precincts suggesting how he accomplished this:

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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:

Conservative Freakout Blames ‘Uncle Tom’ And Voter Fraud For McDaniel Loss — Some conservatives aren't happy that their preferred candidate, state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R) lost to Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) in the runoff of the GOP primary for U.S. Senate in Mississippi.

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Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:

CHRIS MCDANIEL TO CHALLENGE ELECTION RESULTS — HATTIESBURG, Mississippi — State Sen. Chris McDaniel will challenge the results of the Tuesday runoff election where 41-year incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran won by about 6,400 votes, he announced to a room of supporters here at his victory party …

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Anna Palmer / Politico:

Defiant Chris McDaniel declines to concede in speech to supporters — HATTIESBURG, MISS. — A defiant Chris McDaniel walked up to the podium at his election night headquarters here after the Republican runoff was called for his opponent Sen. Thad Cochran — and then he didn't concede.

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David Weigel / Slate:
Thad Cochran Defeats the Tea Party — And So Does Everyone Else

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Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Sarah Palin hits Thad Cochran ‘shenanigans’

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Alexander Burns / Politico:
How Cochran bounced back from disaster

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Alexander Burns / Politico:
How Cochran bounced back from disaster

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Domenico Montanaro / PBS:
Establishment order restored in midterm elections

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Annalyn Kurtz / CNNMoney.com:

3 reasons not to freak out about -2.9% GDP — Well, this picture keeps getting uglier. — Gross domestic product — the broadest measure of economic growth — contracted at a 2.9% annual rate in January through March, according to the latest revision from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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Sean Davis / The Federalist:

The Economy Tanked Last Quarter And It's Everybody's Fault But Obama's — The U.S. economy shrank at an annual rate of 2.9 percent during the first three months of 2014, government bean counters announced this morning. That matches the worst non-recession contraction of the U.S. economy in over 40 years.

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Danny Vinik / The New Republic:
Today's GDP Number Is Not as Bad as it Sounds. But the Recovery Is Still Weak.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
Jeannine Aversa: (202) 606-2649 (News Media)

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Jeanna Smialek / Bloomberg:
U.S. Economy Shrank in First Quarter by Most in Five Years

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jaredbernsteinblog.com:
Whoa! Whassup With That Big Negative Q1 GDP Revision?

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Eric Katz / Government Executive:

EPA Employees Told to Stop Pooping in the Hallway — Environmental Protection Agency workers have done some odd things recently. — Contractors built secret man caves in an EPA warehouse, an employee pretended to work for the CIA to get unlimited vacations and one worker even spent …

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Supreme Court Says Phones Can't Be Searched Without a Warrant — WASHINGTON — In a major statement on privacy rights in the digital age, the Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously ruled that the police need warrants to search the cellphones of people they arrest.

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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:

Opinion analysis: Broad cloak of privacy for cellphones — Analysis — Treating modern cellphones as gaping windows into nearly all aspects of the user's life and private conduct, the Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously ordered police to get a search warrant before examining the contents …

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Orin Kerr / Washington Post:
The significance of Riley

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Politico:
SCOTUS rules warrants needed for cell phone search

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waysandmeans.house.gov:

REVEALED: GOP Senator Targeted by Lerner Ways and Means investigation uncovers push to audit Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) — f t # e — Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) targeting of conservative individuals includes …

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The Indianapolis Star, Indystar:

Judge throws out Indiana ban on same-sex marriage — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Indiana's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional, immediately allowing same-sex couples across the state to receive marriage licenses. — U.S. District Judge Richard Young did not issue a stay on his ruling.

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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Appeals Court Says Utah Same-Sex Marriage Ban Is Unconstitutional

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Lauren French / Politico:

John Boehner: President Obama hasn't ‘faithfully’ executed laws — House Speaker John Boehner said he plans to move forward with a lawsuit against President Barack Obama for misusing executive powers. — “The Constitution makes it clear that a president's job is to faithfully execute the laws.

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Lauren French / Politico:
Nancy Pelosi: John Boehner lawsuit is ‘subterfuge’

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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:

Fox Host Yells At Michele Bachmann For Trying To Sue Obama: 'You're Being Silly' — “Fox Host Yells At Michele Bachmann For Trying To Sue Obama: 'You're Being Silly'” Share: — Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto blasted Republicans on Wednesday for preparing to file a federal lawsuit challenging …

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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:

US: SYRIA MAY HAVE LAUNCHED AIRSTRIKES IN IRAQ — WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say there are indications that Syria launched airstrikes into western Iraq Tuesday in an attempt to slow the al-Qaida-inspired insurgency fighting both the Syrian and Iraqi governments.

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Markos Moulitsas / The Hill:

Koch owned and operated — If you want to know who each of our two major parties represent, simply look at their donors. — According to data compiled by OpenSecrets.org, Democratic Party committees, on both the federal and state levels, have dramatically outraised their Republican counterparts …

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