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10:55 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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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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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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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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Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
CHRIS MCDANIEL TO CHALLENGE ELECTION RESULTS

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Alec MacGillis / The New Republic:
Black Voters Saved Thad Cochran and the GOP Establishment. Here's What Republicans Owe Them In Return.

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

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Alexander Burns / Politico:
How Cochran bounced back from disaster

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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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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Defiant Chris McDaniel declines to concede in speech to supporters

Domenico Montanaro / PBS:
Establishment order restored in midterm elections

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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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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:

EPA Memo To Employees: Please Stop Pooping In The Hallway — An administrator at a regional Environmental Protection Agency office in Denver, Colo. had to educate employees about bathroom etiquette. — Deputy Regional Administrator Howard Cantor wrote an email to staff earlier this year lecturing …

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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Jeanna Smialek / Bloomberg:

U.S. Economy Shrank in First Quarter by Most in Five Years — The U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter by the most since the depths of the last recession as consumer spending cooled. — Gross domestic product fell at a 2.9 percent annualized rate, more than forecast …

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:

Jeannine Aversa: (202) 606-2649 (News Media) — National Income and Product Accounts — Gross Domestic Product: First Quarter 2014 (Third Estimate) — Corporate Profits: First Quarter 2014 (Revised Estimate) — Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced …

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

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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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New York Times:
Supreme Court Rules Against Aereo, a TV Streaming Service

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Orin Kerr / Washington Post:
The significance of Riley

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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Opinion analysis: Broad cloak of privacy for cellphones

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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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Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:

EMAILS: IRS OFFICIAL SOUGHT AUDIT OF GOP SENATOR — WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional investigators say they uncovered emails Wednesday showing that a former Internal Revenue Service official at the heart of the tea party investigation sought an audit involving a Republican senator in 2012.

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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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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.

Discussion: The Daily Beast

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

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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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Salt Lake Tribune:
10th Circuit Court upholds same-sex marriage

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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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