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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner To Sue Obama For Unilateral Delay Of Obamacare Employer Mandate — House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Thursday revealed that he plans to sue President Barack Obama for his unilateral delay of the Obamacare employer mandate, ratcheting up the tension between the White House …
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Slate, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Moderate Voice, Hinterland Gazette and his vorpal sword
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Barack Obama on impeachment: ‘Really?’ — Go ahead, President Barack Obama told House Republicans Thursday. Impeach him. — “You hear some of them: ‘Sue him! Impeach him!’” Obama said in a relaxed, sniping campaign-style speech in Austin, Texas, recounting the resistance he's run into for signing executive actions.
Lauren French / Politico:
GOP's Obama lawsuit to focus on employer mandate — House Republicans will base their lawsuit against President Barack Obama on the administration's “unilateral” decision to delay the employer mandate provision in Obamacare, Speaker John Boehner said Thursday.
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ThinkProgress and Hullabaloo
Speaker.gov:
Boehner: This Is About Protecting the Constitution
Boehner: This Is About Protecting the Constitution
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Vox, Prairie Weather, Guardian, BuzzFeed, Daily Kos and National Review
Sarah Mimms / NationalJournal.com:
Boehner Goes Off On Obama Over Immigration Crisis
Boehner Goes Off On Obama Over Immigration Crisis
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Shakesville
Jessica Taylor / The Hill:
Judge strikes down GOP-drawn Florida congressional lines — A Florida Circut County Court has struck down the state's congressional map and ordered a redrawing of district lines. — In his 41-page ruling issued Thursday evening, Judge Terry Lewis writes that the map drawn …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Florida Court Declares One Of The Worst Partisan Gerrymanders In The Country Unconstitutional — Florida's congressional districts are some of the most GOP-friendly in the country. Although President Obama won a narrow victory over Mitt Romney in Florida during the 2012 presidential election …
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Liberaland
Jenna Levy / Gallup:
In U.S., Uninsured Rate Sinks to 13.4% in Second Quarter — Significant decline in uninsured rate across age groups since the end of 2013 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The uninsured rate in the U.S. fell 2.2 percentage points to 13.4% in the second quarter of 2014.
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Outside the Beltway, Politico, Business Insider, ThinkProgress, US News and The New Republic
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Michael Wilner / Jerusalem Post:
Obama speaks with Netanyahu, offering to broker ceasefire with Hamas — US President reaffirms Israel's right to defend itself against attacks; Congress prepares resolution supporting Israel; State Department points finger at Hamas as perpetrator of crisis.
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The Week and Roger L. Simon
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Killing of Palestinian Youth Puts an Israeli Focus on Extremism
Killing of Palestinian Youth Puts an Israeli Focus on Extremism
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NewsBusters, The New Republic and American Power
William Saletan / Slate:
The Gaza Rules — Israel, unlike Hamas, isn't trying to kill civilians.
The Gaza Rules — Israel, unlike Hamas, isn't trying to kill civilians.
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New York Times, Elder Of Ziyon, The Raw Story, NewsBusters and American Thinker, more at Mediagazer »
Congressman Steve Stockman:
Stockman files motion ordering the arrest of Lois Lerner — Democrats endorse arrest powers: “I could have arrested Karl Rove on any given day” Pelosi said just days ago — > CNN, New York Times also endorse the House's power to arrest — WASHINGTON — Congressman Steve Stockman Thursday filed …
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The Daily Caller, NewsBusters, Twitchy, Mediaite and The PJ Tatler
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
U.S. Muslims Most Approving of Obama, Mormons Least — Relative rank order of religious groups stable throughout his presidency — PRINCETON, NJ — Seventy-two percent of U.S. Muslims approved of the job President Barack Obama was doing as president during the first six months of 2014 …
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Politico and Taegan Goddard's …
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Crisis on the Border — No one who wants to help has authority, and no one with authority is helping. — What is happening at the southern border is a true and actual crisis. News accounts justly use words like chaos, collapse and breakdown. They feature images of children …
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The PJ Tatler and Right Wing News
New York Times:
Sheldon Adelson, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates on Immigration Reform — AMERICAN citizens are paying 535 people to take care of the legislative needs of the country. We are getting shortchanged. Here's an example: On June 10, an incumbent congressman in Virginia lost a primary election …
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National Review, Twitchy and CNN
Vanity Fair:
Audio: Nixon's Secret White House Tapes — OVAL TEAM President Richard Nixon with National-Security Adviser Henry Kissinger (right) and Kissinger's deputy, Alexander M. Haig Jr., 1972. — In an adaptation from their forthcoming book, Vanity Fair contributing editor Douglas Brinkley …
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Wall Street Journal and Mediaite
Jerusalem Post:
Iron Dome intercepts 3 Gaza rockets over greater Tel Aviv — Air raid sirens sound in Tel Aviv, surrounding cities in central Israel warning of attack; no injuries reported. — Several rockets from the Gaza Strip were fired toward the greater Tel Aviv area on Friday morning.
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Israel Matzav
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
‘The bear is loose’: Is Obama breaking free or running away? — President Obama visited Denver on the first leg of a three-day trip to tout economic gains, fundraise and meet with ordinary citizens. Here are some thing to do in Denver when you're president. (Tom LeGro and Natalie Jennings/The Washington Post)
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Hot Air, Right Wing News, Althouse and American Spectator
George Clooney / USA Today:
Exclusive: George Clooney rejects ‘Mail’ apology — There is one constant when a person or company is caught doing something wrong. The coverup is always worse. — In this case, the Daily Mail has printed an apology for insinuating religious tensions where there are none.
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Guardian, The Huffington Post and The Raw Story
John Hanna / Associated Press:
Kansas Senator's Longevity Gives GOP Foe Opening — Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts stoked the political brushfire he was hoping to smother during a recent Kansas City-area radio morning show. — “Every time I get an opponent — uh, I mean, every time I get a chance — I'm home,” Roberts said during the KCMO interview.
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Politico
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Pundits Collectively Lose It Over A Quote Obama Didn't Even Say — Many pundits on Thursday were shocked by the gall of President Obama to say that he doesn't “do photo-ops,” a mere day after glossy, White House-sanctioned shots surfaced of him sipping beer and shooting pool with the Colorado governor.
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American Prospect, Townhall.com and Daily Kos
Sarah Desprat / Twitchy:
‘WHAT A FREAKIN’ LIE'! Reuters, Yahoo busted for bogus headline about Obama at border [pics]; Update: Headline changed, still wrong — President Obama really gets around. After all, those funds aren't gonna raise themselves! In a short span of time this week, the president has spent time in Denver …
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Rush Limbaugh, Mediaite and NewsBusters
Fox News:
Federal judge orders IRS to explain lost Lerner emails ‘under oath’ — A federal judge has ordered the IRS to explain “under oath” how the agency lost a trove of emails from the official at the heart of the Tea Party targeting scandal. — U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan gave …
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Red Alert Politics
Washington Post:
The immigration no-brainer — As is his wont, President Obama is treating the border crisis — more than 50,000 unaccompanied children crossing illegally — as a public relations problem. Where to photo op and where not. He still hasn't enunciated a policy. He may not even have one.
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National Review and Outside the Beltway