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7:15 AM ET, June 10, 2015

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Rubio's ‘luxury speedboat’ is a fishing boat — In an effort to showcase Sen. Marco Rubio's history of financial struggles, The New York Times reported Tuesday that the Florida Republican had spent “$80,000 for a luxury speedboat” even as he faced outstanding debts.

Katie Glueck / Politico:

Ted Cruz team looks beyond Iowa, New Hampshire — Stuck in the pack in the Hawkeye State, the Texas senator looks to later-voting states. — He's stuck in the middle of the pack in Iowa, lags in polls, and much of the GOP donor class views him with disdain.

Seth Stoughton / Talking Points Memo:

A Former Cop On What Went Wrong In McKinney — An officer in McKinney, Texas, dashes down a sidewalk, losing his flashlight as he runs past a teenage videographer toward an emergency. Seconds later, the teen with the camera walks up to another officer, one who is standing with a group of kids.

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times

The New / New York Times:

Police Officer in McKinney, Tex., Resigns Over Incident Caught on Video — The police officer seen in a video throwing a 14-year-old girl in a swimsuit to the ground and pointing his gun at other teenagers has resigned from the police force in McKinney, Tex.

Discussion: Hinterland Gazette, Liberaland, Right Wing Watch, The Last Refuge, The Daily Caller and CW33 NewsFix

Dallas Morning News:
Dueling views of McKinney melee fault intruding teens, racist adults, police officer

Discussion: Crime Blog, CNN, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, The Scoop Blog, The PJ Tatler, Raw Story, Towleroad News #gay and Vox

Natalie Solis / Fox4News.com:
Teen who filmed McKinney pool party takedown video speaks out

Discussion: Fox News, NPR, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, dallasmorningviewsblog …, ThinkProgress and WFAA-TV

Eli Stokols / Politico:

Jeb Bush, explaining campaign shakeup, calls for ‘patience’ — BERLIN — In his first comments since Monday's shakeup, Jeb Bush told reporters here he felt the need to reorganize his team based on “the magnitude of the journey,” not any perceived struggles of his nascent campaign.

Discussion: Political Wire

Washington Post:

Super PAC backing Jeb Bush unlikely to hit $100 million by end of June — A super PAC backing former Florida governor Jeb Bush is likely to fall short of collecting $100 million by the end of this month, despite widespread expectations that the group would hit that record-breaking sum, according to people close to the operation.

Discussion: New York Times, Politico and OnPolitics

Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Jeb Bush In 1995: Unwed Mothers Should Be Publicly Shamed

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, BuzzFeed, Daily Kos, Raw Story and Hullabaloo

Nick Gass / Politico:

Bachelor Lindsey Graham promises a ‘rotating first lady’ — Unmarried Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham says that if he becomes president, he will have a “rotating first lady.” — “Well, I've got a sister. She could play that role if necessary,” the 59-year-old South Carolinian presidential …

Discussion: Towleroad News #gay, Shakesville and Joe. My. God.

Francesca Chambers For / Daily Mail:

EXCLUSIVE: 'I've got lots of friends, we'll have a rotating First Lady': Bachelor Lindsey Graham reveals how he'd solve biggest unanswered question of his White House campaign — The Republican senator told Daily Mail Online at a recent campaign event, 'Well, I've got a sister, she could play that role if necessary'

Discussion: The Huffington Post, The Hill, CNN, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Washington Post

CJCiaramella / BuzzFeed:

Justice Department Subpoenas Reason.com To Unmask Commenters — The Justice Department made the classic mistake of reading the comments, and now it wants to know the identity of internet commenters who talked about putting a federal judge in a wood chipper.

Discussion: Techdirt, Raw Story, The Last Refuge, Balloon Juice and Washington Post

Joe Palazzolo / Wall Street Journal:
Reason Magazine Subpoenaed Over Reader Comments about Silk Road Judge

Discussion: Bloomberg View, Power Line, The Daily Caller, The Verge and Popehat, more at Mediagazer »

Burgess Everett / Politico:

Trouble looms for Mitch McConnell's Senate — That burst of legislative activity this year? It was fun while it lasted. — Getty — A summer of gridlock is bearing down on Washington, threatening to put an end to the burst of legislative productivity that kicked off Mitch McConnell's reign atop the Senate.

Discussion: Daily Kos and The PJ Tatler

Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Reid rips McConnell over judges

Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos

Politico:
Mitch McConnell tries to turn tables on Dems with cyber bill

Discussion: The Hill

David K. Li / New York Post:

The genius behind ‘Headless Body in Topless Bar’ headline dies at 74 — Longtime New York Post news editor and film critic Vincent Musetto — who wrote what's arguably the most famous headline in newspaper history — died on Tuesday. — He had just turned 74 in May.

Discussion: NPR

Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Vincent Musetto, 74, Dies; Wrote ‘Headless’ Headline of Ageless Fame

Discussion: Refinery29, Capital New York, The Week, Outside the Beltway and Poynter., more at Mediagazer »

Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:

Army Gen. Randy Taylor introduces his husband at Pentagon Gay Pride event … A married Army general on Tuesday introduced his spouse at a Pentagon event that featured lots of top brass, including Defense Secretary Ashton Carter as the keynote speaker. — What made this seemingly routine …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Joe. My. God.

Associated Press:

Service Dog Throws Self In Front Of Bus To Save Blind Owner's Life — BREWSTER, N.Y. (AP) — A service dog threw himself in front of a mini school bus to try to protect his blind owner and stayed by her side as emergency responders tended to the injured pair, authorities said.

Discussion: WCNC-TV and The Week

Peter D. Kramer / lohud.com:
Dog on the mend after protecting blind owner

Discussion: Mediaite, CBS New York, fox8.com and Mashable

Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:

U.S. Embracing a New Approach on Battling ISIS in Iraq — WASHINGTON — In a significant shift of strategy in Iraq, the Obama administration is planning to establish a new military base in Anbar Province and send 400 American military trainers to help Iraqi forces retake the city of Ramadi and repel the Islamic State.

Discussion: Reuters, Washington Post, The Week, Taylor Marsh and NBC News

Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:

Louisiana GOPers In Fiscal Mess Beg Grover Norquist To Relax No Tax Pledge — Republican state lawmakers in Louisiana and anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist are in a war of words over the state's terrible budget options, with Gov. Bobby Jindal (R), a 2016 White House contender, stuck in the middle.

Discussion: Daily Kos, The Mahablog and New Orleans Times-Picayune

Sangwon Yoon / Bloomberg Business:

Countries Don't Report Iran Sanctions Violations, UN Report Says — Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps Commander Qassem Suleimani. Source: Sipa via AP Photos — United Nations monitors said governments reported no new incidents of Iran violating Security Council sanctions against its nuclear program …

Discussion: Power Line, Associated Press, Weekly Standard and Washington Free Beacon

Mark Halperin / Bloomberg Business:

John Kasich's Super-PAC Hires Fred Davis as Media Strategist — The Ohio governor is staffing up ahead of an expected run for the White House. — t MarkHalperin — With more than a dozen Republican presidential hopefuls in the 2016 field, the supply of experienced and talented campaign operatives is going to be spread thin.

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:

Marilyn Mosby Filed Gag Order Motion IN THE WRONG COURT — Baltimore city state's attorney Marilyn Mosby's motion for a gag order in the Freddie Gray case was denied Monday because the prosecutor filed paperwork in the wrong court. — Mosby's May 14 motion, filed in Baltimore's circuit court …

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Hot Air, Mediaite, The Last Refuge, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Baltimore Sun

WALB-TV:

Official: 5-month-old fetus lived 30 minutes after ‘abortion pill’ delivery — By WALB News Team — A woman faces a murder charge after the death of her five-and-a-half-month-old fetus she delivered in an abortion attempt. — Kenlissa Jones, 23, was charged with malice murder and possession of a dangerous drug.

Discussion: Salon, Hinterland Gazette, Common Dreams, Hit & Run and theGrio