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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Nationwide Health Care Subsidies — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that President Obama's health care law may provide nationwide tax subsidies to help poor and middle-class people buy health insurance. — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote the majority opinion in the 6-to-3 decision.
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Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Obama's healthcare legacy sealed — The Supreme Court cemented President Barack Obama's signature achievement on Thursday by affirming that the Affordable Care Act intended to help all Americans who need help paying for their insurance. — In their 6-3 majority in King v. Burwell …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Amy Fried / Talking Points Memo:
What A Maine Tea Party Battle Tells Us About Obamacare's Future — If you want a glimpse of what may happen when the Supreme Court decides the big Obamacare case of the year, King v. Burwell, you might want to take a look up to America's Northeastern corner. Mainers like to say “As Maine goes, so goes the nation.”
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Pew Research Center and ACASignups.net
Politico:
Anti-Obamacare senator braces for court ruling — The Supreme Court may give Wisconsin Republican Ron Johnson more than he bargained for. — Ron Johnson won his Senate seat in 2010 on an anti-Obamacare campaign, railing against the law as “the greatest assault on our freedoms in my lifetime.”
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court upholds nationwide health care law subsidies — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the nationwide tax subsidies under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, in a ruling that preserves health insurance for millions of Americans.
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Hot Air, Talking Points Memo and The Last Tradition
Peter Wehner / Commentary Magazine:
A Welcome Tipping Point for Republicans and the Confederate Flag — As everyone knows by now, in the wake of the massacre at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina lasted week, allegedly perpetrated by a racist, Dylann Roof, there have been renewed calls to remove the Confederate flag from state grounds.
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Tearing Down the Confederate Flag Is Just a Start — Suppose African-Americans marked their heritage with flags depicting Nat Turner's rebellion of 1831, in which slaves massacred about 60 whites before the uprising was crushed? The flag wouldn't be celebrating the murder of whites …
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Washington Post, Power Line and Eschaton
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
We Have Officially Reached Peak Leftism
We Have Officially Reached Peak Leftism
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RedState, American Spectator, The Mahablog, Bloomberg View, Raw Story, Washington Monthly and Twitchy
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
The story of Bobby Jindal and an apparent exorcism you probably haven't heard — On Wednesday, Bobby Jindal became the first Indian-American to be a serious candidate for president. — The Louisiana Republican governor's bid also adds another little-known first: He's the first presidential candidate …
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Bobby Jindal's Plan To Stop Being A Punchline And Actually Win
Bobby Jindal's Plan To Stop Being A Punchline And Actually Win
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US News, Washington Post, Balloon Juice, Religion News Service, Yahoo Politics, Business Insider, Hot Air and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Why Bobby Jindal Is Very Problematic
Why Bobby Jindal Is Very Problematic
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No More Mister Nice Blog and BobbyJindal.com
#Not1More Deportation:
Undocumented Transgender Woman Who Interrupted President at White House Pride Event Calls to End Deportation — There is no Pride as long as LGBTQ Immigrants are being imprisoned, she says. — WASHINGTON, DC — Just moments ago, Jennicet Gutiérrez interrupted the President during …
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Bernie Sanders Gains on Hillary Clinton in Bloomberg Early-State Polling — Bernie Sanders is gaining on Hillary Clinton in Iowa and New Hampshire, with an appeal as an issue-oriented protest vehicle potentially capable of slowing any coronation of the popular front-runner.
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Politico, Washington Post, Hot Air, Common Dreams and Washington Free Beacon
The Hill:
Boehner doles out new punishment — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and his allies are charging ahead with their effort to punish conservatives who have been a thorn in leadership's side — a purge that is roiling the GOP conference. — The latest victim is Colorado Rep. Ken Buck …
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The Gateway Pundit and Instapundit
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Former Advisers Caution Obama on Iran Nuclear Talks — Five former members of President Obama's inner circle of Iran advisers have written an open letter expressing concern that a pending accord to stem Iran's nuclear program “may fall short of meeting the administration's own standard of a ‘good’ agreement” …
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Weekly Standard, The Daily Caller and UPI
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Are Donald Trump's poll numbers too good to be true? — Yes, pollsters say. ‘Everybody should calm down.’ — Real estate tycoon Donald Trump has been gleefully calling attention to a Suffolk University poll showing him in second place among the large 2016 Republican primary field …
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Fox News:
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The Hill, BREITBART.COM, Real Clear Politics, Washington Times and Prairie Weather
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Bush, Trump score post-announcement bumps
Fox News Poll: Bush, Trump score post-announcement bumps
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Washington Post and Oliver Willis
Business Wire:
Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes Signs New Multi-Year Contract with 21st Century Fox — Mr. Ailes to Continue Leading America's Most Successful and Most-Watched News Channel … NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—21st Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOXA, FOX) today announced that Roger Ailes has signed …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Sarah Palin is the REO Speedwagon of politics
Sarah Palin is the REO Speedwagon of politics
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Bloomberg Business, Guardian and CNNMoney
John Koblin / New York Times:
Citing Ben Affleck's ‘Improper Influence,’ PBS Suspends ‘Finding Your Roots’ — PBS said on Wednesday that it was postponing a future season of “Finding Your Roots” after an investigation revealed that the actor Ben Affleck pressured producers into leaving out details about an ancestor of his who owned slaves.
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Detroit Free Press:
Last Slide — Famed street artist Shepard Fairey, who visited Detroit last month to create the largest mural of his career, now faces felony charges that he tagged other properties across the city on his own time. — A warrant for his arrest was filed in 36th District Court on Friday.
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Politico, NBC News and The PJ Tatler
Jeremy Tanner / New York's PIX11:
Chilling letters from ‘The Watcher’ force NJ family to flee $1.3M dream home — WESTFIELD, N.J. - It was a million-dollar dream home for one New Jersey family, located in picturesque Westfield, New Jersey — until the letters started showing up. — The threatening notes were signed …
Post and Courier:
Thousands pay respects to slain pastor lying in state under Capitol dome — COLUMBIA — Thousands of mourners on Wednesday streamed past the open casket of Clementa Pinckney, the esteemed pastor and state senator who lay in state under the Capitol dome a week after he and eight others were slain at a historic black Charleston church.
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