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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Yet Again, A Scalia Dissent Is Used Against Him — Justice Antonin Scalia strongly objected to Thursday's Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act, so it was amusing to see Chief Justice John Roberts use Scalia's own dissent in the last major Obamacare case against him.
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Balkinization
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Conservatives steamed at Chief Justice Roberts' betrayal — They begrudgingly gave him a pass for the first Obamacare ruling. Not this time. — Conservatives were left baffled after Chief Justice John Roberts saved Obamacare three years ago. On Thursday, as the George W. Bush appointee …
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Bloomberg Business, Hot Air, RedState and The Last Tradition
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Nationwide Health Care Subsidies — The case concerned a central part of the Affordable Care Act, which created marketplaces, known as exchanges, to allow people who lack insurance to shop for health plans.
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USA Today, Business Insider, Slate, The Huffington Post, US News, Liberaland, The Daily Caller, The Last Tradition, The Atlantic and ACS Blog
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Conservatives Unleash Fury at One-Time Hero John Roberts — After the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to reject an existential challenge to Obamacare on Thursday, conservatives took direct aim at the author of the decision: their one-time hero Chief Justice John Roberts.
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TheBlaze.com, The Huffington Post, Cato Institute, Guardian, alicublog and Daily Kos
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
President Obama just won on Obamacare. Big time. — Speaking at the White House, President Obama declared the Supreme Court ruling on health-care subsidies a win but said there is still work to be done. Here are key moments from his reaction to the ruling. (AP) — I won.
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Bloomberg Business, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, NPR, Fusion and Advocate
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Republicans noisily outraged — and quietly relieved — over court decision — Even as Republicans rose in a chorus of outrage Thursday over the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to gut the unpopular Affordable Care Act, party leaders were privately breathing a sigh of relief.
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New York Times, USA Today and Occidental Dissent
The Federalist:
‘We Should Start Calling This Law SCOTUScare’ And 20 Other Epic Scalia Burns
‘We Should Start Calling This Law SCOTUScare’ And 20 Other Epic Scalia Burns
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Amy Howe / SCOTUSblog:
Court backs Obama administration on health-care subsidies: In Plain English
Court backs Obama administration on health-care subsidies: In Plain English
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Bloomberg View, ACS Blog, The Atlantic, Forbes, CNN, The Last Refuge, Obsidian Wings and NPR
Ben Zimmer / Language Log:
We'll just have to pass it... In the majority opinion …
We'll just have to pass it... In the majority opinion …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Althouse and Instapundit
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Supreme Court's Obamacare Decision Is The Biggest Possible Win For The Obama Administration
The Supreme Court's Obamacare Decision Is The Biggest Possible Win For The Obama Administration
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Hullabaloo and Taylor Marsh
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Obama's healthcare legacy sealed
Obama's healthcare legacy sealed
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Washington Monthly, Yahoo Politics and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Analysis Obamacare appears to be about as established as a law can be in divided U.S.
Analysis Obamacare appears to be about as established as a law can be in divided U.S.
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USA Today, Washington Post, NBC News, SCOTUSblog, Forbes, ThinkProgress and Hit & Run
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
Obamacare Ruling May Have Just Killed State-Based Exchanges
Obamacare Ruling May Have Just Killed State-Based Exchanges
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Reuters, Hot Air, Daily Kos, US News, Shakesville and ACASignups.net
Cruz for President:
Cruz: Any candidate not willing to make 2016 a referendum on repealing Obamacare should step aside
Cruz: Any candidate not willing to make 2016 a referendum on repealing Obamacare should step aside
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Business Insider and Talking Points Memo
The Huffington Post:
2016 GOP Presidential Hopefuls: Now It's Up To Us To Repeal Obamacare
2016 GOP Presidential Hopefuls: Now It's Up To Us To Repeal Obamacare
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Slantpoint, Hit & Run, OnPolitics, Campaign for America's Future, SCOTUSblog and Mediaite
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Scalia Lashes Out: ‘We Should Start Calling This Law SCOTUScare’
Matt Higgins / CBS DC:
Supreme Court Upholds Tax Subsidies Under Obamacare
Supreme Court Upholds Tax Subsidies Under Obamacare
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Real Clear Politics, Slantpoint and Vox Popoli
Bristol Palin:
Big News — I wanted you guys to be the first to know that I am pregnant. — Honestly, I've been trying my hardest to keep my chin up on this one. — At the end of the day there's nothing I can't do with God by my side, and I know I am fully capable of handling anything that is put in front of me with dignity and grace.
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ABC News, The Huffington Post, Mediaite, fox8.com, Daily Mail, Hollywood Life, Mock Paper Scissors, Progress Pond, Full Feed, Refinery29 and FITSNews
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Fox News drops Bob Beckel — Fox News has officially dropped “The Five” co-host Bob Beckel from the network, saying the show could no longer be held “hostage” to his personal issues. — “We tried to work with Bob for months, but we couldn't hold The Five hostage to one man's personal issues …
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Mediaite and Instapundit
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Fox News Parts Ways with Bob Beckel
Fox News Parts Ways with Bob Beckel
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The PJ Tatler, The Huffington Post and The Daily Caller
Tasos Lazarides / Touch Arcade:
Apple Removes All American Civil War Games From the App Store Because of the Confederate Flag — If you've been watching the news recently, you'll know of the huge debate in the U.S over the role of the Confederate flag in contemporary America. Many see it as a reminder …
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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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Bloomberg Business:
Bernie Sanders Responds to Claire McCaskill Attack: This Is a First — His Senate colleague criticized him as too liberal and unelectable against Hillary Clinton. — t aritbenie — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Thursday responded to criticism from his Senate colleague …
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NBC News, Mediaite, Washington Post and NPR
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Confederate Flags and Institutional Racism — In the wake of the Charleston massacre, there is a rapidly growing consensus sweeping the country to remove the Confederate flag, a relic of racial divisiveness, from civic spaces. — Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina has called for its removal from the grounds of that state's capitol.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Webb defends use of Confederate flag
Webb defends use of Confederate flag
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Bloomberg Business and Outside the Beltway
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Miss USA host quits, calls Trump a ‘clown’ — The Chilean actor scheduled to host this year's Miss USA pageant is quitting over GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's remarks on Hispanic immigrants. — Cristian de la Fuente, who performs on the television series “Devious Maids,” …
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TMZ.com and The Gateway Pundit
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Trump Dumped! Univision Drops Miss USA Pageant Over Mexican Immigrant Remarks
Trump Dumped! Univision Drops Miss USA Pageant Over Mexican Immigrant Remarks
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CBS DC, Hollywood Life, San Antonio Current, Refinery29 and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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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Hinterland Gazette, The Daily Caller, Poynter., theGrio, FishbowlDC, The PJ Tatler, Eschaton, Mediaite, Althouse and Daily Mail, more at Mediagazer »
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Ted Nugent: Thank you, Obama, for giving whites the go-ahead to say ‘n****r’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Ted Nugent finally found a reason to praise President Barack Obama. — The hard rocker-turned-conservative commentator suggested that Obama had finally given white people …
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Liberaland
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
IRS Deleted Hundreds of Back-up Tapes Containing Thousands of Lerner Emails After Congressional Subpeona Was Issued — This used to be called obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence. — According to new information from the House Oversight Committee, Treasury Inspector General …
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Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
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Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:
Watchdog: IRS workers mistakenly erased tea party emails
Watchdog: IRS workers mistakenly erased tea party emails
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
US Census / News Releases:
Millennials Outnumber Baby Boomers and Are Far More Diverse, Census Bureau Reports — JUNE 25, 2015 — Millennials, or America's youth born between 1982 and 2000, now number 83.1 million and represent more than one quarter of the nation's population. Their size exceeds that of the 75.4 …
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American Renaissance, Vox, Washington Post, The Daily Caller and CBS DC
Facebook:
Driving Diversity at Facebook — By Maxine Williams, Global Director of Diversity — Today we are providing an update on our work since the initial announcement of Facebook's diversity data last year. — Diversity is central to Facebook's mission of creating a more open and connected world …
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TechCrunch, Guardian, Refinery29, Wall Street Journal, Slantpoint and Business Insider
Scott Wise / WTVR-TV:
Michael Jackson moonwalks in clouds during thrilling lightning storm six years after his death — GOOCHLAND, Va. — Six years after his untimely death, Michael Jackson made an appearance in the skies over Central Virginia. The combination of clouds and light created an image that appeared …