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10:50 PM ET, June 25, 2015

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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
House bill would force the Supreme Court to enroll in ObamaCare  —  A House Republican on Thursday proposed forcing the Supreme Court justices and their staff to enroll in ObamaCare.  —  Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) said that his SCOTUScare Act would make all nine justices and their employees join …
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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 …
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.
Discussion: Balkinization
Politico:
GOP lawmakers: Time to move on from Obamacare repeal  —  But others say the party needs to keep fighting, to make the 2016 elections a referendum on the law.  —  Republicans have tried to kill the law twice at the Supreme Court, only to be rebuffed.  They've held more than 50 repeal votes …
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
Cruz for President:
Cruz: Any candidate not willing to make 2016 a referendum on repealing Obamacare should step aside
The Federalist:
‘We Should Start Calling This Law SCOTUScare’ And 20 Other Epic Scalia Burns  —  The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of the Obama Administration in King V. Burwell that the Internal Revenue Service may extend subsidies to health insurance coverage purchased through exchanges established …
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Republicans noisily outraged — and quietly relieved — over court decision
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Supreme Court's Obamacare Decision Is The Biggest Possible Win For The Obama Administration
CNN:
Supreme Court saves Obamacare
Discussion: US News and The Reaction
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.
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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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Webb defends use of Confederate flag
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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John DiStaso / WMUR:
WMUR/CNN poll: Clinton suddenly in a tight battle with Sanders in NH  —  Vermont US senator now within 8 percentage points of frontrunner  —  Less than two months ago, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held a 21 percentage point lead over her nearest competitor in the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary campaign.
John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Bernie Sanders Gains on Hillary Clinton in Bloomberg Early-State Polling
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,” …
Discussion: TMZ.com and The Gateway Pundit
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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 …
Discussion: Mediaite and Instapundit
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Fox News Parts Ways with Bob Beckel
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Liberaland
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Ted Nugent / WND:
Don't be niggardly with language  —  Exclusive: Ted Nugent …
Discussion: Mediaite
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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Scott Collins / Los Angeles Times:
Henry Louis Gates apologizes for Ben Affleck show after PBS review
Discussion: PBS and NPR
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 …
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
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Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:
Watchdog: IRS workers mistakenly erased tea party emails
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 …
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 …
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
California Set to Mandate Childhood Vaccines Amid Intense Fight  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Schoolchildren in California would be required to be vaccinated unless there is a medical reason not to do so under a sweeping bill approved by the State Assembly on Thursday.
 
 
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Esther Addley / Guardian:
David Attenborough and Barack Obama face-to-face in TV interview
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Twitchy
Annie Lowrey / New York Magazine:
Ann Coulter Wants to Know Why She Doesn't Make You Mad Anymore
Southern Poverty Law Center:
Jury in groundbreaking SPLC suit finds gay ‘conversion’ program is unconscionable and fraudulent
Discussion: Shakesville
Elizabeth Gilbert / New York Times:
Confessions of a Seduction Addict
Discussion: Althouse and The Daily Caller
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Linda Harvey / BarbWire.com:
Rebel Flag Removal? Okay, Rainbow Flags Are Next
Maggie Hiufu Wong / CNN:
Tama the cat, who served as train stationmaster in Japan, has died
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Confederate Flags and Institutional Racism
 

 
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