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8:05 AM ET, June 26, 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 …
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 …
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
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.
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Doom for a Cynical Assault on Obamacare  —  Supporters of the Affordable Care Act, starting with President Barack Obama, have generally taken the high road in response to Thursday's decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the heart of the law.  Graciousness in victory is, perhaps, its own reward.
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
The Roberts Court's Reality Check
Discussion: Simple Justice and Prairie Weather
The Federalist:
‘We Should Start Calling This Law SCOTUScare’ And 20 Other Epic Scalia Burns
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Republicans noisily outraged — and quietly relieved — over court decision
Discussion: New York Times
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.
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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Politico:
Trump bump terrifies GOP  —  Insiders worry the mogul will damage the eventual nominee and hurt a party struggling to connect with women and minorities.  —  Getty  —  All jokes aside, the Republican Party is officially afraid of Donald Trump.  —  He has virtually zero chance of winning the presidential nomination.
Discussion: Business Insider
Ethan J. Kytle / The Atlantic:
Take Down the Confederate Flags, but Not the Monuments  —  In Charleston, a statue memorializing the Confederacy is taped off after police said someone spray-painted it with the words “Black Lives Matter.”  ( David Goldman / AP )  —  On Sunday, in Charleston, South Carolina's White Point Garden …
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Confederate Flags and Institutional Racism
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Webb defends use of Confederate flag
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
State Dept. Gets Libya Emails That Hillary Clinton Didn't Hand Over  —  WASHINGTON — Despite claims by Hillary Rodham Clinton that she provided the State Department with all of her work-related emails from the personal account she used exclusively when she was in office …
Discussion: Daily Mail and The Week
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Associated Press:
State Dept.: 15 emails missing from Clinton cache
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Caller
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
Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush and His Favorite Strategist Try to Win Without Speaking  —  The singular failure of Jeb Bush's political career was his 1994 loss in the Florida governor's race by less than two percentage points.  The defeat cast Bush, a rising Republican star, into the political wilderness …
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Terry McAuliffe's other job  —  The Virginia governor doesn't have any official responsibilities for Hillary Clinton's campaign.  But he's carving out a significant behind-the-scenes role.  —  Terry McAuliffe tells political associates that he's focused on his day job as Virginia governor …
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
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 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.
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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Patrick McGreevy / Los Angeles Times:
California Assembly approves stricter vaccine mandate
 
 
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Esther Addley / Guardian:
David Attenborough and Barack Obama face-to-face in TV interview
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Annie Lowrey / New York Magazine:
Ann Coulter Wants to Know Why She Doesn't Make You Mad Anymore
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
IRS Deleted Hundreds of Back-up Tapes Containing Thousands of Lerner Emails After Congressional Subpeona Was Issued
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
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Elizabeth Gilbert / New York Times:
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Linda Harvey / BarbWire.com:
Rebel Flag Removal? Okay, Rainbow Flags Are Next
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Michael Jackson moonwalks in clouds during thrilling lightning storm six years after his death
 

 
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