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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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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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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 …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Hooray for Obamacare — Was I on the edge of my seat, waiting for the Supreme Court decision on Obamacare subsidies? No — I was pacing the room, too nervous to sit, worried that the court would use one sloppily worded sentence to deprive millions of health insurance …
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
The Roberts Court's Reality Check — Sometimes the Supreme Court moves in mysterious ways. The health care decision was not one of those times. — A case that six months ago seemed to offer the court's conservatives a low-risk opportunity to accomplish what they almost did in 2012 …
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Democratic Strategist and Prairie Weather
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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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.
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
On Obamacare, John Roberts helps overthrow the Constitution
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Conservatives Unleash Fury at One-Time Hero John Roberts
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The Federalist:
‘We Should Start Calling This Law SCOTUScare’ And 20 Other Epic Scalia Burns
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Erin Mershon / Politico:
Republican lawmaker introduces ‘SCOTUScare Act’
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The New Republic, ACASignups.net, The PJ Tatler and Bloomberg Business
Wayne Root / TheBlaze.com:
Was Supreme Court Justice John Roberts Blackmailed?
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Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Analysis Obamacare appears to be about as established as a law can be in divided U.S.
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Amy Howe / SCOTUSblog:
Court backs Obama administration on health-care subsidies: In Plain English
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Republicans noisily outraged — and quietly relieved — over court decision
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Politico:
Hollande calls assault terrorism — A decapitated body found on the site of French gas plant explosion, and a suspect has been arrested. — President François Hollande called an assault Friday on a French gas canister factory a terrorist attack, resulting the arrest of a man …
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Laura Smith-Spark / CNN:
Hollande: 1 dead in France terror attack, severed head found with message — Story highlights — London (CNN)[Latest developments] — • French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the suspect arrested had been under surveillance but was not previously involved in terrorist activities.
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Daily Mail:
ISIS terrorist attack in France as beheaded body found and explosions heard — Shocking attack took place at the headquarters of Air Products close to the city of Lyon in southern France — Two men burst through the factory gates in a car, with one jumping out and decapitating the unnamed victim
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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,” …
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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.
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James Hibberd / EW.com:
NBC scolds Donald Trump: ‘We do not agree’
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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 …
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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 …
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Fox News Parts Ways with Bob Beckel
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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 …
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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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