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9:50 AM ET, June 25, 2009

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John O'Connor / The State:
Exclusive: E-mails between Sanford, woman  —  Woman in affair declines interview  —  Below are excerpts of e-mails, obtained by The State newspaper in December, between Gov. Mark Sanford's personal e-mail account and Maria, a woman in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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John Dickerson / Slate:
The disturbing glee at Mark Sanford's downfall.  —  Mark Sanford is no longer missing, but he's obviously lost.  The South Carolina governor's press conference was excruciating: apology, followed by self-flagellation, followed by apology.  It was like watching a man light himself on fire.
Media Matters / Media Matters for America:
On Fox, Mark Sanford “(D)” holds press conference  —  Previously:  —  Media outlets - including Fox - misidentify as Democrats several Republicans facing scandal, poor poll numbers  —  EXPAND ALL EXPAND 1ST LEVEL COLLAPSE ALL
Washington Wire:
Inglis to GOP: ‘Lose Stinking Rot of Self-Righteousness’  —  Jonathan Weisman reports on politics.  —  South Carolina Rep. Bob Inglis made a name for himself in the late 1990s as one of Bill Clinton's most zealous pursuers, an impeachment “manager” who attacked the moral failings of the president …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
TheSunNews.com:
Statement from First Lady Jenny Sanford  —  South Carolina's First Lady Jenny Sanford released the following statement Wednesday:  —  I would like to start by saying I love my husband and I believe I have put forth every effort possible to be the best wife I can be during our almost twenty years of marriage.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Sanford Case a New Dose of Bad News for Republicans  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans were just starting to breathe a little easier.  —  The news that Senator John Ensign had had an affair with a former aide who was married to another former aide was fading.  Polls showed some voter impatience …
Rachelle Cohen / Boston Herald:
Sen. Kerry jokes: ‘Too bad’ Gov. Sarah Palin didn't go missing  —  WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. John Kerry must have been channeling his inner Letterman yesterday.  —  The Bay State senator was telling a group of business and civic leaders in town at his invitation about the “bizarre” …
New York Times:
For Press, Rumors but No Evidence of Straying  —  About six months ago, an anonymous tipster sent The State newspaper in Columbia, S.C., copies of e-mail messages supposedly exchanged between Gov. Mark Sanford and a woman named Maria in Argentina.  —  Reporters sent e-mail …
Discussion: Romenesko
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
John Kerry on Sanford: Too bad Palin didn't go missing too  —  Don't be too hard on Waffles.  His humor's always been laced with nastiness, which is why he periodically finds himself in clusterfarks over “botched jokes.”  It's not that he hates Palin.  He's just a jerk.
Discussion: Paco Enterprises
New York Times:
Gov. Sanford Admits Affair and Explains Disappearance
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Full Debrief
Discussion: Vanity Fair and Ben Smith's Blog
ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: President Obama Defends Right to Choose Best Care  —  In ABC News Health Care Forum, President Answers Questions About Reform  —  President Obama struggled to explain today whether his health care reform proposals would force normal Americans to make sacrifices that wealthier …
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ABCNEWS:
Fact Check: The Truth Behind Obama's Health Care Plan  —  Fact or Fiction?  Decoding the President's Prescription for American Health Care  —  President Obama took his health care reform plan to the American people in a forum at the White House Wednesday night broadcast live on ABC.
Discussion: The Note
Michelle Malkin:
The Obamacare Show: Two dissenting docs challenge Dear Leader
Discussion: Stop The ACLU
Lois Romano / Washington Post:
First Lady Is Creating Role That Reflects Her Passions
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
ABCNEWS:   TRANSCRIPT: ‘Questions for the President: Prescription for America’
Kate Barrett / The Note:
Fact Check No. 7: Right Track/Wrong Track? Taxing Benefits
Discussion: The Politico
News: News blog:
Iran crisis: live  —  Another opposition protest is planned today amid signs of behind-the-scenes manoeuvring to calm anger about Iran's disputed election and reports that Britons have been arrested in the latest crackdown.  Follow live updates  —  1.25pm:
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Eddie Wrenn / Daily Mail:
Stunning pictures of the volcano that blew a hole in the sky as astronauts witness eruption from International Space Station  —  Framed by a circle of clouds, this is a stunning illustration of Nature's powerful force.  —  A plume of smoke, ash and steam soars five miles into the sky from an erupting volcano.
Discussion: Doug Ross
Steve Schippert / RapidRecon:
Unimaginable Horror In Tehran Today  —  Iran has executed its Tiananmen Square.  Baharestan Square has become synonymous with barbarity, cruelty, massacre and inhumanity.  —  An Iranian blogger (whose URL I will not publish) live blogging from Baharestan Square in central Tehran today captures …
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Donald Douglas / American Power:
Iran Parliament Crackdown! Bloody Sniper Video! Frantic Callers!
Emptywheel:
They Planted a Gay Whore in His News Conferences!!!  —  I'm going to get to what it means that the AP—purportedly the most neutral source of “news” out there—is harping on the Nico Pitney question.  But first, check out what this “news” entity claims in paragraph nine of their story …
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Real Clear Politics:
Could Australia Blow Apart the Great Global Warming Scare?  —  As the US Congress considers the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill, the Australian Senate is on the verge of rejecting its own version of cap-and-trade.  The story of this legislation's collapse offers advance notice for what might happen …
Discussion: JustOneMinute and YID With LID
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For immediate release  —  Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in April suggests that the pace of economic contraction is slowing.  Conditions in financial markets have generally improved in recent months.  Household spending has shown further signs of stabilizing …
Telegraph:
Canterbury is sufficiently gay council inspectors rule  —  One of Britain's most historic cities, Canterbury, has been told it is sufficiently gay - after a complaint sparked a two-month investigation costing thousands of pounds.  —  A government watchdog decided that Canterbury in Kent does enough …
Discussion: Don Surber
Robert Stacy McCain / American Spectator:
Obama Plays Hardball With Watchdogs  —  Gerald Walpin has quickly become the most famous of the three inspector generals who've left their jobs in recent weeks, exposing what appears to be a pattern of pressure from the Obama administration.  —  In radio and television interviews …
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
FBI Arrests White Supremacist Blogger Hal Turner For Threatening To Kill Federal Judges  —  Today, FBI agents went to the New Jersey home of white supremacist blogger/radio host Hal Turner and arrested him “on a federal complaint filed in Chicago alleging that he made internet postings threatening …
 
 
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