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1:15 AM ET, June 27, 2009

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Washington Post:
White House Drafts Executive Order to Allow Indefinite Detention of Terror Suspects  —  The Obama administration, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close Guantanamo, has drafted an executive order that would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate terrorism suspects indefinitely …
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Charlie Savage / The Caucus:
From the White House Files: A Fight Over Michael Jackson  —  The death of Michael Jackson on Thursday recalled his brush a quarter century ago with an aide to President Ronald Reagan — John G. Roberts Jr., who would go on to become chief justice of the United States.
Donald Douglas / American Power:   Change! Obama Will Hold Terror Detainees Indefinitely!
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:   Is Obama Moving Toward An Executive Order On Detention Policy?
Zachary Roth / TPMMuckraker:
Sanford: King David Didn't Resign, So Why Should I?  —  Mark Sanford has been holding a televised cabinet meeting this afternoon.  —  And the South Carolina governor started out by using an interesting comparison to respond to calls for his resignation.  King David didn't back down after …
Discussion: Shakesville
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Associated Press:
Jenny Sanford: I Learned Of Affair In Jan.  —  Wife Of S.C. Governor Said She Discovered Letter From His Mistress  —  (AP) South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she discovered her husband's affair in January when she found a letter to the governor from his mistress.
Discussion: The Politico, The Reaction and Hot Air
Swopa / Firedoglake:
A Tale of Two Moralities  —  When South Carolina governor Mark Sanford made his rambling, tearful admission of infidelity on Wednesday, some people felt a bit of sympathy for him.  Sure, he probably had no intention of coming clean until he was caught in the act of returning from Buenos Aires …
Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
Calls for Sanford's Resignation Quiet
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and The Note
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:   Cap-and-Trade, State-by-State  —  Regional considerations tend …
Congressman Dennis Kucinich:
Kucinich: “Passing a weak bill today gives us weak environmental policy tomorrow”
Discussion: MyDD and Raw Story
Lachlan Markay / Washington Examiner:
Climate bill clears House in close vote  —  WASHINGTON — The highly publicized Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill (H.R. 2454) cleared the House Friday afternoon by a roll call vote of 219 to 212.  —  Proponents hailed its passage as a crucial step towards the creation of what prominent Democrats have called a new green energy economy.
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Michelle Malkin:
The 8 cap-and-tax Republicans...and the 44 Democrats who voted no
Discussion: The Hill and Stop The ACLU
CNN:
Jackson dies, almost takes Internet with him  —  LONDON, England (CNN) — How many people does it take to break the Internet?  On June 25, we found out it's just one — if that one is Michael Jackson.  —  The biggest showbiz story of the year saw the troubled star take a good slice …
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Associated Press:
House Democrats win key test vote on climate bill  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats narrowly won a key test vote Friday on sweeping legislation to combat global warming and usher in a new era of cleaner energy.  Republicans said the bill included “the largest tax increase in American history.”
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Wall Street Journal:
The Climate Change Climate Change  —  The number of skeptics is swelling everywhere.
Greenpeace:
Greenpeace Opposes Waxman-Markey
Arnold Kling / The Atlantic Business Channel:
The Obama Pattern  —  The Obama Administration appears to me to be pursuing many goals, poorly.  Here are four:  —  1) The stimulus failed to meet Larry Summers' famous criteria of timely, targeted, or temporary.  —  2) The cap and trade legislation maximizes rent-seeking …
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Ezra Klein:
Can We Save This Village?  —  Obviously, the path of least …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Dan Froomkin / White House Watch:
White House Watched  —  Today's column is my last for The Washington Post.  And the first thing I want to say is thank you.  Thank you to all you readers, e-mailers, commenters, questioners, Facebook friends and Twitterers for spending your time with me and engaging with me over the years.
John M. Broder / New York Times:
House Passes Bill to Address Threat of Climate Change  —  WASHINGTON — Overcoming deep divisions within its Democratic majority, the House passed legislation on Friday intended to address the threat of global warming and transform the way the United States produces and uses energy.
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Palin Responds To Sen. Kerry Joke: “Why The Long Face?”  —  Speaking to a group of servicemen in Kosovo, Gov. Sarah Palin responded to a crack made by Sen. John Kerry earlier this week.  Sen. Kerry joked he wished Palin went missing along with Sanford.  “He looked quite frustrated and he looked so sad,” she said.
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Chicago Tribune:
U. of I. jobs-for-entry scheme  —  E-mails reveal law school put a price on admission of unqualified candidate  —  What does it cost to get an unqualified student into the University of Illinois law school?  —  Five jobs for graduating law students, suggest internal e-mails released Thursday.
Plain Dealer:
Members of U.S. House Financial Services Committee snapped up or dumped bank stocks as bottom fell out of market  —  WASHINGTON — As financial markets tumbled and the government worked to stave off panic by pumping billions of dollars into banks last fall, several members of Congress who oversee …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Raw Story
Nikita Stewart / Washington Post:
D.C. Summer Jobs Contractor Fired for Posts on Twitter  —  The D.C. Department of Employment Services fired a contractor who was working with youths in the city's summer jobs program after officials became aware of messages on his Twitter site that Anacostia is “ghetto” and that he was loafing at work.
Michelle Malkin:
Cap and tax liveblog, Pt II: Pay attention to House floor games; 14 undecideds; let's play “Where's the Bill?”  —  At approx. 2:35pm Eastern, GOP Rep. Joe Barton announced that there is now a placeholder in the bill to be determined later.  —  Barton notes that this is unprecedented.
Discussion: Riehl World View
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Michelle Malkin:
Cap and trade regulations: Do you trust this man?
Discussion: RedState
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
Where in the world is Ciro Rodriguez?  UPDATED  —  After all the arms had been twisted, only two four Democrats gave their leadership an unpleasant surprise at the end of the climate change vote — and are firmly in Pelosi-Obama doghouse:  —  Texas Rep. Ciro Rodriguez and Rep. Alcee Hastings …
Discussion: Burnt Orange Report
 
 
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In Close Vote, House Passes Climate Bill
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Paul Blumenthal / Sunlight Foundation:
300 Pages Out of Thin Air
Bloomberg:
Unions' Health Benefits May Avoid Tax Under Proposal
T. Boone Pickens / The Huffington Post:
Calling It Like I See It  —  I'm a pretty straightforward guy.
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