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4:20 AM ET, July 9, 2010

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Denise Lavoie / Associated Press:
Judge: Federal gay marriage ban unconstitutional  —  BOSTON — A U.S. judge in Boston has ruled that a federal gay marriage ban is unconstitutional because it interferes with the right of a state to define marriage.  —  U.S. District Judge Joseph Tauro on Thursday ruled in favor …
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Balkinization:
Be Careful What You Wish For Department: Federal District Court Strikes Down DOMA  —  Today Judge Joseph Tauro in the federal district court in Massachusetts struck down section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in two opinions, Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, and Massachusetts v. HHS.
Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
Judge declares US gay-marriage ban is unconstitutional  —  A federal district court judge in Boston today struck down the 1996 federal law that defines marriage as a union exclusively between a man and a woman.  —  Judge Joseph L. Tauro ruled that the federal Defense of Marriage law violates …
New York Times:
Judge Topples U.S. Rejection of Gay Unions  —  BOSTON — A federal judge in Massachusetts found Thursday that a law barring the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, ruling that gay and lesbian couples deserve the same federal benefits as heterosexual couples.
Discussion: Good As You
Advocate:
Court Deals Blow to DOMA
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Walking Away From Million-Dollar Mortgages  —  LOS ALTOS, Calif. — No need for tears, but the well-off are losing their master suites and saying goodbye to their wine cellars.  —  The housing bust that began among the working class in remote subdivisions and quickly progressed …
The Huffington Post:
Sharron Angle's Advice For Rape Victims Considering Abortion: Turn Lemons Into Lemonade  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle has moderated a host of policy positions in her transition from a primary candidate to general election contender battling Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
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Tanya Somanader / Think Progress:
Angle: Rape victims should use their pregnancies as a way to turn lemons into lemonade.  —  In her campaign to capture the Nevada Senate seat from Harry Reid (D), Tea Party maven Sharron Angle (R) has maintained a hardline view on abortion.  Earlier this year, Angle insisted that women …
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Haaretz:
Obama: Israelis suspicious of me because my middle name is Hussein  —  U.S. president tells Channel 2 Israel is unlikely to attack Iran without coordinating with the U.S.  —  U.S. President Barack Obama told Channel 2 News on Wednesday that he believed Israel would not try to surprise the U.S. with a unilateral attack on Iran.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Octavia Nasr's firing and what The Liberal Media allows
San Francisco Chronicle:
Mehserle convicted of involuntary manslaughter  —  (07-08) 16:22 PDT LOS ANGELES — A jury found former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle guilty today of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the New Year's Day 2009 shooting of an unarmed train rider, finding that he had acted …
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Zombie / Pajamas Media:
Leftist groups plan a riot as Oakland boards up downtown  —  UPDATE: Johannes Mehserle has been convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter of Oscar Grant.  —  Oakland is boarded up.  —  Fearing the inevitable riots that will erupt if ex-transit cop Johannes Mehserle isn't found guilty of murder …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Spy Swap a Sign That Reset Is Working  —  Sure, U.S. and Russian spy services are agitating for a spy swap, but the fact that the two countries managed to so quickly figure out a mutually beneficial solution after the arrests of Russian spies last week suggests that Moscow and Washington work together …
Discussion: Hit & Run and MyDD
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CNN:
Washington and Russia agree to swap intelligence gatherers
Discussion: Right Wing News
Fox News:
10 Plead Guilty in Spy Case Ahead of Expected Swap With Russia
David Weigel / Esquire:
How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love Sarah Palin (Kinda)  —  I hailed the cab outside the offices of The Huffington Post around 10:30 P.M., bone-tired, slumping into my seat.  Five seconds later, the call came in from a number I didn't recognize.  At that moment, I knew I was screwed.
City Journal:
The Beholden State  —  How public-sector unions broke California  —  The camera focuses on an official of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), California's largest public-employee union, sitting in a legislative chamber and speaking into a microphone.
Eric Alterman / The Nation:
Kabuki Democracy: Why a Progressive Presidency Is Impossible, for Now  —  Few progressives would take issue with the argument that, significant accomplishments notwithstanding, the Obama presidency has been a big disappointment.  As Mario Cuomo famously observed, candidates campaign in poetry but govern in prose.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Dan Whitcomb / Reuters:
Democratic senator's lead shrinks in California: poll  —  (Reuters) - Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer's edge over Republican challenger Carly Fiorina has dwindled to 3 points as she seeks re-election in November, with more Californians now holding an unfavorable view of the three-term senator, a poll released on Thursday showed.
Fred Lucas / CNSNews:
Gibbs Evades Question of Whether Obama Agrees With His Medicare Director That Health-Care System Must Redistribute Wealth  —  (CNSNews.com) - White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs has evaded answering the question of whether President Barack Obama agrees with Dr. Donald Berwick …
Discussion: Breitbart.tv and The White House
Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
Obama's new slogan: ‘Yes we did!’  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — President Barack Obama has a new campaign slogan.  —  “Yes, we did.”  —  And it doesn't stop there.  Republicans, an animated Obama argued Thursday, wouldn't have.  —  They wouldn't have set the economy back on track …
Kirk Johnson / New York Times:
Money in the Bank?  No, Sandwich in a Can  —  DENVER — Is putting a sandwich in a can and calling it a “Candwich” the next can't-miss billion-dollar idea?  —  Even if it is, investors in Utah who put $145 million in the hands of a money manager named Travis L. Wright will still have thinner wallets.
Discussion: Firedoglake, Gawker and Unfogged
Carolyn Jones / San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. considers banning sale of pets except fish  —  Sell a guinea pig, go to jail.  —  That's the law under consideration by San Francisco's Commission of Animal Control and Welfare.  If the commission approves the ordinance at its meeting tonight, San Francisco could soon have what is believed …
Stewart Bell / National Post:
Ontario police set to charge Muslim extremist  —  Over the past three years, Salman Hossain has openly called for terrorist attacks in Canada, cheered the killing of Canadian troops in Afghanistan and urged fellow Muslims to “exterminate” Canada's Jewish population.
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Weasel Zippers
Lars Bevanger / BBC:
Norway no longer safe from harm  —  Most Norwegians reacted with disbelief when al-Qaeda - seemingly out-of-the-blue -threatened to attack the Scandinavian country back in 2003.  —  There was even speculation al-Qaeda had mistaken Norway for neighbouring Denmark, which at the time had sent troops to support the US invasion of Iraq.
Discussion: Truthdig and The Agonist
N.C. Aizenman / Washington Post:
‘Tan tax’ discussions include allegations of reverse racism  —  Mention the new “tan tax” in a major news outlet and cries of discrimination and reverse racism often follow.  —  The complaint surfaced on reader comment boards to blogs and news Web sites back in December …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
Elena Kagan Gets A Vital Endorsement.  —  In 1989, Elena Kagan filed an amicus brief arguing that 2 Live Crew's album, As Nasty As They Wanna Be, which had been banned by a federal judge because of its sexual content, wasn't obscene in part because no one could possibly be aroused by it.
Barbara Cotter / Denver Post:
Company threatens to pull woman's health coverage over 1 cent  —  La Rosa Carrington has more than enough to worry about.  She's a single mother with two teenage daughters, she's fighting a type of leukemia that requires five days of chemo a month for four months, and she lost her job in May.
Blue Texan / Firedoglake:
Jim DeMint: Not Being Extremely Conservative is an Impeachable Offense  —  It appears that, for Senator DeMint (T-SC), the only members of Congress that haven't violated their oath of office are hard-right conservatives. … Here's the text of the oath of office: … Nope.
Discussion: Online NewsHour
 
 
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Julie Hayden / KDVR:
Thieves could go free while victim faces jail time
Jordana Horn / Jerusalem Post:
UN Geneva, NY battle over flotilla probe
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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Holder: Spill probe not confined to BP
Discussion: The Page
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
CUCCINELLI'S UNIQUE APPROACH TO THE LAW.... For a while …
Associated Press:
Man Charged in Marietta Mosque Arson
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