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10:25 AM ET, June 14, 2011

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Debate Swings Door Open for Perry, Closed For Palin  —  Most people have better things to do than to watch a presidential debate eight months in advance of the Iowa caucuses.  So when considering a debate like the one that took place among Republican candidates in New Hampshire tonight, it's important to be mindful of the following:
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
New Hampshire Republican debate: Winners and losers  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney answers a question as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, left, and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, listen during the first New Hampshire Republican presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Monday, June 13, 2011.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Michele Bachmann steals the show at GOP debate  —  “Assume the position!”  CNN's John King ordered the candidates as they approached their lecterns just before airtime for Monday night's debate.  —  The Republican presidential contenders did as the moderator told them.
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL  —  My take on the New Hampshire debate  —  Senior Political Analyst Follow Him @MichaelBarone  —  My Washington Examiner colleagues have given their ongoing reactions to the CNN/WMUR/New Hampshire Union Leader two-hour debate at St. Anselm's College (what a fab auditorium! …
A.Killough / CNN:
5 things we learned tonight  —  Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) - Five things we learned at the debate:  —  1) Michele Bachmann is now a candidate for president.  The congresswoman from Minnesota was the only person on the stage who was not officially a candidate at the start of the debate.
The Politico:
Pawlenty beats hasty N.H. retreat
James A. Barnes / NationalJournal.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Political Insiders Give Debate Nod to Romney, Bachmann
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
First debate overview: A bunch of GOP colleagues get together to criticize President Obama
Discussion: Gallup and americanthinker.com
James A. Barnes / NationalJournal.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Political Insiders Give Early Debate Nod to Romney, Bachmann
Discussion: Mediaite, Hot Air, CNN and The Caucus
Washington Post:
‘Paula Brooks,’ editor of ‘Lez Get Real,’ also a man  —  Just one day after the author behind a popular Syrian lesbian blog admitted to being a married, American man named Tom MacMaster, the editor of the lesbian news site Lez Get Real, with the tag­line “A Gay Girl's View on the World,” acknowledged that he is also a man.
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Guardian:
Second lesbian blogger exposed as a man  —  Paula Brooks, who claimed to be editor of LezGetReal.com, admitted to the Washington Post that ‘she’, too, was a man  —  A second supposedly leading lesbian blogger was exposed as a man masquerading as a gay woman, a day after the Gay Girl …
msnbc.com:
Obama: ‘I would resign’ in Weiner's situation  —  President talks scandal, debt ceiling in an exclusive interview with TODAY's Ann Curry  —  Below:  —  In an exclusive interview with TODAY's Ann Curry that will air on Tuesday's show, President Barack Obama said that if he were Democratic …
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Emily Miller / Washington Times:
Taxpayers pay Weiner for “sex-rehab” vacation?  —  The House voted unanimously on Monday night to give Rep. Anthony Weiner a two-week paid leave of absence.  Rep. Mike Capuano, Massachusetts Democrat, sponsored the request from the New York Democrat.  Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
In 5-4 Vote, Supreme Court Limits Securities Fraud Suits  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a mutual fund's investment adviser may not be sued for securities fraud over misstatements in fund prospectuses.  —  The 5-to-4 decision split along ideological lines.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Turning More Frequently to Dictionary, and Not Just for Big Words
Discussion: pandagon.net
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Nevada's Law on Conflict of Interest
Discussion: The Caucus
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama fundraiser underwhelms  —  The empty seats at President Obama's fundraiser in Miami, Fl. were hard to miss.  —  MIAMI, Fla. — A low-dollar fundraiser here Monday felt like a throwback to the 2008 campaign.  —  There was the same old soundtrack - including “City of Blinding Lights” …
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Can Heterosexuality Be Cured?  —  “Congressman Weiner departed this morning to seek professional treatment.”  —  Unlike homosexuality, heterosexuality is amenable to therapeutic remedies—or so Anthony Weiner and his fellow House Democrats would like us to believe.
George Gene Gustines / New York Times:
Restarting Comics' Clock Is Issue No. 1  —  Audacious.  That is the best way to describe the recent DC Comics announcement that it was renumbering its entire DC Universe line of comics: by September 52 series will have begun anew, each with an issue No. 1.  —  Though comic book publishers resort …
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The Atlantic Online:
Herman Cain's Anti-Muslim Bigotry Should Be Disqualifying  —  The loyalty test he proposes for Muslim Americans isn't just discriminatory and unconstitutional — it would never work  —  Presidential candidate Herman Cain has reiterated his position that any Muslim serving in his administration …
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Herman Cain: “Am I Black?”
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
GLAAD's Troup Coronado Helped Put Bush Judges On the Bench  —  The story of how GLAAD took AT&T money, then sent an AT&T-written form letter to the FCC on their behalf, just keeps getting more and more sordid.  Central to the saga appears to be former AT&T lobbyist Troup Coronado, who sits on the board of GLAAD.
Discussion: The Gist
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama makes first presidential visit to Puerto Rico  —  MIAMI, Fla. - President Barack Obama makes the first official presidential visit to Puerto Rico in 50 years Tuesday, traveling to the U.S. territory in search of Hispanic votes back home.  —  He's expected to be on the island for only five hours …
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
CIA to operate drones over Yemen  —  View Photo Gallery —  Anti-government protests continue in Yemen, even afterYemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's departure from the country.  U.S. and Yemeni officials worry that a loss of government control in the south could further destabilize this strategic Middle Eastern nation.
Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
Bankruptcy Court: DOMA Unconstitutionally Limits Same-Sex Married Couples From Joint Bankruptcy Filing  —  Today, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, in Los Angeles, released an opinion finding Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional …
Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Report: Grand jury probing possible CIA war crimes in Iraq  —  A federal prosecutor has launched a secret grand jury to investigate possible CIA war crimes at the Abu Gharib prison in Iraq, Time magazine reported.  —  Federal prosecutor John Durham, who was first appointed to probe …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Battleland
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
A “Weak” Field?  Not Tonight: A Post-Debate Analysis  —  Overall, I was impressed.  The talking heads keep chattering about a “weak” GOP field, but I didn't perceive weakness tonight.  I saw a panel of strong, passionate communicators, and a number of credible alternatives to our current president and his disastrous policies.
Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
Did Mitt Romney commit voter fraud when he cast a ballot for Scott Brown in last year's special election in Massachusetts?  On Monday, one of his lesser known opponents for the GOP presidential nomination, Fred Karger, filed a complaint with Massachusetts state election officials alleging …
The Huffington Post:
Bank Of America ‘Significantly Hindered’ Federal Investigation, U.S. Official Says … Bank Of America , HUD IG , Inspector General , Bank Of America Foreclosures , Bank Of America Mortgage , Foreclosure Investigation , Hud Inspector General , Mortgage Investigation , Mortgage Securities , State Attorneys General , Business News
Discussion: naked capitalism and FrumForum
 
 
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
From White House to heartland, a call to give up subsidies
Discussion: FrumForum
Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Almost a month of Palin's emails missing from releases
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Joan Biskupic / USA Today:
Clarence Thomas takes hard line on defendants
Joshua Miller / Roll Call:
Southern Seats Line Road to Majority
Discussion: The Note
Guardian:
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Discussion: New York Magazine
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truth-out.org:
EXCLUSIVE: New Documents Claim Intelligence on Bin Laden, al-Qaeda Targets Withheld From Congress' 9/11 Probe
Discussion: Firedoglake
Lynn Sweet:
Tammy Duckworth submits resignation from VA. Exclusive. House run next?
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Sarah Palin's letter from God
Discussion: Wizbang, Pajamas Media and AmSpecBlog