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9:00 PM ET, June 11, 2012

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Jeb Bush: No Place For Father, Reagan In Today's GOP  —  The “dysfunction” is “disturbing,” says the former Florida governor.  A pox on both parties.  —  Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush on Capitol Hill earlier this week.  —  (Getty Images / Chip Somodevilla)
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Sahil Kapur / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC  —  Norquist Lashes Back At Jeb Bush On Reagan, Taxes  —  Jeb Bush's remark that Ronald Reagan would be too moderate for today's Republican Party earned an aggressive rebuke from the gatekeeper of the anti-tax orthodoxy that permeates the modern GOP.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:   Jeb Bush Takes Aim at Fellow Republicans
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Governor Rick Scott Announces Florida Will Sue Obama Administration Over Voter Purge  —  During an appearance on Fox News Monday afternoon, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) announced that the state will sue the Department of Homeland Security to obtain access to a database that it believes …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Florida to sue DHS in voter registration battle  —  Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) said he will sue the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to move forward with his controversial attempt to purge the voter rolls in his state of ineligible voters.  —  “I have a job to do to defend the right …
Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
Commerce Secretary John Bryson accused in hit-and-run crashes  —  Authorities are investigating a series of traffic collisions in the San Gabriel Valley involving U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson, authorities said Saturday.  —  Bryson was found unconscious in his vehicle and has been hospitalized, officials said.
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Conservative Super PAC (Briefly) Suggests Alcohol Involved In Commerce Secretary Incident  —  Image credit: American Crossroads via Twitter  —  ABC News' Michael Falcone reports:  —  UPDATED In a tweet sent Monday morning from the account of the Republican-aligned super PAC, American Crossroads …
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Karl Rove's Super PAC Jumps To Conclusions, Launches Attack On Commerce Secretary Who Suffered From Seizure
Discussion: Livewire, ABCNEWS, Mediaite and Mother Jones
Ylan Q. Mui / Washington Post:
Fed: Americans' wealth dropped 40 percent  —  View Photo Gallery — Is the U.S. economic recovery stalling?:   The Labor Department reported June 1 that the nation's economy added only 69,000 jobs in May, bringing the unemployment rate to 8.2 percent.
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Family Net Worth Drops to Level of Early '90s, Fed Says
Mj Leeand Tim Mak / Politico:
Paul Krugman: President Obama ‘screwed up the line’  —  Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman on Monday slammed President Barack Obama's remark that the private sector is “doing fine,” calling it “unfortunate” and adding that the president “screwed up the line.”  —  “That was an unfortunate line.
Discussion: CNN and Business Insider
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Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
President Barack Obama wants his 2012 re-election campaign …
Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
House committee schedules contempt vote against Holder  —  (CBS News) CBS News has learned the House Oversight Committee will vote next week on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.  It's the fourth time in 30 years that Congress has launched a contempt action against an executive branch member.
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Issa: 31 Democrats Will Vote To Condemn Holder  —  Republican compares Fast and Furious scandal to Iran Contra, Watergate.  Republicans seek a contempt vote.  —  (AP / Carolyn Kaster)  —  House Committee and Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa told BuzzFeed today …
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
THE SECOND TERM  —  What would Obama do if reëlected?  —  President Obama awaiting G8 leaders at Camp David last month.  He has an ambitious agenda, which, at least in broad ways, his campaign is beginning to highlight.  Photograph by Luke Sharrett.
Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
John Sununu defends Romney's call for fewer teachers, says it was not a ‘gaffe’  —  Former New Hampshire Gov. John H. Sununu, a surrogate for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, defended the presumptive Republican nominee's comments that the nation should have fewer teachers …
Discussion: Show Me Progress and Daily Kos
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Jack Maddox / CNN:
Sheriff: Father kills man sexually abusing his daughter  —  (CNN) — A Texas father caught a man sexually assaulting his 4-year-old daughter and punched him in the head repeatedly, killing him, authorities said.  —  The father was casually acquainted with the alleged abuser, said Lavaca County Sheriff Micah Harmon.
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Howard Dean: ‘We look at Wisconsin as a win’ (VIDEO)  —  Former Democratic National Committee Chairman and 2004 presidential hopeful Howard Dean stopped by last weekend's Netroots Nation conference in Providence to rally progressive activists.  —  Below is a video of our interview with Dean …
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John Fund / National Review:
Netroots Nation under a Cloud
Robin Roberts / Yahoo! Good Morning America:
I'm Going to Beat This  —  As many of you know, 5 years ago I beat breast cancer.  I've always been a fighter, and with all of your prayers and support, a winner.  —  Sometimes the treatment for cancer can cause other serious medical problems.  Today, I want to let you know that I've …
Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
‘Prometheus,’ Pregnancy, and the Persistence of Patriarchy  —  As should be obvious, there are massive spoilers for Prometheus in this post.  —  I've been thinking about many aspects of Prometheus, Ridley Scott's prequel to his Alien movies, but the one that's stuck with me most is the clearest continuation …
Discussion: The Hope For America and Cavalorn
Joel Gehrke / Campaign 2012:
CBC staff: Opposition to Obama is racist  —  Angela Rye, Executive Director of the Congressional Black Caucus, argued that President Obama has struggled during his first term due to racially-motivated opposition from conservatives who dislike having a black president.
Dan Mitchell / International Liberty:
You've Met Julia the Moocher, Now Meet Emily  —  The Obama campaign's “Life of Julia” ad is a disturbing sign.  It suggests that political strategists, pollsters, and campaign advisers must think that the people living off government are getting to the point where they can out-vote the people paying for government.
New York Post:
Schools Chancellor backs principal's decision to drop ‘USA’ song, keep Bieber  —  They're proud to be un-American.  —  City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott is standing behind a Brooklyn principal's controversial decision to pull the plug on a popular patriotic song that was scheduled to be performed at a kindergarten graduation.
BuzzFeed:
29 Photos Of Baby Barack Obama  —  Love him or hate him now, pudgy little Barry was a pretty cute kid.  —  Andrew Kaczynski  —  an hour ago  —  80 responses
Brian Tashman / rightwingwatch.org:
Tony Perkins on LGBT Pride Month: Why not ‘Adultery Pride Month’ or ‘Drunkenness Pride Month’?  —  Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council filled in for Sandy Rios on her morning talk show last week on the American Family Association's radio network and had to respond to a caller named J.R …
N.C. Aizenman / Washington Post:
Largest health insurer to keep key parts of law regardless of court ruling  —  The nation's largest health insurer will keep in place several key consumer provisions mandated by the 2010 health-care law regardless of whether the statute survives Supreme Court review.
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Washington Examiner:   Parties await Supreme Court ruling on health care
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Dems likely to hold Giffords seat  —  Democrats are headed for a victory in tomorrow's special election to replace Gabby Giffords in the House, but the relevance of the result in Arizona to much of anything else appears limited.  —  Democrat Ron Barber leads with 53% to 41% for Republican Jesse Kelly …
Brad Plumer / Ezra Klein:
Spain's bailout bought just 4 hours and 40 minutes of calm  —  In the past, every time European leaders have huddled together and announced a plan to douse the latest fire in Europe, the financial markets have usually been placated for a brief while — say, a few weeks or months.
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
N.Y. Democrats Poised to Nominate Former Black Panther, Anti-Israel Radical for Congress  —  New York City councilman Charles Barron may be on his way to winning the Democratic nomination for Congress in New York's Eighth District, despite a history of racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-Israel rhetoric.
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Government is the solution  —  Why don't Democrats just say it?  They really believe in active government and think it does good and valuable things.  One of those valuable things is that government creates jobs — yes, really — and also the conditions under which more jobs can be created.
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Barack Tikhonov Obama?  —  A friend who's a canny political veteran writes: … Fortunately, President Obama is arrogant and stubborn.  He won't take my friend's advice.  He'll be inclined to soldier on, a Viktor Tikhanov for our day, to a well-deserved defeat.  —  UPDATE: Read Daniel McKivergan on Tikhanov here.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Race 4 2012
 
 
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New York Post:
Police officer who fatally shot unarmed Bronx teen indicted, set to turn himself in
Discussion: Guardian and Gothamist
Christine Stapleton / Palm Beach Post:
Ex-congressman got millions in land deal
CNN:
Comedian Tommy Chong fighting prostate cancer
Discussion: Gawker and The Raw Story
Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Gov. Mitch Daniels talks public employee unions; is Big Labor losing its clout?
Joy-Ann Reid / theGrio:
Obama campaign releases first black radio ad
Associated Press:
SCOTUS turns down Gitmo appeals
Discussion: Mother Jones and American Prospect
Luke Baker / Reuters:
Exclusive: Euro zone discussed capital controls if Greek exits euro: sources
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
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Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
O'Grady: Castro Endorses Obama
Wall Street Journal:
Nasdaq CEO Lost Touch Amid Facebook Chaos
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Democrats' Odd Obsession With Tricking Republicans Into Voting for Tax Hikes
Discussion: Firedoglake and New York Times
Marisa Schultz / detroitnews.com:
Obama campaign to highlight effect of auto bailout in Michigan
Discussion: Daily Kos
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
GOP governors bolster online sales tax push
Discussion: ThinkProgress and DownWithTyranny!
New York Times:
Syrian Conflict Cracks Carefully Polished Image of Assad