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6:30 AM ET, June 12, 2012

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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 …
Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Did the Supreme Court Just Gut Habeas Rights?  —  The Supreme Court's decision on Monday not to hear appeals from a group of Gitmo detainees leaves the remaining 169 detainees at the facility with little chance of securing their freedom through US courts.  —  In the 2008 case Boumediene v. Bush …
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The White House:
President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit  —  WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Obama will nominate Caitlin Halligan and Srikanth Srinivasan to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Discussion: Law Blog and SCOTUSblog
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court bypasses all new detainee cases (FINAL UPDATE)
Associated Press:   SCOTUS turns down Gitmo appeals
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  —  WASHINGTON — The recent financial crisis left the median American family in 2010 with no more wealth than they had in the early 1990s, erasing almost two decades of accumulated prosperity, the Federal Reserve said Monday.
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.
Clarence Page / Chicago Tribune:
What's with Wisconsin?  —  (Chris Walker, Chicago Tribune / June 5, 2012)  —  Let's give Wisconsin voters some credit.  While others try to find easy right-versus-left explanations for Gov. Scott Walker's decisive victory last week, Badger State voters appeared to be more worried about their state's purse.
Discussion: First Draft
Rush Limbaugh:
You're Not Special: Great Commencement Speech by David McCullough Jr.  —  RUSH: We're nearing the end, ladies and gentlemen, of commencement address season.  You're nodding your head like you know where I'm going.  There was the most amazing commencement address in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Mj Lee / Politico:
John Bryson takes medical leave of absence  —  Commerce Secretary John Bryson, who was involved in two car accidents over the weekend and suffered a seizure, notified President Barack Obama on Monday that he is taking a medical leave of absence, effective immediately.
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Kate Mather / L.A. NOW:
Commerce agency: Secretary John Bryson had seizure linked to crashes
Anne Tergesen / Wall Street Journal:
Counting on an Inheritance?  Count Again.  —  The bad news: Many baby boomers are likely to get less money from Mom and Dad than they thought.  The worse news: They may have to help their parents financially instead.  —  Baby boomers: Get ready for a double whammy.
Discussion: Hot Air and Power Line
Giles Tremlett / Guardian:
Hurried Spanish banking bailout fails to calm market nerves  —  Spain's borrowing costs rise closer to levels considered unsustainable - dragging Italy towards danger zone  —  A bailout of up to €100bn for Spain's ailing banks failed to calm nerves about the future of the euro …
Discussion: Firedoglake and US Politics
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New York Times:
Worries in Euro Zone Shift to Italy From Spain
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
It's the public sector that's ‘doing fine’  —  “It's very clear that private sector jobs are doing just fine.”  —  Sound familiar?  These words are not President Obama's.  They were spoken six months ago by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.  While pushing a Democratic proposal …
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Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
President Barack Obama wants his 2012 re-election campaign …
Mj Leeand Tim Mak / Politico:
Paul Krugman: President Obama ‘screwed up the line’
Discussion: CNN and Business Insider
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: Daily Kos and Show Me Progress
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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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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
America's Trust Deficit, Ctd  —  Joe Klein recently mourned the loss of trust in America.  Samuel Goldman labels this “liberal nostalgia”: … I fear he is right.  I also feel the gulf is deeper than even Joe, in his splendid missives from the road, acknowledges.
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.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Jeb Bush Takes Aim at Fellow Republicans
Dave Levinthal / Reuters:
FEC: OK to fundraise via text  —  The Federal Election Commission on Monday night unanimously voted to allow Americans to make political donations via text message, making Androids, iPhones and Blackberries the newest weapon in the battle to raise unprecedented amounts of money.
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.
New York Post:
Police officer who fatally shot unarmed Bronx teen indicted, set to turn himself in  —  The police officer who shot dead an unarmed Bronx teen hiding in his bathroom in February is expected to turn himself in Wednesday on manslaughter charges, sources told The Post.
Discussion: Guardian and Gothamist
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Pulp
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John Ellis / Real Clear Politics:
The Tipping Point  —  In 2008, 43 percent of white voters cast …
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