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8:10 AM ET, June 13, 2012

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Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:
Obama Is Losing A Stunning Amount Of African-American Support In North Carolina  —  WATCH: What Obama's Embarrassing Primaries  —  In Kentucky And Arkansas Last Month Mean  —  President Barack Obama is rapidly losing support among African-American voters in North Carolina …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Obama's White Base Shows Cracks Compared With 2008  —  Support down five points since 2008 among all voters, but more among key 2008 white supporters  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Daily tracking indicates Barack Obama is receiving less support in the 2012 presidential election …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Caitlin McDevitt / Politico:
Spike Lee: Obama win not a sure thing  —  Spike Lee is predicting a tough road to reelection for President Obama.  —  “This thing is not a lock,” the filmmaker told GQ in a recent interview.  “It is not a lock that President Obama is getting a second term and people have to really rekindle the enthusiasm that we had the first time.”
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Mediaite and GQ
Politico:
Obama: Debt, deficits were ‘baked into the cake’
Deborah Charles / Reuters:
Michelle Obama to Ann Romney: have fun campaigning
Washington Examiner:
Now union members are deserting Obama
Discussion: UrbanGrounds
Jeff Weiner / Orlando Sentinel:
George Zimmerman's wife arrested, charged with perjury  —  At her husband's bond hearing, Shellie Zimmerman was asked repeatedly about money.  Among the questions: How much did the couple collect in donations through George Zimmerman's website?  —  “Currently, I do not know,” Shellie Zimmerman replied.
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Vivian Kuo / CNN:
Zimmerman's wife arrested, accused of perjury  —  (CNN) — George Zimmerman's wife was arrested Tuesday afternoon for allegedly lying at his bond hearing about the couple's finances.  —  Shellie N. Zimmerman, 25, faces a perjury charge, according to Jackie Barnard, spokeswoman …
Discussion: This Just In and Wonkette
Jeff Weiner / Orlando Sentinel:
Zimmerman ‘does not properly respect the law,’ judge says in order revoking bond
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere and Daily Kos
msnbc.com:
Shellie Zimmerman, wife of Trayvon Martin killer, arrested on perjury charge
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and JustOneMinute
Casey Glynn / CBS News:
Shellie Zimmerman, wife of George Zimmerman, arrested for perjury
Democracy Corps:
Shifting the Economic Narrative  —  What is clear from this fresh look at public consciousness on the economy is how difficult this period has been for both non-college-educated and college-educated voters - and how vulnerable the prevailing narratives articulated by national Democratic leaders are.
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Obama campaign's rough patch concerns some Democrats
Discussion: Power Line
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Did He Get the Memo? Obama Sticks to Script on Stump
BuzzFeed:
Clintonites Hit The Panic Button For Obama
Tim Makand Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Eric Holder warns of ‘constitutional crisis’  —  Under threat of a House contempt citation over the botched Fast and Furious gun-walking operation, Attorney General Eric Holder spoke in a conciliatory tone Tuesday about his willingness for “compromises” to avoid what he called …
Discussion: CNN and CNSNews
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Cornyn: Holder should resign in wake of Fast and Furious probe  —  Sen. John Cornyn called on Eric Holder to resign Tuesday as Republicans raised the pressure on the attorney general to avoid a contempt vote by providing documents about the Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation.
Discussion: Doug Ross and Nice Deb
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Dems block McCain resolution on special counsel for leaks
Discussion: CBS News, CNN and Michelle Malkin
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
‘Team Kimberlin’ Meltdown Continues  —  Liars hate nothing worse than to be exposed as liars — exposure makes it hard for them to get away with their lies — and three weeks of public attention to lying felon Brett Kimberlin and his associates have put them under extraordinary psychological pressure.
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CBS Miami:
Doctors Release Pictures Of Causeway Cannibal Victim  —  MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Doctors have released photographs of Ronald Poppo, more than two weeks after the homeless man had much of his face chewed off during an attack by so-called Causeway Cannibal Rudy Eugene over the Memorial Day weekend.
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Kyle Munzenrieder / Riptide 2.0:
New Photos of Ronald Poppo, Face-Eating Victim, Released Post-Surgery
Discussion: Runnin' Scared
Bradley Klapper / WTOP.com:
US: Russia sending Syria attack helicopters  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration said Tuesday that Russia is sending attack helicopters to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime and warned that the Arab country's 15-month conflict could become even deadlier.
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Former Giffords aide Barber wins race to replace her in the House  —  Democrat Ron Barber defeated Republican Jesse Kelly in an emotionally charged and nationally watched special election to replace former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).  —  In what both candidates predicted …
Discussion: CNN
New York Times:
For Obama and Romney, Nonstop Fund-Raising  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama wooed campaign donors in speed-dating fashion on Tuesday, rushing through six fund-raisers in six hours in Maryland and Pennsylvania.  Thursday will find him in Manhattan, where he will join Anna Wintour at the home …
Discussion: The Caucus
Michael Stafford / Cagle Post:
Why I Gave Up On Being a Republican  —  I'm a life-long Republican.  My political affiliation has been woven intrinsically into the very fabric of my being.  —  When I was young, Ronald Reagan bestrode the world like a colossus.  I grew up watching the Cold War end-game play out as Reagan faced …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and driftglass
Jeffrey Young / The Huffington Post:
Health Care Reform Boosts Spending A Tiny Fraction While Covering Millions: Report … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Barack Obama , Health Insurance, Supreme Court, Budget 2012, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Health Care, Health Care, Uninsured, Business News
Discussion: Campaign 2012 and Weasel Zippers
Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:
Rick Scott: Voter Purge Turned Up ‘Over 50’ Non-Citizen Voters — 'The Debate's Over' … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Rick Scott, Video, Governor Rick Scott, Florida Lawsuit, Florida Suing Federal Government, Florida Voter Purge, Florida Voter Purge Lawsuit, Non-Citizen Voters, Rick Scott Florida …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars, The Hill and CNN
New York Post:
Anti-gay Muslim cries bias  —  The NYPD wouldn't hire him — because he is anti-gay, a Police Academy reject complains in a startling new discrimination lawsuit.  —  The would-be cop from Brooklyn — identified only as “Farhan Doe” — is a Muslim-American who believes homosexuality is a sin …
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Current's Joy Behar Wants Conservatives ‘If They Have The Balls To Come On The Show’  —  Hot on the heels of Current TV's announcement that The View co-host and veteran standup comic Joy Behar would begin hosting an hourlong show for the network, the feisty Emmy® award winning talk show host sat down …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Our Mr. Brooks Leads Us Home  —  Moral Hazard, the Irish setter owned by New York Times columnist David Brooks for the purposes of the occasional photo-op, waited patiently by the pantry door of the Young Fogies Club, licking his balls in deep contemplation.
 
 
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Alex Pareene / Salon:
Bob Kerrey, yet another Great Moderate Hope
Discussion: Hotline On Call and New York Times
Eliza Newlin Carney / Roll Call:
FEC Approves Use of Text Messaging to Donate to Campaigns
Daniel Gross / The Huffington Post:
Five More Reasons to Reject the NRA's Dark Vision
Joel Gehrke / Campaign 2012:
Obama: GOP stuck me with a steak dinner tab
Nick Valencia / CNN:
Georgia official: KKK won't be allowed to ‘adopt’ highway
Discussion: Wizbang
Jaquetta White / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Times-Picayune lays off nearly one-third of its staff
Salvador Rizzo / New Jersey Online:
Johnson & Johnson becomes first N.J. company to part ways with ALEC
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Eric Henderson / CBS Minnesota:
Man Not Allowed To Distribute Bibles At Pride Fest
Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Is Mitt Romney Afraid Of Gary Johnson?
Discussion: CNN, The Moderate Voice and Hit & Run
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Sherrod Brown: Government does create jobs, and we Democrats need to say so
Discussion: Ballot Box and The Daily Beast
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Times Have Changed, It's Okay to Lie
Politico:
Obama: GOP campaign fits in a single tweet
Joe Scarborough / Politico:
Why I voted for Ron Paul
Discussion: Hot Air, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
White House softball team smoked by pot lobby's bats
Discussion: Wonkette