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11:00 AM ET, June 18, 2012

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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Opinion: Defeat of healthcare law would erode voters' trust in Supreme Court  —  Every political strategist working the fall elections sees a game changer coming by the end of the month.  —  That's when the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of President Obama's signature legislative accomplishment, the Affordable Care Act.
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Bloomberg:
Supreme Court's Super Mondays Don't Serve Justice
Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Whitehouse: ‘Very Little’ Hope For Bipartisan Push …
Discussion: Campaign 2012 and CANNONFIRE
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Romney: No need to detail how I'll pay for massive tax cuts.  Just trust me.  —  There's a great deal to chew on in Mitt Romney's interview with Bob Schieffer, which just aired on CBS.  —  Romney repeatedly refused to say whether he'd repeal Obama's order to halt deportations of DREAM-eligible youth.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Ann Romney: ‘I doubt’ we'll take as many overseas vacations as the Obamas  —  Ann Romney, the wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, said Monday that she doubted that she and her husband would vacation overseas as frequently as the Obamas if her husband were to win election.
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney mum on whether he'd overturn Obama immigration move
Eugene Scott / Arizona Republic:
MCSO arrests girl, 6, suspected of illegal immigration  —  Maricopa County Sheriff Office deputies arrested a 6-year-old suspected illegal immigrant Friday, the day President Barack Obama softened the country's deportation policy toward young illegal immigrants.
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Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler:
Six-Year-Old Illegal Alien Gets Arrested. Whose Fault Is It?
Discussion: alicublog
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Arrests 6-Year-Old Undocumented Immigrant
Washington Post:
Egypt's military issues decree giving vast powers to armed forces, but few to president  —  CAIRO — Egypt's military leaders issued a constitutional decree Sunday that gave the armed forces sweeping powers and degraded the presidency to a subservient role, as the Muslim Brotherhood declared …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Greece as Victim  —  Ever since Greece hit the skids, we've heard a lot about what's wrong with everything Greek.  Some of the accusations are true, some are false — but all of them are beside the point.  Yes, there are big failings in Greece's economy, its politics and no doubt its society.
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Rachel Donadio / New York Times:
Greek Election Favors Pro-Bailout Party
Daily Mail:
Obama's Harvard law professor says ‘President MUST be defeated in 2012’ (even though he's the man Barack used to have on speed dial)  —  A former professor of Barack Obama has turned against his one-time student and publicly urged voters not to re-elect him.
Discussion: Mediaite
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WBUR:
WBUR Poll: Angus King Heavy Favorite To Replace Sen. Snowe  —  A new WBUR poll shows former Maine Gov. Angus King as the heavy favorite to replace retiring Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe.  Current poll numbers have King, who is running as an independent, with 50 percent of likely voters …
Tara Kelly / The Huffington Post:
Giant Mushroom Cloud In Beijing (VIDEO) (PHOTOS) … FOLLOW:  —  Foreign Affairs, Video, Mushroom Clouds, Beijing, Beijing Mushroom Cloud, Beijing-China, China Mushroom Cloud, China Pollution, Green Haze, Haze, Massive Mushroom Cloud China, Mushroom Cloud Beijing, Mushroom Cloud Beijing Photos, World News
Ken / Popehat:
The Oatmeal v. FunnyJunk, Part IV: Charles Carreon Sues Everybody  —  Background: the previous entries in our coverage of Charles Carreon's bizarre and contemptible behavior on behalf of his client, FunnyJunk, against The Oatmeal can be found here at Part I, Part II, and Part III.
Discussion: Pharyngula and TechCrunch
Bloomberg:
The Obama Campaign Needs an Intervention  —  During a focus group in Denver last week, Jeffrey Penny laid out his “criteria” for giving President Barack Obama his vote this year as he did in 2008.  —  “I just want to see specifics and quit the trash talk,” the 31-year-old web designer …
Discussion: Vodkapundit
Peter J. Boyer / The Daily Beast:
Chris Christie: Call Me, Mitt  —  Did the Jersey governor blow his White House chances?  He talks to Peter J. Boyer about why he passed on running—and how Romney could talk him into being his running mate.  —  The most consequential vote of the political season may well have been one that occurred …
CNN:
Romney's ‘Doing Fine?’ becomes ‘¿Van Bien?’  —  (CNN) - Mitt Romney unveiled a Spanish language version of an English ad he released last week targeting President Barack Obama's record on the economy, days after the president announced a new policy aimed at stopping the deportation of some young illegal immigrants.
Discussion: The Reaction
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama plays 100th round of golf as president  —  CHICAGO — President Obama is spending Father's Day in his hometown playing the 100th round of golf of his presidency.  —  After a late night at the wedding of senior adviser Valerie Jarrett's daughter Laura, the president was out of the house …
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Thomas Lovejoy / New York Times:
What Rio Can Do  —  Twenty years after the largest gathering of heads of state in history at the 1992 Earth Summit, the world's nations are returning to Rio de Janeiro to negotiate further progress toward sustainable development.  —  The 80-page draft text that the delegates will be discussing addresses a number of important issues.
Discussion: Power Line and Mashable!
 
 
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Council for Secular Humanism:
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Ezra Klein / New Yorker:
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Discussion: Brad DeLong
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
The folly of Obamacare  —  We pay our presidents for judgment …
Discussion: Power Line
The Right Scoop:
MUST WATCH: Sen. Marco Rubio's speech at Faith and Freedom Coalition conference
Discussion: nation.foxnews.com
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Can any president succeed in today's political world?
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
French Socialists Win Majority in Parliament
Discussion: Economix and Telegraph
New York Times:
Thousands March Silently To Protest Stop-and-Frisk Policies
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
The Hill Poll: Voters fear US could slip into a double-dip recession
Discussion: Ballot Box
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Pema Levy / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Montana GOP Convention Features ‘Obama Library’ Riddled With Fake Bullet Holes
Justin Worland / Roll Call:
Scott Walker Raises Washington Profile
Jason Burke / Guardian:
Iran was behind bomb plot against Israeli diplomats, investigators find
Discussion: World and Israel Matzav
David Catanese / Politico:
Josh Mandel kept afloat by outside cash
Discussion: Dayton Daily News and Power Line
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Romney: President Has the Power to Act Unilaterally Against Iran
 

 
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