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8:15 PM ET, June 21, 2012

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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Mourdock cheers SCOTUS for striking down Obamacare (Updated)  —  Yes, you read that right.  —  Indiana Treasurer and GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock applauds the Supreme Court's decision invalidating the Affordable Care Act in a new video uploaded to his YouTube account.
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Tensions rise as justices kick healthcare ruling to next week  —  The Supreme Court did not rule on President Obama's healthcare law Thursday, raising tensions before a decision next week.  —  The ruling was possible Thursday but not expected.  The court traditionally holds its biggest decisions until …
Discussion: Politico, CNN and The Huffington Post
Ezra Klein:
Of course the Supreme Court is political  —  A poll of former Supreme Court clerks found that 57 percent think the individual mandate will be overturned — up from 35 percent before the oral arguments.  The InTrade political betting markets put the odds of an overturn at 76 percent.
Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
Boehner: If Supreme Court strikes down health care law, ‘there will be no spiking of the ball’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Badly Will SCOTUS Screw Up Obamacare?
Sarah Kliff / Ezra Klein:
The optimist's guide to repealing the individual mandate
Michael C. Bender / Bloomberg:
Romney Campaign Said To Ask Scott To Downplay Job Gains  —  Mitt Romney's presidential campaign asked Florida Governor Rick Scott to tone down his statements heralding improvements in the state's economy because they clash with the presumptive Republican nominee's message that the nation …
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BuzzFeed:
Romney's Cold War Strategy To Defeat Obama  —  Can the Republican spend him to death?  “Our SuperPACs are our Star Wars.”  —  Image by Joe Raedle / Getty Images  —  Mitt Romney has adopted what top Republicans describe as a Cold War strategy to defeat President Barack Obama: To spend him into oblivion.
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Dish
Garrett Epps / American Prospect:
The Court's Scott Walker Moment  —  On First Amendment Thursday, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court delivered an unsubtle warning to public employee unions: You are living on borrowed time.  —  In Knox v. Service Employees International Union, the five—Chief Justice John Roberts …
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
GOP Holds Early Turnout Edge, But Little Enthusiasm for Romney  —  Obama Better Liked, Romney Ahead on Economy  —  OVERVIEW  —  Less than five months before Election Day, voters are not as engaged with the presidential campaign as they were at this point four years ago, when interest in the campaign reached record levels.
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Mara MacDonald / WDIV-TV:   Poll shows Obama, Romney in statistical dead heat in Michigan; state called ‘purple’
Anne-Marie Slaughter / The Atlantic Online:
Why Women Still Can't Have It All  —  It's time to stop fooling ourselves, says a woman who left a position of power: the women who have managed to be both mothers and top professionals are superhuman, rich, or self-employed.  If we truly believe in equal opportunity for all women, here's what has to change.
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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
‘The Cycle’: MSNBC's New 3 PM Show Features Four Co-Hosts … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  MSNBC, Dylan Ratigan, Msnbc 3 PM, Steve Kornacki, The Cycle, Toure, Toure Msnbc, Media News  —  MSNBC has found its replacement for Dylan Ratigan's show: “The Cycle.”  —  The new program …
Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Romney vows to ‘replace’ Obama's immigration order  —  Mitt Romney said today he'll “replace and supersede” a recently imposed Obama administration order that halts the deportation of some illegal immigrants brought to the USA as children.  —  In his first extended remarks since Obama's order last week …
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Paul West / Los Angeles Times:
Romney taunts Obama, ducks overall immigration fix
Discussion: The Spectacle Blog
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Breaking Now  —  We've got the first nuggets out of Mitt Romney …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Major lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of Dodd-Frank (updated)  —  With the Supreme Court poised to rule on the constitutionality of Obamacare, a suit filed today challenges the constitutionality of the other signature legislation of President Obama's first term: Dodd-Frank.
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James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas:
BREAKING: Texas bank launches constitutional challenge to Dodd-Frank financial reform law
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
Hunter Walker / Politicker:
Former KKK Leader David Duke Endorses Charles Barron [Video]  —  Dr. David Duke in his video endorsing Charles Barron for Congress.  (Photo: YouTube)  —  Former KKK Grand Wizard and member of the Louisiana Legislature David Duke released a video yesterday endorsing Charles Barron in his race …
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Celeste Katz / NY Daily News:
Charles Barron: David Duke Video Endorsement Of My Congressional Campaign Is “Foolishness”
Discussion: theGrio, Politicker and National Review
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The 20 Hottest Conservative Women In The New Media (2012 Edition)  —  Welcome to the 4th annual 20 hottest conservative women in the new media.  Besides myself, this year's new slate of judges included, 1) Ali Akbar from Vice and Victory and National Bloggers Club.  2) Steven Crowder.
Dan Froomkin / The Huffington Post:
Yes, Iraq Definitely Had WMD, Vast Majority Of Polled Republicans Insist … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  WASHINGTON — How misinformed are Republicans about world affairs?  If presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's assertion that Russia is “without question our number one geopolitical foe” …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Rove: Pelosi ‘sounds like Mad Red Queen’ with arrest threat  —  Karl Rove said Rep. Nancy Pelosi was “dead wrong” when she suggested Wednesday that she could have had him arrested.  —  “The only way I could have been arrested is if the House adopted the resolution, which it did not,” …
United States Department of Labor:
Skip to page content  —  Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis  —  EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION  —  Program Contact:  —  TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL  —  (202) 693-4676  —  UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT  —  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
Discussion: Daily Kos, Hot Air and msnbc.com
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
DREAM On  —  America needs much bigger, bolder immigration reform—for low-skilled workers, not just supergeniuses—to boost the economy.  —  Last week, the Obama administration reignited the immigration debate with a modest effort to accomplish some of the goals of the DREAM legislation that's languished in Congress for over a year.
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CNN:
Excerpts from Romney's NALEO speech
Discussion: The Hill, Wired and Politico
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
4 Pinocchios for Obama's newest anti-Romney ad  —  “Running for governor, Mitt Romney campaigned as a job creator.  But as a corporate raider, he shipped jobs to China and Mexico.  As governor, he did the same thing: Outsourcing state jobs to India.”  —  The Obama campaign apparently loves …
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
‘Today’ Show's Unfortunate Lower Third  —  Really, “Today” show?  You couldn't have come up with a less obtuse lower third for Ann Curry's interview with Steve Carell this morning?  —  New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.
Charles Mahtesian / Politico:
Jay Rockefeller's swan song?  —  Now we know the first open Senate race of 2014: Jay Rockefeller's West Virginia seat.  —  Already the subject of speculation that he will not run for a sixth term in two years when he will be 77, Rockefeller's stunning coal-industry-needs-to-face- reality speech Wednesday seemed to confirm the rumors.
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
C.I.A. Said to Aid in Steering Arms to Syrian Opposition  —  WASHINGTON — A small number of C.I.A. officers are operating secretly in southern Turkey, helping allies decide which Syrian opposition fighters across the border will receive arms to fight the Syrian government, according to American officials and Arab intelligence officers.
Hanna Rosin / The Atlantic Online:
The End of Men  —  Earlier this year, women became the majority of the workforce for the first time in U.S. history.  Most managers are now women too.  And for every two men who get a college degree this year, three women will do the same.  For years, women's progress has been cast as a struggle for equality.
 
 
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Republican Congressman's Advice For Mitt Romney: Start Bragging About Your Wealth
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Senate passes farm bill, as 16 Republicans vote with Democrats
Discussion: Politico
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Boehner to caucus: No ‘spiking the ball’ on health care
Discussion: CNN
Noah Bierman / Boston Globe:
Senator Scott Brown says Obama should be ‘transparent’ in ‘Fast and Furious’ controversy
Discussion: ABCNEWS