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12:05 AM ET, June 22, 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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theusconstitution.org:
DEVELOPING: COURT RULES IN CHAMBER'S FAVOR IN EVERY CASE DECIDED SO FAR THIS TERM  —  As we approach the end of the October 2011 Term, it is hard to think about almost anything other than the Court's impending health care decision.  But there is another developing story that has so far been overlooked.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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 and CNN
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 and Fox News
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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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
Michael C. Bender / Bloomberg:
Romney Campaign Said To Ask Scott To Downplay Job Gains
Mara MacDonald / WDIV-TV:   Poll shows Obama, Romney in statistical dead heat in Michigan; state called ‘purple’
Alexander Burns / Reuters:
Race gap hardens in 2012 contest
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.
Discussion: Althouse and Washington Monthly
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E.J. Graff / American Prospect:
Why Does The Atlantic Hate Women?  —  The picture alone filled me with dread: a baby in a briefcase.  (Do go look at Jessica Valenti's hilarious compilation of images from this genre.)  That sick feeling only increased when I got to the hideous ­headline: “Why Women Still Can't Have It All.”
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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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 …
James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas:
BREAKING: Texas bank launches constitutional challenge to Dodd-Frank financial reform law  —  If the U.S. Supreme Court throws out President Obama's healthcare law this month, the only other remaining major achievement from the president's first term would be, arguably, the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and Hot Air
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:   Major lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of Dodd-Frank (updated)
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” …
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
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
Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Biden's brawlers: Veep's security team squared off in Nantucket melee  —  This hulking Secret Service agent was taken in by Nantucket police after a barroom brawl, but was freed when everyone agreed not to press charges.  —  Eric “Bomb Squad” Gahagan, a Massachusetts State trooper …
Martin Z. Braun / Bloomberg:
Obama Stimulus Aids WorldCom Felon With Health Care Loan  —  David Myers was at the epicenter of one of the biggest corporate frauds in U.S. history.  Now the former WorldCom Inc. controller is rebuilding his life a decade later with the help of the federal government.
BuzzFeed:
Ann Romney's High Horse  —  Super Hit had Butorphanol, Delomidine, Romifidine, and Xylatine in its system at the time of his sale, according to court documents.  Testified an expert: “In my 38 years of practice, I have never come across a drug screen such as this where the horse has been administered …
Discussion: The Hill, Eclectablog and New Yorker
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.
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.
Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Ron Paul's Route To Convention Chaos: The Vice Presidential Nomination … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Republican Convention , Vice President, Elections 2012, Barack Obama , Rand Paul, Ron Paul, Video, Liberty Movement, Floor Fight, Vice Presidential Nominee, Politics News
Sara Ganim / PennLive.com:
Jerry Sandusky case: Sandusky's adopted son, Matt, says he is a victim and would have testified, lawyer says  —  BELLEFONTE — Matt Sandusky, through his attorney Andrew Shubin, said that he met with prosecutors this week to say for the first time that he is a molestation victim of Jerry Sandusky, his adopted father.
Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:
DISASTER: PHILLY FED REPORT COLLAPSES TO -16.6  —  UPDATE:  —  The number is out and it's very bad.  —  A reading of -16.6 is WAY below the expected 0.0 reading, and it's well below the -5.5 number.  —  Not good.  —  Here's the rull report  —  Manufacturing firms responding …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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.
Robert D. Hershey Jr / New York Times:
Anna Schwartz, Economist Who Collaborated With Friedman, Dies at 96  —  Anna J. Schwartz, a research economist who wrote monumental works on American financial history in collaboration with the Nobel laureate Milton Friedman while remaining largely in his shadow, died on Thursday at her home in Manhattan.
Discussion: EconLog
 
 
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BBC:
Syrian fighter pilot defects to Jordan
Discussion: US Politics and Truthdig
Ian Duncan / Kansas City Star:
Senate defeats bill to drop new rules on coal emissions
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
John Bryson resigns as commerce secretary, citing recent seizure
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
DREAM On  —  America needs much bigger, bolder immigration reform …
Arelis R. Hernández / Orlando Sentinel:
George Zimmerman says Trayvon Martin's last words were: ‘You got me’
Hanna Rosin / The Atlantic Online:
The End of Men  —  Earlier this year, women became the majority …
Discussion: Runnin' Scared
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John Sides / The Monkey Cage:
BREAKING: Many Americans Don't Have Any Idea that All-Important Political Gaffes Even Happen
Adweek:
Bill Clinton Urges Ad Industry to Lead Global Change Through Creativity Speaking in Cannes …
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Republican Congressman's Advice For Mitt Romney: Start Bragging About Your Wealth
Patrick McGeehan / New York Times:
Blacks Miss Out as Jobs Rebound in New York City
Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Romney vows to ‘replace’ Obama's immigration order
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Rove: Pelosi ‘sounds like Mad Red Queen’ with arrest threat
 

 
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