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12:30 PM ET, June 22, 2012

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
POLITICO reporter suspended for remarks  —  POLITICO reporter Joe Williams has been suspended pending review of recent controversial comments he made on television and Twitter, POLITICO editors informed staff late Thursday night.  —  On MSNBC today, Williams made a remark suggesting Mitt Romney …
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John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
POLITICO REPORTER TWEETS ANN ROMNEY PENIS JOKE  —  Politico, the unofficial web-branch of MSNBC, and whose staff spends more time on MSNBC than Chris Matthews, has a so-called reporter named Joseph Williams who all but called Mitt Romney a racist on Martin Bashir's show today.
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Romney's Bain Capital invested in companies that moved jobs overseas  —  Mitt Romney's financial company, Bain Capital, invested in a series of firms that specialized in relocating jobs done by American workers to new facilities in low-wage countries like China and India.
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama looks to capitalize on shift in presidential race's momentum  —  President Obama will look to cap a week in which momentum in the presidential race appeared to shift in his favor with a Thursday address to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials in Florida.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Hispanic population soars in presidential swing states  —  Hispanic populations are soaring in toss-up states that will decide the presidential election.  —  Changing demographics in states not usually associated with Hispanic voters has changed the traditional political calculus heading into Election Day.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and CNN
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Romney closing the election gap with focus on the economy
CNN:
Obama web video accuses Romney of hedging on immigration
Paul Geitner / New York Times:
On Vacation and Sick?  A Court Says Take Another  —  BRUSSELS — For most Europeans, almost nothing is more prized than their four to six weeks of guaranteed annual vacation leave.  But it was not clear just how sacrosanct that time off was until Thursday, when Europe's highest court ruled …
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: Washington Examiner and Hullabaloo
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Reed Abelson / New York Times:
Billions of Dollars Are in Play Over Health Care Law
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Wall Street Journal:
Why Dodd-Frank Is Unconstitutional  —  The financial regulations signed into law in 2010 do not honor checks and balances.  They eliminate them.  —  When President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law nearly two years ago, he stated that …
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Texas bank challenging Dodd-Frank, consumer bureau in court  —  A Texas community bank and two advocacy groups are filing suit in U.S. District Court to challenge the constitutionality of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.  —  In particular, the suit will contend that the Consumer Financial …
Latino Decisions:
New Poll: Obama leads Romney among Latinos in key 2012 battleground states  —  New polling released June 22, 2012 by Latino Decisions and America's Voice finds President Obama maintaining a wide lead over Republican Mitt Romney among Latino registered voters in five key battleground states.
Gary Strauss / USA Today:
Gas prices could hit $3 by autumn  —  The darkening clouds of the slowing economy could provide a bright spot for consumers: gasoline at $3 a gallon — or less — by autumn.  —  Nationally, regular gasoline averages $3.47 a gallon, down 47 cents from this year's high in April and well below …
Ian Simpson / Reuters:
(Note: explicit sexual content)  —  (Reuters) - Jurors in the child sex abuse trial of Jerry Sandusky resumed deliberations on Friday, sequestered and shielded from a shocking new accusation from Sandusky's adopted son that he, too, was abused by the former Penn State assistant football coach.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Chief Justice Offers Hint at New Timing for Health Care Ruling  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday indicated that it is likely to go into overtime next week, as the nation awaits its decisions in challenges to President Obama's health care law and a tough Arizona immigration law.
Michael Graham / Boston Herald:
Fast and Furious front and center  —  Victim becoming a footnote  —  The two most important words in the current Obama administration scandal aren't “Fast” or “Furious.”  They are “Brian Terry.”  —  In December 2010, Brian Terry — a former Marine and police officer turned Border Patrol agent …
Discussion: Samizdata.net
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New York Post:   Press lets scandal hide in plain sight
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:
The Only Nine Things You Need To Know From The Huffington Post Politico Profile That You Can't Read Online  —  We just downloaded The Huffington Post's profile by Michael Calderone of how Politico is supposedly in disarray.  You can't read it online because it's only on the iPad.
ThinkProgress:
POLL: Most Republicans Still Believe That Iraq Had WMD  —  A new poll conducted by Dartmouth government professor Benjamin Valentino found that 63 percent of Republican respondents still believe that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when the United States invaded in 2003, even though this assertion has been thoroughly debunked.
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Dan Froomkin / The Huffington Post:
Yes, Iraq Definitely Had WMD, Vast Majority Of Polled Republicans Insist
John Hooper / Guardian:
Mario Monti: we have a week to save the eurozone  —  Italian prime minister warns that there is no room for failure in talks between single currency's big four countries  —  Italy's prime minister, Mario Monti, has warned of the apocalyptic consequences of failure at next week's summit of EU leaders …
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 …
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Associated Press:
Despite Obama's endorsement of gay marriage, public opinion shifts little on issue  —  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's endorsement of gay marriage did little to shift the nation's views on the subject, with a new poll finding that the public remains evenly split on the issue.
Discussion: Advocate and Towleroad News #gay
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
GOP Congressman Calls Pelosi ‘Mind-Numbingly Stupid’ And Suggests She May Be Mentally Ill  —  Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) yesterday called House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi “mind-numbingly stupid” and said that there is something medically wrong with her brain because she believes Republicans …
Discussion: The Raw Story
 
 
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Prisons, Privatization, Patronage
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Jared Bernstein / On the Economy:
Learning to See Brown Shoots Instead of Green Ones
Discussion: Ezra Klein and Real Time Economics
Michael Reagan / Cagle Post:
It's Nice to be Emperor
Wall Street Journal:
Ratings Cut for Giant Banks
Lisa W. Foderaro / New York Times:
At Freshkills Park, Borrowing Goats to Tackle a Weed Problem
Discussion: Gothamist and Globe and Mail
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Stephen Gray / PinkNews.co.uk:
Queensland ‘downgrades’ civil partnerships and will ban gay surrogacy
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Robert D. Hershey Jr / New York Times:
Anna Schwartz, Economist Who Collaborated With Friedman, Dies at 96
Discussion: Cafe Hayek and EconLog
Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Biden's brawlers: Veep's security team squared off in Nantucket melee
Ian Duncan / Kansas City Star:
Senate defeats bill to drop new rules on coal emissions