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2:38 AM ET, June 26, 2012

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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Homeland Security suspends immigration agreements with Arizona police  —  The Obama administration said Monday it is suspending existing agreements with Arizona police over enforcement of federal immigration laws, and said it has issued a directive telling federal authorities to decline …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
The Romney camp's line on Arizona (Updated)  —  Mitt Romney released a statement earlier today emphasizing the right of states to enact immigration policies, but not actually commenting directly on the substance of today's Supreme Court decision on the Arizona immigration law.
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
5 Signs of a Radical Change in U.S. Politics  —  (Midnight update: This item went up three hours ago with a more blunt-instrument headline than it should ever have had: “5 Signs the United States is Undergoing a Coup.”  I used the word “coup” in a particular way in the longer item this was drawn from.
Gail Sheehy / The Daily Beast:
Bill Clinton Warns About Supreme Court Ruling Against Obamacare  —  As America awaits the Supreme Court's decision on Obamacare, Clinton spells out the dire consequences of the law being struck down—and talks about the prospects for Hillary being president and Chelsea giving him a grandchild.
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
How Republicans made it possible for the Supreme Court to rule against the mandate  —  It wasn't easy for Barack Obama to persuade David Axelrod to take him on as a client.  It took years, actually.  But there was a reason Obama wanted Axelord to be the one to run his campaigns.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Scalia's Anger at Obama on Immigration  —  Isn't it time to ask the real, lingering question?  —  Isn't it about time for Justice Antonin Scalia to get his own show on Fox News?  Talking Points Memo: … We really have to run a lot of this post here to take it all in.
Scott Wong / Politico:   Democrats mulling legislation after immigration ruling
Associated Press:
Federal hotline set up on Arizona immigration
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and protein wisdom
Kevin Russell / SCOTUSblog:
Court strikes down much of Arizona immigration law
Scott Lemieux / American Prospect:
Supreme Court Strikes Most of Arizona Immigration Law, Making Scalia Very Angry
The White House:
Statement by the President on the Supreme Court's Ruling on Arizona v. the United States
Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Upholds Key Part of Arizona Law
BuzzFeed:
Romney Criticizes Immigration Ruling
Discussion: Guardian
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Supreme Court upholds key plank of Arizona immigration law
Patterico's Pontifications:
Aaron Walker SWATted  —  No joke.  It happened around 6 p.m. Eastern.  I briefly talked with one of the police officers at the scene, who confirmed that someone had called saying he had shot his wife, and sent officers to Aaron's address.  —  I just got off the phone with Aaron and he and his wife are a little shaken up but OK.
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A.W. / Allergic to Bull:
An Important Victory For Freedom of Expression  —  First, dear readers, you should expect this post to change radically—or perhaps I will start a new post.  I just wanted to get this off my chest immediately.  —  I am free once again to do something very simple.  I am allowed to say the name Brett Kimberlin again.
Whitson Gordon / Lifehacker:
Facebook Changed Everyone's Email to @Facebook.com; Here's How to Fix Yours  —  Facebook just removed everyone's email address from their profile and replaced it with an @facebook.com email address without asking you.  Here's how to easily fix the problem.  —  Facebook launched …
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Kashmir Hill / The Not-So Private Parts:
Facebook's Lame Attempt To Force Its Email Service On You  —  Please don't email me here.  —  You may or may not realize that you have a Facebook email address.  It's an @facebook.com address you can use to correspond with people on external email accounts from your Facebook inbox.
Kelly Cernetich / PoliticsPA:
Turzai: Voter ID Law Means Romney Can Win PA  —  House Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) told the Republican State Committee that Voter ID will allow Romney to win PA.  —  State Treasurer candidate Diana Irey Vaughan may have stolen the show at the Republican State Committee meeting …
Miranda Leitsinger / msnbc.com:
Teen lesbian couple found shot in Texas park  —  Police are investing the shooting of two teenage girls in a small Texas community along the Gulf of Mexico.  KRIS reporter Lindsay Curtis has the story.  —  Two teenage girls in a relationship were found with gunshot wounds to the head in a south Texas park …
BuzzFeed:
Romney Bus Circles, Honks Obama — Again Mitt Romney's campaign bus circled President Barack Obama's fundraiser tonight in Boston, the second time they've pulled the stunt in two weeks.  —  BOSTON — For the second time in as many weeks, Mitt Romney's campaign taunted President Barack Obama outside a speech.
NY Daily News:
Elmo imposter hassles tourists for money and gets booted from Central Park Zoo  —  Man dressed up as furry Sesame Street Muppet gets taken away on ambulance  —  An emotionally disturbed man dressed as Elmo is taken away by ambulance after hassling tourists for money and shouting obscenties at Central Park Zoo.
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Garth Johnston / Gothamist:
Crazy Anti-Semitic Elmo Captured In Central Park
Tami Luhby / CNNMoney.com:
Government wants more people on food stamps  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — More than one in seven Americans are on food stamps, but the federal government wants even more people to sign up for the safety net program.  —  The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been running radio ads …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. treated for exhaustion, takes medical leave  —  Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.) has taken a medical leave of absence because he is being treated for exhaustion, according to his office.  —  In a brief statement released Monday, Jackson's staff disclosed that the lawmaker …
Discussion: CNN
Cato Institute:
Cato Institute and Shareholders Reach Agreement in Principle  —  The Cato Institute and its shareholders have reached an agreement in principle that would resolve pending lawsuits filed by Charles Koch and David Koch against Cato, its CEO, and several of its directors.
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Eric Holder ‘Fast and Furious’ contempt vote to be held Thursday  —  Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (Chip Somodevilla - GETTY IMAGES) The House is scheduled to vote on recommendations that Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. be held in contempt of Congress on Thursday, according to House Republican aides.
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Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:
Iranian pair face death penalty after third alcohol offence  —  Two people previously lashed 160 times for consuming alcohol, which is forbidden under Islamic Sharia law  —  Two Iranians have been sentenced to death for persistent consumption of alcohol under the country's Islamic Sharia law …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Steve Beck / CBS Philly:
Plane Tows Swastika Banner, Startles New Jersey Beachgoers  —  LONG BEACH, N.J. (CBS/AP) — New Jersey beachgoers were startled over the weekend to see a small plane flying overhead pulling a swastika banner.  —  VIEW: Photo Plane Towing Swastika Banner  —  Twitter was abuzz with tweets …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Associated Press:
No More Life Without Parole for Juveniles, Court Rules  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that it is unconstitutional for states to require juveniles convicted of murder to be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.  —  The 5-4 decision is in line …
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Raju Chebium / USA Today:   Court: No automatic life without parole for juveniles
 
 
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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
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Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal:
Taliban behead 7 Pakistani soldiers: report
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Misha Glenny / New York Times:
A Weapon We Can't Control  —  THE decision by the United States …
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Kansas Doctor Loses License For Protecting Privacy Of Abortion Patients
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Republicans support Obama's health reforms — as long as his name isn't on them
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Benjamin Weinthal / Jerusalem Post:
Last gay Jewish Holocaust survivor dies
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Congressman Laughs As Radio Host Suggests ‘Pistol Whipping’ Nuns
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Antarctic ice shelves not melting at all, new field data show
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Ben Sherwood and Joanna Coles take minority stakes in The Daily Beast; Sherwood will be CEO and publisher, and Coles will be chief creative and content officer

Laurence Peter / BBC:
Russia's Ministry of Justice labels BBC Russian correspondent Ilya Barabanov and science reporter Asya Kazantseva as “foreign agents”; both now live abroad

Sahil Patel / The Information:
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