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7:20 PM ET, June 26, 2012

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Pema Levy / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Claire McCaskill Will Not Attend Democratic National Convention  —  Claire McCaskill will not be attending the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, a McCaskill aide confirmed to TPM Tuesday.  McCaskill joins a list of vulnerable Democratic politicians whose home districts …
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Hans Nichols / Bloomberg:
Democrats May Drop Speedway Event At Charlotte Convention  —  Democrats are considering canceling their political convention's kick-off event at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, as party planners grapple with a roughly $27 million fundraising deficit, according to two people familiar with matter.
Hans Nichols / Bloomberg:
Democrats Cancel Speedway Event at Charlotte Convention
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Rand Paul Fetal Personhood Amendment Stalls Flood Insurance Bill … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Harry Reid , Rand Paul, Video, Floods, Floods, Flood Insurance Bill, Rand Paul Abortion, Rand Paul Abortion Amendment, Rand Paul Fetal Personhood, Rand Paul Personhood, Politics News
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid, McConnell say they have a deal on student loan interest rates  —  Senate leaders say they have a deal on student loan legislation, pending approval by House Republicans, who have unexpectedly balked at Senate deals before.  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Flood insurance bill snag: Abortion  —  The Senate's flood insurance program looked like it was headed toward smooth passage - but now, there appears to be an abortion-related wrinkle.  —  Yes, abortion.  —  That's at least according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) …
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Reid vows to block vote on Paul's ‘life at conception’ amendment to flood bill
Discussion: Wonkette and Guardian
BuzzFeed:
White House: Donors Weren't Booing Obama  —  Booo-urns!  They “were saying ‘Yoooook and not Booo’ for God's sake,” Jay Carney says.  —  Source: youtube.com  —  White House Press Secretary Jay Carney denied that Boston donors to President Barack Obama campaign's booed the president …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Carney: Boston donors weren't booing Obama, they were saying ‘Yoooook’
Geneva Sands / The Hill:
Boston crowd boos Obama over Red Sox comment
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney: If health law invalidated, Obama's first term was a waste  —  Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney argued Tuesday that if the president's signature healthcare legislation was overturned Thursday by the Supreme Court, it would mean that President Obama's first term was a waste.
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Romney “willing to risk being one-term president”: Portman  —  (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney would tackle tough debt and deficit problems if elected on November 6 in ways that could leave him at risk of being a one-term president, a potential vice presidential running mate, Senator Rob Portman, said on Tuesday.
Discussion: Business Insider
First Read / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: Obama, Romney remain in dead heat
Los Angeles Times:
After winning right to spend, political groups fight for secrecy  —  Conservatives who said disclosure of donors would prevent corruption now are attacking such rules, citing fears of harassment.  —  High-profile donors could face bullying and harassment from liberals out to “muzzle” …
Discussion: Politico
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Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: More would be pleased if health law ruled unconstitutional
Discussion: CNN and Mediaite
Joe Biden / CNN:
Biden: Romney is a job creator in India, China  —  Waterloo, Iowa (CNN) - Vice President Joe Biden took Mitt Romney's central weapon in his White House bid - his time as a businessman - and used it as political ammunition against Romney on Tuesday.  —  “You got to give Romney credit,” Biden said.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
McDonnell goes silent on vice presidential questions
Discussion: Reuters
CBS News:
Condoleezza Rice says “no way” to VP for Romney
Natashajaynesmith / natasha smith:
“Please God.  Please make it stop.”  —  I have been forced to leave Cairo prematurely following a horrific sexual and physical attack in Tahrir Square.  —  The atmosphere was one of jubilation, excitement, and happiness as I walked, accompanied by two male companions for safety along Kasr El Nil bridge.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Top Republican Senator Suggests Impeaching Obama Over Immigration Policies  —  Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) floated the possibility of impeaching President Obama over the administration's recent decisions on immigration, during an appearance on Bill Bennett's radio show on Tuesday.
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Sahil Kapur / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC  —  Jon Kyl Blames Obama For Failure Of Immigration Reform Under Bush
Discussion: Taking Note and Daily Kos
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Brown, Warren tied  —  PPP's newest poll on the Massachusetts Senate race finds it dead even, with Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown both at 46%.  Warren's now been at that exact same 46% mark in three PPP polls in a row dating back to last September.  Brown's increased his support from levels …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Weekly Standard
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Donovan Slack / Politico:
Warren blasts Mitt at Obama fundraiser
WRTV-TV:
Confrontation With TSA Agent Leaves Grandpa's Ashes On Floor  —  Indianapolis Man Furious Over Treatment At Florida Airport Checkpoint  —  INDIANAPOLIS — A man's attempt to bring the ashes of his grandfather home to Indianapolis ended with an angry scene in a Florida airport, with the ashes spilled on the terminal floor.
John Markoff / New York Times:
In a Big Network of Computers, Evidence of Machine Learning  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Inside Google's secretive X laboratory, known for inventing self-driving cars and augmented reality glasses, a small group of researchers began working several years ago on a simulation of the human brain.
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Steven Musil / CNET:
Google scientists find evidence of machine learning
Discussion: The Agonist and The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
Federal Court Upholds EPA's Global Warming Rules  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the first-ever regulations aimed at reducing the gases blamed for global warming.  —  The rules, which were challenged by industry groups and various states …
Discussion: Firedoglake, Daily Kos and Unfogged
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Erica Martinson / Politico:
EPA wins big in court challenge on greenhouse gases
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
ATF leader's email could be Fast and Furious smoking gun and Holder admitted Obama can't shield it  —  A single internal Department of Justice email could be the smoking-gun document in the Operation Fast and Furious scandal — if it turns out to contain what congressional investigators have said it does.
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Politico:
Issa escalates ‘Furious’ war
Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal:
On Orbitz, Mac Users Steered to Pricier Hotels  —  Orbitz Worldwide Inc. has found that people who use Apple Inc.'s Mac computers spend as much as 30% more a night on hotels, so the online travel agency is starting to show them different, and sometimes costlier, travel options than Windows visitors see.
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
3 Charts Explaining How Moms and Dads Balance Work and Family  —  Anne-Marie Slaughter's controversial cover story for The Atlantic this month acknowledges a simple point: There is a “family cost” to your career and a “career cost” to your family.  Time is finite, even if our ambitions aren't.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
A Classic of Inversion  —  I thought reading John Rocker's WND op-ed would be the most disturbing chore I undertook today.  But no, I then stumbled on this:  —  If for some reason you can't access this video, it's an ad from famous African-American right-wingers Ken Blackwell …
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Pay Those Bills On Time Or Forfeit Right To Vote  —  If the 2012 general election winds up as a close GOP win, the odds are very high that the national GOP drive to restrict the franchise will deserve significant credit or blame.  You tend to think, quite rightly, of Florida as Ground zero …
Hoover Institution:
A Taste of Government-Run Healthcare  —  by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)  —  The FDA is a bureaucratic behemoth that threatens public health, stifles drug innovation, and keeps costs high.
Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
George Zimmerman Passed Police Lie Detector Test Day After Trayvon Martin Killing  —  A day after killing Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman passed a police lie detector test when asked if he confronted the teenager and whether he feared for his life “when you shot the guy,” according to documents released today by Florida prosecutors.
James Hohmann / Politico:
Scott Walker wants national role  —  Scott Walker has more political capital than any Republican in America after surviving this month's recall election.  Now he intends to spend it.  —  “A wise governor told me a long time ago, political capital you don't get more of by keeping it.
 
 
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Liz Goodwin / Yahoo! News:
Arizona implements immigration law as feds push back
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Monica Davey / New York Times:
Rate of Killings Rises 38 Percent in Chicago in 2012
Discussion: The Stranger …
Skip Navigation / ACLU:
About the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project
Discussion: msnbc.com
Amy Chozick / DealBook:
Top Executives Weigh Breakup of News Corp.
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
CNN Hits 21-Year Ratings Low in Second Quarter
Melissa Healy / Los Angeles Times:
Obese adults should get counseling, federal task force says
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh and Weekly Standard
 Earlier Items: 
Simon McCormack / The Huffington Post:
Xavius Scullark-Johnson, Prisoner, Dies After He's Denied Health Care
Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
The U-Va. president drama: Is it the Queen Bee scenario?
Discussion: ECHIDNE of the snakes and Althouse
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama lead in Ohio down to 3
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Power of the Particular
Paul Werdel / Talking Points Memo:
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