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4:40 PM ET, June 27, 2012

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Katherine Eban / Fortune:
The truth about the Fast and Furious scandal  —  A Fortune investigation reveals that the ATF never intentionally allowed guns to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels.  How the world came to believe just the opposite is a tale of rivalry, murder, and political bloodlust.
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Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Why the Whole Health Care Law Is in Jeopardy  —  The real Supreme Court news on Tuesday wasn't the Arizona immigration decision or even the summary reversal of the Supreme Court of Montana in the “Citizens United 2” case.  It was that the chief justice of the United States didn't write any of these opinions.
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Democrats go on offense ahead of Supreme Court healthcare ruling
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
Supreme Court decision on polarizing health care law looms
Discussion: The Week
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Justices' personal health struggles may influence their decision
Discussion: Politico and Prairie Weather
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Bachmann Says Democrats Will Be To Blame If Supreme Court's Health Ruling Increases Costs
Discussion: The Raw Story
Samuel P. Jacobs / Reuters:
Democratic campaign chair tells candidates to avoid convention  —  (Reuters) - The man responsible for getting Democrats elected to the U.S. Congress this fall has a message for his party's candidates: Stay away from the Democratic National Convention.  —  “If they want to win an election …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Dems go AWOL in class war  —  Labor unions hoped to turn the Wisconsin recall election into a rallying cause for their ailing movement.  But a Democratic president couldn't be dragged off the sidelines for the fight.  —  Anti-Wall Street activists were itching to see JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon bashed …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Althouse
Quinnipiac University:
Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania Swinging To Obama, Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll Finds; Voters Back President On Immigration, Split On Economy  —  This compares to the results of a May 3 Swing State Poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University, showing Obama …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney getting crushed in Massachusetts  —  Mitt Romney's chances of winning Massachusetts in the election this fall continue to look pretty minuscule.  He trails Barack Obama 55-39 in the state where he served as Governor.  That at least represents some tightening from our last poll in March …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Indecision Forever
Fox News:
Holder in peril as Dems break ranks on contempt resolution  —  June 26, 2012: Attorney General Eric Holder gestures while speaking at a civil rights symposium in Boston.AP  —  The congressional contempt vote against Attorney General Eric Holder is looking more and more like a fait accompli …
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Four House Dems back measure to place Holder in contempt  —  At least four Democrats say they will vote Thursday in favor of placing Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.  —  Democratic Reps. John Barrow (Ga.), Collin Peterson (Minn.) and Nick Rahall (W.Va.) …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Romney to seek Washington Post retraction  —  Mitt Romney campaign representatives will meet with the Washington Post today to seek a formal retraction of its June 21 report that Bain Capital invested in firms that specialized in outsourcing American jobs, POLITICO has learned.
Benny Johnson / TheBlaze.com:
PROTESTERS SHOW UP TO RALLY AGAINST KARL ROVE — BUT CAN'T REALLY SAY WHO KARL ROVE IS  —  Organized protesters set out to counter the issue of money in politics while marching over a mile through Washington DC last week.  The heat index was a blistering 90 degrees, which seemed to add …
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Caller
Natalie DiBlasio / USA Today:
A third of Earthlings believe in UFOs, would befriend aliens  —  Aliens often compete with superheroes, vampires and zombies to top hit movie lists — but more than a third of Americans say UFOs are not a fantasy.  —  That's the word from a new National Geographic Channel study finding …
Ric Locke / Ric's Rulez:
It's Lung Cancer  —  Stage III, inoperable.  Median survival prognosis: One year after diagnosis.  —  Which is, as it turns out, the reason I haven't been accomplishing much, including posting here and making progress on the sequel to Temporary Duty.  The details are complicated, and I don't have the energy to fully explain.
G-A-Y / Good As You:
Minnesota for Marriage: Gays should be ‘put to death’  —  From the official campaign:  —  I think that the campaign's final response to Brad's question says it all, don't you?  —  **UPDATE: The MN For Marriage campaign is now claiming they were hacked.  That seems very fishy …
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David Seifman / New York Post:
Mayor rigs wacky A/C to keep his SUV chilled  —  Who's full of hot air?  —  Mayor Bloomberg wants to maintain his politically correct credentials on global warming — but hates to get into a hot car when he leaves an air conditioned building.  —  The solution his aides came up with could easily …
Michelle Malkin:
Day 5 of Waldo Canyon Fire evacuation: Blaze engulfs homes/historic ranch; 32k total evacuated; more dangerous winds, heat ahead  —  Twitter panorama photo from last night via @megzenger  —  Via Matt Meister, StormTracker 13, from the front lines 2:15am MT Wednesday morning in Mountain Shadows
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Twitchy
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Tim Hoover / Denver Post:
Colorado wildfires: C-130 air tankers called in for “surge capability”
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Weekly Standard
Charles McGrath / New York Times:
Nora Ephron |  1941-2012: Nora Ephron, Essayist, Screenwriter and Director, Dies at 71  —  Nora Ephron, an essayist and humorist in the Dorothy Parker mold (only smarter and funnier, some said) who became one of her era's most successful screenwriters and filmmakers, making romantic comedy hits like …
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NY Daily News:
Charles Barron won't accept landslide loss in Brooklyn's 8th Congressional District against Hakeem Jeffries  —  With 54% of precincts reporting, the Associated Press deemed Jeffries the easy winner, 75% of the vote to Barron's 25%.  —  Charles Barron concession speech at Sistas Cafe in Bed Stuy …
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Gersh Kuntzman / New York Times:
Hakeem Jeffries Defeats Charles Barron in Bitter Democratic Primary
Discussion: Runnin' Scared and National Review
Michael Barbaro / The Caucus:
For Romney Superfan, a New Truck Courtesy of the Candidate  —  Jim Wilson, the peripatetic, profane, pipe-smoking volunteer for Mitt Romney whose ubiquitous pickup truck was destroyed in a fire last week, has a new set of wheels, donated by the campaign to which he has devoted a year of his life.
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Experts Panel / IGM Forum:
Laffer Curve  —  This panel explores the extent to which economists agree or disagree on major public policy issues.  To assess such beliefs we assembled this panel of expert economists.  Statistics teaches that a sample of (say) 40 opinions will be adequate to reflect a broader population …
Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
Iran's Vice President Makes Anti-Semitic Speech at Forum  —  TEHRAN — Iran's vice president delivered a baldly anti-Semitic speech on Tuesday at an international antidrug conference here, saying that the Talmud, a central text of Judaism, was responsible for the spread of illegal drugs around the world.
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Polls: Obama boosts edge among Hispanics after immigration shift  —  A new poll released Wednesday finds President Obama opening up a 40-point lead over Mitt Romney among Hispanics, boosted in part from support among that demographic for his new deportation policies.
Discussion: msnbc.com and Algemeiner.com
NY Daily News:
Unemployed Brooklyn man misses job interview to save 9-month-old boy who was blown into path of oncoming subway train  —  Like a superhero without a cape, Delroy Simmonds jumps onto elevated tracks and hoists bleeding child — still strapped into stroller — to safety of the platform as J train bore down on them.
 
 
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Richard A. Posner / Slate:
Supreme Court Year in Review
Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
In the end, you have to make a prediction and take responsibility for it.
Discussion: Hot Air
Cid Standifer / Army Times:
GIBill.com handed over to VA in agreement
Discussion: ThinkProgress and msnbc.com
Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:
Hell And High Water Strikes, Media Miss The Forest For The Burning Trees
Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Luis Gutierrez: Who's The Immigrant, Justin Bieber Or Selena Gomez?
Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Two Lawsuits Challenge the Lack of Air-Conditioning in Texas Prisons
Discussion: Gawker, Via Meadia and The Daily Dish
New York Post:
Cargo ship from Pakistan with alleged ‘stowaways’ arrives in Port Newark
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary
Discussion: Business Insider and ThinkProgress
 Earlier Items: 
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Democrats' Money Panic: Is Obama About to Get Swamped by GOP Cash?
Discussion: Betsy's Page, Instapundit and Moe Lane
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Oklahoma Rep. John Sullivan loses primary
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
The 7 Most Anti-Gay U.S. Representatives
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay