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9:20 AM ET, July 2, 2012

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell: Covering 30 million uninsured is ‘not the issue’  —  Mitch McConnell's appearance today on Fox News Sunday was remarkably revealing — it showed as clearly as you could want that the Supreme Court decision is finally forcing Republicans to declare what, exactly …
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Jan Crawford / CBS News:
Roberts switched views to uphold health care law  —  (CBS News) Chief Justice John Roberts initially sided with the Supreme Court's four conservative justices to strike down the heart of President Obama's health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act, but later changed his position and formed …
The Huffington Post:
Mitch McConnell On 30 Million Uninsured: ‘That Is Not The Issue’ (VIDEO)
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Hullabaloo
Associated Press:
Armando Montano, AP summer intern, dies in Mexico City at age 22  —  Eduardo Verdugo/Associated Press - In this June 4, 2012 photo, Armando Montano, 22, poses for an ID photo at the Associated Press office in Mexico City.  Montano, an aspiring journalist who was working this summer …
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Randal C. Archibold / New York Times:
In Mexico, Voting Amid a Sense of Nostalgia
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Dems target vulnerable GOP lawmakers over health law repeal vote  —  The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is launching a new campaign Monday targeting vulnerable GOP lawmakers on healthcare ahead of the House vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:   Boehner pushes repeal, wants health law ‘ripped out by its roots’
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Half of U.S. Hispanics Identify as Political Independents  —  But more than half identify as or lean Democratic  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A majority of U.S. Hispanics identify as political independents (51%) rather than as Democrats (32%) or Republicans (11%).  However, once their partisan leanings …
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Lexi Stemple / Fox News:
Gov. Scott: Florida will not implement insurance exchanges or expand Medicare  —  Florida, the state the led the fight against President Obama's health care law, will not comply with the Supreme Court opinion.  —  Gov. Rick Scott tells Fox News that he and his Attorney General, Pam Bondi …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and The Rightnewz
Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Jim DeMint launches super PAC  —  Sen. Jim DeMint is cutting formal ties to his wildly successful small-donor fundraising machine, the Senate Conservatives Fund, so that it can form a super PAC, POLITICO has learned.  —  The super PAC will be able to raise and spend without limits …
Chris Bertram / Crooked Timber:
Let It Bleed: Libertarianism and the Workplace  —  [This post was co-written by Chris Bertram, Corey Robin and Alex Gourevitch ]  —  “In the general course of human nature, a power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.”  —Alexander Hamilton, Federalist 79
Thomas M. Burton / Wall Street Journal:
Ann Romney Talks of Her Struggle With MS  —  By the time she began looking for help, Ann Romney had been losing her balance and stumbling.  Her right leg was numb.  She had trouble swallowing and was losing strength in her grip.  —  She called her brother, a doctor in San Diego …
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Vice president hopefuls play the name game  —  The vice-presidential selection process is not merely the act of each nominee picking a running mate.  It's also the political equivalent of the Oscars.  —  Just as aspiring movie stars covet being among the nominees for cinema's ultimate prize …
CNN:
Gov. Christie to reporter: ‘Are you stupid?’  —  (CNN) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, known for his candor, snapped at a reporter Saturday while taking issue with his question at a press conference.  —  Reporters were told the governor would only answer questions about a major problem …
Susan Saulny / New York Times:
Economy Cuts Into Obama's Youth Support  —  Maria Verdugo, a 20-year-old graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz, barely remembers the presidential election of 2008 — the one that spawned a youth movement that was singular in its scope and political effectiveness — except for …
 
 
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Europe's Great Illusion
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Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
Uber, an App That Summons a Car, Plans a Cheaper Service Using Hybrids
Discussion: GigaOM and TechCrunch
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Ten Questions for Brandon Darby
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