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11:35 AM ET, July 3, 2012

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Josh Kraushaar / 2012 Decoded:
Romney Campaign Declaring Cease Fire on Health Care  —  In the aftermath of the Supreme Court health care ruling, the early conventional wisdom was that an unfavorable health care ruling at the court would be good for Republicans politically, even as it was a serious policy setback for conservatives.
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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
CONSERVATIVES TO MITT: QUIT NOW IF YOU WON'T FIGHT OBAMATAX!  —  The Obama campaign has seized on remarks made by Romney adviser Eric “Etch-A-Sketch” Fehrnstrom this morning on MSNBC, to the effect that the individual mandate in Obamacare (and Romneycare) is not a tax.
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
A Tax Is a Tax Is a Tax  —  One of the few bright spots in last week's Supreme Court ruling on President Obama's health care overhaul was a political one: The opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts argues that Obamacare is constitutional under the taxing powers of Congress.
Discussion: National Review
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Division, Uncertainty over Court's Health Care Ruling  —  Top One-Word Reactions — ‘Disappointed,’ ‘Surprised’  —  OVERVIEW  —  The public has long been divided in its opinions about the 2010 health care law.  There is now a similar division of opinion over last week's Supreme Court decision …
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Public Divides on ACA Ruling, But Romney's Plans Fall Shorter  —  Americans divide on the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the federal health care law and on Barack Obama's plans for the health care system alike, while favorable views of Mitt Romney's approach to health care fall shorter, with more undecided.
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Quayle wants to amend Constitution to address decision on healthcare law ‘tax’
Discussion: ThinkProgress
New York Post:
Roberts the coward  —  Last Friday on NPR, liberal columnist …
Discussion: UrbanGrounds and National Review
David M. Drucker / Roll Call:
Roll Call - The Newspaper of Capitol Hill Since 1955 At the Races
Discussion: 2012 Decoded
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House to prohibit IRS from implementing healthcare law  —  The House as early as next week will pass legislation prohibiting the IRS from receiving any money from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement the 2010 healthcare reform law.  —  Passage of the financial …
Discussion: americanthinker.com and RedState
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Fifteen governors reject or leaning against expanded Medicaid program  —  At least 15 governors have indicated they will not participate in the expansion of Medicaid under the healthcare law, striking a blow to President Obama's promise of broader insurance coverage.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Washington Post
Nicholas Shaxson / Vanity Fair:
Where the Money Lives  —  For all Mitt Romney's touting of his business record, when it comes to his own money the Republican nominee is remarkably shy about disclosing numbers and investments.  Nicholas Shaxson delves into the murky world of offshore finance, revealing loopholes that allow …
Joal Ryan / E! Online:
Andy Griffith, Matlock and Mayberry's Favorite Son, Dead at 86  —  Say the name Andy Griffith, and you've said something about America.  —  Griffith, who, as Sheriff Andy Taylor on the actor's namesake 1960s TV comedy, kept the peace, and represented a heartland ideal, died Tuesday, the actor's friend Bill Friday told WITN News.
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TMZ.com:
Andy Griffith Dies — Dead at 86  —  DEAD AT 86  —  R.I.P.  —  Andy Griffith, an icon of TV, has died ... this according to Andy's close friend, former UNC President Bill Friday.  —  Griffith, who became famous for “The Andy Griffith Show,” passed away at his home in Manteo, North Carolina this morning.
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Obama braces for June jobs data  —  Weak June manufacturing numbers released Monday intensified concern about the fragility of the economic recovery and turned election-watchers' attention toward unemployment numbers due out at the end of this week.  —  The reports, just four months …
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Financial Times:
US factory output at three-year low
Discussion: Felix Salmon and NO QUARTER
The Daily Beast:
Exclusive  —  Over the years, as the media fixated on Anderson Cooper's sexuality, Kathy Griffin talked around the questions.  Now that he's come out, she explains why she thinks her friend needs to be careful.  —  My friend Anderson Cooper is the scion of one of America's great shipping and railroad families, the Vanderbilts.
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Eric Holder says Republicans have made him a ‘proxy’ to attack President Obama  —  Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. sharply criticized lawmakers Monday for voting to hold him in contempt of Congress last week, saying Republicans have made him a “proxy” to attack President Obama in an election year.
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Allen West: President Obama Wants Americans To ‘Be His Slave’ … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Allen West, Allen West, Elections 2012, Video, Allen West Obama, Allen West Obama Slave, Politics News  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) can't seem to stay out of the spotlight, for better or for worse.
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Los Angeles Times:
Mayor Villaraigosa, KTLA's Lu Parker end relationship  —  TV reporter's publicist confirms that the couple have broken up after three years.  Villaraigosa declines to answer questions about Parker, who had been living at mayor's mansion.  —  Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Lu Parker at the 2011 Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala.
Discussion: Poynter
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
8,733,461: Workers on Federal ‘Disability’ Exceed Population of New York City  —  (CNSNews.com) - A record of 8,733,461 workers took federal disability insurance payments in June 2012, according to the Social Security Administration.  That was up from 8,707,185 in May.
Jim Sanders / Sacramento Bee:
California bill would allow a child to have more than two parents  —  Beaver had June and Ward.  —  Ricky had Ozzie and Harriet.  —  Mom and Dad, same-sex couples or blended families, California law is clear: No more than two legal parents per child.  —  When adults fight over parenthood …
Discussion: msnbc.com and americanthinker.com
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte To Join Romney In New Hampshire On July 4  —  Chris Fitzgerald/Candidate Photos/Newscom  —  ABC News' Michael Falcone reports:  —  New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte plans to march with Mitt Romney in Wednesday's Fourth of July parade in Wolfeboro, N.H., GOP sources tell ABC News.
Discussion: CNN, Politico, ABCNEWS, GOP 12 and Wonkette
New York Times:
Rigged Rates, Rigged Markets  —  Marcus Agius, the chairman of Barclays, resigned on Monday, saying “the buck stops with me.”  His was the first departure since the British bank agreed last week to pay $450 million to settle findings that, from 2005 to 2009, it had tried to rig benchmark interest rates to benefit its own bottom line.
Richard Trumka / The Huffington Post:
Freedom Isn't Free  —  As Independence Day approaches, I've been thinking about that iconic American saying, “Freedom Isn't Free.”  —  Usually it refers to the sacrifice of the men and women who serve in the military and their families — and it's especially poignant now that Iraq …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
CNN:
TRENDING: Bachmann on VP spot: ‘Not for me to make that decision’  —  (CNN) - Former presidential candidate Michele Bachmann did not deny Monday whether she was being vetted for the job of Mitt Romney's running mate.  —  “Whoever it is that he chooses to bring in as his V.P. …
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
The 11 Most Pro-Gay U.S. Representatives  —  Rep. Barabara Lee (D-CA), the Most Pro-Gay U.S. Representative Credit: Adam Bouska  —  Last week, ThinkProgress identified seven anti-LGBT Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives who sponsored or co-sponsored five or more of the ten …
 
 
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Paul Richter / Los Angeles Times:
Russian official: Romney's hard line could bring ‘full-scale crisis’
Hartford Courant:
CCSU Police Say Student Faked Anti-Gay Notes
DealBook:
Former Brokers Say JPMorgan Favored Selling Bank's Own Funds Over Others
Discussion: msnbc.com and naked capitalism
New York Post:
City shot to hell: Gun victims soar 46% for 1-week period
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
U.S. Adds Forces in Persian Gulf, a Signal to Iran
Discussion: Reuters and Guardian
Sharon Udasin / Jerusalem Post:
Israelis, Palestinians: 2 states in 5 years unlikely
Discussion: Israpundit
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Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Obama campaign touts economic record ahead of first 2012 bus tour
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Jennifer Martinez / The Hill:
Twitter complied with 75 percent of US requests for user info
Oliver Smith / Telegraph:
Hotel offers guests electronic Bibles
Discussion: CNN, Jacket Copy and Engadget
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Rand Paul puts forward measure that would force the Senate to read bills
Discussion: Hit & Run and Sister Toldjah
Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Probation Fees Multiply for Poor as Companies Profit