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2:05 PM ET, June 9, 2015

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New York Times:
Struggles With Finances Track Marco Rubio's Career  —  WEST MIAMI, Fla. — For years, Senator Marco Rubio struggled under the weight of student debt, mortgages and an extra loan against the value of his home totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.  But in 2012, financial salvation seemed to have arrived …
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NBC News:
FIRST READ: What the Drama Inside Jeb Bush's Campaign Tells Us  —  First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  Jeb's new campaign manager signals that the last few months haven't gone well
Jeff Dunetz / “The Lid”:
NY Times (Clinton Opposition Research?) Goes After Rubio's Personal Finances
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
K. McDonald / CW33 NewsFix:
15-Year-Old Who Shot McKinney Pool Party Video Speaks Out  —  MCKINNEY, TX - Brandon Brooks, the 15-year-old boy who shot the McKinney pool party video that's being broadcast around the world, is telling his side of the story to NewsFix.  —  “The cops showed up and the parents immediately started yelling …
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Seth Stoughton / Talking Points Memo:
A Former Cop On What Went Wrong In McKinney  —  An officer in McKinney, Texas, dashes down a sidewalk, losing his flashlight as he runs past a teenage videographer toward an emergency.  Seconds later, the teen with the camera walks up to another officer, one who is standing with a group of kids.
USA Today:
Texas police officer in pool party video identified
Des Moines Register:
Santorum calls crowd of 4 in rural Iowa a success  —  HAMLIN, Ia.  - When just one Iowan showed up to Rick Santorum's 2 p.m. campaign stop at a restaurant here Monday, the winner of the 2012 Iowa caucuses made a quick decision: Might as well order lunch.  —  “I haven't eaten, actually …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
One voter shows up at Santorum event in Iowa
Discussion: The Week
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP fears it will win ObamaCare court battle  —  Republicans in Congress are worried the Supreme Court will hand them a major headache this month if it rules against the federal health insurance exchanges in more than 30 states, ending subsidies for millions of people.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: 'We'll let you know' ObamaCare plan after SCOTUS rules
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Sarah Palin Shames Fox News' Megyn Kelly For Interviewing Duggar Daughters (VIDEO)  —  During an interview Monday night on Fox News, former Alaska Gov. and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin (R) criticized “the media” for interviewing two female reality TV stars who were allegedly abused by their brother.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Huckabee to Megyn Kelly: Media exploiting Duggar family  —  Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee continued to defend the Duggar family in an interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly on Monday night, attacking the media for its “exploitation” of the girls whom older brother Josh Duggar admitted to molesting when he was a teenager.
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Mobilization Error  —  Every serious presidential candidate has to answer a fundamental strategic question: Do I think I can win by expanding my party's reach, or do I think I can win by mobilizing my party's base?  —  Two of the leading Republicans have staked out opposing sides on this issue.
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Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Jeb Bush In 1995: Unwed Mothers Should Be Publicly Shamed  —  Public shaming would be an effective way to regulate the “irresponsible behavior” of unwed mothers, misbehaving teenagers and welfare recipients, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) argued in his 1995 book Profiles in Character.
Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and Hullabaloo
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton has another Libya problem.  —  She's already grappling with the political headaches from deleted emails and from the terror attack that left four Americans dead in Benghazi.  —  But she'll face a broader challenge in what's become of the North African country since …
Discussion: Instapundit
9news.com.au:
Woman charged after allegedly stubbing lit cigarette into 9NEWS reporter's face  —  A woman visiting court to witness murder charges against another woman has been arrested after allegedly stubbing a lit cigarette into a 9NEWS reporter's face.  —  The 23-year-old woman pushed a baby stroller …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
They were with O'Malley for Hart's '84 campaign.  And they are with him now.  —  They're grayer now and thicker around the middle, with real jobs, families and responsibilities.  But they still cling to the idealism that led them to work for Gary Hart's come-from-nowhere 1984 presidential campaign.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Politico:
Robert Gibbs joins McDonald's  —  Former White House press secretary and senior adviser to President Obama's 2012 campaign Robert Gibbs is joining McDonald's as its global chief communications officer, the fast food chain announced on Tuesday.  —  Gibbs, who left his White House post in 2011 …
Lauren Gambino / Guardian:
NYPD chief Bratton says hiring black officers is difficult: ‘So many have spent time in jail’  —  New York police commissioner says bringing more non-white officers into force is challenging because many African American men have criminal records  —  Hiring more non-white officers is difficult …
Discussion: Mediaite and The Week
Alan Yuhas / Guardian:
US supreme court rules boy born in Jerusalem can't have Israel on passport  —  Justices affirm president's exclusive power to recognize foreign governments as US has not acknowledged sovereignty of any nation over Jerusalem since 1948  —  The US supreme court ruled on Monday that a boy born …
Discussion: Common Dreams
Emily Lane / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
After 4 decades in solitary, Albert Woodfox's release ordered by federal judge  —  A federal judge in Baton Rouge has called for the unconditional release of Albert Woodfox, the only remaining imprisoned member of the Angola 3.  —  Woodfox, 68, was placed solitary confinement …
Justin Wm / Washington Post:
Vincent Bugliosi, who prosecuted Charles Manson, dead at 80  —  The man who prosecuted one of the most notorious American criminals of the 20th century before writing the definitive history of those crimes is gone.  —  Vincent Bugliosi, who put Charles Manson behind bars, has died of cancer at 80.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Jeb shakes up his disappointing campaign before it even starts  —  “I'm still for him,” says an adviser to Jeb Bush's presidential campaign, “but it hasn't gone very well so far, and we've got to face that.  It's going to take some remedying.”  —  The remedying began Monday with word …
Hillary Busis / EW.com:
DEGRASSI LIVES!  NEW EPS HEADED TO NETFLIX IN 2016  —  Rumors of a certain Canadian teen soap's death have been greatly exaggerated.  —  Last week, word broke that Degrassi would end its 14-year-run on TeenNick this July.  As EW initially reported, though, that didn't mean Degrassi Community School …
Discussion: Celebuzz and Mashable
 
 
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Kate Connolly / Guardian:
Obama lambasts Putin: you're wrecking Russia to recreate Soviet empire
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Matthew Hennessey / New York Daily News:
Lynne Stewart's impunity
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Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
Jeb Bush to Call Out Putin in Europe
Discussion: US News, BuzzFeed and Politico
Reuters:
Governor Christie in spotlight as N.J. pension decision due
Darren Goode / Politico:
Republican pledges $175 million to push party on climate
Naomi Martin / Crime Blog:
Dallas woman's death after buttocks injections ruled a homicide
Discussion: Daily Mail and theGrio
 Earlier Items: 
New York Post:
From ObamaCare to ISIS: The president's fictions of the day
Discussion: Betsy's Page and ABC News
Noemie Emery / Washington Examiner:
Temperament Counts  —  President Obama, wrote the Washington …
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Dems move to ban plastic guns
Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
CIA chief makes secret visit to Israel ahead of Iran deal
Discussion: Politico and Israel Matzav
Salon:
Seinfeld slams politically correct students for hurting comedy: “They just want to use these words …
Discussion: RedState and The Huffington Post
 

 
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