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10:25 AM ET, June 22, 2015

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wtfpod.com:
WTF Podcast  —  Episode 613 - President Barack Obama  —  Marc welcomes the 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, to the garage for conversation about college, fitting in, race relations, gun violence, changing the status quo, disappointing your fans, comedians, fatherhood and overcoming fear.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama uses the N-word in podcast interview  —  President Barack Obama did not mince words in discussing race in a recent interview, going so far as to use the N-word in talking about America's complex racial history when speaking to Marc Maron on the comedian's “WTF” podcast in Los Angeles last week.
Discussion: ABC News
Deena Zaru / CNN:
Obama uses N-word, says we are ‘not cured’ of racism  —  Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama used the n-word to make a point about the reality of racism in America during an interview released Monday with comedian Marc Maron.  —  Obama weighed in for the podcast “WTF with Marc Maron” …
Discussion: Liberaland and FOX6Now.com
Jon Swaine / Guardian:
Leader of group cited in ‘Dylann Roof manifesto’ donated to top Republicans  —  The leader of a rightwing group that Dylann Roof allegedly credits with helping to radicalise him against black people before the Charleston church massacre has donated tens of thousands of dollars to Republicans …
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
White Supremacist Linked to Charleston Suspect Donated to 2016 G.O.P. Campaigns  —  The leader of a white supremacist group that has been linked to Dylann Roof, the suspect in the murder of nine African-Americans in a Charleston, S.C., church last week, has donated tens of thousands of dollars …
CofCC:
Media Interviews with the CofCC
Discussion: Business Insider and Slantpoint
Heidi Przybyla / Bloomberg Business:
Budget Brawl Gives Ted Cruz, Rand Paul a Chance to Break Out
Discussion: Political Wire
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Report: Gruber had larger role in ObamaCare  —  The ObamaCare consultant who once mocked the “stupidity of the American voter” had a bigger impact on the healthcare law than previously known, The Wall Street Journal is reporting.  —  Jonathan Gruber frequently contacted Obama administration …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Slavery's Long Shadow
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
GOP senator: I'd vote to take Confederate flag down  —  Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) called for the Confederate flag to come down in the wake of last week's shooting at a historically black church in South Carolina.  —  “I see no reason for it to continue, I would certainly vote against flying …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:   Charleston mayor: Access to guns is ‘insane’
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Republicans Tread Carefully in Criticism of Confederate Flag
Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:
Billy Graham's grandson steps down from Florida megachurch after admitting an affair  —  Billy Graham's grandson Tullian Tchividjian has resigned from his pulpit at Coral Ridge Presbyterian, a high-profile church in south Florida, after admitting he had an affair.
Hanna Trudo / Politico:
AP photo shows a gun pointed at Ted Cruz's head  —  In an Associated Press image that drew comment and criticism on Twitter on Sunday, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is seen speaking with what appeared to be a gun aimed straight at him.  —  The photograph — taken by the AP's Charlie Neibergall …
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Charlie Neibergall / BREITBART.COM:
Of course, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is a Republican.
Discussion: AP Images, BizPac Review and Power Line
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Washington whipped into frenzy ahead of ObamaCare ruling  —  The wait is almost over for what could be the last big legal threat to ObamaCare.  —  Court-watchers are working themselves into a frenzy awaiting a decision on King v. Burwell, one of the most-anticipated cases of the year.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and SCOTUSblog
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Reed Abelson / New York Times:
Health Insurers Brace for Supreme Court Ruling
Discussion: Josh Blackman's Blog
Ken Goldstein / Bloomberg Business:
The Real Math Behind Hillary Clinton's Candidacy  —  Elections are fundamentally about math, and the most fundamental of the fundamental factors is demographics—the ethnic and racial composition of the electorate.  —  So far, Hispanic voters have been getting the most attention from the media …
Cory Bennett / The Hill:
China's hackers got what they came for  —  The Chinese hackers who are believed to have cracked into the federal government's networks might not be back for a while.  —  They got what they came for.  —  “I think they have 95 percent of what they want from both U.S. industry and government …
John Frank / Denver Post:
University of Denver stump speech by Democrat candidate for president hinges on income equality, government infrastructure spending  —  In this June 13, 2015, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to supporters during an open house at his Iowa campaign headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Bill Scher / Politico:
‘Liberal’ isn't a bad word anymore
 
 
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New York Times:
Defiant Show of Unity in Charleston Church That Lost 9 to Racist Violence
Philip Pullella / Reuters:
World News  —  Italy's prime minister and France's president put …
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EXCLUSIVE: Presidential candidate Donald Trump has ignored five jury summonses in past nine years
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Matt Fuller / Roll Call:
Rule Vote Retribution Continues; Chaffetz Takes Away Subcommittee Gavel
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