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6:20 PM ET, June 24, 2012

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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Morsi Is Winner of Egyptian Presidency  —  CAIRO — Election regulators named Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood the winner of Egypt's first competitive presidential elections, handing the Islamist group a symbolic triumph and a new weapon in its struggle for power with the ruling military council.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
White House offers praise of Egypt's election of Muslim Brotherhood president  —  The White House is cautiously praising the outcome of Egypt's first competitive presidential election, won by Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist party.  —  “The United States congratulates …
CNN:
Morsi declared Egypt's new president
Washington Post:
Morsi named new Egyptian president
Discussion: Power Line
Reuters:   Islamist Morsy wins Egyptian presidency with 52 percent
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
GOP Oversight Chair Admits There Is No Evidence Of White House Involvement In Fast And Furious  —  Last week, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) claimed that the White House decision to invoke executive privilege to prevent the release of some documents related to the “Fast and Furious” …
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama plays 101st round as president  —  President Obama waited for the temperature to cool just a bit before heading to the golf course on Sunday.  —  Obama is golfing at the Fort Belvoir course, according to a White House pool report.  The president is golfing with White House chef Sam Kass …
Discussion: CNN and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Issa confident of contempt vote
Jonathan Turley / Washington Post:
The fate of health care shouldn't come down to 9 justices.  Try 19.  —  It could all be in the hands of just one justice.  After a 14-month fight in Congress and an unprecedented challenge by states to the power of the federal government, the fate of health care in this country is likely to be decided by a 5-4 vote.
Discussion: Althouse and The Moderate Voice
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Past Denials of Vulnerability Raise Health Act What-Ifs  —  WASHINGTON — With the Supreme Court set to render judgment on President Obama's health care law as early as Monday, the White House and Congress find themselves in a position that many advocates of the legislation once considered almost unimaginable.
Campbell Brown / New York Times:
Planned Parenthood's Self-Destructive Behavior  —  PLANNED PARENTHOOD has a large target on its back.  At no time in the organization's history has it faced such a concerted Congressional challenge to its agenda.  But most worrisome is the organization's shrinking number of defenders, and Planned Parenthood has only itself to blame.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
10 Things You Would Miss About Obamacare  —  The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act this week and could potentially strike down part or the whole of ‘Obamacare.’ Below are 10 things you will miss about the law if the justices invalidate it:
Discussion: neo-neocon
New York Post:
Why ‘Fast and Furious’ matters  —  Pssst — heard the one about the lethal scandal that reaches to the upper levels of the Obama administration and may turn out to be bigger than Watergate?  A crime in which two American agents have been killed, and which the Justice Department …
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Fox News:
New Hampshire town asks Obama campaign to pay for costs of upcoming visit  —  DURHAM, NH - A New Hampshire town is asking the Obama campaign to foot the up to $30,000 bill for the president's upcoming campaign stop in their city.  —  MyFoxBoston reports the town of Durham is asking Obama's campaign …
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
Jewish surrender: LA Jewish Federation submits to Hamas-linked Muslim groups, cancels Geller event  —  If you're in LA, come to the Jewish Federation at 6505 Wilshire Boulevard at 11AM.  We will be protesting this craven capitulation of the Jewish Federation to Islamic supremacist Jew-haters.
BuzzFeed:
High Security At Koch Conclave  —  Name tags required at secret Carlsbad gathering, as donors awaited Koch speech.  BuzzFeed got tossed out.  —  CARLSBAD, Calif. — The Koch Brothers have locked down a resort hotel in this breezy San Diego suburb for their annual conservative conference …
New York Times:
What Sheldon Adelson Wants  —  No American is dedicating as much of his money to defeat President Obama as Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate who also happens to have made more money in the last three years than any other American.  He is the perfect illustration of the squalid state of political money …
 
 
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Lorrie Goldstein / Toronto Sun:
The godfather of global warming lowers the boom on climate change hysteria
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New York Times:
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CBS News:
GM grass linked to Texas cattle deaths
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Jimmy Wales / Guardian:
Richard O'Dwyer and the new internet war
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Mitt and the junk bond king
Mark Ames / THE EXILED:
The Left's Big Sellout: How The ACLU & Human Rights Groups Quietly Exterminated Labor Rights
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Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
Romney Adviser Faults Obama For Failing To Pass DREAM Act, Which Romney Pledged To Veto
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