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• Outspoken Bachmann launches White House bid (AP)
• Court: Why the First Amendment protects violent video games (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)
• Jury convicts ex-Ill. Gov. Blagojevich at retrial (AP)
• Obama confident debt deal can be struck (Reuters)
• Romney, Bachmann top Iowa newspaper poll (The Ticket)
• White House considers big boost to fuel economy (AP)
• Supreme Court strikes down Arizona campaign finance law (Reuters)
• Obama's signature: Is it real or is it autopenned? (AP)
• Top aides quit Cain campaign (Politico)
• Parts of Ga. immigration law blocked (Politico)
• FACT CHECK: Bachmann bomblets raising eyebrows (AP)
• White House: 'Significant' deal on debt possible (AP)
• Govt sets consumer rights in health care disputes (AP)
• Greek debt may roll over into 30-year bonds (AFP)
• US hopes to avoid repeat of 2010 flotilla debacle (AFP)
• Supreme Court Removes Another Barrier to Corporate Ownership of Elections (The Nation)
• FreedomWorks forming rival debt commission to Obama’s group (Daily Caller)
• Abercrombie & Fitch faces another diversity lawsuit (Daily Caller)
• Michele Bachmann Begins to Distance Herself from the Tea Party (ContributorNetwork)
• LAST TICKET: Bachmann praises the wrong John Wayne; Pelosi’s office smelled of Boehner’s cigarettes for months (The Ticket)

Outspoken Bachmann launches White House bid (AP) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 01:07 PM PDT AP - Republican Michele Bachmann officially launched her White House bid on Monday, casting herself as hard-charging conservative capable of carrying the party into the 2012 election over a crowded field of GOP rivals so far treading lightly around the tea party favorite.

Court: Why the First Amendment protects violent video games (Exclusive to Yahoo! News) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:11 AM PDT Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By Ken Paulson President, First Amendment Center The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that states cannot restrict the sale or rental of video games to minors, a decision that reinforces  both the First Amendment protection for interactive games and the …

Jury convicts ex-Ill. Gov. Blagojevich at retrial (AP) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:12 PM PDT AP - Rod Blagojevich, who rode his talkative everyman image to two terms as Illinois governor before scandal made him a national punch line, was convicted Monday of a wide range of corruption charges, including the incendiary allegation that he tried to sell or trade President Barack Obama's Senate seat.

Obama confident debt deal can be struck (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 01:19 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama is confident Democrats and Republicans can cut a "significant deal" to trim the U.S. deficit and increase its borrowing limit to avoid a damaging default, the White House said on Monday.

Romney, Bachmann top Iowa newspaper poll (The Ticket) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:29 AM PDT The Ticket - Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann came out on top this weekend in one of the first major tests of the GOP presidential field in Iowa. Former Massachusetts Gov. Romney received 23 percent in the Des Moines Register Iowa poll of likely GOP caucus-goers and Minnesota Rep. Bachmann virtually tied Romney with 22 percent. Romney leads [...]

White House considers big boost to fuel economy (AP) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:31 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration is telling American automakers that it would like cars and light trucks to average 56.2 miles per gallon by 2025 — a boost to fuel economy that would save consumers money at the pump and help with global warming but drive up the cost of automobiles.

Supreme Court strikes down Arizona campaign finance law (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 09:01 AM PDT Reuters - The Supreme Court struck down on Monday an Arizona law that provides additional public money to political candidates for state office who face big-spending opponents, ruling it violated free-speech rights.

Obama's signature: Is it real or is it autopenned? (AP) Posted: 26 Jun 2011 11:14 PM PDT AP - It's the open secret that nobody in government wants to talk about: That cherished presidential signature that's tucked away in a scrapbook or framed for all to see might never have passed under the president's hand.

Top aides quit Cain campaign (Politico) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 01:36 PM PDT Politico - Two top aides to the tea party candidate resign from the campaign over "strategic differences."

Parts of Ga. immigration law blocked (Politico) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:40 PM PDT Politico - A federal judge rules that punishing people who aid illegal immigrants is a federal matter.

FACT CHECK: Bachmann bomblets raising eyebrows (AP) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:57 PM PDT AP - Michele Bachmann's claim that she has "never gotten a penny" from a family farm that's been subsidized by the government is at odds with her financial disclosure statements. They show tens of thousands in personal income from the operation.

White House: 'Significant' deal on debt possible (AP) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:57 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama plunged into deadlocked negotiations to cut government deficits and raise the nation's debt limit Monday, and the White House expressed confidence a "significant" deal with Republicans could be reached. But both sides only seemed to harden their positions as the day wore on, the administration insisting on higher taxes as part of the package but Republican leaders flatly rejecting the idea.

Govt sets consumer rights in health care disputes (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 01:26 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration says most Americans will soon have the right to appeal to a third party referee when their health insurer denies a claim for a medical service.

Greek debt may roll over into 30-year bonds (AFP) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 09:06 AM PDT AFP - Banks worked urgently with the EU on a new rescue for Greece in talks in Rome on Monday, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said a 30-year scheme to avert default was in the making.

US hopes to avoid repeat of 2010 flotilla debacle (AFP) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:10 PM PDT AFP - The Obama administration said Monday it hopes to avoid a repeat of last year's Gaza flotilla debacle, and called for "restraint" as a new flotilla prepares to take to the seas.

Supreme Court Removes Another Barrier to Corporate Ownership of Elections (The Nation) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:50 PM PDT The Nation - The Nation -- The US Supreme Court’s conservative majority continued its project of bartering off American democracy to the highest bidder with a decision Monday that will make it dramatically harder to counter free-spending attack campaigns funded by billionaire donors and corporate spin machines.

FreedomWorks forming rival debt commission to Obama’s group (Daily Caller) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:30 PM PDT Daily Caller - Some Tea Party activists aren’t impressed with President Obama’s debt commission.

Abercrombie & Fitch faces another diversity lawsuit (Daily Caller) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:03 PM PDT Daily Caller - Hani Khan, a San Mateo Muslim woman who allegedly lost her job at Hollister Co. for refusing to take off her hijab at work, filed suit in the US District Court for the Northern District of California against the clothing store’s parent company Abercrombie & Fitch Monday.

Michele Bachmann Begins to Distance Herself from the Tea Party (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:58 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann is proving herself to be a contender in the 2012 presidential election. The tea party leader did surprisingly well at the New Hampshire Republican debate; using it as the launching pad for her campaign. She got her points across, remained on topic, and managed to steal most of the spotlight. There is just one question in the back of the minds of moderate conservatives; what about her allegiance with the tea party?

LAST TICKET: Bachmann praises the wrong John Wayne; Pelosi’s office smelled of Boehner’s cigarettes for months (The Ticket) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:14 PM PDT The Ticket - Here are the stories we took note of today but didn't give the full blog treatment: • Michele Bachmann mixed up John Wayne with serial killer John Wayne Gacy. (Washington Times) • But Bachmann's campaign insists she didn't. (The Note) • Sarah Palin is being low-key about her Iowa visit tomorrow. (Real Clear Politics) • [...]

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