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Thursday's Mini-Report

<p>Today's edition of quick hits:* President Obama was reportedly not pleased that Vice President Biden got "a little bit over his

Today's edition of quick hits:

* President Obama was reportedly not pleased that Vice President Biden got "a little bit over his skis" on marriage equality, and the VP has apparently apologized for having created a controversy.

* The Justice Department today filed a civil suit against radical Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, "accusing him of discrimination and retaliating against his critics."

* Violence may yet return in Central Africa: "Sudan and South Sudan have yet to resolve a number of prickly and vital issues, not least of which is how to demarcate a border of more than 1,000 miles and share billions of dollars of oil revenue."

* Oh my: "Ten alleged members of a white supremacist group training near Orlando and Disney World for a 'race war' have been rounded up in a series of arrests in central Florida, authorities said on Tuesday" (thanks to R.P. for the tip).

* Though he'd hoped to avoid it, Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) will be investigated by the House Ethics Committee.

* It's hard to believe, but Rep. Robert Dold, a Republican from Illinois, defended Planned Parenthood yesterday, and argued the group enabled underprivileged women to receive "basic, preventive, and in some cases, life-saving" care.

* And Ed Gillespie, one of Mitt Romney's top campaign advisors, told msnbc this morning that the Republican will use marriage as a campaign issue and will fight for an anti-gay constitutional amendment if elected. There wasn't much in the way of wiggle room there.

Anything to add? Consider this an open thread.