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8:30 PM ET, April 11, 2013

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Source: Progress Kentucky Behind Mitch McConnell Campaign Recording  —  A secret recording of a campaign strategy session between U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell and his advisors was taped by leaders of the Progress Kentucky super PAC, says a longtime local Democratic operative.
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Local Dem Says He Outed Progress Kentucky To Protect The Party (VIDEO)  —  The Democratic official who's claiming that two members of the group Progress Kentucky were behind the recordings of a secret meeting between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and campaign aides said Thursday …
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Was it ‘three times’ or ‘free time’ on McConnell tape?  —  (CNN) - One of the questions to emerge from that secret recording of a Mitch McConnell campaign strategy session is whether it proves the Senate Minority Leader is caught on tape misusing his congressional staff.
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Progress Kentucky official resigns  —  Pressure is growing Thursday afternoon on a liberal super PAC in Kentucky accused of surreptitiously recording a strategy session held by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.  —  Jacob Conway, the Jefferson County Democratic Party's executive committee member …
David Rogers / Politico:
Where's Mitch McConnell?
Tom Cohen / CNN:
Senate overcomes filibuster, clearing the way for debate on gun bill  —  Washington (CNN) — The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to overcome a Republican-led filibuster against tougher gun laws, clearing the way for a major congressional debate on a package of proposals sought by President Barack Obama …
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Politico:
John Boehner on hot seat as Senate acts
Katie Ferrell / fox4kc.com:
Man no longer allowed to visit husband at KC hospital  —  LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. — A Lee's Summit man is fighting a restraining order that he says was issued against him after he says he was arrested for refusing to leave the bedside of his sick partner.  —  Roger Gorley went to visit his partner …
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Missouri man arrested at hospital for refusing to leave gay partner  —  A gay man was arrested at a hospital in Missouri this week when he refused to leave the bedside of his partner, and now a restraining order is preventing him from any type of visitation.
Discussion: BuzzFeed, LGBTQ Nation and BuzzFeed
New York Times:
Pentagon Says Nuclear Missile Is in Grasp for North Korea  —  WASHINGTON — A new assessment of North Korea's nuclear capability conducted by the Pentagon's intelligence arm has concluded for the first time, with “moderate confidence,” that the country has learned how to make a nuclear weapon small enough …
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Juana Summers / Politico:
Report: North Korea may have missile-capable nuclear weapons
Discussion: CNN
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
How Scared Should You Be About North Korea?
Felix Salmon:
The promise of Ripple  —  This is a chart of the value of bitcoin yesterday, Wednesday.  It's hardly a secret that bitcoins are a highly volatile asset class, so relatively few eyebrows were raised when the price soared from an opening level of $230 all the way to a high of $266.
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Megan McArdle / Asymmetrical Information:
Why Bitcoin is a Bubble
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Jay-Z brags about Cuba trip in rap  —  Rapper Jay-Z released a new track Thursday in which he boasts about his recent trip to Cuba with superstar Beyoncé and says that President Barack Obama told him he'd get him “impeached.”  —  “I done turned Havana into Atlanta,” Jay-Z raps in “Open Letter,” which he released Thursday.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Elizabeth Warren Tears Into Federal Regulators For Shielding Big Banks  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) embarrassed government regulators during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Thursday morning as she demanded to know why they won't reveal how frequently big banks illegally foreclosed on homeowners.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Federal Appeals Court Explains Why Rubber Fetuses And High Schools Don't Mix  —  An anti-abortion student group in Roswell, New Mexico thought it would be a good idea to pass out hundreds of small rubber replicas of fetuses to students at two high schools.  As it turns out, this was not such a good idea:
Discussion: The Raw Story
David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner Disagrees With NRCC Chair's Criticism Of Obama Budget  —  House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Thursday told reporters that he disagrees with the criticism of President Obama's budget from Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), who called the President's proposal “a shocking attack on seniors.”
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Carney: Walden CPI criticism ‘flagrantly ridiculous and cynical’
Discussion: CNN, The Week and Politico
Kirsten Powers / USA Today:
Philadelphia abortion clinic horror: Column  —  We've forgotten what belongs on Page One.  —  Infant beheadings.  Severed baby feet in jars.  A child screaming after it was delivered alive during an abortion procedure.  Haven't heard about these sickening accusations?  —  It's not your fault.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
GOP Rep. Duncan likens gun registration to Rwandan genocide  —  Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) warned in a Facebook post on Thursday that a national gun registry would be similar to a database used by the ruling Hutu tribe in Rwanda in the 1990s to locate and slaughter members of an opposing tribe …
Mark Murray / NBC Latino:
NBC/WSJ poll: Majority supports citizenship, believes immigration strengthens nation  —  With a bipartisan group of senators expected to unveil immigration reform legislation in the next few days, a brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that nearly two-thirds of Americans …
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Colleen McCain Nelson / Wall Street Journal:
Poll Finds Broad Immigration Support
Sarah Frier / Businessweek:
Foursquare Gets $41 Million Investment, Time to Grow  —  When Dennis Crowley debuted Foursquare, his location-based social media app, at South by Southwest in 2009, he got rave reviews.  The tech blog Mashable called Foursquare the “breakout mobile app” of the event.  VentureBeat called it “the next Twitter.”
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Steve Cohen deletes flirty tweet to Cyndi Lauper  —  Rep. Steve Cohen appears to have sent and then deleted an eyebrow-raising tweet to performer Cyndi Lauper.  —  “@cyndilauper great night,couldn't believe how hot u were.see you again next Tuesday.try a little tenderness. http://t.co/zz4Orccryf …
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Associated Press
Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Obamacare expanded health access.  Now supporters want another bill to tackle costs.  —  Obama signs his health-care reform bill into law.  (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post)  —  Five health policy wonks walk into a room and start talking about how to bend the health-care cost curve — stop us if you've heard this one before.
 
 
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Nathaniel Popper / New York Times:
Gold, Long a Secure Investment, Loses Its Luster
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House Dems say hot D.C. day is sign of global warming
Discussion: Power Line
Ben White / Politico:
Obama meets with Wall Street CEOs
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Ben Geman / E2-Wire:
Inhofe on climate ‘hoax’: Don't forget Soros, MoveOn.org
Discussion: The Raw Story
Politico:
Senators who split with their party on guns
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David Weigel / Slate:
Delaware: The Next Blue State to Move on Marriage Equality
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Mark Zuckerberg / Washington Post:
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg: Immigration and the knowledge economy
Peter H. Stone / The Huffington Post:
Haley Barbour Leaves American Crossroads Amid Concerns Over Conservative Victory Project
Discussion: Poynter and Politico
 

 
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Leo Schwartz / Fortune:
Sources: CoinDesk owner Bullish fired three editors, including EIC Kevin Reynold, amid controversy over forcing editors to take down an article on Justin Sun

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumps 35%+ after hours
 
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