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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Conservatives: Public backlash to immigration reform is coming — Opponents of the Senate immigration reform bill say a strong public backlash is coming and think they have a good chance of stopping it on the Senate floor. — Advocates on both sides of the debate agree the response to the bill …
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Tim Alberta / NationalJournal.com:
Marco Rubio to Address House Conservatives on Immigration Reform — A closed-door summit will be an early test for the senator to win over skeptics of immigration legislation. — House conservatives will host several influential Republican senators on Wednesday for a closed-door policy summit …
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The Daily Caller, Hot Air and The Right Scoop
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Blind to the Past — and Future — As a new effort at comprehensive immigration reform inches its way forward in the Senate, dissent from many conservatives is revealing their true contempt for, and fear of, the possibility that demographic groups who look different from their base will accrue power.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Pro-immigrant groups balk at Gang of Eight's goal of winning 70 votes
Pro-immigrant groups balk at Gang of Eight's goal of winning 70 votes
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Booman Tribune, Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
BBC:
Turkey protests rage for second day — Turkey is entering a second day of violent protests, with fresh clashes between police and demonstrators in Istanbul and the capital, Ankara. — The protest began as a sit-in over plans to redevelop Gezi Park in Istanbul's Taksim Square, but escalated after police used tear gas.
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Amnesty International:
Turkey must halt brutal police repression and investigate abuses at Istanbul protest — The Turkish authorities must order police to stop using excessive force against peaceful protesters in Istanbul and immediately investigate alleged abuses, said Amnesty International after more than a hundred people …
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Taylor Marsh and BBC
Dana Bash / CNN:
First on CNN: IRS collects docs from 88 employees in investigation — Washington (CNN) - The Internal Revenue Service has told House GOP investigators they have identified 88 IRS employees who may have documents relevant to the congressional investigation into targeting of conservative groups …
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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: IRS IGNORES SENATE DEADLINE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT SCANDAL
EXCLUSIVE: IRS IGNORES SENATE DEADLINE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT SCANDAL
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Hot Air, The PJ Tatler and McClatchy Washington Bureau
Joseph Erbentraut / The Huffington Post:
Illinois Gay Marriage: House Fails To Vote On Same-Sex Marriage Bill Friday, Bill Delayed Until Fall — Updated story — The Illinois House of Representatives will not vote on a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state this session, delaying the matter to be considered next this fall at the earliest.
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Chicago Phoenix, Advocate, ThinkProgress and Daily Kos
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Dave McKinney / Chicago Sun Times:
No same-sex marriage vote until November: 'I've never been sadder,' sponsor says — SPRINGFIELD — Gay and lesbian couples who want to legally marry in Illinois willl have to wait. — His voice breaking with emotion, state Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago) tearfully said he will not call …
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AMERICAblog, Joe. My. God. and The PJ Tatler
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Illinois House Will Not Vote On Marriage Equality Bill, Couples Will Wait
Illinois House Will Not Vote On Marriage Equality Bill, Couples Will Wait
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Chicago Phoenix, The Stranger … and Lynn Sweet
David Ingram / Reuters:
After news editor boycott, U.S. attorney general loosens rules — (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder loosened his rules for speaking with media editors on Friday during a second day of meetings with them about his Justice Department's handling of investigations that involve reporters, the editors said.
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Townhall.com, Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Attorney General Holder says he'll protect journalists' rights
Attorney General Holder says he'll protect journalists' rights
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NY Daily News, Washington Examiner and Weasel Zippers
Eamon Murphy / DailyFinance.com:
CNET Founder Halsey Minor Bankrupt 5 Years After Firm's $1.8 Billion Sale — In 2008, Halsey Minor sold CNET Networks, the technology media property he founded, to CBS Corp. (CBS) for $1.8 billion. Minor's personal haul was $200 million, according to CNNMoney.
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Wall Street Journal:
Donors to GOP Group Drew IRS Scrutiny — At the same time the Internal Revenue Service was targeting tea-party groups, the tax agency took the unusual step of trying to impose gift taxes on donors to a prominent conservative advocacy group formed in 2007 to build support for President George W. Bush's Iraq troop surge.
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The Hill, americanthinker.com and The PJ Tatler
Fox News:
IRS turns over to Congress video of employees line dancing — In the wake of the scandal over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status, the embattled agency has provided lawmakers with a video featuring about a dozen of its employees line dancing on a stage.
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americanthinker.com
Jean Hopfensperger / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Former MN Gov. Ventura wants to add widow to suit against Navy SEAL Chris Kyle — Ventura claims that damages from slain ex-SEAL Chris Kyle's “American Sniper” continue. — Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is setting his legal sights on the widow of a former Navy SEAL he had sued for defamation.
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Business Insider, protein wisdom, The PJ Tatler and Twitchy
M. Alex Johnson / U.S. News:
Woman, baby, three others killed as tornadoes hit Oklahoma City suburbs — Multiple tornadoes — one of them a mile wide — killed five people and injured more than 70 Friday evening in the Oklahoma City area, just miles from where a monster tornado left 24 dead last week.
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CNN and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
The GOP's Built-In Midterm Turnout Advantage — If and when Republicans gain a modest number of House and Senate seats in November 2014, the Beltway set may be tempted to interpret the results as a sixth-year itch rebuke of President Obama on everything from IRS/DOJ/Benghazi to rocky implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
CNN:
Video shows Boston bombing suspects at gym days before attack — (CNN) — Three days before the Boston Marathon bombings, suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were working out together at a Boston gym. — Security cameras captured footage of the brothers arriving at the Wai Kru mixed martial arts center …
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Restoring Liberty, The Stir By CafeMom and Mediaite
Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Republican Congressman Says McCain Was Partly Responsible For The Benghazi Terror Attacks — Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) accused Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Wednesday of being complicit in the terror attacks on the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya last year and the deaths of four Americans …
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