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9:50 AM ET, June 4, 2013

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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Bob Woodward criticizes IRS ‘fiction’  —  The Washington Post's Bob Woodward says the Obama administration has explaining to do on the IRS scandal and needs to answer questions about who knew what, when.  —  “This fiction that somehow [The IRS is] totally an independent agency is absurd,” …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Accuse first and ask questions later  —  A third House committee joined the stampede to examine the IRS on Monday, and its chairman did exactly what you would expect somebody to do before launching a fair and impartial investigation: He went on Fox News Channel and implicated the White House.
Sabrina Siddiqui / The Huffington Post:
Lindsey Graham: ‘No Evidence’ White House Directed IRS To Target Conservatives
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Graham: ‘No evidence’ IRS targeting directed from White House
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Sen. Cruz accuses DOJ of targeting reporters critical of the White House
Discussion: Politico, CNN and Wake up America
Scott Lemieux / American Prospect:
Scalia Gets It Right  —  The collection of DNA evidence is a powerful crime-control tool, but it also has the potential to lead to greater invasions of privacy.  Today, a bare majority of the Supreme Court held in Maryland v. King that the former considerations should outweigh the latter.
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Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:   Court's DNA Ruling Brings U.S. a Step Closer to ‘Gattaca’
Nina Totenberg / Law:   Supreme Court Rules DNA Can Be Taken After Arrest
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court upholds Maryland law, says police may take DNA samples from arrestees
Mark Memmott / NPR:
Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Collection Of DNA
The Atlantic Wire:
The Latest Navy SEAL Book Could Impact the Military's Transgender Rules  —  In every Navy SEAL is a memoir, it seems lately.  Retired SEAL Kristin Beck's new memoir, published on Tuesday and titled Warrior Princess, is a bit different, though.  In it, Beck describes how …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
SEAL Team 6 Vet Comes Out As Transgender In New Memoir  —  Retired Navy SEAL Kristin Beck published a memoir titled Warrior Princess on Tuesday describing her 20-year military career and and her experience coming out as transgender.  —  Beck was a member of SEAL Team 6 …
Discussion: ABCNEWS and The Raw Story
Brandon Webb / SOFREP:
Breaking: Meet The First Female Navy SEAL, Kristin Beck
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Six conservative groups to appear before Ways and Means on Tuesday  —  Six groups have been scheduled to give first-person accounts of the IRS's targeting of conservative organizations on Tuesday, the House Ways and Means Committee announced Monday.  —  The Ways and Means hearing on Tuesday …
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Treasury IG official compares IRS scandal to Nixon  —  The Treasury Inspector General who uncovered the improper targeting of Tea Party groups by the Internal Revenue Service said Monday he was stunned by what his investigation uncovered.  —  Russell George, the Treasury Inspector General …
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
GOP threatens IRS purse strings
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
How Christie Can Maximize the G.O.P.'s Chances in New Jersey  —  The death of Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, Democrat of New Jersey, creates a confusing electoral situation in the state.  There are conflicting interpretations of exactly what New Jersey's law requires — whether a special election …
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Dr. Keith Ablow / Fox News:
Is Obama waging psychological warfare on Americans?  —  I believe that the Obama administration is conducting psychological warfare on conservative Americans.  Not only that but it is also waging this war on all Americans who previously viewed themselves, their country …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Frum's Conservative Reform Checklist  —  As you may have heard, the conservative commentator David Frum (one of the “remormish conservative” writers profiled by Ryan Cooper in the May/June issue of the Washington Monthly) is shutting down his Daily Beast-hosted blog for a variety of family reasons.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Democrats' 2014 strategy: Own Obamacare  —  Scarred by years of Republican attacks over Obamacare, with more in store next year, Democrats have settled on an unlikely strategy for the 2014 midterms: Bring it on.  —  Party strategists believe that embracing the polarizing law …
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Immigration bill lacks the 60 Senate votes needed to pass
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Jack Gillum / Associated Press:
Emails of top Obama appointees remain a mystery  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Some of President Barack Obama's political appointees, including the Cabinet secretary for the Health and Human Services Department, are using secret government email accounts they say are necessary to prevent their inboxes …
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Erick Erickson Shows Everything That's Wrong With The GOP  —  Conservative pundit Erick Erickson doesn't like me.  This morning he wrote 900 words about why.  —  But the main thing his post reveals is what's wrong with Erickson - and with a Republican party that is built to appeal to people like Erickson.
Discussion: Brad DeLong
Sheera Frenkel / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
U.S. publishes details of missile base Israel wanted kept secret  —  TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel's military fumed Monday over the discovery that the U.S. government had revealed details of a top-secret Israeli military installation in published bid requests.  —  The Obama administration …
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Woman embroiled in Petraeus scandal sues gov't agencies  —  (CNN) - Jill Kelley, the woman described as a “Tampa socialite” who became enmeshed in last year's scandal involving former CIA Director David Petraeus, filed a lawsuit Monday alleging employees of government agencies violated her privacy.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
McCarthy diagnosed with lung cancer  —  “There will be some tough days ahead and I will have to miss activities in Washington during my treatment in New York, but I will continue to be a strong advocate for the 4th Congressional District — and I remain committed to improving Long Island's schools …
Discussion: Politico
Nathaniel Popper / DealBook:
Behind the Rise in House Prices, Wall Street Buyers  —  The last time the housing market was this hot in Phoenix and Las Vegas, the buyers pushing up prices were mostly small time.  Nowadays, they are big time — Wall Street big.  —  Large investment firms have spent billions of dollars …
Discussion: Calculated Risk
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
GOP Survey Of Young People Reveals They Support Progressive Policies  —  The College Republican National Committee released a report on Monday outlining the major challenges facing the GOP as it seeks to rebrand and redefine itself in the aftermath of the 2012 election.
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Fox News:
Reps weigh hauling Holder back to explain questionable testimony, threaten subpoena
Discussion: Hot Air and Gretawire
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Marijuana Arrests Four Times as Likely for Blacks
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
House Republicans broken into fighting factions
Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:
Fans resent lack of public Obama events
Discussion: Politico
Kirby Dick / New York Times:
Don't Trust the Pentagon to End Rape
Discussion: msnbc.com
 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
Obama Plans to Take Action Against Patent-Holding Firms
Discussion: Washington Wire, Law Blog and The Verge
Sam Baker / The Hill:
Study: Medicaid expansion a good deal for states
Twhitmire / Rothenblog:
Two Democratic House Challengers Worth Watching
Fox News:
Sen. Ted Cruz leading the charge on abolishing the IRS
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
On the Brink of a Feud With Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly Backed Down
Discussion: Riehl World News