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11:40 PM ET, June 6, 2013

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Washington Post:
U.S. intelligence mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies in broad secret program  —  The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio, video, photographs, e-mails, documents and connection logs …
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New York Times:
President Obama's Dragnet  —  Within hours of the disclosure that the federal authorities routinely collect data on phone calls Americans make, regardless of whether they have any bearing on a counterterrorism investigation, the Obama administration issued the same platitude it has offered every …
Guardian:
NSA taps in to internet giants' systems to mine user data, secret files reveal  —  • Top secret PRISM program claims direct access to servers of firms including Google, Facebook and Apple  —  • Companies deny any knowledge of program in operation since 2007
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
George W.  'Bush's 4th term'  —  The outrage over President Barack Obama's authorization of a nearly limitless federal dive into Americans' phone records obscures a hiding-in-plain-sight truth about the 44th president many of his supporters have overlooked for years:
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Taegan Goddard's …
Washington Post:
Documents: U.S. mining data from 9 leading Internet firms; companies deny knowledge  —  “We have never heard of PRISM,” an Apple spokesman said.  “We do not provide any government agency with direct access to our servers, and any government agency requesting customer data must get a court order.”
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Collects Vast Data Trove  —  NSA Monitoring Includes Three Major Phone Companies, as Well as Online Activity  —  WASHINGTON—The National Security Agency's monitoring of Americans includes customer records from the three major phone networks as well as emails and Web searches …
Ed O'Keefe / Post Politics:
Mike Rogers: NSA program helped stop a terrorist attack in the U.S. in ‘the last few years’
The Huffington Post:   NSA Whistleblowers Reveal Stunning Extent Of Spying Operation
Allison Sherry / The Spot:
Sen. Mark Udall: I knew the NSA was spying, did everything but leak classified information to stop it
Washington Post:
Documents: U.S. mining data from 9 leading Internet firms; companies deny knowledge
Discussion: Telegraph and Marginal Revolution
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
White House defends NSA collecting Verizon phone records
Bobby Cervantes / Politico:
Rogers: NSA ‘thwarted’ terrorist plot
Discussion: Hit & Run and Business Insider
Politico:
Dianne Feinstein on NSA: 'It's called protecting America'
Discussion: Balkinization and msnbc.com
Jenna Portnoy / New Jersey Online:
Christie names N.J. attorney general Jeffrey Chiesa to fill Lautenberg's seat  —  TRENTON —Gov. Chris Christie today named state attorney general Jeffrey Chiesa to fill the Senate seat left vacant by the death of U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg.  —  Chiesa said he won't seek election later this year.
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New York Times:
Christie Picks Chiesa, New Jersey's Attorney General, to Be Interim Senator  —  Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey on Thursday announced the appointment of Jeffrey S. Chiesa, the state's attorney general, to fill the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Frank R. Lautenberg.
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Chiesa is N.J. interim senator pick
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
In Gay Marriage Debate, Both Supporters and Opponents See Legal Recognition as ‘Inevitable’  —  OVERVIEW  —  As support for gay marriage continues to increase, nearly three-quarters of Americans - 72% - say that legal recognition of same-sex marriage is “inevitable.”
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Matt Stout / Boston Herald:
Manhunt over, Deval Patrick tied one on  —  Candid gov discusses attacks  —  By:  —  Gov. Deval Patrick gave a candid, behind-the-scenes look at the horrific days after the Boston Marathon bombings, telling employees at a Cambridge marketing firm yesterday he got “quite drunk” the day after the intense manhunt finally ended.
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Gov. Deval Patrick says he got drunk after bomber captured
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House votes to defund Obama's ‘administrative amnesty’ for immigrants  —  The House voted Thursday morning to defund President Obama's orders that allow officials to focus deportation efforts on illegal immigrants who have been convicted of crimes.  —  Republicans have argued that these orders amount …
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Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
House Republicans Booed As They Vote To Deport DREAMers
Discussion: The Hill and The Plum Line
Virginia Postrel / Bloomberg:
Sick Girl May Get a Lung but It's Not a Happy Ending  —  A child dying of cystic fibrosis now has a shot at a lung transplant.  A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to let 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan move from waiting list for lungs …
Michelle Mondo / MySanAntonio.com:
Jury acquits escort shooter  —  Ezekiel Gilbert denied he meant to kill Craigslist escort.  —  A Bexar County jury on Wednesday acquitted Ezekiel Gilbert of murder in the death of a 23-year-old Craigslist escort.  —  Gilbert, 30, embraced defense attorneys Bobby Barrera and Roy Barrera Sr …
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Grand Bargain Loses Center For American Progress Support In Major Blow To Austerity  —  WASHINGTON — The Center for American Progress, a pillar of the Democratic establishment in Washington is walking away from the broad negotiations aimed at reaching a “grand bargain,” …
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Michael Linden / Center for American Progress:
It's Time to Hit the Reset Button on the Fiscal Debate
Lee Fang / The Nation:
Revealed: Letters From Republicans Seeking Obamacare Money  —  It's the height of hypocrisy: They call for repeal of the law but plead for its dollars on behalf of constituents.  —  This article appeared in the June 24-July 1, 2013 edition of The Nation.  —   
Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post:
Atheist Chaplains Would Call Fallen Soldiers ‘Worm Food,’ GOP Congressman Says (VIDEO)  —  WASHINGTON — There are no atheists in foxholes, the saying goes.  Republicans in Congress don't want them in the military chaplain corps, either.  —  That's after New Jersey Democratic …
Discussion: The Raw Story
 
 
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Lori Ziganto / Twitchy:
‘Everyone in America needs to see this’: Rep. Gowdy delivers passionate, teary savaging of IRS [video]
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Nice Deb
Aljean Harmetz / New York Times:
Esther Williams, Who Swam to Movie Fame, Dies at 91
Discussion: Hot Air
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
MAINSTREAM MEDIA FAIL TO BREAK EVEN ONE OF FOUR OBAMA SCANDALS
Discussion: Power Line and Ed Driscoll
The Daily Beast:
Susan Rice and John Kerry Will Battle For Obama's Ear
Discussion: Bloomberg
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Pelosi on Obamacare: 'I Don't Remember Saying that Everybody in the Country Would Have a Lower Premium'
Discussion: The Plum Line and Illinois Review
Priya Anand / Politico:
100-day bus tour for Bloomberg gun group
Discussion: Examiner and Weasel Zippers
 Earlier Items: 
Mark Scolforo / bigstory.ap.org:
JUDGE TOSSES LAWSUIT BY PA. GOVERNOR AGAINST NCAA
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Yahoo! News
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Kirk to Eric Holder: Is DOJ spying on Congress?
Discussion: Post Politics, Mediaite and Hot Air
Politico:
‘War on women’ returns
Discussion: Hot Air and New York Magazine
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Flashback: Obama Railed Against Monitoring Citizens Who Did Nothing Wrong
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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