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6:05 PM ET, June 12, 2013

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Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
GOP congressman: Rate of pregnancies from rape is ‘very low’  —  Another Republican congressman ventured into the realm of rape and pregnancy Wednesday, saying at a committee hearing that incidences of pregnancy from rape are “very low.”  —  Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
No, Trent Franks Is Not Todd Akin  —  Ever since Todd Akin exposed his boundless stupidity, and handed Democrats political gold, by insisting that raped women can't get pregnant, liberals have been looking for more Akins.  They think they've found the latest one in Trent Franks, who …
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
House GOP Set To Vote Next Week On 20-Week Abortion Ban
Discussion: Mediaite and Business Insider
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
GOP Congressman Channels Todd Akin: ‘The Incidence Of Rape Resulting In Pregnancy Are Very Low’
Kathryn Smith / Politico:
Trent Franks: ‘Incidence of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low’
Discussion: Yahoo! News and The Hill
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Democratic Sen. Tester: Snowden Didn't Compromise National Security (VIDEO)  —  Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) on Wednesday rejected the notion that Edward Snowden compromised the country's security when he leaked details of top secret National Security Agency surveillance programs.
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Peter King Calls For Legal Action To Be Brought Against Greenwald (VIDEO)  —  Rep. Peter King (R-NY) on Wednesday elaborated on his call for journalists to be punished if they report on classified information, singling out The Guardian reporter at the center of the firestorm …
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:   Rep. Peter King Calls For Glenn Greenwald's Arrest
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
NSA revelations only ‘the tip of the iceberg,’ says Dem lawmaker
Discussion: Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
Justin Sink / The Hill:
NSA chief: ‘Dozens’ of terrorist plots foiled by NSA programs
Discussion: Politico
Jia Lynn Yang / Washington Post:
NSA leaker Edward Snowden: U.S. targets China with hackers  —  HONG KONG — Edward Snowden, the self-confessed leaker of secret surveillance documents, claimed Wednesday that the United States has mounted massive hacking operations against hundreds of Chinese targets since 2009.
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Lydia Warren / Daily Mail:
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden says U.S. government has been hacking Chinese universities, businesses and politicians for FOUR YEARS as he finally breaks cover  —  Edward Snowden, the former CIA analyst behind the NSA leaks, has claimed that the U.S. government has been hacking Hong Kong and Chinese networks for at least four years.
CNN:
NSA leaker's girlfriend says she's ‘lost at sea’
Discussion: Riehl World News and Mediaite
Thomas Drake / Guardian:
Snowden saw what I saw: surveillance criminally subverting the constitution | Thomas Drake
Discussion: Yahoo! News, The Daily Beast and CNN
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Schumer: Cornyn Border Security Amendment A ‘Non-Starter’ And We Are Not Negotiating With Him  —  Democrats want it to be crystal clear.  They don't think Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is crucial to passing immigration reform.  So they aren't negotiating with him over his non-starter amendment …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
First look: The amendment that could upend the immigration debate
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
How conservatives are trying to kill immigration reform
Discussion: Immigration Reform
Washington Post:
CIA's deputy director to be replaced with White House lawyer  —  The CIA's deputy director plans to resign and will be replaced by White House lawyer and agency outsider Avril D. Haines, Director John O. Brennan said Wednesday.  —  Haines, who will succeed career officer Michael Morell on Aug. 9 …
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:   Deputy CIA director Michael Morell retires
Walter Shapiro / American Prospect:
Dear 2016 Democratic Upstart  —  To: 2016 White House Candidates (Democrats Only)  —  Since you have time to read an unsolicited memo with such a provocative subject line, it is safe to assume that your name is not Hillary or Joe.  —  That's good because I am not writing for the establishment types …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Carey Mulligan Passes on Hillary Clinton Biopic
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
A Little Birdie Told Me
Discussion: Achenblog and msnbc.com
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Ways and Means Chairman: IRS targeting of Tea Party groups didn't start in Ohio  —  The IRS's singling out of conservative groups did not originate in Cincinnati, the House Republican in charge of tax policy said Wednesday.  —  House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) …
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Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Judge Rules for Interns Who Sued Fox Searchlight  —  A Federal District Court judge in Manhattan ruled on Tuesday that Fox Searchlight Pictures had violated federal and New York minimum wage laws by not paying production interns, a case that could upend the long-held practice of the film industry …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Interns Win Huge Victory in Labor Lawsuit Against Fox
Discussion: The Week and Guardian
New York Times:
Bloomberg Urges No Gifts to Democrats Who Blocked Gun Bill  —  Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, in a sharp escalation in the battle over gun control, is seeking to punish Democratic senators by taking away the one thing they most need from New Yorkers: money.  —  On Wednesday, Mr. Bloomberg …
TwinCities.com:
Walker says he will sign abortion ultrasound bill  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Tuesday he will sign a measure that's quickly working its way through the Republican-controlled Legislature that would require women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound.
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John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Arizona Senator's Son Used Homophobic, Anti-Semitic Language On Twitter  —  “He has apologized and I apologize as well,” says Senator Jeff Flake.  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Flake's high school-aged son Tanner used twitter to threaten the “faggot” who stole his bike that he “will find you …
Discussion: Gawker and The Raw Story
Harriet Baldwin- / Examiner:
Secret Service “Visits” Outspoken Critic of Obama - Because of Twitter?  —  I know, RIGHT?  —  After you read this- you will wonder what country we are in.  —  Tom Francois is an outspoken critic of Barack Hussein Obama- and has a robust Twitter presence.  He also likes to dabble with his “paint” program to create funny cartoons.
The Atlantic Online:
The Obama Surveillance Revelations Are Pushing Liberals Over the Edge  —  Progressives aren't going to give the president a pass on civil liberties anymore.  —  The email went out shortly after midnight Thursday, a few hours after the news broke about the Obama administration's large-scale monitoring …
Eduardo Porter / New York Times:
Health Care's Overlooked Cost Factor  —  When the Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corporation merged its two hospitals with the neighboring Highland Park Hospital just north of Chicago 13 years ago, the deal was presented as an opportunity to increase efficiency and improve the quality of patient care.
Politico:
Challenging Obama-knows-best  —  “Trust-me” is President Barack Obama's preferred mode of action in times of crisis — and his go-to comment to nervous staffers has always been some version of “Relax, I got this.”  —  But that message is an increasingly hard sell for Obama in his second term …
Discussion: Hot Air, Mediaite and msnbc.com
 
 
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Katie Dvorak / The Hill:
White House, Senate Republicans spar at closed-door meeting
Discussion: Daily Kos
Brett Taylor / Twitchy:
Rep. Peter King: There's a moral and legal obligation to punish reporters who leak classified info
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Hot Air
Craig Jarvis / Raleigh News & Observer:
NC bill would do away with handgun permits
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Boston Herald:
Editorial endorsement: Gomez for Senate
Discussion: Daily Kos
Peter Orszag / Bloomberg:
Retirement Will Kill You  —  Teddy Roosevelt once said …
Yahoo! News:
Joe Biden: Al Gore ‘was elected president’
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
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Clear city's name in IRS scandal
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CBS anchor snubs sex scoop
Discussion: Mediaite, NewsBusters and TVNewser
 

 
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