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2:45 PM ET, June 12, 2013

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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Establishment renders harsh verdict on Edward Snowden  —  'He's no hero.  He put people's lives at risk,' Sen. Angus King (second from left) said.  AP Photos  —  Close  —  He is the toast of the libertarian left and the libertarian right.  But for most of the political establishment …
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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.
CNN:
NSA leaker's girlfriend says she's ‘lost at sea’
Discussion: Mediaite and Riehl World News
New York Times:
Earlier Denials Put Intelligence Chief in Awkward Position  —  WASHINGTON — For years, intelligence officials have tried to debunk what they called a popular myth about the National Security Agency: that its electronic net routinely sweeps up information about millions of Americans.
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Lawmakers say NSA briefing didn't address privacy concerns
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.) …
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Darrell Issa On IRS Investigation: Releasing Full Transcripts Now Would Be ‘Reckless’  —  WASHINGTON — One week after he released partial transcripts of interviews with IRS officials involved in the scandal surrounding the targeting of conservative groups, the chair of the House Oversight …
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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.) …
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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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Scott Walker Endorses Mandating Transvaginal Ultrasounds And Shutting Down Abortion Clinics  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has thrown his support behind an anti-abortion measure that's currently moving through the state legislature, saying he will sign the bill into law if it makes it to his desk.
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.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
A Little Birdie Told Me  —  WASHINGTON — In her first two days on Twitter, Hillary Clinton did not bother to follow the man she wants to follow.  —  No @BarackObama for @HillaryClinton as of Tuesday night.  —  Hillary debuted firmly entrenched in Clintonworld, following Bill, Chelsea …
Discussion: Achenblog and msnbc.com
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Carey Mulligan Passes on Hillary Clinton Biopic
Discussion: Telegraph, Guardian and Politico
Walter Shapiro / American Prospect:
Dear 2016 Democratic Upstart
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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 …
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Ed O'Keefe / Post Politics:
Mayor Bloomberg to donors: Don't give to Democrats who blocked gun bill
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
CBS anchor snubs sex scoop  —  CBS anchor Scott Pelley was furious after John Miller's scoop about the State Department sex scandal broke not on his “CBS Evening News,” but early Monday on “This Morning” hosted by Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell, network sources tell Page Six
Discussion: Mediaite, NewsBusters and TVNewser
Yahoo! News:
Joe Biden: Al Gore ‘was elected president’  —  Vice President Joe Biden knows how to work a room.  —  In remarks made on Tuesday night at a fundraiser for Massachusetts Senate candidate Ed Markey in front of an audience of donating (doting?)  Democrats, Biden went for the jugular.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Trailing, Gabriel Gomez takes fight to Ed Markey
Discussion: The Daily Caller, CNN and Althouse
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Blowing a Whistle  —  I'm glad I live in a country with people who are vigilant in defending civil liberties.  But as I listen to the debate about the disclosure of two government programs designed to track suspected phone and e-mail contacts of terrorists, I do wonder if some of those who …
Jon Caramanica / New York Times:
The Visionaries: Kanye West Talks About His Career and Album ‘Yeezus’  —  Malibu, Calif. — From Shangri-la Studio here you can see the Pacific Ocean just over the fence lapping calmly at Zuma Beach.  And this compound is just as Zen, with recording equipment set up in various locations …
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 and Mediaite
Cincinnati.com:
Clear city's name in IRS scandal  —  Congressman Charles Rangel said, “There's a cancer in Cincinnati.”  That is just another example of how our region is taking collateral damage in IRS scandal.  The Cincinnati area is being portrayed as a hotbed of rogue, corrupt IRS employees.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Interns Win Huge Victory in Labor Lawsuit Against Fox  —  UPDATED: Fox says it is “very disappointed” after two interns who worked on “Black Swan” are granted a summary judgment win, while another intern who worked in Fox's corporate department will now be leading a class action suit.
Discussion: Guardian
Allison Kopicki / The Caucus:
Poll Finds Disapproval of Record Collection, but Little Personal Concern  —  In the wake of the exposure of two classified surveillance operations, most Americans expressed disapproval about the United States government's collecting phone records of “ordinary” Americans.
Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots and Althouse
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Thomas Drake / Guardian:
Snowden saw what I saw: surveillance criminally subverting the constitution | Thomas Drake
Discussion: Yahoo! News and CNN
Toddstarnes / Fox News:
HGTV: Use American Flag as Table Cloth
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and NewsBusters
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Public Preferences Differ on Top SCOTUS Cases
Discussion: Yahoo! News and ThinkProgress
Zack Colman / E2-Wire:
Democratic senator calls Keystone pipeline ‘the Kim Kardashian of energy’
Discussion: Hot Air
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Paul on the fence over immigration bill
Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos and The PJ Tatler
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Soledad O'Brien Joins HBO's ‘Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel’
Discussion: Politico and NewsBusters
Jim O'Neill / Bloomberg:
Uber Cab App Threatens Death of Taxi Dinosaurs
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy and EconLog
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Jacobs / New York Times:
Man Details Risks in Exposing China's Forced Labor
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and normblog
Associated Press:
Mali manual suggests al-Qaida has feared weapon
Discussion: Yahoo! News and National Review
Matt Viser / The Boston Globe:
President to appear at rally for Markey
Discussion: Boston Globe and Yahoo! News
Joseph Straw / NY Daily News:
U.S. ambassador Howard Gutman slams park prostitution allegations
Discussion: The Other McCain
Kyle Trygstad / Roll Call:
Kristi Noem Not Running for Senate #SDSEN
Des Moines Register:
Iowans: State, U.S. on diverging paths
Discussion: Politico
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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