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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY — RYAN LIZZA: McCain chafes at Rubio — SCHUMER: Immigration needs 70 votes in Senate to give momentum for House — EMMETT BELIVEAU named director of White House Military Office — BULLETIN - Jennifer Epstein: “White House chief of staff Denis McDonough told Bob Schieffer …
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National Review and The Daily Caller
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DNI denies NSA analysts can tap calls without a warrant — The intelligence community on Sunday rejected claims from National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden and reports suggesting that intelligence analysts were able to listen to domestic phone conversations without warrants.
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Politico


Congressman denies report claiming NSA can listen to calls without warrants — Summary: CORRECTED: The senator who allegedly said the U.S. National Security Agency can listen to phone calls of both U.S. residents and foreign nationals without a court order debunks the original report. — Zack Whittaker
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Talking Points Memo, Washington's Blog, The Impolitic, Boing Boing and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »


Dick Cheney: Edward Snowden Is A ‘Traitor’ And Possibly A Chinese Spy — WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday that Edward Snowden betrayed his country by leaking classified documents about the U.S. government's surveillance programs and warned that the former National …
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CANNONFIRE and Crooks and Liars


Lindsey Graham Warns GOP: 'It Doesn't Matter Who We Run In 2016′ If Immigration Reform Fails — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) — one of the Republican co-sponsors of an immigration reform bill that would provide a pathway to citizenship for the nation's 11.1 million undocumented immigrations …
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The Political Carnival and The Moderate Voice
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June 14: Lindsey Graham, Saxby Chambliss, Mark Udall, Bobby Scott, David Ignatius, James Risen, Andrea Mitchell
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Pressthink, Crooks and Liars and Hullabaloo

Six amendments to watch in Senate immigration reform fight
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The PJ Tatler

Sen. Rubio says most of immigration reform bill in ‘perfect shape’
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Politico, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, CNN and National Review


Revealed: how UK spied on its G20 allies at London summits — Exclusive: phones were monitored and fake internet cafes set up to gather information from allies in London in 2009 — Foreign politicians and officials who took part in two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009 …
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BBC, Boing Boing, TalkLeft, Informed Comment, The Hinterland Gazette, The Verge, Mediaite, RT, Business Insider, The Agonist and Washington Monthly


Bad Idea, Mr. President — AMMAN, Jordan — ACCORDING to Bill Clinton, Barack Obama risks looking like a “fool” if he decides not to intervene militarily in Syria's continuing civil war. Likening the situation to his decision to intervene in Kosovo in 1999, Mr. Clinton said Tuesday …
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Booman Tribune and Washington Monthly
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‘Everybody benefits from girls being educated’ — “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” Sundays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on CNN — Fareed speaks with Egyptian-born columnist Mona Eltahawy about the situation in Turkey and her role in the upcoming documentary ‘Girl Rising,’ which is premiering this Sunday on CNN at 9 p.m. ET.
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Weasel Zippers
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CNN CITES SUBWAY CENSOR ELTAHAWY AS AUTHORITY ON FREEDOM — On Sunday's edition of Global Public Square, CNN's Fareed Zakaria invited Mona Eltahawy to offer her perspective on the anti-government protests in Turkey and the rights of women in the Muslim world.
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Ed Driscoll and Atlas Shrugs

Cheney defends NSA surveillance — Critics of the National Security Agency's surveillance programs are wrong in their views because terror threats persist, former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday. — Cheney was deeply involved in revamping national security programs after Sept. 11 …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Hinterland Gazette
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Dick Cheney Laughs Off Privacy Concerns Over Government Surveillance
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Prairie Weather

Cheney calls Snowden a ‘traitor,’ defends NSA surveillance programs
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Reuters, CNN, Scared Monkeys and Politico


House approach on Benghazi: Crazy — or plain stupid? — Sometimes watching Speaker John Boehner and his House Republican “leadership” team in action calls to mind that scene from “Forrest Gump” in which Bubba's mother looks incredulously at Forrest and asks: “Are you crazy — or just plain stupid?”
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland

ODNI Statement on the Limits of Surveillance Activities — The statement that a single analyst can eavesdrop on domestic communications without proper legal authorization is incorrect and was not briefed to Congress. Members have been briefed on the implementation of Section 702 …
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TechCrunch and Weekly Standard

Syria: Egypt's Morsi joining US, Israeli conspiracy — Damascus lashes out at Egyptian president, Muslim Brotherhood after Morsi severs ties with Bashar Assad's regime. — Syria on Sunday harshly criticized Cairo's decision to sever diplomatic relations with Damascus …
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Weasel Zippers, Israel Matzav and Jihad Watch


Gabriel Gomez endorses ENDA — Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon — Send via Email — Send this page to Print Friendly — U.S. Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez supports ENDA (Photo by Gabriel Gomez for Senate; courtesy Wikimedia Commons)
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