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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama: I'm not Dick Cheney — President Barack Obama used a television interview set to air Monday night to defend his administration's use of far-reaching surveillance programs as carefully supervised and controlled. — Obama also appeared to reject comparisons between himself …
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President Obama Defends NSA Spying — It's “transparent,” the president tells Charlie Rose in an interview. Here's a portion of that transcript, from PBS. — Via: Matt Dunham / AP — Barack Obama: Well, in the end, and what I've said, and I continue to believe, is that we don't have to sacrifice …
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Hot Air, White House.gov Blog, Taylor Marsh, Liberal Values, Weasel Zippers, Yahoo! News, Little Green Footballs and Business Insider
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama: You Can't Understand Syria Policy 'If You Haven't Been in the Situation Room' — Charlie Rose last night asked President Obama his new Syria policy. The president first objected to it being called a new policy. “I'm not sure you can characterize this as a new policy.
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Opinion recap: One hand giveth.... Analysis — In a ruling that might easily be misunderstood if not read very closely, the Supreme Court on Monday simultaneously strengthened Congress's hand in expanding the ranks of eligible voters, and yet assured states that they retain the ultimate power to decide who gets to vote.
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Balkinization, TBogg, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Cruz to introduce voter ID amendment to counteract Supreme Court ruling
Cruz to introduce voter ID amendment to counteract Supreme Court ruling
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ThinkProgress and Pat Dollard
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Justices: Arizona voter registration rules go too far
Justices: Arizona voter registration rules go too far
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SCOTUSblog and Washington Monthly
Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
COURT: ARIZ. CITIZENSHIP PROOF LAW ILLEGAL
COURT: ARIZ. CITIZENSHIP PROOF LAW ILLEGAL
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The BRAD BLOG, Ricochet Conversations Feed, CNN, The Gateway Pundit and Associated Press
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: Big generational divide in immigration battle — Washington (CNN) - While a small majority of Americans are in favor of the immigration bill currently before the U.S. Senate, according to a new national poll the old and young don't see eye to eye on the issue.
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Did White House order IRS targeting? — Washington (CNN) - A growing number of Americans believe that senior White House officials ordered the Internal Revenue Service to target conservative political groups, according to a new national poll. — And a CNN/ORC International survey …
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National Review
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Obama threatens to veto House farm bill
Adele M. Stan / RH Reality Check:
Texas Congressman: Masturbating Fetuses Prove Need for Abortion Ban — As the House of Representatives gears up for Tuesday's debate on HR 1797, a bill that would outlaw virtually all abortions 20 weeks post fertilization, Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) argued in favor of banning abortions …
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ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, AMERICAblog, Little Green Footballs, The Raw Story and Pharyngula
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
G.O.P. Pushes New Abortion Limits to Appease Vocal Base — WASHINGTON — After Republicans lost the presidential election and seats in both the House and the Senate last year, many in the party offered a stern admonishment: If we want to broaden our appeal, steer clear of divisive social and cultural issues.
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The Maddow Blog, Texas Politics, Yahoo! News, The Caucus and The Dish
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Fat chance: At 24 pounds, immigration bill is too big for many to swallow
Fat chance: At 24 pounds, immigration bill is too big for many to swallow
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Pat Dollard, The Maddow Blog, americanthinker.com and The Hill
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Public Remains Opposed to Arming Syrian Rebels — Six-in-Ten Say Opposition May Be No Better than Current Government — OVERVIEW — Broad majorities continue to oppose the U.S. and its allies sending arms and military supplies to anti-government groups in Syria.
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Bloomberg:
Obama Joins G-8 Allies Isolating Putin Over Assad
Obama Joins G-8 Allies Isolating Putin Over Assad
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The Daily Caller and Pat Dollard
Reuters:
West scolds Putin over Syria before G8 meeting
West scolds Putin over Syria before G8 meeting
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans Disapprove of U.S. Decision to Arm Syrian Rebels
Americans Disapprove of U.S. Decision to Arm Syrian Rebels
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The Caucus, Washington Monthly, Post Politics and Outside the Beltway
Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Father of Edward Snowden urges son not to commit ‘treason,’ to return home — The father of the former NSA contractor who leaked details of the government's massive Internet- and phone-tracking programs made an impassioned plea to his son to stop leaking, telling Fox News that …
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BBC, Guardian, Telegraph, The Lead with Jake Tapper and msnbc.com
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Exclamation:
Our Commitment to Our Users' Privacy — We've worked hard over the years to earn our users' trust and we fight hard to preserve it. — To that end, we are disclosing the total number of requests for user data that law enforcement agencies in the U.S. made to us between December 1, 2012 and May 31, 2013.
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BBC, Bloomberg, ABC News, Guardian, The Verge, Engadget, TechCrunch and AllThingsD
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Hidden camera catches wireless company employees passing out ‘Obama phones’ to people who say they'll SELL them for drugs, shoes, handbags and spending cash — The ‘Lifeline’ free-cell-phone scheme cost $2.2 BILLION last year alone, all of it from fees added to the phone bills of paying customers
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Carol Rosenberg / MiamiHerald.com:
FOIA suit reveals Guantánamo's ‘indefinite detainees’ — GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — The Obama administration Monday lifted a veil of secrecy surrounding the status of the detainees at Guantánamo, for the first time publicly naming the four dozen captives it defined …
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New York Times, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and ThinkProgress
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Rohrabacher: Boehner ‘should be removed as Speaker’ if he moves Senate immigration bill — Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) warned Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) would face a conference revolt that could threaten his Speakership if he allows a House vote on the immigration bill presently being debated in the Senate.
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Politico, New York Times and Mediaite
Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
Iran President-Elect Wants to Ease Strains With U.S., but Sees No Direct Talks — TEHRAN — President-elect Hassan Rowhani of Iran, speaking Monday for the first time since his election victory, said he wanted to reduce tensions with the United States but ruled out direct talks between the two estranged nations.
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Charlie Rose:
Distribute this video: — Yes, Father's Day. — Charlie that was really something based upon these photographs: — And this speech: — “I want to be a better father, a better husband, a better man. But I will tell you this: Everything else is unfulfilled if we fail at family, if we fail at that responsibility.
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Mediaite and National Review
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Obama: ‘Iranian people rebuffed the hardliners and the clerics’ — President Obama said Monday that the Iranian people have “rebuffed the hardliners and the clerics” in the country by electing a moderate president over the weekend. — “I think it says that the Iranian people want to move …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
GOP plan to appeal to millennials: “Make abortion funny” — Young Christian-right leaders think the answer to their problems with young voters lies in more snark — “How do you make abortion funny?” That was a key question mulled at a major conservative gathering Friday …
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Daily Kos, Little Green Footballs and Balloon Juice