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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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Rep. Marsha Blackburn / Politico:
Late-term abortions must end
Late-term abortions must end
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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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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: Big generational divide in immigration battle
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Obama threatens to veto House farm bill
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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Chris Frates / NationalJournal.com:
Boehner Aims to Move Immigration by Capitalizing on a Conservative Rift
Boehner Aims to Move Immigration by Capitalizing on a Conservative Rift
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Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Immigration Bill Gives GOP A Pounding Migraine
Immigration Bill Gives GOP A Pounding Migraine
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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 and americanthinker.com
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Claire McCaskill endorses Hillary Clinton for 2016 — Saying that “it's important we start early,” Sen. Claire McCaskill on Tuesday endorsed Hillary Clinton for president in one of the first major moves of the 2016 cycle. — “Now, as I look at 2016 and think about who is best to lead this country forward …
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Politico:
The Bill Clinton paradox — Listen to Bill Clinton's speeches this spring and you would have heard him talk at a father-of-the-year event about the satisfactions of parenting — “the greatest thing that ever happened to me.” — There was the commencement speech at Howard University …
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
McCaskill becomes first lawmaker to endorse Ready for Hillary PAC
McCaskill becomes first lawmaker to endorse Ready for Hillary PAC
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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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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama: You Can't Fathom ‘Complexities’ of Syria Policy 'If You Haven't Been in Situation Room'
Obama: You Can't Fathom ‘Complexities’ of Syria Policy 'If You Haven't Been in Situation Room'
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama: Faster aid wasn't solution
Obama: Faster aid wasn't solution
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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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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
FBI Looks for Leaks at Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court — Investigators still do not know if the FISA system has been compromised, or if Edward Snowden was the source of the Verizon warrant published by the ‘Guardian.’ Eli Lake reports. — The FBI is investigating whether …
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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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Jeff Dunetz / “The Lid”:
SCANDALPALOOZA: State Dept. Wages War of Intimidation Against Cover-up Whistleblower — Last week came the revelation that the State Department may have been covering up bad behavior within its ranks. The information about using drug use soliciting prostitutes, and having sex with minors …
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Moonlight Serenade — Whom does Mrs. Weiner work for? — Anthony Weiner, who resigned from Congress two years ago this Friday in a side-splitting social-media scandal, is running for mayor of New York? We don't know why, but we're now pretty sure it's not for the money.
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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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Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail — June 18, 2013 - Scott Chips Away At Crist Lead In Florida Gov Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Gov's Grades Are Low, But Best Ever — Florida Gov. Rick Scott trails former Gov. Charlie Crist 47 - 37 percent in his 2014 reelection bid, compared to his 16-point deficit in March …
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Yahoo! News, Politico, OrlandoSentinel.com, Post Politics and First Read
Matt Friedman / New Jersey Online:
Groups claim to have found ‘smoking gun’ to force Christie to move U.S. Senate election to November — TRENTON — Two liberal groups say they've found a “smoking gun” in a century-old state law that could force Gov. Chris Christie to schedule the general election in November.
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Crooks and Liars
Gov. Bobby Jindal / Politico:
GOP needs action, not navel-gazing — We've had enough. Yes, we just lost our second straight presidential election to Barack Obama. Yes, losing is painful and has consequences. Yes, when you lose, you make adjustments. Enough already. Let's get on with it. — Yes, we have plenty of changes to make.
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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Senate Intel Committee Blocks Former Staffer From Talking To Press About Oversight Process — The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has taken the unusual step of actively blocking a former committee aide from talking to TPM about congressional oversight of the intelligence community.
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Jesse Jackson wants to serve his prison time first; government resisting break for his mental illness — WASHINGTON — Jesse Jackson Jr. wants to serve his time first if he and wife Sandi are sent to prison, with the request on Monday coming as prosecutors said the couple does not deserve …
Alison Healy / The Irish Times:
Michelle Obama and daughters visit Glendalough and Dalkey — US first lady and her children have pub lunch with Bono … Alison Healy — First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama and her daughters Malia and Sasha were having lunch with Bono in Dalkey, Co Dublin this afternoon.
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