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11:10 AM ET, June 18, 2013

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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
Discussion: LifeNews.com and National Review
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
Discussion: Yahoo! News, First Read and ABCNEWS
Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Immigration Bill Gives GOP A Pounding Migraine
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Fat chance: At 24 pounds, immigration bill is too big for many to swallow
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 …
Discussion: CNN
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
McCaskill becomes first lawmaker to endorse Ready for Hillary PAC
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 …
Discussion: CNN, Reuters and Weasel Zippers
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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'  —  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.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama: Faster aid wasn't solution
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
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.
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.
Discussion: NewsBusters
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Pat Dollard
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John Hudson / Foreign Policy:   Exclusive: Whistleblower Says State Department Trying to Bully Her Into Silence
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.
TIME:
Who is Hassan Rowhani?  —  When Iranians elected moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani their new president by a landslide on Friday, they surprised Washington and the world.  The process of figuring out what his election means has only just begun.  Moderate as applied to Iranian mullah politicians …
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Investor's Business Daily:
Hold The Toasts And Street Dancing, Iran's New President Is Still A Creature Of The Mullahs
Discussion: The Hill and Jammie Wearing Fools
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.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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.
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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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Cruz to introduce voter ID amendment to counteract Supreme Court ruling
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Pat Dollard
 
 
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Simon Romero / New York Times:
Thousands Gather for Protests in Brazil's Largest Cities
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Alison Healy / The Irish Times:
Michelle Obama and daughters visit Glendalough and Dalkey
Tim Shorrock / New York Times:
Put the Spies Back Under One Roof
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Jesse Jackson wants to serve his prison time first; government resisting break for his mental illness
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
The White House Says It's Winning The Gun Control Debate
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 Earlier Items: 
Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:
Sen. Cornyn Reveals Not One, Not Two, but Three Public Pensions Atop His Salary
Bloomberg:
Obama Joins G-8 Allies Isolating Putin Over Assad
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Pat Dollard
CEPR:
Fred Hiatt is Holding Head Start Hostage Until Liberals Support Cuts to Social Security and Medicare
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Graduates from low-performing D.C. schools face tough college road
Discussion: NewsBusters and Achenblog
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
GOP plan to appeal to millennials: “Make abortion funny”
 

 
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