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2:55 PM 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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Katie McDonough / Salon:
GOP lawmaker: Extreme abortion ban justified because of masturbating fetuses
Discussion: Hit & Run and msnbc.com
Rep. Marsha Blackburn / Politico:
Late-term abortions must end
Discussion: LifeNews.com and National Review
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
G.O.P. Pushes New Abortion Limits to Appease Vocal Base
Rebecca Elliott / Politico:
Dana Rohrabacher warns John Boehner on speakership  —  Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) says Speaker John Boehner should be ousted if he rams through an immigration bill without majority Republican support.  —  “If Speaker Boehner moves forward and permits this to come to a vote even though …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
John Boehner to require majority GOP support on immigration  —  Speaker John Boehner privately tried to assure conservatives in a closed-door meeting Tuesday that he wouldn't advance an immigration bill through the House without the support of the majority of Republicans.
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Boehner: No immigration vote without ‘majority support’ of GOP
Discussion: Hot Air and The Spectacle Blog
Chris Frates / NationalJournal.com:
Boehner Aims to Move Immigration by Capitalizing on a Conservative Rift
Dan Coats / Wall Street Journal:
To My Congressional Colleagues: Stop the NSA Grandstanding  —  Members have had ample opportunity to learn about these valuable programs.  —  Last week, Edward Snowden, a National Security Agency contractor, attempted to make a political point by leaking several documents …
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CNN:
NSA, FBI talk thwarted terror plots
Discussion: KTLA 5
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
N.S.A. Chief Says Surveillance Has Stopped Dozens of Plots
Discussion: emptywheel
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
NSA: PRISM stopped Stock Exchange attack
Discussion: Techdirt
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell To Reid: If You Go Nuclear On Nominations, I'll Go Nuclear On Everything When I'm Majority Leader  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday starkly warned Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) not to eliminate the filibuster on presidential nominations …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Obama threatens to veto House farm bill
Discussion: Politico
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 …
Discussion: New York Times and Taylor Marsh
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Politico:
The Bill Clinton paradox
Discussion: CNN
Ready For Hillary Clinton for President 2016:
U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), an Early Obama '08 Supporter, Announces Support of Ready for Hillary
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
McCaskill becomes first lawmaker to endorse Ready for Hillary PAC
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
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.
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.
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.
J. Christian Adams / Rule of Law:
Left Loses Big in Citizenship-Verification Supreme Court Case  —  Something perverse happened after the Supreme Court's decision today invalidating citizenship-verification requirements in Arizona for registrants who use the federal voter registration form.  The Left knows they lost most of the battle, but are still claiming victory.
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.
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.
Guardian:
US to begin direct peace talks with Taliban over Afghanistan  —  ‘Peace and reconciliation’ milestone comes after US drops request for formal rejection of al-Qaida as precondition to talks  —  The US is to open direct talks with Taliban leaders within days, it was revealed on Tuesday …
Isaac Chotiner / New Republic:
“What Part of ‘Politico’ Do You Not Understand?”  —  A conversation about the dark art of driving the conversation  —  The dominant mode of Washington journalism tends to both reflect and entrench the values of its era.  The eminent writers and editors of the immediate postwar age …
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
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart:
Fantastic Mrs. Fox  —  Sarah Palin returns to Fox News and forces America into a difficult choice.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Bill Ayers: Try Obama for war crimes  —  Bill Ayers believes President Obama should be put on trial for war crimes at The Hague, the Weather Underground co-founder told Real Clear Politics in an interview posted Tuesday.  —  Ayers told the website he “absolutely” believed the president …
 
 
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Report: Booker to receive spate of Democratic endorsements
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Seven farm bill fights to watch
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Todd Starnes / Townhall.com:
Mob of Immigration Activists Storm Kansas Secretary of State's Home
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
N.Y.U. Gives Its Stars Loans for Summer Homes
Allan Sloan / Fortune:
Zell's legacy lives on: IRS goes after Tribune
Discussion: DealBook and Poynter
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The GOP's leadership reform challenge
Mark Gongloff / The Huffington Post:
Former Bush, Romney Adviser Greg Mankiw Writes Paper ‘Defending The One Percent’
Jason Koebler / US News:
Video: ‘Cheetah Cub’ Robot Runs Like a Housecat
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Rise in illegal crossings roils immigration debate
Simon Romero / New York Times:
Thousands Gather for Protests in Brazil's Largest Cities
Alison Healy / The Irish Times:
Michelle Obama and daughters visit Glendalough and Dalkey
Jeff Dunetz / “The Lid”:
SCANDALPALOOZA: State Dept. Wages War of Intimidation Against Cover-up Whistleblower
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Pat Dollard
Tim Shorrock / New York Times:
Put the Spies Back Under One Roof
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Jesse Jackson wants to serve his prison time first; government resisting break for his mental illness
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama: You Can't Fathom ‘Complexities’ of Syria Policy 'If You Haven't Been in Situation Room'
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