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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
GOP lawmaker: Extreme abortion ban justified because of masturbating fetuses
Rep. Marsha Blackburn / Politico:
Late-term abortions must end
Late-term abortions must end
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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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Politico, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Weekly Standard, National Review, Conservatives4Palin, The College Fix and Outside the Beltway
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Biden to tout progress of Obama's executive actions on gun control
Biden to tout progress of Obama's executive actions on gun control
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Politico
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: Big generational divide in immigration battle
CNN Poll: Big generational divide in immigration battle
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Politico
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 — MCLEAN, VA - Today, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri, an early backer of then-Sen. Obama's 2008 primary campaign, announced her support of Ready for Hillary.
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Washington Wire, The Fix, Hot Air and Guardian
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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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New York Times and Taylor Marsh
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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Weekly Standard, BuzzFeed and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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.
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The Plum Line, The Maddow Blog and Right Wing Watch
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Rebecca Elliott / Politico:
Dana Rohrabacher warns John Boehner on speakership
Dana Rohrabacher warns John Boehner on speakership
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The Daily Caller, The Maddow Blog, “The Lid”, Daily Kos and The Moderate Voice
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Rohrabacher: Boehner ‘should be removed as Speaker’ if he moves Senate immigration bill
Rohrabacher: Boehner ‘should be removed as Speaker’ if he moves Senate immigration bill
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Politico, New York Times, Hullabaloo, Washington Wire and Mediaite
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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Lawfare, The Permanent Select Committee … and Washington Post
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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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The Mahablog, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Lonely Conservative, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
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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Washington Monthly, Wonkblog, Business Insider, National Review and The Maddow Blog
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.
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Secrecy News and Hullabaloo
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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News Desk, Hawkings Here, Mediaite, The Week, National Review, Gawker, The Raw Story, First Read and BuzzFeed
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
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 …
Mark Gongloff / The Huffington Post:
Former Bush, Romney Adviser Greg Mankiw Writes Paper ‘Defending The One Percent’ — At long last the downtrodden, disrespected 1 percent have a hero to make their case: Harvard economist Gregory Mankiw. — The former economic adviser to President George W. Bush and wannabe president Mitt Romney …
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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Guardian, Gawker, Pat Dollard, Bloomberg, BBC, The Verge, TechCrunch, ABC News, Engadget and AllThingsD
Chris Frates / NationalJournal.com:
Boehner Aims to Move Immigration by Capitalizing on a Conservative Rift — The speaker is navigating a divide over citizenship to push reform legislation through the House. — John Boehner wants immigration reform to pass. To get it done, the House speaker will have to capitalize …
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The Hill, Hot Air, Yahoo! News and First Read
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.
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Weasel Zippers
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart:
Fantastic Mrs. Fox — Sarah Palin returns to Fox News and forces America into a difficult choice.
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Crooks and Liars, The Raw Story and Mediaite
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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NewsBusters
Todd Starnes / Townhall.com:
Mob of Immigration Activists Storm Kansas Secretary of State's Home — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is calling for a criminal investigation after a huge mob of illegal alien supporters surrounded his private home Saturday and held a rally on his front porch.
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The Gateway Pundit
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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Post Politics, Yahoo! News, OrlandoSentinel.com, Politico, Outside the Beltway and First Read
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.
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protein wisdom, Conservatives4Palin and UrbanGrounds
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Rise in illegal crossings roils immigration debate — There was a striking moment in the Senate Judiciary Committee's debate on the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill when Republican Jeff Sessions and Democrat Charles Schumer argued over the number of immigrants who would be allowed …
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Washington Free Beacon