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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Breakthrough in Senate immigration talks; announcement set for Thursday — Senators seeking a solution to a deadlock over border security have reached a tentative agreement they believe could win the votes of a significant number of Republican lawmakers for the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill.
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Politico, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, The Lonely Conservative, americanthinker.com and The Plum Line
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Right rips Rubio as Republican immigration votes slip away — Republican colleagues who were previously viewed as possible “yes” votes are keeping their distance from the 1,075-page measure. — On Wednesday, conservative activists ripped Rubio and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) …
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Two G.O.P. Senators Are Close to a Deal on Border Security — WASHINGTON — Two Senate Republicans closed in on a deal regarding stronger border security on Wednesday evening with the bipartisan group of eight senators that drafted an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws …
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The Plum Line, Washington Monthly, Post Politics, Wonkblog, Daily Kos and msnbc.com
Kasie Hunt / First Read:
Senators reach border deal, smoothing path to immigration overhaul
Senators reach border deal, smoothing path to immigration overhaul
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Jim Avila / ABCNEWS:
Senate Agreement to Bolster Border Security
Senate Agreement to Bolster Border Security
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Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
Exodus International:
Exodus International to Shut Down — Thirty-seven-year-old ministry for those with same-sex attraction marks its last national conference — Irvine, Calif. (June 19, 2013) — Exodus International, the oldest and largest Christian ministry dealing with faith and homosexuality announced tonight …
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LGBTQ Nation, Truth Wins Out, Taegan Goddard's …, Towleroad News #gay, Advocate, Outside the Beltway and TBogg
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Alan Chambers / Exodus International:
I Am Sorry — Three years ago, Leslie and I began a very public conversation with Our America's Lisa Ling, from the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) regarding some of our deeply held beliefs about Christianity and the LGBT community. Today, we have decided to carry this public conversation even further.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Group That Had Aimed To “Change” Gays To Shut Down, Leader Also Offered Apology
Group That Had Aimed To “Change” Gays To Shut Down, Leader Also Offered Apology
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The Week, New Republic, Exodus International and Dependable Renegade
Evan Hurst / Truth Wins Out:
BREAKING: Alan Chambers Announces Exodus International Is Shutting Down
BREAKING: Alan Chambers Announces Exodus International Is Shutting Down
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ThinkProgress, Firedoglake and Joe. My. God.
Republican News Watch:
Rodney Davis team member issues racist rant attacking Erika Harold — To understand why the Illinois Republican Party keeps losing elections - look no further than the racist rant (copied below) from a GOP party official. — The email was sent to Republican News Watch's Editor …
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ThinkProgress, News-Gazette, PoliticusUSA, Associated Press, The Raw Story and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Illinois GOP Pol Calls Black Female Candidate A ‘Street Walker’
Illinois GOP Pol Calls Black Female Candidate A ‘Street Walker’
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Balloon Juice and Mediaite
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Illinois GOP official pens allegedly racist attack on black GOP candidate
Illinois GOP official pens allegedly racist attack on black GOP candidate
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The Moderate Voice, ABCNEWS, Taegan Goddard's … and The Hinterland Gazette
Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
Power — You should decide now what kind of Supreme Court you want. Don't wait until after the Justices hand down the Term's major decisions. That will be too late. Make a real choice now about how much power you think the Court should have - before your judgment is skewed by either elation or outrage at the results.
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The Volokh Conspiracy
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Strategist Out of Closet and Into Fray, This Time for Gay Marriage
Strategist Out of Closet and Into Fray, This Time for Gay Marriage
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The Caucus and Politico
BBC:
Obama ‘called Osborne Jeffrey’ — US President Barack Obama repeatedly addressed Chancellor George Osborne as Jeffrey during the recent G8 summit, according to the Sun newspaper. — Mr Obama is a fan of soul singer and musician Jeffrey Osborne, who enjoyed success in the 1980s with hits such as On The Wings of Love and Love Power.
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Power Line
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Tom Newton Dunn / The Sun:
Barack Obama keeps calling Chancellor George Osborne ‘Jeffrey’ at G8 summit …
Barack Obama keeps calling Chancellor George Osborne ‘Jeffrey’ at G8 summit …
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National Review and Guardian
Cheryl Carpenter Klimek / BizPac Review:
Obama offends Catholics in the UK, says religious schools are divisive
Obama offends Catholics in the UK, says religious schools are divisive
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Hot Air, Catholic Culture, The Gateway Pundit, Conservative Intelligence …, Twitchy, BuzzFeed and The Daily Caller
Telegraph:
Barack Obama bombs in Berlin: a weak, underwhelming address from a floundering president — When John F. Kennedy delivered his “Ich Bin Ein Berliner” speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate on June 26, 1963, 450,000 people flocked to hear him. Fifty years later a far more subdued invitation …
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Michael Hirsh / NationalJournal.com:
Obama's Turbulent European Vacation
Obama's Turbulent European Vacation
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Hot Air, Yahoo! News, Weekly Standard, New York Times and CNN
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Manchin hits back at NRA in new TV ad — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Thursday hit back at the National Rifle Association, accusing its leaders of shifting their stance on background checks for political gain, and unveiling a new television ad defending his bipartisan gun-control measure.
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Jane C. Timm / msnbc.com:
Manchin unveils fiery new ad against the NRA
Manchin unveils fiery new ad against the NRA
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The Week and Post Politics
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Virginia Lt. Gov. Candidate Says Social Programs Hurt ‘Black Family’ More Than Slavery (Video) — The Virginia GOP's nominee for lieutenant governor, E.W. Jackson, gave a speech Wednesday in which he claimed government social programs have done more harm to the “black family” than slavery.
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The Hinterland Gazette
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Todd Allen Wilson / Hampton Roads Daily Press:
E. W. Jackson marks Juneteenth at Newport News event
E. W. Jackson marks Juneteenth at Newport News event
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Washington Monthly, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Raw Story
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
James Gandolfini Is Dead at 51; a Complex Mob Boss in ‘Sopranos’ — James Gandolfini, the Emmy Award-winning actor who shot to fame on the HBO drama “The Sopranos” as Tony Soprano, a tough-talking, hard-living crime boss with a stolid exterior but a rich interior life, died on Wednesday. He was 51.
ThinkProgress:
Congressman Says Gays Should Hide Their Orientation At Work — Joseph Diebold is an intern with ThinkProgress. — Credit: Gage Skidmore — WASHINGTON, DC — Following a speech at an anti-IRS Tea Party rally in front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) …
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Shakesville, Dependable Renegade, The Huffington Post and Advocate
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Chuck Hagel Jokes That Indian Man Asking Him A Question Is A Member Of The Taliban — He was a college professor. Hagel was speaking at the University of Nebraska where he went to school. He had previously answered a question on Afghanistan and negotiating with the Taliban before the exchange.
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Yahoo! News, Politico, Washington Free Beacon, Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, Red Alert Politics and Jammie Wearing Fools
Tim Duy / Tim Duy's Fed Watch:
The Chart to Watch? — Dylan Matthews at Wonkblog has a common chart illustrating the Fed's recent forecast errors: — The story is that the Fed has tended to overestimate the strength of the economy, and has consequently had to maintain easy policy longer than policymakers had anticipated.
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naked capitalism and Real Time Economics
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Dylan Matthews / Wonkblog:
This graph shows how bad the Fed is at predicting the future
This graph shows how bad the Fed is at predicting the future
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The Week
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Dems start Obama to Clinton transition — Democrats in Washington are starting to shift from the Obamas to the Clintons. — Hillary Clinton has already racked up a couple of endorsements for the 2016 presidential race — and she hasn't even announced she's running yet.
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Politico
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Tea party scalds Marco Rubio — The tea party returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, but this time the don't-tread-on-me crowd trod upon one of its own. — Much of the scene was familiar: the yellow flags, the banners protesting tyranny and socialism, the demands to impeach President Obama and to repeal Obamacare.
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House votes to let states run drug tests on food stamp applicants — The House late Wednesday voted to give states the authority to conduct drug testing on people applying for food stamps under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). — By voice vote, members approved the idea …
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Booman Tribune, Daily Kos and AL.com