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Corrie MacLaggan / Reuters:
Texas House approves sweeping abortion restrictions — (Reuters) - The Texas House of Representatives approved sweeping abortion restrictions on Tuesday, including a ban after 20 weeks of pregnancy and tougher standards for clinics that perform the procedure.
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Annrose / Daily Kos:
Interview with Victorian Prude the woman forcibly removed from testifying in Texas
Interview with Victorian Prude the woman forcibly removed from testifying in Texas
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Texas Abortion Bill Author In 2007: No Health Care For Unborn Because 'They're Not Born Yet'
Texas Abortion Bill Author In 2007: No Health Care For Unborn Because 'They're Not Born Yet'
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Chris Tomlinson / Associated Press:
Texas House Provisionally Approves Draconian Abortion Law
Texas House Provisionally Approves Draconian Abortion Law
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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Texans Call Out Rick Perry: If You Want To Reduce Abortions, Then Back Sex Ed
Texans Call Out Rick Perry: If You Want To Reduce Abortions, Then Back Sex Ed
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Politico:
Immigration reform heads for slow death — Republicans walked away from their 2012 debacle hell-bent on fixing their problems with Hispanics. Now, they appear hell-bent on making them worse. — In private conversations, top Republicans on Capitol Hill now predict comprehensive immigration reform …
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Michael O'Brien / NBC Politics:
Bush urges ‘positive resolution’ for ‘broken’ immigration system
Bush urges ‘positive resolution’ for ‘broken’ immigration system
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Conservatives Hate All Legislation Now
Conservatives Hate All Legislation Now
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Emma Dumain / Goppers:
Immigration Thicket Awaits House GOP
Immigration Thicket Awaits House GOP
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Trishula Patel / Washington Post:
Adam Kokesh charged with possessing hallucinogenic mushrooms — Police searched the Northern Virginia home of activist Adam Kokesh Tuesday evening and took him into custody on a charge of being in possession of hallucinogenic mushrooms while also having a gun, authorities said.
Russell Simmons / The Huffington Post:
Just in Case George Zimmerman Walks Free... Like so many people across the country, I have followed the murder trial of George Zimmerman very closely. As we enter what is probably the last week of the trial, I am sure that everyone is anxious about the outcome.
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Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
Docs: Justice Department facilitated anti-Zimmerman protests
Docs: Justice Department facilitated anti-Zimmerman protests
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Emad Mekay / Al Jazeera English:
Exclusive: US bankrolled anti-Morsi activists — Berkeley, United States - President Barack Obama recently stated the United States was not taking sides as Egypt's crisis came to a head with the military overthrow of the democratically elected president. — But a review of dozens …
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Public documents reveal US bankrolled Morsi opponents
Public documents reveal US bankrolled Morsi opponents
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TMZ.com:
Justin Bieber Pisses Into Restaurant Mop Bucket — ‘F*** Bill Clinton!’ [VIDEO] — PISSES INTO RESTAURANT MOP BUCKET — ‘F*** Bill Clinton!’ — EXCLUSIVE — Justin Bieber is an oblivious, self-important little twit who goes out of his way to make the working man's life miserable …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
McDonnell's corporation, wife allegedly benefited from $120,000 more from donor — RICHMOND — A prominent political donor gave $70,000 to a corporation owned by Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell and his sister last year, and the governor did not disclose the money as a gift or loan, according to people with knowledge of the payments.
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Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
ENDA advances with bipartisan backing — Following up on an item from late yesterday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (better known as the HELP Committee) easily approved the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (better known as ENDA) this morning.
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Senate Democrats set for decisive meeting on ‘nuclear option’
Senate Democrats set for decisive meeting on ‘nuclear option’
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Senate Committee Votes To Send LGBT Job-Bias Bill To The Floor
New York Times:
The Decline of North Carolina — Every Monday since April, thousands of North Carolina residents have gathered at the State Capitol to protest the grotesque damage that a new Republican majority has been doing to a tradition of caring for the least fortunate.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Begich: Is Palin even a resident? — Sarah Palin “quit on Alaska” as governor and “ has lost touch” with her home state, Mark Begich told POLITICO. — The Democratic senator said Palin, who said Tuesday she's considering challenging him for his seat in 2014, might not even be a resident …
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James Hohmann / Reuters:
Sarah Palin considering 2014 Senate bid
Sarah Palin considering 2014 Senate bid
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Kerry chokes back tears in first comments on wife's health scare — Secretary of State John Kerry choked up on Wednesday while thanking well-wishers for their support after his wife fell ill earlier this week. — Kerry said his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, is “doing better” and “improving” …
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Lori Mitchell / WKRN-TV:
Naked wife distracts victim while husband burglarizes home — A woman distracted a man by skinny dipping in his pool while her husband burglarized the man's home. — The incident occurred on the afternoon of June 27 at the victim's home on Canterbury Lane in the Camelot subdivision in Crossville, about 100 miles east of Nashville.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Wal-Mart says it will pull out of D.C. plans should city mandate ‘living wage’ — The world's largest retailer delivered an ultimatum to District lawmakers Tuesday, telling them less than 24 hours before a decisive vote that at least three planned Wal-Marts will not open in the city if a super-minimum-wage proposal becomes law.
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Linchpin for Obama's plan to predict future leakers unproven, isn't likely to work, experts say — WASHINGTON — In an initiative aimed at rooting out future leakers and other security violators, President Barack Obama has ordered federal employees to report suspicious actions of their colleagues based …
John O'Connor / Associated Press:
Illinois enacts nation's final concealed-gun law — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois became the last state in the nation to allow public possession of concealed guns as lawmakers rushed Tuesday to finalize a proposal ahead of a federal court's deadline. — Both chambers of the Legislature voted …
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Rajiv Chandrasekaran / Washington Post:
A brand-new U.S. military headquarters in Afghanistan. And nobody to use it. — The U.S. military has erected a 64,000-square-foot headquarters building on the dusty moonscape of southwestern Afghanistan that comes with all the tools to wage a modern war. A vast operations center with tiered seating.
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Poll: Majority say Snowden a whistle-blower not a traitor — A majority of Americans say that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is a whistle-blower not a traitor, according to a new poll released on Wednesday. — The Quinnipiac University poll found 55 percent identifying Snowden …
WMUR:
Romney to headline NHGOP fundraiser next month — Mitt Romney will headline a fundraiser for the New Hampshire Republican Party next month, in what is believe to be his first political fundraiser since last year's presidential campaign, WMUR Political Scoop has learned.
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Lee Drutman / Sunlight Foundation:
Why the 2012 election was unusual — and why it wasn't — Back in the days after the 2012 election, when it became clear that despite losing the popular House vote, Republicans had actually won a sizeable majority in the House, plenty of speculation set in as to why: Was it gerrymandering?
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