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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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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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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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Chris Tomlinson / Associated Press:
Texas House Provisionally Approves Draconian Abortion Law
Texas House Provisionally Approves Draconian Abortion Law
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Conservatives Hate All Legislation Now — Kill them all, actually. — One of the novel developments in conservative thought during the Obama years is a burgeoning hatred not merely for government but for lawmaking. Before the Obama era, the ends of crafting laws divided the parties, but the means did not.
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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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Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler:
Newly Released Documents Detail the Department of Justice's Role in Organizing Trayvon Martin Protests — Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained documents proving that the Department of Justice played a major behind-the-scenes role in organizing protests against George Zimmerman.
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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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Russell Simmons / The Huffington Post:
Just in Case George Zimmerman Walks Free...
Just in Case George Zimmerman Walks Free...
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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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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.
Steve Saleeba / CBS Boston:
‘Free Jahar’ Chant As Boston Bombing Suspect Heads To Court — BOSTON (CBS/AP) - A small group of demonstrators showed up at Moakley Federal Courthouse in South Boston on Wednesday to show support for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. — Tsarnaev appeared in court for his first public hearing.
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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.
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Walmart Threatens To Shut Down Stores If DC Passes Living Wage Bill
Walmart Threatens To Shut Down Stores If DC Passes Living Wage Bill
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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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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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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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Felix Salmon:
Wage deflation charts of the day — NELP, the National Employment Law Project, has taken a detailed look at what happened to wages during the recovery — specifically, between 2009 and 2012. They looked at the annual Occupational and Employment Statistics for three years — 2007 …
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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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Marco Rubio: Abortion bill a ‘work in progress’ — Sen. Marco Rubio is “very supportive” of the effort to introduce a bill banning abortion after 20 weeks, and is working with other senators on the bill, he told POLITICO. — The Florida Republican wouldn't say whether he will be a lead sponsor of the proposed legislation.
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