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7:50 AM ET, December 17, 2013

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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Judge Questions Legality of N.S.A. Phone Records  —  WASHINGTON — A federal district judge ruled on Monday that the National Security Agency program that is systematically keeping records of all Americans' phone calls most likely violates the Constitution, describing its technology as …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge: NSA phone program likely unconstitutional  —  A federal judge ruled Monday that the National Security Agency program which collects information on nearly all telephone calls made to, from or within the United States is likely to be unconstitutional.  —  U.S. District Court Judge …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
This Is The Most Important Paragraph In The Court Decision Against The NSA  —  The National Security Agency went into Judge Richard Leon's courtroom with a powerful precedent on its side.  In its 1979 decision in Smith v. Maryland, the Supreme Court held that individuals do not have a …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Liberal Values
Guardian:
NSA phone surveillance program likely unconstitutional, federal judge rules  —  A federal judge has ruled that the bulk collection of telephone metadata by the National Security Agency is likely to be in violation of the US constitution.  —  The ruling, by a US district judge in Washington …
Associated Press:
Judge's word on NSA program won't be the last
Discussion: Associated Press
Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Preliminary Thoughts on Judge Leon's Opinion
Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Federal Judge: NSA Program Revealed By Snowden Likely Unconstitutional
Discussion: The Impolitic
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Lara Logan to return to ‘60 Minutes’  —  Lara Logan and Max McClellan, the ‘60 Minutes’ journalists who were put on a leave of absence following their now-retracted report on Benghazi, are set to return to the program early next year, POLITICO has learned.  —  Logan and her producer …
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David Weigel / Slate:
Why 60 Minutes Tanked the NSA Story: The Producers Theory
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
‘60 Minutes’ Trashed For NSA Piece
Jessica Hopper / Sound of the City:
Read the “Stomach-Churning” Sexual Assault Accusations Against R. Kelly in Full  —  It has been nearly 15 years since music journalist Jim DeRogatis caught the story that has since defined his career, one that he wishes didn't exist: R. Kelly's sexual predation on teenage girls.
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Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
What R. Kelly Teaches Us About How Sexual Predators Choose And Silence Their Victims  —  On Monday, the Village Voice published a long conversation between Jessica Hopper, the music editor for Rookie, and Jim DeRogatis, now a professor at Columbia College, who, as a critic at the Chicago Sun-Times …
Annie Linskey / Bloomberg:
Brown's Move to New Hampshire Fuels Talk of Senate Race  —  Former Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown plans to move to New Hampshire, the latest sign that he's considering a U.S. Senate bid there, which would complicate Democrats' effort to hold their majority in the chamber.
Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
Tech execs to confront Obama on spying  —  Executives from the nation's biggest technology companies will meet with President Obama on Tuesday to discuss the revelations about National Security Agency surveillance.  —  The meeting will include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer …
FDA Consumer Health Information Updates:
FDA Taking Closer Look at ‘Antibacterial’ Soap  —  On this page:  —  When you're buying soaps and body washes, do you reach for the bar or bottle labeled “antibacterial”?  Are you thinking that these products, in addition to keeping you clean, will reduce your risk of getting sick or passing on germs to others?
Rick Kissell / Variety:
Fox News Remains Ratings Champ As 2013 Comes to Close  —  It and rivals CNN, MSNBC down from last year  —  Fox News Channel maintained its grip on the cable-news network ratings prize in 2013, drawing more viewers than the combined averages of CNN, MSNBC and HLN.
Bloomberg:
Make Obamacare Cool, or Make It Hurt  —  Instead of outreach programs and sappy TV ads with parents imploring their kids to sign up for Obamacare, President Barack Obama needs to start thinking creatively if he wants his signature legislative achievement to be a success.  What motivates kids?
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Is A Big Chill On the Way?  —  As Steve noted a little while ago, the Northern states have been in a deep freeze for a while now.  The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that northern Minnesota hasn't had a six-day stretch colder than the one the state has just suffered through since the Nixon administration, 1972.
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Republicans must see the light on combatting poverty  —  Fifty years ago this month, President Johnson was closing in on his first State of the Union address.  The famous speech, delivered in January 1964, kickstarted the War on Poverty.  —  The war was never won.
Alexis Levinson / The Daily Caller:
Democratic group apologizes after sending tracker to memorial service  —  Democratic opposition research organization American Bridge apologized on Monday for sending someone to follow New Hampshire Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte at a funeral this weekend, after a reporter and the New Hampshire Republican party attacked them for the move.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Democratic Group American Bridge Apologizes After Oppo Tracker Films Memorial Service
Katie Thomas / New York Times:
Glaxo Says It Will Stop Paying Doctors to Promote Drugs  —  The British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline will no longer pay doctors to promote its products and will stop tying compensation of sales representatives to the number of prescriptions doctors write, its chief executive said Monday …
Discussion: Guardian and Balloon Juice
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Jeh Johnson OK'd for Homeland Security  —  The Senate confirmed former Pentagon attorney Jeh Johnson on Monday to lead the Department of Homeland Security, rounding out President Barack Obama's second-term Cabinet.  —  After the 78-16 vote, Johnson will take the helm at DHS …
Discussion: TIME, Reuters and ImmigrationProf Blog
New Jersey Online:
Port Authority scandal: The rising star and the mystery man inside a growing investigation  —  Bill Baroni (left) the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, and David Wildstein, director of interstate capital projects, who were two highest-ranking executives appointed …
Anneta Konstantinides / ABC News:
Mike Huckabee to Launch ‘Huckabee Post’  —  Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will launch a news publication “Huckabee Post” in January 2014, ABC News has learned.  —  The site will cover a range of topics from news and politics to sports and pop culture, according to the former governor's son, David Huckabee.
 
 
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Budget deal shows the GOP has PTSD
Discussion: Power Line
Emma Dumain / Roll Call:
Ethics Committee Will Investigate Trey Radel
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Senate Conservatives Fund: Boehner Targeting Conservatives Just Like IRS
Discussion: Daily Kos
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Conservatives Have No Idea What To Do About Recessions
L. Gordon Crovitz / Wall Street Journal:
Jimmy Carter's Costly Patent Mistake
Discussion: National Review
USA Today:
No Obamacare firings? Here's one reason: Column
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Hack List No. 9: Thomas Friedman
Camille Paglia / TIME:
It's a Man's World, And It Always Will Be
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Michael Isikoff / NBCNews:
Climate change expert's fraud was ‘crime of massive proportion,’ say feds
Betsy Rothstein / The Daily Caller:
Vice President Joe Biden gropes White House reporter
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Bloomberg:
Secret Inside BofA Office of CEO Stymied Needy Homeowners
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