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ThinkProgress:
Did Sergeant Bergdahl Desert The Army Or Did The Army Desert Him?  —  Vikram J. Singh is Vice President for National Security and International Affairs at the Center for American Progress.  —  The mental health issues of soldiers during our longest period of war are often overlooked.
Kathleen Hunter / Bloomberg:
No Evidence of ‘Credible Threat’ to Bergdahl: Feinstein  —  The Senate Intelligence Committee chairwoman said she hasn't been convinced that there was a “credible threat” against the life of freed Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl that motivated the White House to keep its plans secret from Congress.
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Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Four Things To Keep In Mind Regarding Bowe Bergdahl
Discussion: Hot Air
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
John Podesta: U.S. can monitor detainees released in Bergdahl deal
Discussion: The Hill
Jason Stein / JSOnline:
Federal judge overturns Wisconsin's gay marriage ban  —  Judi Trampf (left) and her partner Katy Heyning speak during a news conference in February by the American Civil Liberties Union about a lawsuit challenging the state's seven-year-old ban on gay marriage.  A federal judge in Madison on Friday overturned the ban.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Judge Strikes Down Wisconsin Ban On Same-Sex Couples' Marriages
Discussion: CNN and ThinkProgress
WISC-TV:
Dane County Clerk to stay open late after same-sex ruling
Discussion: The Week
Travis / Uber Blog:
4 Years In  —  We have some exciting news to share this morning.  We have just closed a financing round with some of the leading investors in the world, raising $1.2B of primary capital at a $17B pre-money valuation.  The total raise will be about $1.4B with a second close of strategic investors soon.
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Wall Street Journal:
Uber has an uber-valuation of $18.2 billion after securing $1.2 billion in additional funding.
Discussion: Re/code, WAMC and Engadget
BBC:
D-Day: Hove veteran disappears for Normandy trip  —  Staff had not been able to get Bernard Jordan on to an accredited tour to Normandy, but he made his own way there  —  An 89-year-old WW2 veteran disappeared from his nursing home without saying where he was going and went to France for the D-Day commemorations.
Mushtaq Yusufzai / NBC News:
Freed Taliban Commander Tells Relative He'll Fight Americans Again  —  “Noorullah Noori kept insisting he would go to Afghanistan and fight American forces there,” a Taliban commander told NBC News.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Did John McCain flip-flop on the Bergdahl deal?
WSB-TV:
Deputy shot at Forsyth Co. courthouse  —  FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. —  Cumming police say a Forsyth County deputy was shot at the county courthouse.  —  The shooting happened at Forsyth County Administration Building on East Main Street Friday morning.  Law enforcement sources told Channel …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Report: Forsyth deputy shot, suspect dead, courthouse evacuated
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
D-Day Interpretive Dance Caps Off Month of Disrespect for Vets  —  If you weren't sure that the Western world's supposed admiration for the sacrifices of military veterans was just lip service, you were privy to a rather definitive confirmation of that fact in the past four weeks.
American Prospect:
Progressives Win Big In Democratic Congressional Primaries  —  On Tuesday, in competitive primaries from New Jersey to Iowa to California, voters chose bold progressive Democrats over more conservative and corporate Democrats, handing big victories to the “Elizabeth Warren wing” of the Democratic Party.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Was There A Struggle For the Soul of the Democratic Party on June 3?
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
The Seattle Times:
Hero's quick thinking likely saved lives at SPU  —  He's described as quiet, gentle, outdoorsy; a young man of deep Christian faith and dedicated student on the cusp of a promising life beyond college.  But by several accounts Thursday, a single word prevailed when describing Seattle Pacific University student Jon Meis: hero.
Chris Good / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton: ‘No Lingering Effects’ From ‘Serious’ Concussion … Hillary Clinton has not experienced any sustained after-effects from the concussion that sidelined her from her work at the State Department in late 2012 and early 2013, the former secretary of state told ABC News' Diane Sawyer …
Discussion: Business Insider
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Brooklyn Will Vie to Host 2016 Democratic National Convention, de Blasio Says  —  Brooklyn, a nexus of the new Democratic left that has morphed from working-class enclave to a gritty, global arbiter of cool, will vie to host the Democratic National Convention in 2016, Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City said on Friday.
Marc Caputo / Naked Politics:
Dem donor John Morgan blasts ‘irrelevant...irritant’ DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz over RX pot  —  Major Democratic donor John Morgan blasted the national party's chair, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, as an “irritant” who is becoming “irrelevant” after she voiced concerns …
Discussion: TPNN and Washington Free Beacon
WTVC-TV:
Man Killed in Accidental Shooting While Driving  —  A family is grieving after a man, who was only a mile away from his home, accidentally shoots himself while driving Wednesday afternoon.  —  49-year-old James McKenzie died from his injuries.  —  NewsChannel 9 has learned that the victim …
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Rand Paul: Let's trade Dems, not Taliban  —  FORT WORTH, Texas — Sen. Rand Paul on Friday likened Democrats to the recently released Taliban detainees at Guantánamo Bay in a speech here at the Texas GOP convention.  —  “Mr. President, you love to trade people,” …
Reuters:
Six governments tap Vodafone calls  —  (Reuters) - The world's second-biggest mobile phone company Vodafone revealed government agencies in six unidentified countries use its network to listen to and record customers' calls, showing the scale of telecom eavesdropping around the world.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Lawfare
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
No immigration in GOP's June plans  —  The White House held off any action on deportations because it wants to give House Republicans time to act on immigration reform.  —  That's not going to happen - at least in the month of June.  —  In a memo dated Friday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor …
Discussion: The Hill
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Dialing It In  —  One evening in March, during a visit to Italy, President Obama asked the U.S. ambassador to round up a bunch of—and I quote—"interesting Italians" for a dinner at the ambassadorial residence.  The history of the property, the Villa Taverna, goes as far back as the tenth century.
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Claire Phipps / Guardian:
D-day landings 70th anniversary live coverage
Discussion: Daily Kos and Gawker
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Latest moves show the inner President Obama has been unleashed
The White House:
Remarks by President Obama at the 70th Anniversary of D-Day — Omaha Beach, Normandy
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
PA 1st-Grader Accidentally Brings Toy Gun To School, Turns It In, Gets Suspended
Discussion: Hit & Run and The Gateway Pundit
Andy Vuong / Denver Post:
COLORADO FIRST TO AUTHORIZE LYFT AND UBER'S RIDESHARING SERVICES
Discussion: TechKnow Bytes, Hot Air and Firedoglake
John Paczkowski / Re/code:
Code/red: Yes, Apple's First Wearable Device Is Slated for October
Reihan Salam / Slate:
The New York City mayor's terrible plan to reduce work requirements for recipients of public assistance.
Discussion: National Review
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Michael Peck / The National Interest:
Five Ways D-Day Could Have Been a Disaster
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Tony Perkins Says Gay Rights Advocates Want Anti-Christian Holocaust, Will ‘Start Rolling Out The Boxcars’
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Implosion of GOProud, the Right's Most Notorious Pro-Gay Group
Discussion: Joe. My. God.
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Obama And Putin Have Totally Awkward D-Day Encounter