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10:25 PM ET, June 24, 2014

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David Catanese / U.S. News:
'She'd Probably Get Shot At The State Line'  —  A local district chairman says there's no love for Hillary in the Natural State.  —  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has apparently worn out her welcome in the state where her husband served as governor.
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Arkansas GOPer: Saying Hillary Would ‘Get Shot’ Wasn't Meant As A Threat  —  The Arkansas GOP official who reportedly said that Hillary Clinton would “probably get shot” if she entered the state as a presidential candidate asserted on Tuesday that he had been taken out of context.
Discussion: The Daily Banter
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
President Clinton: ‘Dead broke’ comments were ‘factually true’  —  DENVER — Former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday defended his wife Hillary Clinton's recent comments on wealth, saying she is “not out of touch.”  —  In a discussion with NBC's David Gregory as part of the Clinton Global Initiative …
Colin Campbell / Business Insider:
Arkansas GOP Official Says He Was ‘Taken Way Out Of Context’ When He Predicted Hillary Clinton Would Get Shot  —  An official in the Arkansas Republican Party insists he didn't mean Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton any harm when he told U.S. News she would …
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Porn star's tweet prompts Steve Stivers aide Adam Kuhn to resign  —  The chief of staff to Ohio GOP Rep. Steve Stivers has resigned after a former porn actress posted an explicit photo of the aide online.  —  Adam Kuhn, a longtime Stivers aide, resigned on Tuesday.  Kuhn is single, while the actress is married.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep's Chief Of Staff Resigns After Porn Star Tweets Photo Of His Penis  —  Rep. Steve Stivers' (R-OH) chief of staff, Adam Kuhn, resigned on Tuesday after a former porn actress posted a picture of his penis to Stivers' Twitter account, Politico reported.
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Democrat: IRS chief ‘arrogant’  —  Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said Tuesday that IRS Commissioner John Koskinen has done “a terrible job communicating” in the investigation into former IRS official Lois Lerner's missing emails.  —  “Obviously, I think he is doing a terrible job communicating …
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters think IRS emails were deliberately destroyed
David S. Joachim / New York Times:
Archivist Faults I.R.S. for Not Reporting Loss of Emails  —  WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service did not follow the law when it failed to report a hard drive crash that destroyed emails belonging to a senior official at the center of a scandal over the agency's treatment …
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Harriet Sherwood / Guardian:
Sudan death row woman Meriam Ibrahim rearrested
Discussion: Right Wing Watch and Shakesville
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Drunk Fox News Anchor Brawls With Airport Cops In Jailhouse Video  —  Remember the middle-aged Fox News anchor who was arrested while intoxicated at an airport bar in St. Paul, Minnesota?  You may have even seen Gregg Jarrett's mugshot floating around last month.
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
As Cochran Courts Blacks, Tea Party Vows to Police Polls  —  FLOWOOD, Miss. — Voters here headed to the polls on Tuesday in a Republican Senate primary that has won national attention as Senator Thad Cochran has made the unusual move of reaching out to black Democrats in an attempt to hold …
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Judge Dismisses McDaniel Supporter's Lawsuit To Prevent Crossover Voting
Discussion: Associated Press
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Grassley's Hunt For An Obama Insider Trading Scandal Backfires On GOP  —  Early last year, Wall Street traders somehow found out that the Obama administration planned to make a policy change to Medicare before the news was even announced.  —  The flurry of stock trades in major health care companies …
Discussion: The Mahablog
Daniel Newhauser / Roll Call:
Boehner Planning House Lawsuit Against Obama Executive Actions  —  Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, told Republicans Tuesday he could have an announcement within days on whether the House will file a lawsuit against President Barack Obama, challenging the executive actions that have become the keystone of the administration.
Alecia Phonesavanh / Salon:
A SWAT team blew a hole in my 2-year-old son  —  After our house burned down in Wisconsin a few months ago, my husband and I packed our four young kids and all our belongings into a gold minivan and drove to my sister-in-law's place, just outside of Atlanta.
Discussion: Hit & Run, Hullabaloo and Guardian
Jan Hoffman / New York Times:
Cool at 13, Adrift at 23  —  At 13, they were viewed by classmates with envy, admiration and not a little awe.  The girls wore makeup, had boyfriends and went to parties held by older students.  The boys boasted about sneaking beers on a Saturday night and swiping condoms from the local convenience store.
Nick Davies / Guardian:
Scotland Yard want to interview Rupert Murdoch about crime at his UK papers  —  Exclusive: Detectives contacted media mogul last year but agreed with lawyers to wait until end of phone-hacking trial  —  Rupert Murdoch has been officially informed by Scotland Yard that detectives want to interview …
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New York Times:
Ex-Tabloid Executive Acquitted In British Phone Hacking Case
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Law Is An Ass  —  There's been a bubbling hum of controversy surrounding the Senate Daily Press Gallery's decision to deny credentials to SCOTUSBlog.  And as it happens, the issues involved here are ones I know fairly well since I'm the owner of a new media company and had to navigate …
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Stephanie Simon / Politico:
Obama alums join anti teachers union case  —  Teachers unions are girding for a tough fight to defend tenure laws against a coming blitz of lawsuits — and an all-out public relations campaign led by former aides to President Barack Obama.  —  The Incite Agency, founded …
Ken McIntyre / The Daily Signal:
IRS Admits Wrongdoing, to Pay $50,000 in Leaking of Marriage Group's Tax Return  —  Two years after activists for same-sex marriage obtained the confidential tax return and donor list of a national group opposed to redefining marriage, the Internal Revenue Service has admitted wrongdoing and agreed to settle the resulting lawsuit.
Sharyl Attkisson / The Daily Signal:
Obamacare Exchanges Are ‘Disappointing’ With Fewer Than 4 Million Newly Insured.  The Government Hoped for 26 Million.  —  In April, President Obama told the nation that “marketplace” or “exchange” enrollment, at 8 million customers as of March 31, had exceeded expectations and costs were lower than expected.
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Rebecca Leber / The New Republic:
What Climate Change Looks Like on Your Front Porch  —  If you are like the typical American, then you think climate change is a real problem, but you're not clamoring for action.  Yes, you've heard that the planet is getting warmer—that the sea levels are rising and, somewhere, storms probably getting worse.
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Here's A Video Of Congressional Leaders Holding Hands And Swaying (VIDEO)  —  Members of Congress are well-practiced in straddling the line between Capitol Hill decorum and the brutal nature of partisan politics.  It was evident last year when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Sam Borden / New York Times:
Apparent Bite by Luis Suárez Mars Uruguay's Victory Over Italy  —  NATAL, Brazil — The most ruthless soccer players often use their hands or elbows or knees to rough up opposing players.  The most reckless — or dirtiest — might even use their cleats.  Then there is Luis Suárez.
 
 
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Rush Limbaugh:
Vice President Cheney and Liz Cheney on the Dangers Facing America
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Kerry Implores Kurdish Leader to Join a Government and Not Break Away
Ruben Navarrette Jr / The Daily Beast:
Hillary Clinton's Latino Problem
Peter Olsen-Phillips / Sunlight Foundation Blog:
Campaign Intelligence: Mississippi race hits $17 million
Tim Hanrahan / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Accused of ‘Overreach’ in Chipotle Stop
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Poor care at VA hospitals cost 1,000 veterans their lives, report says
Discussion: CNN, Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Kerry: 'We Don't Do Foreign Policy By Polls'
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Geoffrey Nunberg / The Atlantic Online:
When Slang Becomes a Slur
Discussion: National Review
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Senate Dems Cite Scalia's Support In Push For Campaign Money Disclosure
Washington Post:
McDonnell prosecutors allege undisclosed gifts from people other than Williams
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and WJLA-TV
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Obama's Disastrous Iraq Policy: An Autopsy
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