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6:30 PM ET, April 11, 2013

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WFPL:
Source: Progress Kentucky Behind Mitch McConnell Campaign Recording  —  A secret recording of a campaign strategy session between U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell and his advisors was taped by leaders of the Progress Kentucky super PAC, says a longtime local Democratic operative.
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Local Dem Says He Outed Progress Kentucky To Protect The Party (VIDEO)  —  The Democratic official who's claiming that two members of the group Progress Kentucky were behind the recordings of a secret meeting between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and campaign aides said Thursday …
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Progress Kentucky official resigns  —  Pressure is growing Thursday afternoon on a liberal super PAC in Kentucky accused of surreptitiously recording a strategy session held by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.  —  Jacob Conway, the Jefferson County Democratic Party's executive committee member …
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Was it ‘three times’ or ‘free time’ on McConnell tape?  —  (CNN) - One of the questions to emerge from that secret recording of a Mitch McConnell campaign strategy session is whether it proves the Senate Minority Leader is caught on tape misusing his congressional staff.
David Rogers / Politico:
Where's Mitch McConnell?
Discussion: Yahoo! News, ABCNEWS and Mother Jones
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Missouri man arrested at hospital for refusing to leave gay partner  —  A gay man was arrested at a hospital in Missouri this week when he refused to leave the bedside of his partner, and now a restraining order is preventing him from any type of visitation.
Discussion: BuzzFeed and BuzzFeed
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Katie Ferrell / fox4kc.com:
Man no longer allowed to visit husband at KC hospital  —  LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. — A Lee's Summit man is fighting a restraining order that he says was issued against him after he says he was arrested for refusing to leave the bedside of his sick partner.  —  Roger Gorley went to visit his partner …
Tom Cohen / CNN:
Senate overcomes filibuster, clearing the way for debate on gun bill  —  Washington (CNN) — The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to overcome a Republican-led filibuster against tougher gun laws, clearing the way for a major congressional debate on a package of proposals sought by President Barack Obama …
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Closing the Gun Show Loophole: Better Than Nothing?
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Veterans poll: 91 percent back gun checks
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Life+Times:
JAY Z “Open Letter”  —  I got an onion from Universal and didn't even weep...  I got an onion from Universal and didn't even weep...  I got an onion from Universal and didn't even weep...  N!  CE  —  N!  CE  —  N!  CE  —  Does Kevin Hart get a check for the hook?
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Jay-Z brags about Cuba trip in rap  —  Rapper Jay-Z released a new track Thursday in which he boasts about his recent trip to Cuba with superstar Beyoncé and says that President Barack Obama told him he'd get him “impeached.”  —  “I done turned Havana into Atlanta,” Jay-Z raps in “Open Letter,” which he released Thursday.
Felix Salmon:
The promise of Ripple  —  This is a chart of the value of bitcoin yesterday, Wednesday.  It's hardly a secret that bitcoins are a highly volatile asset class, so relatively few eyebrows were raised when the price soared from an opening level of $230 all the way to a high of $266.
Discussion: Forbes, TechCrunch, The Week and VentureBeat
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DealBook:
As Big Investors Emerge, Bitcoin Gets Ready for Its Close-Up  —  Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have been many things in a short time: Olympic rowers.  Nemeses of Mark Zuckerberg.  Characters on “The Simpsons.”  Now they can add a new label: bitcoin moguls.
Megan McArdle / Asymmetrical Information:
Why Bitcoin is a Bubble
Politico:
John Boehner on hot seat as Senate acts  —  The Senate has caught bipartisan fever.  —  Long mired in bitter gridlock, two groups of Democratic and Republican lawmakers have hashed out once-unthinkable bipartisan solutions on gun control and rewriting the nation's immigration laws.
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Immigration, gun deals make Tea Party lawmakers restless
Discussion: Washington Monthly
David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner Disagrees With NRCC Chair's Criticism Of Obama Budget  —  House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Thursday told reporters that he disagrees with the criticism of President Obama's budget from Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), who called the President's proposal “a shocking attack on seniors.”
Discussion: The Plum Line and Daily Kos
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Carney: Walden CPI criticism ‘flagrantly ridiculous and cynical’
Discussion: CNN, The Week and Politico
Kirsten Powers / USA Today:
Philadelphia abortion clinic horror: Column  —  We've forgotten what belongs on Page One.  —  Infant beheadings.  Severed baby feet in jars.  A child screaming after it was delivered alive during an abortion procedure.  Haven't heard about these sickening accusations?  —  It's not your fault.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Federal Appeals Court Explains Why Rubber Fetuses And High Schools Don't Mix  —  An anti-abortion student group in Roswell, New Mexico thought it would be a good idea to pass out hundreds of small rubber replicas of fetuses to students at two high schools.  As it turns out, this was not such a good idea:
Discussion: The Raw Story
David Weigel / Slate:
Delaware: The Next Blue State to Move on Marriage Equality  —  A same-sex marriage supporter has her forehead painted with a rainbow as she joins a demonstration in front of the Supreme Court on March 27, 2013 in Washington, DC.  —  Last year, as more states legalized gay marriage legislatively …
Discussion: Advocate and Outside the Beltway
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Steve Cohen deletes flirty tweet to Cyndi Lauper  —  Rep. Steve Cohen appears to have sent and then deleted an eyebrow-raising tweet to performer Cyndi Lauper.  —  “@cyndilauper great night,couldn't believe how hot u were.see you again next Tuesday.try a little tenderness. http://t.co/zz4Orccryf …
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Associated Press
Mark Zuckerberg / Washington Post:
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg: Immigration and the knowledge economy  —  Mark Zuckerberg is founder and chief executive of Facebook and co-founder of Fwd.us.  —  Earlier this year I started teaching a class on entrepreneurship at an after-school program in my community.
Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Obamacare expanded health access.  Now supporters want another bill to tackle costs.  —  Obama signs his health-care reform bill into law.  (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post)  —  Five health policy wonks walk into a room and start talking about how to bend the health-care cost curve — stop us if you've heard this one before.
Politico:
Senators who split with their party on guns  —  Sixteen Republicans split with their party leaders and voted Thursday to end the GOP filibuster of gun control legislation and begin what will be a contentious Senate debate on the issue.  —  The final vote was 68-31.
Campus Reform the #1 Source for College News:
‘Stupid and Racist’: Video captures professor ranting against Republican Party  —  A professor at the University of Southern California (USC) appears to have used a fall semester 2012 political science class to deliver sustained and angered attacks on Republicans, who he characterized as old, white, racist, and “losers.”
 
 
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Inhofe on climate ‘hoax’: Don't forget Soros, MoveOn.org
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Aron Heller / Associated Press:
Israel Detains Five Women For Wearing Prayer Shawls At Western Wall
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Haley Barbour Leaves American Crossroads Amid Concerns Over Conservative Victory Project
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Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place

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Swiss public broadcasters RTS and SRF plan to drastically reduce their communications on X, saying they aren't reaching their target audience on the platform

Reuters:
Al Jazeera source and Israeli official: police raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its de facto office, following a government shutdown order
 
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