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4:55 PM ET, June 1, 2013

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Conservatives: Public backlash to immigration reform is coming  —  Opponents of the Senate immigration reform bill say a strong public backlash is coming and think they have a good chance of stopping it on the Senate floor.  —  Advocates on both sides of the debate agree the response to the bill …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Blind to the Past — and Future  —  As a new effort at comprehensive immigration reform inches its way forward in the Senate, dissent from many conservatives is revealing their true contempt for, and fear of, the possibility that demographic groups who look different from their base will accrue power.
Dana Bash / CNN:
First on CNN: IRS collects docs from 88 employees in investigation  —  Washington (CNN) - The Internal Revenue Service has told House GOP investigators they have identified 88 IRS employees who may have documents relevant to the congressional investigation into targeting of conservative groups …
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Fox News:
IRS turns over to Congress video of employees line dancing  —  In the wake of the scandal over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status, the embattled agency has provided lawmakers with a video featuring about a dozen of its employees line dancing on a stage.
Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: IRS IGNORES SENATE DEADLINE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT SCANDAL
Discussion: Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
Bernie Becker / The Hill:   More trouble for the IRS  —  The new acting IRS chief acknowledged …
BBC:
Turkey protests rage for second day  —  Turkey is entering a second day of violent protests, with fresh clashes between police and demonstrators in Istanbul and the capital, Ankara.  —  The protest began as a sit-in over plans to redevelop Gezi Park in Istanbul's Taksim Square, but escalated after police used tear gas.
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Conal Urquhart / Guardian:
Turkey protests rage for second day  —  Police use water cannon and teargas to disperse protesters, whom prime minister described as ‘extremists running wild’  —  Violent clashes between police and protesters have continued for a second day in Turkey, as the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan …
Discussion: Truthdig, Via Meadia and Atlas Shrugs
Amnesty International:
Turkey must halt brutal police repression and investigate abuses at Istanbul protest
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and BBC
Mark Steyn / National Review:
The Lois Lerner Defense  —  We have the president of the United States' word as a gentleman that he knew nothing about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of his enemies until he “learned about it from the same news reports that I think most people learned about this.”
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Russell Berman / The Hill:   Report: IRS sought gift tax on conservative group's donors
Patricia Mazzei / MiamiHerald.com:
Congressman Joe Garcia's chief of staff implicated in phantom absentee-ballot requests scheme  —  Congressman Joe Garcia's chief of staff abruptly resigned Friday after being implicated in a sophisticated scheme to manipulate last year's primary elections by submitting hundreds of fraudulent absentee-ballot requests.
Discussion: The Hill, Discourse.net and Roll Call
Bloomberg:
How Halsey Minor Blew Tech Fortune on Way to Bankruptcy  —  How do you sell the technology company you founded for $1.8 billion and five years later file for personal bankruptcy?  For Halsey Minor, it may have been a fascination with houses, hotels, horses and art.
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Eamon Murphy / DailyFinance.com:
CNET Founder Halsey Minor Bankrupt 5 Years After Firm's $1.8 Billion Sale
Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Ex-Obama Aides Attended Oil Industry-Sponsored Azerbaijan Conference  —  Former senior aides to President Barack Obama were among several dozen U.S. officials and lawmakers who traveled to Baku, Azerbaijan, this week, for an event sponsored by major oil companies.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Seeing the Forest
Jean Hopfensperger / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Former MN Gov. Ventura wants to add widow to suit against Navy SEAL Chris Kyle  —  Ventura claims that damages from slain ex-SEAL Chris Kyle's “American Sniper” continue.  —  Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is setting his legal sights on the widow of a former Navy SEAL he had sued for defamation.
CBC News:
Canadian relief for Moore tornado victims denied at border  —  U.S. border officials want 20,000 kg of food itemized, physically inspected before entering  —  A tornado in Moore, Okla., killed 24 people and injured nearly 400 more on May 20.  It destroyed 1,200 homes and damaged another 10,000.
Discussion: Hot Air
Erik Wemple:
Top attorney regarding Fox News case: Curbing liberty for expediency equals ‘tyranny’  —  A single passage in the government's affidavit in the James Rosen case has captivated Washington for nearly two weeks.  The affidavit sought a search warrant to snoop in the personal Gmail account of Rosen …
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Catherine Saillant / Los Angeles Times:
Evangelical Lutheran Church elects first openly gay bishop  —  A North Hollywood theology professor ordained just two years ago after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America dropped its ban on same-sex ministers was elected Friday as the church's first openly gay bishop.
Discussion: Gay Star News
 
 
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Associated Press:
C-section OK for pregnant woman in El Salvador
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Manuel Valdes / Associated Press:
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New York Times:
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Discussion: Via Meadia and EconLog
Dave Levinthal / The Center for Public …:
Tobacco giant funded conservative nonprofits
Discussion: Seeing the Forest and Mother Jones
Marcel Neergaard / The Huffington Post:
Taking a Stand Against Anti-Gay Bullying (VIDEO)
Discussion: Gay Star News
 Earlier Items: 
Thomas Joscelyn / The Long War Journal:
State Department highlights Iran's ‘marked resurgence’ of state-sponsored terrorism
New York Times:
Kerry Castigates Russia Over Syria-Bound Missiles
M. Alex Johnson / U.S. News:
Woman, baby, three others killed as tornadoes hit Oklahoma City suburbs
Discussion: CNN and Alan Colmes' Liberaland