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1:20 AM ET, June 5, 2013

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Josh Kraushaar / NationalJournal.com:
Republicans Fuming Over Chris Christie's Senate Decision  —  The New Jersey governor's decision to hold the Senate race in October 2013 means it will be difficult for the GOP to contest the seat.  —  Republicans are fuming over New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's decision to hold …
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Politico:
Christie slammed over special election  —  Democrats and Republicans alike are criticizing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's decision to call an Oct. 16 special general election to fill the seat of late Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg.  —  The Republican said his decision was dictated …
Donovan Slack / Politico:
First lady confronts heckler  —  First lady Michelle Obama was interrupted by a heckler about 10 minutes into a speech at a campaign fundraiser in D.C. on Tuesday.  —  A woman started shouting and calling for the president to sign an executive order on gay rights, according to a pool report.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Michelle Obama Heckled For President's Inaction On Proposed LGBT Executive Order  —  “Listen to me or you can take the mic, but I'm leaving,” the first lady told the heckler.  A woman who identified herself as a “lesbian looking for federal equality before I die” interrupted the event …
Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
Michelle Obama heckled at DNC event, threatens to leave
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Peter Wallsten / Post Politics:
Michelle Obama confronts protester, threatens to leave fundraiser
Discussion: Yahoo! News and The Hill
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Chambliss blames military rapes on ‘the hormone level created by nature’  —  Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) on Tuesday suggested that the “hormone level created by nature” was to blame for rapes in the military and that all pregnant servicewomen should be investigated to make sure their condition was the result of consensual sex.
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Military brass oppose removing sexual assault cases from chain of command
Stacy Kaper / NationalJournal.com:
Sandra Fluke Redux? Senate Stacks the Deck Against Reformers in Sexual Assaults Crisis
Discussion: Yahoo! News and BuzzFeed
Katie Valentine / ThinkProgress:
Sen. Rubio Wants To Amend The Constitution To Repeal Obamacare  —  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) proposed a constitutional amendment Tuesday that, if approved, would nullify Obamacare's individual mandate.  The amendment is the latest in a string of failed GOP attempts to repeal Obamacare …
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rubio.senate.gov:
Rubio Proposes “Right To Refuse” Constitutional Amendment That Would Invalidate ObamaCare's Mandate Tax
Discussion: Business Insider
Fox News:
Rubio proposes constitutional amendment to invalidate ObamaCare mandate
Dave Jamieson / The Huffington Post:
CWA President Larry Cohen To Senate Dems: Fix The Nomination Process Or Lose Our Support  —  WASHINGTON — The head of a major labor union is warning Senate Democrats that those who aren't willing to take on Republicans over the obstruction of presidential nominees — and deploy the so-called …
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New York Times:
Judicial Picks Set the Stage for a Battle in the Senate
Corey Boles / Washington Wire:   Judge Nominations Likely to Move Slowly
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Erick Erickson Shows Everything That's Wrong With The GOP  —  Conservative pundit Erick Erickson doesn't like me.  This morning he wrote 900 words about why.  —  But the main thing his post reveals is what's wrong with Erickson - and with a Republican party that is built to appeal to people like Erickson.
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Stefan Becket / New York Magazine:
The Origins of Derp  —  A bit of Internet vernacular has slipped …
Erick Erickson / RedState:
On Conservative Reformers  —  There is a lot of back and forth chatter …
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Kathleen Sebelius won't waive regulation for girl with five weeks to live: ‘Someone lives and someone dies’ … Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius rebuffed an appeal from Rep. Lou Barletta on behalf of a girl who needs a lung transplant but can't get one because of a federal regulation …
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Steve Beck / CBS Philly:   Sebelius: I Can't Step Into Girl's Transplant Case
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Rumsfeld 'Can't Tell' If Obama Has Switched Sides In War On Terror (VIDEO)  —  Speaking at a conservative gathering late last month, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said he didn't know if President Barack Obama had switched sides in the War on Terror.
Valerie Strauss / The Answer Sheet:
Mississippi governor: Educational troubles began when ‘mom is in the workplace’ — VIDEO  —  Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) said Tuesday that America's educational troubles began when women began working outside the home in large numbers.  —  Bryant was participating in a Washington Post Live event focused …
Hillary Chabot / Boston Herald:
Dems: Obama coming to Boston for Markey  —  By:  —  U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey is planning to bring in scandal-plagued President Obama to boost his campaign next week, according to two high-level state Democrats who received an emailed invite to the event.
Discussion: Politico, Post Politics and ABCNEWS
Ben Senger / KPTV-TV:
‘All kinds of goodies’ stolen by sex toy thief  —  A thief broke into multiple cars in the Bluff neighborhood of Sandy and stole some items rarely seen in police reports: sex toys.  —  Sandy police said there are at least five victims, but one woman had the most embarrassing police report.
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Trade Nominee Holds $500,000 in Cayman Islands  —  WASHINGTON — Michael Froman, a longtime White House economic aide nominated to be President Obama's trade representative, holds close to $500,000 in the Cayman Islands and received millions of dollars to divest himself from Wall Street accounts …
WRAL-TV:
‘Price is Right’ run foils postal carrier's worker's comp claim  —  GREENVILLE, N.C. — A former Fayetteville postal carrier who was receiving worker's compensation payments after injuring herself on the job pleaded guilty to fraud in federal court Monday.  —  Cathy Wrench Cashwell's claim …
The Caucus:
Gallup Identifies Factors That Led to Its G.O.P. Skew in November  —  The Gallup Organization has identified a series of factors that contributed to its overestimation of support for Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election, including problems with its survey sample and methodology …
Fox News:
Conservative group claims it has proof IRS leaked donor list  —  The chairman of an anti-gay marriage group testified Tuesday that his organization has proof that the IRS leaked confidential donor details last year, calling for prosecution into what he described as a “felony.”
Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:
Ben Bernanke to Princeton Grads: The World Isn't Fair (and You All Got Lucky)  —  A refreshing dose of reality from the world's most powerful central banker.  —  Over the weekend, Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke delivered a graduation address at his old employer, Princeton …
The Daily Beast:
John McCain's Surprising Toast at Kissinger's 90th Birthday Party  —  At Henry Kissinger's 90th birthday party, the assembled VIP guests learned a piece of the past shared by the imprisoned Navy pilot and Nixon's secretary of state.  —  Henry Kissinger's 90th birthday party on Monday night …
 
 
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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
RNC hires Facebook manager as chief technology officer
Discussion: Reuters
Nick Gillespie / The Daily Beast:
To Win Millennials, the GOP Needs to Embrace Its Inner Libertarian
Discussion: Hit & Run and Yahoo! News
Jennifer Viegas / Discovery News:
First Foodies Expanded Diet 3.5 Million Years Ago
Discussion: Firedoglake, The Week and BBC
Zach Carter / The Huffington Post:
House Republicans To Defund ACORN Again, Even Though It Still Does Not Exist
Discussion: Mediaite and Daily Kos
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Boston bombing suspect aspired to join anti-Israeli movement in Gaza
Discussion: CNN
Associated Press:
IMF says US cutting spending too much too fast
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Pallone tells NJ Dem congressman he's running for Senate
Discussion: Politico
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