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4:25 PM ET, June 12, 2013

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Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
GOP congressman: Rate of pregnancies from rape is ‘very low’  —  Another Republican congressman ventured into the realm of rape and pregnancy Wednesday, saying at a committee hearing that incidences of pregnancy from rape are “very low.”  —  Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) …
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
House GOP Set To Vote Next Week On 20-Week Abortion Ban  —  The GOP-led House of Representatives is set to vote next week on legislation outlawing abortions later than 20 weeks into pregnancy after Republicans passed it out of committee Wednesday by a vote of 20-12.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
GOP Rep. Franks says rate of pregnancies from rape is ‘very low’
Discussion: Politico
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
GOP Congressman Channels Todd Akin: ‘The Incidence Of Rape Resulting In Pregnancy Are Very Low’
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Peter King Calls For Legal Action To Be Brought Against Greenwald (VIDEO)  —  Rep. Peter King (R-NY) on Wednesday elaborated on his call for journalists to be punished if they report on classified information, singling out The Guardian reporter at the center of the firestorm …
Discussion: Hit & Run and The Moderate Voice
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
NSA chief: ‘Dozens’ of terrorist plots foiled by NSA programs
Discussion: Politico
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Democratic Sen. Tester: Snowden Didn't Compromise National Security (VIDEO)
Discussion: Hot Air and VodkaPundit
Lydia Warren / Daily Mail:
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden says U.S. government has been hacking Chinese universities, businesses and politicians for FOUR YEARS as he finally breaks cover  —  Edward Snowden, the former CIA analyst behind the NSA leaks, has claimed that the U.S. government has been hacking Hong Kong and Chinese networks for at least four years.
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Establishment renders harsh verdict on Edward Snowden
CNN:
NSA leaker's girlfriend says she's ‘lost at sea’
Discussion: Mediaite and Riehl World News
Thomas Drake / Guardian:
Snowden saw what I saw: surveillance criminally subverting the constitution | Thomas Drake
Discussion: Yahoo! News, The Daily Beast and CNN
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
First look: The amendment that could upend the immigration debate … Sen. John Cornyn, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, has just released his much-discussed amendment to the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill.  The amendment is extensive — 134 pages …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
How conservatives are trying to kill immigration reform  —  This morning, GOP Senator John Cornyn unveiled his much-anticipated amendment to the Senate “gang of eight” compromise — the most ambitiouseffort yet to move the bill to the right by stiffening border security requirements.
Discussion: Immigration Reform
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Paul on the fence over immigration bill
Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos and The PJ Tatler
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Darrell Issa On IRS Investigation: Releasing Full Transcripts Now Would Be ‘Reckless’  —  WASHINGTON — One week after he released partial transcripts of interviews with IRS officials involved in the scandal surrounding the targeting of conservative groups, the chair of the House Oversight …
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Ways and Means Chairman: IRS targeting of Tea Party groups didn't start in Ohio  —  The IRS's singling out of conservative groups did not originate in Cincinnati, the House Republican in charge of tax policy said Wednesday.  —  House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) …
The Atlantic Online:
The Obama Surveillance Revelations Are Pushing Liberals Over the Edge  —  Progressives aren't going to give the president a pass on civil liberties anymore.  —  The email went out shortly after midnight Thursday, a few hours after the news broke about the Obama administration's large-scale monitoring …
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TwinCities.com:
Walker says he will sign abortion ultrasound bill  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Tuesday he will sign a measure that's quickly working its way through the Republican-controlled Legislature that would require women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound.
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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Scott Walker Endorses Mandating Transvaginal Ultrasounds And Shutting Down Abortion Clinics
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
A Little Birdie Told Me  —  WASHINGTON — In her first two days on Twitter, Hillary Clinton did not bother to follow the man she wants to follow.  —  No @BarackObama for @HillaryClinton as of Tuesday night.  —  Hillary debuted firmly entrenched in Clintonworld, following Bill, Chelsea …
Discussion: Achenblog and msnbc.com
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Carey Mulligan Passes on Hillary Clinton Biopic
Discussion: Business Insider, Guardian and Politico
Walter Shapiro / American Prospect:
Dear 2016 Democratic Upstart
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Harriet Baldwin- / Examiner:
Secret Service “Visits” Outspoken Critic of Obama - Because of Twitter?  —  I know, RIGHT?  —  After you read this- you will wonder what country we are in.  —  Tom Francois is an outspoken critic of Barack Hussein Obama- and has a robust Twitter presence.  He also likes to dabble with his “paint” program to create funny cartoons.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Interns Win Huge Victory in Labor Lawsuit Against Fox  —  UPDATED: Fox says it is “very disappointed” after two interns who worked on “Black Swan” are granted a summary judgment win, while another intern who worked in Fox's corporate department will now be leading a class action suit.
Discussion: The Raw Story
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Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Judge Rules for Interns Who Sued Fox Searchlight
New York Times:
Bloomberg Urges No Gifts to Democrats Who Blocked Gun Bill  —  Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, in a sharp escalation in the battle over gun control, is seeking to punish Democratic senators by taking away the one thing they most need from New Yorkers: money.  —  On Wednesday, Mr. Bloomberg …
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
CBS anchor snubs sex scoop  —  CBS anchor Scott Pelley was furious after John Miller's scoop about the State Department sex scandal broke not on his “CBS Evening News,” but early Monday on “This Morning” hosted by Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell, network sources tell Page Six
Discussion: Mediaite, NewsBusters and TVNewser
Yahoo! News:
Joe Biden: Al Gore ‘was elected president’  —  Vice President Joe Biden knows how to work a room.  —  In remarks made on Tuesday night at a fundraiser for Massachusetts Senate candidate Ed Markey in front of an audience of donating (doting?)  Democrats, Biden went for the jugular.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Carney: Obama not concerned administration scandals will hurt Markey
Discussion: CNN
Cincinnati.com:
Clear city's name in IRS scandal  —  Congressman Charles Rangel said, “There's a cancer in Cincinnati.”  That is just another example of how our region is taking collateral damage in IRS scandal.  The Cincinnati area is being portrayed as a hotbed of rogue, corrupt IRS employees.
Peter Orszag / Bloomberg:
Retirement Will Kill You  —  Teddy Roosevelt once said “the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”  Recent research suggests he may have been more right than he knew: Life's “best prize” might actually extend life itself.
Politico:
Challenging Obama-knows-best  —  “Trust-me” is President Barack Obama's preferred mode of action in times of crisis — and his go-to comment to nervous staffers has always been some version of “Relax, I got this.”  —  But that message is an increasingly hard sell for Obama in his second term …
Discussion: Hot Air and Mediaite
 
 
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