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10:30 AM ET, June 14, 2013

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New York Times:
Syria Has Used Chemical Arms on Rebels, U.S. and Allies Find  —  By MARK MAZZETTI, MICHAEL R. GORDON and MARK LANDLER  —  WASHINGTON — American and European intelligence analysts now believe that President Bashar al-Assad's troops have used chemical weapons against rebel forces in the civil war in Syria …
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CBS News:
U.S.: Syria used chemical weapons, crossing “red line”  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  The Obama administration has concluded that Syrian President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons against the rebels seeking to overthrow him and, in a major policy shift, President Obama has decided …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Military Proposal to Arm Rebels Includes No-Fly Zone in Syria  —  WASHINGTON—A U.S. military proposal for arming Syrian rebels also calls for a limited no-fly zone inside Syria that would be enforced from Jordanian territory to protect Syrian refugees and rebels who would train there, according to U.S. officials.
Associated Press:
Obama steps up military aid to Syrian rebels  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's decision to authorize lethal aid to Syrian rebels marks a deepening of U.S. involvement in the two-year civil war.  But U.S. officials are still grappling with what type and how much weaponry to send …
Discussion: americanthinker.com
USA Today:
Syrian rebels pledge loyalty to al-Qaeda
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Dorsey Shaw / BuzzFeed:
John McCain Jumps The Gun By Announcing That Obama Will Arm The Syrian Rebels
Discussion: New Republic
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
White House pushes back at Bill Clinton over Syria
Washington Wire:
White House Statement on Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria
Discussion: Guardian and The Verge
Associated Press:
Coverage may be unaffordable for low-wage workers
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
Michael Riley / Bloomberg:
U.S. Agencies Said to Swap Data With Thousands of Firms  —  Thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies, providing sensitive information and in return receiving benefits that include access to classified intelligence, four people familiar with the process said.
Discussion: Business Insider, GigaOM and Mashable
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Ken Dilanian / Los Angeles Times:
Officials: Edward Snowden took NSA secrets on thumb drive  —  Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency.  (The Guardian / Associated Press / June 9, 2013)  —  WASHINGTON — Former National Security Agency contract employee Edward Snowden used …
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
Ex-N.S.A. Contractor's Disclosures May Draw China's Attention  —  HONG KONG — The decision by a former National Security Agency contractor to divulge classified data about the U.S. government's surveillance of computers in mainland China and Hong Kong has complicated his legal position …
Discussion: Althouse
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
NSA leaker Snowden is lying, say leaders of House Intelligence Committee
Discussion: Hot Air and Mediaite
Wall Street Journal:
Leaker's Ties to China Probed
Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
Lawmakers planning bill to limit contractor access to NSA secrets
Discussion: Politico, BuzzFeed and The Fix
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Four States Pushing Through Last-Minute Abortion Restrictions Before Lawmakers Break For The Summer  —  (Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)  —  Across the country, states' legislative sessions are drawing to a close.  Over the past several months, lawmakers have been busy enacting …
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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Ohio Republicans Introduce One Of The Nation's All-Time Worst Abortion Bills
Lisa Lerer / Bloomberg:
Obama Tells Keystone Foes He Will Unveil Climate Measures  —  With his administration under pressure from environmentalists to reject the Keystone XL pipeline project, President Barack Obama plans to unveil a package of separate actions next month focused on curbing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
The Huffington Post:
TOGETHER AGAIN  —  Fox News announced on Thursday that Sarah Palin will rejoin the network as a paid contributor.  The Drudge Report was first to break the news.  —  Fox News previously hired Palin as a contributor but did not renew her contract earlier this year.
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Greta Van Susteren: Sarah Palin will drive critics crazy
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Mediaite
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
Secret Court Ruling Put Tech Companies in Data Bind  —  SAN FRANCISCO — In a secret court in Washington, Yahoo's top lawyers made their case.  The government had sought help in spying on certain foreign users, without a warrant, and Yahoo had refused, saying the broad requests were unconstitutional.
Discussion: The Verge, emptywheel and CANNONFIRE
James Hohmann / Politico:
Santorum: Why Romney didn't win  —  Rick Santorum ripped Mitt Romney's campaign Thursday for mishandling President Barack Obama's “you didn't build that” gaffe last summer.  —  The former Pennsylvania senator recalled all the business owners who spoke at the Republican National Convention.
Beth Reinhard / NationalJournal.com:
Strange Bedfellows: Why Marco Rubio and Rand Paul Need Each Other  —  Rubio desperately needs a conservative partner.  Paul needs to moderate his image.  A look inside the delicate alliance.  —  Marco Rubio and Rand Paul may be future rivals, but it's in their mutual interest to be allies on immigration.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Fix
Greg Toppo / USA Today:
6 months after Newtown: Rush of gun laws, mixed results … Newtown, Conn., marked the six-month anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings with a ceremony and moment of science Friday.  Since the tragedy, lawmakers in four key states have approved significant restrictions on access to firearms.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Vince Coglianese / The Daily Caller:
FBI hasn't contacted a single tea party group in IRS probe, groups say  —  There is no evidence that the FBI has contacted a single tea party group in its criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service, according to the groups the IRS abused.  —  “We have not been contacted …
David Brooks / New York Times:
Religion and Inequality  —  About a century ago, Walter Judd was a 17-year-old boy hoping to go to college at the University of Nebraska.  His father pulled him aside and told him that, though the family had happily paid for Judd's two sisters to go to college, Judd himself would get no money for tuition or room and board.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Keith Donohue / White House.gov Blog:
The Papers of the Founding Fathers Are Now Online  —  What was the original intent behind the Constitution and other documents that helped shape the nation?  What did the Founders of our country have to say?  Those questions persist in the political debates and discussions to this day …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Sympathy for the Luddites  —  In 1786, the cloth workers of Leeds, a wool-industry center in northern England, issued a protest against the growing use of “scribbling” machines, which were taking over a task formerly performed by skilled labor.  “How are those men, thus thrown out of employ …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
 
 
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Reps. King, Bachmann and Gohmert beg Glenn Beck's viewers for support: We're losing badly
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BBC:
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