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12:55 PM ET, June 14, 2013

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USA Today:
Syrian rebels pledge loyalty to al-Qaeda … BEIRUT — A Syrian rebel group's April pledge of allegiance to al-Qaeda's replacement for Osama bin Laden suggests that the terrorist group's influence is not waning and that it may take a greater role in the Western-backed fight to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad.
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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 …
Politico:
Syria chemical weapons: President Obama's forced hand
Discussion: Hot Air, Reuters and CNN
Associated Press:
Obama steps up military aid to Syrian rebels
TIME:
Red Line Crossed: U.S. Officials Confirm Syrian Chemical-Weapons Use
Discussion: Power Line and PoliticusUSA
Dorsey Shaw / BuzzFeed:
John McCain Jumps The Gun By Announcing That Obama Will Arm The Syrian Rebels
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.
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
NSA leaker Snowden is lying, say leaders of House Intelligence Committee  —  The NSA leaker is lying about both his access to information and the scope of the secret surveillance programs he uncovered, the heads of the House Intelligence Committee charged Thursday.
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
Snowden's Leaks on China Could Affect Its Role in His Fate
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.
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Jeb Bush touts ‘fertile,’ pro-family immigrants  —  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) on Friday said the United States needs immigration reform because immigrants are more ‘fertile,’ have strong family values and will keep the nation young.  —  Speaking to an audience of religious conservatives …
Discussion: Politico and CNN
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Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Jeb Bush: U.S. economy needs immigrants because they're ‘more fertile’  —  Former Florida governor Jeb Bush (R) argued Wednesday that the United States should pass immigration reform because the U.S. economy needs the labor of young immigrants, and immigrants are “more fertile.”
Erik Wemple:
CBS News confirms multiple breaches of Sharyl Attkisson's computer  —  CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson revealed in May that her computer had been compromised.  When asked about the situation, CBS News responded with a statement that it was conducting an investigation.
Eric W. Dolan / The Raw Story:
Reps. King, Bachmann and Gohmert beg Glenn Beck's viewers for support: We're losing badly  —  Three of the most controversial Republican members of Congress appeared on Glenn Beck's program Thursday to beg his viewers for support.  —  Reps. Steve King (IA), Michele Bachmann (MN) …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Josh Margolin / ABCNEWS:
Christie, Bill Clinton Warm to Latest Bipartisan Presidential ‘Bromance’  —  What is it with Chris Christie and Democratic presidents?  —  First, the Republican governor from New Jersey surprised his party by embracing — both figuratively and literally — President Obama.
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
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.
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Baucus: ‘Creeping’ interest in carbon tax  —  Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said interest in carbon taxes among senators is “creeping up,” but his House GOP counterpart flatly said he's not open to the idea.  —  Baucus, the top Senate negotiator in tax code overhaul talks …
Discussion: Politico
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
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 …
Pat Buchanan / Townhall.com:
The Bell Tolls for the ‘New Majority’  —  Next year should be a banner year for the GOP, and may yet be.  —  Obamacare, a “train wreck” about to happen, says Democratic Sen. Max Baucus, goes into full effect Jan. 1, with the popular IRS as enforcer.  —  The Obama media feel betrayed …
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Birthday Song's Copyright Leads to a Lawsuit for the Ages  —  The song “Happy Birthday to You” is widely credited for being the most performed song in the world.  But one of its latest venues may be the federal courthouse in Manhattan, where the only parties may be the litigants to a new legal battle.
Discussion: Techdirt, The Verge and The Week
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 …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Chelsea Clinton: Girls need STEM role models  —  Chelsea Clinton is calling on Hollywood to promote more smart and sexy female characters.  —  “We need Hollywood to make movies and television shows about sexy female engineers,” Clinton said in an interview aired Friday on CNN.
Discussion: CNN and Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Strange Bedfellows: Why Marco Rubio and Rand Paul Need Each Other
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Greg Toppo / USA Today:
6 months after Newtown: Rush of gun laws, mixed results
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Why Obama's Approval Rating Isn't Higher
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House votes to limit Obama's authority to detain US citizens
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