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9:50 AM ET, June 18, 2013

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama: I'm not Dick Cheney  —  President Barack Obama used a television interview set to air Monday night to defend his administration's use of far-reaching surveillance programs as carefully supervised and controlled.  —  Obama also appeared to reject comparisons between himself …
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BuzzFeed:
President Obama Defends NSA Spying  —  It's “transparent,” the president tells Charlie Rose in an interview.  Here's a portion of that transcript, from PBS.  —  Via: Matt Dunham / AP  —  Barack Obama: Well, in the end, and what I've said, and I continue to believe, is that we don't have to sacrifice …
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:   Obama: You Can't Fathom ‘Complexities’ of Syria Policy 'If You Haven't Been in Situation Room'
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Rohrabacher: Boehner ‘should be removed as Speaker’ if he moves Senate immigration bill  —  Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) warned Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) would face a conference revolt that could threaten his Speakership if he allows a House vote on the immigration bill presently being debated in the Senate.
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Chris Frates / NationalJournal.com:
Boehner Aims to Move Immigration by Capitalizing on a Conservative Rift  —  The speaker is navigating a divide over citizenship to push reform legislation through the House.  —  John Boehner wants immigration reform to pass.  To get it done, the House speaker will have to capitalize …
Discussion: First Read and ABCNEWS
Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Immigration Bill Gives GOP A Pounding Migraine
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Fat chance: At 24 pounds, immigration bill is too big for many to swallow
CNN:
CNN Poll: Did White House order IRS targeting?  —  Washington (CNN) - A growing number of Americans believe that senior White House officials ordered the Internal Revenue Service to target conservative political groups, according to a new national poll.  —  And a CNN/ORC International survey …
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: Big generational divide in immigration battle
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Erik Wasson / The Hill:   Obama threatens to veto House farm bill
Adele M. Stan / RH Reality Check:
Texas Congressman: Masturbating Fetuses Prove Need for Abortion Ban  —  As the House of Representatives gears up for Tuesday's debate on HR 1797, a bill that would outlaw virtually all abortions 20 weeks post fertilization, Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) argued in favor of banning abortions …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
G.O.P. Pushes New Abortion Limits to Appease Vocal Base  —  WASHINGTON — After Republicans lost the presidential election and seats in both the House and the Senate last year, many in the party offered a stern admonishment: If we want to broaden our appeal, steer clear of divisive social and cultural issues.
Bloomberg:
Obama Joins G-8 Allies Isolating Putin Over Assad  —  President Barack Obama and European allies moved to further isolate Russian president Vladimir Putin for supporting the regime in Syria even as the leaders sought a way to push both sides in that nation's civil war into talks.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Pat Dollard
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Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Public Remains Opposed to Arming Syrian Rebels
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Opinion recap: One hand giveth....  Analysis  —  In a ruling that might easily be misunderstood if not read very closely, the Supreme Court on Monday simultaneously strengthened Congress's hand in expanding the ranks of eligible voters, and yet assured states that they retain the ultimate power to decide who gets to vote.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Cruz to introduce voter ID amendment to counteract Supreme Court ruling
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Pat Dollard
TIME:
Who is Hassan Rowhani?  —  When Iranians elected moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani their new president by a landslide on Friday, they surprised Washington and the world.  The process of figuring out what his election means has only just begun.  Moderate as applied to Iranian mullah politicians …
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Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
Iran President-Elect Wants to Ease Strains With U.S., but Sees No Direct Talks
Exclamation:
Our Commitment to Our Users' Privacy  —  We've worked hard over the years to earn our users' trust and we fight hard to preserve it.  —  To that end, we are disclosing the total number of requests for user data that law enforcement agencies in the U.S. made to us between December 1, 2012 and May 31, 2013.
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Hidden camera catches wireless company employees passing out ‘Obama phones’ to people who say they'll SELL them for drugs, shoes, handbags and spending cash  — The ‘Lifeline’ free-cell-phone scheme cost $2.2 BILLION last year alone, all of it from fees added to the phone bills of paying customers
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Obama: ‘Iranian people rebuffed the hardliners and the clerics’  —  President Obama said Monday that the Iranian people have “rebuffed the hardliners and the clerics” in the country by electing a moderate president over the weekend.  —  “I think it says that the Iranian people want to move …
Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools and Politico
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Investor's Business Daily:   Hold The Toasts And Street Dancing, Iran's New President Is Still A Creature Of The Mullahs
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  June 18, 2013 - Scott Chips Away At Crist Lead In Florida Gov Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Gov's Grades Are Low, But Best Ever  —  Florida Gov. Rick Scott trails former Gov. Charlie Crist 47 - 37 percent in his 2014 reelection bid, compared to his 16-point deficit in March …
Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Father of Edward Snowden urges son not to commit ‘treason,’ to return home  —  The father of the former NSA contractor who leaked details of the government's massive Internet- and phone-tracking programs made an impassioned plea to his son to stop leaking, telling Fox News that …
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Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Five Revelations From The Edward Snowden Live Chat
Charlie Rose:
Distribute this video:  —  Yes, Father's Day.  —  Charlie that was really something based upon these photographs:  —  And this speech:  —  “I want to be a better father, a better husband, a better man.  But I will tell you this: Everything else is unfulfilled if we fail at family, if we fail at that responsibility.
Carol Rosenberg / MiamiHerald.com:
FOIA suit reveals Guantánamo's ‘indefinite detainees’  —  GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — The Obama administration Monday lifted a veil of secrecy surrounding the status of the detainees at Guantánamo, for the first time publicly naming the four dozen captives it defined …
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Moonlight Serenade  —  Whom does Mrs. Weiner work for?  —  Anthony Weiner, who resigned from Congress two years ago this Friday in a side-splitting social-media scandal, is running for mayor of New York?  We don't know why, but we're now pretty sure it's not for the money.
Discussion: NewsBusters
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
The White House Says It's Winning The Gun Control Debate  —  Months after Obama's gun control push went down in flames, opponents and supporters of the effort agree that it reframed the conversation.  Biden will give a speech Tuesday celebrating the White House's efforts.  —  Via: Yuri Gripas / Reuters
Discussion: Mediaite, ABCNEWS and Daily Kos
 
 
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Jesse Jackson wants to serve his prison time first; government resisting break for his mental illness
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Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:
Sen. Cornyn Reveals Not One, Not Two, but Three Public Pensions Atop His Salary
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Turkish government could use armed forces against protesters, senior official warns
Discussion: Guardian and WorldViews
Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
UT/TT Poll: Texans Favor Cruz Over Perry for President
CEPR:
Fred Hiatt is Holding Head Start Hostage Until Liberals Support Cuts to Social Security and Medicare
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Dianne Feinstein: No NSA Senate hearing soon
John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Exclusive: Whistleblower Says State Department Trying to Bully Her Into Silence
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
GOP plan to appeal to millennials: “Make abortion funny”
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Public Split over Impact of NSA Leak, But Most Want Snowden Prosecuted
Chelsea Karnash / CBS Philly:
Sharyl Attkisson Shares Update On Computer Hacking Investigation
Discussion: Hot Air
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Mansion spending records indicate improper billing by Virginia governor and his family
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