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12:50 PM ET, June 20, 2013

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Breakthrough in Senate immigration talks; announcement set for Thursday  —  Senators seeking a solution to a deadlock over border security have reached a tentative agreement they believe could win the votes of a significant number of Republican lawmakers for the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill.
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Kasie Hunt / First Read:
Senators reach border deal, smoothing path to immigration overhaul  —  A U.S. Border Patrol agent monitors the border structures separating Tijuana, Mexico, from San Diego.  Illegal immigration into the United States would decrease by only 25 percent under a far-reaching Senate immigration bill …
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Two G.O.P. Senators Are Close to a Deal on Border Security  —  WASHINGTON — Two Senate Republicans closed in on a deal regarding stronger border security on Wednesday evening with the bipartisan group of eight senators that drafted an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Rubio hails border deal, hopes immigration bill finds ‘support it needs’
Discussion: CNN
Wall Street Journal:
The Border Security Ruse
Discussion: National Review and msnbc.com
Exodus International:
Exodus International to Shut Down  —  Thirty-seven-year-old ministry for those with same-sex attraction marks its last national conference  —  Irvine, Calif. (June 19, 2013) — Exodus International, the oldest and largest Christian ministry dealing with faith and homosexuality announced tonight …
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Alan Chambers / Exodus International:
I Am Sorry  —  Three years ago, Leslie and I began a very public conversation with Our America's Lisa Ling, from the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) regarding some of our deeply held beliefs about Christianity and the LGBT community.  Today, we have decided to carry this public conversation even further.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Illinois GOP Pol Calls Black Female Candidate A ‘Street Walker’
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Mediaite
BBC:
Obama ‘called Osborne Jeffrey’  —  US President Barack Obama repeatedly addressed Chancellor George Osborne as Jeffrey during the recent G8 summit, according to the Sun newspaper.  —  Mr Obama is a fan of soul singer and musician Jeffrey Osborne, who enjoyed success in the 1980s with hits such as On The Wings of Love and Love Power.
Discussion: Power Line
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Tom Newton Dunn / The Sun:
Barack Obama keeps calling Chancellor George Osborne ‘Jeffrey’ at G8 summit …
Discussion: National Review and Guardian
Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
Power  —  You should decide now what kind of Supreme Court you want.  Don't wait until after the Justices hand down the Term's major decisions.  That will be too late.  Make a real choice now about how much power you think the Court should have - before your judgment is skewed by either elation or outrage at the results.
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: Judging the Supreme Court
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Strategist Out of Closet and Into Fray, This Time for Gay Marriage
Discussion: The Caucus and Politico
Telegraph:
Barack Obama bombs in Berlin: a weak, underwhelming address from a floundering president  —  When John F. Kennedy delivered his “Ich Bin Ein Berliner” speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate on June 26, 1963, 450,000 people flocked to hear him.  Fifty years later a far more subdued invitation …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Manchin hits back at NRA in new TV ad  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Thursday hit back at the National Rifle Association, accusing its leaders of shifting their stance on background checks for political gain, and unveiling a new television ad defending his bipartisan gun-control measure.
Discussion: CNN and Politico
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Jane C. Timm / msnbc.com:
Manchin unveils fiery new ad against the NRA
Discussion: The Week and Post Politics
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Virginia Lt. Gov. Candidate Says Social Programs Hurt ‘Black Family’ More Than Slavery (Video)  —  The Virginia GOP's nominee for lieutenant governor, E.W. Jackson, gave a speech Wednesday in which he claimed government social programs have done more harm to the “black family” than slavery.
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Todd Allen Wilson / Hampton Roads Daily Press:
E. W. Jackson marks Juneteenth at Newport News event
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Dems start Obama to Clinton transition  —  Democrats in Washington are starting to shift from the Obamas to the Clintons.  —  Hillary Clinton has already racked up a couple of endorsements for the 2016 presidential race — and she hasn't even announced she's running yet.
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
James Gandolfini Is Dead at 51; a Complex Mob Boss in ‘Sopranos’  —  James Gandolfini, the Emmy Award-winning actor who shot to fame on the HBO drama “The Sopranos” as Tony Soprano, a tough-talking, hard-living crime boss with a stolid exterior but a rich interior life, died on Wednesday.  He was 51.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Tea party scalds Marco Rubio  —  The tea party returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, but this time the don't-tread-on-me crowd trod upon one of its own.  —  Much of the scene was familiar: the yellow flags, the banners protesting tyranny and socialism, the demands to impeach President Obama and to repeal Obamacare.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Tim Duy / Tim Duy's Fed Watch:
The Chart to Watch?  —  Dylan Matthews at Wonkblog has a common chart illustrating the Fed's recent forecast errors:  —  The story is that the Fed has tended to overestimate the strength of the economy, and has consequently had to maintain easy policy longer than policymakers had anticipated.
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Dylan Matthews / Wonkblog:
This graph shows how bad the Fed is at predicting the future
Discussion: The Week
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House votes to let states run drug tests on food stamp applicants  —  The House late Wednesday voted to give states the authority to conduct drug testing on people applying for food stamps under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).  —  By voice vote, members approved the idea …
Discussion: Booman Tribune, Daily Kos and AL.com
Ernesto Londoño / Washington Post:
Scrapping equipment key to Afghan drawdown  —  KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Facing a tight withdrawal deadline and tough terrain, the U.S. military has destroyed more than 170 million pounds worth of vehicles and other military equipment as it rushes to wind down its role in the Afghanistan war by the end of 2014.
 
 
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Fox News:
Lawmakers question Obama's pledge to scale back US nuclear arsenal
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Jeffrey Goldberg / Bloomberg:
Why Kerry Wants to Strike Syria
Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:
Do Unpaid Internships Lead to Jobs? Not for College Students
Caroline Baum / Bloomberg:
Why Government Spending Does Nothing for Jobs
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The Obama Campaign's Digital Masterminds Cash In
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Jeffrey Lord / American Spectator:
Heritage, Levin Call for Immigration Debate
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Sex, Lies and the War on Men
Discussion: alicublog and The Huffington Post
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