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7:00 PM ET, June 21, 2013

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Yahoo! News:
The top 9,486 ways Jay Carney won't answer your questions (interactive)  —  Jay Carney doesn't have an answer for that.  He hasn't discussed that subject with the president.  He will refer you to the Department of [insert agency here].  He refuses to speculate on that.  He'll have to get back to you.
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
McConnell: Obama administration marked by ‘culture of intimidation’  —  (CNN) - The Obama administration is eager to defend progressive efforts to dismantle conservative causes, and it stands ready to “shut up anybody who challenges it,” Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday in a hard-hitting speech.
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
McConnell Sees Campaign to Intimidate Conservatives  —  WASHINGTON—The Senate's Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, accused the Obama administration and its allies of undertaking a broad effort to push conservatives off the political playing field by trying to identify and harass their donors and force them into silence.
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Top Shulman aide frequent White House visitor
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell: The IRS Scandal Probably Doesn't Reach The White House
Discussion: Mediaite
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Leahy: GOP Border Security Amendment ‘A Christmas Wish List For Haliburton’  —  Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said Friday that the new border security amendment added to the immigration reform bill in the Senate is nothing more than a gift to defense contractors, but the Senate Judiciary Committee …
Discussion: Wonkblog, Balloon Juice and msnbc.com
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Seung Min Kim / Reuters:
Countdown to immigration vote begins
Discussion: The Hill and Hot Air
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Reid schedules vote on border security amendment for Monday
Discussion: Red Alert Politics
Washington Post:
U.S. charges Edward Snowden with espionage in leaks about NSA surveillance programs  —  Federal prosecutors have filed a sealed criminal complaint against Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked a trove of documents about top-secret surveillance programs …
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Exclusive: NSA contractor hired Snowden despite concerns about resume discrepancies
The Kickstarter Blog:
We were wrong  —  On Wednesday morning Kickstarter was sent a blog post quoting disturbing material found on Reddit.  The offensive material was part of a draft for a “seduction guide” that someone was using Kickstarter to publish.  The posts offended a lot of people — us included — and many asked us to cancel the creator's project.
Guardian:
GCHQ taps fibre-optic cables for secret access to world's communications  —  Exclusive: British spy agency collects and stores vast quantities of global email messages, Facebook posts, internet histories and calls, and shares them with NSA, latest documents from Edward Snowden reveal
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Hundreds Of Texans Stand Up Against Sweeping Anti-Abortion Bill, Block It From Coming To A Vote  —  Protesters projected “End the War on Women” onto the building where the hearing on SB 5 was held.  (Credit: @TaneneAllison)  —  Texas lawmakers are currently rushing an omnibus anti-abortion bill through …
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Andrea Grimes / RH Reality Check:
700 Texans Gather for 'People's Filibuster,' GOP Lawmaker Tries to Silence ‘Repetitive’ Testimony
Discussion: The Raw Story
Matt Berman / NationalJournal.com:
Rep. Louie Gohmert Has Some Feelings About the Farm Bill, America  —  On Thursday afternoon, Rep. Louie Gohmert gave a long, rambling floor speech.  This isn't the most unusual thing to see happen on the House floor on a Thursday afternoon, but Gohmert really made this 30-minutes count:
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Daily Kos
stlouisfed.org:
President Bullard's Comments on Recent FOMC Actions  —  ST. LOUIS - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard dissented with the Federal Open Market Committee decision announced on June 19, 2013.  In his view, the Committee should have more strongly signaled its willingness …
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Neil Irwin / Wonkblog:
James Bullard: This is why I dissented at the Fed meeting this week
Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:
Russ Tice, Bush-Era Whistleblower, Claims NSA Ordered Wiretap Of Barack Obama In 2004  —  Russ Tice, a former intelligence analyst who in 2005 blew the whistle on what he alleged was massive unconstitutional domestic spying across multiple agencies, claimed Wednesday that the NSA had ordered wiretaps …
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Sibel Edmonds / Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs:
Podcast Show #112: NSA Whistleblower Goes on Record -Reveals New Information & Names Culprits!
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Profits Without Production  —  One lesson from recent economic troubles has been the usefulness of history.  Just as the crisis was unfolding, the Harvard economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff — who unfortunately became famous for their worst work — published a brilliant book with the sarcastic title “This Time Is Different.”
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Here Is the Archive of the Famous Liberal Media ‘Journolist’  —  Way back in 2009, the hottest media story was the exposure of the existence of “Journolist,” a private listserv of several hundred mostly liberal journalists, talking to each other about crap.  This was perceived as a big scandal!
Terrell McSweeny / The White House:
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts  —  WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts:  — Denise Bauer - Ambassador to Belgium, Department of State  — John Berry - Ambassador to Australia, Department of State
Discussion: Advocate and Towleroad News #gay
Andy Pasztor / Wall Street Journal:
FAA to Relax Rules for Gadgets in Flight  —  Airline passengers irritated at having to turn off their devices could soon see some reprieve, with regulators set to allow wider use of gadgets in flight.  —  The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to relax the ban on using some types …
Tennessean.com:
Official: Water complaints could be ‘act of terrorism’  —  Mt. Pleasant residents say state is attempting to silence its critics  —  A Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation deputy director warned a group of Maury County residents that unfounded complaints about water quality could be considered an “act of terrorism.”
Discussion: Firedoglake and Mediaite
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker proposes Lerner rule  —  Bill would require federal workers to be fired if they don't answer questions from Congress.  —  Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) on Thursday proposed legislation that would require federal workers to be fired if they don't answer questions from Congress.
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
President to nominate critic of ‘dark’ political money to the FEC  —  President Obama on Friday said he plans to nominate a fierce critic of undisclosed “dark” money in politics to the Federal Election Commission (FEC).  —  The president will nominate Ann Ravel, chairwoman …
Discussion: Politico
Michael Hastings / Rolling Stone:
The Last Mystery of the Financial Crisis  —  It's long been suspected that ratings agencies like Moody's and Standard & Poor's helped trigger the meltdown.  A new trove of embarrassing documents shows how they did it  —  By  —  W  —  hat about the ratings agencies?
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Crooks and Liars and Gawker
 
 
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Richard L. Hasen / The Daily Beast:
What's Taking the Supreme Court So Long?
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McLibel leaflet was co-written by undercover police officer Bob Lambert
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Washington Post:
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Rubio weighs in on Kim Kardashian-Kanye West baby name
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Los Angeles Times:
Exclusive: U.S. secretly providing training for Syrian rebels
Discussion: Hot Air and AL.com
Cara Buckley / New York Times:
6 Female Jurors Are Selected for Zimmerman Trial
Discussion: Colorlines and Orlando Sentinel
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Illinois GOP official's ‘street walker’ email gives party a new headache
David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
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