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3:30 PM ET, June 22, 2013

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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Cantor, Hoyer trade blame on farm bill failure  —  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) blamed each other for the House's failure to pass the farm bill Thursday.  —  Hoyer started by accusing House Republicans of taking a bipartisan bill that was reported …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
House GOP ratchets up battle with Senate over student loan rates  —  House Republicans on Saturday stepped up the battle over student loans by accusing Senate Democrats of blocking a GOP plan to keep interest rates from doubling.  —  In a twist, they tried to ally themselves with President Obama …
Discussion: Firedoglake, Kansas City Star and CNN
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
House Republicans Hate Poor Too Much to End Farm Socialism
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Associated Press:
GOP basic strategy for 2016 looks deeply unsettled  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican Party's road map for winning presidential elections looks hazier than ever as GOP lawmakers and others reject what many considered obvious lessons from Mitt Romney's loss last year.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Washington Post:
Probe into gifts to McDonnells finds new undisclosed items valued at tens of thousands  —  Federal authorities are asking Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell's associates about previously undisclosed gifts given by a campaign donor to McDonnell's wife that total tens of thousands of dollars …
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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U.S. News:
US charges NSA leaker Snowden with espionage
CNN:   U.S. charges Snowden with espionage
Facebook Security / Facebook:
Important Message from Facebook's White Hat Program  —  At Facebook, we take people's privacy seriously, and we strive to protect people's information to the very best of our ability.  We implement many safeguards, hire the brightest engineers and train them to ensure we have only high-quality code behind …
New York Post:
‘Kill Whitey’ Panther is held on gun rap  —  The tattoo on his face says, “Kill Whitey” in block letters, and cops say the gun he carried was loaded and unlicensed.  —  But that didn't stop Maruse Heath — head of the Philadelphia chapter of the New Black Panther Party …
Patrick Condon / bigstory.ap.org:
MINN.'S FRANKEN HARDLY A GOP TARGET FOR DEFEAT  —  You are here  —  Home » United States Senate » Minn.'s Franken hardly a GOP target for defeat  —  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Al Franken barely made it into the Senate the first time, squeaking by with 312 votes after months …
Fox News:
Trail of Benghazi security lapses leads to State Department senior leadership, records show  —  The decision to keep U.S. personnel in Benghazi with substandard security was made at the highest levels of the State Department by officials who have so far escaped blame over the Sept. 11 attack …
Judy Nicastro / New York Times:
My Abortion, at 23 Weeks  —  KIRKLAND, Wash. — I BELIEVE that parenthood starts before conception, at the moment you decide you want a child, and are ready and able to create a safe and loving home for her or him.  I support abortion rights, but I reject the false distinction between the terms “pro-choice” and “pro-life.”
Discussion: News Desk and LifeNews.com
JohnE / Ace of Spades HQ:
Is Michael Bloomberg Using City Resources For His “Mayors Against Illegal Guns” Group?  —  I really hate doing the question headline, but this definitely needs answering.  I started poking around last night.  —  At first I pinged mayorsagainstillegalguns.org and found that it was resolving at a New York City government IP address.
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Politico:   Bloomberg site registered to city
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
How Republicans stopped worrying and learned to love big government  —  The budget talks are foundering on a Republican demand that the federal government start predicting the deficit 30 years into the future.  The immigration bill is hung up over Republican demands that the government achieve full control …
 
 
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Tom Harper / The Independent:
The other hacking scandal: Suppressed report reveals that law firms, telecoms giants …
Discussion: Spectator, Guardian and BBC
Bob Sullivan / Red Tape:
Lawyers eye NSA data as treasure trove for evidence in murder, divorce cases
Susan Donaldson James / ABCNEWS:
Mormon Mom Who Fought for Prop 8, Now Fights for Gay Son
David Weigel / Slate:
Netroots Nation: First Impressions
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Hullabaloo
 Earlier Items: 
Richard L. Hasen / The Daily Beast:
What's Taking the Supreme Court So Long?
Terrell McSweeny / The White House:
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell: The IRS Scandal Probably Doesn't Reach The White House
Discussion: Mediaite
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia announces Blackwell, a new generation of AI chips available later in 2024, starting with the GB200 superchip, which pairs two B200 GPUs with a Grace CPU

Samuel Tolbert / Windows Central:
Valve debuts Steam Families in beta, allowing a group of up to six Steam users to share their games, manage parental controls, and more

Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat:
Stability AI debuts Stable Video 3D, a generative AI tool built on its Stable Video Diffusion model, letting users create 3D video from a text or image prompt

 
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