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9:05 PM ET, June 24, 2013

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Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
Hasty Exit Started With Pizza Inside a Hong Kong Hideout  —  HONG KONG — For Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who has acknowledged leaking numerous documents about American surveillance operations around the world, the path to a sudden departure …
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New York Times:
U.S. Rebukes China, Russia and Ecuador Over Snowden  —  WASHINGTON — An increasingly frustrated Obama administration escalated its criticism on Monday of Russia, China and Ecuador, the countries that appeared to be protecting Edward J. Snowden, the fugitive former government contractor wanted …
Guardian:
White House: Hong Kong had ‘plenty of time’ to stop Snowden - live coverage
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Assange: Snowden is ‘healthy and safe,’ awaiting asylum decision
Discussion: Politico
Miriam Elder / Guardian:
Edward Snowden leaves reporters chasing shadows around an airport
Discussion: Whiskey Fire, Reuters and VodkaPundit
Garrett Epps / The Atlantic Online:
Justice Alito's Inexcusable Rudeness  —  A justice of the Supreme Court should not act like a high schooler on the bench; when the target is a fellow justice, the offense is even greater.  —  I suspect that the cause of cameras in the Supreme Court suffered a blow on Monday.
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The New / New York Times:
Supreme Court Orders Lower Court to Reconsider Affirmative Action Case
Mary Dudziak / CNN:
Opinion: Supreme Court micromanaging diversity
Discussion: Balkinization
USA Today:
Court calls for tougher scrutiny of affirmative action
Discussion: American Prospect
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Immigration reform: Senate backs ‘border surge’ in test vote  —  The support of 67 senators on a test vote for a so-called border surge deal on Monday strongly signaled that a sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration laws will clear the Senate later this week.
Discussion: Red Alert Politics
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Support snowballs ahead of Senate immigration reform vote
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Senate Passes Cloture Motion on Hoeven-Corker Immigration Amendment
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Alan Fram / bigstory.ap.org:
IRS CHIEF: INAPPROPRIATE SCREENING WAS BROAD  —  You are here  —  Home » United States » IRS chief: Inappropriate screening was broad  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service's screening of groups seeking tax-exempt status was broader and lasted longer …
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
IRS chief: Agency improperly screened groups until last month  —  The acting head of the IRS said Monday that the agency was still giving improper scrutiny to groups seeking tax-exempt status when he arrived in May, suggesting that the probe into the IRS's treatment of conservative groups could widen.
Discussion: Politico and The PJ Tatler
Erik Wemple:
Greenwald: Beltway media types are ‘courtiers to power’  —  Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald yesterday clashed with “Meet the Press” host David Gregory, who'd asked Greenwald the following question: “To the extent that you have aided and abetted Snowden, even in his current movements …
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David Carr / New York Times:
The Other Snowden Drama: Impugning the Messenger  —  As a pure story, it's tough to beat the Snowden saga.  Man of intrigue?  Roger.  Crusading reporter?  Check.  A powerful government in hot pursuit?  Yessir.  Unclear agendas by foreign countries?  Most certainly.
BuzzFeed:
The Anthony Weiner Story The New York Times Didn't Want You To See  —  Published.  Then deleted.  Update: Several hours after this story was posted the New York Times republished their story.  —  On June 10, The New York Times inadvertently briefly posted an article on the lives …
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
For Women in Weiner Scandal, Indignity Lingers  —  Customers taunt Lisa Weiss.  “Talk dirty to me,” they joke.  “We know you like it.”  Colleagues refuse to speak with her.  Strangers mock her in nasty online messages.  —  “Clearly she's got mental issues,” declared the latest.
Michael E. Ruane / Washington Post:
Red panda missing at National Zoo  —  A male red panda has turned up missing at the Smithsonian National Zoo, a spokeswoman said Monday, and zoo officials have been combing the grounds searching for him.  —  Rusty, who is less than a year old and is about the size of a raccoon …
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Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
Why You Shouldn't Be Surprised That The National Zoo Lost A Red Panda
Discussion: Hot Air and City Desk
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Texas Legislator Claims Rape Kits Are A Form Of Abortion  —  In the midst of all the chaos on Sunday night as the Texas legislature pushed through a series of stringent restrictions on abortion and women's health, it was easy to miss what might have been the most inaccurate and dangerous claim …
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Reuters:
Mitch McConnell Is Either Very Bad at Math or Horribly Disingenuous  —  The Senate minority leader took me to task on Friday.  Unfortunately, he had his facts wrong on virtually every count.  —  Last Friday morning, I attended a ballyhooed speech given by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell at AEI …
Discussion: Brad DeLong
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court enters appointments battle  —  Stepping into a constitutional controversy with deep roots in American history, along with major implications for today's politics, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to define when the President can act alone to fill vacant government posts.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Et Tu, Bernanke?  —  For the most part, Ben Bernanke and his colleagues at the Federal Reserve have been good guys in these troubled economic times.  They have tried to boost the economy even as most of Washington seemingly either forgot about the jobless, or decided that the best …
Bloomberg:
U.S. Surveillance Is Not Aimed at Terrorists  —  By Leonid Bershidsky 2013-06-23T22:00:00Z  —  The debate over the U.S. government's monitoring of digital communications suggests that Americans are willing to allow it as long as it is genuinely targeted at terrorists.
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Paul Ryan: 'I'm Focused On Poverty These Days'  —  House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) said Monday that he's focused primarily on addressing poverty, a week after he complained that the farm bill did not include enough cuts to the food stamp program.
 
 
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Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Nothing to see here, says the Pentagon
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New York Times:
Berlusconi Is Sentenced to Seven Years in Sex Case, but Can Still Appeal Verdict
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Ed Payne / CNN:
Transgender first-grader wins the right to use girls' restroom
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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