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12:10 PM ET, June 28, 2013

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Politico:
House GOP's immigration playbook  —  Circle July 10 with red ink: It's now the most important day for immigration reform.  —  That Wednesday is when a hobbled, divided and raucous House Republican Conference will meet in the Capitol basement to figure out how to address the Senate-passed bill.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and First Read
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Know who wants Republicans to pass immigration reform?  Major Republican donors.  —  The Senate — with the help of 14 Republicans — passed an immigration reform plan on Thursday.  The Republican-controlled House has pledged not to even take that proposal up, opting instead for the possibility …
New York Times:
Immigration Reform, Finally
Discussion: msnbc.com, PostPartisan, Daily Kos and BBC
New York Times:
Senate, 68 to 32, Passes Overhaul for Immigration
Jonathan Strong / National Review:
Comprehensive Rejection  —  Perhaps the one thing that's certain …
Discussion: Yahoo! News
Politico:
Is the Senate really working?
Discussion: Reuters, Hot Air and msnbc.com
Culture Desk:
Cover Story: Bert and Ernie's “Moment of Joy”  —  “It's amazing to witness how attitudes on gay rights have evolved in my lifetime,” said Jack Hunter, the artist behind next week's cover, “Moment of Joy.”  Hunter, who originally submitted his image, unsolicited, to a Tumblr, continued …
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Hank Johnson: Clarence Thomas ‘Worse’ Than Edward Snowden For Gutting Voting Rights Act  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) said Wednesday that the fact that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas voted this week to gut the Voting Rights Act — the 1965 law aimed at protecting disenfranchised voters …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Roberts Pulls Supreme Court to the Right Step by Step  —  WASHINGTON — Viewed in isolation, the Supreme Court term that just ended had elements of modesty.  The court declined to do away with affirmative action, gave Congress another shot at salvaging the Voting Rights Act and refused to find …
Timothy Egan / Opinionator:   The Up-in-the-Air President  —  It was cool, as media moments go …
George Stark / Daily Mail:
Alec Baldwin's pregnant wife Hilaria TWEETS about Rachael Ray and anniversary gifts during James Gandolfini's funeral  — She later insisted: 'I don't believe in bringing phones into a funeral and I never did and I never would'  —  It may not be considered funeral etiquette …
Susan Page / USA Today:
Pelosi: Dems are coalescing behind Hillary for 2016  —  In this clip from Capital Download, USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief asks Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton running for the Presidency in 2016.  Pelosi says Democrats are optimistic about it.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb Bush Will Present Liberty Medal To Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Constitution Daily:   Hillary Rodham Clinton to receive National Constitution Center's 2013 Liberty Medal
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Wall Street Journal:
What's Really ‘Immoral’ About Student Loans  —  It's not so much the interest rates charged.  It is, rather, the principal of the thing.  —  Unless Congress acts, interest rates for government subsidized student loans will double to 6.8% from 3.4% on July 1.
Discussion: Via Meadia
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Meredith Shiner / The World's Greatest …:   Democrats' Split on Student Loans Breaks Into the Open
Phillip Molnar / Monterey County Herald:
Restricted web access to The Guardian is Armywide, officials say  —  The Army admitted Thursday to not only restricting access to The Guardian news website at the Presidio of Monterey, as reported in Thursday's Herald, but Armywide.  —  Presidio employees said the site had been blocked since …
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Kevin Gosztola / Firedoglake:
Defense Department Blocks Access to Guardian News Website to Prevent Viewing of NSA Leaks
Michael Isikoff / Investigations:
Ex-Pentagon general target of leak investigation, sources say  —  Retired Marine Gen. James “Hoss” Cartwright was the second-highest ranking member of the U.S. military, and a key Obama adviser who served as the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  Legal sources tell NBC News Cartwright …
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Washington Post:   Justice Dept. targets general in leak probe
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
In U.S., 43% of Uninsured Unaware They Must Get Coverage  —  Awareness higher, at 81%, among all Americans  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The vast majority of Americans, 81%, say they are aware of the 2010 Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) requirement that most Americans must carry health insurance or pay a fine.
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Wendy Davis strikes back against Rick Perry  —  Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis on Friday took Gov. Rick Perry to task over highly personal comments he made about her the day before.  —  “I would say to him, that I had the privilege of making a choice about the path I chose for my life,” …
Discussion: CNN
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Andrew Branca / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Zimmerman Trial Day 4 - End-of-Day Analysis & Video of State's Witnesses  —  Once again, it was simply not a very good day at all for the prosecution.  The primary State witnesses today were Rachel Jeantel, Jenna Lauer, and Selma Mora.  The first had her credibility substantively destroyed …
Discussion: JustOneMinute
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New York Times:
The Criminal N.S.A.  —  THE twin revelations that telecom carriers have been secretly giving the National Security Agency information about Americans' phone calls, and that the N.S.A. has been capturing e-mail and other private communications from Internet companies as part of a secret program called Prism …
Discussion: Yahoo! News
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
The most unfortunate anti-gay logo and slogan in the history of politics  —  In one of the most unfortunate moves in American politics since Republicans kept referring to the Tea Party “teabagging,” the anti-gay Family Research Council, which has been officially designated a “hate group,” …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Invest, Divest and Prosper  —  It has been a busy news week, what with voting rights, gay marriage and Paula Deen.  Even so, it's remarkable how little attention the news media gave to President Obama's new “climate action plan.”  Discount, if you like, the terrific speech he gave when unveiling …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, NPR and Wonkblog
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Remember the Obama Scandals?  That Used to Be a Thing  —  Sifting through the Republican responses to President Obama's climate speech Tuesday, an odd omission could be found — or, at least, it would have seemed odd as recently as a week or two ago.  The various Republican statements churned …
 
 
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Natasha Chart / RH Reality Check:
Just Have the Baby?  A New Mom Reveals Why There Is No ‘Just,’ and Not Necessarily Any Justice Either
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Washington Post:
Company allegedly misled government about security clearance checks
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Hot Air
New York Times:
Obama Seeks to Play Down Snowden's Import
Discussion: USA Today and TalkLeft
Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:
Nearly One in Five Members of Congress Gets Paid Twice
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
 Earlier Items: 
Robert / Jihad Watch:
UK's Express manipulates photo to smear Spencer and Geller
Discussion: Daily Express and IHT Rendezvous
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Rep. Campbell to retire in 2014
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Boston Globe:
Boston Marathon bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev indicted; allegedly left confession in boat where he was hiding
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Laughter fills Senate chamber as Moran flubs immigration vote
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Monthly
 

 
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

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