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2:30 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.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Know who wants Republicans to pass immigration reform? Major Republican donors.
Politico:
Is the Senate really working?
Discussion: 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 …
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
‘Cracker’ Means Something Entirely Different In Florida: A Source Of ‘Pride’  —  At the merciful close of key prosecution witness Rachel Jeantel's testimony in the trial of George Zimmerman for the murder of Trayvon Martin, defense attorney Don West asked Ms. Jeantel to describe the “culture” …
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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
Discussion: JustOneMinute
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 …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Issa's panel vote clears path for Lerner's return  —  The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted 22-17 on Friday that embattled IRS official Lois Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment rights during a hearing last month on the agency's tea party targeting scandal.
Discussion: The Spectacle Blog
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CNN:
House panel says IRS official waived 5th Amendment right
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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 …
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 …
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 …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Nationalized gay marriage, now inevitable  —  Under the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal government does not recognize same-sex marriages even in states that have legalized it.  This week, the Supreme Court ruled DOMA unconstitutional.  —  There are two possible grounds, distinct and in some ways contradictory, for doing so.
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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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Democrats Make Big Gamble On Student Loans
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 …
Tom Watkins / CNN:
What will it take for Snowden to come back?  Father has ideas  —  (CNN) — The father of Edward J. Snowden has offered federal authorities a deal that he says would likely lead the accused leaker to return voluntarily to the United States to face espionage charges.
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Obama administration finalizes birth-control mandate in healthcare law  —  The Obama administration announced final rules Friday on ObamaCare's birth-control coverage mandate.  —  The final rules do not substantively alter the controversial mandate, which requires most employers to cover …
Discussion: Politico
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: ThinkProgress and CNN
Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:
Nearly One in Five Members of Congress Gets Paid Twice  —  They draw government pensions from previous work in addition to their congressional salary.  The practice is called “double-dipping.”  —  To solve the debt crisis, Americans—who are already suffering in these tough economic times …
Discussion: FishbowlDC and Outside the Beltway
Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Mayor Bloomberg: NYPD ‘Stops Whites Too Much And Minorities Too Little’  —  New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended the police department's controversial stop and frisk program during a radio interview on Friday morning, and complained that the NYPD was stopping too many white people.
 
 
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Robby Soave / The Daily Caller:
Texas teen makes violent joke during video game, is jailed for months
Scott Powers / OrlandoSentinel.com:
Challengers beginning to emerge to run against Grayson
Discussion: Ballot Box
The Boston Globe:
Coakley weighs run for governor
USA Today:
Bill restricting abortions passes Ohio Legislature
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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
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Invest, Divest and Prosper
Discussion: ThinkProgress, NPR and Wonkblog
Washington Post:
Company allegedly misled government about security clearance checks
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Hot Air