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9:50 AM ET, July 10, 2013

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Corrie MacLaggan / Reuters:
Texas House approves sweeping abortion restrictions  —  (Reuters) - The Texas House of Representatives approved sweeping abortion restrictions on Tuesday, including a ban after 20 weeks of pregnancy and tougher standards for clinics that perform the procedure.
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Chris Tomlinson / Associated Press:
Texas House Provisionally Approves Draconian Abortion Law  —  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas House on Tuesday night provisionally approved tough new abortion restrictions, making good on a third attempt to pass the measure this year.  —  Activists on both sides of the issue from across …
Annrose / Daily Kos:
Interview with Victorian Prude the woman forcibly removed from testifying in Texas  —  Feel free to ignore any questions you would not care to respond to no explanation needed.  Also feel free to add anything you would like to say that I don't cover or ask about.  —  First off, what was your prepared statement?
Politico:
Immigration reform heads for slow death  —  Republicans walked away from their 2012 debacle hell-bent on fixing their problems with Hispanics.  Now, they appear hell-bent on making them worse.  —  In private conversations, top Republicans on Capitol Hill now predict comprehensive immigration reform …
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New York Times:
Seeing Opening, House G.O.P. Pushes Delay on Individual Mandate in Health Law  —  WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders on Tuesday seized on the Obama administration's one-year delay of a mandate for larger employers to offer health insurance or face penalties, demanding the same postponement …
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TIME:
Obamacare Delay Increases Costs and Complications
Discussion: National Review and Politico
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:   Boehner Considering Bill To Delay Obamacare's Individual Mandate For A Year
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
McDonnell's corporation, wife allegedly benefited from $120,000 more from donor  —  RICHMOND — A prominent political donor gave $70,000 to a corporation owned by Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell and his sister last year, and the governor did not disclose the money as a gift or loan, according to people with knowledge of the payments.
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Jim Nolan / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Governor's son arrested, charged with intoxication, swearing
Russell Simmons / The Huffington Post:
Just in Case George Zimmerman Walks Free...  Like so many people across the country, I have followed the murder trial of George Zimmerman very closely.  As we enter what is probably the last week of the trial, I am sure that everyone is anxious about the outcome.
Discussion: Alas, a Blog
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Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Martin Was Shot as He Leaned Over Zimmerman, Court Is Told
Discussion: Hit & Run
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Wal-Mart says it will pull out of D.C. plans should city mandate ‘living wage’  —  The world's largest retailer delivered an ultimatum to District lawmakers Tuesday, telling them less than 24 hours before a decisive vote that at least three planned Wal-Marts will not open in the city if a super-minimum-wage proposal becomes law.
Discussion: Hit & Run
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Alex Barron / Washington Post:
Wal-Mart: The D.C. Council has forced our hand  —  Alex Barron is a regional general manager for Wal-Mart U.S. and is responsible for about 90 stores and 30,000 associates in the D.C. area, including all stores planned for Washington.  —  For almost three years, Wal-Mart has worked on a plan …
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters blogs:
Sarah Palin Considering 2014 Senate Run  —  Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on Tuesday said that she is considering running for Senate in 2014.  —  Appearing on Sean Hannity's radio program, Palin also reiterated that she would consider supporting a third party if Republicans don't return to their conservative roots.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Palin mulls Senate bid
TMZ.com:
Justin Bieber Pisses Into Restaurant Mop Bucket — ‘F*** Bill Clinton!’  [VIDEO]  —  PISSES INTO RESTAURANT MOP BUCKET  —  ‘F*** Bill Clinton!’  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Justin Bieber is an oblivious, self-important little twit who goes out of his way to make the working man's life miserable …
Discussion: Politico and Gawker
Tribune Company / tribune.com:
Tribune Announces Intent to Pursue Separation of Broadcast and Publishing Businesses  —  Separation Designed to Maximize Shareholder Value, Provide Greater Financial and Operational Focus  —  Latest Step in Continuing Transformation of Dynamic Media Company
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Linchpin for Obama's plan to predict future leakers unproven, isn't likely to work, experts say  —  WASHINGTON — In an initiative aimed at rooting out future leakers and other security violators, President Barack Obama has ordered federal employees to report suspicious actions of their colleagues based …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans in Favor of National Referenda on Key Issues  —  Majority also backs shorter presidential campaigns and national primary  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A majority of Americans back three political reform ideas, including 68% who favor national referenda on key issues if enough voters sign …
Discussion: Reuters and Taegan Goddard's …
Joe Picard / The Hill:
Democrat on Democrat: Sen. Warren rips Sen. Manchin on student loan proposal  —  Liberal firebrand Elizabeth Warren blasted a fellow Democratic senator Tuesday as a dispute over how to stop student loan rates from doubling tore splits in the party.  —  The clash, which is highly unusual …
Discussion: The Fix, Politico, Reuters and PJ Media
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Sabotage governing  —  It's not unusual to hear dirty hippie liberal blogger types (and the occasional lefty Nobel Prize winner) point out that today's GOP has effectively abdicated the role of functional opposition party, instead opting for a kind of post-policy nihilism in which sabotaging …
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First Thoughts: Welcome to the perpetual campaign
Rajiv Chandrasekaran / Washington Post:
A brand-new U.S. military headquarters in Afghanistan.  And nobody to use it.  —  The U.S. military has erected a 64,000-square-foot headquarters building on the dusty moonscape of southwestern Afghanistan that comes with all the tools to wage a modern war.  A vast operations center with tiered seating.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Effects of Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Start to Be Felt  —  WASHINGTON — The federal government is moving quickly to extend benefits like health care and life insurance to gay and lesbian married couples in response to the Supreme Court decision that struck down the Defense of Marriage Act.
The Atlantic Online:
Men and Women Often Expect Different Things When They Move In Together  —  A new study suggests that men are more likely than women to be not “completely committed” to their partners.  —  At 33, my friend (I'll call her Shannon) had little to show for her five-year relationship with her live-in boyfriend.
 
 
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S.E.C. Hopes for Validation in Goldman Sachs Trader Case
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Acting IRS chief looks to cancel staff bonuses
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John O'Connor / Associated Press:
Illinois enacts nation's final concealed-gun law
Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Pro-Clinton Group Getting Help From Obama Aides
Discussion: Reuters and Associated Press
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Edmund S. Morgan, Colonial Scholar, Dies At 97
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TheBlaze.com:
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James Hamblin / The Atlantic Online:
Intimacy in an Iron Lung
Discussion: The Week and Althouse