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5:05 AM ET, July 13, 2013

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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
You're Allowed To Carry A Gun Into The Texas Senate Gallery, But Not A Tampon  —  An example of an item that's not permitted in the Texas Gallery.  (Credit: Shutterstock)  —  On Friday afternoon, the Texas Senate will vote on a package of abortion restrictions that Republican lawmakers …
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Chris Tomlinson / Associated Press:
Tampons Seized In Security Checks At Texas Abortion Debate  —  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrats in the Texas Senate on Friday questioned whether proposed abortion restrictions are constitutional and whether they would make it more difficult for women in the state to obtain health care.
The Texas Tribune:
Abortion Regulations Bill Nears Final Vote … After several hours of critical questioning from Democratic senators on Friday, debate on House Bill 2 came to a brief standstill when Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, raised the possibility of a procedural violation that would stall the Senate's consideration of the bill.
Shefali Luthra / The Texas Tribune:
Protesters Question Report on Confiscations
Discussion: Guardian and RH Reality Check
Katherine Haenschen / BOR:
HB2 Liveblog: Senate Vote, Stand With Texas Women Rally Today at the Capitol
Discussion: Daily Kos, The Raw Story and Jezebel
NTSB:
NTSB statement on erroneous confirmation of crew names  —  The National Transportation Safety Board apologizes for inaccurate and offensive names that were mistakenly confirmed as those of the pilots of Asiana flight 214, which crashed at San Francisco International Airport on July 6.
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KTVU-TV:
KTVU Apology for Friday Noon report  —  Sponsored Links  —  On Friday evening, KTVU Channel 2 issued the following on-air apology.  —  On Friday, July 12, during the KTVU Channel 2 Noon newscast, we misidentified the pilots in the Asiana Airlines crash.  —  We made several mistakes when we received this information.
Matier And Ross:
KTVU apologizes for racist SF plane crash gaffe  —  Update: The National Transportation Safety Board late Friday issued its own apology for “inaccurate and offensive names that were mistakenly confirmed” to KTVU Channel 2 as those of the pilots of Asiana flight 214, which crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday.
Discussion: Boston Globe
Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
Pranked TV Station Reports “Ho Lee Fuk,” “Wi Tu Lo” As SF Crash Pilots  —  Bay Area Fox affiliate KTVU purportedly learned the names of the flight crew of Asiana flight 214, which crashed last Saturday at San Francisco International Airport, killing two.  These—"Sum Ting Wong," “Wi Tu Lo …
Cord Jefferson / Gawker:
KTVU Reports Asiana Air Pilots Were “Sum Ting Wong” and “Ho Lee Fuk”
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Sense of Events
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:   KTVU Apparently Pranked
Adam Weinstein / Gawker:
This, Courtesy of MSNBC, Is Trayvon Martin's Dead Body.  Get Angry.  —  A reader of mine sent me this photo last night.  As the murder trial of George Zimmerman wheezes to its conclusion, the TV networks dutifully pipe in live pool video from the courtroom, as if it is force-fed …
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Daniel J. Flynn / American Spectator:
Two Males, No Men  —  They don't make men like they used to.  One can consult a Danish study that shows plummeting testosterone levels for scientific confirmation of this.  Or, one could more easily turn on any cable news network's wall-to-wall coverage of the Zimmerman-Martin case …
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh and Balloon Juice
Erik Wemple:
Geraldo: Jurors would have ‘shot and killed Trayvon Martin a lot sooner than George Zimmerman did’
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Administration pressures human rights groups not to help Snowden  —  The Obama administration on Friday urged human rights groups not to help National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden seek asylum.  —  A U.S. Embassy official called a human rights activist who was set to meet with Snowden …
Discussion: Guardian, CNN and Business Insider
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WikiLeaks:
Statement by Edward Snowden to human rights groups at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House: Obama to personally lobby Putin on Edward Snowden
Janegalt / Megan McArdle:
Why I Think the GOP Will Have Control in 2017  —  My assertion that there's a 70% chance that the GOP controls White House, Senate, and House in 2017 has attracted a lot of pushback.  And it's certainly possible that I'm wrong!  Here's my thinking, for what it's worth:
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Janegalt / Megan McArdle:
Should the Senate end the filibuster?
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
Gay marriage opponents ask California court to deny wedding licenses  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Opponents of same-sex marriage asked the California Supreme Court on Friday to order county clerks to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples, arguing that Gov. Jerry Brown lacked the authority to end enforcement of Proposition 8.
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ThinkProgress:
Iowa Supreme Court: It's OK To Fire A Woman For Being Too Attractive
Discussion: Jezebel and Shakesville
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Holder Tightens Rules on Getting Reporters' Data  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who has been criticized for the Justice Department's aggressive tactics in secretly obtaining phone logs and e-mails of reporters as part of leak investigations, announced new guidelines …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama meets Holder, accepts report on Justice's targeting of media for leaks
Discussion: Politico
Larry Gordon / Los Angeles Times:
Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security chief, to head UC  —  U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is being named the next president of the 10-campus UC system.  (Alex Wong / Getty Images / July 18, 2012)  —  Janet Napolitano, the U.S. secretary of Homeland Security and former governor of Arizona …
Gothamist:
A Spitzer Petitioner's Tale: $1,600 To Get Signatures For “A Schmuck”  —  The text message forwarded from a friend of a friend had all the classic signs of a scam; ALL CAPS, asterisks, and a fantastical promise: $800 a day to gather signatures for Eliot Spitzer's nascent campaign for Comptroller.
 
 
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Robert Winnett / Telegraph:
Liverpool Care Pathway to be axed in favour of individual treatment plans
Discussion: BBC and National Review
John B. Taylor / Wall Street Journal:
Once Again, the Fed Shies Away From the Exit Door
Discussion: Paul Krugman, Brad DeLong and MoneyBeat
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Rep. Stockman: Texas Dems want to ‘shred late-term babies alive’
Discussion: CNN
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Implosion Of Virginia Governor Shows Why We Need To Pay Elected Officials More
Ahmed Wali Mujeeb / BBC:
Pakistan Taliban ‘sets up a base in Syria’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Phonyism  —  On Thursday the New York Times published a front-page …
 Earlier Items: 
BuzzFeed:
9 Harsh Political Realities Of Sharknado
Discussion: Mediaite and The PJ Tatler
Josh Hicks / Federal Eye:
Democrats offer new evidence that IRS targeted progressive groups
Discussion: The Raw Story
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Report: Obamas plan weeklong Martha's Vineyard vacation next month
Discussion: CNN
Janet Conner-Knox / WilsonTimes.com:
McCrory threatens abortion bill veto
Discussion: Balloon Juice and @NCCapitol
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Concerning “Libertarian Populism”
Asawin Suebsaeng / Mother Jones:
Can a “Sharknado” Really Happen?  —  So exclaims a local TV …