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10:25 AM ET, June 15, 2014

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Rick Klein / ABC News:
Five Stories You'll Care About In Politics This Week  —  It's choosing time: Did primary voters in Virginia deliver an earthquake or a tornado?  Would you rather have a steak with Eric Cantor or a drink with Rick Perry?  Is a race for House leadership more “House of Cards” or “Election”?
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
How enthusiastic are Democrats about Clinton as nominee?  —  Washington (CNN) - Most Democrats say they'd support Hillary Clinton if she wins their party's nomination, but a new national survey indicates only a minority are excited about that prospect.  —  The CNN/ORC International poll released Sunday …
Discussion: Liberaland
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
U.S. officials scrambled to nab Snowden, hoping he would take a wrong step.  He didn't.  —  While Edward Snowden was trapped in the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport last year, U.S. officials were confronting their own dearth of options in the White House Situation Room.
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Althouse
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Eric Cantor loss gives Republicans chance to become people's party  —  REPUBLICAN PARTY CAMPAIGN FINANCE ERIC CANTOR WALL STREET DAVE BRAT  —  Eric Cantor's single largest source of campaign contributions was Blackstone Group, the high-rolling financial titan in Midtown Manhattan.
Discussion: Conservatives4Palin and Hot Air
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Washington Post:
Dana Milbank: John Boehner chooses job security over leadership  —  House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, reflects on the stunning primary defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., Thursday, June 12, 2014, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Obama pinched by crises abroad  —  President Obama is trapped between two international crises at a time when the U.S. military is facing cutbacks and the public is weary of foreign engagements.  —  Three weeks after Obama announced that most troops would leave Afghanistan by the end …
Discussion: Politico
David Atkins / Washington Monthly:
The brutal neoconservative legacy in Iraq  —  When we take stock of American policy in Iraq and its effects over the last decade, reasonable and humane people tend to focus on the devastating toll in blood, treasure and reputation.  Hundreds of thousands dead, even more injured …
Washington Post:
Republicans come out of the 2014 primary season with little to guide them forward  —  The 2014 primary season, while leaving the Republicans in good shape for the fall elections against the Democrats, has done little to quiet their internal turmoil or to provide a winning formula going forward.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Did The IRS Really Lose Lois Lerner's Emails?  Let a Special Prosecutor Find Them  —  Obama needs to address this ‘phony scandal’ and the public trust with real transparency.  —  A sloppy mistake, the government calls it, but you couldn't blame a person for suspecting a cover-up …
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Meg Wagner / NY Daily News:
‘Highly spiritual’ Oregon high school shooter Jared Padgett wrote plans to kill ‘sinners’ in diary: police  —  Police found the alleged shooter's diary in his family's Oregon home.  The 15-year-old's detailed plans did not name specific people as targets, police said.
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Kyle Iboshi / KGW-TV:   Reynolds HS suspect planned to ‘kill sinners’
George F. Will / Washington Post:
George Will responds to senators on his sexual assault column  —  Editor's note: On Thursday, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Robert Casey (D-Pa.) sent a letter to Post columnist George Will objecting to his column published online …
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Adam Carolla Rips “Ambush” Interview With NPR Host: “Speech Is Free Unless You Disagree With Them”  —  Adam Carolla talks about a taped appearance on Brian Lehrer's show on New York City's public radio station WNYC where the host ambushed him and attempted to paint him as a racist.
 
 
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D.R. Tucker / Washington Monthly:
Romney III
Bloomberg:
UglyGorilla Hack of U.S. Utility Exposes Cyberwar Threat
Discussion: Business Insider
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
ISIS Leader: ‘See You in New York’
Stuart James / Guardian:
Fifa investigating Frances claims that a drone spied on training
Discussion: Mediaite and SBNation.com
Ben Hartman / Jerusalem Post:
Netanyahu confirms: Teens kidnapped by terrorist organization
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Israpundit
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David Atkins / Washington Monthly:
When even Lloyd Blankfein says you need to do something about income inequality....
Discussion: Hullabaloo, ThinkProgress and Vox
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Larry Pratt And Alex Jones Warn Obama Is Training Military To Turn On The Tea Party
 

 
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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”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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