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10:50 AM ET, June 20, 2014

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Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: ‘Hillary Clinton Took Me Through Hell,’ Rape Victim Says  —  The woman at the center of the scandal over Hillary Clinton's defense of an alleged child rapist speaks out in depth for the first time.  —  Hillary Clinton is known as a champion of women and girls …
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Washington Post:
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker suspected of coordinating with outside groups  —  Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) responds to prosecutors allegations that he is connected to a criminal scheme over campaign fundraising.  In a statement, he called the allegations “categorically false.”  ( AP)
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Power Line
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New York Times:
Wisconsin Governor at Center of a Vast Fund-Raising Case  —  CHICAGO — Prosecutors in Wisconsin assert that Gov. Scott Walker was part of an elaborate effort to illegally coordinate fund-raising and spending between his campaign and conservative groups during efforts to recall …
James Hohmann / Politico:
Prosecutors: Scott Walker part of ‘criminal scheme’
Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
John Doe prosecutors allege Scott Walker at center of ‘criminal scheme’
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Hype Behind the Health Care Scandal  —  You've surely heard about the scandal at the Department of Veterans Affairs.  A number of veterans found themselves waiting a long time for care, some of them died before they were seen, and some of the agency's employees falsified records to cover up the extent of the problem.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why Obamacare ‘good news’ applies only to the poor  —  BARACK OBAMA OBAMACARE HEALTH CARE HHS  —  To hear administration officials and their supporters in the press tell it, this is a great time for Obamacare.  People who signed up for coverage are actually paying for it …
Discussion: The Dish
Dave Boyer / Washington Times:
Obama talks tough to Mexico: Illegal-immigrant children won't get to stay  —  Tells Peña Nieto their countries must work to halt child surge  —  President Obama told his Mexican counterpart in a phone call Thursday that immigrants crossing into the U.S. illegally won't qualify …
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James Oliphant / NationalJournal.com:
Welcome to the White House's Nightmare
Rusty Humphries / Washington Times:
Exclusive inteview with Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
An enclave strategy for Iraq  —  Can Iraq hold together?  It's worth examining what is happening in that country through a broader prism.  If you had looked at the Middle East 15 years ago, you would have seen a string of strikingly similar regimes — from Libya and Tunisia in the west to Syria and Iraq in the east.
Discussion: Lawfare
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New York Times:
Cochran Asking Blacks to Rescue Him in Republican Primary  —  JACKSON, Miss. — Bishop Ronnie C. Crudup stood before roughly a dozen of his colleagues at a weekly Baptist fellowship meeting last week and asked for their help in a fight that, until now, would have been unthinkable for a black pastor …
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Shouting Match Erupts at Chris McDaniel Event
Discussion: The Dish and Talking Points Memo
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
FORMER DOJ ATTORNEY: ILLEGAL FOR DEMOCRATS TO VOTE IN MS GOP PRIMARY RUNOFF
Economist:
A dog ate my e-mails  —  IF YOUR taxes are being audited and you tell the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that you just so happen to have lost the records relating to the period in question, you cannot expect much sympathy.  The taxman has heard it all before, and “the dog ate my accounts” gets you nowhere.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Social Security, Veterans Affairs To Expand Some, But Not All, Same-Sex Marriage Recognition  —  Even on a federal level, legal difficulties remain for couples living in states that don't recognize same-sex couples' marriages.  One year after the Supreme Court struck down DOMA, Obama administration readies push to tie up loose ends.
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Sarah Smith / Politico:
Huckabee slams ‘judicial supremacy’
Discussion: Shakesville, CNN and BarbWire.com
David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:   Huckabee Says MLK Would Agree That Marriage Equality Is Like The Holocaust
Parade:
The President and Michelle Obama on Work, Family, and Juggling It All  —  This week, America's foreign policy is dominating the headlines, but it's the White House's second-term domestic agenda that's the focus of our Parade cover story.  On Monday, June 23, the President and Mrs. Obama …
Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
2016 poll: N.H. GOP voters pick Mitt Romney  —  Republican voters in New Hampshire are apparently still ready for Mitt.  —  According to a Suffolk University/Boston Herald poll released Thursday, 24 percent of the likely New Hampshire Republican electorate would vote for Mitt Romney in the state's 2016 GOP presidential primary.
Discussion: CNN
Susie Madrak / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Liberal Group: Sheldon Adelson Illegally Gave $1M To Pro-Corbett PAC  —  Ron Reese, a spokesman for the Las Vegas Sands Corp., called the state contribution an RGA mistake.  —  Oh, Shelly, Shelly, Shelly.  You're up to no good, as usual, and you should have known better.
Discussion: Philly.com and Liberaland
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Approval of Obama's Handling of Immigration Falls to 31%  —  Americans' approval falls eight percentage points since August  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' approval of President Barack Obama's handling of immigration has dropped to 31%, one of the lowest readings since 2010, when Gallup began polling on his handling of the issue.
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
The Left's Quiet Advance in Democratic Primaries  —  Progressives tout their victories as proof they're successfully pushing the party to adopt bolder ideological stands.  —  This year's Republican primaries have been closely watched by pundits sifting for clues about the relative primacy of the GOP's warring factions.
 
 
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
5 Exonerated in Central Park Jogger Case Will Settle Suit for $40 Million
Mollie Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Joe Walsh Was Apparently Kicked Off His Own Radio Show For Using Racial Slurs
Press Association:
Russia ‘secretly working with environmentalists to oppose fracking’
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Poll is bad for President Obama, but worse for liberalism
Discussion: Betsy's Page
New York Times:
C.D.C. Details Anthrax Scare for Scientists at Facilities
Discussion: Boing Boing
 Earlier Items: 
Thomson IR:
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 375-5000
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Republican Congressman Has Interesting Response To 9/11 Truther
Discussion: Mediaite
Esquire:
EXCLUSIVE: PROSECUTOR IS CLOSING IN ON GOV. CHRISTIE
Discussion: Politico, PoliticusUSA and Liberaland
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Dianne Feinstein: Keep Brian Schweitzer ‘away from my husband’
Adam Goldman / Washington Post:
CIA hatched plan to make demon toy to counter Osama bin Laden's influence
Norm Ornstein / NationalJournal.com:
Setting the Record Straight on a Polarizing Debate
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
 

 
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Tim Nudd / Ad Age:
Apple apologizes for the “Crush” iPad Pro ad and scraps plans to run it on TV; Apple's VP of marketing communications Tor Myhren says “we missed the mark”

Anna Tong / Reuters:
Sources: OpenAI plans to announce its AI-powered search product on May 13

Bloomberg:
Microsoft plans to launch its mobile game store in July on the web, first with its own games including Candy Crush Saga, and later open it to other publishers

 
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