“This chilling effect is not just at AP, it’s happening at other news organizations as well,” Pruitt added. “Journalists from other news organizations have personally told me it has intimidated sources from speaking to them. Now, the government may love this. I suspect they do. But beware the government that loves secrecy too much.”
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Apple TV Carrying HBO and ESPN Streaming Content
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Shows including “SportsCenter,” “Monday Night Football,” “Game of Thrones” and “Boardwalk Empire” are among those available starting today through Apple TV for cable-TV customers who already subscribe to ESPN and HBO, Cupertino, California-based Apple said today in a statement.
Share on FacebookDaily Real Clear Politics Polling Numbers 6/19/13 ….
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President Obama Job Approval, Dir of Country, Florida Rubio vs , Ct Gov…..
Share on FacebookSopranos Star James Gandolfini is gone….
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James Gandolfini, the Emmy Award-winning actor best known for his work on HBO’s The Sopranos, has died in Italy, HBO confirms. The star is said to have suffered a sudden heart attack while on vacation on Wednesday, June 19. He was 51.
Share on FacebookThe New Republic disses Politico fro it’s inside the Beltway views….
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Andrew Sullivan: “The distortive effect of Politico actually corrodes democracy, in my view, because it constantly prioritizes the 6-hour news cycle and the higher inside-bullshit to tell us allegedly what is happening in Washington.
Share on FacebookDem Adam Haber runs ads against Nassau Dem Suozzi for the County Exc Job….
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Haber’s latest salvo in the Nassau County executive race features a spaghetti-slurping “hack” toasting Suozzi for giving his appointees — and himself — lavish raises and perks.
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As a portrait photographer I feed off true and real emotion, being able to portray real emotion through a photo is the greatest feeling for a portrait photographer……
Share on FacebookObesity as a disease…The AMA…..
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While prevention is “key,” he said, “if that doesn’t work, we’ve got to implement treatment programs, and we’re not doing that very well.”
Share on FacebookEdward Snowden: The man who cuts party lines…2016 Election Central
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Strange bedfellows have emerged following the revelations from former-NSA sub-contractor Edward Snowden regarding the NSA’s surveillance program of Americans. One side of the debate includes figures like former Vice President Dick Cheney who called Snowden a “traitor” over the weekend which is essentially President Obama’s opinion as well.
Share on FacebookPolitical Roundup for June 19, 2013…Gomezis down in HIS polling…Red Racing Horses
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MA-Sen: I’m not sure what his rationale was, but Gabriel Gomez released an internal poll showing him down 47-40.
Share on FacebookDaily Kos Elections Morning Digest 6/19/13: Brian Schweitzer might decide in six million years or so
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• MT-Sen: So when will Democratic ex-Gov. Brian Schweitzer decide on whether to run for Senate? It sounds like he’s waiting until the Late Holocene epoch:
Share on FacebookA ‘No-Fly Zone’ over Syria is gonna push up against the sequester cuts…
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“Dempsey informed Kerry that the Air Force could not simply drop a few bombs, or fire a few missiles, at targets inside Syria: To be safe, the U.S. would have to neutralize Syria’s integrated air-defense system, an operation that would require 700 or more sorties.”
Share on FacebookAlan West to run against Marco Rubio for Florida US Senate seat?….
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…..the former congressman said he had a “lot of concerns” over the comprehensive immigration reform proposal crafted by a bipartisan group — including Rubio — in the Senate.
Share on FacebookKarzi is pissed as the US and Taliban vow to start Afghan talks without him…..
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From Kabul, Karzai said he backed the talks in Doha as a necessary first step toward ending the violence that has bloodied his country for the last decade, but reiterated that his government must soon play a role in the discussion. The Taliban so far has refused to negotiate directly with Karzai’s government……
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