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4:50 PM ET, April 29, 2013

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Sports Illustrated:
“I'm a 34-year-old NBA center.  I'm black.  And I'm gay,” says Jason Collins.  —  I'm a 34-year-old NBA center.  I'm black.  And I'm gay.  —  I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport.  But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation.
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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
ESPN Sportscaster Immediately Trashes First Out NBA Player: Jason Collins Is Not ‘A Christian’  —  An ESPN sportscaster went on the air on Monday to publicly gay-bash Jason Collins, the NBA player who came out Monday morning in an emotional op-ed, the first active male player of a major American sport to come out.
Discussion: Good As You
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
More backlash against Senators on gun vote  —  New PPP polls in Alaska, Arizona, Nevada, and Ohio find serious backlash against the 5 Senators who voted against background checks in those states.  Each of them has seen their approval numbers decline, and voters say they're less likely …
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans Wanted Gun Background Checks to Pass Senate  —  Support varies from 85% among Democrats to 45% among Republicans  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Sixty-five percent of Americans say the U.S. Senate should have passed the measure that would have expanded background checks for gun purchases …
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
After Her Poll Numbers Plummet, NRA Runs Ads Thanking Senator For Killing Background Checks Bill
Discussion: Mediaite and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Antiabortion group releases videos of clinic workers discussing live births  —  An antiabortion group that mounted a six-month undercover investigation has released videos this week that raise questions about what might happen to a baby as a result of an unsuccessful abortion.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
More Phony Outrage  —  Well, the transition among antichoicers from drawing attention to the illegal horrors of Dr. Gosnell's clinic in Philadelphia to a challenge to legal abortions generally is moving along at a pretty good pace, viz. this New York Post column by Kyle Smith: … Well, I don't know.
Vivian Yee / New York Times:
Group Shows Covert Video of a Bronx Abortion Clinic
Justin Sink / The Hill:
O'Connor worries Supreme Court was wrong to rule in Bush v. Gore  —  Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said in an interview published this weekend that she is no longer certain that the Supreme Court should have taken Bush v. Gore, the controversial case that ended …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
After Casting Key Fifth Vote For Bush, Justice O'Connor Now Regrets Bush v. Gore  —  Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the conservative retired justice who provided the fifth vote to install George W. Bush as president, is now having second thoughts about that decision:
Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
If Hillary is running for prez, I'm out  —  Cuomo quietly ‘concedes’ 2016 race  —  Gov. Cuomo has quietly told associates that he is resigned to the fact that he can't run for president in 2016 if Hillary Rodham Clinton enters the race, as is widely expected, sources told The Post.
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Ron Paul slams Boston ‘occupation’  —  Former Rep. Ron Paul said the police response to the Boston Marathon bombings was scarier than the bombing itself, which killed three and wounded more than 250.  —  “The Boston bombing provided the opportunity for the government to turn …
Discussion: AL.com and Balloon Juice
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Ron Paul / LewRockwell.com:
Liberty Was Also Attacked in Boston
Discussion: Mediaite and Hit & Run
Jonathan Weisman / The Caucus:
Cruz Breaks With Senate Tradition While Criticizing Colleagues  —  In his short time at the Capitol, Senator Ted Cruz, a freshman Republican from Texas, has shown little regard for long-standing rules of decorum.  But on Friday, he publicly discussed the closed-door dealings …
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Ted Cruz slams Senate GOP ‘squishes’
Discussion: The Hill
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
‘You Son Of A B*tch’: Furious Boston Man Confronts ‘A**hole’ Alex Jones Reporter Over ‘False Flag’ Allegations  —  An InfoWars.com reporter found himself the subject of verbal scorn last week when he appeared in Boston with press badge and camera in tow.  An irate Boston resident confronted …
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Dem resolution warns climate change could push women to ‘transactional sex’  —  Several House Democrats are calling on Congress to recognize that climate change is hurting women more than men, and could even drive poor women to “transactional sex” for survival.
Kate Kelland / Reuters:
Austerity is hurting our health, say researchers  —  (Reuters) - Austerity is having a devastating effect on health in Europe and North America, driving suicide, depression and infectious diseases and reducing access to medicines and care, researchers said on Monday.
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
How Austerity Is Literally Killing People
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
House Republicans Eyeing New Hostage Opportunity  —  If you don't submit, I will destroy your puny world with this HAMMER OF THOR.  —  The House Republicans are contemplating a new budget-hostage strategy, the the Washington Post reports in a story that is both highly useful and inadvertently Onion-esque.
Christian Caryl / The New York Review of Books:
‘Misha’ Speaks: An Interview with the Alleged Boston Bomber's ‘Svengali’  —  As the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombings continues, one of the more clouded aspects is the tale of “Misha,” a mysterious US-based Islamist who has been accused by members of the Tsarnaev family …
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Biden Needles Graham: ‘I Will Rip Your Skin Off’ #SCsen  —  Graham is up for re-election in 2014.  (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)  —  Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. offered Sen. Lindsey Graham his support for re-election — including a pledge to “rip your skin off for you” if it helps the South Carolina Republican's 2014 prospects.
Discussion: Mediaite and Weasel Zippers
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Biden Backs Public Disclosure of Torture Report
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Charlotte mayor nominated for transportation secretary  —  Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama tapped the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina on Monday to head his Department of Transportation.  —  If confirmed by the Senate, Foxx would replace Ray LaHood, who said in January he wouldn't serve a second term.
Discussion: Politico
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama keeps the jokes coming in first post-dinner speech  —  President Obama, fresh off his performance Saturday night at the White House Correspondents Dinner, peppered his remarks Monday at the National Academy of Sciences with multiple jokes.  Obama noted that the academy was founded during the Civil War …
Discussion: Politico
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Washington Post:
After string of setbacks, more charm may be the last, best option for Obama
 
 
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Capitol Police clear suspicious substance in Rep. Meeks's office
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Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
Conservatives Try to Rewrite Civil Rights History (Again)
Sean Sullivan / Post Politics:
McConnell jokes about his ‘soft side’ in response to Obama
Discussion: The Fix and ABCNEWS
Harry Bradford / The Huffington Post:
Disney World Fights Against Paid Sick Days For Florida Employees
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Panel seeks to fine tech companies for noncompliance with wiretap orders
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O. Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
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We tried to weaponize the weather
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