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8:30 PM ET, May 2, 2013

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Daily Beast drops Howard Kurtz  —  The Daily Beast is dropping Howard Kurtz, the veteran media critic who made headlines this week for his erroneous report about NBA star Jason Collins.  —  “The Daily Beast and Howard Kurtz have parted company,” Tina Brown, the site's editor in chief, said in a statement sent to POLITICO.
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The Daily Beast:
The Daily Beast Retracts Jason Collins Blog Post  —  The Daily Beast has retracted a May 2, 2013, blog post by Howard Kurtz titled “Jason Collins' Other Secret.”  The piece contained several errors, resulting in a misleading characterization of NBA player Collins and the story he co-wrote …
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Where Are Syria's Chemical Weapons?  —  Multiple U.S. officials tell Eli Lake the scary truth: in many cases, we simply don't know.  Plus: irregular militias loyal to Assad have reportedly been training in how to use them.  —  As the White House mulls whether Syria has crossed President Obama's red line …
BuzzFeed:
Howard Kurtz Responds To Criticism Of His Disastrous Jason Collins Column [Updated]  —  And now he is no longer with The Daily Beast.  —  New York magazine's headline was “Howard Kurtz Wrote the World's Worst Column on Jason Collins.”  The Huffington Post's was “Howard Kurtz Indignantly …
Jonathan Cohn / New Republic:
The New Study that Republicans Who Reject Medicaid Must Read  —  A major new study on Medicaid just became public.  I know—nothing excites readers more than the phrase “major new study on Medicaid.”  Bear with me.  This study is already getting a lot of attention: Conservatives and libertarians …
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Megan McArdle / Asymmetrical Information:
Study: Giving People Government Health Insurance May Not Make them Any Healthier
Michael F. Cannon / Cato Institute:
Oregon Study Throws a Stop Sign in Front of ObamaCare's Medicaid Expansion
Investor's Business Daily:
Just How Ignorant Is Obama About ObamaCare?
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
So Is Healthcare Worthwhile or Not?  —  Avik Roy tweets:
Adam Housley / Fox News:
Special ops called for military backup during Libya attack, sources say  —  On the night of the Benghazi terror attack, special operations put out multiple calls for all available military and other assets to be moved into position to help — but the State Department and White House never gave …
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Lincoln Chafee / New York Times:
Why I Am Signing Marriage Equality Into Law  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I.  —  ON Thursday, the Rhode Island House of Representatives is expected to approve legislation to extend the right to marry to all Rhode Islanders, regardless of sexual orientation.  I plan to sign the Marriage Equality Act …
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David Klepper / ABCNEWS:   RI to Become 10th State Allowing Gay Marriage
Michelle Homer / KHOU-TV:
HPD: Bush IAH gunman left suicide note saying he had ‘monster within’  —  HOUSTON — A gunman walked into Bush Intercontinental Airport with an AR-15 and a handgun Thursday and fired at least two shots before shooting himself.  It happened in the ticket area inside Terminal B around 1:35 p.m.
Gavin Aronsen / Mother Jones:
Friend Who Had “Fling” With Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the 3 Additional Suspects: “They All Idolized Jahar”  —  In an interview with Mother Jones, a woman who says she hooked up with Tsarnaev sheds light on him and his friends now in custody.  —  Azamat Tazhayakov, Dias Kadyrbayev, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
National Review:
The Rand Machine Ramps Up  —  Rand Paul's chief strategist is leaving his Senate post to run the Kentucky Republican's political shop.  —  Doug Stafford, who is widely seen as Paul's closest adviser, will soon resign as chief of staff to manage Paul's national political operation.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama ‘very comfortable’ with lowered age for ‘morning-after pill’  —  President Obama on Thursday said he is “very comfortable” with a new rule issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that would allow women ages 15 and older to buy the emergency contraceptive known as Plan B without a prescription.
Discussion: Politico
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Dan Morain / The Swarm:
Ami Bera dings Obama administration for rollout of Affordable Care Act
Discussion: Post Politics and National Review
Dylan Byers / Politico:
C-SPAN's ‘Road to the White House 2016’ starts tomorrow  —  For those who still think it's too soon to be talking about 2016 ... tough luck.  —  On Friday, C-SPAN will start branding events with likely presidential hopefuls as “Road to the White House 2016.”
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CNN:
Attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya  —  (CNN) — Several Yemeni men belonging to al Qaeda took part in the terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi last September, according to several sources who have spoken with CNN.  —  One senior U.S. law enforcement official told CNN that …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Mediaite
Spencer Ackerman / Wired:
Even With U.S. Guns, Syria's Rebels Still Might Lose  —  As the Obama administration debates belatedly arming the Syrian opposition, military analysts are arriving at an uncomfortable conclusion: the U.S. can't hand the rebels guns or rockets and expect them to topple dictator Bashar Assad.
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Dr. Boyce Watkins / Your Black World:
Mountain Dew Releases Arguably the Most Racist Commercial in History Tweet  —  If you've never heard of Felicia the Goat, you'll know about her soon.  Felicia the Goat is the main character in a recent Mountain Dew commercial, created in part by Tyler the Creator.
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Hillary Clinton and Chris Christie to headline event  —  Hillary Clinton and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will be the featured attractions at next month's Clinton Global Initiative in Chicago, according to a release going out from the group Thursday.  —  The focus of the gathering …
Discussion: CNN
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Kissinger jokes about Hillary Clinton 2016 run
Discussion: CNN
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
In Mexico, Obama says that now is the right time for immigration reform  —  Mexico's booming economy and its growing ties with the United States make this the right time to pass immigration reform, President Obama said Thursday during his fourth trip south of the border.
Discussion: Politico
Ebindelglass / CBS New York:
FBI Adds Cop Killer Joanne Chesimard To Most Wanted Terrorist List  —  NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) - The decades-old international case of a convicted cop killer is getting new attention in New Jersey.  —  It was 40 years ago today that New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster was shot …
The Atlantic Online:
Terry McAuliffe Got Into an Argument About Socialized Medicine During His Son's Birth  —  When his daughter was being born, the Virginia Democrat's wife told him to attend a reporter's party.  Maybe this is why.  —  Despite the best efforts of Mark Sanford and Elizabeth Colbert Busch …
Chad Terhune / Los Angeles Times:
Part-timers to lose pay amid health act's new math  —  Some workers are having their hours cut so employers won't have to cover them under Obamacare.  But many will benefit from the healthcare law's premium subsidies and Medicaid expansion.  —  “I understand there are costs to healthcare reform …
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
‘Smoking’ gun nets 60G fine  —  60G fine for cig lighter  —  The owner of a Midtown tourist shop is firing back at Mayor Bloomberg's crusade against toy guns, filing papers to block a $60,000 fine from the city for selling lighters shaped like small pistols.
Discussion: National Review and Weasel Zippers
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
CBO report: Principal reductions could save billions  —  A new report out Wednesday could give Democrats more muscle in their push for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to reduce principal mortgage balances.  —  The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) analysis shows …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden: ‘There Should Be Two Senators from the State of D.C.’  —  Last night in Washington, Joe Biden stated that abused women fear getting “raped again by the system.”  He also made the push that Washington, D.C. should be its own state, with two U.S. senators.  —  Via the pool report:
 
 
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senator: I Voted Against Equal Pay For Women Because We Have Enough Laws
Discussion: Daily Kos
Shannon Travis / CNN:
Anti-abortion group releases new secretly recorded video
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The PJ Tatler
Jennifer Harper / Washington Times:
Feminism may be dead: 72 percent of Americans say they're not ‘feminists’
Eric W. Dolan / The Raw Story:
Belief in biblical end-times stifling climate change action in U.S.: study
Associated Press:
Martin O'Malley signs Maryland death penalty repeal
Discussion: CNN
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Louise Radnofsky / Washington Wire:
Obamacare Gets New Court Challenge
Discussion: “The Lid”
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Obama group misleadingly cites a vote on a climate change bill
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
Laura Ly / CNN:
Woman missing 11 years turns up alive
Discussion: The Raw Story
Rolling Stone:
Too-Big-to-Fail Takes Another Body Blow
Bloomberg:
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama prods liberals to give-and-take on Senate immigration bill
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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