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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:

Exclusive: Benghazi Talking Points Underwent 12 Revisions, Scrubbed of Terror Reference — When it became clear last fall that the CIA's now discredited Benghazi talking points were flawed, the White House said repeatedly the documents were put together almost entirely by the intelligence community …

Discussion: The Hill, Yahoo! News, Hot Air, Mediaite, Jammie Wearing Fools, Townhall.com, Conservatives4Palin, Washington Free Beacon and The Dish

Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:

Why Benghazi is a Blow to Obama and Clinton — Both parties are wrong about the scandal: It's not Watergate and it's not nothing. — Both parties are wrong about Benghazi. Existing evidence does not point to a far-reaching cover-up on the scale of Watergate, as Republicans want you to believe.

Discussion: Fox News, Hot Air, The Caucus, Mediaite and Jammie Wearing Fools

Rich Lowry / Politico:

The Benghazi patsy — Nakoula Basseley Nakoula deserves a place in American history. He is the first person in this country jailed for violating Islamic anti-blasphemy laws. — You won't find that anywhere in the charges against him, of course. As a practical matter, though …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Rush Limbaugh, Ed Driscoll, Weasel Zippers, Washington Times, American Prospect, New York Post and Real Clear Politics

Jessica Roy / Betabeat:

At the Command of the State Department, Defense Distributed Pulls Its 3D Printed Gun Blueprints — Defense Distributed, the Texas-based nonprofit that wants to empower people to 3D print their own guns, has hit a bit of a legal snag. According to founder Cody Wilson, DEFCAD …

Discussion: Red Alert Politics, Guardian, The Week, FP Passport, Vox Popoli, The Verge, VentureBeat and Forbes

Andy Greenberg / Forbes:

State Department Demands Takedown Of 3D-Printable Gun Files For Possible Export Control Violations — The battle for control of dangerous digital shapes may have just begun. — On Thursday, Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson received a letter from the State Department Office …

Discussion: Washington Times, Mother Jones, The Gateway Pundit, Hot Air, BBC, Engadget, The Raw Story, Daily Mail, Motherboard, Mashable, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Truth About Guns, TechCrunch, Hit & Run, Wake up America, The PJ Tatler and National Review

Domani Spero / Diplopundit:

Raymond Maxwell: Former Deputy Asst Secretary Removed Over Benghazi Pens a Poem — In December 2012, the NYT reported that four State Department officials were removed from their posts after an independent panel criticized the “grossly inadequate” security at a diplomatic compound in Benghazi …

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Power Line and Washington Post

Mark Landler / New York Times:
Benghazi Debate Focuses on Interpretation of Early E-Mail on Attackers

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, The Maddow Blog and The Caucus

Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: Boehner ‘complicit’ if Benghazi panel blocked

Discussion: USA Today, The Fix, The Huffington Post and The Plum Line

Rolling Stone:

Joe Biden: The Rolling Stone Interview — The vice president on guns, global warming and why he's “the last guy in the room” on every decision Obama makes — There is a keen Kennedy-like vigor to Joe Biden that overwhelms any room. As was once said of Theodore Roosevelt, he, too …

Discussion: Washington Wire, Taylor Marsh, E2-Wire, CNN, Politico and AMERICA RISING

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Biden: Obama had ‘big grin’ following surprise statement backing gay marriage

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Booman Tribune

Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:

Exclusive: The RNC Benghazi Attack Ad that Never Ran — It was the Benghazi attack ad the Republican National Committee created but never aired. — ABC News has obtained an ad the RNC made last fall and approved to air in the final weeks of the presidential campaign.

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Post Politics, Hot Air, American Spectator, The Week, Politico, The Plum Line and Mother Jones

Politico:

Heritage Foundation does damage control — The Heritage Foundation has gone into damage-control mode in the last few days, after coming under fire from Republicans and conservative outside groups over a report it published that puts the price tag of immigration reform at $6.3 trillion.

Discussion: Riehl World News, Talking Points Memo, BuzzFeed, RH Reality Check, The Moderate Voice, Right Turn, Balloon Juice and Daily Kos

Yahoo! News:
Heritage immigration study co-author penned articles for ‘nationalist’ website

Discussion: ABCNEWS, The Atlantic Online, Talking Points Memo, Michelle Malkin, The Daily Banter, Alternative Right, Red Alert Politics, Mediaite, Rush Limbaugh, National Review, The Huffington Post, New Republic, Little Green Footballs, Crooks and Liars and The Maddow Blog

Joel Stein / TIME:

Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation — Correction Appended: May 9, 2013 — I am about to do what old people have done throughout history: call those younger than me lazy, entitled, selfish and shallow. But I have studies! I have statistics! I have quotes from respected academics!

Discussion: The Huffington Post, The Week and Online NewsHour

The Atlantic Wire:
Every Every Every Generation Has Been the Me Me Me Generation

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, New Republic, Wonkblog and FIRST DRAFT

BBC:

Dhaka building collapse: Woman pulled alive from rubble — A woman has been pulled alive from the ruins of a building that collapsed in a suburb of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, 17 days ago. — The head of the fire service earlier said the woman, named Reshma, had been found in the remains …

Discussion: Riehl World News and Althouse

Minneapolis Star Tribune:

Minnesota House approves gay marriage bill after two-hour debate — The measure now goes to the Senate, which will take up the issue Monday. — A pivotal vote Thursday in the Minnesota House positioned that state to become the 12th in the country to allow gay marriages and the first in the Midwest …

Discussion: Towleroad News #gay, The Raw Story, Associated Press, Hot Dish Politics and The Reaction

Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed: Minnesota House Passes Marriage Equality Bill, 75-59

Ken White / Popehat:

Nakoula Basseley Nakoula Can Be Whomever You Want Him To Be. — Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is in federal prison. He's scheduled to remain there until September. He's held under the name “Nakoula Basseley Nakoula,” not as “Sam Bacile” (the name he used make the anti-Islamic film …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Guardian and CANNONFIRE

Matt Welch / Reason:
Benghazi Hall of Shame

Discussion: The Daily Beast, The PJ Tatler, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze.com and Hit & Run

First Read:

First Thoughts: GOP shifts focus to Hillary — GOP shifts its focus to Hillary... Beyond the politics of yesterday's Be nghazi hearing... Deep in the heart of Texas: Obama heads to Austin, TX to talk jobs, manufacturing, and technology at 2:05 pm ET and 5:40 pm ET... Census …

Discussion: National Review, Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! News, American Prospect, New York Times and Argus Leader

Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Darrell Issa Acknowledges He Learned Nothing New From His Benghazi Hearing

Discussion: ViralRead, Daily Kos, Applesauce, Connecting.the.Dots and BuzzFeed

Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:

Republican Leaders Refuse To Make Appointments To Key Obamacare Panel — The top two Republicans in Congress informed President Obama on Thursday that they will refuse to fulfill their duty under the Affordable Care Act to recommend members of a new board with the power to contain Medicare spending.

Discussion: Liberal Values, The Mahablog and Booman Tribune

Marc Santora / New York Times:

In Hours, Thieves Took $45 Million in A.T.M. Scheme — It was a brazen bank heist, but a 21st-century version in which the criminals never wore ski masks, threatened a teller or set foot in a vault. — In two precision operations that involved people in more than two dozen countries acting …

Discussion: Motherboard, WJLA-TV, Wired, Gothamist, Balloon Juice, Gawker and Engadget

Washington Post:

Ways investors gain ‘political intelligence’ facing public scrutiny — With their boss playing a busy role in the push to overhaul the country's immigration laws, staffers for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) still have found time to talk with an unlikely interest group: Wall Street analysts.

Ryan Koronowski / ThinkProgress:

Republican Senators Boycott Vote On Gina McCarthy's Nomination To Head EPA — Zero Republicans show up to vote on Gina McCarthy's nomination to be EPA Administrator. — The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee was scheduled to vote today at 9:15 on the nomination of Gina McCarthy to be the next EPA Administrator.

Discussion: campaignmoney.org, E2-Wire, New York Times, U.S. Senate Committee …, Crooks and Liars and The Impolitic

Holly Yan / CNN:

Ohio suspect used victim for sex, prosecutor says — For more on this story, check out coverage on CNN affiliates WJW, WEWS, WKYC and WOIO. — Cleveland (CNN) — Ariel Castro maintained his home as a prison for three young women, holding them in seclusion and sexually assaulting them for his own pleasure …

Discussion: The Lead with Jake Tapper, Associated Press, Shakesville, The Week and WKYC-TV