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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.
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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 …
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: Boehner ‘complicit’ if Benghazi panel blocked
GOP lawmaker: Boehner ‘complicit’ if Benghazi panel blocked
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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Ken White / Popehat:
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula Can Be Whomever You Want Him To Be.
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula Can Be Whomever You Want Him To Be.
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Outside the Beltway, Guardian and CANNONFIRE
Matt Welch / Reason:
Benghazi Hall of Shame
Benghazi Hall of Shame
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The Daily Beast, The PJ Tatler, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze.com and Hit & Run
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 …
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Washington Wire, Taylor Marsh, E2-Wire, CNN, Politico and AMERICA RISING
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Biden: Obama had ‘big grin’ following surprise statement backing gay marriage — Vice President Biden (D) said he declared his support for same-sex marriage in a surprise campaign-season endorsement last year because he “couldn't be quiet about it anymore.”
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Weasel Zippers and Booman Tribune
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.
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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!
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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 …
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Towleroad News #gay, The Raw Story, Associated Press and Hot Dish Politics
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Minnesota House Passes Marriage Equality Bill, 75-59
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 …
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Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Darrell Issa Acknowledges He Learned Nothing New From His Benghazi Hearing
Darrell Issa Acknowledges He Learned Nothing New From His Benghazi Hearing
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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.
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Liberal Values, The Mahablog and Booman Tribune
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama pushes $9 minimum wage bill in visit to red state Texas — President Obama on Thursday declared that the nation is “poised for progress” but called on Congress to help strengthen the middle class by promoting economic polices he proposed in his State of the Union address in February.
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Obama pivots back to jobs in Austin
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.
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 …
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Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Senate fails to approve resolution condemning illegal medical practices — Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) tried to pass a Senate resolution that would have condemned illegal abortion practices. — Lee asked unanimous consent to pass his resolution on Wednesday in reaction to the case of Kermit Gosnell …
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
House lawmakers pen Gosnell resolution
House lawmakers pen Gosnell resolution
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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 …
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Weekly Standard, Power Line and Washington Post
Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner:
Nancy Pelosi: Kermit Gosnell case ‘really disgusting’ … During her press conference Thursday afternoon, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was asked if she was aware of the Kermit Gosnell case and whether Congress should hold hearings to make sure similar atrocities are not occurring in other abortion clinics.
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The Lonely Conservative, Red Alert Politics, Hot Air, National Review and LifeNews.com
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.
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