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9:15 PM ET, May 11, 2013

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Lauren French / Politico:
IRS officials knew of tea party targeting  —  Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew employees were singling out conservative groups for extra scrutiny as early as 2011, according to a watchdog agency's report set to be released next week, POLITICO has confirmed from a congressional source.
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Stephen Ohlemacher / bigstory.ap.org:
AP EXCLUSIVE: IRS KNEW TEA PARTY TARGETED IN 2011  —  You are here  —  Home » Mitch McConnell » AP Exclusive: IRS knew tea party targeted in 2011  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups as early as 2011 …
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Report: Top IRS officials knew of Tea Party targeting two years ago  —  Senior officials with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) knew the agency was targeting Tea Party groups as early as 2011, according to a report.  —  The Associated Press reported Saturday that an upcoming report …
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
IRS anti-Tea Party scandal gets real — senior IRS officials aware of targeting (Update - Chief Counsel knew and targets expanded to groups “educating on the Constitution and Bill of Rights")  —  This is getting real.  —  Yesterday it was just some “low level” employees involved.
Washington Post:
Playing politics with tax records  —  A BEDROCK principle of U.S. democracy is that the coercive powers of government are never used for partisan purpose.  The law is blind to political viewpoint, and so are its enforcers, most especially the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service.
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
The IRS was wrong to target the tea party. They should've gone after all 501(c)4s.
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Wow: CBS News President and WH Official Tied to Benghazi Scandal Are Brothers  —  One of the mainstream media journalists whose pursuit of the truth has been truly tenacious and nonpartisan is CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson.  Her tough reporting has made life difficult for everyone from Hillary Clinton …
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
West Wing briefly evacuated due to smoke, Secret Service says
Discussion: The Hill
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Rand Paul: Obama is working with ‘anti-American globalists plot[ting] against our Constitution.’  —  Rand Paul.  (AFP)  —  The New York Times calls Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) one of the Republican Party's “rising stars.”  The Daily Beast says he's “a smoother, more pragmatic political operator” …
BuzzFeed:
Bloomberg Execs Knew Journalists Were Tracking Clients In 2011  —  An anchor made on-air comments about tracking log in information more than a year ago.  A big deal internally — but handled quietly.  —  Executives at the financial information company Bloomberg have known about journalists using …
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Sam Baker / The Hill:
Rep. Pelosi knocks Republicans' ‘obsession’ with Benghazi attack  —  Congressional Republicans are using their Benghazi investigation as political “subterfuge” to distract from other issues, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Saturday.  —  Pelosi said it's important to find …
Discussion: Hot Air
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite:
Maher, Joy Reid Clash With Glenn Greenwald Over Benghazi: 'Obama's Supposed To Micromanage' The World?  —  On his Friday night show, Bill Maher invited his panel to discuss this week's developments about Benghazi — debating whether the story is as scandalous as Republicans are making it out to be.
Michael O'Brien / NBC Politics:
Rand Paul challenges Hillary Clinton in key Iowa speech  —  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Presidential elections start in Iowa.  —  On Friday, Sen. Rand Paul put his stake in the ground for a possible run in 2016 by mocking the Obama administration and delivering a blistering critique of former Secretary …
New York Times:
Troubled Life in Malcolm X's Shadow Comes to a Violent End  —  Last week, Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of Malcolm X, was talking to his friend Daniel Stevens when he learned that Mr. Stevens was worried that his fledgling rap career was going nowhere.  Mr. Shabazz vowed to help …
Discussion: Gothamist
Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:
Michele Bachmann: 9/11, Benghazi Were God's ‘Judgment,’ So We Must Hold Day Of Prayer On Sept. 11  —  Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) continued to promote a right-wing Sept. 11 “National Day of Prayer and Fasting” on Thursday, telling an audience gathered at a Capitol Hill event that such actions …
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Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Bachmann: 9/11 and Benghazi Were God's Judgment
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Obama hails top cops, reiterates call for tougher gun laws  —  President Obama hailed the nation's police force as America at “its best and its bravest” Saturday, while continuing his push for tougher gun laws.  —  At an event honoring the nation's top cops, Obama reiterated his call for …
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Honoring cops, Obama keeps pressure on gun control
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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