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8:15 PM ET, May 15, 2013

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Talking Points Memo:
Holder To Issa: Your Conduct Is ‘Unacceptable’ And ‘Shameful’ (VIDEO)  —  At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, Eric Holder and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) clashed as the Attorney General tore into the Republican oversight chairman's conduct as “unacceptable” and “shameful.”
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
White House Pushes for Media Shield Law  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration sought on Wednesday to revive legislation that would provide greater protections to reporters from penalties for refusing to identify confidential sources, and that would enable journalists to ask a federal judge …
CNN:
Holder criticizes longtime foe Issa at committee hearing
Discussion: The Reaction
Politico:
Holder undergoes bipartisan grilling
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
New York Times:
Spying on The Associated Press
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:   Louie Gohmert Gets Heated With Eric Holder: “He Has Challenged My Character”
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Republicans go on the offensive in seizure of journalists' records
Discussion: CNN
CNN:
Source: Two ‘rogue’ workers principally behind IRS targeting of conservatives  —  Washington (CNN) - The Internal Revenue Service has identified two “rogue” employees in the agency's Cincinnati office as being principally responsible for “overly aggressive” handling of requests by conservative groups …
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CNN:
Obama: Acting IRS commissioner resigns, more changes coming  —  Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama vowed Wednesday to hold accountable those at the Internal Revenue Service involved in the targeting of conservative groups applying for federal tax-exempt status, beginning with the resignation of the agency's acting commissioner.
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
I.R.S. Says Counsel Didn't Tell Treasury of Tea Party Scrutiny  —  WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday that its chief counsel did not tell Treasury superiors of I.R.S. efforts to target conservative groups for special scrutiny, nor did he participate in a 2011 meeting …
Bloomberg:
IRS Sent Same Letter to Democrats That Fed Tea Party Row
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
IRS: Chief counsel didn't learn of Tea Party targeting until 2013
Discussion: Reuters
Jake Tapper / The Lead with Jake Tapper:
First on CNN: White House releases 100 pages of Benghazi e-mails  —  This story has been updated.  —  The White House released more than 100 pages of e-mails on Wednesday in a bid to quell critics who say President Barack Obama and his aides played politics with national security following …
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Wall Street Journal:
White House Releases Benghazi Emails  —  WASHINGTON—The White House succumbed to mounting pressure Wednesday and decided to publicly release the chain of administration emails surrounding the controversial Benghazi talking points.  —  The move came a week after public interest …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Glenn Thrush / Reuters:
White House releases Benghazi emails
CNN:   Former W.H. spox sets scene for talking points changes
New York Times:   E-Mails Show Jostling Over Talking Points on Libya Attack
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Obama, the uninterested president  —  President Passerby needs urgently to become a participant in his presidency.  —  Late Monday came the breathtaking news of a full-frontal assault on the First Amendment by his administration: word that the Justice Department had gone …
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Talking Points Memo:
Obama Administration Sacks IRS Chief After Targeting Scandal  —  President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that Treasury Secretary Jack Lew requested and accepted the resignation of the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Steven Miller, following the agency's admission …
CBS News:
Acting IRS commissioner steps down, Obama announces
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Thomas More Society:
Broadening IRS Victims Include Pro-Life Advocates, As Congress Investigates  —  Thomas More Society Cases Demonstrate Conservative Bias Only “Tip of Iceberg”  —  Contact: Tom Ciesielka, 312-422-1333, tc@tcpr.net  —  The Thomas More Society is speaking out about blatant bias by the supposedly apolitical tax-collection agency.
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Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
The real IRS scandal  —  Allowing so many ‘social welfare’ groups to enjoy tax-exempt status while participating in politics must stop.  The IRS is obligated to scrutinize applicants, ‘tea party’ or no.  —  C4s are allowed to engage in lobbying, but not ("primarily") in campaign activity.
Politico:
Obama's dangerous new narrative  —  No contemporary American politician has benefited more from the power of good storytelling than Barack Obama.  He vaulted from obscurity to the presidency on the power of narrative - invoking his biography and personal values to make a larger point about how he would lead the nation.
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Politico:
D.C. turns on Obama
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Top Romney Strategist: Hillary Clinton Will Lose A Democratic Primary  —  “If I was a Democratic hot-shot politician, I would primary her so fast,” says Stu Stevens.  Hickenlooper 2016?  —  Via: AP  —  WASHINGTON — The top advisor to last year's Republican nominee predicted Wednesday …
Discussion: Shakesville
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Tom Philpott / Mother Jones:
Mysterious Poop Foam Causes Explosions on Hog Farms  —  When you hear about foam in the context of food, you might think of molecular gastronomy, the culinary innovations of the Spanish chef Ferran Adrià, who's famous for dishes like apple caviar with banana foam.
Yahoo! News:
Conservative group says IRS approved nonprofit status after applying with ‘liberal-sounding name’  —  In May 2011, Drew Ryun, a conservative activist and former Republican National Committee staffer, began filling out the Internal Revenue Service application to achieve nonprofit status for a new conservative watchdog group.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Hot Air and NewsBusters
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Reid: No ‘Precipitous’ Nuclear Option, But Consumer Watchdog Will Get Vote Next Week  —  If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to change the Senate filibuster rules — either broadly, or more narrowly to fast track presidential nominees — he'll need a strong case.
Lindsay A. Powers / Washington Post:
Takoma Park grants 16-year-olds right to vote  —  When Takoma Park's next Election Day arrives in November, the lines of voters ready to cast their ballots for the City Council will include a new set of voters making history.  —  During its Monday meeting, the Takoma Park City Council passed …
 
 
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Lisa Riley Roche / Associated Press:
Mitt Romney to live in Utah — at least some of the time
Pete Kasperowicz / Ballot Box:
Sanford thanks ‘god of second chances’ at House swearing-in ceremony
Discussion: CNN
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Israeli Official Signals Possibility of More Syria Strikes
Billy Hallowell / TheBlaze.com:
‘VERY FRIGHTENING’: PROMINENT CATHOLIC PROF. CLAIMS IRS AUDITED HER AFTER SPEAKING OUT AGAINST OBAMA …
Susan Davis / USA Today:
CBO drops 2013 deficit estimate to $642 billion
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Darrell Issa sets IRS hearing for next Wednesday
Discussion: National Review
Josie Ensor / Telegraph:
Catholic school calls in Stonewall after boy calls pupil's shoes ‘gay’
Discussion: Gay Star News and PinkNews.co.uk
Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
The Seven Questions That Got The IRS In Trouble
 Earlier Items: 
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Krauthammer To GOP: Stop Calling Everything A Watergate, “Be Quiet And Present The Facts”
Jason Heid / FrontBurner:
Hear Richard P. Sheridan's Vile Voicemail Tirade After Losing His Dallas City Council Election Bid
Discussion: Mediaite and Crooks and Liars