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9:00 PM ET, May 16, 2013

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John Parkinson / ABCNEWS:
IRS Official in Charge During Tea Party Targeting Now Runs Health Care Office  —  (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)  —  The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit targeted tea party groups now runs the IRS office responsible for the health care legislation.
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Associated Press:
Second IRS Official To Leave After Targeting Scandal  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — As second top Internal Revenue Service official has announced plans to leave the agency amid the controversy over the targeting of tea party groups.  —  An internal IRS memo says Joseph Grant, commissioner …
Discussion: Booman Tribune and The Impolitic
Steven Rattner / Opinionator:   Behind the I.R.S. Mess: A Campaign-Finance Scandal
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Conservative Hispanic Groups Targeted In IRS Scandal
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Abby D. Phillip / ABCNEWS:
Obama Names OMB Official as Acting IRS Commissioner
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Hot Air
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
The scandals are falling apart  —  Things go wrong in government.  Sometimes it's just bad luck.  Sometimes it's rank incompetence.  Sometimes it's criminal wrongdoing.  Most of the time you never hear about it.  Or, if you do hear about it, the media eventually gets bored talking about it (see warming, global).
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Washington Post:
Some question whether AP leak on al-Qaeda plot put U.S. at risk
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
Holder's recusal and the leak investigation are unprecedented
Discussion: JustOneMinute, Lawfare, Hot Air and Poynter
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Benghazi auditors Mullen, Pickering refuse meeting with Issa  —  The co-leaders of the independent audit into the Benghazi attack have categorically refused to meet with Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) for a private interview.  —  Thomas Pickering and Michael Mullen called the proposed closed-door proceeding …
Discussion: Politico and Washington Monthly
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Barbara Boxer's claim that GOP budgets hampered Benghazi security
Discussion: Yahoo! News and NewsBusters
CBS News:
Boston bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left note in boat he hid in, sources say  —  (CBS News) Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left claiming responsibility for the April 13 attack on the Boston Marathon, reports CBS News senior correspondent John Miller.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Onset of Woes Casts Pall Over Obama's Policy Aspirations  —  WASHINGTON — Thwarted on Capitol Hill, stymied in the Middle East and now beset by scandal, President Obama has reached a point just six months after a heady re-election where the second term he had hoped for has collided with the second term he actually has.
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Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post:
Obama Speaks Of ‘Going Bulworth’ In Second Term
Discussion: The Fix and Washington Post
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Calls Over Marines to Shield Himself and Turkish PM from Rain  —  At an outdoor White House press conference, President Obama called over Marines to shield himself and the Turkish prime minister from the rain:
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Emma Innes / Daily Mail:
Men who are physically strong are more likely to have right wing political views  —  Men who are physically strong are more likely to take a right wing political stance, while weaker men are inclined to support the welfare state, according to a new study.  —  Researchers discovered political …
Kevin Williamson / National Review:
Theater Night: Vigilantes 1, Vulgarians 0  —  I had a genuinely new experience at the theater tonight: I was thrown out.  —  The show was Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, which was quite good and which I recommend.  The audience, on the other hand, was horrible — talking …
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Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
National Review's Kevin Williamson Is Wrong On Cell Phone Tossing, But Right On Theater Regulation
Discussion: FishbowlDC and The Huffington Post
Michael Sneed / Chicago Sun Times:
Obama eyes Gov. Deval Patrick to replace Eric Holder at Justice  —  Tipsville . . .  Sneed is told that Attorney General Eric “Fast and Furious” Holder's days are numbered.  —  Sneed hears President Barack Obama, who is this/close to Holder, has set his sights on Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick …
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Melissa Russo / nbcnewyork.com:
Exclusive: Anthony Weiner Spotted Shooting Campaign-Style Video at Childhood Home  —  Anthony Weiner was spotted shooting a campaign-style video on the stoop of his childhood home in Brooklyn Thursday as he weighs whether to run for mayor, NBC 4 New York reports exclusively.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Fight Over Obama Appointees May Spur Senate Rule Change  —  Washington — The escalating Senate fight over President Obama's cabinet appointments moved closer to a showdown on Thursday as two nominees headed to the floor with no Republican support.  —  Gina McCarthy, Mr. Obama's choice …
Discussion: The Plum Line
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Josh Hicks / Federal Eye:
Labor secretary nominee Perez clears early hurdle in confirmation
Discussion: The Maddow Blog and Mother Jones
Associated Press:
Former Sen. John Edwards to speak at retreat for lawyers a year after corruption trial  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — Former presidential contender John Edwards is setting out on the speaking circuit.  —  The former U.S. senator and 2004 Democratic vice-presidential nominee from North Carolina …
Discussion: Hot Air
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
John Edwards to hit the speaking circuit
Ben Jones / The Boston Globe:
‘Cooter’ and ‘Fast Eddie’  —  It isn't every day that one makes preparations to go and play music for some friends but instead ends up being portrayed in the national press and on the Internet as some sort of antediluvian racist who should not be seen in the company of someone aspiring to the Senate.
Jake Tapper / The Lead with Jake Tapper:
First on CNN: Witness Protection Program lost two ‘known or suspected terrorists’  —  This report has been updated.  —  The U.S. Marshals Service lost two former participants in the federal Witness Security Program “identified as known or suspected terrorists,” according to the public summary …
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House votes to repeal ObamaCare  —  The House voted to repeal ObamaCare on Thursday for the third time since Republicans took over the chamber in 2011.  —  Only two Democrats sided with Republicans in the party-line 229-195 vote — Jim Matheson (Utah) and Mike McIntyre (N.C.).
Discussion: LifeNews.com
National Review:
Scandal Is Not an Agenda  —  It says something about the kind of fortnight the president has been having that the controversies facing his administration can be divided into tiers.  —  The Benghazi debacle and the IRS's targeting of conservative groups are, as it were, “tier one” scandals …
The Huffington Post:
NRCC Blog Post On IRS Scandal Includes Lawmakers No Longer In Office, Mayor Of Colombian City  —  WASHINGTON — An attempt by the National Republican Congressional Committee to embarrass Democrats went awry on Thursday, when the group published a blog post riddled with errors.
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Dems offer gun control bill inspired by James Bond  —  House Democrats on Wednesday proposed legislation that would require all new handguns to be produced with “personalization technology” that lets owners designate who is authorized to fire them.  —  Rep. John Tierney (D-Mass.) …
Discussion: National Review and Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Chuck Carroll / CBS DC:
D.C. Considers Mandatory $250K Insurance Policy for Gun Buyers
Discussion: Reuters, Weasel Zippers and MSNBC
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Discussion: Firedoglake and Hullabaloo
Adam Cole / NPR:
Water Trapped For 1.5 Billion Years Could Hold Ancient Life
Discussion: Althouse
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Obama Names Daniel Werfel as New Acting I.R.S.Chief
Discussion: Washington Wire
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
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