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4:10 PM ET, May 16, 2013

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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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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama tries to stop the bleeding  —  In recent days, Democratic strategists have all but begged President Barack Obama to take control of a deepening public relations disaster that threatens to derail his second-term agenda.  —  On Wednesday evening, Obama did just that.
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:
Todd Eberly / The FreeStater Blog:
Obama's Katrina Moment
Justin SInk / The Hill:
Obama seeks to weather storm
Discussion: Politico
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: Washington Monthly
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Benghazi Emails Directly Contradict White House Claims  —  The White House on Wednesday released 94 pages of emails between top administration and intelligence officials who helped shape the talking points about the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that the CIA would provide to policymakers in both the legislative and executive branches.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Barbara Boxer's claim that GOP budgets hampered Benghazi security
Discussion: Yahoo! News
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Democrats' Best Friends In The IRS Scandal  —  After a pretty crappy few days, Democrats awoke to the nice surprise that Mitch McConnell would join Michele Bachmann at a press conference today, along with some tea partiers who were targeted (we are to believe inappropriately) by the IRS.  —  Why?
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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 …
Ben Swann / WXIX-TV:
FOX19 EXCLUSIVE: Four local IRS workers allegedly connected to scandal
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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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Liberal talk radio host Bill Press calls for Holder to be fired  —  Talk radio host and former chairman of the California Democratic Party Bill Press said Thursday that Attorney General Eric Holder should be fired over the subpoena of reporter phone records.
Washington Post:
Some question whether AP leak on al-Qaeda plot put U.S. at risk
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Bill Press: Fire Eric Holder
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 …
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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Yahoo! News:
Re: the Benghazi messages: Browse administration emails like an inbox
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
ABC 7 Eyewitness News:
Internet celebrity sought in Clark man's murder  —  CLARK, N.J. (WABC) — Authorities in Union County have issued an arrest warrant for internet celebrity “Kai the hatchet wielding hitchhiker” in the murder of Joseph Galfy, Jr. in Clark, New Jersey  —  The suspect is identified …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
New Poll Shows Good News For Democrats In Massachusetts Senate Race  —  Democrats have put the tough Senate primary behind them, a new PPP poll finds.  Ed Markey's up seven over Gabriel Gomez, according to the poll sponsored by the League of Conservation Voters.  —  Via: Elise Amendola / AP
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Markey expands lead over Gomez in new poll
Discussion: Politico
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,” states the public summary …
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 …
J. Bradford DeLong / Brad DeLong:
Seven Howlers from Michael Kinsley's Very Misguided War Against Paul Krugman  —  Why oh why can't we have a better press corps?  —  Michael Kinsley is really confused: … Ummm... If you Google “first use of austerian” Google tells you about first uses of “Australian”.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Senate panel OKs Perez nomination for Labor Secretary  —  Tom Perez's nomination to be Secretary of Labor is headed for the full Senate, after winning approval from a Senate panel Thursday in a party-line vote.  —  At a brief morning session, the Senate Committee on Health, Education …
Discussion: Daily Kos and americanthinker.com
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Josh Hicks / Federal Eye:
Labor secretary nominee Perez clears early hurdle in confirmation
Discussion: The Maddow Blog and Mother Jones
 
 
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