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Major Garrett / CBS News:
WH Benghazi emails have different quotes than earlier reported — (CBS News) WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called Thursday for tighter security for U.S. diplomatic facilities to prevent an attack like the one in Benghazi, Libya, last year that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans' Attention to IRS, Benghazi Stories Below Average — Most Americans, however, say both deserve continuing investigation — PRINCETON, NJ — Slim majorities of Americans are very or somewhat closely following the situations involving the Internal Revenue Service (54%) …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Wow, This is Pretty Epic — Generally, once partisan, tendentious sources leak information that turns out to be wrong, nothing's ever done about it. That's for many reasons, some good or somewhat understandable, mostly bad. But on CBS Evening News tonight, Major Garrett did something …
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The Daily Banter, CBS News, Associated Press and Shakesville
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
It's Official: Those Bogus Email Leaks Came From Republicans — It's not as if we didn't know this already, but today Major Garrett made it official: last week's leaks that misquoted the Benghazi emails came directly from Republicans. Here's the report on the CBS Evening News:
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American Prospect and All Things Democrat
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Woodward: IRS scandal ‘a big mess’ but ‘not yet’ Watergate — Bob Woodward on Friday said the IRS's targeting of conservative groups had “not yet” risen to the level of Watergate. — “It's a big mess, obviously,” Woodward said on MSNBC's Morning Joe. “I know there have been these comparisons to Watergate.
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Politico and The Daily Caller
Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Weiner's Wife Didn't Disclose Consulting Work She Did While Serving in State Dept.
Weiner's Wife Didn't Disclose Consulting Work She Did While Serving in State Dept.
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Chris Gentilviso / The Huffington Post:
Republicans Altered Benghazi Emails, CBS News Report Claims
Republicans Altered Benghazi Emails, CBS News Report Claims
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Poll: Scandal interest below average
Poll: Scandal interest below average
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Lanny J. Davis / The Hill:
White House counsel should resign if she knew about IRS abuses — I've been told today by several reporters that President Obama's White House counsel, Kathryn Ruemmler, knew for several days — perhaps weeks —that some Internal Revenue Service officials were engaging in political targeting …
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Hot Air
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
This Is No Ordinary Scandal — Political abuse of the IRS threatens the basic integrity of our government. — We are in the midst of the worst Washington scandal since Watergate. The reputation of the Obama White House has, among conservatives, gone from sketchy to sinister, and, among liberals, from unsatisfying to dangerous.
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John Parkinson / ABCNEWS:
IRS Official in Charge During Tea Party Targeting Now Runs Health Care Office — 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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Toronto Star:
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal — A video that appears to show Toronto's mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade. … This photo shows Toronto Mayor Rob Ford with a man who, according to a source, is fatal gunshot victim Anthony Smith.
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John Cook / Gawker:
For Sale: A Video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Smoking Crack Cocaine — Rob Ford, Toronto's conservative mayor, is a wild lunatic given to making bizarre racist pronouncements and randomly slapping refrigerator magnets on cars. One reason for this is that he smokes crack cocaine.
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Crooks and Liars, The Raw Story, Joe. My. God., Boing Boing and Blazing Cat Fur
Kyle Trygstad / Roll Call:
Karen Handel Enters Georgia Senate Race — Former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel announced her campaign for Senate on Friday morning, as the state's Republican convention was set to kick off in Athens. — “States, especially those with Republican governors, are doing a good job …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Stevens: Rationale for Bush v. Gore was “unacceptable” — The former Supreme Court justice speaks out on John Roberts and the case that decided the 2000 election — Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said Thursday night that he's come to the realization that the rationale behind …
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Addicting Info
Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
Officials on Benghazi: “We made mistakes, but without malice” — Obama administration officials who were in key positions on Sept. 11, 2012 acknowledge that a range of mistakes were made the night of the attacks on the U.S. missions in Benghazi, and in messaging to Congress and the public in the aftermath.
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Marketplace.org:
Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld — To view this content, Javascript must be enabled and Adobe Flash Player must be installed. — Subscribe to podcast - Download audio - Embed player - Audio player assistance - Pop-Up — Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld published his memoir, “Known and Unknown” in 2011.
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Kieran Crowley / New York Post:
Hofstra student shot dead during home invasion: police — UNIONDALE — A Hofstra University student and an armed suspect were fatally shot during a break-in at a Long Island home early this morning. — A man armed with a handgun and wearing a ski mask busted into a home on California Ave …
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The Raw Story, Riehl World News and The Hinterland Gazette
Washington Post:
House panel opens hearing on IRS targeting of conservative groups — A House committee grilled the outgoing acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service on Friday about the targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, eliciting an admission that the agency …
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Mediaite, American Spectator, Federal Eye and Althouse
Mike Piccione / The Daily Caller:
Obama breaches Marine umbrella protocol — According to Marine Corps regulation MCO P1020.34F of the Marine Corps Uniform Regulations chapter 3, a male Marine is not allowed to carry an umbrella while in uniform. There is no provision in the Marine Corps uniform regulation guidelines that allows a male Marine to carrying an umbrella.
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Max Fisher / WorldViews:
North Korea condemns media freedom but praises two U.S. reporters — How does North Korea celebrate World Press Freedom Day? First of all, two weeks late, on May 15 rather than May 3, presumably (and tellingly) because that's how long it took to get around to it.
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
What Would Bulworth Do? — Barack Obama's bizarre movie idol. — A New York Times story on President Obama's plague of scandal contains this eyebrow-raising revelation: — Yet Mr. Obama also expresses exasperation. In private, he has talked longingly of “going Bulworth,” …
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