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Schieffer to Obama Advisor: 'Why Are You Here? Why Isn't the White House Chief of Staff Here?' — As NewsBusters reported two weeks ago, CBS's Bob Schieffer is fed up with the White House's talking points concerning what happened at our consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last September.
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Hot Air, The Lonely Conservative and The Other McCain
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ABC's Jonathan Karl to CNN: ‘I regret the email was quoted incorrectly’ — (CNN) - Jonathan Karl, chief White House correspondent for ABC News, addressed criticism of his reporting on the Benghazi talking points controversy, saying in a statement to CNN that he regrets the inaccuracy of his report.
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Balloon Juice

Obama Aide: ‘Irrelevant Fact’ Where President Was During Benghazi Attacks

Pfeiffer on IRS Scandal: ‘Law Is Irrelevant’
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Scared Monkeys, The Daily Caller, Conservatives4Palin and Althouse


Dan Pfeiffer: IRS Behavior ‘Inexcusable’ Whether or Not Illegal
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The Lonely Conservative

Pfeiffer defends White House handling of IRS targeting scandal
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Politico, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler and CNN

Justice Department Spied on Fox News Reporter — “When the Justice Department began investigating possible leaks of classified information about North Korea in 2009, investigators did more than obtain telephone records of a working journalist suspected of receiving the secret material,” the Washington Post reports.
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Riehl World News
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A Right-Wing Mole at ABC News — Jonathan Karl and the success of the conservative media movement — Conservatives don't just complain loudly, endlessly and inaccurately about liberal media bias. They also train right-leaning journalists to make their way into the supposedly hostile terrain of Beltway media.


A rare peek into a Justice Department leak probe — When the Justice Department began investigating possible leaks of classified information about North Korea in 2009, investigators did more than obtain telephone records of a working journalist suspected of receiving the secret material.

CNN Poll: Controversies hurting Obama? Has GOP overreacted? — Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama comes out of what was arguably the worst week of his presidency with his approval rating holding steady, according to a new national poll. — But a CNN/ORC International survey …
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Mitch McConnell Backs Away From GOP Claims Of A Benghazi Cover Up
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The Caucus and The Huffington Post

Poll: Obama at 53 percent approval after week of controversies
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Outside the Beltway

Sen. Cornyn blasts White House for ‘culture of cover-ups and intimidation’
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Politico

Evidence emerges that Obama administration official knew of IRS targeting during 2012 campaign
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Power Line and The Gateway Pundit

Obama gets personal about race and manhood in Morehouse College speech — President Obama on Sunday summoned the graduates of historically black Morehouse College to “transform the way we think about manhood,” urging the young men to avoid the temptation to make excuses and to take responsibility …
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Obama urges Morehouse grads to lead by ‘the power of your example’
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Politico

Obama Denies Role in Government — WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—President Obama used his weekly radio address on Saturday to reassure the American people that he has “played no role whatsoever” in the U.S. government over the past four years. — “Right now, many of you are angry at the government …
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LewRockwell.com Blog, NewsBusters and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion


May 19: Mitch McConnell, Dan Pfeiffer, Dave Camp, Xavier Becerra, Peggy Noonan, Bob Woodward, Donald Rumsfled — Below: — MR. DAVID GREGORY: This Sunday, damage control by the White House on several fronts. How much harm will it do to the president's second term agenda?
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Crooks and Liars and Connecting.the.Dots

AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional — WASHINGTON (AP) — The president and CEO of The Associated Press says the government's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was “unconstitutional” and already has had a chilling effect on newsgathering. — Gary Pruitt says the Justice …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Gateway Pundit, more at Mediagazer »
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AP chief: DOJ seizure an ‘unconstitutional act’
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Associated Press, The PJ Tatler and The Impolitic

Islamic Jihad Urges Muslim Confrontation with Israeli Aggressions — TEHRAN (FNA)- Representative of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement to Tehran Nasser Abusharif strongly condemned the recent Israeli air raid on Syria, and called on all Islamic states to confront the Zionist regime's aggressive moves …
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Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch


Republicans use IRS scandal to tar Obamacare — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., linked the ongoing targeting scandal at the IRS with Obamacare in the weekly Republican address on Saturday, warning that the troubled agency has too much control over the rules and regulations governing the implementation of the law.
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The Raw Story


Yahoo to Buy Tumblr for $1.1 Billion — Yahoo Inc.'s board has approved a deal to acquire blogging startup Tumblr, people familiar with the matter said Sunday. — Yahoo has agreed to pay $1.1 billion in cash for the company, one of the people said. Tumblr would continue to operate largely …
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AllThingsD, Guardian, The Raw Story, Truthdig, GigaOM, BBC and TechCrunch, more at Mediagazer »

Harvard students erupt at scholar's claim in thesis — Thesis asserted Latino immigrants have lower IQs — Harvard students, outraged over a doctoral dissertation arguing that Hispanic immigrants lack “raw cognitive ability or intelligence,” this week urged the university to investigate …
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ThinkProgress and TBogg