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9:45 PM ET, May 20, 2013

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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Obama Went Off Script To Address Gay Grads Directly At Morehouse College  —  A slight change in the language, but a significant change in meaning.  Instead of a veiled reference to same-sex couples, Obama made the language direct.  —  Via: Jason Reed / Reuters
Discussion: Advocate
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
The White House's shifting IRS account  —  The White House on Monday once again added to the list of people who knew about the IRS investigation into its targeting of conservative groups — saying White House chief of staff Denis McDonough had been informed about a month ago.
Discussion: Hot Air, Twitchy and Viking Pundit
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Senior W.H. staff knew of IRS investigation, did not tell Obama  —  Senior White House staff knew of the ongoing investigation into the IRS's targeting of conservative groups ahead of the release of a report from a Treasury Department inspector general, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday …
Discussion: Liberal Values, Weasel Zippers and CNN
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Counsel Told of IRS Audit Findings Weeks Ago  —  The White House's chief lawyer learned weeks ago that an audit of the Internal Revenue Service likely would show that agency employees inappropriately targeted conservative groups, a senior White House official said Sunday.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
White House Says It Didn't Loop Obama In on I.R.S. Inquiry
Associated Press:
As GOP weighs how best to profit from Obama's problems, Democrats hope it overplays its hand
Discussion: The Reaction
Jeffrey Lord / American Spectator:
Obama and the IRS: The Smoking Gun?
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge ruled feds need not notify Fox reporter of search  —  A federal judge in Washington ruled in 2010 that the Justice Department was not required by law to notify Fox reporter James Rosen that prosecutors had obtained his emails in connection with an investigation into a leak about North Korean plans to test a nuclear weapon.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Mediaite
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Ryan Lizza / News Desk:
The D.O.J. Versus James Rosen  —  The Washington Post reported today that, in the course of a leak investigation of a State Department employee who allegedly provided Fox News's James Rosen with classified information, the Obama Justice Department not only subpoenaed Rosen's private e-mails …
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
A rare peek into a Justice Department leak probe
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Holder walks fine line on prosecuting journalists
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Fox News: ‘We Will Unequivocally Defend’ Rosen Against ‘Chilling’ DOJ Investigation
Discussion: JustOneMinute and The Raw Story
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Secret Service Looking Into Radio Host's Graphic Violent Comments About Obama, Hillary Clinton  —  The Secret Service is following up on recent comments by right wing radio host Pete Santilli, who claimed to want to shoot former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the vagina and see President Obama tried and shot for treason.
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Hillary '16 Campaign Off to Excellent Start  —  Breaking news: according to a report in today's Washington Post, Hillary Clinton's chances of winning the presidency in 2016 have increased by approximately a zillion percent, due to the fact that her former chief strategist Mark Penn …
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Clintons to stay out of N.Y.C. race  —  Bill and Hillary Clinton are making clear they are staying out of the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, just as the race is about to be roiled by the candidacy of their close aide Huma Abedin's husband, Anthony Weiner.
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Apple's Web of Tax Shelters Saved It Billions, Panel Finds  —  WASHINGTON— Even as Apple became the nation's most profitable technology company, it avoided billions in taxes in the United States and around the world through a web of subsidiaries so complex it spanned continents and surprised experts …
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Tony Romm / Politico:
Senate investigators: Apple sheltered $44 billion from taxes
Discussion: Reuters and CNN
Wall Street Journal:
Apple Avoids Most Income Taxes, Panel Finds
Discussion: AllThingsD
Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Hillary's Benghazi ‘Scapegoat’ Speaks Out  —  Raymond Maxwell, the only official at the State Department's bureau of Near Eastern Affairs to lose his job after the attacks, tells Josh Rogin that he's been scapegoated by Hillary Clinton's team.  —  Following the attack in Benghazi …
Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
IRS's Lerner Had History of Harassment, Inappropriate Religious Inquiries at FEC  —  Perhaps no other IRS official is more intimately associated with the tax agency's growing scandal than Lois Lerner, director of the IRS's Exempt Organizations Division.  Since admitting the IRS harassed hundreds …
Discussion: National Review
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
A bushel of Pinocchios for IRS's Lois Lerner
The Atlantic Online:
How the Obama Administration Talks to Black America  —  “Convenient race-talk” from a president who ought to know better  —  The first lady went to Bowie State and addressed the graduating class.  Her speech was a mix of black history and a salute to the graduates.  There was also this:
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Jon Favreau / The Daily Beast:
How Obama Handles Crisis
Discussion: The Dish and The Moderate Voice
Bill Keller / New York Times:
How to Legalize Pot  —  THE first time I talked to Mark Kleiman, a drug policy expert at U.C.L.A., was in 2002, and he explained why legalization of marijuana was a bad idea.  Sure, he said, the government should remove penalties for possession, use and cultivation of small amounts.
Matt Mullenweg:
On Yahoo-Tumblr  —  It now looks pretty certain that Yahoo has pulled off a deal to buy Tumblr for 1.1B.  The relationship between WordPress and Tumblr has always been pretty friendly: Tumblr's own blog used to be on WP, WordPress.com supports Tumblr as a Publicize option alongside Twitter and Facebook …
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KFOR-TV:
LIVE UPDATES: Crews switch to recovery at Plaza Towers elementary  —  Live updates from the 4Warn Storm Team on severe weather, tornadoes and damage.  —  B. White  —  Facilities opening up their doors for storm-displaced residents:  —  University of Oklahoma - student housing (Norman)
Jacob Fischler / BuzzFeed:
7 Juicy Claims From A Romney Campaign Insider's New Book  —  Former policy aide Gabriel Schoenfeld's new book, A Bad Day on the Romney Campaign: An Insider's Account , blames Romney's staff for his defeat.  Romney aides have dismissed the account , saying Schoenfeld was not as high …
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Nicholas Watt / Guardian:
Senior Tories to warn No 10 of declining confidence in David Cameron
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How bad would the nuclear option fallout be?
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
GOP bill would suspend IRS audits
Danielle Douglas / Washington Post:
Behind the mortgage settlements from the housing crisis
BBC:
Dozens die in Iraqi bomb attacks
Discussion: The Dish and Jihad Watch
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: Tea party gets boost from IRS controversy
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
Employers Eye Bare-Bones Health Plans Under New Law
Discussion: National Review, Hot Air and Wonkblog
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court to rule on government prayer
Discussion: New York Times, ACS Blog and Althouse
David Weigel / Slate:
How Lazy Reporting Made Rand Paul Look Like a Conspiracy Theorist
Discussion: Hot Air, Crooks and Liars and CNN
 

 
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