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Los Angeles Times:
Top IRS official will invoke Fifth Amendment — A sign for the Internal Revenue Service stands in front of it's headquarters in Washington. (Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg / May 15, 2013) — WASHINGTON - A top IRS official in the division that reviews nonprofit groups will invoke the Fifth Amendment …
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Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:
Top IRS Official to Invoke Fifth, Issa Subpoenas — Lois Lerner, the IRS official who headed the tax-exempt division when the targeting of tea-party groups took place, plans to invoke her Fifth Amendment right to refuse to answer questions before Congress on Wednesday.
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The Volokh Conspiracy and National Review
Juliet Eilperin / Post Politics:
Internal IRS probe cited same problems with approach to conservative groups in May 2012, House aide says — An Internal Revenue Service review of the agency's approach of scrutinizing conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status questioned the now-controversial policy a year ago …
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Daily Kos, Questions and Observations, Federal Eye and The Daily Caller
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
White House, Treasury discussed how to handle disclosure of IRS story — The White House said Tuesday that senior officials took part in discussions over how the IRS would disclose its targeting of conservative groups, marking the latest shift in the White House's official line on the matter.
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
White House IRS timeline shifts again
White House IRS timeline shifts again
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Yahoo! News, National Review and The Hill
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Here we go: IRS official Lois Lerner to plead the Fifth at congressional hearing tomorrow
Here we go: IRS official Lois Lerner to plead the Fifth at congressional hearing tomorrow
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
White House, Treasury discussed how to present IRS story
White House, Treasury discussed how to present IRS story
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Mediaite and Weasel Zippers
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Sharyl Attkisson's computers compromised — Sharyl Attkisson, the Emmy-award winning CBS News investigative reporter, says that her personal and work computers have been compromised and are under investigation. — “I can confirm that an intrusion of my computers has been under some investigation …
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Leaks turn to deluge for reeling White House — The wheels came off the Obama administration yesterday. — We learned of a startling assault on freedom of the press by the Department of Justice, following the revelation last week of the unprecedented information-gathering foray by that department against The Associated Press.
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CNN, National Review and his vorpal sword
Ryan Lizza / News Desk:
The Justice Department and Fox News's Phone Records — The Obama Justice Department has seized the phone records of numbers that are associated with White House staffers and, apparently, with Fox News reporters, according to a document filed on October 13, 2011, in the case of Stephen Jin-Woo Kim …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Fast and Furious/Benghazi investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson: Something fishy's …
Kirsten Powers / The Daily Beast:
How Hope and Change Gave Way to Spying on the Press
How Hope and Change Gave Way to Spying on the Press
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Rachel Weiner / Post Politics:
Inhofe: Tornado aid ‘totally different’ from Hurricane Sandy aid — In the wake of the devastating tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) rejected comparisons between federal aid for this disaster and the Hurricane Sandy relief package he voted against.
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Oklah. GOP Senator takes own constituents hostage, demands budget cuts or no tornado aid
Oklah. GOP Senator takes own constituents hostage, demands budget cuts or no tornado aid
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NY Daily News:
Oklahoma Senator who voted “no” on Sandy aid calls home-state tornado “totally different”
Oklahoma Senator who voted “no” on Sandy aid calls home-state tornado “totally different”
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and AMERICAblog
Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Oklahoma Senators Jim Inhofe, Tom Coburn, Face Difficult Options On Disaster Relief
Oklahoma Senators Jim Inhofe, Tom Coburn, Face Difficult Options On Disaster Relief
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Niels Lesniewski / The World's Greatest …:
Inhofe, Coburn Caution Against Extra Spending in Tornado Aid
Inhofe, Coburn Caution Against Extra Spending in Tornado Aid
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Kristol to Rubio: ‘Walk away’ — The Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol has some advice for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on the Senate's immigration reform bill: Walk away. — “He should walk away from it,” Kristol said Tuesday on “The Laura Ingraham Show.” “He should say, I made a good faith effort …
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The Daily Caller and The Right Scoop
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The DOMA Project:
Defeat of DOMA, More Critical Than Ever, as Key Senate Democrats Signal They Will Abandon LGBT …
Defeat of DOMA, More Critical Than Ever, as Key Senate Democrats Signal They Will Abandon LGBT …
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Washington Blade, The Huffington Post and Towleroad News #gay
Julie Pace / bigstory.ap.org:
AP SOURCES: OBAMA OK PUNTING GAY IMMIGRATION IDEA
AP SOURCES: OBAMA OK PUNTING GAY IMMIGRATION IDEA
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell won't block immigration bill from hitting Senate floor
McConnell won't block immigration bill from hitting Senate floor
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Booman Tribune
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Republicans' Hatred of Obama Blinds Them to Public Disinterest in Scandals — Republicans are so focused on their bitter battles against Obama, they can't see how little impact the “scandals” have had on public opinion. — Red-faced Republicans, circling and preparing to pounce …
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Christopher Mims / Quartz:
The audacious plan to end hunger with 3-D printed food — Anjan Contractor's 3D food printer might evoke visions of the “replicator” popularized in Star Trek, from which Captain Picard was constantly interrupting himself to order tea. And indeed Contractor's company, Systems & Materials Research Corporation …
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Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:
NASA is funding a 3D food printer, and it'll start with pizza
NASA is funding a 3D food printer, and it'll start with pizza
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The Week
Scott Friedman / nbcdfw.com:
Accused Fort Hood Shooter Paid $278,000 While Awaiting Trial — Injured soldier outraged suspected shooter receives salary while his family financially struggles in recovery — The Department of Defense confirms to NBC 5 Investigates that accused Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan …
Peter J Reilly / Forbes:
Someone Claiming To Be Jamie Dimon Arrested By Homeland Security — After being arrested by Federal Protective Service yesterday, they were asked for their names. Among the names that the arrested gave were Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chase, Brian Moynihan of BOA, John Stumpf of Wells Fargo …
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Tim Craig / Washington Post:
Protesters arrested after attempt to storm Justice Department
Protesters arrested after attempt to storm Justice Department
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Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
GOP Aides Mock House Republicans' ‘Crazy’ Benghazi Witch-Hunt — Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is leading the GOP's Benghazi witch-hunt (Credit: Reuters) — GOP aides are criticizing the House Republicans' partisan witch-hunt over the Obama administration's handling of the attacks …
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Frank Oliveri / Roll Call:
House Defense Bill Aims to Implement Lessons From Benghazi Attack
House Defense Bill Aims to Implement Lessons From Benghazi Attack
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New York Times, The Maddow Blog and Daily Kos
Carl Levin:
Subcommittee to Examine Offshore Profit Shifting and Tax Avoidance by Apple Inc. — WASHINGTON - Apple Inc. has used a complex web of offshore entities - including three foreign subsidiaries the company claims are not tax resident in any nation - to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income taxes …
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Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
Rand Paul: Senate should apologize to Apple for ‘spectacle’ hearing on taxes
Rand Paul: Senate should apologize to Apple for ‘spectacle’ hearing on taxes
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Politico, CNN, The Spectacle Blog and New York Times
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Democratic Senator uses Okla. tornado for anti-GOP rant over global warming — While many Americans were tuned into news coverage of the massive damage from tornadoes ravaging the state of Oklahoma, Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse took to the Senate floor to rail …
Roger L Simon / Roger L. Simon:
PJM EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Diplomats Report New Benghazi Whistleblowers with Info Devastating to Clinton and Obama — More whistleblowers will emerge shortly in the escalating Benghazi scandal, according to two former U.S. diplomats who spoke with PJ Media Monday afternoon.
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John Lichfield / The Independent:
Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage — A far-right French historian shot himself in the head beside the altar of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris today apparently in protest against the legalisation of gay marriage in France.
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David Sirota / Salon:
Anyone regret slashing National Weather Service budget now? — With GOP-backed cuts to forecasting agency, experts warn future storms will go undetected and more lives lost — Was the severe weather system culminating in yesterday's Oklahoma City tornado intensified - or even created - by climate change?
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Mr. Smith Is Vaporized in the Fire of a Thousand Suns — It hasn't gotten too much attention given the other things that are going on, but there is a battle looming this summer over the filibuster, one that could be a significant milestone in the already poisonous relationship between the parties on Capitol Hill.
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