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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.
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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Emily Pierce / The World's Greatest Deliberative Body:
Coburn Wants Tornado Disaster Aid to Be Offset — The tornado damage near Oklahoma City is still being assessed and the death toll is expected to rise, but already Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., says he will insist that any federal disaster aid be paid for with cuts elsewhere.
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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
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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CNN, Politico, National Review, The Moderate Voice and Daily Kos
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems urge quick disaster aid for Oklahoma, offsets or none
Dems urge quick disaster aid for Oklahoma, offsets or none
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Politico
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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Mother Jones, Balloon Juice, The Plum Line, First Read and Booman Tribune
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Washington Post:
May 2013 Post-ABC poll — Poll Questions
Washington Post:
Obama's rating steady in face of controversies, likely buoyed by rising economic hopes
Obama's rating steady in face of controversies, likely buoyed by rising economic hopes
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USA Today, Daily Kos, CNN, PostPartisan, The Fix, Politico, Yahoo! News, No More Mister Nice Blog, NewsBusters, Hot Air, National Review and Wonkblog
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Is the Economy Saving Obama's Approval Ratings?
Is the Economy Saving Obama's Approval Ratings?
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Pacific Standard. Smart …, The Maddow Blog, Business Insider and The Dish
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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his vorpal sword and National Review, more at Mediagazer »
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Carney: White House, Treasury strategized how to tell public
Carney: White House, Treasury strategized how to tell public
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Politico
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
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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Crooks and Liars
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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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Firedoglake, The Huffington Post, The Raw Story, Hullabaloo, Crooks and Liars and Daily Kos
New York Times:
Stop the Leaks — WASHINGTON — FOLLOWING the disclosure …
Stop the Leaks — WASHINGTON — FOLLOWING the disclosure …
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Lawfare, Outside the Beltway and emptywheel
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Justice Department's scrutiny of Fox News reporter James Rosen in leak case draws fire
Justice Department's scrutiny of Fox News reporter James Rosen in leak case draws fire
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msnbc.com, ComPost, The Dish, Mediaite, Mother Jones, TVNewser and The Hugh Hewitt Show, more at Mediagazer »
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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The Other McCain, The Gateway Pundit, NO QUARTER USA NET, Weasel Zippers, The Right Scoop and Riehl World News
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Benghazi witness points finger at Clinton on lapses in consulate security
Benghazi witness points finger at Clinton on lapses in consulate security
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Washington Examiner, Hot Air, Right Turn and The Daily Beast
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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FP Passport, The Daily Caller, Mashable, The Raw Story and Smart News
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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 …
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 …
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Tea Party group sues IRS over inappropriate targeting — (Reuters) - A California-based Tea Party group sued the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Monday in what marked the first lawsuit to stem from an investigation finding the agency singled-out conservative organizations.
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Weasel Zippers, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Reuters
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
First tea party lawsuit against IRS
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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Roll Call, The Hill and The Maddow Blog
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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Washington Monthly, Crooks and Liars and PostPartisan
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
The White House claim of ‘doctored e-mails... to smear the president’ — (CHRIS USHER/AP) “That's a very serious offense that happened where Republicans on the Hill, we voluntarily provided these e-mails to, took one of them, doctored it and gave it to ABC News in an attempt to smear the president.”
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
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