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3:30 PM ET, May 29, 2013

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Gerry Mullany / New York Times:
Bachmann Won't Seek Re-election Next Year  —  Representative Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota Republican who made an ill-fated run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, announced Wednesday that she would not seek a fifth term in Congress next year.
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
James Carville on Michele Bachmann: ‘Sad day’  —  Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville predicted on Wednesday that Republicans throughout the country would be “relieved” Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has decided to retire.  —  “Sad day,” Carville quipped on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Dish
Politico:
Bachmann's fall  —  Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) — the tea-party firebrand facing investigations and a daunting reelection race — abruptly announced on Wednesday morning that she will not seek reelection to a fifth term.  —  Her move marked a spectacular fall for a congresswoman …
Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
Reading Between the Lines of Michele Bachmann's Retirement Speech  —  The U.S. representative's video announcing her decision not to run for reelection is notable for what it doesn't say.  —  She was the first woman to win the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa during her Republican presidential primary bid …
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
The 8 Most Outlandish Moments Of Michele Bachmann's Time In Congress
Discussion: American Prospect and Taylor Marsh
Mike Allen / Politico:
HOLDER TO MEET WITH BUREAU CHIEFS …
Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Tea Party fave Bachmann won't run for Congress again
Discussion: The Agonist and NewsBusters
Reid Wilson / NationalJournal.com:
Bachmann's Departure Relieves GOP Headache
Discussion: First Read
Associated Press:
Minn. Rep. Michele Bachmann says she won't run for re-election in 2014
Mike Allen / Politico:
Michele Bachmann not running again
Discussion: CNN
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:   Bachmann retirement boosts GOP hopes of keeping her seat
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Sources: Lincoln Chafee to switch parties  —  Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee has notified senior Democratic Party officials that he intends to switch his party registration and join the Democratic Party, multiple sources familiar with Chafee's decision told POLITICO.
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Sean Sullivan / Post Politics:
Chafee plans to run for second term as a Democrat
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
President of Scandinavia  —  WASHINGTON — Like many others in our business, Jonathan Alter says he is “on fire” about the Justice Department's snooping on reporters and attempting to criminalize investigative journalism, including labeling the respected Fox News Washington correspondent James Rosen a …
Discussion: msnbc.com
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New York Times:
The Wisdom of Bob Dole
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Oklahoma Lawmaker Blasts GOP's War On Women: ‘What Happened To The Republican Party That I Joined?’
Discussion: Daily Oklahoman and The Raw Story
Open Channel:
IRS higher-ups requested info on conservative groups, letters show  —  Additional scrutiny of conservative organizations' activities by the IRS did not solely originate in the agency's Cincinnati office, with requests for information coming from other offices and often bearing the signatures …
Stuart Stevens / The Daily Beast:
A Bad Relationship: How the Press Came To Love Obama More Than Itself  —  As the scandals pile up, the press keeps finding excuses for the president, writes Stuart Stevens.  —  In Dan Brown's new novel, Inferno, the lead character is struck with amnesia, unable to remember critical events even as he's trying to save the world.
Jonathan Turley / USA Today:
Fire Eric Holder: Column  —  Top lawyer doesn't have credibility to investigate anyone, let alone himself.  —  Recently, Attorney General Eric Holder appeared before the House Judiciary Committee to answer questions about the administration's sweeping surveillance of journalists with the Associated Press.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
House Judiciary panel launches official probe into whether Holder lied
Rukmini Callimachi / bigstory.ap.org:
AP EXCLUSIVE: RISE OF AL-QAIDA SAHARA TERRORIST  —  You are here  —  Home » Osama bin Laden » AP Exclusive: Rise of al-Qaida Sahara terrorist  —  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — After years of trying to discipline him, the leaders of al-Qaida's North African branch sent one final letter to their most difficult employee.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Study: PolitiFact says Republicans lie more  —  The fact-checking organization PolitiFact has found Republicans to be less trustworthy than Democrats, according to a new study.  —  Fifty-two percent of Republican claims reviewed by the Tampa Bay Times fact-checking operation were rated …
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Pew Social & Demographic Trends:
Breadwinner Moms  —  Mothers Are the Sole or Primary Provider in Four-in-Ten Households with Children; Public Conflicted about the Growing Trend  —  CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW  —  A record 40% of all households with children under the age of 18 include mothers who are either the sole or primary source …
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Oval Office is no classroom  —  No doubt: Barack Obama has what it takes to be a terrific law student.  It's less clear those are the ingredients of a successful president.  —  A great law student excels at reading the fact pattern on an exam and spotting the legal issues.
Discussion: Althouse and Firedoglake
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Tim Craig / Washington Post:
Taliban commander believed dead in U.S. drone strike in Pakistan
Matthew Holehouse / Telegraph:
Tim Yeo: humans may not be to blame for global warming  —  Humans may not be responsible for global warming, according to Tim Yeo, the MP who oversees government policy on climate change.  —  Mr Yeo is one of the Conservative Party's strongest advocates of radical action to cut carbon emissions
Discussion: Bishop Hill
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Newsweek confirms it is eyeing sale  —  Newsweek CEO Baba Shetty and editor-in-chief Tina Brown have sent a memo to staff confirming earlier reports that parent-company IAC is exploring a sale of the now online-only magazine.  —  In the memo, Shetty and Brown attributed the exploration …
Steve Kolowich / Chronicle of Higher Education:
Harvard Dean Steps Down Following Secret Searches of E-Mail Accounts  —  Less than three months after Harvard University administrators admitted to signing off on secret searches in the e-mail accounts of more than a dozen resident deans as part of a cheating investigation …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
McAuliffe leads in lesser of 2 evils race  —  PPP's first look at the race for Governor of Virginia since January finds that as voters get to know the candidates better...more are becoming undecided.  That's not the normal trend, but it's also not normal to have an election where voters dislike both candidates five months out.
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Rubio: The ‘Only Answer’ To IRS Scandal Is To Repeal Obamacare (VIDEO)  —  Calling the Internal Revenue Service's role in the implementation of the new federal health care law “chilling,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) argued in a video posted online Wednesday that the only appropriate response …
Gulf News:
Working women should be molested: Saudi writer  —  Writer campaigning against moves to bring women into mixed-gender work environments  —  Abu Dhabi: A Saudi writer has urged his Twitter followers to sexually molest women hired to work as cashiers in big grocery stores …
 
 
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Kristen Becker / The Hill:
Tax-writers say case for reform grows
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Right Turn
Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
Why the Clinton Scandals Were a Bigger Deal Than the Obama Ones
Discussion: The Dish
Wall Street Journal:
No IRS Special Prosecutor
Abby Rapoport / American Prospect:
Three Reasons Why State Polarization Is a Big Deal
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Most Americans Say Religion Is Losing Influence in U.S.
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Hot Air
Jeff Zeleny / ABCNEWS:
McConnell Campaign Ad Uses IRS Scandal Against Obama
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
French Police Arrest Suspect in Attack on Soldier
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Curious IRS Timing
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Cantor says Obama ‘disconnected,’ has ‘lost focus’ in office
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How to Get a Job  —  Underneath the huge drop in demand …
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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