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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Fox's Erick Erickson: It's ‘Anti-Science’ To Not Believe Men Should ‘Dominate’ Women  —  Appearing on a Fox Business panel Wednesday evening, Fox contributor Erick Erickson suggested it is “anti-science” to reject the biological claim that men should be in the “dominant” role in the nuclear family.
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Amanda Marcotte / Slate:
Watch the Men of Fox News Freak Out Over Female Breadwinners  —  Most of the time, conservatives pooh-pooh the pay gap as a result of women's “choice” to work less and attend to the home more.  They're not against equality, they assure us, but equality just naturally fails on its own because women make it so!
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Fox Contributor Says Men Should Dominate Women
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and susiemadrak.com
Avik Roy / Forbes:
Rate Shock: In California, Obamacare to Increase Individual Health Insurance Premiums by 64-146%  —  One of the most serious flaws with Obamacare is that its blizzard of regulations and mandates drives up the cost of insurance for people who buy it on their own.
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Washington Examiner:
‘Rogue’ IRS agent who wrote threatening letters gets promotion … President Obama may have promised “to hold the responsible parties accountable” for the Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative non-profit groups, but one of the agents at the center of the scandal was recently promoted …
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Dana Bash / CNN:
First on CNN: House investigators questioning IRS Cincinnati workers
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Eric Holder to media: I get it  —  Attorney General Eric Holder expressed concern on Thursday about how the Department of Justice has handled recent media investigations at an off-the-record meeting with leading representatives of the press, according to those who were present.
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Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
George W. Bush Bikes With Injured Vets, Reflects On White House Decisions, Life After The Presidency  —  CRAWFORD, Texas — George W. Bush had been riding his mountain bike for almost four hours, and he was out of gas.  —  I was 12 riders behind the former president as we cycled, single file …
Erick Erickson / RedState:
The Truth May Hurt, But Is Not Mean  —  Many feminist and emo lefties have their panties in a wad over my statements in the past 24 hours about families.  I said, in a statement reflecting the view of three quarters of those surveyed in a Pew Research Center poll, that more women being the primary …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
From the Mouths of Babes  —  Like many observers, I usually read reports about political goings-on with a sort of weary cynicism.  Every once in a while, however, politicians do something so wrong, substantively and morally, that cynicism just won't cut it; it's time to get really angry instead.
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Daily Kos
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
G.O.P. Sizes Up Obama as Midterm Target  —  WASHINGTON — His name won't be on any ballot in 2014.  Or ever again, for that matter.  —  But plenty of Republicans are still eager to wage a midterm campaign against President Obama, convinced that the spate of recent troubles dogging …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Toronto Star:
Rob Ford crack video scandal: Anthony Smith's killing was ‘street level stuff,’ sources say  —  Speculation has run rampant Mayor Rob Ford may be connected to a series of violent incidents in North Etobicoke.  That does not appear to be the case. … / Toronto Star File Photo
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
McCain: ‘Regrettable’ if photo was taken with Syrian rebel kidnappers  —  A spokesman for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Thursday that it would be “regrettable” if the lawmaker had posed for a photograph with Syrian rebels involved in kidnapping Lebanese Shiite pilgrims.
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
IRS may have targeted conservatives more broadly  —  Susan Martinek, right, and Mary Cherion pray as they walk the block around the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Planned Parenthood, on Wednesday, May 29, 2013.  Martinek is the president and Cherion serves on the board of Coalition for Life of Iowa …
Aaron Katersky / ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Images of Possibly Ricin-Laced Letter to Bloomberg  —  Images obtained exclusively by ABC News of one of the threatening letters sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg show the substance authorities suspect is the poison ricin.  —  The images show globs of a pinkish …
Discussion: The Reaction
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Associated Press:   Letters To Bloomberg And Obama Contained Threats About Shooting People In The Face Over Gun Control
Bloomberg:
The Biggest Supreme Court Ruling You Haven't Heard Of  —  The Supreme Court has yet to decide this year's attention-grabbing cases on same-sex marriage, affirmative action and the Voting Rights Act.  But last week, a divided court decided Arlington v. FCC, an important victory …
Detroit Free Press:
Flint woman, 33, killed by Syrian government forces, family says  —  A 33-year-old Flint woman who converted to Islam after meeting an Arab immigrant was killed in Syria while fighting for opposition forces, family members told the Free Press on Thursday night.
Discussion: FP Passport and Guardian
Washington Post:
For Obama's ex-aides, it's time to cash in on experience  —  The decision on whether to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline is a political headache for President Obama.  But to five of his former aides, it represents a business opportunity.  —  Four of them — Bill Burton, Stephanie Cutter …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Politico
Fabienne Hurst / Spiegel Online:
WWII Drug: The German Granddaddy of Crystal Meth  —  Crystal meth is notorious for being highly addictive and ravaging countless communities.  But few know that the drug can be traced back to Nazi Germany, where it first became popular as a way to keep pilots and soldiers alert in battle during World War II.
Discussion: Hit & Run
CBS Pittsburgh:
State Rep. White Accused Of Attacking Shale Supporters Online  —  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Janice Gibbs is a grandmother and was born and raised in Washington County.  Although she has no drilling lease on her land, she believes that shale gas drilling is great for the local economy.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
National Income and Product Accounts Gross Domestic Product, 1st quarter 2013 (second estimate); Corporate Profits, 1st quarter 2013 (preliminary estimate)  —  Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States …
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Why Did the FBI Kill an Unarmed Man and Clam Up?  —  Law enforcement can't get its story straight in the worrisome case of Ibragim Todashev.  —  What led an FBI agent, or some other law enforcement official, to shoot and kill an unarmed man in Orlando, Florida?
Emily Yahr / Washington Post:
Amazon greenlights Trudeau political satire ‘Alpha House’ into full TV series  —  Okay, it's been four months, no excuses — you should have finished “House of Cards” by now.  If not, the clock's ticking, because another online-only TV show set in Washington is officially on the way.
Discussion: Liberal Values and Yahoo! News
Terry Jeffrey / CNSNews:
72,600,000: Record Number on Medicaid in 2012; Outnumbers Populations of France and UK  —  (CNSNews.com) - A record 72,600,000 were enrolled in Medicaid for at least one month in fiscal 2012, up from 71,700,000 in fiscal 2011, according to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and InsureBlog
Keith Koffler / White House Dossier:
Michelle Hobnobs with the Fashion Elite  —  First Lady Michelle Obama dropped in on New York City's fashion royalty Wednesday night, using her own star power to raise megacash for the Democratic National Committee and her husband's burgeoning effort to help the Democrats seize Congress.
 
 
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Irene / Judicial Watch:
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Democracy Now:
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Bob Christie / Associated Press:
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Caitlin McDevitt / Politico:
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Capital Flows / Forbes:
Obamacare's Slush Fund Fuels A Broader Lobbying Controversy
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Illinois Review:
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing “dangerous”

 
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