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Chris Frates / CNN:

CNN exclusive: Feds investigating Christie's use of Sandy relief funds — Scandal is unfolding around New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie over lane closures on the George Washington Bridge as part of a political vendetta to punish a local mayor who wouldn't support him at the polls.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, Jammie Wearing Fools, Towleroad News #gay, National Review and The Gateway Pundit

John Podhoretz / New York Post:

Why Bridgegate made headlines but Obama's IRS scandal didn't — Most government scandals involve the manipulation of the system in obscure ways by people no one has ever heard of. That is why George Washington Bridgegate is nearly a perfect scandal — because it is comprehensible and …

Discussion: Power Line, Pirate's Cove, CANNONFIRE, Betsy's Page, Outside the Beltway, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Monthly and National Review

David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Karl Rove: Bridge scandal proves Christie is ‘what we want’ in a president

Discussion: Associated Press, The Agonist, The Hill, The Huffington Post, Weasel Zippers, Liberaland, ThinkProgress, The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, Connecting.the.Dots, Washington Monthly, Hullabaloo and New York Times

Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Giuliani defends Christie in bridge scandal

Discussion: CNN and Taylor Marsh

Niall Stanage / The Hill:

Kerry, Kennedy top Clinton's traitor list — Aides on Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign kept a detailed list of party colleagues who staffers believed had betrayed her during the long and bitter primary battle with President Obama, a new book reveals.

Discussion: americanthinker.com, WJLA-TV and Jammie Wearing Fools

Politico:

Hillary's hit list — The Clintons keep a favor file of saints and sinners, according to this excerpt from HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton. — Inside a cramped third-floor office of Hillary Clinton's once-bustling presidential campaign headquarters in the Ballston neighborhood …

Discussion: Capital New York, National Review and Taylor Marsh

Andrea Drusch / Politico:

Jim Inhofe: Robert Gates wasn't being honest — Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe slammed Robert Gates in an interview that aired Sunday for not being honest with the American people during his tenure as secretary of defense. — Responding to descriptions from Gates' memoir, “Duty” …

Discussion: Mediaite

CBS News:
Shares — Washington has been abuzz this past week …

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, BuzzFeed, Hot Air, CNN, Mediaite and Politico

Robert Fulford / National Post:
Barack Obama may be commander-in-chief, but he's a partisan at heart

Discussion: Ed Driscoll, Moe Lane and Power Line

David Hawkings / Hawkings Here:

A Balance of Powers Case With Senate GOP Power in the Balance — One of the biggest congressional stories of the decade starts unfolding Monday — not at the Capitol, but across the street. — The Supreme Court will hear arguments in an epic balance of powers battle between the other two branches …

Ari Fleischer / Wall Street Journal:

How to Fight Income Inequality: Get Married — In families headed by married couples, the poverty level in 2012 was just 7.5%. Those with a single mother: 33.9%. — If President Obama wants to reduce income inequality, he should focus less on redistributing income and more on fighting …

Robert H. Frank / New York Times:
The Vicious Circle of Income Inequality

Discussion: EconLog

Manny Fernandez / New York Times:

Texas Vote-Buying Case Casts Glare on Tradition of Election Day Goads — DONNA, Tex. — In this Rio Grande Valley town of trailer parks and weedy lots eight miles from the Mexico border, people call them runners or politiqueras — the campaign workers who use their network of relatives and friends to deliver votes for their candidates.

msnbc.com:

Important new developments in New Jersey's ‘bridgegate’ scandal — Steve Kornacki shares new information about why the “bridgegate” scandal in New Jersey is much bigger than a traffic jam. He explains how the political and...

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Capital New York and The Raw Story

Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:

Traffic scandal puts spotlight on tactics of Gov. Chris Christie's aides with local officials in N.J. — New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie's ability to secure Democratic endorsements supported his overwhelming re-election last year and helped establish him as a 2016 presidential contender …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Susan Edelman / New York Post:

No books, no clue at city's worst school — Students at PS 106 in Far Rockaway, Queens, have gotten no math or reading and writing books for the rigorous Common Core curriculum, whistleblowers say. — The 234 kids get no gym or art classes. Instead, they watch movies every day.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit