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As ‘Meet the Press’ struggles in the ratings, plenty of questions for host David Gregory — If “Meet the Press” moderator David Gregory were a guest on his own show, he knows the kinds of questions he'd be asked. — Why have your ratings been falling? Is the show in trouble? Is your job in trouble?
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NBC hired ‘psychological consultant’ for David Gregory
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Capital New York, Mediaite and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »

Court: release legal memo on drone killing — A federal appeals court has ordered the U.S. government to release a redacted copy of a Justice Department memo discussing the legal basis for using deadly drone strikes to kill an American citizen overseas. — Ruling on Freedom …
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Source: ‘Massive’ attack targets al Qaeda in Yemen
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The Hill, The Daily Banter, Hot Air and The Week

Still hope for Democrats in 2014 — Is there anyway Democrats can win the 17 seats they need to capture the House majority this November? — In one word: Yes. — Democrats picked up 8 seats two years ago despite widespread predictions of losses. They lost 12 seats in 2012 by less …
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National Review and RedState
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With Keystone XL's delay, another controversial issue hits pause before the midterms — The State Department announced last week that it was extending the Keystone XL pipeline's five-year stay in purgatory — this time, indefinitely. A departmental review scheduled to end in May has been pushed …
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Politico, Bloomberg, Scared Monkeys, Washington Free Beacon and Mediaite
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Pipeline delay gives boost to Obama's political base
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Hot Air and Wall Street Journal

Obama's Good News Isn't Getting Across
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Washington Post and VodkaPundit


Vladimir Putin's Next Move — If Vladimir Putin invades Poland, I'll eat my hat. — It's not going to happen. — Even so, American ground troops are being deployed there as a response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and annexation of Crimea. This is the West telling him STOP.
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Fatal clash at Ukrainian checkpoint shreds cease-fire on Easter Sunday
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New York Times, Bloomberg, Hot Air, The Dish and Mediaite


American Meb Keflezighi wins Boston Marathon — BOSTON - In one of the most memorable victories in Boston Marathon history, Meb Keflezighi became the first American man since 1983 to wear the laurel wreath. With the backdrop of so much tragedy, in front of many of those gravely wounded …
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ThinkProgress, Boston Herald, LibertyNEWS.com and Joe. My. God.


Rick Perry's extreme makeover — It's impossible to exorcise the memories of 2012. But Rick Perry is going all out to present a new and improved version of himself — the swaggering big-state governor of old, with a dash of seasoned wise man thrown in. — In the early months of 2014 …
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Daily Kos and Outside the Beltway


The Most Important Book Ever Is All Wrong — It's hard to think of another book on economics published in the past several decades that's been praised as lavishly as Thomas Piketty's “Capital in the Twenty-First Century.” The adulation tells you something, though not mainly about the book's qualities.
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New York Times, Power Line and Politico


Man Shoots 3-Year-Old Girl In Texas Road Rage Attack (Video) — A Texas man shot a 3-year-old girl while she was sitting in her car seat during a road rage incident in East Houston Saturday night. — The girl's parents saw a car ahead of them on Allen Genoa Road driving erratically …
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Liberaland, The Raw Story and Wake up America


Cause for Concern — Health-care costs are rising—and the experts aren't sure why — Last week's news about Obamacare enrollment was great. But health care policy wonks have something else on their mind now: the cost of health care. It's starting to rise more quickly than before.
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Mediaite, Washington Post, The Incidental Economist and Guardian


The Epic Hypocrisy of Tom Steyer — Billionaire hedge fund operator and “green” energy magnate Tom Steyer has pledged $100 million in the 2014 election cycle to help Democratic candidates who oppose the Keystone pipeline and who favor “green” energy over fossil fuels.
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Washington Free Beacon, No More Mister Nice Blog, Taylor Marsh, Betsy's Page, The Mahablog and The Other McCain


Snowden's Camp: Staged Putin Q&A Was a Screw-Up — Even the NSA leaker's closest advisers now say his appearance on a Kremlin call-in show, which touched off yet another international firestorm, was a mistake. — NSA leaker Edward Snowden instantly regretted asking Russian President Vladimir Putin …
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Mediaite, The PJ Tatler, The Week, Yahoo! News and Guardian


Obama plans clemency for hundreds of drug offenders — DUBLIN, Calif—Scrawled on the inside of Barbara Scrivner's left arm is a primitive prison tattoo that says “Time Flies.” — If only that were the case. — For Scrivner, time has crawled, it's dawdled, and on bad days, it's felt like it's stood completely still.
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Politico, ThinkProgress, Firedoglake and CNN


Can landlords ban tenants from opening gay bars? — The exterior of Lulu's in Brooklyn. The owner is suing his landlord to allow the bar to become a gay bar. — A Brooklyn bar owner says he's going “straight” out of business — because his landlord won't let him turn his watering hole into a gay bar.
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Liberaland and Joe. My. God.

Running Out of Time — Next year, in December, delegates from more than 190 nations will gather in Paris to take another shot at completing a new global treaty on climate change. This will be the 21st Conference of the Parties under United Nations auspices since the first summit meeting in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
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STUDY: FUELS FROM CORN WASTE NOT BETTER THAN GAS
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Scared Monkeys and Washington Free Beacon

Examiner Editorial: Barack Obama and the politics of lies — EDITORIAL BARACK OBAMA OBAMACARE FOX NEWS IRS BENGHAZI — That was quite a victory dance President Obama did Thursday while claiming Obamacare is “working” because eight million people have now supposedly signed up for the health care program.
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The Hugh Hewitt Show and Conservatives4Palin


Jeb Bush's Rush to Make Money May Be Hurdle — As it sought to recruit well-heeled investors, an untested and unprofitable Miami company named InnoVida brought aboard a trusted Florida figure in 2007: Jeb Bush, the former governor and the brother of a sitting president.
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The Daily Beast, ABC News, The Week and The Hugh Hewitt Show


Newsmax backs off Chelsea Clinton attack — Newsmax says comments by its Internet TV host, Steve Malzberg, on Chelsea Clinton's pregnancy were “clearly inappropriate” and do not reflect the views of the media outlet, according to a report. — In a statement to Mediaite …
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ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and The Week