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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 — NBC News last year hired a “psychological consultant” to interview David Gregory's friends and family, part of an effort to get greater insight into the Meet The Press host's personality, according to a new report.
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Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Capital New York, more at Mediagazer »


George W. Bush surprises on White House records — President George W. Bush, whose White House was legendary for its secrecy, seems to have turned over a new leaf in his post-presidency. — A previously undisclosed directive Bush signed almost two years after leaving office could result …
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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


Attkisson: Some CBS Bosses Seemed ‘Personally Defensive’ of the Obama Administration — Former CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson has been making the media rounds, discussing her departure from the network she called home for more than two decades. She appeared on CNN's Reliable Sources …
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How To Make Yourself Sound Nuts 101 — Sharyl Attkisson is the former CBS News reporter who left the network over what she claimed was liberal bias. After her computer was allegedly hacked by someone in late 2012 (seemingly confirmed by a network investigation) she hinted …
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The Gateway Pundit

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


Why the GOP Needs a Return to the Bush Leagues — Does anyone really believe Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, or Chris Christie can contend against Hillary Clinton? At least Jeb, the establishment's establishmentarian, would put up a fight. — The GOP may have to return to the Bush leagues. — Here's why.
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Politico and Washington Post
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Jeb Bush's Rush to Make Money May Be Hurdle
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Aereo at the Supreme Court: No matter what, broadcasters lose — An industry born of innovation faces a serious challenge from a new innovator — T — he United States Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that threatens the television industry as we have known it for generations.
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Aereo Case Will Shape TV's Future
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The right's new racial math: How its view of nonwhite voters got so demented — The news is so depressing for conservatives these days. All the demographic trends are moving against them.With every election showing a large majority of single women, young people and people of color voting for the Democrats …
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Campaign for America's Future and Shot in the Dark


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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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.


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, Liberal Values, Washington Post, The Incidental Economist and Guardian


The U.S. Military Is a Socialist Paradise — It may come as an unwelcome surprise to conservatives, but America's military has one of the only working models of collective living and social welfare the country has ever known. — Every day before dawn, brave men and women of different races …
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National Review and Yahoo! News


New GOP polling firm to launch — A small group of top Washington Republicans is teaming up to launch a new polling firm, Vox Populi Polling, that will churn out volumes of survey data ahead of the 2014 midterm elections. — The firm plans to produce both public and private polling …
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly and Washington Post

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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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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Global Voices, 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