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10:30 AM ET, April 26, 2014

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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Spokesman Is Furious The GOP Has Been Lumped With Bundy (VIDEO)  —  A top spokesman for the Republican National Committee got heated during an interview Friday on CNN, saying Republicans have been unfairly linked to Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his racist remarks.
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Daily Meme: Embrace the Discomfort  —  Try to relax; today's meme is all about discomfort.  And there's no one feeling more of it than Republicans, who were hit yesterday with the rhetorical stylings of their erstwhile hero Cliven Bundy—Nevada rancher, defier of laws, and racial philosopher.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Bundy's Black Bodyguard: ‘I Would Take A Bullet For That Man’ (VIDEO)
Discussion: Mediaite
Politico:
Michael Grimm expected to be indicted  —  Rep. Michael Grimm is expected to be indicted by the U.S. attorney in New York, according to the New York Republican's lawyer.  —  Grimm has been under investigation by federal authorities for alleged campaign finance violations.
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William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
Indictment Expected for Grimm, Staten Island Congressman  —  Representative Michael G. Grimm, a former F.B.I. agent and Marine who capitalized on his straight-arrow image to win a seat in Congress, is expected to be indicted on federal fraud charges as early as next week after a lengthy …
CNN:
Feds close to filing charges against Rep. Michael Grimm, officials say
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Putin Halts All Talks With White House  —  As new U.S. sanctions against Russia loom, the Kremlin has shut down—at least for now—intensive high level communications between top U.S. and Russian officials.  —  Since the invasion of Crimea, President Vladimir Putin …
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RT:
‘Propaganda bullhorn’: John Kerry attacks RT during Ukraine address
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Exclusive: Gov. Tom Ridge Resigns From Bloomberg's New Gun Control Group  —  Former Republican Gov. Tom Ridge is stepping down from his position with Michael Bloomberg's new anti-gun organization, The Daily Caller has learned.  —  “When I signed on as an advisor to Everytown …
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CNN:
NRA cites eroding freedoms, warns of Hillary candidacy
Discussion: Bloomberg View
Luke Harding / Guardian:
Ukraine: pro-Russian separatists hold European military observers captive  —  Monitors held in Slavyansk by Vyacheslav Ponomarev's militants, who captured Vice journalist Simon Ostrovsky  —  Julian Borger and Luke Harding in Donetsk  —  Pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine were holding …
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Google+ Is Walking Dead  —  Today, Google's Vic Gundotra announced that he would be leaving the company after eight years.  The first obvious question is where this leaves Google+, Gundotra's baby and primary project for the past several of those years.  —  What we're hearing from multiple sources …
Jason Millman / Washington Post:
Cover Oregon officially admits enrollment site is broken beyond repair  —  The Oregon board overseeing the state's deeply flawed health insurance exchange unanimously approved the Obama administration's plan Friday to take over the marketplace, making Oregon the first state to drop its enrollment Web site for HealthCare.gov.
Jeff Spross / ThinkProgress:
Drought Now Covers Every Last Inch Of California  —  For the first time in at least 15 years, all of California is officially in drought.  —  According to the April 22 release of the U.S. Drought Monitor, every last inch of California is in a state of “moderate” to “exceptional” drought …
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Rand Paul on being ‘libertarian-ish’  —  (CNN) - Sen. Rand Paul hopes to infuse the Republican Party with some of his libertarian views, but the Kentucky Republican said Friday he'd still support the GOP presidential nominee in 2016 even if he didn't entirely agree with that person.
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Piketty Phenomenon  —  Many people join the political left driven by a concern for the poor.  But, over the past several years, the Democratic Party has talked much more about the middle class than the poor.  Meanwhile, progressive political movements like Occupy Wall Street directed their fervor at the top 1 percent.
 
 
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Tim Cavanaugh / National Review:
Chris Hayes Wants to Kill About 5.7 Billion People
Discussion: The Daily Caller and RedState
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Tea party eats its own in Oklahoma
Discussion: CNN and Washington Post
Weekly Standard:
The Obamacare Opportunity  —  An opening for a genuine alternative.
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obamacare Love And Trepidation As Told On The Websites Of Congressional Democrats
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Michael Crowley / TIME:
Obama's Foreign Policy Failures Are Proving His Critics Right
Dina Temple-Raston / NPR:
The Jewish Kid From New Jersey Who Became A Radical Islamist
Discussion: Politico
Charles S. Johnson / Montana Standard:
Turiano says he's his own man in House race
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Carla Marinucci / blog.sfgate.com:
Neel Kashkari trails registered sex offender in new governor poll
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Oligarchy in the Twenty-First Century
Discussion: Forbes and Fox News
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Are Racists? No, It's Just All a Big Coincidence