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Globe and Mail:
Rob Ford takes leave as recent drug video emerges — A second video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking what has been described as crack cocaine by a self-professed drug dealer was secretly filmed in his sister's basement early Saturday morning. — The clip, which was viewed by two Globe and Mail reporters …
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Toronto Sun:
Mayor Rob Ford ‘ready to take a break’ — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford (Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun) — TORONTO - — Mayor Rob Ford tells the Toronto Sun that he is “ready to take a break” from the mayoral election campaign to “go get help.” — The decision to immediately step away from the campaign …
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Mediaite, Blazing Cat Fur, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and The Point Forward
Mayor Rob Ford / CBC News:
Rob Ford's statement on leave of absence — ‘I have a problem with alcohol,’ Toronto mayor says in statement issued after new media reports — Shortly before 11 p.m. ET, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford issued a statement responding to new media reports of video and audio recordings allegedly showing …
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Talking Points Memo, Globe and Mail and New York Times
Tulsa World:
Eyewitness account: A minute-by-minute look at what happened during Clayton Lockett's execution … Well, it's a Lockett's execution didn't go well. I lay the blame on the bleeding heart liberals who blocked Oklahoma's access to the execution drugs we've used in the past.
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The Week, Democracy in America, Washington Post, NPR, NBC News, Guardian, The Dish and Los Angeles Times
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Dustin Volz / NationalJournal.com:
The ‘Recipe for Failure’ That Led to Oklahoma's Botched Execution
The ‘Recipe for Failure’ That Led to Oklahoma's Botched Execution
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Daily Kos, Los Angeles Times, Business Insider and Guardian
Helen Pow / Associated Press:
Killer dies of heart attack after FORTY MINUTES writhing in agony and sitting up to say …
Killer dies of heart attack after FORTY MINUTES writhing in agony and sitting up to say …
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Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Bundy Ranch Speaker Warns Of ‘Civil War On A Vast Scale,’ Promises Harry Reid Will Have His ‘Balls Ripped Off’ — http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=2uEXkmMealE — In a speech to the militia members still gathered at Cliven Bundy's ranch in Nevada last week, Mike Vanderboegh …
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Elias Alias / Oath Keepers:
Bundy Ranch Advisory for April 29 2014
Bundy Ranch Advisory for April 29 2014
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Right Wing Watch, Hullabaloo, Sipsey Street Irregulars and The Raw Story
Jennifer Kabbany / The College Fix:
Meet the Poster Child for ‘White Privilege’ - Then Have Your Mind Blown — He's 20, he's white, and he's a freshman at Princeton University. — According to the ethnic and feminist studies college students and professors who frequently and vehemently complain that this country is steeped …
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Ed Driscoll
Sean Poulter / Daily Mail:
Subway removes ham and bacon from nearly 200 stores and offers halal meat only after ‘strong demand’ from Muslims — Pork is forbidden and while other meat can be eaten, it must be sourced, slaughtered and processed according to strict rules — Subway said all halal meat served …
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Vox Popoli
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Feelin' a Wave — As we have all observed, Nate Silver and other purveyors of “data journalism” have gotten a lot of flak early in this election cycle, some of it warranted, but much of it the kind of taunting schoolyard kingpins typically inflict on tyros they instinctively understand will be rich and powerful someday.
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Josh Kraushaar / NationalJournal.com:
Betting Against Nate Silver
The Hill:
Jobs: The best way to fight poverty — Much of Washington's ongoing economic policy debate focuses on reducing poverty, with many arguing to raise the minimum wage and expand government programs. But this focus ignores two simple truths. — First, poverty arises from sagging employment …
Energy & Commerce Committee:
Committee Learns Who's Paid for Obamacare: As of April 15, Only 67 Percent of Enrollees in Federal Marketplace Had Paid First Month's Premium — Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee to Hold Hearing NEXT WEEK with Insurance Companies to Discuss Detailed Enrollment Data
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Hot Air, Washington Examiner and “The Lid”
CNN:
Rep. Thompson doubles down on racial remarks in interview with CNN's Dana Bash — (CNN) - In an exclusive interview with CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash, Rep. Bennie Thompson doubled down on controversial remarks he made about race over the weekend.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Justice Scalia Makes Epic Blunder In Supreme Court Opinion — It's not often that a Supreme Court justice makes a factual blunder in a formal opinion. — Legal experts say Justice Antonin Scalia erred in his dissent in the 6-2 decision Tuesday to uphold the Environmental Protection Agency's authority …
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DownWithTyranny!, Josh Blackman's Blog, Legal Planet, The Raw Story and Off the Kuff
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Jay Carney Lies About the Benghazi Email — Yesterday I wrote about the most significant email that the Obama administration produced in response to a FOIA request by Judicial Watch. It was sent by White House political operative Ben Rhodes to a variety of administration officials whose duties related to PR, not policy.
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Townhall.com, Betsy's Page, Mediaite and The Hugh Hewitt Show
James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
The ObamaCare 8% — The WSJ/NBC poll asks Americans if they think the health law is working. — A new survey from the Journal and NBC News shows that the President's signature health care law remains deeply unpopular. — Yesterday we noted the ABC/Washington Post poll showing Mr. Obama …
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Scared Monkeys, NewsBusters and The Gateway Pundit
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Senate Republicans Filibuster Minimum Wage Hike — As expected, Senate Republicans voted on Wednesday to block debate on legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour. — The procedural motion to begin debate received 54 votes for, and 42 against — short of the 60 needed to break a filibuster.
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Shakesville
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Malia Mattoch / Reuters:
Hawaii lawmakers vote to increase hourly minimum wage to $10.10
Hawaii lawmakers vote to increase hourly minimum wage to $10.10
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Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Democrats Assail G.O.P. After Filibuster of Proposal to Raise Minimum Wage
Democrats Assail G.O.P. After Filibuster of Proposal to Raise Minimum Wage
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Hot Air, The Daily Caller and Outside the Beltway
Salon:
GOP's white Southern men problem: Why they can't hold Democrats down any longer — In a very famous (and possibly apocryphal) quote, Lyndon Johnson said upon signing the 1964 Civil Rights Act that the Democrats had lost the South for a generation. And there's little doubt that the Republicans immediately saw a path to a new majority.
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Businessweek and Hullabaloo
Washington Post:
Poll: GOP presidential race wide open; Hillary Clinton leads Jeb Bush in theoretical matchup — The 2016 Republican presidential nominating battle is shaping up as the most wide-open in a generation, with a new Washington Post-ABC News poll showing five prospective candidates within four percentage points …
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Wall Street Journal, No More Mister Nice Blog, News Desk, Trail Blazers Blog and CNN
Lenny Bernstein / Washington Post:
Planet headed toward ‘post-antibiotic era’ when treatments don't work: WHO — The planet may be headed toward a “post-antibiotic era” when common infections once easily controlled by antimicrobial medicines may be lethal, the World Health Organization reported Wednesday in its first look …
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The Moderate Voice