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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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Mayor Rob Ford / CBC News:
Rob Ford's statement on leave of absence
Rob Ford's statement on leave of absence
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Talking Points Memo, Globe and Mail and New York Times
A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
Dems on thin ice for 2014 — Amid a torrent of fresh and frightening polling, Democrats are clinging to some comforting silver linings: flush war chests, a few strong individual polls, a robust gender gap. But it will be months before we know if they are kittens balancing on branches or cats with nine lives.
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James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
The ObamaCare 8% — The WSJ/NBC poll asks Americans …
The ObamaCare 8% — The WSJ/NBC poll asks Americans …
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Scared Monkeys, NewsBusters and The Gateway Pundit
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Feelin' a Wave — As we have all observed, Nate Silver …
Feelin' a Wave — As we have all observed, Nate Silver …
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Bloomberg View, Talking Points Memo and Democratic Strategist
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Antonin Scalia's Blunder Is Unprecedented, Legal Experts Say — Justice Antonin Scalia's factual error in a dissenting opinion Tuesday has become the talk of the legal community as experts puzzle over the extraordinary nature of the Reagan-appointed justice's blunder, which the Supreme Court quietly corrected as of Wednesday morning.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Justice Scalia Makes Epic Blunder In Supreme Court Opinion
Justice Scalia Makes Epic Blunder In Supreme Court Opinion
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DownWithTyranny!, Josh Blackman's Blog, Legal Planet, The Raw Story and Off the Kuff
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The Supreme Court tries to reconcile the Fourth Amendment with the realities of our tech age.
The Supreme Court tries to reconcile the Fourth Amendment with the realities of our tech age.
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American Prospect, The Dish, Bloomberg View and Hit & Run
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
If Data Were a Journalist — He'd work for Ezra Klein. — “Vox.com joins a crowded field of data-driven news sites,” USA Today reported earlier this month on Ezra Klein's new venture. Maybe “Data” should have been capitalized. — A pair of articles the site published yesterday …
Politico:
What is Hillary Clinton afraid of? — Over the 25 years Hillary Clinton has spent in the national spotlight, she's been smeared and stereotyped, the subject of dozens of over-hyped or downright fictional stories and books alleging, among other things, that she is a lesbian …
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NewsBusters, National Review and Associated Press
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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New York Times:
State-Sponsored Horror in Oklahoma
State-Sponsored Horror in Oklahoma
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The Daily Caller, The Dish, Tulsa World and KFOR-TV
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
Wall Street Journal:
New evidence that Ben Rhodes told Susan Rice and Hillary Clinton to blame the video. — Most of the media refuses to cover what happened in Benghazi in 2012, and Congressional Republicans have been less than skillful in their probes. But the story isn't going away despite the best efforts …
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Townhall.com, CNN, The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway, Slate, The PJ Tatler and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Jay Carney Lies About the Benghazi Email
Jay Carney Lies About the Benghazi Email
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Betsy's Page and Mediaite
Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Meet Mary Burke, the Woman Who Could Beat Scott Walker — She's a political novice—and that may be what it takes to knock off Wisconsin's governor, of whose jobs plan she says: 'I've seen eighth-graders' term papers that are more thoughtful.' — Republicans call her “Millionaire Mary,” …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Althouse and Hot Air
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
Marisa Schultz / detroitnews.com:
Conyers' place on ballot may hinge on backdated registrations — Conyers (John T. Greilick / The Detroit News) — Washington — An attempt to get Democratic Detroit Congressman John Conyers kicked off the August ballot is focusing on whether backdated voter registrations …
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Wall Street Journal
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, National Review, Reuters, Washington Examiner and “The Lid”
Wall Street Journal:
AT&T Has Approached DirecTV About Possible Acquisition — AT&T has approached DirecTV about a possible acquisition of the satellite-TV firm, say people familiar with the situation, the latest sign of a possible shakeup in the television industry.
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ESPN:
Oprah considering Clippers bid — Oprah Winfrey, David Geffen and Larry Ellison will join together in a bid to buy the Los Angeles Clippers if the NBA's board of governors votes to force Donald Sterling to sell the team, Geffen told ESPN's Jeremy Schaap on Wednesday.
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
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
Obamacare Just Saved The U.S. Economy From Contraction — As the U.S. economy teetered on the brink of contraction in the first quarter, one thing stood out. Healthcare spending increased at its fastest pace in more than three decades. — That surge is attributed to the implementation …
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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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Hullabaloo, Right Wing Watch and Sipsey Street Irregulars
Cassie Walker Burke / Politico:
The White House beat, uncovered — What the hacks of 1600 Penn really think. — The White House Correspondents' Association began as a response to Woodrow Wilson's threat to end presidential press conferences. A century later, White House reporters no longer have to line up outside …
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