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12:40 PM ET, May 3, 2014

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Nina Teicholz / Wall Street Journal:
Are butter, cheese and steak really bad for you?  The dubious science behind the anti-fat crusade  —  “Saturated fat does not cause heart disease”—or so concluded a big study published in March in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.  How could this be?
Discussion: Power Line
Associated Press:
CONDOLEEZZA RICE BACKS OUT OF RUTGERS COMMENCEMENT  —  You are here  —  Home » United States government » Condoleezza Rice backs out of Rutgers commencement  —  NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has backed out of delivering the commencement address …
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Heritage urges ‘no’ vote on energy efficiency bill  —  The conservative group Heritage Action is urging lawmakers to vote “no” on the energy efficiency bill set to hit the Senate floor next week.  —  Heritage charges that the bill, which promotes energy saving in industrial and commercial buildings …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Matthew DeFour / host.madison.com:
On Politics: Brett Hulsey plans to hand out KKK hoods at Republican convention  —  Rep. Brett Hulsey, D-Madison, said Thursday he plans to hand out Ku Klux Klan hoods at the state Republican convention this weekend.  —  Hulsey, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate whose bizarre antics …
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David Freedlander / The Daily Beast:
Wisconsin's GOP Secession Panic  —  Wisconsin Republicans are set to vote on a measure this weekend that would affirm the state's right to secede from the union.  Goodbye, U.S. of A., Hello U.S. of Cheese.  —  Fear not, America.  There will be no import taxes on Leinenkugel.
Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
Man Who Set A Trap To Kill 17-Year-Old Intruder Invokes Stand Your Ground-Like Defense  —  Seventeen-year-old Diren Dede lost his life Sunday, while in Missoula, Montana on a high school exchange program from Germany.  He was shot dead at the home of Markus Kaarma, after Kaarma set a trap …
Discussion: The Mahablog, Missoulian and Hullabaloo
Dave Bartkowiak Jr. / WDIV-TV:
Wayne County Clerk: John Conyers not qualified for Aug. 5 ballot  —  Congressman may have filed insufficient number of valid signatures to qualify for ballot … DETROIT -  —  Veteran U.S. Congressman John Conyers does not have enough signatures to get on the Aug. 5 primary ballot, according to Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett.
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Lauren Effron / ABC News:
V. Stiviano: Donald Sterling Is Not a Racist, Should Apologize for Remarks … Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling's confidante V. Stiviano today told ABC's Barbara Walters that she thinks the embattled NBA basketball owner should apologize for his racist remarks.  —  “Yes.
Frances Robles / New York Times:
Democratic Group to Return Donations  —  MIAMI — The Democratic National Committee, faced with the possibility that it had accepted illegal campaign contributions from straw donors, decided Thursday to return sizable donations made last fall in the names of the children of a Florida cardiologist …
Scott Kaufman / The Raw Story:
Alabama's chief justice: Buddha didn't create us so First Amendment only protects Christians  —  Speaking at the Pastor for Life Luncheon, which was sponsored by Pro-Life Mississippi, Chief Justice Roy Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court declared that the First Amendment only applies to Christians because …
Discussion: Firedoglake and CAIR
DP Show / Dan Patrick Show:
John McCain visits ManCave to share stories, talk sports  —  Sen. John McCain visited the ManCave to discuss a wide range of topics, including sports and politics.  McCain shared incredible stories about being a prisoner of war and how sports played a role in his communications with fellow prisoners.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Inequality Has Been Going On Forever . . . But That Doesn't Mean It's Inevitable  —  We have been living with rising income inequality for so long — in good times and bad, under Republican presidents and Democratic ones — that it has come to seem inevitable.
 
 
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Thomas Lifson / American Thinker:
The appalling Obama foreign policy team: The case of Tommy Vietor
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Ukrainians Strike Rebel-Held City as Fighting Spreads
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Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Damn Right I Taped Kerry's ‘Apartheid’ Talk
Discussion: Althouse, Politico and Bloomberg View
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
McAuliffe explores whether he can expand Medicaid coverage without legislature's okay
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Ari Rabin-Havt / American Prospect:
Time for Democrats to Stop Celebrating Andrew Jackson
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Newt Gingrich Calls For Public Ownership Of Professional Sports Teams
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Jennifer Emily / Dallas Morning News:
Judge says sexually assaulted 14-year-old 'wasn't the victim she claimed to be'
 

 
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Anja Karadeglija / The Canadian Press:
Meta clashes with Canada's CRTC over the Online News Act by declining to publicly release information about its measures to block news content on its platforms

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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