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12:55 PM ET, May 6, 2014

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Vanity Fair:
Exclusive: Monica Lewinsky Writes About Her Affair with President Clinton  —  Monica Lewinsky writes in Vanity Fair for the first time about her affair with President Clinton: “It's time to burn the beret and bury the blue dress.”  She also says: “I, myself, deeply regret what happened between me and President Clinton.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republican senators turning against their own in 2016  —  Fearful of a third successive Democratic triumph, concerned Senate Republicans are turning against 2016 presidential bids by upstart hopefuls within their own ranks.  —  In forceful comments to The Hill, GOP senators made it plain …
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Rand Paul Wants Hillary Clinton Subpoenaed By Benghazi Committee (VIDEO)  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a presumptive 2016 presidential contender, wants the current 2016 presumptive frontrunner Hillary Clinton to be dragged in front of the House's new committee on Benghazi to testify about the attacks.
Discussion: Liberaland and susiemadrak.com
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Jeb Bush edges up, Hillary Clinton slightly slides, in CNN 2016 poll  —  Washington (CNN) - She's still the overwhelming front runner in the race for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, but according to a new national poll Hillary Clinton's support has slightly deteriorated since the beginning of the year.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Judicial Nominee's Memos on Drones Stirring Bipartisan Concern in the Senate
Discussion: Power Line
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Mortality Drop Seen to Follow '06 Health Law  —  BOSTON — The death rate in Massachusetts dropped significantly after it adopted mandatory health care coverage in 2006, a study released Monday found, offering evidence that the country's first experiment with universal coverage …
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ACP Journal Club:
Changes in Mortality After Massachusetts Health Care Reform: A Quasi-experimental Study  —  Benjamin D. Sommers, MD, PhD; Sharon K. Long, PhD; and Katherine Baicker, PhD  —  Ann Intern Med. 2014;160(9):585-593. doi:10.7326/M13-2275  —  Background: The Massachusetts 2006 health care reform …
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:   Mass. discarding broken ObamaCare site
Adrianna McIntyre / The Incidental Economist:
Health insurance saves lives. That means it improves health, too.
The Boston Globe:
Mass. scrapping flawed health insurance website
Melissapamerktla / KTLA 5:
Rialto Assignment Asking Students to Question Holocaust to Be Revised  —  The Rialto school district planned to revise an eighth-grade assignment that raised red flags by asking students to consider arguments about whether the Holocaust — the systematic killing by the Nazis of some 6 million Jews …
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Justin Gillis / New York Times:
Wide Impact of Climate Change Already Seen in U.S., Study Says  —  The effects of human-induced climate change are being felt in every corner of the United States, scientists reported Tuesday, with water growing scarcer in dry regions, torrential rains increasing in wet regions …
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New York Times:
A Defeat for Religious Neutrality  —  The American values of pluralism and inclusion are central to the First Amendment, which forbids government from favoring or aligning itself with any particular religion or believers over nonbelievers.  —  In a lamentable ruling on Monday …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Nancy Pelosi calls for split Benghazi panel  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said the select committee probing the attack in Benghazi should be split equally between Democrats and Republicans.  —  “If this review is to be fair, it must be truly bipartisan,” Pelosi said in a Tuesday morning statement.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Pelosi Calls For Equal Ratio Of Dem, GOP Members On Benghazi Panel
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Lawmaker Who Compared Obamacare To Holocaust: You're Missing My Point  —  The Tennessee lawmaker who compared Obamacare's individual mandate to Nazis deporting Jews to concentration camps thinks his critics missed the point.  —  State Sen. Stacey Campfield (R) caused a stir Monday morning …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
How the White House helped Republicans on Benghazi  —  If Republicans succeed in turning the Benghazi “scandal” from a nothingburger into a Double Big Mac, the Obama White House can blame its own secrecy and obsessive control over information.  —  On Monday afternoon, a White House press briefing …
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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg View:
Dueling Numbers on Obamacare
Discussion: VodkaPundit
Cornelius Swart / KGW-TV:
Gov. Kitzhaber performs CPR, helps save woman's life  —  PORTLAND — Oregon's governor performed CPR on an unconscious woman in downtown Portland Monday, providing her medical assistance and helping to keep her alive until paramedics could arrive.  —  Gov. John Kitzhaber was traveling …
Juan Williams / The Hill:
House GOP walking into a trap  —  What happens to the House Republican caucus if Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) forces a vote on immigration reform?  —  Here are three predictions:  —  1. The bill passes.  An overwhelming majority of Republicans vote for it.
Colin Campbell / The New York Observer:
Michael Grimm: ‘I Really Am One of the Luckiest Members of Congress’  —  Congressman Michael Grimm, who is facing a 20-count federal indictment on wire fraud, tax evasion and a slew of other charges, says he's actually a lucky guy.  —  Speaking on Geraldo Rivera's WABC talk show this morning …
Discussion: Politico
Globe and Mail:
Ford turns back from United States  —  After announcing he was taking time off to go to rehab, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford boarded a plane to Chicago last Thursday, landed, but then turned around before officially entering the United States.  —  “He voluntarily withdrew his application to enter the USA …
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Vulnerable Democratic Sen. Hagan runs anti-Obamacare attack ads against GOP contender  —  CONOVER, N.C. — The fliers landed in the mailboxes of Republican voters here last week with a warning likely to unnerve many conservatives.  —  Republican U.S. Senate frontrunner Thom Tillis …
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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
The Starting Gun for Competitive 2014 GOP Primaries
Discussion: Roll Call and Washington Post
 
 
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Jim Romenesko:
Survey: Most say journalism is headed in the wrong direction
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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
So Many Jihadists Are Flocking to Libya, It's Becoming ‘Scumbag Woodstock’
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Biographer: ‘The World Seems to Disappoint Him’
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Fox Host Wants TV Meteorologists To Ask Obama About Benghazi Today (VIDEO)
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Voting Rights Act fixes should get a vote in the House and Senate
Discussion: National Review
Wall Street Journal:
The Catholic Church and the Convention on Torture
Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
Kerry: 'Two Years and Three Quarters Left as the Secretary, Provided I Don't Screw Up'
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Ed Rogers / Washington Post:
The Insiders: Left-footed Democrats try to dance to the right
Discussion: Power Line and Daily Mail
Arthur Chu / The Daily Beast:
Yes, Brendan Eich Is Like Donald Sterling (He's Even Scarier)
Laura Donnelly / Telegraph:
Hundreds of asthma deaths could be prevented
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Mark White / Politico:
Why I Changed My Mind About the Death Penalty
 

 
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