memeorandum: Who will be Benghazi truth-seeker? (Richard Benedetto/USA Today)

11:30 PM ET, May 10, 2014

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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:

Why Lois Lerner Should Be Granted Immunity — In this week's episode of the Capitol Hill soap opera, Lois Lerner, the apparatchik at the center of the IRS jihad against conservative groups, was at long, long last held in contempt of Congress. Amid the farce, the House's IRS probe is floundering.

Discussion: his vorpal sword and Power Line

Richard Benedetto / USA Today:

Who will be Benghazi truth-seeker? — Democrats' need a Howard Baker to put truth over partisanship. — SHARE11 — Where is the Democrats' Howard Baker? Where is the courageous member of President Obama's party willing to stand up and ask, “What did the president know, and when did he know it?”

Discussion: Washington Post

Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:

GOP will start Benghazi probe without Dems after Nancy Pelosi rejects committee rules — CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DEMOCRATIC PARTY JOHN BOEHNER NATIONAL SECURITY NANCY PELOSI BENGHAZI PENNAVE TERRORISM LIBYA — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has rejected the terms …

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Bernie Becker / The Hill:

One year later, Republicans put IRS probe on the backburner — A year after it began, the IRS targeting controversy has been overtaken by the Benghazi attacks on the oversight agenda of House Republicans. — While Republicans are convinced that the Obama administration is stonewalling …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Weekly Standard and Politico

Russell Berman / The Hill:
Speaker Boehner stacks special Benghazi committee with lawyers

Discussion: The PJ Tatler

Cameron Joseph / The Hill:

Biden takes shot at Clintons in SC — Vice President Joe Biden gave a closed-door speech Friday to South Carolina Democrats that included a shot at the Clintons. — Biden, a potential 2016 candidate, said the unraveling of middle-class financial security began in “the later years …

Discussion: Liberaland

Peter Hamby / CNN:

Biden delivers ‘Elizabeth Warren-type speech’ at fundraiser — Washington (CNN) - Vice President Joe Biden appeared at a closed-door fundraiser in South Carolina Friday and delivered what one attendee called “an Elizabeth Warren-type speech” about the struggles of America's middle class …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and America Rising

ThinkProgress:

Saturday's Illegal Cliven Bundy-Endorsed ATV Rally Runs Through Sacred American Indian Sites — Matt Lee-Ashley is a Senior Fellow with the Public Lands Project at the Center for American Progress. — This Aug. 11, 2009 photo shows a restored cliff dwelling south of Blanding, Utah.

Discussion: The Mahablog, KUTV-TV, Hullabaloo, Center for American … and Durango Herald

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:

Republicans Tighten Grip on Debates in 2016 Race — MEMPHIS — The Republican National Committee moved Friday to seize control of the presidential primary debates in 2016, another step in a coordinated effort by the party establishment to reshape the nominating process.

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Outside the Beltway

James Hohmann / Politico:
GOP leaders reconsider Rand Paul

Discussion: Liberal Values and PoliticusUSA

Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Paul Diverges From His Party Over Voter ID

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air, Mediaite, Politico, The Raw Story and Balloon Juice

George F. Will / Washington Post:

Wis. prosecutors abuse the law for partisan ends — U.S. District Judge Rudolph T. Randa, revolted by the police-state arrogance of some elected prosecutors, has stopped a partisan abuse of law enforcement that was masquerading as political hygiene. Last Tuesday, Randa halted the corruption …

Discussion: Instapundit

Ellen Weinstein / Wall Street Journal:

How to Trick the Guilty and Gullible into Revealing Themselves — It starts with a basic understanding of game theory and incentives — King Solomon built the First Temple in Jerusalem and was known throughout the land for his wisdom. — David Lee Roth fronted the rock band Van Halen …

Discussion: Althouse and Marginal REVOLUTION

Darlene Superville / Associated Press:

WHITE HOUSE TO FOCUS ON ROAD, BRIDGE REPAIR — You are here — Home » United States government » White House to focus on road, bridge repair — WASHINGTON (AP) — With time running out, the White House was preparing to press Congress next week to keep money flowing …

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Dana Milbank / Washington Post:

Ted Cruz, the reckless accuser — Sen. Ted Cruz, in a speech to fellow conservatives at the Federalist Society this week, provided detailed evidence of what the right calls the “lawlessness” of the Obama administration. — The Texas Republican, in his latest McCarthyesque flourish …

Discussion: Althouse

Doug Stanglin / USA Today:

Man on TV dating show reveals killing first wife, lover — A 62-year-old man looking for a wife on a TV dating show stunned the host and studio audience by revealing that he had murdered his first wife and later killed a lover with an ax during an argument.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, The Daily Caller and HyperVocal