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7:45 AM ET, May 21, 2014

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James Hohmann / Politico:
2014 primary election results: Establishment, self-funders win big in primaries  —  Tuesday was a great night for incumbents, the GOP establishment and self-funders.  —  It was a bad night to be a Clinton in-law.  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell defeated his GOP challenger …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Payback time: GOP incumbents learn how to win  —  In 2014, the tea party insurrection is starting to look more like the Boston massacre.  —  In state after state this primary season, entrenched politicians are proving that incumbency counts for something after all, leveraging the stature …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
CNN:
Boehner: Tea party and GOP aren't that different  —  (CNN) - House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday the tea party and conservative Republicans are basically one in the same.  —  As establishment Republican candidates try to fend off a series of tea party challengers in Tuesday's midterm primaries …
Peter Hamby / CNN:
How Mitch McConnell crushed the tea party
Discussion: Washington Post and New Day
Carl Willis / WSB-TV:
School district apologizes over yearbook quote incident  —  Sponsored Links  —  CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. —  UPDATE: Paris Gray and her family met with the school's principal and the area superintendent on Tuesday.  They apologized for the miscommunication and said they would not deny her giving a speech at graduation.
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James Hamblin / The Atlantic Online:
The Chemistry Joke That Got a Student Suspended  —  Paris Gray, upstanding vice president of her about-to-graduate high-school class in Jonesboro, Georgia, was suspended last Friday when administrators figured out what her yearbook quote meant.  It read:
David Weigel / Slate:
Rick Santorum Endorsed the Judge Who Just Legalized Gay Marriage in Pennsylvania  —  Gay marriage is legal in Pennsylvania today, following a ruling by U.S. District Judge John Jones.  Pennsylvania had gotten into the pre-emptive-ban game early in 1996, and that ban is now gone …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Judge Strikes Down Pennsylvania Same-Sex Marriage Ban  —  “We now join the twelve federal district courts across the country [that] ... have concluded that all couples deserve equal dignity in the realm of civil marriage.”  —  Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett delivers an address …
Otto Kitsinger / Associated Press:
Federal Appeals Court Puts Same-Sex Marriage On Hold In Idaho  —  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — No same-sex marriages will be allowed or recognized in Idaho until an appeal is decided, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.  —  The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted request for a stay from Gov. C.L. …
Discussion: The Mahablog
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Bush-Appointed Judge Cites Scalia In Axing Pennsylania Gay Marriage Ban
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:
The Sequel To Rand Paul's Epic Filibuster Is Happening Tomorrow  —  On Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, will filibuster President Barack Obama's nomination of David Barron to fill a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.  Paul first threatened to filibuster Barron last week.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Harry Reid optimistic on David Barron
Discussion: CNN
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Reid Hints at ‘Nuclear’ Summer Over Debate Time
Discussion: Daily Kos and Booman Tribune
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
CNN President: We Won't Be ‘Shamed’ Into Covering Benghazi  —  CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker on Monday said that the network probably won't be covering the House select committee to investigate Benghazi.  —  “We're not going to be shamed into it by others who have political beliefs …
Discussion: Watts Up With That? and Twitchy
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Ga., Ky. Primaries: Lots of Attention, Few Votes  —  A relatively small slice of the electorate will participate in Republican primaries in Georgia and Kentucky, despite international attention and eye-popping sums of money heaped on races that will help determine which party controls …
Discussion: CNN
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Bloomberg:
Businesses Turn Out Workers' Votes to Stomp Tea Party
Discussion: Washington Post
ThinkProgress:
Biggest Loser: Thawing Greenland Competes With Collapsing Antarctic For Fastest Ice Loss  —  Several new studies underscore scientists' concerns we're headed toward a coastline at least this flooded (20 meters or 69 feet) over many hundreds of years:  —  The worst-case scenario for sea level rise …
Associated Press:
Dinesh D'Souza pleads guilty  —  NEW YORK — A conservative scholar and filmmaker has pleaded guilty in New York federal court to making illegal campaign contributions.  —  Dinesh D'Souza, of San Diego, entered the plea Tuesday Manhattan.  —  He admitted getting two close associates to make $10,000 contributions to Wendy Long.
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Charles Levinson / Wall Street Journal:
Comey: FBI ‘Grappling’ With Hiring Policy Concerning Marijuana  —  Monday was a big day for the nation's cyber police.  The Justice Department charged five Chinese military officials with hacking, and brought charges against the creators of powerful hacking software.
David Undercoffler / Los Angeles Times:
GM issues more recalls, this time for 2.42 million vehicles  —  General Motors' recall saga continued Tuesday with the beleaguered automaker recalling another 2.42 million vehicles for four separate issues.  The move also means GM will take a $400-million charge against second-quarter earnings.
Discussion: Firedoglake
Jennifer Robison / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Nevada will dump Xerox as health insurance exchange contractor  —  The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange board voted unanimously Tuesday to end its relationship with Xerox, the vendor contracted in 2012 to build the exchange's Nevada Health Link website.
Discussion: ACASignups.net, Hot Air and Twitchy
Julieta Chiquillo / Dallas Morning News:
$60M Allen football stadium deemed ‘not safe,’ will close this season  —  ALLEN — Allen ISD officials said Monday that design flaws appear to have contributed to problems with cracking of concrete at the district's new $60 million stadium, prompting them to close the stadium for the next football season.
David Zurawik / Baltimore Sun:
‘House of Cards’ looking for NSA director, senators, reporters  —  Casting call makes return feel official, after stormy off-season  —  After a politically stormy off-season, the return of “House of Cards” to Maryland becomes a reality with casting call notices like this one going out.
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
 
 
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Kate Tummarello / The Hill:
NSA reform legislation ‘watered down’?
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Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Arthur Gelb, Critic and Editor Who Shaped The Times, Dies at 90
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Hillary Clinton to sit down with Diane Sawyer for first interview on her new book
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
How El Niño Might Alter the Political Climate
Discussion: NewsBusters
Joe Miller / Salon:
Alaska's climate denial fiasco: Joe Miller's battle to be the state's biggest kook
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Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest Podcast:
The Real Policy Failure in Libya
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The next big fight over the safety net
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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Al Qaeda's American Fighters Are Coming Home—And U.S. Intelligence Can't Find Them
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
AL.com:
Convicted former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.: Presidential pardons for all ex-offenders
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR To End ‘Tell Me More,’ Eliminate 28 Positions