Top Items:
David Catanese / U.S. News:
'She'd Probably Get Shot At The State Line' — A local district chairman says there's no love for Hillary in the Natural State. — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has apparently worn out her welcome in the state where her husband served as governor.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Business Insider
RELATED:
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
President Clinton: ‘Dead broke’ comments were ‘factually true’ — DENVER — Former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday defended his wife Hillary Clinton's recent comments on wealth, saying she is “not out of touch.” — In a discussion with NBC's David Gregory as part of the Clinton Global Initiative …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Weasel Zippers and Mediaite
Jon Murray / Denver Post:
BILL CLINTON OFFERS ADVICE FOR UDALL, TALKS POTENTIAL HILLARY RUN
BILL CLINTON OFFERS ADVICE FOR UDALL, TALKS POTENTIAL HILLARY RUN
Discussion:
Politico, The Daily Caller, CNN and OnPolitics
lohud.com:
Hillary Clinton sign defaced: ‘Benghazi’ scrawled in red
Hillary Clinton sign defaced: ‘Benghazi’ scrawled in red
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Weasel Zippers
Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Hillary Clinton to collect $225,000 for keynote at UNLV fundraiser
Hillary Clinton to collect $225,000 for keynote at UNLV fundraiser
Discussion:
Washington Post, Guardian, Hot Air and Weekly Standard
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Porn star's tweet prompts Steve Stivers aide Adam Kuhn to resign — The chief of staff to Ohio GOP Rep. Steve Stivers has resigned after a former porn actress posted an explicit photo of the aide online. — Adam Kuhn, a longtime Stivers' aide and chief of staff, resigned on Tuesday.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly, Mediaite and Business Insider
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Democrat: IRS chief ‘arrogant’ — Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said Tuesday that IRS Commissioner John Koskinen has done “a terrible job communicating” in the investigation into former IRS official Lois Lerner's missing emails. — “Obviously, I think he is doing a terrible job communicating …
Discussion:
Hot Air
RELATED:
Brett Taylor / Twitchy:
‘Just nailed Koskinen to the wall’: Trey Gowdy brings the heat to IRS hearing [video] — Conservatives cheered Rep. Trey Gowdy's line of questioning tonight at the House Oversight Committee's hearing featuring IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.
Discussion:
WND, CNSNews, Hot Air, Townhall.com, Power Line, RedState, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Weekly Standard and Ed Driscoll
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Testy Exchange Erupts as I.R.S. Chief Is Questioned on Messages — WASHINGTON — Representative Darrell Issa of California, the Republican who is leading one of the investigations into the Internal Revenue Service's scrutiny of Tea Party groups, accused the I.R.S. commissioner on Monday of lying …
Discussion:
Latest from Crooks and Liars
Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Will Mississippi mudslinging give Dems a chance in South? — If Chris McDaniel on Tuesday knocks off Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), national Democrats will have a rare offensive opportunity in the Deep South. — The nasty, divisive primary fight comes to a close in tonight's runoff election …
Discussion:
Politico, Taylor Marsh, Booman Tribune, Fox News, RedState, Hot Air and BREITBART.COM
RELATED:
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
As Cochran Courts Blacks, Tea Party Vows to Police Polls
As Cochran Courts Blacks, Tea Party Vows to Police Polls
Discussion:
Prairie Weather
New York Times:
2nd Bridge Inquiry Said to Be Linked to Christie — Investigations into the Christie administration and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have zeroed in on possible securities law violations stemming from a $1.8 billion road repair agreement in 2011, according to people briefed on the matter.
Discussion:
CNN, Firedoglake, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Daily Kos, Taylor Marsh, Shakesville and Liberaland
RELATED:
Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
BridgeGate II: Pulaski Skyway Reportedly At Center Of Separate Christie Probes
BridgeGate II: Pulaski Skyway Reportedly At Center Of Separate Christie Probes
Discussion:
Mediaite
Karoli / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Scott Walker Fan Indicted For Massive Voter Fraud — True the Vote was nowhere to be found when Robert Monroe stuffed the ballot box for Scott Walker and Alberta Darling? — Repeat after me: Consistently documented voter fraud is a Republican phenomenon, not a Democratic one.
Discussion:
Balloon Juice, The Moderate Voice, PoliticusUSA, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Washington Monthly
RELATED:
Bruce Vielmetti / JSOnline:
Shorewood man charged with 13 counts of voter fraud
Shorewood man charged with 13 counts of voter fraud
Discussion:
WISN Channel 12 and The Raw Story
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Law Is An Ass — There's been a bubbling hum of controversy surrounding the Senate Daily Press Gallery's decision to deny credentials to SCOTUSBlog. And as it happens, the issues involved here are ones I know fairly well since I'm the owner of a new media company and had to navigate …
Gallup:
After Exchanges Close, 5% of Americans Are Newly Insured — More than half of newly insured in '14 got insurance through exchanges — PRINCETON, NJ — Five percent of Americans report being newly insured in 2014. More than half of that group, or 2.8% of the total U.S. population …
Discussion:
BillMoyers.com, Politico, Balloon Juice, Real Clear Politics and Hot Air
RELATED:
CNN:
Sudanese Christian woman rearrested, legal team says — (CNN) — A Sudanese Christian woman who'd been sentenced to die for refusing to renounce her faith — and then released — was rearrested Tuesday at an airport as she was trying to leave the African country, her legal team told CNN on Tuesday.
Discussion:
Guardian, LifeNews.com, Hinterland Gazette, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, The Jawa Report, The Daily Signal, The Right Scoop and The PJ Tatler
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Obama's Disastrous Iraq Policy: An Autopsy — The president ignored the country for years, with tragic results. And liberals shouldn't be afraid to admit it. — Yes, the Iraq War was a disaster of historic proportions. Yes, seeing its architects return to prime time to smugly slam President Obama …
RELATED:
Jamie Dettmer / The Daily Beast:
Washington and London Ignored Warnings about the ISIS Offensive in Iraq
Washington and London Ignored Warnings about the ISIS Offensive in Iraq
Discussion:
Fox News, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Yahoo! News, National Review and New York Times
Rebecca Leber / The New Republic:
What Climate Change Looks Like on Your Front Porch — If you are like the typical American, then you think climate change is a real problem, but you're not clamoring for action. Yes, you've heard that the planet is getting warmer—that the sea levels are rising and, somewhere, storms probably getting worse.
Discussion:
New York Times and Capital New York
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Kerry: 'We Don't Do Foreign Policy By Polls' — Secretary of State John Kerry tells Fox News's James Rosen that the Obama administration does not “do foreign policy by polls.” That, the sescretary of state said, is “a good thing.” — The claim came in a response to a question …
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers and The PJ Tatler
RELATED:
David Hochman / Playboy:
PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: GARY OLDMAN — When actors list other actors they deeply admire, Gary Oldman's name inevitably shoots to the top. Sid Vicious, Dracula, Beethoven, Lee Harvey Oswald, The Dark Knight's Commissioner Gordon, Harry Potter's Sirius Black—Oldman's range is so staggering …
Discussion:
The Political Insider, Hollywood Reporter, The Federalist, Hot Air, Hit & Run, Mediaite, Daily Surge, ThinkProgress, Guardian, NME News and Gawker
Jan Hoffman / New York Times:
Cool at 13, Adrift at 23 — At 13, they were viewed by classmates with envy, admiration and not a little awe. The girls wore makeup, had boyfriends and went to parties held by older students. The boys boasted about sneaking beers on a Saturday night and swiping condoms from the local convenience store.
Politico:
The existential crisis of the liberal millionaire — David Brock has a message for liberal millionaires: Don't sweat being called hypocrites. — Brock, a former “right-wing hit-man"-turned-top-big-money- Democratic-operative, is part of a behind-the-scenes campaign to convince donors it's OK …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Reality of Student Debt Is Different From the Clichés — The deeply indebted college graduate has become a stock character in the national conversation: the art history major with $50,000 in debt, the underemployed barista with $75,000, the struggling poet with $100,000.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, The Awl, Brookings Institute, Washington Post and JustOneMinute
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Billionaire activist to meet with White House officials — Washington (CNN) - Tom Steyer, the billionaire environmentalist who's pledged to spend millions in this year's midterm contests, will discuss climate change with top White House officials and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew this week, according to officials.
New York Times:
A Thin Rationale for Drone Killings — The Obama administration on Monday reluctantly released its justification for killing an American citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki, whom it considered a terrorist, in a 2011 drone strike in Yemen. But the rationale provides little confidence that the lethal action was taken with real care.
Discussion:
emptywheel, The Moderate Voice, The Talking Dog, Business Insider and Gawker