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Chris McDaniel: “We're not going to concede right now, we're going to investigate” — Chris McDaniel was on the Mark Levin Show tonight and said that he is not going to concede the election right now. Rather, there are a couple of things he intends to investigate:
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Conservative Freakout Blames ‘Uncle Tom’ And Voter Fraud For McDaniel Loss — Some conservatives aren't happy that their preferred candidate, state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R) lost to Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) in the runoff of the GOP primary for U.S. Senate in Mississippi.
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New York Times, The Daily Beast, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Wall Street Journal, Capital New York, Business Insider and alicublog
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
The Tea Party Blew It
The Tea Party Blew It
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American Spectator, NBC News, Hot Air, Washington Post, The Moderate Voice, Politico, Prairie Weather, Mediaite, RedState, The Hill and The Other McCain
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
It Looks Like African-Americans Really Did Help Thad Cochran Win
It Looks Like African-Americans Really Did Help Thad Cochran Win
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Alec MacGillis / The New Republic:
Black Voters Saved Thad Cochran and the GOP Establishment. Here's What Republicans Owe Them In Return.
Black Voters Saved Thad Cochran and the GOP Establishment. Here's What Republicans Owe Them In Return.
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Sarah Palin hits Thad Cochran ‘shenanigans’
Sarah Palin hits Thad Cochran ‘shenanigans’
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Little Green Footballs and Power Line
David Weigel / Slate:
Thad Cochran Defeats the Tea Party — And So Does Everyone Else
Thad Cochran Defeats the Tea Party — And So Does Everyone Else
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Washington Post, New York Times, Taylor Marsh, The Dish, Balloon Juice, Talking Points Memo, The Mahablog and The Clarion-Ledger
Patrick Brennan / National Review:
The Flier That Got Thad Cochran Elected?
The Flier That Got Thad Cochran Elected?
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Weasel Zippers, Talking Points Memo and The Dish
Eric Katz / Government Executive:
EPA Employees Told to Stop Pooping in the Hallway — Environmental Protection Agency workers have done some odd things recently. — Contractors built secret man caves in an EPA warehouse, an employee pretended to work for the CIA to get unlimited vacations and one worker even spent …
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Another agency tells Congress: File not found — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the IRS share a problem: officials say they cannot provide the emails a congressional committee has requested because an employee's hard drive crashed. — EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy confirmed …
Erica Martinson / Politico:
EPA joins IRS lost emails club
EPA joins IRS lost emails club
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Hot Air, The Hill and The Gateway Pundit
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
EPA Memo To Employees: Please Stop Pooping In The Hallway
EPA Memo To Employees: Please Stop Pooping In The Hallway
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The Hill:
Odds tilt toward GOP Senate — Republicans are in the strongest position to win back the Senate since losing it eight years ago. — Over several months, the party has expanded its range of targeted seats, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has helped defeat insurgents …
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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
Tea Party's Poll Setbacks Don't Limit Its Washington Clout — Conservatives in Congress Threaten Several Programs that Chamber of Commerce Supports — Republican Sen. Thad Cochran's runoff victory Tuesday exposed the limits of tea-party power at the polls, but conservative activists retain …
waysandmeans.house.gov:
REVEALED: GOP Senator Targeted by Lerner Ways and Means investigation uncovers push to audit Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) — f t # e — Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) targeting of conservative individuals includes …
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Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:
EMAILS: IRS OFFICIAL SOUGHT AUDIT OF GOP SENATOR — WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional investigators say they uncovered emails Wednesday showing that a former Internal Revenue Service official at the heart of the tea party investigation sought an audit involving a Republican senator in 2012.
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Scared Monkeys, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Annalyn Kurtz / CNNMoney.com:
3 reasons not to freak out about -2.9% GDP — Well, this picture keeps getting uglier. — Gross domestic product — the broadest measure of economic growth — contracted at a 2.9% annual rate in January through March, according to the latest revision from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
Jeannine Aversa: (202) 606-2649 (News Media)
Jeannine Aversa: (202) 606-2649 (News Media)
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The Week, Hot Air, White House.gov Blog, Zero Hedge, Washington Post, BizzyBlog and Daily Kos
Jeanna Smialek / Bloomberg:
U.S. Economy Shrank in First Quarter by Most in Five Years
U.S. Economy Shrank in First Quarter by Most in Five Years
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Bloomberg View, Washington Post and Weekly Standard
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
The Economy Tanked Last Quarter And It's Everybody's Fault But Obama's
The Economy Tanked Last Quarter And It's Everybody's Fault But Obama's
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Ed Driscoll, Twitchy and Shot in the Dark
Danny Vinik / The New Republic:
Today's GDP Number Is Not as Bad as it Sounds. But the Recovery Is Still Weak.
Today's GDP Number Is Not as Bad as it Sounds. But the Recovery Is Still Weak.
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
The Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Cellphone Privacy — Fourteen years ago, the Rehnquist court interrupted a string of law enforcement victories to rule that when looking for illegal drugs, the police couldn't simply walk down the aisle of an intercity bus and squeeze the bags and soft-sided luggage on the overhead rack.
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Politico:
Barack Obama becomes mocker-in-chief on climate change skeptics — The sarcastic bear is loose, and he's loving every minute of it. — President Barack Obama is letting his inner Don Rickles run free, mocking climate deniers as the crowd who used to think the moon was made out of cheese …
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Obama mocks climate skeptics at LCV dinner — President Barack Obama lit into GOP climate change skeptics in a speech tonight, delighting a crowd of 800 to 900 environmentalists in Washington's Ronald Reagan Building. — He said Republicans in Congress are out of touch with the American public …
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Weasel Zippers and Mediaite
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Fox Host Yells At Michele Bachmann For Trying To Sue Obama: 'You're Being Silly' — “Fox Host Yells At Michele Bachmann For Trying To Sue Obama: 'You're Being Silly'” Share: — Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto blasted Republicans on Wednesday for preparing to file a federal lawsuit challenging …
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ThinkProgress and The Raw Story
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
John Boehner wants to sue President Obama — Republicans, after years of squabbling with President Obama, have decided to resolve their differences with him according to a time-honored American tradition. — They are going to sue him. — “What we have seen clearly over the last five years …
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Prairie Weather, ABC News and Outside the Beltway
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Lauren French / Politico:
John Boehner: President Obama hasn't ‘faithfully’ executed laws
John Boehner: President Obama hasn't ‘faithfully’ executed laws
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Paul Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
The Investigation Into Scott Walker Could Be Way, Way Bigger Than Scott Walker — WASHINGTON — An investigation targeting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) for alleged illegal coordination with independent conservative groups during his 2012 recall election has been thrown into limbo by a lawsuit …
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CNN, Hullabaloo and BuzzFeed
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
US: SYRIA MAY HAVE LAUNCHED AIRSTRIKES IN IRAQ — WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say there are indications that Syria launched airstrikes into western Iraq Tuesday in an attempt to slow the al-Qaida-inspired insurgency fighting both the Syrian and Iraqi governments.
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Salt Lake Tribune:
10th Circuit Court upholds same-sex marriage — Courts » State of Utah will ruling appeal to U.S. Supreme Court. — | The Salt Lake Tribune — A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that states outlawing same-sex marriage are in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
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