memeorandum: Source: Obama counsel not aware of Clinton's email practice (Associated Press)

11:35 AM ET, March 5, 2015

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Democrats See a Familiar Pattern in the Clinton E-mail Story — Reports of Democrats fretting about Hillary's future have been overstated. — “You're not going to be the sixteenth writer who asks me about Hillary, are you?” says Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. “I know you would not do that.

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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:

Hillary Clinton breaks silence on email controversy — She calls on the State Department to release her emails. — After two days of silence, Hillary Clinton weighed in on the controversy surrounding her use of a personal email address during her tenure as secretary of state late on Wednesday night …

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Associated Press:

Source: Obama counsel not aware of Clinton's email practice — 2 photos — WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House counsel's office was not aware at the time Hillary Rodham Clinton was secretary of state that she relied solely on personal email and only found out as part of the congressional investigation …

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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:

House Oversight chairman: Clinton acting like Petraeus? — House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) on Wednesday questioned whether Hillary Clinton improperly shared classified information like former CIA Director David Petraeus. — Asked on “Fox and Friends” …

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Niall Stanage / The Hill:

Hillary Clinton's penchant for secrecy rattles Democrats — Democrats are rattled by the deepening furor around Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account while she served as secretary of State. — They worry that the flap is just the latest example of the former first lady's …

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Matt Bai / Yahoo! News:

Biden should run. Now — It's the only way to know what Hillary is willing to risk — It's doubtful that many voters care as much about Hillary Clinton's State Department emails as reporters do. They're probably not too wound up over the foreign contributions flowing into her family foundation, either.

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National Journal:
Democrats Aren't Rushing To Defend Hillary Clinton

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New York Times:
Membership in Clinton's Email Domain Is Remembered as a Mark of Status

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Bloomberg Business:
Clinton's E-Mail System Built For Privacy Though Not Security

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Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Is the Mysterious ‘Eric Hoteham’ Actually Longtime Clinton Aide Eric Hothem?

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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:

Did John Roberts Tip His Hand? — The Supreme Court oral argument on Wednesday in King v. Burwell featured thousands of words, dozens of provocative questions, two engaged and skillful lawyers—and one very striking silence. Chief Justice John Roberts, usually among the most active questioners …

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Jonathan H. Adler / USA Today:

Law means what it says: Opposing view — The challenge to the Affordable Care Act at the Supreme Court is a straightforward case. — The King v. Burwell challenge to the Affordable Care Act at the Supreme Court presents a straightforward case of statutory interpretation.

Scott Johnson / Power Line:

Triumph of the leftist will — The Supreme Court held oral argument in King v Burwell yesterday. The Supreme Court has posted the transcript of the oral argument here. — At issue in King is the legality of the IRS's provision of tax credits in Obamacare exchanges established by the federal government.

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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Argument analysis: Setting up the private debate on the ACA

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Zachary Tracer / Bloomberg Business: Hospital Stocks Surge After Justice Kennedy Criticizes Obamacare Challenge

Quinnipiac News + Events:

Release Detail — March 5, 2015 - Walker, Bush In Tight Race Among U.S. Republicans, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Clinton Sweeps Dem Field, With Biden In The Wings — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, with 18 percent, and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush with 16 percent …

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Likely 2016 GOP hopefuls recast immigration views

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Eliana Dockterman / TIME:

Ferguson Police Official Fired Over Racist Emails, 2 Others on Leave — “This type of behavior will not be tolerated,” mayor says — Ferguson Mayor James Knowles said Wednesday that one police official had been fired and two others were on administrative leave over racist emails that were cited …

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The Huffington Post:
Ferguson Police Department May Fold Due To DOJ Probe

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New York Times:
Justice Department Report on Shooting of Michael Brown

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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
The seven racist e-mails the Justice Department highlighted in its report on Ferguson police

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Dr. Ben Carson / Facebook:

In a recent interview on CNN, I realized that my choice of language does not reflect fully my heart on gay issues. — I do not pretend to know how every individual came to their sexual orientation. I regret that my words to express that concept were hurtful and divisive.

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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:

Christie's Office Drove Exxon Settlement, Ex-Official Says — For more than a decade, the New Jersey attorney general's office conducted a hard-fought legal battle to hold Exxon Mobil Corporation responsible for decades of environmental contamination in northern New Jersey.

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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:

Ben Carson Blames Media: I'm Just Not Going to Talk Gay Rights Anymore — Fresh off his interview with CNN's New Day, in which he definitively declared homosexuality a choice, likely 2016 GOP primary candidate Dr. Ben Carson is blaming the media. — Earlier this morning …

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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Ben Carson: Prisons prove being gay is a choice

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CNN:

North Korea applauds ‘knife attack of justice’ on U.S. ambassador — Story highlights — Seoul, South Korea (CNN)A man opposed to the joint South Korea-U.S. military drills attacked the American ambassador in Seoul, slashing his face and arms as he was about to give a speech Thursday morning.

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