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Max Fisher / Vox:
This is an astonishingly good Iran deal — When Aaron Stein was studying nuclear non-proliferation at Middlebury University's Monterey graduate program, the students would sometimes construct what they thought would be the best possible nuclear inspection and monitoring regimes.
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Washington Post:
Obama's Iran deal falls far short of his own goals — THE “KEY parameters” for an agreement on Iran's nuclear program released Thursday fall well short of the goals originally set by the Obama administration. None of Iran's nuclear facilities — including the Fordow center buried under a mountain — will be closed.
New York Times:
A Promising Nuclear Deal With Iran — The preliminary agreement between Iran and the major powers is a significant achievement that makes it more likely Iran will never be a nuclear threat. President Obama said it would “cut off every pathway that Iran could take to develop a nuclear weapon.”
Facebook:
Statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the proposed framework for a deal with Iran: — “I just came from a meeting of the Israeli cabinet. We discussed the proposed framework for a deal with Iran. — The cabinet is united in strongly opposing the proposed deal....
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Jeff Dunetz / “The Lid”:
France: The US Capitulated To Iranian Demands
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Hot Air and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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JOINT STATEMENT — Joint Statement by EU High Representative …
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Wall Street Journal:
Concessions Fueled Iran Nuclear Talks
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Reuters:
Iranians celebrate, Obama hails ‘historic’ nuclear framework
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Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
In Tehran, Optimism and Talk of Revival After Nuclear Deal
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Terence Burlij / CNN:
Iran deal: 2016 GOPers and Hillary Clinton react
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Business Insider, Hullabaloo, Bloomberg View and The American Conservative
Peter Baker / New York Times:
A Foreign Policy Gamble by Obama at a Moment of Truth
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JustOneMinute, Politico, The Huffington Post and US News
Annie Karni / Politico:
Source: Lease signed for Hillary Clinton headquarters in Brooklyn — The lease is signed: Hillary Clinton's campaign headquarters will work out of 1 Pierrepont Plaza in Brooklyn Heights, according to a source familiar with the deal. — The campaign will occupy two full floors of the office building …
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Carly Fiorina: Tim Cook Opposition to Indiana Religious Freedom Law Hypocritical — Once a Fortune 50 chief executive herself, Carly Fiorina is disgusted with how CEOs rushed to condemn Indiana's new religious freedom law. — Mrs. Fiorina, who is weighing a bid for the 2016 Republican …
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David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Why Ted Cruz is Fighting ‘the Fortune 500’ on Gay Marriage — Iowa conservatives were asking how and why Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act came under fire. Texas Senator Ted Cruz had found the culprit. — “The Fortune 500 is running shamelessly to endorse the radical gay marriage agenda …
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Mike Huckabee: Gay Community Won't Rest Until ‘There Are No More Churches’
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Ben White / Politico:
Cloudy economy rains on Barack Obama's parade — As the president touts improvement, jobs growth suddenly turns sluggish. — White House officials insist that there are many bright spots in the current economy and they largely dismiss alarmism over a possible backslide. Getty
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Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Gained 126,000 Jobs in March, an Abrupt Slowdown in Hiring
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ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly and The Week
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
US added 126K jobs in March, vs 245K expected; jobless rate stays at 5.5%
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Patrick Gillespie / CNNMoney:
Warning sign: U.S. economy only adds 126,000 jobs
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Outside the Beltway and PUNDIT PRESS
WGME-TV 13:
Former Biddeford mayor throws a jar of Vasoline near Governor LePage — SACO (WGME) — Governor LePage's town hall-style meeting ended suddenly Thursday after the former mayor of Biddeford, Joanne Twomey, interrupted the governor and tossed a jar of Vaseline near him.
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Kevin Miller / The Portland Press Herald:
LePage forum comes to abrupt end as Democratic ex-lawmaker confronts him and gets taken away
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Sam Levine / The Huffington Post:
Maine Gov. Paul LePage Ends Town Hall After Former Lawmaker Throws Vaseline At Him
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Atlanta Educators Convicted in School Cheating Scandal — ATLANTA — In a dramatic conclusion to what has been described as the largest cheating scandal in the nation's history, a jury here on Wednesday convicted 11 educators for their roles in a standardized test cheating scandal that tarnished …
Washington Post:
These are the racially charged e-mails that got 3 Ferguson police and court officials fired — City officials in Ferguson, Mo., on Thursday evening released the full, unredacted content of racially charged and religiously insensitive e-mails sent by the city's former court clerk …
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Talking Points Memo and PoliticusUSA
Steven Crowder / Louder With Crowder:
HIDDEN CAMERA: Gay Wedding Cake At Muslim Bakeries — Gay wedding cakes! — Yes folks, I did this. I went there. You have this now. As I was discussing on last week's radio show/podcast... Actually, I taped this video a long time ago but due to audio corruption issues, was never able to upload it.
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Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Campaign 2016: Modest Interest, High Stakes — Wide Gaps in GOP Candidate Visibility; Small Gaps in Support — The 2016 presidential campaign has gotten off to a slow start with voters. A majority of registered voters (58%) say they have given at least some thought to candidates who may run …
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McClatchy Washington Bureau and Washington Post
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Could Chris Christie Appoint Himself To The U.S. Senate? Yes, He Can
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Raw Story, The Hill, No More Mister Nice Blog and New Jersey Online
Preston Lerner / Los Angeles Magazine:
Right Side of the Law: Eugene Volokh's Global Influence — Eugene Volokh leads me into the kitchen of his graceful two-story Mediterranean-style house in Pacific Palisades and offers me a cup of coffee. When he realizes that the sugar bowl is empty, he reaches into a cupboard and pulls out a box of sugar.
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Melissapamerktla / KTLA:
Woman Killed in Front of Her 12-Year-Old Son Had Laughed at Shooter: LASD — A 44-year-old woman fatally shot by a gunman who opened fire in front of her 12-year-old son apparently was unknown to the shooter, only having laughed at him when driving by just prior to her death, authorities said Thursday.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In emerging Dem race, O'Malley new target of Clinton machine — Recently, a representative from the Hillary Clinton camp delivered a message to Martin O'Malley, the former Maryland governor preparing to challenge Clinton for the 2016 Democratic nomination. — I have some good news and some bad news, the messenger said.
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James B. Nelson / @politifact:
Gov. Scott Walker says he bought a sweater for $1 at Kohl's — When Gov. Scott Walker took his presidential ambitions to New Hampshire, he shared a penny-pinching story that would have been right at home in bargain-hunting Wisconsin. — At the center of the story: A new sweater, a dollar and Menomonee Falls-based Kohl's.
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Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Fifth GOP senator says he'll back AG nominee — A fifth Republican senator is throwing his support behind attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch, seemingly giving the New York prosecutor the necessary votes for confirmation. — Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), who is up for reelection in 2016 …
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
Greece draws up drachma plans, prepares to miss IMF payment — ‘We are a Left-wing government. If we have to choose between a default to the IMF or a default to our own people, it is a no-brainer,’ says senior Greek official — Greece is drawing up drastic plans to nationalise …
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