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8:45 AM ET, April 4, 2015

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Eric Ham / The Hill:
Clinton has inevitability, but Bush has the Electoral College  —  As the 2016 presidential field slowly takes shape, the race — even with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announcing his candidacy — centers on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-Fla.).
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough On 2016, The Iran “Deal” And Hillary's Glass Jaw  —  Morning Joe joined me on today's show:  —  Audio:  —  04-03hhs-scarborough  —  Transcript:  —  HH: Joined now by MSNBC's Joe Scarborough.  Happy Easter weekend to you, Joe, I hope you get the weekend off.
Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida not a given for Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio  —  Bad enough that Florida is by far the most populated state never to produce a president.  This diverse, mega battleground most resembles America, but we haven't even produced a presidential nominee, despite the underdog campaigns of Reubin Askew in 1984 and Bob Graham in 2004.
Discussion: Associated Press and BuzzFeed
New York Times:
Big Business's Critical Role on Anti-Gay Laws  —  Big corporations like Walmart, Apple, Salesforce.com and General Electric and their executives have done the right thing by calling on officials in Indiana and Arkansas to reject “religious freedom” laws designed to give businesses …
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Yuval Levin / National Review:
The Church of the Left  —  Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Carly Fiorina: Tim Cook Opposition to Indiana Religious Freedom Law Hypocritical
Discussion: Mediaite, The Hill and Business Insider
Arnold Schwarzenegger / Washington Post:
Indiana's religious freedom law is bad for Republicans
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Tom Cotton Is Not Mailing It In  —  Your last name is Cotton, and this interview was arranged by your communications director, Caroline Rabbitt.  Who is your chief of staff, Beatrix Potter?  If only.  No, my chief of staff is Doug Coutts.  —  You were raised in rural Arkansas …
Judith Miller / Wall Street Journal:
The Iraq War and Stubborn Myths  —  Officials didn't lie, and I wasn't fed a line, writes Judith Miller  —  I took America to war in Iraq.  It was all me.  —  OK, I had some help from a duplicitous vice president, Dick Cheney.  Then there was George W. Bush, a gullible president …
Discussion: Guardian, Mediaite and Politico
Ron Ben-Yishai / Ynetnews:
A better deal than we expected  —  Analysis: Despite glaring shortcomings of ‘framework’ deal with Iran - which allow Tehran ability to resume its nuclear pursuit with haste - Obama now offering Netanyahu an olive branch; the Israeli leader should embrace it and help seal loopholes in final agreement.
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Mike Nowatzki / INFORUM:
ND House kills bill outlawing discrimination based on sexual orientation  —  BISMARCK - For the third time in six years, North Dakota lawmakers have killed legislation that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, despite warnings from some Democrats and Republicans that it could tarnish …
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Aaron Burner / WDAY-TV:
ND House strikes down bill outlawing sexual orientation discrimination, supporters will push for bill next session
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Bradley Klapper / Associated Press:
AP Analysis: Holes, Questions Remain for Iran's Nuclear Deal  —  FILE - In this April 2, 2015 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.  The framework nuclear deal sealed by world powers and Iran leaves major questions: Could Iran cheat?  Possibly.
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Wall Street Journal:
Concessions Fueled Iran Nuclear Talks
Discussion: Fox News Insider and Fox News
Jeff Dunetz / “The Lid”:
France: The US Capitulated To Iranian Demands
Associated Press:
Judge orders California to pay for inmate's sex change  —  Photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Michelle-Lael Norsworthy.  (AP Photo/California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.)  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal judge …
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Bigotry, the Bible and the Lessons of Indiana  —  THE drama in Indiana last week and the larger debate over so-called “religious freedom” laws in other states portray homosexuality and devout Christianity as forces in fierce collision.  —  They're not — at least not in several prominent denominations …
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 …
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Alabama inmate free after 30 years on death row.  How the case against him unraveled.  —  Anthony Ray Hinton was one of Alabama's longest-serving death row inmates, having spent more than half his life incarcerated.  Now, after three decades of insisting that he is innocent in the 1985 murders of two men …
Discussion: al.com, CNN and Firedoglake
Ali Meyer / CNSNews:
Americans Not in Labor Force Exceed 93 Million for First Time; 62.7% Labor Force Participation Matches 37-Year Low  —  (CNSNews.com) - The number of Americans 16 years and older who did not participate in the labor force—meaning they neither had a job nor actively sought one in the last four weeks …
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John Fund / National Review:
Liberals Are the New McCarthyites—and They're Proud of It
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Insiders view Paul as strong early state contender
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Misplaying America's Hand With Iran
New York Post:
'I'm about to be raped': Ex-staffer suing CBS for sex harassment
Discussion: BizPac Review, Mediaite and TVNewser
Emile Picy / Reuters:
France bans super-skinny models in anorexia clampdown
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Talking Points Memo:
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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
James B. Nelson / @politifact:
Gov. Scott Walker says he bought a sweater for $1 at Kohl's
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
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