memeorandum: Rand Paul: ‘I am running for president’ (Ashley Killough/CNN)

5:15 PM ET, April 7, 2015

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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:

Obama To Scott Walker: ‘Bone Up On Foreign Policy’ — Anyone who thinks President Obama will shy away from presidential politics in 2016, think again. — Obama scoffed at Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's suggestion that he would, on Day 1, revoke any nuclear agreement with Iran if he is elected president.

Discussion: Israel Matzav, OnPolitics, Talking Points Memo, Weekly Standard and Washington Post

Ashley Killough / CNN:

Rand Paul: ‘I am running for president’ — Louisville, Kentucky (CNN)For Rand Paul, it's all led to this moment. — Since riding the tea party wave into the Senate in 2010, Paul has carefully built a brand of mainstream libertarianism — dogged advocacy of civil liberties combined …

NPR:

Transcript: President Obama's Full NPR Interview On Iran Nuclear Deal — NPR's Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep interviews President Obama at the White House on Monday. — NPR's interview with President Obama focuses on the pact the U.S. and allied nations recently negotiated with Iran.

Discussion: Washington Post, NPR, The Daily Caller, Washington Times, JSOnline, Horizons, The Daily Banter, The American Conservative, The Hill, Hot Air and BizPac Review

Glenn Thrush / Politico:

Rand Paul has a daddy issue — The irony of the Kentucky senator's rise: His father, Ron, made it all possible, but now he needs to go away. — Lead image by Getty. — There's probably no easier layup in Republican politics, no bigger no-brainer to utter without fear of consequence …

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Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
Don't Let Rand Paul Fool You On Climate Change

Discussion: Salon, Hit & Run, The Daily Caller and The Daily Banter

Chip Somodevilla / National Review:
Rand Paul Is Running for the Republican Nomination, So Now the Party Is Ready to Attack Him

Discussion: Hit & Run, Politico, Bloomberg Business, WAVE-TV, Bloomberg View, Hot Air, Fox News, Taylor Marsh and Washington Monthly

David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Rand Paul Begins 2016 Presidential Campaign, Aiming at ‘Washington Machine’

Discussion: Politico, The PJ Tatler and Bloomberg View

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Paul to argue electability with 2016 launch

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Hit & Run, Daily Kos, Washington Post, VodkaPundit, New York Times and RedState

Paul Lewis / Guardian:
Rand Paul seeks an awkward balance as he prepares to launch presidential bid

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Politico

New York Times:
Rand Paul Announces Presidential Run

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Paul launches 2016 presidential bid ‘to take America back’

Discussion: ABC News, Bloomberg Business and Politico

Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Republican candidate Rand Paul tries to broaden libertarian appeal

Discussion: Bloomberg Business and Washington Post

Steve Inskeep / NPR:
Obama Compares Iran Deal To A House Under Contract, Awaiting Appraisal

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, US News, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Real Clear Politics, NPR.org, American Spectator, Weekly Standard and Politico

Vanity Fair:

The Inside Story of the Civil War For the Soul of NBC News — Brian Williams's fabrication was just the latest, and worst, of the debacles that have plagued NBC News since NBCUniversal was bought by Comcast in 2011. Who is to blame? — On the afternoon of Wednesday, February 4 …

Discussion: BREITBART.COM, Page Six, Mediaite, CNNMoney, Politico, Washington Free Beacon, CBS DC, Liberal Values, Ed Driscoll, BizPac Review, Business Insider, The Daily Banter, FOX News Radio, Liberaland, Balloon Juice, “The Lid” and TVNewser, more at Mediagazer »

Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:

Fighting Against ‘Rape Culture’ Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry — Rolling Stone's journalistic malpractice is not merely a cautionary tale about “confirmation bias.” — The extensive post mortem that Rolling Stone commissioned in the wake of Sabrina Rubin Erdely's now infamous …

Discussion: CNN, Talking Points Memo, Townhall.com, USA Today, RedState, US News and Hot Air

Jack Shafer / Politico:
Rolling Stone and the media's glass house

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David Armstrong / Bloomberg Business:

How an Insurer Is Taking Money From the Fan Beaten at Dodger Stadium — First he was assaulted for wearing the wrong team's clothes. Then he was sucker-punched by the insurance system. … Dave Stow, 71, strains to push the wheelchair carrying his 250-pound son, Bryan …

Discussion: HardballTalk

Associated Press:

NEW BOOK BY DICK CHENEY TAKES ON BARACK OBAMA — NEW YORK (AP) — The next book by former Vice President Dick Cheney is aimed directly at President Barack Obama. — Cheney's “Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America” will be published on Sept. 1 by Threshold Editions, the publisher announced Tuesday.

Discussion: Political Wire, FOX News Radio and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:

Check Before You Hit Send — Drexel University is investigating a law professor who thought she was sending her class a link to an article on writing legal briefs, but who actually sent a link to a pornography site's video of a woman using anal beads. — “Drexel has been made aware …

Discussion: The Daily Caller and New York Magazine

Dana Loesch Radio:

New Poll Shows Plurality Of Americans Support Religious Freedom — A new poll released by WPA Opinion Research on behalf of the Family Research Councill shows that the vast majority of Americans support religious liberty in the workplace. Last week saw Governor Mike Pence (R-IN) …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Louder With Crowder

Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
ACLU sues over abortion access for immigrants

Discussion: neo-neocon, Shakesville and Prairie Weather

Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:

Abortion Opponents Are Quietly Going After One Of The Top Medical Schools In The Country — One of the most well-respected OB-GYN programs in the country could be forced to stop teaching its students how to perform abortions, if the North Carolina legislature ends up approving a piece of legislation that was introduced this month.

Discussion: Raw Story and RH Reality Check

Sally Kohn / Washington Post:

I'm gay. And I want my kid to be gay, too. — Sally Kohn is an essayist and a CNN political commentator. — I live in the liberal bubble of Park Slope, Brooklyn, where no yuppie would ever admit to wanting their kid to be anything in particular, other than happy.

Discussion: RedState

Paul Waldman / American Prospect:

A Reminder About Netanyahu, Iraq, and Iran — Just a few weeks ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looked like a figure with huge influence in American politics. There he was addressing Congress, with Republicans practically carrying him into the House chamber on their shoulders.

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Talking Points Memo

Klara Glowczewska / Town & Country Magazine:

T&C Philanthropy 2015, with Activist-in-Chief Bill Clinton — Supporting 3,100 projects in 180 countries, the Clinton Foundation is the most powerful reimagining ever of what post-presidency can be. But can the fixer-in-chief work his magic on Haiti? — I am standing under …

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Politico, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, OnPolitics and Taylor Marsh

Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:

Anti-Abortion Group's Effort To Defund Family Planning Clinics Backfires Spectacularly — Signs of support to counter the right-wing picketers outside the family planning clinic — CREDIT: Courtesy of Maine Family Planning — This week, a network of family planning clinics …

Discussion: Raw Story and Mike Tipping

Sally Kohn / Talking Points Memo:

Hey, Christian Business Owners: The Government Isn't ‘Forcing’ You To Do Anything — You may have heard that the government is forcing businesses not to discriminate. It isn't. If you chose to run a business, you have to follow the laws. If you don't, that's a choice—and you choose to suffer the consequences.

Discussion: The Federalist, National Review and Patterico's Pontifications

Amanda Andrade-Rhoades / OpposingViews.com:

Doorman Says He Was Fired For Being Too Nice — New York City has a reputation for having rude citizens, but Ralph Body, a former doorman at a luxury Long Island City apartment building, said he was fired for being too nice. — Body, 41, said he was a devoted doorman for the building …

Discussion: FOX News Radio and Liberaland