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Nick Gass / Politico:
‘Bees are good,’ Obama says as children scream — It might have been the White House Easter Egg Roll, but it was bees — not bunnies — that stole the show on Monday. — As President Barack Obama started reading Maurice Sendak's “Where the Wild Things Are” during the annual Easter Egg Roll event …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Chuck Schumer bucks White House on Iran — The top Democrat throws his weight behind legislation to give Congress power to reject a deal. — Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer, one of Capitol Hill's most influential voices in the Iran nuclear debate, is strongly endorsing passage of a law opposed …
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Erin Dooley / ABC News:
White House Easter Egg Roll's 3 Unspeakably Cute Moments
White House Easter Egg Roll's 3 Unspeakably Cute Moments
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Eyder Peralta / NPR:
Obama: ‘Misjudgment’ To Make Iran Deal Contingent On Recognizing Israel — President Obama says it would be a “fundamental misjudgment” to condition a nuclear deal with Iran on the country's recognition of Israel. — Obama made the comments Monday during an interview with Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep.
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
What's the Alternative to Obama's Iran Deal?
What's the Alternative to Obama's Iran Deal?
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Sean Kelly / OpposingViews.com:
‘Once In A Lifetime Opportunity’: Obama Defends Iran Nuclear Deal
‘Once In A Lifetime Opportunity’: Obama Defends Iran Nuclear Deal
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Samuel R. Berger / Politico:
The Fantasy of a Better Iran Deal
The Fantasy of a Better Iran Deal
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Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
GOP Hawks Set to Ruin Rand Paul's Big Day — In the first salvo of the 2016 Republican ad wars, a conservative group is about to unleash a seven-figure ad campaign targeting Senator Rand Paul for being out of step with the party on Iran, just as he launches his presidential campaign.
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Ron Paul Is Expected to Play Little Role in Rand Paul's Campaign
Ron Paul Is Expected to Play Little Role in Rand Paul's Campaign
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David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Rand Paul Finally, Sort of, Responds to the Iran Negotiations
Rand Paul Finally, Sort of, Responds to the Iran Negotiations
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Tim Alberta / National Journal:
Rand Paul Taps House GOP's Troublemakers to Boost 2016 Campaign
Rand Paul Taps House GOP's Troublemakers to Boost 2016 Campaign
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Bucky Turco / ANIMAL:
There's a Massive, Illicit Bust of Edward Snowden Stuck to a War Monument in Brooklyn — While most people slept, a trio of artists and some helpers installed a bust of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in Brooklyn on Monday morning. The group, which allowed ANIMAL to exclusively document …
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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Why John Oliver Can't Find Americans Who Know Edward Snowden's Name (It's Not About Snowden) — On his HBO program last night, John Oliver devoted 30 minutes to a discussion of U.S. surveillance programs, advocating a much more substantive debate as the June 1 deadline for renewing the Patriot Act approaches …
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Dustin Volz / National Journal:
Watch John Oliver Interview Edward Snowden About the NSA Spying on Your Nude Photos
Watch John Oliver Interview Edward Snowden About the NSA Spying on Your Nude Photos
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Isabella Biedenharn / EW.com:
HUGO AWARD NOMINATIONS FALL VICTIM TO MISOGYNISTIC, RACIST VOTING CAMPAIGN — The Hugo Awards have fallen victim to a campaign in which misogynist groups lobbied to nominate only white males for the science fiction book awards. These groups, Sad Puppies and Rabid Puppies …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
No one fired at Rolling Stone. Really? — No one at Rolling Stone magazine is going to be fired: How can that be? — Rolling Stone wants the damning report by Columbia Journalism School to be a moment when the magazine begins to restore its battered reputation.
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Larry O'Dell / Associated Press:
FRATERNITY PURSUING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ROLLING STONE
FRATERNITY PURSUING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ROLLING STONE
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Phi Kappa Psi to ‘pursue all available legal action’ against Rolling Stone
Phi Kappa Psi to ‘pursue all available legal action’ against Rolling Stone
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Michael Savage: Obama Is Inciting ‘The White Man’ To Revolt — On the Friday edition of “Savage Nation,” right-wing talk show host Michael Savage said that President Obama is trying to destroy America by bringing “Third World haters” into the country and provoking white people to revolt against the government.
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Candace Taylor / Wall Street Journal:
Brooklyn's Priciest Condo Listed for $32 Million — The 11,000-square-foot condo spans the 10th, 11th and 12th floors of One Brooklyn Bridge. — A few months ago, Stuart Leaf was sitting in his Brooklyn Heights apartment when he got a call from his wife asking when he'd be home.
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Michael Allen / OpposingViews.com:
Teacher Accused Of Saying Parents Aren't Christians If They Voted For Obama (Video) — Some parents claim that a teacher at Dublin Middle School in Georgia told students that if their parents voted for President Obama then they couldn't be Christians. — Dublin City Schools Superintendent …
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Nick Valencia / CNN:
‘Things got worse and worse’ — Violence quickly escalated in Yemen soon afer al-Labani arrived in February. — “When he got (to Aden), after a few weeks he noticed things were starting to get bad and then the (U.S.) Embassy closed,” his cousin Mohammed Alazzani told CNN.
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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 …
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Politico and Ed Driscoll
WIS-TV:
Attorney, former SC GOP executive director arrested on CDV complaint — The former executive director of the South Carolina Republican Party was arrested Monday on a criminal domestic violence charge. — James John Todd Kincannon, 33, was booked into the Lexington County Detention Center Monday evening.
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Henry Brean / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Man who killed himself at M Resort had been kicked out for harassing employees — John Noble, who committed suicide at an M Resort buffet on Easter Sunday, is shown in a snapshot delivered to the Las Vegas Review-Journal Monday, April 6, 2015. Noble sent the snapshot of him posed …
David McCabe / The Hill:
Clinton staff said to be on alert — Most staffers hired for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign have no idea when she'll announce, according to a CNN report, but have been told that they must be ready to start their campaign roles at any moment — starting Monday.
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Civil War Trust:
10 Facts About Sailor's Creek — The Civil War Trust is currently working to preserve a 130-acre portion of Sailor's Creek battlefield. To expand your knowledge of the battle and appreciate this preservation opportunity, please consider these ten facts about the Battles of Sailor's Creek.
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Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Make the Confederacy's Defeat a National Holiday
Make the Confederacy's Defeat a National Holiday
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