memeorandum: Replace John McCain (Senate Conservatives Fund)

6:55 PM ET, April 7, 2015

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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:

Black Pastor Who Spoke At Rand Paul's Rally: Obama Will “Evolve” From Christianity — “In five years we'll find out what [Obama's] real religion is.” — MICHAEL B. THOMAS / Getty — LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — One of the high points from Sen. Rand Paul's presidential campaign kickoff Tuesday came …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

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 …

Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:

Don't Let Rand Paul Fool You On Climate Change — At first glance, newly-declared Presidential candidate Rand Paul might seem like a breath of fresh air on climate change — at least compared to most other Republicans. — The junior Senator from Kentucky was, after all …

Discussion: Salon, Yahoo Politics, Hit & Run and The Daily Caller

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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ABC News:
Transcript for Rand Paul Says He Will Do Anything to Defend America From ‘Haters of Mankind’

Discussion: The Hill

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

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New York Times:
Rand Paul Announces Presidential Run

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

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

Discussion: The Hill, Politico, US News, Daily Signal, The PJ Tatler and Bloomberg View

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

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, National Review, Little Green Footballs and Politico

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

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

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

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

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, CNNMoney, Mediaite, Washington Free Beacon, Liberal Values, CBS DC, Politico, BizPac Review, Business Insider, Ed Driscoll, Liberaland, FOX News Radio, Balloon Juice, The Daily Banter, “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, Glenn Beck, Talking Points Memo, Shots in the Dark, PJ Media, USA Today and Hot Air, more at Mediagazer »

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

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Poynter and FishbowlDC

Kate Andersen Brower / Politico:

The Secret Lives of Hillary and Bill in the White House — Broken lamps, shouting matches, sneaking away to the pool—and other scenes from the Clinton residence during the Lewinsky scandal. — Lead image by AP Photo. — White House Florist Ronn Payne remembers one day in 1998 …

Discussion: ABC News, Associated Press, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air and Ed Driscoll

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

Senate Conservatives Fund:

Replace John McCain — Senator John McCain (R-AZ) officially announced today that he will seek a sixth term in the U.S. Senate. Thirty years of cutting deals with the Democrats is not enough for Senator McCain; he wants six more. — There are few Republicans who have betrayed our conservative principles more than John McCain.

Discussion: The Hill, Talking Points Memo and No More Mister Nice Blog

Kelly O'Donnell / NBC News:
John McCain Will Run for Re-Election to the Senate in 2016

Discussion: CNN, Washington Post, Hot Air, Arizona Republic, Politico, Outside the Beltway and OnPolitics

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

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

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

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

John Hawkins / John Hawkins' Right Wing News:

Leading Conservatives Call on Apple to Pull Out of Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Iran Until They Stop Torturing Their Gay Citizens — Last week, I got together with Bruce Carroll from Gay Patriot to write a letter calling on Apple to live up to their publicly stated principles by pulling …

Discussion: National Review and Power Line

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, OnPolitics, Taylor Marsh and Mediaite

ABC News:

Widespread Power Outage Hits Washington, DC, Area — A power outage knocked out power across Washington, D.C., with reports of outages at the White House, State Department, several museums and the University of Maryland campus. — An official with the Department of Homeland Security official told ABC News …

Discussion: CNN, Politico and Washington Post