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9:20 AM ET, April 8, 2015

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New York Times:
South Carolina Officer Is Charged With Murder in Black Man's Death  —  WASHINGTON — A white police officer in North Charleston, S.C., was charged with murder on Tuesday after a video surfaced showing him shooting and killing an apparently unarmed black man in the back while he ran away.
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Andrew Knapp / Post and Courier:
North Charleston officer faces murder charge after video shows him shooting man in back  —  A North Charleston police officer was arrested on a murder charge Tuesday after video surfaced of the lawman shooting eight times at 50-year-old Walter Scott as he ran away.
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Everything The Police Said About Walter Scott's Death Before A Video Showed What Really Happened  —  CREDIT: Charleston County Police Department  —  On Tuesday, South Carolina police officer Michael Thomas Slager was charged with first-degree murder for the shooting death of Walter Scott.
Discussion: Post and Courier and Hit & Run
Nick Gass / Politico:
Rand Paul clashes with Savannah Guthrie over changing views  —  Rand Paul clashed with Today Show host Savannah Guthrie over her line of questioning during an interview Wednesday morning, criticizing her for editorializing over perceived changes in his political views since his election to the Senate.
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Sean Hannity shows his influence
Discussion: TVNewser and The Hill
John Podhoretz / New York Post:   The Rand Paul test: Clues to future of GOP
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Black Pastor Who Spoke At Rand Paul's Rally: Obama Will “Evolve” From Christianity
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
Don't Let Rand Paul Fool You On Climate Change
CNN:
How the U.S. thinks Russians hacked the White House  —  Washington (CNN)Russian hackers behind the damaging cyber intrusion of the State Department in recent months used that perch to penetrate sensitive parts of the White House computer system, according to U.S. officials briefed on the investigation.
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J. Michael Waller / Investor's Business Daily:
Hillary Clinton's Private Server A Foreign Spy Magnet  —  BY J. MICHAEL WALLER, FOR INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY  —  Hillary Clinton's private email server was a spy magnet for the Russian, Chinese, Iranian and other intelligence services, say current and former intelligence officials.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Ed Driscoll
Chicago Tribune:
Chicago mayoral race: Garcia concedes defeat to Emanuel  —  Challenger Jesus “Chuy” Garcia has called Mayor Rahm Emanuel to concede defeat, Garcia's campaign manager said Tuesday night.  —  With 83.5 percent of precincts reporting, Emanuel had 55.7 percent of the unofficial vote to 44.3 percent for Garcia.
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Windy City / Bloomberg Business:
Emanuel Wins Second Term as Mayor of Fiscally Ravaged Chicago
Discussion: Hit & Run
Lonnae O'Neal / Washington Post:
Book author Joan Walsh Anglund says of Angelou stamp: 'That's my quote'  —  A number of luminaries are expected at Tuesday morning's unveiling ceremony for the new stamp honoring the late author Maya Angelou, among them first lady Michelle Obama.  An 89-year-old children's book author named Joan Walsh Anglund won't be there.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Dick Cheney calls Obama ‘worst president’ on foreign policy  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney says President Barack Obama is the worst commander in chief the United States has ever had, in view of the recent Iranian nuclear agreement.  —  Asked about the deal by Hugh Hewitt on Tuesday …
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Associated Press:   NEW BOOK BY DICK CHENEY TAKES ON BARACK OBAMA
Mark Halperin / Bloomberg Business:
Exclusive: New Ted Cruz Super-PACS Take in Record Haul  —  Ted Cruz's presidential effort is getting into the shock-and-awe fundraising business.  —  An associate of the Texas senator, a recently announced presidential candidate, tells Bloomberg that a cluster of affiliated super-political action committees …
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Foreign Policy Factions Tussle for Sway in Jeb Bush Campaign Team  —  Two prominent factions within the Republican foreign policy establishment are fighting for control over who will help guide former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's policy positions as he gears up for a campaign for the presidency.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Dems waver on Iran bill  —  The White House is trying to bottle up bipartisan legislation that would give Congress 60 days to review a final Iran nuclear deal.  —  The pushback may be having an effect — Sen. Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware, is now undecided about the legislation …
Discussion: Washington Post
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Chris Matthews Shames MSNBC For Airing ‘Goddamn’ Rightwing Ads (VIDEO)  —  MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts ended up under friendly fire on Tuesday when his colleague Chris Matthews launched into a tirade against his own network for airing “goddamn” ads by rightwing groups.
Discussion: Raw Story
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Sen. Harry Reid says he's ‘sightless’ in right eye  —  Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he's now “sightless” in his right eye following a brutal exercise injury in January, in comments released Tuesday.  —  In an interview with Univision, Reid said he has undergone 11 hours …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
A Deep Dive Into Party Affiliation  —  Sharp Differences by Race, Gender, Generation, Education  —  Democrats hold advantages in party identification among blacks, Asians, Hispanics, well-educated adults and Millennials.  Republicans have leads among whites - particularly white men …
New York Times:
Israel's Unworkable Demands on Iran  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has gone into overdrive against a nuclear agreement with Iran.  On Monday, his government made new demands that it claimed would ensure a better deal than the preliminary one that Iran, President Obama …
 
 
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Bloomberg Business:
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Discussion: FT Alphaville
Stephen Deere / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
High voter turnout in Ferguson adds two black council members, for three total
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Discussion: FOX News Radio
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Democrats Have an Identity-Politics Problem
Discussion: Betsy's Page
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Florida taxpayer-funded school: ‘Awesome God’ wanted lesbian teacher fired for ‘lifestyle choices’
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Politico:
Obama holds private meeting with journalists on Iran
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Last-minute lobbying threatens $200B Medicare package
Discussion: Daily Kos
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Tom DeLay: I have a ‘right’ to not serve gay sinners because they ‘undermine’ my religious liberty
Paul Bowers / News+Opinion, Charleston City Paper:
Ex-SCGOP official arrested on domestic violence charge
Discussion: Media and the courts
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David Armstrong / Bloomberg Business:
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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Bloomberg:
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

 
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