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12:45 PM ET, April 14, 2015

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Erick Erickson / Fox News:
Why Marco Rubio has a real shot at 2016 Republican nomination  —  Feb. 27, 2015: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. speaks in National Harbor, Md. (AP)  —  Ted Cruz remains a conservative favorite in 2016.  In 2012, the establishment backed his Senate opponent in Texas, then Lt. Governor David Dewhurst.
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David McCabe / The Hill:
Rubio: I'm more experienced than Barack Obama was in 2008  —  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Tuesday that he is more experienced than President Obama was when he started his presidential campaign, despite the fact that both launched campaigns as first-term senators.
Stephen A. Nuño / Talking Points Memo:
Marco Rubio Is The Lipstick, The GOP Is The Pig
Matt Higgins / CBS Cleveland:
Gov. Kasich: ‘I Am Seriously Considering’ Presidential Run
Discussion: FOX News Radio and CBS DC
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Marco Rubio Is a Polished Performer, but He's Out of Position
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
A Modest Proposal: Barack Obama Should Be Hillary Clinton's Running Mate  —  Because Hillary Clinton is white and no longer young, a strain of political thought holds that she might lack Barack Obama's inherent appeal to new and minority voters and thus that she won't be able to ride …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
The GOP's plan to turn Hillary into Mitt Romney  —  Republicans are readying a familiar template: The out-of-touch plutocrat who lives in a world of private planes, chauffeured vehicles and million-dollar homes.  —  Forget about the Arkansas days, the small-bore scandals, her health care plan, and most everything else from the 1990s.
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Owner of a Credit Card Processor Is Setting a New Minimum Wage: $70,000 a Year  —  The idea began percolating, said Dan Price, the founder of Gravity Payments, after he read an article on happiness.  It showed that, for people who earn less than about $70,000, extra money makes a big difference in their lives.
Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
Chris Christie Calls for Raising Age for Social Security, Cutting Benefit for Some Seniors  —  In New Hampshire speech, New Jersey governor proposes overhaul of Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare  —  MANCHESTER, N.H.—New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to call …
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Yahoo Politics:
Chris Christie bets on bold  —  Chris Christie sat impassively at the round mahogany table in his family kitchen Monday as I recounted some of the data that suggested he was too damaged to run for president.  A recent CBS News poll found that 42 percent of Republican voters wouldn't even consider voting …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, Just an Unrecognized Burrito Bowl Fan at Chipotle  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign is all about “everyday Americans,” she made clear in announcing it on Sunday.  —  On Monday, she showed how unassuming she herself could be.
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Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
Clinton Campaign's Highest Suggested Donation Is $2,700 in English, but Only $250 in Spanish
Discussion: Politico
Wall Street Journal:   Clinton on Road Trip to First Events in Iowa
The Hill:
Senate deal sets up Iran vote  —  Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee said they had a deal Tuesday that could lead to a bipartisan vote in favor of giving Congress a vote to approve or disapprove a nuclear deal with Iran.  —  “We have reached an agreement that absolutely keeps …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Bob Corker says bipartisan deal has been reached on Iran bill
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Jon Swaine / Guardian:
Michael Slager and ‘bad, corrupt cops’ sued by black man who says he was tased  —  Police officer who killed Walter Scott is one of three patrolmen named in lawsuit filed by Julius Wilson, who says Slager used a stun gun on him  —  The police officer who killed Walter Scott in South Carolina …
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Michael Quander / WREG-TV:
Brutal attack at Memphis gas station caught on camera  —  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Surveillance video showed a mob of rowdy high school students beating a man at a Crosstown gas station.  —  Police said a large group of Northwest Prep Academy students swarmed a BP gas station on Poplar and Cleveland.
Discussion: The Last Tradition and KFOR-TV
Matthewjbuettner / CBS Denver:
CBS4 Investigation: TSA Screeners At DIA Manipulated System To Grope Men's Genitals  —  DENVER (CBS4) - A CBS4 investigation has learned that two Transportation Security Administration screeners at Denver International Airport have been fired after they were discovered manipulating passenger screening systems …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mashable
Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Ex-Governor Will Lead New Fund at Bain Capital  —  The former governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick, has joined the private equity firm Bain Capital as a partner to focus on socially oriented investments, a person briefed on the matter said on Monday.  —  Mr. Patrick, a Democrat …
Discussion: Hot Air
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Beth HealyGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Former Gov. Deval Patrick to join Bain Capital
Dave Majumdar / The Daily Beast:
Putin's Missile Could Make U.S. Attacks on Iran Nearly Impossible  —  For years, Team Obama crowed about keeping this advanced Russian missile out of Iran's hands.  Now the Kremlin suddenly seems eager to hand it over to Tehran.  —  This nuke deal with Iran had better work.
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Jack Jenkins / ThinkProgress:
Why This Pastor Who Tried To Assassinate Hitler Has Become A Hero To The Anti-LGBT Movement  —  CREDIT: í™", via wikimedia commons  —  It's no secret that conservative Christians who oppose marriage equality are using increasingly hyperbolic language to describe their campaign against LGBT rights.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ashley Edwards / New York's PIX11:
EXCLUSIVE: Woman says Harlem tattoo parlor behind ‘Black Ink’ left her disfigured  —  HARLEM (PIX11) — Asabi Barner was a confident woman in her 30s.  Her body was never something she felt a need to cover up, until now.  —  A tattoo coverup changed her life last year.
Discussion: KFOR-TV
Ian Auzenne / KATC-TV:
Soul singer Percy Sledge dead at 73  —  Percy Sledge, the soul singer who took “When a Man Loves a Woman” to the top of the charts in 1966, died this morning at his Baton Rouge home.  He was 73.  —  According to East Baton Rouge Parish coroner Dr. William “Beau” Clark, Sledge died of natural causes while under hospice care.
Discussion: The Week
 
 
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
A chart that Obamacare's fiercest critics will have a hard time explaining
David Shepardson / Detroit News:
Biden ‘not ready’ to decide on presidential run
Discussion: Fox News, FOX News Radio and Reuters
Los Angeles Times:
P-22 mountain lion no longer under house, wildlife officials say
Marco Rubio / USA Today:
Revive Lincoln's ‘One Country, One Destiny’
Discussion: Hot Air
Scott Wong / The Hill:
GOP: Obama war request is dead
Discussion: Lawfare and emptywheel
 Earlier Items: 
Randy Ludlow / The Columbus Dispatch:
Gov. John Kasich ‘seriously considering’ run for president
Discussion: OnPolitics, CNN and Bloomberg View
Jennifer Duffy / The Cook Political Report:
Florida Senate Race Moves to a Toss Up
Discussion: OnPolitics and Liberal Values
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Skewed View of America Inside the Progressive Bubble
Jay Reeves / Associated Press:
Husband fatally shot wife at doctor's office, police say
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Ex-Blackwater Guards Given Long Terms for Killing Iraqis
Peter Lloyd / Telegraph:
Meet the feminist who is sticking up for men
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Lawmakers unveil music royalty bill
Discussion: RedState
Heather / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
The Daily Show Pokes Fun At The Response To Clinton's 2016 Rollout
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

New York Times:
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