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1:55 PM ET, April 14, 2015

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Stephen A. Nuño / Talking Points Memo:
Marco Rubio Is The Lipstick, The GOP Is The Pig  —  The media is in a frenzy over the entry of Marco Rubio into the presidential race.  He's young, handsome, well-spoken in English and Spanish, he's got an immigrant history.  He is a genuine American success story.
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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.
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.
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.
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 …
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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 …
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 …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Senate Panel Deal Paves Way for Vote on Iran Nuclear Bill
Discussion: Reuters, Lawfare and The Week
Nick Gass / Politico:
Bob Corker says bipartisan deal has been reached on Iran bill
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, Mashable and The Week
Kevin Quealy / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Chipotle Order: Above Average  —  On Monday, Hillary Rodham Clinton ordered a burrito bowl at a Chipotle outside Toledo, Ohio.  —  Let others deconstruct her apparent anonymity or how her visit compared with President Obama's.  Here's what The Upshot can contribute …
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Matt Higgins / CBS Cleveland:
Gov. Kasich: ‘I Am Seriously Considering’ Presidential Run  —  DETROIT (CBS Cleveland/AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich told business leaders in Detroit on Monday that that he was “seriously considering” a race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination but isn't setting a timetable for a decision.
Discussion: FOX News Radio and CBS DC
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Skewed View of America Inside the Progressive Bubble
Randy Ludlow / The Columbus Dispatch:
Gov. John Kasich ‘seriously considering’ run for president
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
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Lost Language of Privacy  —  Like a lot of people, I've come to believe that it would be a good idea to put body-mounted cameras on police officers.  I now believe this for several reasons.  —  First, there have been too many cases in which police officers have abused their authority and then covered it up.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and alicublog
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
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Tom Brokaw addresses Brian Williams controversy: ‘really, really serious’  —  As speculation swirls about Brian Williams' fate at NBC, his predecessor is calling for patience.  —  In his first extensive public comments on the matter, Tom Brokaw, who held the anchor chair at “NBC Nightly News” …
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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Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
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Los Angeles Times:
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Marco Rubio / USA Today:
Revive Lincoln's ‘One Country, One Destiny’
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
GOP: Obama war request is dead
Discussion: Lawfare, Reuters and emptywheel
Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
Clinton Campaign's Highest Suggested Donation Is $2,700 in English, but Only $250 in Spanish
Discussion: Politico
Dave Majumdar / The Daily Beast:
Putin's Missile Could Make U.S. Attacks on Iran Nearly Impossible
Discussion: Reuters
Heather / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Ashley Edwards / New York's PIX11:
EXCLUSIVE: Woman says Harlem tattoo parlor behind ‘Black Ink’ left her disfigured
Discussion: KFOR-TV