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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama calls Senate inaction on attorney general ‘embarrassing’ — President Obama on Friday vented his frustration over the delay in confirming his attorney general pick Loretta Lynch, calling the Senate's handling of her nomination “embarrassing.” — In his strongest comments to date on the delay …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Jeb Bush Thinks GOP Should Confirm Loretta Lynch, Show ‘Deference’ to Obama
Jeb Bush Thinks GOP Should Confirm Loretta Lynch, Show ‘Deference’ to Obama
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BostonGlobe.com:
To end the anguish, drop the death penalty — In Bill and Denise Richard's own words — The past two years have been the most trying of our lives. Our family has grieved, buried our young son, battled injuries, and endured numerous surgeries — all while trying to rebuild lives that will never be the same.
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Harrison McClary / Reuters:
U.S. Republican Huckabee to announce 2016 presidential decision May 5 — (Reuters) - Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, a Republican, said on Friday that he will make an announcement on May 5 about whether or not he will run for president in 2016. — Huckabee said in an interview …
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Huckabee Bashes Republican Plans to Reform Medicare and Social Security
Huckabee Bashes Republican Plans to Reform Medicare and Social Security
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Shane Goldmacher / National Journal:
Jeb Bush Backs Hike in Social Security Retirement Age
Jeb Bush Backs Hike in Social Security Retirement Age
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David McLaughlin / Bloomberg Business:
U.S. Antitrust Lawyers Said to Be Leaning Against Comcast Merger … Staff attorneys at the Justice Department's antitrust division are nearing a recommendation to block Comcast Corp.'s bid to buy Time Warner Cable Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Jeb Bush Proposes Requiring Medicare End-of-Life Directives — Jeb Bush, center, mingled at a “Politics and Eggs” event in New Hampshire on Friday. — Elise Amendola/Associated Press — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Jeb Bush, defending his efforts to keep alive Terri Schiavo, a brain-damaged woman …
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush on Terri Schiavo: 'I don't think I would have changed anything'
Jeb Bush on Terri Schiavo: 'I don't think I would have changed anything'
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
The politics of tipping — Do you tip at fast food restaurants? — It's an ethical dilemma tailor made for HBO's “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and thrust into the 2016 spotlight when Hillary Clinton left an Ohio Chipotle without leaving a tip. — When to tip can be a difficult decision …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Lets His Followers Know 'Hillary Clinton Can't Satisfy Her Husband' — Real estate mogul Donald Trump might want to check whatever reflex makes him compulsively retweet his supporters' #Trump2016 messages. — The potential presidential hopeful on Thursday shared a fan's tweet that read …
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Elise Loehnen / Goop:
My $29 Food Stamp Challenge—and the Recipes (& Brouhaha) That Ensued — Last week, chef (and great man) Mario Batali challenged me to raise awareness and money for the Food Bank For New York City by trying to live on $29 dollars for the week (what low income families on SNAP are trying to survive on).
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Los Angeles Times:
Brownback signs spectacularly punitive Kansas welfare bill — Brownback did it. — Not satisfied with cratering his state's economy, cutting education budgets and rescinding long-established job protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender workers, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback …
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Senator Explains GOP's Biggest Fear If Obamacare Goes Down In Court — In a little-noticed radio interview, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) articulated the GOP's biggest fear if the Supreme Court wipes out Obamacare tax credits for millions of Americans who buy insurance from the federal HealthCare.gov exchange.
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Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Rubio-backed insurance market covers 80 people — Obamacare, which Rubio wants to repeal, covers 1.6 million in Florida alone. — In 2008, while Democrats were declaring that the time was right for national health care reform, Marco Rubio, the speaker of the Florida House, had a ready response …
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Naomi Friedman / The Hill:
Saban hints: Clinton opposes the Iran deal — Just minutes before Hillary Clinton announced her candidacy for the 2016 presidential election, Israeli Channel One News interviewed Haim Saban, an American-Israeli media magnate and long-time Clinton supporter.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Scott Brown: Hillary Clinton ‘will make a better president’ than Barack Obama
Scott Brown: Hillary Clinton ‘will make a better president’ than Barack Obama
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Maggie Gallagher / National Review:
Why I, Unlike Senator Rubio, Would Not Attend a Gay Wedding — On your happy day you should be surrounded by people who can honor your vow and help you keep it. I can't do that. — Senator Marco Rubio, one of our most attractive and charismatic leaders in the rising generation, just announced he's running for president.
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KSHB-TV:
Washburn University frat suspended after ‘sexually vulgar’ texts between members surface — ACLU says speech protected by 1st Amendment — TOPEKA, Kan. - A Washburn University fraternity has been suspended by its national leadership after sexually vulgar text messages between its members were discovered.
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ABC News:
What It Was Like at the First Gay Rights Demonstration Outside White House 50 Years Ago — Paul Kuntzler said that when he and nine other people picketed the White House 50 years ago today, protesting the government's treatment of gays and lesbians, he could not imagine how far the gay rights movement would come in five decades.
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Daily Mail:
Lucas strikes back - against his neighbors! Director to build hundreds of affordable homes in millionaire neighborhood after they blocked him from building a studio — With huge support from low-income community, his neighbors will be hard-pressed to block the proposal
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Kathy Kiely / Bloomberg Business:
Democratic Party Chair Says Clinton Will Get Primary Challenger — Wasserman Schultz says she's talking to potential Clinton challengers. — Hillary Clinton may be the only Democrat officially in the race for the White House, but the head of her party doesn't expect it to stay that way long.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Steve King: Obama “Importing...Illegal Aliens” To Create “Massive Electorate” For Democrats Like Civil Rights Act — “...it creates this massive electorate that will likely vote in large numbers for Barack Obama and his party, just like African Americans have done so after Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act... ”
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Pretty Good Partisan Differentiator — So the House went ahead and voted to totally repeal the federal estate tax yesterday. But something was missing from similar votes back in the day: widespread Democratic defections. Used to be a standard push-off-the-left Blue Doggy thing to oppose the …
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Reuters:
Saddam aide, Iraqi insurgent leader al-Douri reported killed — (Reuters) - Ezzat Ibrahim al-Douri, former right-hand man to late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and a leader of Iraq's Sunni insurgency, has been reported killed by Iraqi forces and Shi'ite militias.
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David Blood / Guardian:
Cheap coal is a lie - stand up to the industry's cynical fightback — Vested interests are pushing the dirtiest fossil fuel as the energy solution in poor nations. In fact, the argument for investing in solar is overwhelming — It is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid the reality …
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Plain Dealer:
John Kasich preparing to launch national political committee as he ramps up presidential exploration — Kasich will return to N.H. and S.C. He's visiting key states while still an undeclared candidate — Ohio Gov. John Kasich answers questions during an interview last month in his office.
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The Federalist:
Ted Cruz's Favorite Simpsons Episodes May Surprise You — http://tracking.feedpress.it/link/ 10317/768562/ted-cruz-will-rahn.mp3 — On the latest edition of The Federalist Radio Hour - which streams here from 4-5 PM Eastern - Texas Senator Ted Cruz talked to us about Iran, Common Core …
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Ted Cruz's Favorite ‘Simpsons’ Episodes
Ted Cruz's Favorite ‘Simpsons’ Episodes
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The Jesuit Post:
This I Believe: Created in God's Image — God is Love image courtesy Flickr user Nathan Rupert — In a five-part series released the week of March 16th from the National Catholic Reporter, God's Community in the Castro, a parishioner from San Francisco's Most Holy Redeemer parish …
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Jewish newspaper switching to tabloid format after 118 years — Starting Friday, The Jewish Daily Foward, one of the country's leading Jewish publications, will move to a tabloid format, ending its 118-year run as a broadsheet. — To help promote the new format, Acting Publisher Barry S. Surman …
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