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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Walker Shines in New Hampshire — Nashua, N.H. — Scott Walker was feeling it. — He'd been speaking for a little more than ten minutes, telling stories about his battles in Wisconsin to a crowd of Republicans nodding their heads in enthusiastic agreement.
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The Reaction
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Graham says he's ‘91 percent sure’ he'll get in 2016 GOP presidential primary but needs campaign cash — FILE: Jan. 28, 2015: Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (AP) — South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that he's “91 percent sure” …
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The Reaction, Political Wire and The Week
James Hohmann / Politico:
Rand Paul slams GOP foreign policy hawks
Rand Paul slams GOP foreign policy hawks
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The PJ Tatler and The Reaction
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Lindsey Graham eyes May presidential announcement
Lindsey Graham eyes May presidential announcement
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Outside the Beltway
Joel Kotkin / The Daily Beast:
Big Idea: California Is So Over — California's drought and how it's handled show just what kind of place the Golden State is becoming: feudal, super-affluent and with an impoverished interior. — California has met the future, and it really doesn't work.
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Never Yet Melted and The PJ Tatler
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Granny Get Your Gun — WASHINGTON — THE most famous woman on the planet has a confounding problem. She can't figure out how to campaign as a woman. — In 2008, Hillary Clinton took advice from two men — Bill Clinton and Mark Penn — and campaigned like a man.
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Outside the Beltway, Washington Monthly, Taylor Marsh, Althouse, Mediaite and The Moderate Voice
Jon Stewart / Guardian:
why I quit The Daily Show — Stewart's decision to retire as host of the satirical news show after 16 years has left liberal America in mourning. So why is he leaving just before an election - and what will happen when he steps out from behind the desk? — here was no one moment …
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The Daily Banter, Outside the Beltway, The Week and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
FBI overstated forensic hair matches in nearly all trials before 2000 — The Justice Department and FBI have formally acknowledged that nearly every examiner in an elite FBI forensic unit gave flawed testimony in almost all trials in which they offered evidence against criminal defendants over more than a two-decade period before 2000.
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Talking Points Memo, Fox News and Instapundit
CBS News:
Face the Nation Transcripts April 19, 2015: Rubio, Manchin, O'Malley — Shares - … And today on FACE THE NATION: It may seem a long way off to the rest of us, but the Republicans have descended on New Hampshire and campaign 2016 is off and running. — SEN. RAND PAUL (R), KENTUCKY …
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PoliticusUSA and Althouse
Betsy Hiel / Associated Press:
Reagan shooter Hinckley closer to permanent freedom — The last man to shoot an American president spends most of the year in a house overlooking the 13th hole of a golf course in a gated community. — He likes taking walks, plays guitar and paints, eats at Wendy's and drives around in a Toyota.
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Associated Press and FOX News Radio
New York Times:
Voting Rights, by the Numbers — When the Supreme Court struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, its main argument was that the law was outdated. — Discrimination against minority voters may have been pervasive in the 1960s when the law was passed, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. wrote …
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Hullabaloo
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
McCaul, Chaffetz: Flying mailman exposed security crack — Two top House committee chairmen said on Sunday a rogue mailman who landed a small gyrocopter on the Capitol lawn last week exposed a security vulnerability that could help terrorists. — “It exposed a vulnerability that …
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ABC News
Diane Cardwell / New York Times:
Solar Power Battle Puts Hawaii at Forefront of Worldwide Changes — Utility vs. Homeowners Over Solar Power Utility vs. Homeowners Over Solar Power — In Hawaii, where 12 percent of the homes have solar panels, handling the surplus power is putting pressure on the state's biggest utility …
Plain Dealer:
Ohio principal dumps school's Muslim headscarf day after online backlash — Mindy McCarty-Stewart, principal of Mason High School in Mason, Ohio, Thursday, April 16, 2015, canceled a student-led event in which girls planned to celebrate diversity by spending a day wearing a Muslim headscarf.
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Cincinnati.com, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, The PJ Tatler, PUNDIT PRESS, BizPac Review and The Daily Caller