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Dylan Byers / Politico:
New York Times, Fox News strike deals for anti-Clinton research — The New York Times and Fox News have made exclusive agreements with a conservative author for early access to his opposition research on Hillary Clinton, a move that has confounded members of the Clinton campaign and some Times reporters …
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Progress Pond, Washington Post, Bloomberg View, Mediaite, Business Insider and TVNewser
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Tarini Parti / Politico:
George Soros' son builds a PAC for Jewish voters — The son of Democratic mega-donor George Soros is gearing up to play a more active role in the 2016 election with the launch of new political action committee focused on representing the views of Jewish Americans — beyond foreign policy.
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
New Book, ‘Clinton Cash,’ Questions Foreign Donations to Foundation — The book does not hit shelves until May 5, but already the Republican Rand Paul has called its findings “big news” that will “shock people” and make voters “question” the candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary Clinton on GOP field: They only want to talk about me
Hillary Clinton on GOP field: They only want to talk about me
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ABC News, Bloomberg Business, PoliticusUSA, The Reaction and Shakesville
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
NYTimes, Fox News Strike Deal With Conservative Researcher For Clinton Dirt
NYTimes, Fox News Strike Deal With Conservative Researcher For Clinton Dirt
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Little Green Footballs, New York Times, Balloon Juice, The Week and Bloomberg Business
ABC News:
White House Won't Comment on Reports of Preferential Treatment for Clinton Foundation Donors
White House Won't Comment on Reports of Preferential Treatment for Clinton Foundation Donors
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Hot Air
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Says Clinton Cash Criticisms Are Just ‘Distractions’
Hillary Says Clinton Cash Criticisms Are Just ‘Distractions’
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The Week
Lisa Lerer / Associated Press:
Campaigning Hillary Clinton Says Economy Has ‘Stalled Out’
Campaigning Hillary Clinton Says Economy Has ‘Stalled Out’
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Bloomberg Business and ABC News
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
David Koch Signals Support for Scott Walker — Charles G. and David H. Koch, the influential and big-spending conservative donors, have a favorite in the race for the Republican nomination: Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin.
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Kochs Signal Support for Scott Walker
Kochs Signal Support for Scott Walker
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Liberaland, The New York Observer, Bloomberg Business and Balloon Juice
David French / National Review:
Wisconsin's Shame: ‘I Thought It Was a Home Invasion’ — From the May 4, 2015, issue of NR … Cindy Archer, one of the lead architects of Wisconsin's Act 10 — also called the “Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill,” it limited public-employee benefits and altered collective-bargaining rules …
CNN:
As campaigns launch, poll finds GOP field stays tight — GOP 2016 hopefuls take aim at Hillary Clinton 02:34 — Washington (CNN)With the ranks of declared 2016 presidential candidates growing, a new CNN/ORC poll finds the contests for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations …
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Hillary Clinton Just Took A Shot At GOP Plans To Cut Social Security
Hillary Clinton Just Took A Shot At GOP Plans To Cut Social Security
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Daily Kos and Washington Post
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Exclusive: Republican Jeb Bush to visit Germany, Estonia, Poland in June
Exclusive: Republican Jeb Bush to visit Germany, Estonia, Poland in June
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Infowars, OnPolitics, Washington Post, Hot Air, Bloomberg Business and Naked Politics
Tim Teeman / The Daily Beast:
Roseanne Barr on Losing Her Sight, Smoking Weed, Rejecting Feminism, and Not Voting For Hillary — As a documentary of her 2012 presidential run is released, Roseanne Barr talks about political power, mortality, and why a Hillary Clinton win wouldn't be as symbolic as many hope.
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Mediaite, LifeNews.com and FOX31 Denver
Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
De Blasio sets sights on presidential draft candidacy vs. Hillary — Despite repeated claims to the contrary, Mayor de Blasio is positioning himself to be the leftist “progressive” alternative to Wall Street-friendly Hillary Rodham Clinton as the Democratic candidate for president, a national party operative told The Post.
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Sexy Conservatives Will Out-Breed Barren Liberals — The last time some Twitter leftist sneered at me and called me a “breeder,” I wondered whether this collectivist genius considered not reproducing to be a wise long-term strategy. The fact is that in America, most of the time it's the traditional …
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Ed Driscoll
David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Pennsylvania High School Students Organize “Anti-Gay Day” — A student at McGuffey High School with the words “anti-gay” drawn on his hand. — Supplied — Students at a Pennsylvania high school held an “Anti-Gay Day” protest on Thursday, wearing coordinated flannel shirts, writing …
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Baltimore Sun:
Police report says Freddie Gray had knife, arrested ‘without incident’ — City police wrote in court documents that Freddie Gray was arrested “without force or incident” for having a switchblade knife and suffered a medical emergency during transport. — The documents provide the first account …
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Reuters, Mediaite, BuzzFeed, Common Dreams, Business Insider, Associated Press and Raw Story
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Jon Swaine / Guardian:
Death of Baltimore man Freddie Gray in custody sparks call for independent inquiry
Death of Baltimore man Freddie Gray in custody sparks call for independent inquiry
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Firedoglake and Daily Kos
Gaby Wood / Telegraph:
Toni Morrison interview: on racism, her new novel and Marlon Brando — Age hasn't dimmed the fire in Toni Morrison, 84. The unwavering voice of black America talks about her latest novel and what it will take for racism to be a thing of the past — Toni Morrison is, without a doubt, a world-class novelist.
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Mediaite, Shakesville and Salon
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Oliver Laughland / Guardian:
Toni Morrison: ‘I want to see a white man convicted for raping a black woman’
Toni Morrison: ‘I want to see a white man convicted for raping a black woman’
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FOX News Radio
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
This App Will Flag Your Offensive Tweets Before Your Future Employer Sees Them — It was created by a man who lost his dream job with the Jeb Bush campaign. — Ethan Czahor's dreams collapsed on the national stage earlier this year. The 31-year-old age digital whiz had spent years positioning himself …
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Mashable, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and The Hill
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David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush's Social Media Casualty Creates an App to Save Other People From His Fate
Jeb Bush's Social Media Casualty Creates an App to Save Other People From His Fate
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BuzzFeed and Balloon Juice
Dana Somberg / Jerusalem Post:
Rivlin refuses meeting in Israel with former US president Jimmy Carter … Diplomatic sources says Foreign Ministry recommended president not meet with Carter in light of his “anti-Israel” positions in recent years. — President Reuven Rivlin has refused to meet with former US president Jimmy Carter during …
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The Gateway Pundit and Israel Matzav
Max Seddon / BuzzFeed:
Putin's Action Hero: How Steven Seagal Became the Kremlin's Unlikeliest Envoy — Vladimir Putin knew his relationship with the United States was nearing breaking point when he met Barack Obama in Lough Erne, a picturesque lakeside golf resort in Northern Ireland, on the sidelines of the G-8 summit in June 2013.
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Daily Kos, New York Magazine and The Week
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: Reporters Who Published Story On Okla. Deputy Resign Suddenly From Newspaper — Two reporters have resigned from an Oklahoma newspaper after publishing an article that alleged supervisors in the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office were ordered to falsify training records …
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Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Tom Tancredo / WND:
WILL OBAMA ORDER MILITARY ATTACK ON ISRAEL? — Exclusive: Tom Tancredo on potential Iran-defending action: ‘Who would stop him?’ — Tom Tancredo is the founder of the Rocky Mountain Foundation and founder and co-chairman of Team America PAC. He is also a former five-term congressman and presidential candidate.
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FOX News Radio, Right Wing Watch and Liberaland
New York Times:
1.5 Million Missing Black Men — For every 100 black women not in jail, there are only 83 black men. The remaining men - 1.5 million of them - are, in a sense, missing. — Among cities with sizable black populations, the largest single gap is in Ferguson, Mo.
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Gothamist
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Republicans look to lift spending caps — The GOP is already talking about another big spending deal to ease budget caps. Call it Ryan-Murray 2.0? — GOP congressional leaders are racing to approve a budget blueprint for the coming year that abides by strict spending limits …
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Daily Kos, The Hill and BarbWire.com
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
The Introspective Roger Ailes: Fox News' Chief on Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz, Brian Williams' Future ("I'd Put Him Back") and His Own — Ailes, 74, arguably the most powerful person of the next election, opens up about Rupert Murdoch, his dislikes (Elisabeth Murdoch's “creepy” ex-husband Matthew Freud) …
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Washington Post, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Polls Have Been Misleading You About What Americans Actually Believe About Abortion — Do you know where most Americans stand on abortion? Thanks to the way that we've been polling on the issue for the past several decades, probably not. — Most media coverage on the subject would lead …
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Salon, Daily Kos and Shakesville
Quin Hillyer / National Review:
The IRS Assures an Atheist Group It Will Monitor Churches — It was bad enough, as I wrote here last August, that the Internal Revenue Service appeared to reach an agreement to monitor the pulpits of ill-favored churches. What's worse is that the IRS, directly counter to Freedom of Information Act …
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Fire Andrea Mitchell! and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Adam McDonald / KMOV-TV:
Memorial tree for Michael Brown cut in half, stone memorial missing — FERGUSON, Mo. (KMOV.com) - A memorial tree for Michael Brown was found cut in half and a stone memorial was missing less than 24 hours after being dedicated. — The tree was dedicated by the Black Caucus …
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Raw Story, FreakOutNation, Mashable and Fire Andrea Mitchell!