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7:15 PM ET, April 20, 2015

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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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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.
Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary Clinton on GOP field: They only want to talk about me  —  “I don't know what they'd talk about if I weren't in the race.”  —  KEENE, N.H. — Hillary Clinton on Monday attacked the crowded field of Republican presidential contenders for making her the focus of their campaigns.
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and Shakesville
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
NYTimes, Fox News Strike Deal With Conservative Researcher For Clinton Dirt  —  The New York Times and Fox News have both struck agreements with a conservative author for access to his research on Hillary and Bill Clinton.  —  The Times mentioned the deal on Sunday in the middle of an article …
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Says Clinton Cash Criticisms Are Just ‘Distractions’
Discussion: The Week
Nick Gass / Politico:
Lindsey Graham: I don't dislike Hillary
Lisa Lerer / Associated Press:
Campaigning Hillary Clinton Says Economy Has ‘Stalled Out’
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and ABC News
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 …
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Kochs Signal Support for Scott Walker  —  Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, at a Republican Leadership Summit in Nashua, N.H., on Saturday.Credit: Ian Thomas Jansen-Lonnquist for The New York Times  —  Charles G. and David H. Koch, the influential and big-spending conservative donors …
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.
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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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Exclusive: Republican Jeb Bush to visit Germany, Estonia, Poland in June
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Hillary Clinton Just Took A Shot At GOP Plans To Cut Social Security
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post
Jon Swaine / Guardian:
Death of Baltimore man Freddie Gray in custody sparks call for independent inquiry  —  Family of man who suffered a broken neck after his arrest demand that the inquiry into his death be taken away from the city police  —  The family of a man who died after being arrested in Baltimore …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Daily Kos
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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Baltimore Man Dies after Spine ‘Virtually Severed’ While in Police Custody
Discussion: CBS Baltimore and FOX News Radio
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) …
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.
Discussion: 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’
Discussion: 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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David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush's Social Media Casualty Creates an App to Save Other People From His Fate
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Balloon Juice
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite
Michael Eric Dyson / The New Republic:
CORNEL WEST  —  President Obama betrayed him. He's stopped publishing new work. He's alienated his closest friends  —  and allies.  What happened to America's most exciting  —  black scholar?  —  NOR HELL A FURY LIKE A WOMAN SCORNED" is the best-known line from William Congreve's The Mourning Bride.
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 …
Discussion: Salon, Daily Kos and Shakesville
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
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.
Geoff Ziezulewicz / Chicago Tribune:
Uber driver, licensed to carry gun, shoots gunman in Logan Square  —  Authorities say no charges will be filed against an Uber driver who shot and wounded a gunman who opened fire on a crowd of people in Logan Square over the weekend.  —  The driver had a concealed-carry permit and acted …
Alexandra Robbins / Washington Post:
Nurses make fun of their dying patients.  That's okay.  —  Alexandra Robbins is the author of “The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles With the Heroes of the Hospital,” which was released this week.  —  The laughter of the ER staff echoed down the hall as Lauren, a nurse in Texas …
Discussion: Instapundit and Althouse
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story, FreakOutNation and Mashable
Mireya Navarro / New York Times:
‘Poor Door’ Building Draws 88,000 Applicants for 55 Rental Units  —  The glassy new tower in New York City that attracted an outcry for featuring one entrance for condominium owners and another one for low-income tenants has drawn more than 88,000 applications for the 55 affordable rental units, the developer said.
Discussion: Gothamist and New York Magazine
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 …
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Post reporter jailed in Iran faces 4 charges including espionage  —  Iranian authorities are charging The Washington Post's Tehran bureau chief, Jason Rezaian, with espionage and three other serious crimes, including “collaborating with hostile governments” and “propaganda against the establishment,” according to his lawyer in Tehran.
 
 
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