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7:50 PM ET, April 21, 2015

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Mike Devlin / SantaClarita.com:
Congressman Tells Protester: 'Touch me again, and I'll drop your ass'  —  Anti-immigration protesters were on hand to greet Congressman Steve Knight at the open house for his Simi Valley office last week.  And when one got a little too close, the former LAPD cop was having none of it.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Congressman to protester: 'If you touch me again, I'll drop your a—'
Discussion: Washington Post
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Congressman To Protester: 'Touch Me Again, I'll Drop Your A**' (VIDEO)
Discussion: Mashable
Andrew Desiderio / Mediaite:
GOP Rep. Knight to Anti-Immigration Protester: 'I'll Drop Your Ass'
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
'I'll drop your a—,' Republican tells immigration protester
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
A Newcomer to Populism?  Hillary Clinton Campaign Begs to Differ  —  CLAREMONT, N.H. — In her first week as a 2016 presidential candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton seemed to channel another high-profile Democrat.  “The deck is stacked in their favor,” Mrs. Clinton said of the wealthy and powerful.
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Koch brothers will offer audition to Jeb Bush  —  Charles and David Koch are considering throwing their massive wealth and sophisticated organization into the Republican presidential primary for the first time, a potentially game-changing boost that could make even a second-tier candidate instantly viable.
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
The GOP Needs to Run against the Last 16 Years
Discussion: alicublog
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
DC attorney general alerts police to photo of Republicans with assault rifle  —  Police in Washington, D.C., have been referred materials for a possible investigation into two Republican congressmen who posed for a picture with an assault rifle in a House office building.
Geoffrey Skelley / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Clinton's Age: It Probably Doesn't Matter  —  History does not show an edge for the younger presidential candidate  —  When Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) announced his presidential run on April 13, his speech made a point of going after ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D) — and …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Talented Mr. Rubio  —  Political audiences always …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate reaches deal to vote on AG nominee Loretta Lynch  —  Senate leaders on Tuesday morning announced a deal on a long-stalled anti-human-trafficking bill, setting up a vote to confirm Loretta Lynch as attorney general later this week.  —  “I'm glad we can say there is a bipartisan proposal …
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Kathleen Hunter / Bloomberg Business:
Senate Leaders Reach Deal to Allow Loretta Lynch Confirmation Vote
Discussion: US News
kff.org:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: April 2015  —  Bianca DiJulio, Jamie Firth, and Mollyann Brodie … The Public's Views Of The ACA  —  Closely Divided On The Health Care Law  —  This month's Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds American's opinion of the health care law closely divided …
James K. Sanborn / Marine Corps Times:
Tough tattoo regs sink stellar Marine's career  —  For Marines employed in what's become a hyper-competitive professional setting, not even multiple meritorious promotions, a combat valor award and a command-endorsed waiver are likely to save one's career if he has run afoul of the service's tattoo policy.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Rand Paul: Lindsey Graham, John McCain are ‘lapdogs’ for President Obama's foreign policy  —  Lindsey Graham and John McCain are “lapdogs” for President Barack Obama's foreign policy, Rand Paul said Tuesday, at once firing back at recent remarks from the hawkish Republicans and seeking to distinguish his defense credentials.
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Krishnadev Calamur / NPR:
N.Y. Judge Grants Legal Rights To 2 Research Chimps
Eli Lake / Bloomberg View:
Obama Kept Iran's Short Breakout Time a Secret  —  The Barack Obama administration has estimated for years that Iran was at most three months away from enriching enough nuclear fuel for an atomic bomb.  But the administration only declassified this estimate at the beginning of the month …
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Bloomberg Business:
Inspectors Need Full Access in Iran Nuclear Deal, Moniz Says
Discussion: Fox News Insider
Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Bill O'Reilly: Pity The Poor Rich Man  —  Bill O'Reilly used his Talking Points Memo to whine about how terribly rich people are being treated in America.  —  From Blue Nation Review: Bill O'Reilly Wants You to Feel Bad for Rich People Like Bill O'Reilly: … Transcript via O'Reilly's site: Income Inequality in America:
Discussion: Daily Kos
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Limits Drug-Sniffing Dog Use in Traffic Stops  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the police may not prolong traffic stops to wait for drug sniffing dogs to inspect vehicles.  —  “A police stop exceeding the time needed to handle the matter for which the stop …
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Police Can't Extend Stop for Dog Sniff, U.S. Supreme Court Says
Discussion: Bloomberg View
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / GQ:
Anchorman: The Legend of Don Lemon  —  So maybe he's not Walter Cronkite.  Maybe he's done some famously awkward interviews, gotten his facts wrong, and made CNN the butt of more than a few jokes.  But that won't stop Don Lemon.  Because here's the thing: He can fill hours of nothing with a crisp, news-like something.
Michael Crowley / Politico:
President Obama to shun saying ‘genocide’ on 100th anniversary of Armenian massacres  —  President Barack Obama will not use the word “genocide” to describe the massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians in his annual statement commemorating the historic atrocity later this month.
David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Ted Cruz Says President Obama Is an ‘Unmitigated Socialist’  —  After Texas Senator Ted Cruz addressed the First in the Nation summit in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Saturday, he headed to a basement conference room for a conversation with young Republicans.  There was no filming of the speech …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Committee to Protect Journalists:
10 Most Censored Countries  —  CPJ's list of 10 Most Censored Countries is part of our annual publication, Attacks on the Press, which will be released in full on Monday, April 27, at 11 a.m. EST.  —  Eritrea and North Korea are the first and second most censored countries worldwide …
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
David Horowitz: ‘Traitor’ Obama Letting Terrorists Bring Nukes Over Southern Border  —  Conservative activist David Horowitz told Florida talk radio host Joyce Kaufman on Friday that President Obama's “heart is with the enemy,” which is why he is allowing terrorists to “walk across” the southern border carrying nuclear weapons.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Stephen Deere / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Resignations in tiny Parma, Mo., baffle town's first black mayor  —  PARMA, MO.  • The drugstore is long gone.  So, too, are the bank and the barbershop, the opry house and the hardware store.  —  All that is left of downtown are collapsed awnings, caved-in ceilings and broken windowpanes of century-old buildings.
 
 
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Jeb Bush praises Obama over NSA spying
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Justin Wolfers / New York Times:
Areas with Large Black Populations Have the Smallest Shares of Black Men
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Clinton campaign faults media for shifting line on gay marriage
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