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10:45 PM ET, April 28, 2015

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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Rand Paul: Baltimore Violence Is About ‘Lack Of Fathers’ And Morals (AUDIO)  —  Presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) weighed in on the turmoil in Baltimore on Tuesday, standing with police and blaming the violence on a lack of morals in America.  —  “I came through the train on Baltimore …
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Hillary Crosley Coker / Jezebel:
Why Can't Baltimore's Black Female Mayor Stop Saying ‘Thug’?  —  On Monday night, protesters took to the streets of Baltimore hours after the funeral of Freddie Gray, a young man who died following injuries he sustained while in police custody.  Last night, Baltimore's Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake stood …
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
What you really need to know about Baltimore, from a reporter who's lived there for over 30 years  —  It was only a matter of time before Baltimore exploded.  —  In the more than three decades I have called this city home, Baltimore has been a combustible mix of poverty, crime, and hopelessness …
Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
Social media analysis suggests links between Baltimore and Ferguson violence  —  Baltimore firefighters battle a three-alarm fire Monday, April 27, 2015, at a senior living facility under construction at Federal and Chester Streets in East Baltimore.  (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
Bob Kinzel / digital.vpr.net:
Bernie Sanders To Announce Presidential Run  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a luncheon at the National Press Club on Monday, March 9, 2015 in Washington.  VPR has learned that Sanders will announce his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday.  —  ANDREW HARNIK AP
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Sanders to launch presidential bid  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will officially launch a bid for the White House on Thursday.  —  A Democratic source close to the senator confirmed to The Hill that Sanders will announce his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Common Dreams
Julie Bykowicz / Bloomberg Business:
Bernie Sanders to Challenge Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Politico
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court Appears Ready To Rule In Favor Of Marriage Equality  —  A 5-4 vote in favor of same-sex couples' marriage rights appears to be the most likely outcome, although Chief Justice John Roberts' vote shouldn't be counted out.  —  Mladen Antonov / Getty Images
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Gay Marriage Arguments Divide Supreme Court Justices  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices on Tuesday clashed during arguments on whether there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.  The session is the last public step before a decision that will resolve one of the great open questions in modern constitutional law.
Amy Howe / SCOTUSblog:
No clear answers on same-sex marriage: In Plain English
Discussion: The Week
WMAR:
VIDEO: Mom beats child for throwing rocks at Baltimore Police  —  This Baltimore mom saw her son throwing rocks at police on television.  —  That didn't sit well with her.  —  The video shows the mother repeatedly striking her boy, chasing him as he tries to walk away.
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CBS News:
Baltimore mom who smacked son during riots: “I don't want him to be a Freddie Gray”  —  Shares -  —  The Baltimore mother caught on video repeatedly smacking her son after catching him throwing things at police during rioting in Baltimore told CBS News that she was only concerned about protecting him.
Jacqueline Klimas / Washington Times:
Iran fires at, boards Marshall Islands cargo ship; U.S. sending defense … Iranian troops boarded a cargo vessel early Tuesday morning after firing shots at the ship, prompting the U.S. to send assets to the ship's defense.  —  The Pentagon said at least five Iranian patrol vessels approached …
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Jim Sciutto / CNN:
Iran seizes commercial ship, U.S. forces respond
Discussion: Business Insider and PUNDIT PRESS
TMZ.com:
Joni Mitchell — In a Coma, Unresponsive (Update: With Court Docs)  —  IN A COMA, UNRESPONSIVE  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Joni Mitchell is unconscious in a hospital, unable to respond to anyone, with no immediate prospects for getting better.  —  Joni's close friend of 44 years, Leslie Morris …
Jamie Schram / New York Post:
Why I killed Jeffrey Dahmer  —  Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was done in by his uncontrollable lust for human flesh, the man who whacked him in prison 20 years ago told The Post, revealing for the first time why the cannibal had to die.  —  Christopher Scarver — who fatally beat the serial killer …
The Jakarta Post:
RI executes 8 drug convicts  —  Defying intense pressure from the international community, the government executed eight death row prisoners early on Wednesday on Nusakambangan prison island near Cilacap in Central Java.  —  “We've carried out the executions,” said an Attorney General's Office …
Discussion: NPR, Ultimate Classic Rock and TalkLeft
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Calla Wahlquist / Guardian:
Bali Nine: Indonesia confirms it will execute prisoners tonight - live updates
Discussion: Mashable, Common Dreams and ABC
George Roberts / ABC:
Bali Nine pair Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran ‘dignified’ ahead of executions
Discussion: Common Dreams
Jonathan Allen / Vox:
181 Clinton Foundation donors who lobbied Hillary's State Department  —  The size and scope of the symbiotic relationship between the Clintons and their donors is striking.  At least 181 companies, individuals, and foreign governments that have given to the Clinton Foundation also lobbied …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
‘Clinton Cash’ author blasts critics
Discussion: Hot Air
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
What the Public Knows — In Pictures, Words, Maps and Graphs  —  Pew Research Center News IQ Quiz  —  The latest Pew Research Center News IQ survey finds that, nearly half a century after the death of Martin Luther King Jr., an overwhelming majority of Americans (91%) are able to identify the civil rights leader from his picture.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Americans bomb Pew test of basic political knowledge
Discussion: Pew Research Center
Emily Welker / INFORUM:
Fargo lawmaker sent explicit photo, claims disclosure was payback for vote on gay rights bill  —  FARGO—A North Dakota lawmaker who sent an explicit photo of himself to another man says the exchange being made public is retaliation for a recent vote against expanding gay rights.
FiveThirtyEight:
Jeb Bush Has The Cash, But Not The GOP Support  —  Jeb Bush is expected to declare a fundraising total in the “high tens of millions of dollars,” The New York Times reported on Monday.  Any talk of record fundraising totals ought to account for inflation — as well as the fact that it's easier …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Walker, Clinton lead in Iowa
Richard Rubin / Bloomberg Business:
NFL Will End Its Tax-Exempt Status, Goodell Tells Owners  —  The National Football League's central office will become a taxable entity, ending its tax-exempt status in a move with minimal financial effect and significant symbolic value.  —  Commissioner Roger Goodell informed team owners …
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
CNN Anchor Brooke Baldwin Blames Military Veterans for Baltimore Riots  —  After more than a year of CNN pouring gasoline all over America with hysterical, and oftentimes phony, stories of American racism, the left-wing network's afternoon anchor Brooke Baldwin finally took it to the next level …
 
 
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Baltimore Sun:
Gangs call for calm in Baltimore
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Week
The Missouri Torch:
STUNNING: MO BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER TELLS PARENT “WAR OF NORTHERN AGGRESSION” ENDED STATE SOVEREIGNTY (VIDEO)
Benji Hart / Salon:
Baltimore's violent protesters are right: Smashing police cars is a legitimate political strategy
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 

 
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