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6:50 PM ET, May 3, 2015

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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
John Boehner sees a national policing crisis  —  House Speaker John Boehner says there's a national crisis in relations between black communities and law enforcement.  —  “I do,” he said when asked in an interview aired Sunday on NBC's “Meet the Press” whether he believes that such a crisis exists.
Discussion: Bloomberg View and The Week
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Martin O'Malley: Baltimore unrest a ‘heartbreaking setback’  —  Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said on Sunday the unrest in Baltimore has boosted his motivation to address economic marginalization and that it would be a central theme of his expected Democratic presidential campaign.
Discussion: The Week
Arit John / Bloomberg Business:
Martin O'Malley: 'Wouldn't Think of Announcing' 2016 Campaign Anywhere but Baltimore
Discussion: RedState
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
John Kasich on a 2016 bid: 'I don't really do odds'
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
New York Times:
Christie's Camp Mobilizes to Salvage White House Hopes  —  Around 7:30 a.m., as an audience of technology executives started streaming through the ballroom doors of a Ritz-Carlton Hotel in suburban Virginia on Friday, Chris Christie's iPhone buzzed with the grim news he has awaited for 16 months.
Justin George / Baltimore Sun:
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Bernie Sanders: 'Don't underestimate me'  —  Citing a history of surprising victories, Bernie Sanders said on Sunday the political world shouldn't discount his chances of winning the presidency.  —  “Don't underestimate me,” the Vermont senator said on ABC's “This Week.”
NY Daily News:
NYPD Officer Brian Moore, 25, shot in face in Queens; suspect is ex-con and cousin of former Giants player Kory Blackwell  —  A plainclothes city cop was shot in the face in Queens Saturday when the ex-con cousin of a former New York Giant opened fire into his unmarked patrol car, authorities said.
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New York Times:
Police Officer Is Shot and Critically Wounded in Queens
Discussion: Raw Story
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Jeb Bush: Our enemies must ‘fear’ US again  —  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush argued Saturday that American foreign policy should frighten the nation's enemies abroad with its strength.  —  “The basic policy should be our friends know we have their back over the long haul …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
LeftOfCenter / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Kimberley Strassel Blames Baltimore's Troubles On Teachers Unions  —  Kimberley Strassel writes a weekly column for the Wall Street Journal, so naturally she subscribes to all the Conservative [talking points] lies.  She denies the SCIENCE of man-made climate change and she's A-OK …
Discussion: Raw Story
Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
Media Gives President a Pass Again  —  The media has by and large give President Obama's failed Afghanistan policy a pass—just as they have his larger foreign policy missteps.  —  Once again, be very glad we don't have a Republican president right now.  If we did, we would be treated …
Brendan O'Neill / Reason:
Meet the Vagina Voters  —  The women voting for Hillary because she's a woman are setting feminism back a hundred years.  —  “I intend to vote with my vagina.”  —  Have you ever read a more squirm-inducing sentence than that?  It appeared in a pro-Hillary piece in Dame magazine …
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
‘Inequality Is a Choice’  —  THE eruptions in Baltimore have been tied, in complex ways, to frustrations at American inequality, and a new measure of the economic gaps arrived earlier this year:  —  It turns out that the Wall Street bonus pool in 2014 was roughly twice the total annual earnings …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Susan Edelman / New York Post:
Woman to become NY firefighter despite failing crucial fitness test  —  The FDNY for the first time in its history will allow someone who failed its crucial physical-fitness test to join the Bravest, The Post has learned.  —  Rebecca Wax, 33, is set to graduate Tuesday from the Fire Academy without passing …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and BizPac Review
 
 
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BREITBART.COM:
Baltimore Rally: Burn Down Stores to Get Them ‘Out of Our Communities’
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Child found misplaced Capitol Police gun in Boehner's bathroom
Discussion: USA Today and Hot Air
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Elijah Cummings praises Baltimore response to Gray death
Discussion: ABC News
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
F.E.C. Can't Curb 2016 Election Abuse, Commission Chief Says
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Post
 Earlier Items: 
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Conservative Party's fortune is cautionary tale for GOP
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
GOP rep introduces bill to gut EPA
Timothy Egan / New York Times:
The End of California?  —  ANGELS CAMP, Calif. — IN a normal year …