memeorandum: Our Police Union Problem (Ross Douthat/New York Times)

9:40 AM ET, May 4, 2015

Top Items:

The Definitive H&H Carly Fiorina Scouting Report — What she's got: High-level executive and management experience from her tenure as head honcho of Hewlett-Packard; private-sector bona fides bolstering her economic message; compelling secretary-to-CEO professional biography …

Discussion: New York Times and Taylor Marsh

WKRC Doppler Tim Science Lab:

Ben Carson announces his run for President — UNDATED (WKRC) — The Republican field of candidates continues to widen. Retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson is expected to make a major announcement at an event tomorrow in his hometown of Detroit. But in an exclusive interview tonight …

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, CNN, Washington Post, USA Today, The Atlantic, Fox News, Politico, Raw Story, Scared Monkeys and The Week

Nick Gass / Politico:

Carly Fiorina: ‘Yes, I am running for president’ — Carly Fiorina announced Monday that she will seek the Republican nomination for 2016, becoming the latest entrant in an increasingly crowded field of candidates. — “Yes, I am running for president,” she said on ABC's “Good Morning America …

Discussion: Business Insider, Religion News Service, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Week

Michael Falcone / ABC News:

The Note: And Then There Were Five … NOTABLES —FIORINA, CARSON JOIN INCREASINGLY-CROWDED GOP FIELD: In an exclusive interview with ABC's GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS on “Good Morning America” today, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina said she is running for president in 2016 …

Discussion: Politico

Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:

Carly Fiorina Announces Presidential Campaign With a Jab at Hillary Clinton: “She clearly is not trustworthy, … Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina announced her run for president on “Good Morning America” today, calling herself the “best person for the job” while also taking a shot at Hillary Clinton …

Discussion: BuzzFeed

Alan Rappeport / New York Times:

Fiorina and Huckabee Joining G.O.P. Race on Heels of Carson — WASHINGTON — For the Republican Party, the presidential candidates keep coming. — The next wave arrives this week, with Carly Fiorina and former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas set to announce what most political analysts …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Outside the Beltway, The Week, Politico and NPR

Yahoo Politics:
A look back at Carly Fiorina: 2016 Republican presidential candidate

Discussion: Bloomberg Business

David Knowles / Bloomberg Business:
Republican Carly Fiorina Says She Is Running for President

Discussion: ThinkProgress

Kyle Balluck / The Hill: Carson: 'I'm announcing my candidacy for president'

Matt K Lewis / Telegraph:
American Way: Why a diverse range of candidates could help Republicans against Hillary

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Washington Post

Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
For Hillary Clinton, a trust deficit to surmount

Discussion: Betsy's Page, American Prospect, The Daily Caller and Hullabaloo

WFAA-TV:

Two shot near Garland events center — Two men were shot in a parking lot outside the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland Sunday afternoon, SWAT officials told News 8. — Those men possibly had explosives on them, SWAT officials said. Everyone at the center, which was hosting a Muhammad Art exhibit …

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, TPNN, Moe Lane, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Jawa Report

Dallas Morning News:
Gunmen open fire outside ‘Muhammad Art Exhibit’ at Garland ISD facility, police say

Discussion: Daily Mail, Washington Post, Fox News, No More Mister Nice Blog, CBS Dallas, Booman Tribune, Talking Points Memo, CNN, The Gateway Pundit and Scared Monkeys

Brandon Darby / BREITBART.COM:
Officer and Two Suspects Down in Gunfight at Islamic Cartoon Contest in Texas, Possible Explosives Found

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and American Spectator

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City of Garland, Texas Government

Discussion: New York Times and NPR

Cynthia McFadden / NBC News:

Bill Clinton Defends His Foundation's Foreign Money — Bill Clinton says he has no regrets about taking millions in foreign cash for his foundation — even though the donations have caused a political headache for Hillary Clinton as she tries to follow him into the Oval Office.

Discussion: Business Insider, Political Wire, The Week and The Daily Caller

Washington Post:

The Clintons, a luxury jet and their $100 million donor from Canada — Bill Clinton was planning a charity trip to Latin America and needed a big plane. — For Frank Giustra, who had never met the former president, this was an opportunity. The Canadian mining magnate …

Discussion: Althouse

ABC News:

Official: One of Texas Shooting Suspects ID's … One of the suspects in the shooting in Garland, Texas, late Sunday has been identified as Elton Simpson, an Arizona man who was previously the subject of a terror investigation, according to a senior FBI official.

Discussion: Common Dreams, Twitchy, Associated Press, The PJ Tatler, The Gateway Pundit and Hot Air

Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:

Outside Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas, 2 gunmen are killed and guard is shot — Two gunmen were killed and a security guard wounded in an attack Sunday outside a controversial Dallas-area event where organizers were holding a contest for cartoons featuring the Muslim prophet Muhammad, police said.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, BREITBART.COM, Fox News, Guardian, The Fifth Column, NBC News and The Gateway Pundit, more at Mediagazer »

Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:

Extreme secrecy eroding support for Obama's trade pact — Classified briefings and bill-readings in basement rooms are making members queasy. — Getty — If you want to hear the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal the Obama administration is hoping to pass …

Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

G.O.P. Hopefuls Now Aiming to Woo the Middle Class — WASHINGTON — The last three men to win the Republican nomination have been the prosperous son of a president (George W. Bush), a senator who could not recall how many homes his family owned (John McCain of Arizona; it was seven) …

Discussion: Political Wire and Democratic Strategist

Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Jeb Bush: Our enemies must ‘fear’ US again

Discussion: Associated Press, CANNONFIRE and Booman Tribune

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Race, Class and Neglect — Every time you're tempted to say that America is moving forward on race — that prejudice is no longer as important as it used to be — along comes an atrocity to puncture your complacency. Almost everyone realizes, I hope, that the Freddie Gray affair …

Ross Douthat / New York Times:

Our Police Union Problem — FOR decades now, conservatives have pressed the case that public sector unions do not serve the common good. — The argument is philosophical and practical at once. First, the state monopoly on certain vital services makes even work slowdowns unacceptable …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog