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12:05 PM ET, May 15, 2015

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fraternity of Failure  —  Jeb Bush wants to stop talking about past controversies.  And you can see why.  He has a lot to stop talking about.  But let's not honor his wish.  You can learn a lot by studying recent history, and you can learn even more by watching how politicians respond to that history.
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Chris Good / ABC News:
Jeb Bush on Disagreeing With Family: ‘I Have a Hard Time With That’ … Jeb Bush seems to have a talking point to explain why he hesitated so long to say, in hindsight, that the Iraq war was a mistake: He won't “go out of [his] way” to disagree with his brother.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Rove declines to endorse Jeb Bush
Discussion: US News and The Week
Tim Weiner / New York Times:
B. B. King, Defining Bluesman for Generations, Dies at 89  —  B. B. King, whose world-weary voice and wailing guitar lifted him from the cotton fields of Mississippi to a global stage and the apex of American blues, died Thursday in Las Vegas, The Associated Press reported.  He was 89.
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Brad Paisley / CNN:
B.B. King, the Beale Street Blues Boy 12 photos  —  The Mississippi native's reign as “king of the blues” lasted more than six decades and straddled two centuries, influencing a generation of rock and blues musicians, from Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan, to Sheryl Crow and John Mayer.
Fox News:
The thrill is gone: Blues legend B.B. King dead at 89
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Great Stephanopoulos mess  —  ABC anchor proves to be his own worst enemy.  —  Former Clintonland insider George Stephanopoulos, who has excelled at both politics and journalism, appears to have failed both professions with a single transgression.  —  As my POLITICO colleague Dylan …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Stephanopoulos regrets Clinton Foundation donation, will not moderate GOP debate
Matt Friedman / New Jersey Online:
Howard Dean screams about Chris Christie in N.J.: 'You're not gonna win!'  —  ATLANTIC CITY — For the last decade, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean has been the butt of jokes about the “Dean Scream.”  —  On Thursday night, Dean turned the joke on Gov. Chris Christie and his presidential hopes.
Sarah Mimms / National Journal:
Why Some Male Members of Congress Won't Be Alone with Female Staffers  —  Numerous women who work on the Hill say they've been excluded from solo meetings and evening events, a practice that could be illegal.  —  It's no secret that Congress is dominated by men, but as women work to make inroads …
Discussion: The Week
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House sends Iran review bill to Obama  —  The House on Thursday passed legislation requiring congressional review of a nuclear deal with Iran, handing a victory to critics of the talks who demanded that Congress have an oversight role.  —  Passage came easily on a vote of 400-25.
Discussion: Common Dreams and RedState
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama: Trade spat with Warren ‘has never been personal’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
The Hill:
Obama's Warren attacks backfire
Seth Lipsky / Wall Street Journal:
A Liberal Speech Cop Targets Alan Greenspan  —  The former Fed chairman drops out of a monetary conference after he's assailed by Paul Krugman.  —  To the list of questions the left has sought to place off limits to open debate—global warming, same-sex marriage, campaign finance, abortion—add a startling new topic: monetary reform.
Discussion: The Week and New York Times
Rob Virtue / Daily Express:
BBC reporter slammed for comparing hate preacher Anjem Choudary to Gandhi and Mandela  —  THE BBC has come under fire after one of its chief reporters shockingly compared extremism preacher Anjem Choudary to civil rights heroes Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi.  —  GETTY  •IG
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
DHS chief: Drones are threat to 2016 candidates  —  Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Friday he is concerned about drones threatening 2016 presidential candidates.  —  “It is definitely an issue,” Johnson told a news panel on MSNBC's “Morning Joe.”
Discussion: Political Wire
Peter Jacobs / Business Insider:
Kid who got in to every Ivy League school is going to the University of Alabama — and it's a brilliant decision  —  High-school senior Ronald Nelson had an incredibly hard decision to make this year about college — mainly because he got into all eight Ivy League universities.
Discussion: Instapundit and The College Fix
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Divided GOP rejects allowing illegal immigrants in military  —  The House on Thursday voted to strip a provision from the annual defense bill that edged toward allowing young illegal immigrants to enlist in the military.  —  Divisions between ardent GOP opponents of illegal immigration …
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Republican Party to Vote in Support of Religious-Freedom Laws  —  The GOP follows presidential candidates as issue takes hold on campaign trail  —  The Republican National Committee is expected to approve a resolution Thursday reaffirming support for so-called Religious Freedom Restoration Acts …
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Chelsea Harvey / Washington Post:
Scientists have discovered the first fully warm-blooded fish  —  It's one of the most basic biology facts we're taught in school growing up: Birds and mammals are warm-blooded, while reptiles, amphibians and fish are cold-blooded.  But new research is turning this well-known knowledge …
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Science:
Whole-body endothermy in a mesopelagic fish, the opah, Lampris guttatus
Discussion: The Verge
 
 
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