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11:45 AM ET, May 22, 2015

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Josh Duggar / In Touch Weekly:
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Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Josh Duggar quits Family Research Council amid child molestation claims  —  Josh Duggar, elder son of the reality-TV-famous family from TLC's “19 Kids And Counting,” has resigned his role as executive director of the Family Research Council's lobbying arm amid multiple allegations of child molestation.
Discussion: Political Wire
People.com:
The Duggars Respond to Reports That Josh Duggar Was Accused of Child Molestation  —  In an exclusive statement to PEOPLE, Josh Duggar, his wife Anna, and his parents Jim Bob and Michelle are speaking out in response to reports that Josh was once accused of molesting five underage girls as a teen.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Josh Duggar quits Family Research Council after molestation claims
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Raw Story
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Flashback: Duggars Call LGBT People A Threat To Child Safety; Duggar Resigns From FRC
Washington Post:
Clinton Foundation reveals up to $26 million in additional payments  —  The Clinton Foundation reported Thursday that it has received as much as $26.4 million in previously undisclosed payments from major corporations, universities, foreign sources and other groups, despite an ethics agreement …
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, Acutely Aware of Pitfalls, Avoids Press on Campaign Trail  —  CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Hillary Rodham Clinton was in a forgiving mood.  She had been discussing the small-business economy at a round-table gathering at a bike shop here on Tuesday when the Fox News correspondent Ed Henry interrupted.
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
The magic of Bill Clinton  —  My theory about how Democrats can win a big victory in the 2016 presidential campaign has long been based on the following.  —  The most popular American president in many decades is John F. Kennedy.  The most popular living former president is Bill Clinton.
CNN:
Clinton Foundation didn't disclose as much as $26M in speaking fees
Discussion: America Rising and New York Times
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Another reason why Hillary Clinton does not deserve to be president
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
50 Cent Backs Hillary Clinton For President: 'It's Hillary Time!'
Ahmed Ali / New York Times:
Calm Down.  ISIS Isn't Winning.  —  WASHINGTON — THE fall of the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday, and of the Syrian city of Palmyra on Wednesday, is a big gain for the Islamic State, but not an utter disaster, as many observers fear.  —  Rather than inducing panic in Western capitals …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
You want hypotheticals?  Here's one.  —  Ramadi falls.  The Iraqi army flees.  The great 60-nation anti-Islamic State coalition so grandly proclaimed by the Obama administration is nowhere to be seen.  Instead, it's the defense minister of Iran who flies into Baghdad …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Trade and Trust  —  One of the Obama administration's underrated virtues is its intellectual honesty.  Yes, Republicans see deception and sinister ulterior motives everywhere, but they're just projecting.  The truth is that, in the policy areas I follow, this White House has been remarkably clear …
Discussion: JustOneMinute
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Politico:
Warren was paid up to $90,000 as witness in 2000 trade case
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
This Time, Senate Votes to Advance Trade Pact
Discussion: Washington Post, Moe Lane and The Week
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
On Social Ideology, the Left Catches Up to the Right  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Thirty-one percent of Americans describe their views on social issues as generally liberal, matching the percentage who identify as social conservatives for the first time in Gallup records dating back to 1999.
Discussion: Mediaite and Outside the Beltway
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
State department worker accused of ‘sextortion’ arrested in Atlanta  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Magistrate grants bond to State Department staffer accused of using his computer to stalk and humiliate women  —  Federal agents arrested a State Department employee flying out of Atlanta this week …
Suzy Strutner / The Huffington Post:
New Grads Can't Really Afford To Live Anywhere, Report Finds  —  Life after college graduation is thrilling... until you try to find somewhere to live.  Entry level salaries coupled with sky-high rents in the country's most desirable cities often makes finding a place more of a headache than a happy ending.
Discussion: Shot in the Dark
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans Greatly Overestimate Percent Gay, Lesbian in U.S.  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — The American public estimates on average that 23% of Americans are gay or lesbian, little changed from Americans' 25% estimate in 2011, and only slightly higher than separate 2002 estimates of the gay and lesbian population.
Jessica Heslam / Boston Herald:
BU hire set up sex profile for rival  —  Was ‘jealous’ coed when busted in 2008  —  By:  —  Troubling tweets disparaging white male college students may be just the tip of the iceberg for incoming Boston University professor Saida Grundy, who has a history of Internet misdeeds, the Herald has learned.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Instapundit
Daily Mail:
ISIS execute a man with a BAZOOKA in shocking new video: Terror group blast prisoner after tying him to a post  —  No longer content with executing their prisoners with knives and guns, Islamic State militants have ratcheted up their savagery by blasting a man to death with a bazooka.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: Senate staying in session until work is done  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is turning up the pressure on senators to make a deal on three important bills, vowing to keep the chamber in session until its work is done.  —  The Senate is quickly approaching …
David S. Cloud / Los Angeles Times:
U.S. publicly challenges China's moves in disputed islands  —  The U.S. military has begun to carefully but publicly challenge Chinese island-building on disputed reefs and shoals in the South China Sea, creating fresh tension in a potential global tinderbox as both countries shift forces into the area.
Discussion: Fox News
Catherine E. Shoichet / CNN:
Freddie Gray death: Grand jury indicts police officers  —  Baltimore officers charged 6 photos  —  Officer Caesar R. Goodson Jr., 45, drove the transport van carrying Freddie Gray.  “Despite stopping for the purpose of checking on Mr. Gray's condition, at no point did he seek nor did he render …
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WMAR:
6 Baltimore Police officers in Freddie Gray case indicted
Discussion: The Atlantic, Daily Kos and Raw Story
 
 
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Kim Stephens / Sydney Morning Herald:
Dramatic arrest interrupts Today reporter's live cross in Brisbane
Discussion: Fox News Insider and Mediaite
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Obama Set to Strengthen Federal Role in Clean Water Regulation
Discussion: Balloon Juice and The Week
New York Times:
Rove's Crossroads PAC Is No Longer G.O.P.'s ‘Big Dog’
Discussion: The Week
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Rate hikes expose shaky foundation of Obamacare
Douglas Dalby / New York Times:
Referendum in Ireland Could Complete a Rapid Shift on Same-Sex Marriage
Discussion: Wall Street Journal, The Week and NPR
Michael Weiss / The Daily Beast:
Inside Palmyra, the Ancient City ISIS Just Sacked
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Guardian
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Bin Laden had the book on Obama
Discussion: Ed Driscoll and Politico
Gillian Mohney / ABC News:
This Is What the California Oil Spill Looks Like Up Close
Discussion: Common Dreams
Tim Alberta / National Journal:
Rick Santorum Rips Fox News Over ‘Arbitrary’ Debate Rules
Discussion: Fox News, Mediaite and Politico
New York Post:
CBS throws Letterman set into Dumpster
Discussion: BREITBART.COM and CNNMoney
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
Kansas has found the ultimate way to punish the poor
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
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