memeorandum: Freddie Gray death: Grand jury indicts police officers (Catherine E. Shoichet/CNN)

6:30 AM ET, May 22, 2015

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Bombshell Duggar Police Report: Jim Bob Duggar Didn't Report Son Josh's Alleged Sex Offenses For More Than a Year

Discussion: Fox News, Right Wing Watch, Mediaite, NY Daily News, Raw Story, Washington Post, Advocate, Little Green Footballs, Hullabaloo, Page Six, Joe. My. God., TMZ.com and Weasel Zippers

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.

Discussion: Duggar Family Official, ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Page Six, Towleroad News #gay and Hollywood Life

TMZ.com:

Josh Duggar Admits Molestation ... Resigns from Family Research Council — ADMITS MOLESTATION — Resigns from Family Research Council — BREAKING NEWS — Josh Duggar has resigned as Executive Director of the Family Research Council, acknowledging he sexually molested underage girls including …

Discussion: FOX2now.com and KTLA

TMZ.com:
Duggar Son Allegedly Admitted to Sexually Molesting Minor Girls, Including Sisters

Discussion: Raw Story, Towleroad News #gay and Joe. My. God.

Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:

Another reason why Hillary Clinton does not deserve to be president — Anti-Hillary Clinton political ads are writing themselves on a weekly basis. The latest source is this New York Times report that Hillary's private email account contained sensitive information.

Discussion: Commentary Magazine, Bloomberg Business and Hit & Run

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 …

Discussion: New York Times, The Daily Caller, Politico, Fox News and NPR

Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
50 Cent Backs Hillary Clinton For President: 'It's Hillary Time!'

Discussion: Politico, Business Insider and CBS DC

WMAR:

6 Baltimore Police officers in Freddie Gray case indicted — BALTIMORE - The six Baltimore Police officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray have been indicted, Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby said Thursday. — The six officers will be arraigned on July 2.

Discussion: The Atlantic, Daily Kos and Raw Story

Juliet Linderman / Associated Press:
Prosecutor: 6 Officers Indicted in Death of Freddie Gray

Discussion: Common Dreams, ThinkProgress and Little Green Footballs

Catherine E. Shoichet / CNN:
Freddie Gray death: Grand jury indicts police officers

Discussion: Truth Revolt, The BRAD BLOG and The Week

Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:

Obama's Game of Chicken with the Supreme Court — Sometime next month, the Supreme Court will decide King v. Burwell, and the conventional wisdom about the stakes in the case appears to have shifted. The case represents a challenge to the core of the Affordable Care Act.

Discussion: ACASignups.net, Instapundit, Yahoo Politics, Washington Monthly, RedState, Raw Story and Moe Lane

Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Judge Expands Alabama Marriage Ruling Statewide, But Puts Order On Hold

Discussion: Towleroad News #gay

Elise Young / Bloomberg Business:

Christie Gets Candid, Profane With N.J. Reporters After Roast — Chris Christie gave an expletive-laced speech at an annual New Jersey media roast Wednesday, taking aim at reporters who had mocked him for the George Washington Bridge scandal, his travels and the state's finances.

Discussion: International Business Times, Politico, Raw Story, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and The Huffington Post

Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:

'Look ... It's My Name on This': Obama Defends the Iran Nuclear Deal — On Tuesday afternoon, as President Obama was bringing an occasionally contentious but often illuminating hour-long conversation about the Middle East to an end, I brought up a persistent worry.

Discussion: Business Insider, Truth Revolt, American Spectator, ProfessorBainbridge.com, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Washington Post, New York Times, Politico, NPR, Fox News, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Week and Israpundit

Michael Wilner / Jerusalem Post:
Obama rejects ‘rubber stamp’ of Israel policies

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Politico:

Warren was paid up to $90,000 as witness in 2000 trade case — The senator who wants to keep an investor dispute process out of the Pacific trade deal was an expert witness in the same kind of case 15 years ago. — Elizabeth Warren is trying to kill President Barack Obama's trade agenda …

Discussion: Washington Post and Seeing the Forest

Erik Eckholm / New York Times:

Boy Scouts' President Calls for End to Ban on Gay Leaders — The president of the Boy Scouts of America on Thursday called for an end to the group's blanket ban on gay adult leaders, warning Scout executives that “we must deal with the world as it is, not as we might wish it to be,” and that …

Discussion: Daily Kos, The Atlantic, Politico, Weasel Zippers and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Jason Sickles / Yahoo! News:
Robert Gates: Boy Scouts' ban on gay adult leaders not sustainable

Discussion: Bloomberg Business and Joe. My. God.

New York Post:

CBS throws Letterman set into Dumpster — Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller — CBS wasted no time in kicking David Letterman to the curb.

Discussion: BREITBART.COM, Ed Driscoll and CNNMoney

Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:

Kansas has found the ultimate way to punish the poor — A dollar bill is a special kind of thing. You can keep it as long as you like. You can pay for things with it. No one will ever charge you a fee. No one will ask any questions about your credit history.

Discussion: Business Insider and Washington Monthly

Chris Strohm / Bloomberg Business:

White House Makes Final Lobbying Push to Pass NSA Bill in Senate — The White House held threat briefings for key senators Thursday in its secure Situation Room as part of a lobbying effort to pass a bill preventing anti-terror spy programs from expiring June 1.

David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Edward Snowden Praises Rand Paul's Anti-Patriot Act ‘Filibuster’

Discussion: Guardian, The Intercept, Washington Free Beacon and Commentary Magazine

Matt Berman / Guardian:
Rand Paul concludes 10-hour ‘filibuster’ in bid to derail Patriot Act extension - live

Discussion: Lawfare, ThinkProgress, The Hill, OpenSecrets.org, Common Dreams and Samizdata

Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:

Maggie Gyllenhaal on Hollywood Ageism: I Was Told 37 Is ‘Too Old’ for a 55-Year-Old Love Interest — “It made me feel bad, and then it made me feel angry, and then it made me laugh,” the actress tells TheWrap — Every time we think things are getting better for women in Hollywood, something comes along to remind us — naaah.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Mary Sue, Mashable, The Week, New York Magazine, CBS DC and Lawyers, Guns & Money

William Kristol / USA Today:

We were right to fight in Iraq — Obama threw away hard-earned gains. — We were right to invade Iraq in 2003 to remove Saddam Hussein, and to complete the job we should have finished in 1991. — Even with the absence of caches of weapons of mass destruction, and the mistakes …