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8:45 AM ET, April 12, 2013

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WFPL:
Source: Progress Kentucky Behind Mitch McConnell Campaign Recording  —  A secret recording of a campaign strategy session between U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell and his advisors was taped by leaders of the Progress Kentucky super PAC, says a longtime local Democratic operative.
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
The Disastrous Collapse Of Kentucky's Least Effective Liberal Group  —  Whatever Progress Kentucky is trying to do, it should probably stop right now.  —  Via: Win McNamee / Getty Images  —  WASHINGTON — It's probably possible for a political group to be worse at accomplishing its core mission …
Discussion: Fox News Insider
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Progress Kentucky: Worst super PAC ever?  —  Even before the last two scandals, Kentucky liberals called the group an “embarrassment”  —  Liberal super PAC Progress Kentucky is at the center of controversy after a Democratic strategist in the state said activists affiliated with the group bragged …
Discussion: Page One, The Week and The Daily Caller
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Was it ‘three times’ or ‘free time’ on McConnell tape?
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Impolitic
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Progress Kentucky official resigns
First Read:
Liberal Ky. group spotlighted in McConnell audio probe
New York Times:
Pentagon Says Nuclear Missile Is in Grasp for North Korea  —  WASHINGTON — A new assessment of North Korea's nuclear capability conducted by the Pentagon's intelligence arm has concluded for the first time, with “moderate confidence,” that the country has learned how to make a nuclear weapon small enough …
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Reuters:
U.S. will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea: Kerry  —  (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry dismissed as “unacceptable by any standard” weeks of bellicose warnings of impending nuclear war by North Korea and said Washington would never accept the reclusive state becoming a nuclear power.
Discussion: The Hill, The Week and New York Times
USA Today:
Reports conflict on North Korea's nuclear capabilities  —  World leaders urged North Korea to end what has been described as its “belligerent” and “paranoid” rhetoric after it threatened to reduce its enemies to a “sea of flames.”  Deborah Gembara reports.  Powered by NewsLook.com
Associated Press:
Obama urges NKorea to end belligerence, vows to take ‘necessary steps’ to protect Americans
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Pentagon Report Says North Korea Likely Has Nuclear Warheads
Discussion: Business Insider and BizPac Review
Juana Summers / Politico:
Report: North Korea may have missile-capable nuclear weapons
Discussion: CNN
Pat Toomey:
Sen. Toomey Offers Full Text Of Public Safety And Second Amendment Rights Protection Act Online  —  Public Will Have Ample Opportunity To Review & Provide Input On Important Measure  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) tonight posted the bill text of The Public Safety …
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Facebook:
Congressman Jeff Duncan  · 8,245 like this  —  Let's not kid ourselves.  Expanded background checks and gun show requirements would have had NO effect on stopping Aurora, Sandy Hook or Tucson.  Nor would they have any effect on the violent gun-crime in Chicago.  —  Let's get tough on criminals.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
GOP Rep. Duncan likens gun registration to Rwandan genocide  —  Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) warned in a Facebook post on Thursday that a national gun registry would be similar to a database used by the ruling Hutu tribe in Rwanda in the 1990s to locate and slaughter members of an opposing tribe …
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Elizabeth Warren Tears Into Federal Regulators For Shielding Big Banks  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) embarrassed government regulators during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Thursday morning as she demanded to know why they won't reveal how frequently big banks illegally foreclosed on homeowners.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Connecticut Sen. pleads with Murdoch: Don't air ‘NRA 500’ race  —  Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy is pleading with Rupert Murdoch, the chairman and CEO of News Corporation, which owns the Fox Sports channel, not to air a National Rifle Association-sponsored NASCAR race scheduled for this weekend.
Discussion: CNN and Riehl World News
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Officials Aim For “Speedy” Response Following Missouri Hospital Arrest  —  After the arrest of gay patient's partner in Missouri's Research Medical Center, federal officials are “working to gather the facts and determine what steps to take in a speedy manner.”  —  Via: facebook.com
Discussion: Hullabaloo and AMERICAblog
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Federal Appeals Court Explains Why Rubber Fetuses And High Schools Don't Mix  —  An anti-abortion student group in Roswell, New Mexico thought it would be a good idea to pass out hundreds of small rubber replicas of fetuses to students at two high schools.  As it turns out, this was not such a good idea:
DealBook:
Never Mind Facebook; Winklevoss Twins Rule in Digital Money  —  The Winklevoss twins, Cameron and Tyler — Olympic rowers, nemeses of Mark Zuckerberg — are laying claim to a new title: bitcoin moguls.  —  The Winklevii, as they are known, have amassed since last summer what appears …
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Jane Fonda tells veterans boycotting her movie ‘The Butler’ to ‘get a life’  —  LOS ANGELES - When Jane Fonda was cast as former First Lady Nancy Reagan in Lee Daniels' forthcoming film “The Butler,” some Reagan fans were not pleased.  Now, with the biographical due to hit theaters in October …
Maxim Lott / Fox News:
US gives 4 more F-16 fighter jets to Egyptian government despite outcry  —  Four more F-16 fighter jets left the U.S. on Thursday headed for Egypt as part of a foreign aid package that has generated controversy given the political upheaval in the Mideast country.
Sebnem Arsu / New York Times:
Turkish Police Say U.S. Embassy Was Target of Bomb Plot  —  ISTANBUL — Turkish police said Thursday that they found evidence of a plot linked to Al Qaeda to bomb the United States Embassy in Ankara, a synagogue in Istanbul and other targets, during a raid on two houses in February, according to news reports.
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Atlas Shrugs
 
 
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Christopher Williams / Sun Journal:
State employees say LePage pressured them to deny jobless benefits
Nicholas Watt / Guardian:
Thatcher funeral's military pomp raises concerns at Buckingham Palace
Discussion: Telegraph and BBC
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Obama: ‘Prohibit’ Americans from Saving More Than $3M in Retirement Accounts
Wall Street Journal:
The President's Priorities  —  Debt in 2014 will hit 78.2% of the economy.
Paul A. Rahe / National Review:
Progressive Racism  —  One hundred years ago today …
Katherine Miller / Washington Free Beacon:
Army Chaplain Emil Kapaun Receives Medal of Honor
Discussion: Hot Air and Post Politics
Dominic Holden / Slog:
Gay Couple Makes Florist Choose Between Supporting Gay Rights or Getting Sued
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Nathaniel Popper / New York Times:
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David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner Disagrees With NRCC Chair's Criticism Of Obama Budget
Ben Geman / E2-Wire:
Inhofe on climate ‘hoax’: Don't forget Soros, MoveOn.org
Discussion: Politico and The Raw Story
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Steve Cohen deletes flirty tweet to Cyndi Lauper
Discussion: Yahoo! News
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

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The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
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