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2:39 AM ET, May 14, 2013

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Mark Sherman / bigstory.ap.org:
GOVT OBTAINS WIDE AP PHONE RECORDS IN PROBE  —  You are here  —  Home » Government and politics » Govt obtains wide AP phone records in probe  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press …
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Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
Justice Dept. secretly seized AP reporters' phone records  —  Federal prosecutors secretly obtained two months of telephone records of Associated Press journalists, the news agency revealed on Monday, calling it a “massive and unprecedented intrusion.”  —  AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt called …
Discussion: Politico and The Volokh Conspiracy
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Journalists fume over DOJ raid on AP  —  Journalists on Monday called the news the Justice Department seized records from phone lines assigned to Associated Press offices and its reporters over a two month period “chilling” and a “dragnet to intimidate the media.”
Discussion: Twitchy
CNN:
Justice subpoenaed AP phone records, news service says
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Israpundit
Justin SInk / The Hill:
White House: ‘No knowledge’ of AP phone record seizure
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
The Panopticon President
ProPublica:
IRS Office That Targeted Tea Party Also Disclosed Confidential Docs From Conservative Groups  —  The same IRS office that deliberately targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status in the run-up to the 2012 election released nine pending confidential applications of conservative groups to ProPublica late last year.
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Washington Post:
IRS officials in Washington were involved in targeting of conservative groups  —  Internal Revenue Service officials in Washington and at least two other offices were involved in the targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, making clear that the effort reached well beyond …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
President Obama waited 3 days to address the IRS scandal.  Why?  —  On Monday, President Obama called the singling out of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service “outrageous”, adding: “I have no patience with it.  I will not tolerate it.”  —  Obama's strong condemnation …
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:   Uneven I.R.S. Scrutiny Seen in Political Spending by Big Tax-Exempt Groups
Stephen Ohlemacher / bigstory.ap.org:
IRS: TOP OFFICIAL FIRST TOLD OF TARGETING IN 2012
Daily Mail:
Revealed: The 55 questions the IRS asked one tea party group after more than two years of waiting …
Discussion: Rule of Law and The Gateway Pundit
Yahoo! News:
House panel to formally question IRS commissioner Friday
Discussion: Hot Air and Scared Monkeys
CNN:
‘Outrageous,’ Obama says  —  Washington (CNN) — With a …
Jim Williams / Public Policy Polling:
Americans so over hipsters  —  Just 16% of Americans have a favorable opinion of hipsters, a new PPP poll on the much-discussed subculture shows.  42% have an unfavorable opinion of hipsters, and 43% aren't sure.  Democrats (18% favorable, 34% unfav) are twice as likely as Republicans (9% fav, 48% unfav) to have a favorable opinion.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Voters trust Clinton over GOP on Benghazi  —  PPP's newest national poll finds that Republicans aren't getting much traction with their focus on Benghazi over the last week.  Voters trust Hillary Clinton over Congressional Republicans on the issue of Benghazi by a 49/39 margin …
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Why Clinton didn't talk Benghazi on Sunday shows  —  So far, the only high-ranking member of Obama administration to suffer politically from Benghazi is Susan Rice, who withdrew from consideration for Secretary of State late last year after blowback for reciting errant talking points on the Sunday shows after the attacks.
Jill Lawrence / NationalJournal.com:
Will the Benghazi and IRS Probes Do More Damage to Obama or the GOP?
Lindsey Boerma / CBS News:
Rove group slams Clinton on Benghazi in first 2016 attack ad
Discussion: The Agonist
Sarah Hoye / CNN:
Doctor found guilty of first-degree murder in Philadelphia abortion case  —  Philadelphia (CNN) — A jury Monday found a Philadelphia abortion provider guilty of three counts of first-degree murder.  —  Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, was accused of killing babies by using scissors to cut their spinal cords.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Issa: Obama Covered Up Benghazi Terrorism By Calling It An ‘Act Of Terror’  —  House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) responded to President Obama's forceful condemnation of the GOP's effort to portray his administration's response to the attacks on the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi …
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Jared A. Favole / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Stands By Benghazi Response
Discussion: Washington Wire and Real Science
Bernie Woodall / Reuters:
Saudi man arrested in Detroit after statement on pressure cooker  —  (Reuters) - A Saudi Arabian man was arrested in Detroit and charged with making a false statement about why he brought a pressure cooker with him on a flight from Amsterdam, according to a criminal complaint filed on Monday.
Discussion: Riehl World News and Hullabaloo
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Detroit Free Press:
Saudi traveler with pressure cooker arrested at Detroit Metro Airport
Discussion: The Raw Story
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
White House counsel told of IRS review in April  —  The White House counsel's office was informed in April of an inspector general's review of the Internal Revenue Service, press secretary Jay Carney said Monday.  —  Carney told reporters that the counsel's office was told of the examination …
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Benghazi Investigation Does Not Reignite Broad Public Interest  —  Reactions Split Along Partisan Lines  —  OVERVIEW  —  The public paid limited attention to last week's congressional hearings on Benghazi.  Fewer than half (44%) of Americans say they are following the hearings very or fairly closely …
Discussion: Guardian and Post Politics
Michelle Cottle / The Daily Beast:
Squishes, Step Aside: Ted Cruz and Chris Christie's Old-School Manliness  —  As the GOP becomes increasingly a guy's party, the Texas senator and Jersey governor are bringing the unapologetic swagger, writes Michelle Cottle.  —  Two Republican heavy hitters are bringing manly back to their machismo-starved party.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
GOP Rep. Stockman: ‘Democrats worship abortion’  —  Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Tex.) lashed out at Democrats over the issue of abortion on Monday just minutes after a jury returned a guilty verdict in the high-profile case of an abortion doctor accused of multiple homicides.
Discussion: The Week
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CNN:
Both sides in abortion debate highlight Gosnell verdict
Discussion: Politico
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
A talk with Jason Richwine: ‘I do not apologize for any of my work’ … “It seemed like that day lasted forever,” says Jason Richwine of last Wednesday, when he found himself in the middle of a media firestorm over his writings about Hispanic immigrants and intelligence.  “I knew that this probably would not end well.”
 
 
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