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8:40 PM ET, May 15, 2013

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CNN:
Source: Two ‘rogue’ workers principally behind IRS targeting of conservatives  —  Washington (CNN) - The Internal Revenue Service has identified two “rogue” employees in the agency's Cincinnati office as being principally responsible for “overly aggressive” handling of requests by conservative groups …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Obama, the uninterested president  —  President Passerby needs urgently to become a participant in his presidency.  —  Late Monday came the breathtaking news of a full-frontal assault on the First Amendment by his administration: word that the Justice Department had gone …
Talking Points Memo:
Obama Administration Sacks IRS Chief After Targeting Scandal  —  President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that Treasury Secretary Jack Lew requested and accepted the resignation of the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Steven Miller, following the agency's admission …
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Acting Chief of I.R.S. Forced Out Over Tea Party Targeting  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama announced Wednesday night that the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service had been fired, and he pledged that his administration would cooperate with Congressional investigations into the targeting of conservative groups.
CBS News:
Acting IRS commissioner steps down, Obama announces
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Talking Points Memo:
Holder To Issa: Your Conduct Is ‘Unacceptable’ And ‘Shameful’ (VIDEO)  —  At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, Eric Holder and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) clashed as the Attorney General tore into the Republican oversight chairman's conduct as “unacceptable” and “shameful.”
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
White House Pushes for Media Shield Law  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration sought on Wednesday to revive legislation that would provide greater protections to reporters from penalties for refusing to identify confidential sources, and that would enable journalists to ask a federal judge …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Louie Gohmert Gets Heated With Eric Holder: “He Has Challenged My Character”  —  Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert got into a heated discussion with Eric Holder today over a bunch issues, most notably the FBI's interview with deceased Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011.
CNN:
Holder criticizes longtime foe Issa at committee hearing
Discussion: The Reaction
New York Times:
Spying on The Associated Press
Politico:
Holder undergoes bipartisan grilling
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Republicans go on the offensive in seizure of journalists' records
Discussion: CNN
Jake Tapper / The Lead with Jake Tapper:
First on CNN: White House releases 100 pages of Benghazi e-mails  —  This story has been updated.  —  The White House released more than 100 pages of e-mails on Wednesday in a bid to quell critics who say President Barack Obama and his aides played politics with national security following …
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Wall Street Journal:
White House Releases Benghazi Emails
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
CNN:   Former W.H. spox sets scene for talking points changes
New York Times:   E-Mails Show Jostling Over Talking Points on Libya Attack
Yahoo! News:
Conservative group says IRS approved nonprofit status after applying with ‘liberal-sounding name’  —  In May 2011, Drew Ryun, a conservative activist and former Republican National Committee staffer, began filling out the Internal Revenue Service application to achieve nonprofit status for a new conservative watchdog group.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Hot Air and NewsBusters
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Bloomberg:
IRS Sent Same Letter to Democrats That Fed Tea Party Row
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Reports: IRS Spared Liberal Groups as Tea Party Languished, More Conservative Orgs Targeted Than First Thought
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
IRS approved liberal groups while Tea Party in limbo
Thomas More Society:
Broadening IRS Victims Include Pro-Life Advocates, As Congress Investigates  —  Thomas More Society Cases Demonstrate Conservative Bias Only “Tip of Iceberg”  —  Contact: Tom Ciesielka, 312-422-1333, tc@tcpr.net  —  The Thomas More Society is speaking out about blatant bias by the supposedly apolitical tax-collection agency.
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Top Romney Strategist: Hillary Clinton Will Lose A Democratic Primary  —  “If I was a Democratic hot-shot politician, I would primary her so fast,” says Stu Stevens.  Hickenlooper 2016?  —  Via: AP  —  WASHINGTON — The top advisor to last year's Republican nominee predicted Wednesday …
Discussion: Shakesville
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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Reid: No ‘Precipitous’ Nuclear Option, But Consumer Watchdog Will Get Vote Next Week  —  If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to change the Senate filibuster rules — either broadly, or more narrowly to fast track presidential nominees — he'll need a strong case.
CNN:
Obama announces IRS leader's ouster  —  President Barack Obama vowed Wednesday to hold accountable those at the IRS involved in the targeting of conservative groups applying for federal tax-exempt status, beginning with the resignation of the agency's acting commissioner.  FULL STORY |
Tom Philpott / Mother Jones:
Mysterious Poop Foam Causes Explosions on Hog Farms  —  When you hear about foam in the context of food, you might think of molecular gastronomy, the culinary innovations of the Spanish chef Ferran Adrià, who's famous for dishes like apple caviar with banana foam.
Pete Kasperowicz / Ballot Box:
Sanford thanks ‘god of second chances’ at House swearing-in ceremony  —  Newly-elected Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) was officially sworn into office Wednesday evening, and thanked the “god of second chances” for his re-election to Congress.  —  “I stand here before each one of you more appreciative …
Discussion: Reuters and CNN
Lindsay A. Powers / Washington Post:
Takoma Park grants 16-year-olds right to vote  —  When Takoma Park's next Election Day arrives in November, the lines of voters ready to cast their ballots for the City Council will include a new set of voters making history.  —  During its Monday meeting, the Takoma Park City Council passed …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Chris Matthews sours on Obama  —  President Obama “obviously likes giving speeches more than he does running the executive branch,” Chris Matthews said tonight.  —  Yes, you read that right: The MSNBC host who in 2008 felt a “thrill going up my leg” after hearing Obama speak has grown disenchanted.
 
 
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Susan Davis / USA Today:
CBO drops 2013 deficit estimate to $642 billion
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Darrell Issa sets IRS hearing for next Wednesday
Discussion: National Review
Josie Ensor / Telegraph:
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The Seven Questions That Got The IRS In Trouble
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