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8:45 PM ET, May 17, 2013

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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Congressional Hearings on I.R.S. Scandal Begin  —  WASHINGTON — The first Congressional hearing into the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for special scrutiny quickly turned into partisan jousting, with House Republicans pressing to expand the inquiry …
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Question that revealed IRS scandal was planted, chief admits  —  Steven Miller, the acting IRS commissioner, said Friday that last week's revelation that the IRS gave special scrutiny to Tea Party groups came from a planted question.  —  Lois Lerner, an IRS official with oversight of tax-exempt groups …
Discussion: Politico, CNN, The Week and Riehl World News
Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
IRS Official Lois Lerner Called Lawyer To Plant Targeting Question  —  The veteran tax lawyer whose pre-arranged question to an IRS official at a panel last week prompted the admission that the agency had targeted conservative groups said in a written statement on Friday that she did not know what the answer to the question would be.
Yahoo! News:
IRS asked anti-abortion group about content of public prayers  —  While applying with the Internal Revenue Service for tax-exempt status in 2009, an Iowa-based anti-abortion group was asked to provide information about its members' prayer meetings, documents sent by an IRS official to the organization reveal.
Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
There Was No Surge in IRS Tax-Exempt Applications in 2010  —  Fewer groups sought recognition as 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations that year than in 2009, according to the Treasury Department.  —  A number of people have sought to explain the IRS targeting of Tea Party, patriot …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
IRS: ‘Please Detail the Content of Your Members’ Prayers.'
Discussion: Yahoo! News and The PJ Tatler
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
“Conservative Hispanic Groups Targeted In IRS Scandal”
Discussion: Examiner and Fox News
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Sarah Palin  · 3,548,133 like this  —  Mr. President, when it rains it pours, but most Americans hold their own umbrellas.  Today in the Rose Garden you dismissed the idea of a Special Counsel to investigate the IRS scandal.  With that, your galling political hubris shined bright in the midst of today's dark clouds.
Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
Officials on Benghazi: “We made mistakes, but without malice”  —  Obama administration officials who were in key positions on Sept. 11, 2012 acknowledge that a range of mistakes were made the night of the attacks on the U.S. missions in Benghazi, and in messaging to Congress and the public in the aftermath.
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Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
GOP Sources Altered Benghazi E-Mails To Suggest A Cover-Up, Reporter Confirms
Alex Pareene / Salon:
Kinsley loves austerity because it is “spinach”  —  The liberal pundit supports a worthless international initiative  —  So the other day Paul Krugman had a long, very good piece in the New York Review of Books on the arguments and flawed research used to justify austerity measures …
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Michael Kinsley / New Republic:
LGBT PC  —  Being against marriage equality doesn't make you a monster
Discussion: Shakesville
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:   Did Michael Kinsley Invent the Concept of Same-Sex Marriage?
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Harry Reid eyeing July for the ‘nuclear option’  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is increasingly focused on the month of July as the time to exercise the so-called “nuclear option” and revisit filibuster reform, and he has privately told top advisers that he's all but certain to take action …
Toronto Star:
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal  —  A video that appears to show Toronto's mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade. … This photo shows Toronto Mayor Rob Ford with a man who, according to a source, is fatal gunshot victim Anthony Smith.
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Rachel Weiner / Post Politics:
Even Obama's umbrellas are a scandal now  —  Even President Obama's use of umbrellas has become a scandal in the eyes of some Republicans.  —  On Thursday, during a joint press conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, Obama signaled to two Marines and asked them to protect him and his guest from the rain.
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Reporter Turned White House Spokesman Enjoys the Hot Seat  —  WASHINGTON — For the better part of a decade, Jay Carney sat slumped in his tiny chair in the White House briefing room, parsing, challenging and at times pillorying the words of an array of press secretaries.
Discussion: The Huffington Post and msnbc.com
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
BREAKING: The Scandals are Falling Apart!  —  So says Ezra Klein, who may turn out to be one of the stupidest people ever to be given column inches in a printed medium of any variety.  —  After reading Klein's desperate attempt to map onto reality his own desires, written in the form …
Discussion: Paul Krugman and Wonkblog
Marketplace.org:
Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld  —  To view this content, Javascript must be enabled and Adobe Flash Player must be installed.  — Subscribe to podcast - Download audio - Embed player - Audio player assistance - Pop-Up  —  Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld published his memoir, “Known and Unknown” in 2011.
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Rep. Issa subpoenas Benghazi auditor Thomas Pickering  —  The lawmaker leading the charge to investigate the Benghazi terror attack on Friday subpoenaed the co-author of a report that slammed the State Department but didn't interview Hillary Clinton.  —  House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa …
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Syria Begins to Break Apart Under Pressure From War  —  CAIRO — The black flag of jihad flies over much of northern Syria.  In the center of the country, pro-government militias and Hezbollah fighters battle those who threaten their communities.  In the northeast, the Kurds have effectively carved out an autonomous zone.
Discussion: Democracy in America
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Under-Rehearsed Flash Mob  —  So a day after reports that it was stalemated, the House “Gang of Eight” working on immigration reform legislation announced an agreement today—or rather announced an agreement had been reached, since no details were released.  It seems, according to various sources …
New York Times:
New Jersey Hospital Is the Costliest in the Nation  —  BAYONNE, N.J. — The most expensive hospital in America is not set amid the swaying palm trees of Beverly Hills or the luxury townhouses of New York's Upper East Side.  —  It is in a faded blue-collar town 11 miles from Midtown Manhattan.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Radio Host Frequented By Gun Activists Calls For Shooting of Bush Family & Obama, Sexual Violence Against Hillary Clinton  —  Pete Santilli is the kind of person we normally wouldn't cover here - an unhinged Internet ranter who exists somewhere to the crazier side of Alex Jones.
Discussion: Mock, Paper, Scissors
New York Times:
Facing Possible Expulsion, Lopez Says He Will Resign  —  Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez, a Brooklyn Democrat who was facing possible expulsion from the Legislature for allegedly sexually harassing women employees, said Friday that he would resign from the Legislature and instead run for election to the New York City Council.
 
 
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Simpson's lawyer testifies in appeal case
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
FEC fines John Ensign's family $54,000
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Tsarnaev's lawyer loses photo bid
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Charles C. Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Homeland Security guidelines advise deference to pro-Shariah Muslim supremacists
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Obama: We can't get distracted
Discussion: Politico, Weasel Zippers and BuzzFeed
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
FLOTUS speaks to college graduates
Discussion: ThinkProgress and CNN
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
NRCC raises $5.1 million in April
Discussion: Post Politics and Roll Call
Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
Rewriting History: GOP Senator Pretends He Voted For Expanded Background Checks
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Idaho Statesman:
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Discussion: TalkLeft and The Raw Story
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Elizabeth Warren Slams ‘Dangerous’ Legislation That Would Weaken Wall Street Reform
Discussion: The Hill
Justin Green / david-frum:
Jimmy Carter Endorses SAM, Opposes Marijuana Legalization
Discussion: Politico, Hit & Run and The Daily Beast
Lanny J. Davis / The Hill:
White House counsel should resign if she knew about IRS abuses
Discussion: Hot Air
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Stevens: Rationale for Bush v. Gore was “unacceptable”
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