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2:15 PM ET, May 18, 2013

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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Obama puts Marines on umbrella duty, irking conservatives  —  Slogging through a drizzly Rose Garden news conference Thursday with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President Obama took a break to ask for some rain protection.  —  “I am going to go ahead and ask folks …
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New York Times:
White House Sharpens Focus on Path Forward After Troubles  —  BALTIMORE — President Obama, struggling to find his footing after one of his most turbulent weeks in office, will try to push past the moment's political furor with a focus on the few pieces of legislation he believes have a chance …
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Sarah Palin · 3,548,133 like this
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Twitchy
Andres Jauregui / The Huffington Post:
Anastasia Adair, Colorado Woman, Dies After Assault Rifle Accidentally Discharges  —  A Denver-area woman died Tuesday night after an assault rifle she was handling accidentally fired and shot her in the head.  —  Witnesses told ABC Denver affiliate KMGH that Anastasia Adair, 22 …
Ian Austen / New York Times:
Mountain of Petroleum Coke From Oil Sands Rises in Detroit  —  WINDSOR, Ontario — Assumption Park gives residents of this city lovely views of the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit skyline.  Lately they've been treated to another sight: a three-story pile of petroleum coke covering …
Discussion: Gawker and Prairie Weather
Jack Shafer:
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration  —  Journalists gasp and growl whenever prosecutors issue lawful subpoenas ordering them to divulge their confidential sources or to turn over potential evidence, such as notes, video outtakes or other records.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Los Angeles Times
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Bobby Jindal: IRS officials deserve prison time  —  Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will use a Saturday speech to Virginia Republicans to suggest the IRS officials who targeted conservative political organizations for scrutiny be sent to prison.  —  “You cannot take the freedom of law-abiding Americans …
Discussion: CNN
Michael Stephens / Dallas Voice:
Judge says lesbian mom's partner must go  —  Collin County's John Roach Jr. enforces ‘morality clause’ in divorce papers saying woman can't have roommate unless they're married  —  ANNA WAUGH |  News Editor  —  MCKINNEY — Page Price and Carolyn Compton have been together for almost three years …
Washington Post:
At Cincinnati IRS office, surprise over claims of partisan villainy  —  CINCINNATI — The fog of scandal hangs over a boxy, modernist, 10-story building that looks like a monument to paperwork.  Shrubs and chain smokers flank its front entrance here on Main Street, in the heart of downtown.
The Boston Globe:
Markey's aides bridle after Gomez calls him invisible  —  As campaign pace quickens, GOP Senate hopeful asks: Where's Markey?  —  Gabriel E. Gomez autographed a sign for Jerry Isaac, a Quincy Republican, in Quincy on Thursday.  Representative Edward J. Markey joined the House Homeland Security Committee …
AllThingsD:
Yahoo Board to Meet Sunday to Consider $1.1 Billion, All-Cash Deal to Acquire Tumblr  —  According to sources close to the situation, the Yahoo board plans to meet Sunday night to decide whether to approve a $1.1 billion all-cash offer for New York-based blogging site Tumblr.
BBC:
France gay marriage: Hollande signs bill into law  —  France's president has signed into law a controversial bill making the country the eighth in Europe, and 14th globally, to legalise gay marriage.  —  On Friday, the Constitutional Council rejected a challenge by the right-wing opposition …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
New Audit Allegations Show Flawed Statistical Thinking  —  The Internal Revenue Service is under fire for inappropriately targeting conservative groups that sought tax-exempt status.  As I wrote earlier this week, the revelation has the potential to motivate conservative turnout in the 2014 elections …
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.
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Question that revealed IRS scandal was planted, chief admits
Portuguese American Journal:
LGBT: Portuguese parliament approves right to adoption - Portugal  —  Portuguese parliament has approved Friday a bill that will allow same-sex married couples to adopt their partner's bilological or adopted children.  The bill was approved with 99 votes in favor, 94 votes against, and 9 abstentions.
Discussion: Advocate and Outside the Beltway
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Portugal Expands Marriage Equality To Include Same-Sex Adoption
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
 
 
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BBC:
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Aaron Rupar / The Blotter:
MNGOP Rep. Gruenhagen on climate change: “It's just a complete United Nations fraud” [VIDEO]
Discussion: Firedoglake, Bluestem Prairie and Salon
Brett Barrouquere / Associated Press:
Court: Law applying crack sentences retroactive
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Raw Story
James Kirkup / Telegraph:
PM's ally: our party activists are ‘loons’
Discussion: Mirror.co.uk, Spectator and BBC
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas' Stringent 12-Week Abortion Ban From Taking Effect
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Simpson's lawyer testifies in appeal case
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Radio Host Frequented By Gun Activists Calls For Shooting of Bush Family & Obama, Sexual Violence …
Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Syria Begins to Break Apart Under Pressure From War
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Under-Rehearsed Flash Mob
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