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12:15 PM ET, May 20, 2013

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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Counsel Told of IRS Audit Findings Weeks Ago  —  The White House's chief lawyer learned weeks ago that an audit of the Internal Revenue Service likely would show that agency employees inappropriately targeted conservative groups, a senior White House official said Sunday.
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Jeffrey Lord / American Spectator:
Obama and the IRS: The Smoking Gun?  —  “For me, it's about collaboration.”  — National Treasury Employees Union President Colleen Kelley on the relationship between the anti-Tea Party IRS union and the Obama White House  —  Is President Obama directly implicated in the IRS scandal?
US News:
White House Visitor Log  —  Lobbyists, constituents, and journalists are often seen roaming the halls of Congress, but who has access to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?  The answer is a little clearer with the publication of White House visitor access records.  To date, the Obama administration …
New York Times:
I.R.S. Inquiry Status Told to White House in April  —  WASHINGTON — The chief White House lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, learned last month that a Treasury inspector general had concluded an audit of the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups, weeks before the matter became public …
Discussion: Politico, First Read and msnbc.com
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Report: Top Obama lawyer told of IRS targeting in April
Chris Wallace / Fox News:
‘Hell week’ for the White House? Reaction from Dan Pfeiffer and Rep. Paul Ryan
Discussion: Yahoo! News
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
A rare peek into a Justice Department leak probe  —  When the Justice Department began investigating possible leaks of classified information about North Korea in 2009, investigators did more than obtain telephone records of a working journalist suspected of receiving the secret material.
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Peter Hart / FAIR:
A Right-Wing Mole at ABC News  —  Jonathan Karl and the success of the conservative media movement  —  Conservatives don't just complain loudly, endlessly and inaccurately about liberal media bias.  They also train right-leaning journalists to make their way into the supposedly hostile terrain of Beltway media.
Yahoo! News:
Obama administration spied on Fox News reporter James Rosen: Report
Discussion: Firedoglake and CANNONFIRE
Lori Ziganto / Twitchy:   Chilling report: Obama's DOJ spied on Fox News' James Rosen; Criminalizes reporting
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Virginia GOP Nominee For Attorney General Would Force Women To Report Their Miscarriages To Police
Discussion: Associated Press
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
A bushel of Pinocchios for IRS's Lois Lerner  —  In the days since the Internal Revenue Service first disclosed that it had targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, new information has emerged from both the Treasury Inspector General's report and congressional testimony Friday …
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Matt Mullenweg:
On Yahoo-Tumblr  —  It now looks pretty certain that Yahoo has pulled off a deal to buy Tumblr for 1.1B.  The relationship between WordPress and Tumblr has always been pretty friendly: Tumblr's own blog used to be on WP, WordPress.com supports Tumblr as a Publicize option alongside Twitter and Facebook …
David / Tumblr Staff:
News!  —  Everyone, I'm elated to tell you that Tumblr will be joining Yahoo.  —  Before touching on how awesome this is, let me try to allay any concerns: We're not turning purple.  Our headquarters isn't moving.  Our team isn't changing.  Our roadmap isn't changing.
Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
Four key Hillary Clinton staffers from 2008 unlikely to sign on for 2016 bid  —  Howard Wolfson, the 2008 communications director for Hillary Rodham Clinton, has said he will not return for a 2016 presidential campaign.  Neither, for that matter, will Neera Tanden, the campaign's policy director.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Columbia University Tries To Alter Scholarship Fund For Students ‘Of The Caucasian Race’  —  Columbia University asked a Manhattan judge to allow them to change the requirements of a scholarship fund which limits recipients to members “of the Caucasian race.”
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul Push For Hemp Legalization In Senate Fight  —  WASHINGTON — Kentucky's two senators, Republicans Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell, have been working to include a provision that would legalize industrial hemp into the farm bill, according to Senate and Kentucky sources …
Salon:
Paul Krugman's right: Austerity kills  —  Austerity kills — radical cuts destroy economies and lives, and the honest numbers and economics keep proving it  —  Excerpted from “The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills”  —  “I will never forgive them,” wrote 13-year-old Kieran McArdle to the Daily Record …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 
 
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Jodi Rudoren / New York Times:
Fresh Israeli Face Plays Down Dimming of Political Star
Discussion: Israpundit and The Times of Israel
CNN:
CNN Poll: Controversies hurting Obama? Has GOP overreacted?
Shahien Nasiripour / The Huffington Post:
Kirsten Gillibrand Aims To Jumpstart Student Loan Refinancings With New Bill
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Congressmembers Work To Prevent Anti-Choice ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’ From Misleading Women
Discussion: Associated Press
John Fund / National Review:
Three Signs There's a Cover-Up
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Union for immigration enforcement officers to oppose Senate bill
Free exchange:
Der Elefant im Raum
Discussion: Paul Krugman and Brad DeLong
 Earlier Items: 
Fox News:
Two IRS Offices Targeted Hawaii GOP Leader At Same Time
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
IRS scandal a reminder of how I learned about The Chicago Way
New York Times:
Chinese Hackers Resume Attacks on U.S. Targets
Discussion: BBC and The Verge
David Willman / Los Angeles Times:
Anthrax drug brings $334 million to Pentagon advisor's biotech firm
Discussion: CBS DC and Firedoglake
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
How Much Are Obama's Scandals Hurting Him?
Discussion: Rasmussen Reports and CANNONFIRE
Meghan E. Irons / The Boston Globe:
Harvard students erupt at scholar's claim in thesis
Andy Borowitz / Borowitz Report:
Obama Denies Role in Government
 

 
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