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Justice Department Spied on Fox News Reporter — “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,” the Washington Post reports.
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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.


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.
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The Raw Story, Hullabaloo, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Crooks and Liars and Little Green Footballs


Schieffer to Obama Advisor: 'Why Are You Here? Why Isn't the White House Chief of Staff Here?' — As NewsBusters reported two weeks ago, CBS's Bob Schieffer is fed up with the White House's talking points concerning what happened at our consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last September.
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Hot Air, The Other McCain and The Lonely Conservative
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ABC's Jonathan Karl to CNN: ‘I regret the email was quoted incorrectly’
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Balloon Juice

Pfeiffer on IRS Scandal: ‘Law Is Irrelevant’
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Scared Monkeys, The Daily Caller, Conservatives4Palin and Althouse


Dan Pfeiffer: IRS Behavior ‘Inexcusable’ Whether or Not Illegal
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Da Tech Guy On DaRadio Blog and The Lonely Conservative

Obama gets personal about race and manhood in Morehouse College speech — President Obama on Sunday summoned the graduates of historically black Morehouse College to “transform the way we think about manhood,” urging the young men to avoid the temptation to make excuses and to take responsibility …
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The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, The Lonely Conservative and The Answer Sheet
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Prepared text for President Obama's speech at Morehouse — Hello, Morehouse! Thank you Dr. Wilson, the Board of Trustees; Congressman Cedric Richmond and Sanford Bishop - both proud alumni of this school; Congressman Hank Johnson and the great John Lewis; Mayor Reed, and all the members of the Morehouse family.
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The Daily Caller and The Hinterland Gazette

Obama urges Morehouse grads to lead by ‘the power of your example’
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Politico


How Much Are Obama's Scandals Hurting Him? — Is Obama being hurt by the scandals that have engulfed his administration? That sounds like a silly question: of course the scandals have damaged his image, thrown his administration off message, weakened his ability to get anything through Congress.
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Rasmussen Reports
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Poll: Obama at 53 percent approval after week of controversies
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Outside the Beltway

Mitch McConnell Backs Away From GOP Claims Of A Benghazi Cover Up
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The Caucus and The Huffington Post


Anthrax drug brings $334 million to Pentagon advisor's biotech firm … REPORTING FROM WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security …
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Firedoglake and CBS DC

AP CEO calls records seizure ‘unconstitutional’ — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press' president and chief executive says the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records has already had a chilling effect on newsgathering, a week after the subpoenas were revealed publicly.
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The Gateway Pundit and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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AP chief: DOJ seizure an ‘unconstitutional act’
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Associated Press, The PJ Tatler and The Impolitic, more at Mediagazer »

Obama Denies Role in Government — WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—President Obama used his weekly radio address on Saturday to reassure the American people that he has “played no role whatsoever” in the U.S. government over the past four years. — “Right now, many of you are angry at the government …
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LewRockwell.com Blog, NewsBusters and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion


May 19: Mitch McConnell, Dan Pfeiffer, Dave Camp, Xavier Becerra, Peggy Noonan, Bob Woodward, Donald Rumsfled — Below: — MR. DAVID GREGORY: This Sunday, damage control by the White House on several fronts. How much harm will it do to the president's second term agenda?
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Crooks and Liars and Connecting.the.Dots

Islamic Jihad Urges Muslim Confrontation with Israeli Aggressions — TEHRAN (FNA)- Representative of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement to Tehran Nasser Abusharif strongly condemned the recent Israeli air raid on Syria, and called on all Islamic states to confront the Zionist regime's aggressive moves …
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Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch


Republicans use IRS scandal to tar Obamacare — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., linked the ongoing targeting scandal at the IRS with Obamacare in the weekly Republican address on Saturday, warning that the troubled agency has too much control over the rules and regulations governing the implementation of the law.
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The Raw Story