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1:20 PM ET, May 24, 2013

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Michael Isikoff / Open Channel:
Holder OK'd search warrant for Fox News reporter's private emails, official says  —  Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on a controversial search warrant that identified Fox News reporter James Rosen as a “possible co-conspirator” in violations of the Espionage Act and authorized seizure …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Roger Ailes: Obama administration efforts to intimidate Fox will fail  —  Fox News CEO Roger Ailes condemned the Department of Justice's actions against his company as intimidation in a Thursday memo to his employees.  —  Ailes said the efforts would not succeed, and compared the Obama administration's actions to the McCarthy era.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Fox News:
Roger Ailes' letter to Fox employees  —  The recent news about the FBI's seizure of the phone and email records of Fox News employees, including James Rosen, calls into question whether the federal government is meeting its constitutional obligation to preserve and protect a free press in the United States.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
There's a fly in my soup
Discussion: Althouse and NetRight Daily
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Gabriel Gomez calls Ed Markey ‘pond scum’  —  Massachusetts GOP Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez called his opponent, longtime Rep. Ed Markey, “pond scum” during an interview with an NPR reporter on Thursday.  —  “I don't think there's anything more offensive,” Gomez said …
Discussion: The Plum Line and Daily Kos
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:   Billionaire's super PAC on offense in Bay State
KOMO News:
Cars, people sent tumbling into Skagit River as I-5 bridge collapses  —  By KOMO Staff & news services Published: May 23, 2013 at 7:39 PM PDT Last Updated: May 23, 2013 at 11:20 PM PDT  —  MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River collapsed Thursday evening …
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CNN:
Bridge collapses in Washington state
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Obama debates Obama  —  A heckler briefly interrupted President Barack Obama while he was arguing with himself on Thursday.  —  Days after Obama told reporters he makes “no apologies” about surveillance of Associated Press reporters, the president summoned his inner Constitutional law professor …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and CNN
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New York Times:
The End of the Perpetual War
Jonathan Cohn / New Republic:
California Will Be Spared the Obamacare Apocalypse  —  No sticker shock here—just affordable insurance premiums  —  Predictions of an Obamacare apocalypse seem a little less credible today, thanks to California.  —  On Thursday, officials in that state offered the first detailed glimpse …
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Tom Whitehead / Telegraph:
Woolwich attack: Suspect Michael ‘Mujahid’ Adebolajo led away in handcuffs at fanatic's trial
New York Times:
Huma Abedin Is an Unexpected Driving Force in Weiner's Comeback  —  When Chelsea Clinton wanted to make a low-key visit to the hurricane-stricken Rockaways last fall, she arranged to take a trip with her close friend Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Wesley Pruden / Washington Times:
Bubba, the weenie and a New York minute
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Strassel: Conservatives Became Targets in 2008  —  The Obama campaign played a big role in a liberal onslaught that far pre-dated Citizens United.  —  The White House insists President Obama is “outraged” by the “inappropriate” targeting and harassment of conservative groups.
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
No Wonder Republican Criticism of Obama Isn't Working  —  They're attacking the president where he's least vulnerable at a time when they have minimal credibility.  —  Henny Youngman, the late borscht belt comedian, told hundreds of politically incorrect jokes.  One of them was his response when asked, “How's your wife?”
Discussion: The Plum Line and Washington Wire
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Poll: Two-thirds say economy in bad shape  —  The survey, by CNN and ORC, found that 67 percent of Americans rate the nation's economic conditions as poor.  But that's down from the 74 percent who said the same at the end of last year.  And while just 33 percent say the economy is doing well, that's up from 26 percent in December.
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CNN:
Poll: How do you rate the economy?
Discussion: Pat Dollard
Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
Fewer Americans Identify as Economic Conservatives in 2013  —  Thirty percent say they are liberal on social issues, a new high  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Forty-one percent of Americans now characterize their economic views as “conservative,” or “very conservative,” the lowest since President …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Business Insider
Quin Hillyer / American Spectator:
Laying Down My Pen  —  When an opportunity comes to do something good, one must grab it.  —  At 2 p.m. central time Thursday afternoon in Mobile, word spread that U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner, a six-term Republican from a dark red district, would announce that he is resigning mid-term (Aug. 15) …
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Budget Cuts Get Personal; Those Who Are Hurt, Holler  —  The federal budget sequester may be dampening a rise in economic optimism: Nearly four in 10 Americans now say sequestration has hurt them personally, up substantially since it began in March - and they're far less sanguine than others about the economy's prospects overall.
Daily Mail:
Scores of TGI Fridays in New Jersey ‘busted for selling caramel-colored rubbing alcohol as top-shelf scotch’ in statewide crackdown dubbed Operation Swill  —  At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch.  In another, premium liquor bottles …
Discussion: Riehl World News and Joe. My. God.
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Obama warns sexual assaults threaten to weaken military  —  President Obama used his commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy on Friday to argue sexual assaults in the ranks are threatening the military's strength.  —  Obama said assaults “threaten the trust and discipline that makes our military strong.”
Discussion: Politico
Dan Lothian / CNN:
President Obama forgets to salute  —  Washington (CNN) - President Obama, seemingly preoccupied, forgot one piece of protocol as he boarded Marine One on his way to Annapolis Friday.  —  Obama walked past the Marine at the bottom of the helicopter's stairs and didn't give the traditional salute.
Discussion: Politico and Weasel Zippers
Chris Trenkmann / WFTS:
Paula Broadwell says she's sorry  —  Former mistress of David Petraeus speaks out  —  CHARLOTTE, NC - The woman at the center of a scandal that helped bring down the director of the CIA said she is sorry about what happened.  Paula Broadwell told TV station WSOC in Charlotte that she regrets …
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Bloomberg gun group launches $350K ad buy against Pryor  —  A pro-gun control group backed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) is launching an ad slamming Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) for voting against bipartisan background check legislation, a move that could complicate his path to reelection.
Discussion: CNN
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Paul Tudor Jones: In macro trading, babies are a ‘killer’ to a woman's focus  —  Paul Tudor Jones, the hedge fund billionaire, told an audience of University of Virginia students, alumni and others that it is difficult for mothers to be successful traders because connecting with a child is a focus “killer.”
BBC:
High court: Sally Bercow's Lord McAlpine tweet was libel  —  The High Court has ruled that a tweet by Sally Bercow about Lord McAlpine was libellous.  —  A subsequent hearing will determine the damages she now owes him.  —  Mrs Bercow, the wife of Commons Speaker John Bercow …
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Governor Finally Remembers He Has One Latino On His Staff  —  Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) remembered the one Latino in his administration on Thursday, one day after ThinkProgress highlighted an exchange in which he said “we do not have any staff members” who are Latino.
Asianews.it:
Afghan university students protest against women's rights  —  During yesterday's protest in Kabul, protesters called for the repeal of a decree that defines domestic violence as a crime, bans child and forced marriages and says that rape victims cannot be prosecuted for adultery.
Office Of The Governor:
[Press Release] Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Decision by the Boy Scouts of America  —  Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Decision by the Boy Scouts of America  —  The Boys Scouts of America has been built upon the values of faith and family for more than 100 years and today's decision …
Discussion: Guardian
 
 
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Timothybella / CBS DC:
McCain Accuses Tea Party Colleagues Of Pushing Dems Too Far
Orlando Sentinel:
New evidence in George Zimmerman case: Trayvon texted about being a fighter, smoking marijuana
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
A mission on climate change
Craig Robinson / The Iowa Republican:
Grassley Chief of Staff David Young Set to Enter US Senate Race
Discussion: Roll Call, Ballot Box and Post Politics
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Christie: 'I'll be here to welcome' Obama during visit next week
Discussion: Politico
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Sky News:
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Discussion: Pat Dollard
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Three big federal agencies to close Friday
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Poll: Hillary Clinton tops in Iowa for 2016
Chris Richards / Washington Post:
White House press secretary Jay Carney discusses favorite band, Guided by Voices
Discussion: NewsBusters and National Review
Washington Post:
E.W. Jackson a wild card in Va. GOP campaign
Discussion: NewsBusters blogs
Associated Press:
New York sheriffs voice opposition to strict gun law, seek to join lawsuit
The Irish Times:
Sweden riots spread to south of capital
Allan Hall / Daily Mail:
How JFK secretly ADMIRED Hitler: Explosive book reveals former President's praise for the Nazis …