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12:50 PM ET, May 26, 2013

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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Dole: ‘I doubt’ I could make it in today's GOP  —  Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole says he doesn't believe he could make it in the modern Republican Party.  —  “I doubt it,” he said in an interview aired on “Fox News Sunday” when asked if his generation of Republican leaders could make it in today's GOP.
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Bob Dole Scolds GOP: Reagan Wouldn't Make It In Today's Republican Party  —  Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-KS) told Fox News Sunday this week that the Senate Republicans are abusing the filibuster and that he doubts he, Richard Nixon, or Ronald Reagan could make it in today's Republican Party.
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Bob Dole: GOP, Senate both in trouble
Discussion: Politico
James Hohmann / Politico:
Franken gets last laugh  —  Republicans promised to make funnyman Al Franken a one-term senator, but look who's laughing now.  —  The Minnesota Democrat looked to be a top GOP pickoff target next year after his agonizing seven-month recount and legal battle put him in the Senate in 2009 by a mere 312 votes.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
New York Times:
Sweeping Leak Inquiries Reveal How Wide a Net U.S. Has Cast  —  WASHINGTON — Even before the F.B.I. conducted 550 interviews of officials and seized the phone records of Associated Press reporters in a leak investigation connected to a 2012 article about a Yemen bomb plot …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Can 44 Subtract 43 From the Equation?  —  DALLAS — DO we dare to hope that the Bush administration is finally at an end?  —  After four years of bending the Constitution, the constitutional law professor now in the White House is trying to unloose the Gordian knot of W.'s martial and moral overreaches after 9/11.
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
In North Carolina, unimpeded GOP drives state hard to the right  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — Backed by throngs of chanting supporters, dozens of liberal demonstrators are subjecting themselves to arrest each Monday at the state legislature here to protest a flurry of bills that could transform North Carolina …
Dominic Evans / Reuters:
Rockets hit south Beirut after Hezbollah vows Syria victory  —  (Reuters) - Two rockets hit a Shi'ite Muslim district of Beirut on Sunday, driving home the risk of spillover from Syria's civil war, after the head of Lebanese Shi'ite militant Hezbollah said it would keep fighting on the Syrian government's side until victory.
Discussion: americanthinker.com
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Anne Barnard / New York Times:
Hezbollah Commits to an All-Out Fight to Save Assad
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
California Faces a New Quandary, Too Much Money  —  LOS ANGELES — After years of grueling battles over state budget deficits and spending cuts, California has a new challenge on its hand: too much money.  An unexpected surplus is fueling an argument over how the state should respond to its turn of good fortune.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Obamacare's Other Surprise  —  LISTENING to the debate about President Obama's health care plan, some critics argue that Obamacare is going to need Obamacare — because it's going to be a “train wreck.”  Obama officials insist they're wrong.  We'll just have to wait and see whether the Affordable Care Act …
Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
GOP Congressman ‘Offended’ By Moral Questions Obama Addressed In Counterterror Speech  —  The House Homeland Security Committee chairman said on Sunday that he was “offended” that President Obama considered moral questions about U.S. counterterrorism policy in his major speech on national security last week.
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
MSNBC Host Compares Gitmo Inmates to American Slaves  —  On MSNBC, host Melissa Harris-Perry compared Gitmo terrorist inmates to American slaves:  —  “This is the time to reaffirm our Americanness,” said Harris-Perry.  “I also appreciate that the hunger strikers are not trying to die.
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Rand Paul: IRS scandal threatens Obama's ‘moral authority to lead’  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday said the IRS scandal is threatening President Obama's ability to lead the country.  —  Paul, appearing on ABC's “This Week,” said that the IRS and other recent controversies …
Discussion: Politico
Daily Mail:
Eleven people across UK arrested for making ‘racist or anti-religious’ comments on Facebook and Twitter about British soldier's death  — Benjamin Flatters, 22, appeared in court today charged with making ‘malicious comments’ on the social networking site  — Faith Matters …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Hagel Calls Sex Assaults in Military a ‘Scourge’
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Keith Laing / The Hill:
Okla. Gov. Fallin fears ‘red tape’ will slow tornado recovery
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Andrew Cain / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Amid turmoil, J. Warner worries about GOP's ‘competitive strength’
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New York Times:
‘A’ Is for Avoidance  —  Even before last week's Senate hearing …
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Allysia Finley / Wall Street Journal:
A Farmers' Rebellion Lifts the California GOP
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