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11:15 AM ET, May 31, 2013

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Eric Holder to media: I get it  —  Attorney General Eric Holder expressed concern on Thursday about how the Department of Justice has handled recent media investigations at an off-the-record meeting with leading representatives of the press, according to those who were present.
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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Attorney General Holder says he'll protect journalists' rights  —  Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. pledged Thursday to take concrete steps to address concerns that the Justice Department has overreached in its leak investigations and said officials would seek procedural and possibly legislative changes …
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Holder seeks to make amends with media
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
MSNBC Contributor Michael Eric Dyson: Eric Holder ‘Is The Moses Of Our Time’
Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
Holder Pledges Shifts on Media
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
New Rules May Rein In Prosecutors in Leak Investigations
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
IRS may have targeted conservatives more broadly  —  Susan Martinek, right, and Mary Cherion pray as they walk the block around the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Planned Parenthood, on Wednesday, May 29, 2013.  Martinek is the president and Cherion serves on the board of Coalition for Life of Iowa …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
From the Mouths of Babes  —  Like many observers, I usually read reports about political goings-on with a sort of weary cynicism.  Every once in a while, however, politicians do something so wrong, substantively and morally, that cynicism just won't cut it; it's time to get really angry instead.
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Daily Kos
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Dana Bash / CNN:
First on CNN: House investigators questioning IRS Cincinnati workers
Erick Erickson / RedState:
The Truth May Hurt, But Is Not Mean  —  Many feminist and emo lefties have their panties in a wad over my statements in the past 24 hours about families.  I said, in a statement reflecting the view of three quarters of those surveyed in a Pew Research Center poll, that more women being the primary …
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Fox's Erick Erickson: It's ‘Anti-Science’ To Not Believe Men Should ‘Dominate’ Women
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
G.O.P. Sizes Up Obama as Midterm Target  —  WASHINGTON — His name won't be on any ballot in 2014.  Or ever again, for that matter.  —  But plenty of Republicans are still eager to wage a midterm campaign against President Obama, convinced that the spate of recent troubles dogging …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll: Hillary Clinton's favorability rating dives amid Benghazi probe  —  Hillary Clinton's favorability rating dropped significantly in a Quinnipiac University poll released Friday, as the months-long investigation into the terrorist attacks in Benghazi have begun to drag on the former secretary of State.
Perry Stein / Talking Points Memo:
Rifle March On D.C. Cancelled  —  Gun-rights activist Adam Kokesh, who had planned to get thousands of protestors to march from Virginia into the D.C. on the Fourth of July with loaded rifles on their backs, has just cancelled the rally, he said earlier this week on “The Pete Santilli Show.”  —  The.
Ben White / Politico:
Rising economy shifts 2014 landscape  —  The 2014 midterm election is shaping up as something the United States has not seen in nearly a decade: a campaign run in a strengthening economy with deficits on the decline.  —  No one is popping champagne corks yet, and risks remain.
Discussion: msnbc.com
Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Romney Planning to Rejoin National Dialogue  —  Months After Election Loss, He Will Host Event in Utah for 200 Friends and Campaign Supporters  —  More than half a year after his election loss, Mitt Romney is putting a tentative foot back onto the public stage.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
UNREAL... Illegal Immigrant Mother of Seven Given Food Stamps, Meds, Housing, and Social Security - For 20 Years (Video)  —  It's Cloward-Piven on steroids.  —  Illegal immigrant and mother of seven, Marita Nelson, receives $240 in food stamps, monthly medications, $700 in Social Security and a housing allowance.
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Oppose U.S. Military Involvement in Syria  —  Publlic does not expect diplomatic efforts to succeed in ending civil war  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Sixty-eight percent of Americans say the United States should not use military action in Syria to attempt to end the civil war there if diplomatic …
Reuters:
Record unemployment, low inflation underline Europe's pain  —  (Reuters) - Unemployment has reached a new high in the euro zone and inflation remains well below the European Central Bank's target, stepping up pressure on EU leaders and the ECB for action to revive the bloc's sickly economy.
Fabienne Hurst / Spiegel Online:
WWII Drug: The German Granddaddy of Crystal Meth  —  Crystal meth is notorious for being highly addictive and ravaging countless communities.  But few know that the drug can be traced back to Nazi Germany, where it first became popular as a way to keep pilots and soldiers alert in battle during World War II.
Discussion: The Week and Hit & Run
Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Student-Loan Props  —  The President picks a phony fight over negligible differences.  —  President Obama's 2014 budget calls on Congress to prevent a doubling of interest rates on student loans and make the rates “more market-based.”  Last week House Republicans and four Democrats voted …
Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
George W. Bush Bikes With Injured Vets, Reflects On White House Decisions, Life After The Presidency  —  CRAWFORD, Texas — George W. Bush had been riding his mountain bike for almost four hours, and he was out of gas.  —  I was 12 riders behind the former president as we cycled, single file …
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
McCain: ‘Regrettable’ if photo was taken with Syrian rebel kidnappers  —  A spokesman for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Thursday that it would be “regrettable” if the lawmaker had posed for a photograph with Syrian rebels involved in kidnapping Lebanese Shiite pilgrims.
Ylan Q. Mui / Washington Post:
Americans have rebuilt less than half of wealth lost to the recession, study says  —  American households have rebuilt less than half of the wealth lost during the recession, leaving them without the spending power to fuel a robust economic recovery, according to a new analysis from the Federal Reserve.
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Gateway Pundit
Fox News:
ObamaCare to trigger health insurance cancellation notices  —  WASHINGTON - New health insurance rules under ObamaCare could lead to a host of personal insurance plans being canceled as early as this fall, a scenario expected to cause consumer confusion.  —  Under the federal overhaul …
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Affordable Care Act Increases Insurance Choices
 
 
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Stephanie Ebbert / Boston Globe:
Republican Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez again ducks question on Blunt Amendment
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CNN:
Dem. Pryor: No one tells me what to do
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Erin Smith / Boston Herald:
Activist upset RCC's new chairman is white, but on campus it's a non-issue
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Gary D. Robertson / hosted2.ap.org:
APNewsBreak: Tillis says he'll run for US Senate
Stephen Moore / Wall Street Journal:
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Toronto Star:
Rob Ford crack video scandal: Anthony Smith's killing was ‘street level stuff,’ sources say
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Washington Post:
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Detroit Free Press:
Flint woman, 33, killed by Syrian government forces, family says
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Irene / Judicial Watch:
DOJ: Social Media Posts Trashing Muslims May Violate Civil Rights
Keith Koffler / White House Dossier:
Michelle Hobnobs with the Fashion Elite
Emily Yahr / Washington Post:
Amazon greenlights Trudeau political satire ‘Alpha House’ into full TV series
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Bloomberg:
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