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5:55 PM ET, June 3, 2013

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Herb Jackson / NorthJersey.com:
US Sen. Frank Lautenberg dies at 89  —  Frank R. Lautenberg, who rose from a poor Paterson boyhood to become a multimillionaire businessman and New Jersey's longest-serving U.S.senator, died Monday at 89 of viral pneumonia, his office said.  —  The oldest member of the Senate …
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Adam Clymer / New York Times:
Frank R. Lautenberg, 5-Term Senator From New Jersey, Dies at 89  —  Frank R. Lautenberg, who fought the alcohol and tobacco industries and promoted Amtrak as a five-term United States senator from New Jersey, died on Monday morning in Manhattan.  He was 89.  —  The cause was complications of viral pneumonia, his office said.
Yahoo! News:
Sen. Lautenberg dies, Christie expected to name successor  —  Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., died overnight of complications from viral pneumonia, his office said Monday.  —  At 89, Lautenberg was the oldest senator—and the last World War II veteran serving in that legislative body.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Lautenberg's Death Adds to Democrats' Legislative Difficulties
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Frank Lautenberg's Senate Seat To Be Filled By Special Election This Year
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Sen. Lautenberg dead at 89; Christie to appoint replacement
Discussion: ViralRead
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Sen. Frank Lautenberg dies at 89
Tal Kopan / Politico:
David Plouffe rips Darrell Issa ‘loose ethically’  —  Former White House senior adviser David Plouffe took to Twitter to question Rep. Darrell Issa's ethics after the California Republican trashed press secretary Jay Carney.  —  “Strong words from Mr Grand Theft Auto and suspected arsonist/insurance swindler.
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Sabrina Siddiqui / The Huffington Post:
Lindsey Graham: ‘No Evidence’ White House Directed IRS To Target Conservatives  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Monday became the latest Republican to reject Darrell Issa's comments that White House press secretary Jay Carney is a “paid liar” in relation to the IRS controversy.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Sen. Cruz accuses DOJ of targeting reporters critical of the White House
Discussion: CNN
Jake Tapper / CNN:
IRS controversy turns personal, nasty
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Carney seeks to cool fight with Rep. Issa
Walter Shapiro / Yahoo! News:
The fierce urgency of $$$: Obama aides cash in
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Graham: ‘No evidence’ IRS targeting directed from White House
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
On the Brink of a Feud With Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly Backed Down  —  A new book claims he did so on orders from Roger Ailes.  Are conservative critiques of talk radio suppressed?  —  Almost no one remembers Bill O'Reilly's searing attack on Rush Limbaugh-style talk radio hosts in 2008.
Wall Street Journal:
A $4.6 Trillion Opportunity  —  Immigration reform will improve Social Security's finances.  —  The Senate immigration bill has ignited a debate over the fiscal costs of reform, with some conservatives claiming costs far exceed the benefits.  We think that's wrong, and one place to look …
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
Devoted to Politics, MSNBC Slips on Breaking News  —  At MSNBC they view it as rooting against death and destruction: the last thing the channel wants is more months like the last two, filled with terror bombings, tornadoes and plant accidents.  —  It's not all altruism.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Manufacturing Drops-Unexpectedly!  —  From Bloomberg: … Glenn Reynolds initiated the “Unexpectedly!” theme several years ago; since then there have been countless news stories about the U.S. economy's “unexpected” failures to perform.  Observers generally offer micro-explanations based on trends of the moment.
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
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Shobhana Chandra / Bloomberg:
Surprise Manufacturing Downturn Holds Back U.S. Growth: Economy
Discussion: Wake up America
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / New York Post:
Scandalpalooza  —  Is Team O trying to tire us out?  —  The Obama Scandalpalooza continues.  It's gotten so bad that some pundits have even suggested that they're bringing everything out at once to induce “scandal fatigue” and make it all fade away.  Well, maybe — there's certainly a lot:
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Althouse
Eliana Johnson / National Review:
EPA Honors Fake Employee  —  Richard Windsor may be the most famous Environmental Protection Agency employee.  Oddly, he does not exist.  “Windsor” is the e-mail alias that Lisa Jackson, former head of the EPA and now an environmental adviser to Apple, used to correspond with environmental activists …
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Report Warns Of Party's Apocalypse With Young Voters  —  The Republican Party's troubles with young voters are well known.  But a new internal report virtually elevates the threat level to apocalyptic, declaring that the GOP needs a “fundamental re-thinking” of its approach in order to remain viable with the younger generation.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Biden cancels annual summer beach party  —  Vice President Joe Biden will not be throwing his annual beach party for journalists this summer, POLITICO has learned.  —  Since 2010, Vice President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden have invited top journalists to their home at the Naval Observatory …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Former RNC chairman Steele mulls Maryland gubernatorial bid  —  Former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele is considering running for governor in his home state of Maryland.  —  “We're looking at it,” Steele told MSNBC's Chuck Todd on Monday.  “You're going take a look at the numbers.
Andy Kessler / Wall Street Journal:
Professors Are About to Get an Online Education  —  Georgia Tech's new Internet master's degree in computer science is the future.  —  Anyone who cares about America's shortage of computer-science experts should cheer the recent news out of Georgia Tech.  The Atlanta university …
Jonathan Cohn / New Republic:
Anatomy of a Bogus Obamacare Argument  —  If you want to know why we can't have an honest debate about Obamacare, all you have to do is pay attention to some recent news from California—and the way a highly distorted version of it, by one irresponsible writer, has rippled through the conservative press.
Sam Baker / The Hill:
Supreme Court allows police to obtain DNA samples without warrant  —  Police can take DNA samples from those under arrest the same as they take fingerprints and photographs, the Supreme Court said in a 5-4 decision on Monday.  —  The ruling defied the court's traditional ideological divisions.
Discussion: Reuters and The Impolitic
Stuart Stevens / The Daily Beast:
Al Sharpton's Long Bill of Goods, From Tawana Brawley to Primetime  —  As a ‘Times’ documentary revives one of the many ugly incidents from the reverend's past, it's time NBC accounted for its decision to rehabilitate and promote him, writes Stuart Stevens.  —  The Tawana Brawley case …
 
 
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