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8:50 AM ET, April 21, 2014

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
As ‘Meet the Press’ struggles in the ratings, plenty of questions for host David Gregory  —  If “Meet the Press” moderator David Gregory were a guest on his own show, he knows the kinds of questions he'd be asked.  —  Why have your ratings been falling?  Is the show in trouble?  Is your job in trouble?
Associated Press:
Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter dies at 76  —  TORONTO — Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the boxer whose wrongful murder conviction became an international symbol of racial injustice, died Sunday at 76.  —  John Artis, a longtime friend and caregiver, told The Canadian Press that Carter died in his sleep Sunday.
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CNN:
Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter, boxer wrongly convicted of murder, dies
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Hit & Run
Selwyn Raab / New York Times:
Rubin (Hurricane) Carter, Boxer Whose Murder Convictions Were Overturned, Dies at 76
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Still hope for Democrats in 2014  —  Is there anyway Democrats can win the 17 seats they need to capture the House majority this November?  —  In one word: Yes.  —  Democrats picked up 8 seats two years ago despite widespread predictions of losses.  They lost 12 seats in 2012 by less …
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John Fund / National Review:
The Increasing Desperation of Democrats  —  Harry Reid isn't backing down from his claim that rancher Cliven Bundy's supporters are “domestic terrorists.”  —  It's astonishing rhetoric given the White House's characterization of the mass shooting by a genuine terrorist, Major Nidal Hasan …
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Epic Hypocrisy of Tom Steyer  —  Billionaire hedge fund operator and “green” energy magnate Tom Steyer has pledged $100 million in the 2014 election cycle to help Democratic candidates who oppose the Keystone pipeline and who favor “green” energy over fossil fuels.
Jaime Fuller / Washington Post:
With Keystone XL's delay, another controversial issue hits pause before the midterms  —  The State Department announced last week that it was extending the Keystone XL pipeline's five-year stay in purgatory — this time, indefinitely.  A departmental review scheduled to end in May has been pushed …
Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg and Scared Monkeys
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
DWS: Politics not part of Keystone
Discussion: Hot Air, Scared Monkeys and Mediaite
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Democrats seek to reshape midterm electorate along lines of a presidential year
Discussion: Power Line
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Taking On Adam Smith (and Karl Marx)  —  PARIS — Thomas Piketty turned 18 in 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell, so he was spared the tortured, decades-long French intellectual debate about the virtues and vices of communism.  Even more telling, he remembers, was a trip he took with a close friend …
Discussion: Bloomberg View
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Marx Rises Again
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Roberts Challenges Ralph Reed on Same-Sex Adoption: You'd Rather Leave Kids in Orphanages?  —  A comment by Reverend Franklin Graham, in which he alleged gay parents are “recruiting” when they adopt children and that Russian President Vladimir Putin was right to prohibit same-sex adoption …
Discussion: Joe. My. God. and Back2Stonewall
ThinkProgress:
New York Times' David Brooks Says Obama Has ‘A Manhood Problem In The Middle East’  —  New York Times columnist David Brooks on Sunday claimed that President Obama's foreign policy isn't “tough” and that he has a “manhood problem” in the Middle East.  —  Pivoting off Sen. Bob Corker's …
Washington Examiner:
Examiner Editorial: Barack Obama and the politics of lies  —  EDITORIAL BARACK OBAMA OBAMACARE FOX NEWS IRS BENGHAZI  —  That was quite a victory dance President Obama did Thursday while claiming Obamacare is “working” because eight million people have now supposedly signed up for the health care program.
Discussion: Conservatives4Palin
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
O-Care enrollment still growing in several states  —  Enrollment in ObamaCare's new health insurance exchanges is likely to grow past eight million, as some states are still letting people sign up for insurance beyond this year's official enrollment deadline.
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Michelle Nunn Walks A Tightrope On Obamacare In Georgia Senate Race  —  In an election cycle that Republicans appear persistent in making about Obamacare, Michelle Nunn is in an interesting spot in the Georgia Senate race.  The daughter of popular former Sen. Sam Nunn, she's never held political office …
Discussion: VodkaPundit
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Ukraine threatens to undermine Obama's delayed Asia ‘pivot’  —  President Obama is traveling to Asia this week under the cloud of the Ukraine crisis, which threatens to put Asian allies on edge about U.S. security commitments and create yet another distraction from the administration's much-delayed “pivot” to the region.
 
 
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Kerry Lester / Daily Journal:
Illinois GOP committee members who sought to oust Brady for backing gay marriage are replaced
Discussion: Advocate
Reuters:
Ukraine rabbi calls anti-Semitic leaflet a political hoax
Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Mediaite and Israel Matzav
Tom Phillips / Telegraph:
China on course to become 'world's most Christian nation' within 15 years
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Weekly Standard
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Warren repeats she's ‘not running for president’
Discussion: CBS News and Outside the Beltway
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