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3:55 PM 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?
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
NBC hired ‘psychological consultant’ for David Gregory  —  NBC News last year hired a “psychological consultant” to interview David Gregory's friends and family, part of an effort to get greater insight into the Meet The Press host's personality, according to a new report.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
George W. Bush surprises on White House records  —  President George W. Bush, whose White House was legendary for its secrecy, seems to have turned over a new leaf in his post-presidency.  —  A previously undisclosed directive Bush signed almost two years after leaving office could result …
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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 …
Discussion: National Review and RedState
Julian Zelizer / CNN:   How Obama can avoid lame-duck blues
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Attkisson: Some CBS Bosses Seemed ‘Personally Defensive’ of the Obama Administration  —  Former CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson has been making the media rounds, discussing her departure from the network she called home for more than two decades.  She appeared on CNN's Reliable Sources …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
How To Make Yourself Sound Nuts 101  —  Sharyl Attkisson is the former CBS News reporter who left the network over what she claimed was liberal bias.  After her computer was allegedly hacked by someone in late 2012 (seemingly confirmed by a network investigation) she hinted …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Court: release legal memo on drone killing  —  A federal appeals court has ordered the U.S. government to release a redacted copy of a Justice Department memo discussing the legal basis for using deadly drone strikes to kill an American citizen overseas.  —  Ruling on Freedom …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Mohammed Jamjoom / CNN:
Source: ‘Massive’ attack targets al Qaeda in Yemen
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Panel Orders Release of Memo in Targeted Killing of Awlaki
Discussion: Lawfare and The Verge
Robert Shrum / The Daily Beast:
Why the GOP Needs a Return to the Bush Leagues  —  Does anyone really believe Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, or Chris Christie can contend against Hillary Clinton?  At least Jeb, the establishment's establishmentarian, would put up a fight.  —  The GOP may have to return to the Bush leagues.  —  Here's why.
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Jeb Bush's Rush to Make Money May Be Hurdle
Andrew Cohen / The Week:
Aereo at the Supreme Court: No matter what, broadcasters lose  —  An industry born of innovation faces a serious challenge from a new innovator  —  T  —  he United States Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that threatens the television industry as we have known it for generations.
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David Carr / New York Times:
Aereo Case Will Shape TV's Future
Salon:
The right's new racial math: How its view of nonwhite voters got so demented  —  The news is so depressing for conservatives these days.  All the demographic trends are moving against them.With every election showing a large majority of single women, young people and people of color voting for the Democrats …
Yahoo! News:
Obama plans clemency for hundreds of drug offenders  —  DUBLIN, Calif—Scrawled on the inside of Barbara Scrivner's left arm is a primitive prison tattoo that says “Time Flies.”  —  If only that were the case.  —  For Scrivner, time has crawled, it's dawdled, and on bad days, it's felt like it's stood completely still.
Kelly Whiteside / USA Today:
American Meb Keflezighi wins Boston Marathon  —  BOSTON - In one of the most memorable victories in Boston Marathon history, Meb Keflezighi became the first American man since 1983 to wear the laurel wreath.  With the backdrop of so much tragedy, in front of many of those gravely wounded …
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Cause for Concern  —  Health-care costs are rising—and the experts aren't sure why  —  Last week's news about Obamacare enrollment was great.  But health care policy wonks have something else on their mind now: the cost of health care.  It's starting to rise more quickly than before.
Jacob Siegel / The Daily Beast:
The U.S. Military Is a Socialist Paradise  —  It may come as an unwelcome surprise to conservatives, but America's military has one of the only working models of collective living and social welfare the country has ever known.  —  Every day before dawn, brave men and women of different races …
Discussion: National Review and Yahoo! News
Alexander Burns / Politico:
New GOP polling firm to launch  —  A small group of top Washington Republicans is teaming up to launch a new polling firm, Vox Populi Polling, that will churn out volumes of survey data ahead of the 2014 midterm elections.  —  The firm plans to produce both public and private polling …
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 …
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Reuters:
Pipeline delay gives boost to Obama's political base
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Hot Air
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Rick Perry's extreme makeover  —  It's impossible to exorcise the memories of 2012.  But Rick Perry is going all out to present a new and improved version of himself — the swaggering big-state governor of old, with a dash of seasoned wise man thrown in.  —  In the early months of 2014 …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Outside the Beltway
Clive Crook / Bloomberg View:
The Most Important Book Ever Is All Wrong  —  It's hard to think of another book on economics published in the past several decades that's been praised as lavishly as Thomas Piketty's “Capital in the Twenty-First Century.”  The adulation tells you something, though not mainly about the book's qualities.
Sarah Fruchtnicht / Opposing Views:
Man Shoots 3-Year-Old Girl In Texas Road Rage Attack (Video)  —  A Texas man shot a 3-year-old girl while she was sitting in her car seat during a road rage incident in East Houston Saturday night.  —  The girl's parents saw a car ahead of them on Allen Genoa Road driving erratically …
 
 
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justice Stevens's Solution for ‘Giant Step in Wrong Direction’
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Cardinal defending Hobby Lobby tells female reporter: Women can get birth control at 7-11
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
Calif. moves to ban judges affiliated with Boy Scouts
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Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Obama Handles Russia Like Republicans: Overpromise, Under-Deliver, and Write Off
Michael J. Totten / Michael J. Totten's blog:
Vladimir Putin's Next Move
Kathianne Boniello / New York Post:
Can landlords ban tenants from opening gay bars?
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Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
Obama admin wants to require companies to give workers' numbers, addresses to unions before labor elections
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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
DCCC outraises NRCC for first quarter of 2014
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Kevin Begos / Associated Press:
Fracking foes cringe as unions back drilling boom
Will Stewart / Daily Mail:
Six-month pregnant journalist taken to hospital for treatment after pro-Kremlin political leader …
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Examiner Editorial: Barack Obama and the politics of lies
 

 
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