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8:55 AM ET, April 22, 2014

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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama taps veteran of Clinton investigations for chief counsel  —  President Obama on Monday said he has selected W. Neil Eggleston to become chief counsel, adding the expertise of a veteran attorney who was involved in some of the most heated legal battles of the Clinton administration.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
George W. Bush surprises on White House records
Discussion: Fox News
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
President Obama picks W. Neil Eggleston as new White House counsel
Discussion: CNN
CNN:
Biden to Ukraine: ‘You will not walk this road alone’  —  Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) — As the crisis in Ukraine shows no signs of easing, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden promised support for Ukraine and stressed that the United States won't recognize Russia's annexation of Crimea.
Discussion: Hot Air and New York Times
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Washington Post:
President Obama, disregarding his own red line, dithers on Ukraine  —  AFTER AN agreement to “de-escalate tensions and restore security” in Ukraine was announced Thursday, Secretary of State John F. Kerry was very explicit about U.S. expectations.  “We fully expect the Russians . .  …
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Times:
Photos Link Masked Men in East Ukraine to Russia
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Green groups push Earth Day agenda  —  Environmental groups are marking the 44th Earth Day on Tuesday with an assault on the Keystone XL pipeline, greenhouse gas emissions and other issues related to climate change.  —  Activists hope to use the day to press the case against Keystone …
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Darren Goode / Politico:
Horses, teepees arrive on Mall for Keystone protest  —  Horses, Daryl Hannah, sacred fires and Neil Young — these are some of the things you'll see on the National Mall starting Tuesday as part of the latest protest against the Keystone XL pipeline.  —  The “Reject and Protect” …
Andrew Johnson / National Review:
Dem Congressman on Obamacare: The Worst Is Yet to Come, It's ‘Going to Hit the Fan’  —  Massachusetts representative Stephen Lynch isn't just worried about the negative impact Obamacare will have on his party's performance this fall — he also thinks its worst effects on our health-care system are still to come.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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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.
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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Justice Department prepares for clemency requests from thousands of inmates
Discussion: Ordered Liberty
Erica Ritz / TheBlaze.com:
The Precious Gift Glenn Beck Regrets Giving Mitt Romney ‘to This Day’  —  Glenn Beck said Monday that he's never regretted giving anybody a gift as much as he regrets what he gave to former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney: an extremely rare, first-edition copy of George Washington's farewell address.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
One in Four in U.S. Are Solidly Skeptical of Global Warming  —  Nearly 40% are “Concerned Believers” in global warming, others are mixed  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Over the past decade, Americans have clustered into three broad groups on global warming.  The largest, currently describing 39% of U.S. adults …
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
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 …
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Sally Kohn / The Daily Beast:
The GOP's Limp ‘Emasculate Obama’ Ploy  —  Republicans can mock Obama for having a ‘manhood problem,’ but they're woefully out of touch with the new masculinity.  —  Out and about this weekend, I saw no less than three men who appeared to be heterosexual wearing little buns on the tops of their heads.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Nolan Feeney / TIME:
Boy Scouts of America Shuts Down Seattle Troop Over Gay Scoutmaster  —  A group that lobbies against discrimination in the scouting movement says Boy Scouts of America has revoked the charters of a Methodist church for refusing to remove scoutmaster Geoffrey McGrath after he came out as openly gay
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Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
Calif. moves to ban judges affiliated with Boy Scouts
Brooks Hays / UPI:
Majority of Americans doubt the Big Bang theory  —  According the National Science Foundation: “The public's level of factual knowledge about science has not changed much over the past two decades.”  —  In a new national poll on America's scientific acumen, more than half of respondents said they were …
Walter Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
Moving in with parents becomes more common for the middle-aged  —  The number of Californians 50 to 64 who live in their parents' homes has surged in recent years, reflecting the grim economic aftermath of the Great Recession.  —  At a time when the still sluggish economy has sent a flood …
Discussion: Hot Air
Sonia Saraiya / The A.V. Club:
Rape of Thrones  —  Why are the Game Of Thrones showrunners rewriting the books into misogyny?  —  Sunday night's episode of Game Of Thrones took an even darker turn than usual: Jaime Lannister, who has transitioned from one of the story's villains to one of its heroes …
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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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
There Goes the Sun  —  Like just about everyone who has looked at the numbers on renewable energy, solar power in particular, I was wowed by the progress.  Something really good is in reach.  —  And so, inevitably, the usual suspects are trying to kill it.  —  For the Kochs, it's partly a matter of financial interest.
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Louie Gohmert Wants Congress To Arrest Eric Holder  —  In an interview Friday on the Family Research Council's Washington Watch, Rep. Louie Gohmert said that Congress should considering passing a resolution directing the sergeant at arms to arrest Attorney General Eric Holder.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
 
 
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Gregory Korte / OnPolitics:
IRS revokes group's tax exemption over anti-Clinton statements
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Come Celebrate Bundy Fest 2014!
Discussion: The Daily Banter and The Raw Story
Gavin Littaur / Telegraph:
David Cameron fosters division by calling Britain a ‘Christian country’
Andrea Peyser / New York Post:
Dunst receives fury for feminine comments in Bazaar
Discussion: Althouse
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg View:
The Angry Republican Foreign-Policy Mess
Politico:
Napster billionaire's next mission: Conquer politics
Discussion: CNN and Talking Points Memo
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Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
Christie Campaign Has Spent At Least $314,000 in Legal Fees in Bridge Scandal
Discussion: Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
Jacob Siegel / The Daily Beast:
The U.S. Military Is a Socialist Paradise
Discussion: National Review and Yahoo! News
Alexander Burns / Politico:
New GOP polling firm to launch
Salon:
The right's new racial math: How its view of nonwhite voters got so demented
 

 
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