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6:00 PM ET, May 9, 2014

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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems reject GOP offer on Benghazi  —  House Democratic leaders on Friday rejected a Republican proposal designed to entice the minority party into participating in a special investigation of the deadly 2012 attack on U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, Libya.  —  Although the GOP bill creating …
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New York Times:
Center Ring at the Republican Circus  —  The hottest competition in Washington this week is among House Republicans vying for a seat on the Benghazi kangaroo court, also known as the Select House Committee to Inflate a Tragedy Into a Scandal.  Half the House has asked to “serve” on the committee …
Politico:
Benghazi panel already faces partisan tension  —  The House select committee investigating the deadly attacks in Benghazi will begin shortly and the only lingering question is whether Democrats will participate.  —  The lead up to the panel's work has already devolved into a back and forth …
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Faces Big Dilemma As Its Obamacare War Fizzles: What Next?
Discussion: US News and New York Times
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Four Pinocchios for Obama's claim that Republicans have ‘filibustered about 500 pieces of legislation’  —  “Here's what's more disconcerting.  Their [Republicans] willingness to say no to everything — the fact that since 2007, they have filibustered about 500 pieces of legislation that would help …
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Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Obamacare Myth-Making  —  Five phony success stories.
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
¿Quién es el mentiroso más grande?
Discussion: Weekly Standard
James Oliphant / NationalJournal.com:
Progressive Bloggers Are Doing the White House's Job  —  This administration enjoys an advantage afforded no other: a partisan media that has its back, minute-by-minute.  —  Off the record: The Obama administration has a complicated relationship with traditional media.  (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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Alexander C. Kaufman / The Huffington Post:
Robert Reich Trashes White House ‘Numbskull’ For Walmart Event
Discussion: Power Line and Mediaite
Charles Krauthammer / National Review:
Republicans Move on Benghazi
Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Rahm Emanuel to help ‘Ready for Hillary’
Discussion: CNN and ABC News
RADAR:
Donald Sterling's Pathetic Racism Excuse Revealed In Second Secret Recording: I Was Just ‘Jealous’ & ‘Trying To Have Sex With’ V. Stiviano!  LISTEN To His Crude Comments About His Penis Size  —  Yesterday, Donald Sterling's reaction to his racism scandal was heard for the first time …
Amnesty International USA:
Nigerian Authorities Failed to Act on Warnings About Boko Haram Raid on School  —  Contact: Gabe Cahn, gabe@westendstrategy.com, 202.776.7700, c: 202.412.1678, @AIUSAmedia  —  (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Damning testimonies gathered by Amnesty International reveal that Nigerian security forces failed …
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Louie Gohmert Compares Gay Rights Advocates To Nazis In House Floor Speech (VIDEO)  —  You know who else called people “haters”?  —  Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) does, so he took to the House floor on Friday afternoon to offer a Third Reich comparison that was bizarre even for Third Reich comparisons.
ThinkProgress:
Iowa's Republican Secretary of State Just Proved That Voter ID Laws Are Unnecessary  —  Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz (R)  —  CREDIT: AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File  —  Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz (R), one of the nation's most enthusiastic voter suppressors …
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David Pitt / Associated Press:   Report on Iowa voter fraud investigation released
Matt Purple / American Spectator:
Sequester Death Toll: One Job  —  At the core of the dysfunction in Washington is this dilemma: Government must approve spending cuts, yet government has no interest in approving spending cuts.  Federal employees are quite content with their lifestyles—46 percent more in retirement benefits …
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Erika Johnsen / Hot Air:
The total number of federal jobs lost to sequestration? That would be... one.
Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Mitt Romney: Raise the minimum wage  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Thursday morning said he supports an increase in the minimum wage, breaking with many Republicans who have stood against it.  —  “I, for instance, as you know, part company with many of the conservatives in my party on the issue of the minimum wage.
Byron Tau / Politico:
John Mica, fake joint roll into pot hearing  —  Call it a joint committee hearing.  —  Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) brought a rolled marijuana cigarette to a House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee hearing Friday.  —  Mica was quick to add that it was not a real joint …
Discussion: Washington Post and Althouse
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep. Waves Joint At Hearing, Says Staff Rolled It (VIDEO)
Discussion: Firedoglake and Mediaite
George Knapp / 8 News NOW:
FBI investigating Bundy supporters in BLM dispute  —  LAS VEGAS — A dramatic development in the saga surrounding rancher Cliven Bundy, the FBI has entered the case.  —  The 8 News NOW I-Team has learned that FBI agents have started an investigation into the events surrounding a potentially deadly showdown one month ago.
Discussion: The Raw Story and Fox News
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:   Report: FBI Questioning Local Law Enforcement About Bundy Militia
Lisa Respers France / CNN:
Benham brothers lose HGTV show after ‘anti-gay’ remarks  —  Tune in to “New Day” during the 6 a.m. hour to hear from David and Jason Benham.  —  (CNN) — Twin brothers David and Jason Benham have lost their opportunity to host their own HGTV show.  —  The brothers ran afoul of the network …
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Deadline.com:
Brothers Yanked By HGTV Respond: “If Our Faith Costs Us A TV Show Then So Be It”
Discussion: Liberaland and Mediaite
Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal:
FAA: U.S. Airliner Nearly Collided With Drone in March  —  Incident Appears to be First Case of a Big U.S. Airliner Nearly Colliding With an Airborne Drone  —  A U.S. airliner nearly collided with a drone over Florida earlier this year, a federal official said, a near miss that highlights risks posed …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Verge
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Now That's Rich  —  Institutional Investor's latest “rich list” in its Alpha magazine, its survey of the 25 highest-paid hedge fund managers, is out — and it turns out that these guys make a lot of money.  Surprise!  —  Yet before we dismiss the report as nothing new …
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Meet Trey Gowdy, GOP Benghazi Attack Dog  —  Since House Speaker John Boehner announced the creation of a select committee to investigate the Benghazi affair, Republicans have been saying it will be a serious investigation, while Democrats have been saying it will be a partisan circus.
 
 
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Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
AJC Poll: Carter in tight race with Deal, Nunn leading GOP Senate contenders
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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Rand Paul quotes Captain Kirk: GOP to ‘boldly go’
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Al Franken Is Super Serious
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Hachette Says Amazon Is Delaying Delivery of Some Books
Lee Smith / Weekly Standard:
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Syrian Rebel Wants a New Ally: Israel
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Murray Weiss / DNAinfo.com New York:
FBI Bars Congressman Michael Grimm From its Offices
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Gawker and Daily Kos
Yahoo! News:
So George W. Bush isn't a monster, after all
The New Republic:
It May Already Be Too Late to Confirm a Replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Althouse