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8:05 AM ET, March 27, 2015

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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Pat Robertson: ‘Was the co-pilot a Muslim?  Why did he want to kill all those people?’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Christian televangelist Pat Robertson suggested on Thursday that the co-pilot's decision to crash Germanwings Flight 9525 could be explained if he was a Muslim.
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New York Times:
Reducing Risks After the Germanwings Crash  —  There is a lot we still don't know about the tragic crash of the Germanwings plane in France.  But what we do know suggests that airlines can take steps to reduce the risk of pilots deliberately or inadvertently crashing a plane.
Discussion: Forbes, Belmont Club, Guardian and Techdirt
Reuters:
German police search house of pilot who flew A320 into mountain
Discussion: LewRockwell
Fox News:
Mental state, not terror ties eyed in Germanwings co-pilot's deadly decision
Discussion: Pat Dollard
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Dem Senator Devised A Fantastic Response To Tom Cotton's Iran Letter  —  Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) would like to prevent Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) from sending any more letters to Iranian leaders about the nuclear deal, prompting her to file an amendment to block just that.
Discussion: Liberal Values
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The Huffington Post:
Senate Democrat Trolls Tom Cotton So Hard  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) delivered a pitch-perfect trolling lesson to the Senate on Wednesday, filing an amendment calling to defund “the purchase of stationary or electronic devices for the purpose of members of Congress …
IN.gov:
Governor Pence Issues Statement Regarding the Religious Freedom Restoration Act  —  Start Date:  —  Start Time:  —  End Date:  —  Entry Description  —  Indianapolis - Governor Mike Pence today issued the following statement after signing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (SEA 101) in a private ceremony.
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Scott Walker Shifts Stance on Immigration at Private Dinner  —  Likely GOP presidential candidate says he backs allowing undocumented immigrants becoming eligible for citizenship  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker told a private dinner of New Hampshire Republicans this month that he backed …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Bush and Walker start to sharpen their messages  —  It is no secret that I have found Jeb Bush's pronouncements on foreign policy fine but not as strong as other candidates'.  While the flap over James Baker was a relatively minor issue in the grand scheme of things, sometimes issues have symbolic value …
Manu Raju / Politico:
2016 brawl breaks out on Senate floor  —  Paul lashes Cruz, Rubio for ‘dangerous’ and ‘reckless’ positions on government spending.  —  The 2016 Republican nomination contest spilled onto the Senate floor Thursday, turning a marathon budget debate into a battle over which candidate is prepared to lead the country at a time of war.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
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Kathleen Miller / Bloomberg Business:
Potential 2016 Candidates Paul, Rubio Push Senate Colleagues to Boost Defense Spending
The Hill:
Rep. Gohmert weighing presidential bid  —  Conservative firebrand Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) told The Hill that he might run for president in 2016.  —  Gohmert indicated he might launch an exploratory committee for president when originally asked if he would support Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) White House bid.
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
The four faces of Cruz  —  At the risk of giving solace to the list of possible Republican candidates for the presidency, which seems larger than the starting offense for the Texas Longhorns, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) might have begun the implosion of his presidential candidacy the day after he announced it.
Discussion: Daily Kos, Pirate's Cove and US News
Reuters:
Rouhani speaks with French, British, Russian leaders as nuclear talks resume  —  (Reuters) - Iran's president spoke with the leaders of France, Britain, China and Russia on Thursday in an apparent effort to break an impasse holding up a nuclear deal between Tehran and major world powers.
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Associated Press:
AP EXCLUSIVE: IRAN MAY RUN CENTRIFUGES AT FORTIFIED SITE
Joan Walsh / Salon:
Scott Walker's interview debacle: How the movie “Trading Places” explains the Iran/Israel conflict!  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is widely viewed as botching his early opportunity as nominal frontrunner for the 2016 GOP nomination.  Even on the right, some former admirers …
The Hill:
House passes Boehner-Pelosi Medicare deal in resounding vote  —  The House on Thursday overwhelmingly voted to repeal automatic cuts to doctors under Medicare, endorsing a rare bipartisan deal that Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) negotiated with Democrats.  —  The bill, which passed by a vote of 392-37 …
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New York Times:
House Passes Bill Changing Medicare Fee Formula and Extending Children's Insurance
Discussion: Addicting Info and PoliticusUSA
Townhall.com:
Congress Should Protect the Fair Treatment for All Donations  —  Beginning in 2010, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) systematically targeted taxpayers based on their political beliefs.  Unaccountable, unelected bureaucrats at the IRS deliberately slowed and denied applications for tax-exempt status …
Michael Crowley / Politico:
Obama's Mideast ‘free fall’  —  Mounting chaos in the region puts the administration on the defensive.  —  Barack Obama faces a slew of Middle East crises that some call the worst in a generation, as new chaos from Yemen to Iraq — along with deteriorating U.S.-Israeli relations …
Jack Date / ABC News:
Secret Service Officials Reported Agents Did Not Appear Intoxicated, Documents Show … New documents obtained by ABC News reveal conflicting accounts by top Secret Service officials about whether two senior agents were drunk when they drove into the White House complex.
Discussion: Mediaite
Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Court blocks implementation of FMLA rule for same-sex couples  —  A federal court has blocked the implementation of an FMLA rule for same-sex couples.  —  A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Obama administration from implementing a new rule to ensure married same-sex couples have access …
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Advocate
Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed:
Congressman Resigning Over Scandal Drops Abraham Lincoln Reference In Farewell Speech  —  The perfect time for a Lincoln reference: your farewell speech after resigning from Congress amid a scandal over reimbursement of miles not traveled on a Chevy Tahoe.  —  vine.co
Jordan Schachtel / Reuters:
Administration Declassifies Top-Secret Doc That Reveals Israel's Nuclear Secrets  —  The Pentagon has declassified a document that was once labeled “top-secret,” which goes into sophisticated detail about Israel's nuclear weapons program.  The document was released quietly just prior …
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Arutz Sheva:
US Declassifies Document Revealing Israel's Nuclear Program
 
 
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Asbury Park Press:
Last Slide  —  STAFFORD - Gov. Chris Christie said Wednesday …
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Bill O'Reilly: ‘Journalism Standards Have Declined Dramatically’ (VIDEO)
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Kate Mather / Los Angeles Times:
California loosens Jessica's Law rules on where sex offenders can live
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The Huffington Post:
Kentucky's New Heroin Law Marks A ‘Culture Shift’
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Police settle lawsuit over tear gas use during Ferguson protests
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Jeb Bush: I don't read The New York Times
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KSU lecturer accused of assaulting Uber driver
New York Times:
U.S. Airstrikes on ISIS in Tikrit Prompt Boycott by Shiite Fighters
Lanny Davis / The Hill:
The scandal machine: Will we ever learn?