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10:15 AM ET, April 1, 2015

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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
The Left wages total war; and then plays victim  —  On one side is the CEO of the world's largest company, the president of the United States and a growing chunk of the Fortune 500.  On the other side is a solo wedding photographer in New Mexico, a 70-year-old grandma florist in Washington and a few bakers.
Discussion: alicublog and The Anchoress
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Alyssa Marino / ABC57 News:
RFRA: First Michiana business to publicly deny same-sex service  —  A small-town pizza shop is saying they agree with Governor Pence and the signing of the controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act.  —  The O'Connor family, who owns Memories Pizza, says they have a right to believe in their religion and protect those ideals.
Politico:
Indiana law backs GOP hopefuls into a corner  —  Mike Pence just lobbed a grenade into the Republican presidential field.  —  The Indiana governor's religious freedom law has ignited yet another controversial culture war debate that has Republican contenders juggling awkward questions about issues they would just as soon not touch.
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Obama's Latest Numbers … NOTABLES  —  A FLATTENED APPROVAL RATING IS SOFTENED BY SOME UNDERLYING GAINS for Barack Obama in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll — with no sign of tailwinds for the Republicans in Congress.  After a 9-point jump in overall approval in January …
Discussion: Associated Press and abc7news.com
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Arkansas lawmakers approve religious liberty bill despite firestorm over Indiana law
New York Times:
Defying Criticism, Arkansas Legislature Passes Bill on Religious Freedom
Dana Liebelson / The Huffington Post:
Arkansas Legislature Copies Indiana, Passes Controversial Religious Freedom Bill
Danielle Kloap / Arkansas Online:
HB1228 passes House, heads to governor
Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
The Capitulationist  —  The Obama administration refuses to negotiate openly, lest the extent of its diplomatic surrender to Iran be prematurely and fatally exposed.  —  For a sense of the magnitude of the capitulation represented by Barack Obama's Iran diplomacy, it's worth recalling …
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Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
Dick Cheney: No Good Can Come From Iran Nuclear Talks  —  WOODLAND PARK, N.J.—Former Vice President Dick Cheney attacked the Obama administration over its effort to seek an agreement with Iran over its nuclear program, and said that the next president needs to repair the U.S.'s relationships with Europe and the Middle East.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Frédéric Helbert / Le fil info Royal Blog de …:
EXCLUSIVE: THE FINAL MOMENTS BEFORE THE CRASH  —  A short video found on the site of the crash appears to confirm the data recovered from one of the two black boxes of the A320.  —  Paris Match and Bild obtained a video taken during the final seconds of the fated Germanwings flight 4U9525 …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Could Another Democrat Beat Hillary Clinton?  Strategists Offer a Blueprint  —  She has been called inevitable.  The can't-be-stopped candidate.  Hillary Rodham Clinton is such an overwhelming favorite in presidential primary polls that most prominent Democrats are taking a pass on challenging her.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Hillary Clinton Makes It Hard to Follow the Money
Discussion: BREITBART.COM
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
IRS chief to GOP: You can't abolish us  —  The IRS commissioner on Tuesday brushed aside GOP proposals to abolish his agency, insisting the U.S. would have to have a tax collector one way or another.  —  “You can call them something other than the IRS if that made you feel better,” …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
TMZ.com:
Joni Mitchell — Legendary '60s Singer Hospitalized  —  LEGENDARY SINGER HOSPITALIZED  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  3:00 AM PT — Joni is still in intensive care, but her people say she is “awake and in good spirits.”  We've learned she had a surgical procedure some time after arriving at the hospital on Tuesday.
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Scott Walker, Allergic to Dogs, May Run Against Political History  —  Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin and his wife, Tonette, had planned to spend a recent Friday night at the Nashua home of Jennifer Horn, the New Hampshire Republican chairwoman.  —  Then he heard about Al, the Horns' beloved Dalmatian-Catahoula Leopard mix.
Los Angeles Times:
Andrew Getty's death does not appear to involve foul play, authorities say  —  Authorities investigating the death of Andrew Getty, an heir to the Getty oil fortune, said a preliminary investigation suggests foul play was not involved.  —  The death appeared to be natural or an accident …
Jessica Winter / Slate:
The Problem Isn't That Trevor Noah Is Offensive.  The Problem Is That He's a Giant Dope.  —  Not since John McCain selected Sarah Palin as his running mate have the vetting capacities of a powerful political force been cast into such doubt.  When Trevor Noah was announced Monday as the next host …
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David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Trevor Noah, From Progressive Icon to Villain in 24 Hours
Washington Post:
How a Bush-allied nonprofit could inject more secret money into '16 race  —  Jeb Bush has given his tacit endorsement to a new group that can collect unlimited amounts of money in secret, part of a bold effort by his advisers to create a robust external political operation before he declares his expected White House bid.
Discussion: Reuters and Prairie Weather
Charles Pierce / Esquire:
David Brooks Would Like You To Lower Your Voice  —  In which David Brooks would like gay people to lower their voices.  —  GETTY BRYAN BEDDER FOR THE NEW YORKER  —  Before we deal with the well-mannered moral monster that is David Brooks, we should dispense with some of the WeaselSpeak …
Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Gary Dahl, Inventor of the Pet Rock, Dies at 78  —  It was a craze to rival the Hula-Hoop, and even less explicable.  For a mere three dollars and 95 cents, a consumer could buy ... a rock — a plain, ordinary, egg-shaped rock of the kind one could dig up in almost any backyard.
Discussion: Althouse, The Week and Boing Boing
The White House:
FACT SHEET: U.S. Reports its 2025 Emissions Target to the UNFCCC  —  State Department Submits President Obama's Ambitious 2025 Target to Cut U.S. Climate Pollution by 26-28 Percent from 2005 Levels  —  To view the INDC submission, click HERE.  —  Building on the strong progress …
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Neil Eggleston / White House.gov Blog:
Upholding the Principle of Fairness in Our Criminal Justice System Through Clemency  —  Building on his commitment to address instances of unfairness in sentencing, President Obama granted 22 commutations today to individuals serving time in federal prison.  Had they been sentenced under current laws …
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg View:
Iran's Charmer in Chief Wins Again
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Israel Matzav
Ben S. Bernanke / Brookings Institute:
Why are interest rates so low, part 2: Secular stagnation
Alexa V. Morgan / Spectrum:
Ex-NASCAR driver Tyler Walker sentenced to jail, probation
Dylan Byers / Politico:
The MSNBC ratings keep getting worse
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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National Review goes nonprofit
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Discussion: WHNT-TV
Page Six:
Weinstein accused of molesting model
Discussion: Daily Mail and The Daily Caller
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
The End of Tolerance And Enforced Morality
Discussion: The Mahablog and Ed Driscoll
 

 
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