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3:40 PM ET, April 3, 2015

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Max Fisher / Vox:
This is an astonishingly good Iran deal  —  When Aaron Stein was studying nuclear non-proliferation at Middlebury University's Monterey graduate program, the students would sometimes construct what they thought would be the best possible nuclear inspection and monitoring regimes.
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Washington Post:
Obama's Iran deal falls far short of his own goals  —  THE “KEY parameters” for an agreement on Iran's nuclear program released Thursday fall well short of the goals originally set by the Obama administration.  None of Iran's nuclear facilities — including the Fordow center buried under a mountain — will be closed.
Jeff Dunetz / “The Lid”:
France: The US Capitulated To Iranian Demands  —  Not all of America's negotiating partners were happy with the deal announce by President Obama.  As talks proceeded past two deadlines last year, and the deadline earlier this week, the U.S. made a host of concessions.  The American positions drew ire from France.
New York Times:
A Promising Nuclear Deal With Iran  —  The preliminary agreement between Iran and the major powers is a significant achievement that makes it more likely Iran will never be a nuclear threat.  President Obama said it would “cut off every pathway that Iran could take to develop a nuclear weapon.”
Facebook:
Statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the proposed framework for a deal with Iran:  —  “I just came from a meeting of the Israeli cabinet.  We discussed the proposed framework for a deal with Iran.  —  The cabinet is united in strongly opposing the proposed deal....
Discussion: Algemeiner.com and The Right Scoop
Peter Baker / New York Times:
A Foreign Policy Gamble by Obama at a Moment of Truth
Terence Burlij / CNN:
Iran deal: 2016 GOPers and Hillary Clinton react
Annie Karni / Politico:
Source: Lease signed for Hillary Clinton headquarters in Brooklyn  —  The lease is signed: Hillary Clinton's campaign headquarters will work out of 1 Pierrepont Plaza in Brooklyn Heights, according to a source familiar with the deal.  —  The campaign will occupy two full floors of the office building …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / msnbc.com:
Hillary Clinton campaign headquarters to be based in Brooklyn
Discussion: Mashable
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Carly Fiorina: Tim Cook Opposition to Indiana Religious Freedom Law Hypocritical  —  Once a Fortune 50 chief executive herself, Carly Fiorina is disgusted with how CEOs rushed to condemn Indiana's new religious freedom law.  —  Mrs. Fiorina, who is weighing a bid for the 2016 Republican …
Discussion: The Hill and Business Insider
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Kevin Miller / The Portland Press Herald:
LePage forum comes to abrupt end as Democratic ex-lawmaker confronts him and gets taken away  —  Joanne Twomey, who is also a former Biddeford mayor, shouts at LePage over his budget proposals and flips a jar of Vaseline onto the stage.  —  207-791-6312  —  SACO — Gov. Paul LePage's town …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
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WGME-TV 13:   Former Biddeford mayor throws a jar of Vasoline near Governor LePage
Ali Meyer / CNSNews:
Americans Not in Labor Force Exceed 93 Million for First Time; 62.7% Labor Force Participation Matches 37-Year Low  —  (CNSNews.com) - The number of Americans 16 years and older who did not participate in the labor force—meaning they neither had a job nor actively sought one in the last four weeks …
Discussion: protein wisdom
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Talking Points Memo:
A New Supreme Court Ruling On Medicaid Just Put 68 Million People At Risk  —  When it comes to health care at the Supreme Court this year, all eyes are focused on the Obamacare tax credits case, King v. Burwell.  But a case decided this week, Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc. …
Washington Post:
These are the racially charged e-mails that got 3 Ferguson police and court officials fired  —  City officials in Ferguson, Mo., on Thursday evening released the full, unredacted content of racially charged and religiously insensitive e-mails sent by the city's former court clerk …
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Atlanta Educators Convicted in School Cheating Scandal  —  ATLANTA — In a dramatic conclusion to what has been described as the largest cheating scandal in the nation's history, a jury here on Wednesday convicted 11 educators for their roles in a standardized test cheating scandal that tarnished …
Steven Crowder / Louder With Crowder:
HIDDEN CAMERA: Gay Wedding Cake At Muslim Bakeries  —  Gay wedding cakes!  —  Yes folks, I did this.  I went there.  You have this now.  As I was discussing on last week's radio show/podcast...  Actually, I taped this video a long time ago but due to audio corruption issues, was never able to upload it.
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Campaign 2016: Modest Interest, High Stakes  —  Wide Gaps in GOP Candidate Visibility; Small Gaps in Support  —  The 2016 presidential campaign has gotten off to a slow start with voters.  A majority of registered voters (58%) say they have given at least some thought to candidates who may run …
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Could Chris Christie Appoint Himself To The U.S. Senate? Yes, He Can
New York Sun:
The Shape of Things to Come  —  President Obama's vow to seek support in Congress for his proposed deal with Iran reminds us of the Norway Debate.  This is the argument that erupted in the Mother of Parliaments in May 1940, after the Nazis invaded Norway.  When the debate began …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Tom Cotton Is Not Mailing It In  —  Your last name is Cotton, and this interview was arranged by your communications director, Caroline Rabbitt.  Who is your chief of staff, Beatrix Potter?  If only.  No, my chief of staff is Doug Coutts.  —  You were raised in rural Arkansas …
Discussion: The Week
James B. Nelson / @politifact:
Gov. Scott Walker says he bought a sweater for $1 at Kohl's  —  When Gov. Scott Walker took his presidential ambitions to New Hampshire, he shared a penny-pinching story that would have been right at home in bargain-hunting Wisconsin.  —  At the center of the story: A new sweater, a dollar and Menomonee Falls-based Kohl's.
 
 
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Power and Paychecks
Arnold Schwarzenegger / Washington Post:
Indiana's religious freedom law is bad for Republicans
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Ben White / Politico:
Cloudy economy rains on Barack Obama's parade
Discussion: National Review
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
Greece draws up drachma plans, prepares to miss IMF payment
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Fifth GOP senator says he'll back AG nominee
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Japanese defense minister denies aliens have invaded Japan
 Earlier Items: 
Bryan Lowrythe / Kansas City Star:
Brownback signs bill that allows permit-free concealed carry of guns in Kansas
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Gained 126,000 Jobs in March, an Abrupt Slowdown in Hiring
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In emerging Dem race, O'Malley new target of Clinton machine
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
How Schumer rose to the top
Preston Lerner / Los Angeles Magazine:
Right Side of the Law: Eugene Volokh's Global Influence
Discussion: Althouse and Washington Post
Charles Duelfer / Politico:
The Iran Deal's Fatal Flaw
Pem McNerney / Hartford Courant:
CT Soldier Demands Apology From Karl Rove; Rove Says No Apology Needed For Iraq War
Discussion: Common Dreams, Raw Story and Mediaite
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Ben Sherwood and Joanna Coles take minority stakes in The Daily Beast; Sherwood will be CEO and publisher, and Coles will be chief creative and content officer

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
YouTube begins “strengthening our enforcement on third-party apps that violate” its ToS and “specifically ad-blocking apps”, leading to app error messages

Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Sources: the BBC plans to stop automatic annual pay increases for its highest-paid employees and instead hand them raises based on their performance

 
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