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3:00 PM ET, April 7, 2015

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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Rand Paul: ‘I am running for president’  —  Louisville, Kentucky (CNN)For Rand Paul, it's all led to this moment.  —  Since riding the tea party wave into the Senate in 2010, Paul has carefully built a brand of mainstream libertarianism — dogged advocacy of civil liberties combined …
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Chip Somodevilla / National Review:
Rand Paul Is Running for the Republican Nomination, So Now the Party Is Ready to Attack Him  —  Welcome to the big leagues.  That's the message several top GOP operatives say Rand Paul will get from the Republican establishment, and from the media, when he announces his candidacy for the presidency on Tuesday.
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Rand Paul has a daddy issue
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Paul launches 2016 presidential bid ‘to take America back’
Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Republican candidate Rand Paul tries to broaden libertarian appeal
Paul Lewis / Guardian:
Rand Paul seeks an awkward balance as he prepares to launch presidential bid
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Politico
New York Times:
Rand Paul Announces Presidential Run
Discussion: Washington Post and Phantom Public
David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Rand Paul Begins 2016 Presidential Campaign, Aiming at ‘Washington Machine’
Discussion: Bloomberg View and Politico
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Obama To Scott Walker: ‘Bone Up On Foreign Policy’  —  Anyone who thinks President Obama will shy away from presidential politics in 2016, think again.  —  Obama scoffed at Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's suggestion that he would, on Day 1, revoke any nuclear agreement with Iran if he is elected president.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Chuck Schumer bucks White House on Iran  —  The top Democrat throws his weight behind legislation to give Congress power to reject a deal.  —  Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer, one of Capitol Hill's most influential voices in the Iran nuclear debate, is strongly endorsing passage of a law opposed …
NPR:
Transcript: President Obama's Full NPR Interview On Iran Nuclear Deal  —  NPR's Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep interviews President Obama at the White House on Monday.  —  NPR's interview with President Obama focuses on the pact the U.S. and allied nations recently negotiated with Iran.
Bill Schneider / The Great Debate:   Party politics: Two small tents, with most Americans on the outside
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer sides with GOP on reviewing Iran deal
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Corrente
Washington Post:
President Obama walks a tightrope on the Iran nuclear framework
Vanity Fair:
The Inside Story of the Civil War For the Soul of NBC News  —  Brian Williams's fabrication was just the latest, and worst, of the debacles that have plagued NBC News since NBCUniversal was bought by Comcast in 2011.  Who is to blame?  —  On the afternoon of Wednesday, February 4 …
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Fighting Against ‘Rape Culture’ Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry  —  Rolling Stone's journalistic malpractice is not merely a cautionary tale about “confirmation bias.”  —  The extensive post mortem that Rolling Stone commissioned in the wake of Sabrina Rubin Erdely's now infamous …
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Dana Loesch Radio:
New Poll Shows Plurality Of Americans Support Religious Freedom  —  A new poll released by WPA Opinion Research on behalf of the Family Research Councill shows that the vast majority of Americans support religious liberty in the workplace.  Last week saw Governor Mike Pence (R-IN) …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
ACLU sues over abortion access for immigrants
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
A Reminder About Netanyahu, Iraq, and Iran  —  Just a few weeks ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looked like a figure with huge influence in American politics.  There he was addressing Congress, with Republicans practically carrying him into the House chamber on their shoulders.
Sally Kohn / Washington Post:
I'm gay.  And I want my kid to be gay, too.  —  Sally Kohn is an essayist and a CNN political commentator.  —  I live in the liberal bubble of Park Slope, Brooklyn, where no yuppie would ever admit to wanting their kid to be anything in particular, other than happy.
Discussion: RedState
Klara Glowczewska / Town & Country Magazine:
T&C Philanthropy 2015, with Activist-in-Chief Bill Clinton  —  Supporting 3,100 projects in 180 countries, the Clinton Foundation is the most powerful reimagining ever of what post-presidency can be.  But can the fixer-in-chief work his magic on Haiti?  —  I am standing under …
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Anti-Abortion Group's Effort To Defund Family Planning Clinics Backfires Spectacularly  —  Signs of support to counter the right-wing picketers outside the family planning clinic  —  CREDIT: Courtesy of Maine Family Planning  —  This week, a network of family planning clinics …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mike Tipping
Naomi Schaefer Riley / New York Post:
Facts matter: Left sticks to ‘narratives,’ evidence be damned  —  Ellen Pao unsuccessfully filed a discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.  —  The verdict's in on Rolling Stone.  According to no less an authority than the Columbia Journalism Review …
Discussion: Brad R. Torgersen
Dylan Byers / Politico:
How Hillary Clinton kept them guessing  —  Hillary Clinton is expected to announce that she will launch her bid for president in January, sources say.  Er... April.  Er... July.  —  In the last year, at least 20 journalists from as many news organizations have tried to put a date …
Discussion: Associated Press
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Laurence Tribe Fights Climate Case Against Star Pupil From Harvard, President Obama  —  WASHINGTON — Laurence H. Tribe, the highly regarded liberal scholar of constitutional law, still speaks of President Obama as a proud teacher would of a star student.  “He was one of the most amazing …
 
 
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Associated Press:
NEW BOOK BY DICK CHENEY TAKES ON BARACK OBAMA
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Amanda Andrade-Rhoades / OpposingViews.com:
Doorman Says He Was Fired For Being Too Nice
Discussion: Liberaland and FOX News Radio
John Hawkins / John Hawkins' Right Wing News:
Leading Conservatives Call on Apple to Pull Out of Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Iran Until …
Discussion: Power Line
Ben S. Bernanke / Brookings Institute:
Should monetary policy take into account risks to financial stability?
Bobby Jindal / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Bobby Jindal will support Louisiana's religious freedom bill
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Don McLean's ‘American Pie’ could bring $1.5M at auction
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Sally Kohn / Talking Points Memo:
Hey, Christian Business Owners: The Government Isn't ‘Forcing’ You To Do Anything