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10:45 AM ET, April 14, 2015

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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Marco Rubio Is a Polished Performer, but He's Out of Position  —  Marco Rubio, who announced his bid for the presidency on Monday in a call to donors, has been called the “best communicator” in the Republican Party.  Over and over and over again.  —  But he has little to show for it.
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Erick Erickson / Fox News:
Why Marco Rubio has a real shot at 2016 Republican nomination  —  Feb. 27, 2015: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. speaks in National Harbor, Md. (AP)  —  Ted Cruz remains a conservative favorite in 2016.  In 2012, the establishment backed his Senate opponent in Texas, then Lt. Governor David Dewhurst.
David McCabe / The Hill:
Rubio: I'm more experienced than Barack Obama was in 2008  —  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Tuesday that he is more experienced than President Obama was when he started his presidential campaign, despite the fact that both launched campaigns as first-term senators.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:   Rubio Takes Aim at the Left
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Marco Rubio Running For President in 2016: ‘I Can Lead This Country’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, Just an Unrecognized Burrito Bowl Fan  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign is all about “everyday Americans,” she made clear in announcing it on Sunday.  —  On Monday, she showed how unassuming she herself could be.  —  Driving to Iowa for her first campaign swing …
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Wall Street Journal:   Clinton on Road Trip to First Events in Iowa
ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Makes Surprise Pit Stop at Chipotle in Ohio During Presidential Roadtrip
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Owner of a Credit Card Processor Is Setting a New Minimum Wage: $70,000 a Year  —  The idea began percolating, said Dan Price, the founder of Gravity Payments, after he read an article on happiness.  It showed that, for people who earn less than about $70,000, extra money makes a big difference in their lives.
Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Ex-Governor Will Lead New Fund at Bain Capital  —  The former governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick, has joined the private equity firm Bain Capital as a partner to focus on socially oriented investments, a person briefed on the matter said on Monday.  —  Mr. Patrick, a Democrat …
Discussion: Hot Air and Political Wire
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Beth HealyGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Former Gov. Deval Patrick to join Bain Capital
Michael Quander / WREG-TV:
Brutal attack at Memphis gas station caught on camera  —  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Surveillance video showed a mob of rowdy high school students beating a man at a Crosstown gas station.  —  Police said a large group of Northwest Prep Academy students swarmed a BP gas station on Poplar and Cleveland.
Discussion: The Last Tradition and KFOR-TV
Jon Swaine / Guardian:
Michael Slager and ‘bad, corrupt cops’ sued by black man who says he was tased  —  Police officer who killed Walter Scott is one of three patrolmen named in lawsuit filed by Julius Wilson, who says Slager used a stun gun on him  —  The police officer who killed Walter Scott in South Carolina …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Salon
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Post and Courier:
Passenger: Walter Scott was dear friend, ‘helped me to become a better man’  —  Pictured is Pierre D. Fulton, the passenger in the vehicle with Walter Scott the day Scott was shot and killed by a North Charleston police officer as he fled after a traffic stop.  Provided
Discussion: Mediaite, The Last Refuge and Raw Story
Alaska Airlines Blog:
Statement on Alaska Airlines flight 448  —  Flight 448, bound for Los Angeles, returned to Seattle shortly after departure today after it was discovered that a ramp agent was still in the cargo hold.  The aircraft was in the air for 9 minutes.  —  After landing, the agent …
Ashley Edwards / New York's PIX11:
EXCLUSIVE: Woman says Harlem tattoo parlor behind ‘Black Ink’ left her disfigured  —  HARLEM (PIX11) — Asabi Barner was a confident woman in her 30s.  Her body was never something she felt a need to cover up, until now.  —  A tattoo coverup changed her life last year.
Discussion: KFOR-TV
Ezra Klein / Vox:
How Vox aggregates  —  I started as a blogger in the pre-social web, when the only way to build an audience was to have other sites quote or link to your work.  Those links didn't drive a ton of traffic back to the original site, but they drove some, and sometimes you would get a new regular reader out of the deal.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Nate Silver to Vox: Stop stealing our charts!
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
“Same-Sex Attracted Men and Their Wives” Ask SCOTUS to Rule Against Marriage Equality  —  There are a lot of terrible arguments against same-sex marriage, but this may be the worst: The Supreme Court must not protect gay couples' marriages, because doing so would demean marriages between gay men and their wives.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
CNN Host Asks Rand To Reconcile Libertarianism, View On Gay Marriage
Discussion: Daily Kos
Scott Wong / The Hill:
GOP: Obama war request is dead  —  President Obama's proposal for the use of military force against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is dead in the House, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy declared on Monday.  —  The California Republican said Obama's draft authorization for the use …
Discussion: Lawfare and emptywheel
Eli Stokols / Politico:
The GOP's plan to turn Hillary into Mitt Romney in a pantsuit  —  Republicans are readying a familiar template: The out-of-touch plutocrat who lives in a world of private planes, chauffeured vehicles and million-dollar homes.  —  Forget about the Arkansas days, the small-bore scandals …
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and Adweek
Dave Majumdar / The Daily Beast:
Putin's Missile Could Make U.S. Attacks on Iran Nearly Impossible  —  For years, Team Obama crowed about keeping this advanced Russian missile out of Iran's hands.  Now the Kremlin suddenly seems eager to hand it over to Tehran.  —  This nuke deal with Iran had better work.
Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
Clinton Campaign's Highest Suggested Donation Is $2,700 in English, but Only $250 in Spanish  —  The brand new 2016 presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton will embrace “small donors in early fundraising,” according to a Monday Politico story.  The second-time presidential candidate wants to …
Discussion: Politico
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Ex-Blackwater Guards Given Long Terms for Killing Iraqis  —  WASHINGTON — One by one, four former Blackwater security contractors wearing blue jumpsuits and leg irons stood before a federal judge on Monday and spoke publicly for the first time since a deadly 2007 shooting in Iraq.
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Washington Post:
Four Blackwater guards sentenced in Iraq shootings of 31 unarmed civilians
Discussion: Liberaland, FOX News Radio and The Week
 
 
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Jack Jenkins / ThinkProgress:
Why This Pastor Who Tried To Assassinate Hitler Has Become A Hero To The Anti-LGBT Movement
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Tom Cotton: Obama's Iran Deal May Lead to Nuclear War
Discussion: Power Line, New York Sun and Gawker
Randy Ludlow / The Columbus Dispatch:
Gov. John Kasich ‘seriously considering’ run for president
Discussion: CNN, Political Wire and Bloomberg View
Jennifer Duffy / The Cook Political Report:
Florida Senate Race Moves to a Toss Up
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Skewed View of America Inside the Progressive Bubble
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Jay Reeves / Associated Press:
Husband fatally shot wife at doctor's office, police say
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Peter Lloyd / Telegraph:
Meet the feminist who is sticking up for men
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Lawmakers unveil music royalty bill
Discussion: RedState
Heather / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
The Daily Show Pokes Fun At The Response To Clinton's 2016 Rollout
Discussion: Raw Story
Alejandro Alba / NY Daily News:
Revenge porn is now a specific crime in the UK
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Bachmann: God Punishing US With ‘Economic Disasters, Natural Disasters’ Due To Obama Presidency
Detroit News:
Ben Carson to launch bid for presidency from Detroit