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3:25 PM ET, April 14, 2015

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Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
A Modest Proposal: Barack Obama Should Be Hillary Clinton's Running Mate  —  Because Hillary Clinton is white and no longer young, a strain of political thought holds that she might lack Barack Obama's inherent appeal to new and minority voters and thus that she won't be able to ride …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
The GOP's plan to turn Hillary into Mitt Romney  —  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, her health care plan, and most everything else from the 1990s.
Kevin Quealy / New York Times:
Less essential analysis: Hillary Clinton's Chipotle Order: Above Average  —  Hillary Clinton's Chipotle Order: Above Average  —  On Monday, Hillary Rodham Clinton ordered a burrito bowl at a Chipotle outside Toledo, Ohio.  —  Let others deconstruct her apparent anonymity or how her visit compared with President Obama's.
Don Feder / GrasstopsUSA.com:
Top Ten Reasons Why Hitlery Will Never Be President  —  GrassTopsUSA Exclusive Commentary  —  Think Evita after Botox treatments.  Think Madame Defarge on a bad hair day.  Think Lady Macbeth with serious issues ("Out, out, damned bimbo!").  —  To listen to the babbling heads …
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Inside Hillary's ‘Very Luxurious’ Van: A Bed, TV, and Lots of Leather  —  Hillary Clinton has arrived at her first campaign stop, completing the 965 mile trip from Chappaqua, New York to Le Claire, Iowa in about two days time.  Her choice of transportation?  A Secret Service owned and operated van.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and CNN
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Hillary Clinton's first-lady-era road trip guide
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, Just an Unrecognized Burrito Bowl Fan at Chipotle
Stephen A. Nuño / Talking Points Memo:
Marco Rubio Is The Lipstick, The GOP Is The Pig  —  The media is in a frenzy over the entry of Marco Rubio into the presidential race.  He's young, handsome, well-spoken in English and Spanish, he's got an immigrant history.  He is a genuine American success story.
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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
Matt Higgins / CBS Cleveland:
Gov. Kasich: ‘I Am Seriously Considering’ Presidential Run
Discussion: CBS DC and FOX News Radio
Yahoo Politics:
Chris Christie bets on bold  —  Chris Christie sat impassively at the round mahogany table in his family kitchen Monday as I recounted some of the data that suggested he was too damaged to run for president.  A recent CBS News poll found that 42 percent of Republican voters wouldn't even consider voting …
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Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
Chris Christie Calls for Raising Age for Social Security, Cutting Benefit for Some Seniors  —  In New Hampshire speech, New Jersey governor proposes overhaul of Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare  —  MANCHESTER, N.H.—New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to call …
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
One Company's 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.
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Tom Brokaw addresses Brian Williams controversy: ‘really, really serious’  —  As speculation swirls about Brian Williams' fate at NBC, his predecessor is calling for patience.  —  In his first extensive public comments on the matter, Tom Brokaw, who held the anchor chair at “NBC Nightly News” …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A decision on Brian Williams's future at NBC could be coming soon  —  Andrew Lack, the former and current head of NBC News, started his old job anew last week staring at a monumental dilemma: What to do about Brian Williams?  —  The anchorman who was the face of NBC News and its signature …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Bob Corker says bipartisan deal has been reached on Iran bill  —  The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Tuesday that a bipartisan agreement has been reached on legislation that would allow Congress to review any nuclear agreement with Iran.
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The Hill:
Senate deal sets up Iran vote
New York Times:
Obama Says He'd Sign Bill, as Now Written, to Let Congress Vote on Iran Nuclear Deal
Discussion: Reuters and The Week
Matthewjbuettner / CBS Denver:
CBS4 Investigation: TSA Screeners At DIA Manipulated System To Grope Men's Genitals  —  DENVER (CBS4) - A CBS4 investigation has learned that two Transportation Security Administration screeners at Denver International Airport have been fired after they were discovered manipulating passenger screening systems …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Mashable and The Week
CNN:
R&B singer Percy Sledge dies at 73  —  People we lost in 2015 46 photos  —  Click through to see people who died in 2015.  —  People we lost in 2015 46 photos  —  Percy Sledge, known for the single “When a Man Loves a Woman,” died Tuesday, April 14, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana …
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Ian Auzenne / KATC-TV:
Soul singer Percy Sledge dead at 73
Discussion: The Week
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Islamic Extremists Have Seized Control Of U.S. Cities, Says NRA Seminar  —  National Rifle Association members hold hands during the opening prayer at the annual meeting of members at the NRA convention Saturday, April 11, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn.  —  CREDIT: AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
Irene / Judicial Watch:
ISIS Camp a Few Miles from Texas, Mexican Authorities Confirm  —  ISIS is operating a camp just a few miles from El Paso, Texas, according to Judicial Watch sources that include a Mexican Army field grade officer and a Mexican Federal Police Inspector.  —  The exact location where the terrorist group …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Lost Language of Privacy  —  Like a lot of people, I've come to believe that it would be a good idea to put body-mounted cameras on police officers.  I now believe this for several reasons.  —  First, there have been too many cases in which police officers have abused their authority and then covered it up.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and alicublog
Jack Jenkins / ThinkProgress:
Why This Pastor Who Tried To Assassinate Hitler Has Become A Hero To The Anti-LGBT Movement  —  CREDIT: í™", via wikimedia commons  —  It's no secret that conservative Christians who oppose marriage equality are using increasingly hyperbolic language to describe their campaign against LGBT rights.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
 
 
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