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12:30 AM ET, April 20, 2015

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Hunter Schwarz / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham says he's ‘91 percent’ sure he'll run for president  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said his decision on whether he'll run for president depends on whether he can raise enough money, but he said there's a “91 percent” chance he will.  —  “If I can raise the money, I'll do it …
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Ana Marie Cox / The Daily Beast:
Marco Rubio, Gen-X Fraud  —  It will take more than youthful good Hispanic looks to appeal to today's Millennial voters.  If Marco Rubio doesn't get that, he won't go very far.  —  On the surface, Marco Rubio is such a perfect 2016 Republican nominee you might think he was created in a lab.
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Walker Shines in New Hampshire  —  Nashua, N.H.  —  Scott Walker was feeling it.  —  He'd been speaking for a little more than ten minutes, telling stories about his battles in Wisconsin to a crowd of Republicans nodding their heads in enthusiastic agreement.
Fox News:
Graham says he's ‘91 percent sure’ he'll get in 2016 GOP presidential primary but needs campaign cash
Discussion: Hot Air, The Reaction and The Week
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Lindsey Graham eyes May presidential announcement
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Daily Mail:
Slaughter on the beach: ISIS behead and shoot Ethiopian Christians in sickening new propaganda video  — Video seems to show militants in Libya holding one group of at least 16 captive on a beach and 12 others in a desert  — Before the killings a masked fighter in black brandishes …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
ISIS Video Purports to Show Killing of Ethiopian Christians  —  CAIRO — The Islamic State released a video on Sunday that appears to show fighters from affiliates in southern and eastern Libya executing dozens of Ethiopian Christians, some by beheading and others by shooting.
Matt Lewis / Telegraph:
Why satire not scandal could derail Hillary Clinton's campaign  —  “Serious” stories about Hillary Clinton did not attract as much coverage as her failure to leave a tip at a Mexican restaurant, writes Matt Lewis  —  Republicans are the usual targets for caricature on popular US comedy show …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Moe Lane
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Washington Post:   GOP contenders audition their attack lines on Clinton
Jon Stewart / Guardian:
why I quit The Daily Show  —  Stewart's decision to retire as host of the satirical news show after 16 years has left liberal America in mourning.  So why is he leaving just before an election - and what will happen when he steps out from behind the desk?  —  here was no one moment …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Checking Charlie Hebdo's Privilege  —  A LIVING cartoonist lecturing his murdered peers makes for a curious spectacle, but that's what transpired at journalism's George Polk Awards a week ago.  The lecturer was Garry Trudeau, of “Doonesbury” fame; his subject was the cartoonists for Charlie Hebdo …
Joel Kotkin / The Daily Beast:
Big Idea: California Is So Over  —  California's drought and how it's handled show just what kind of place the Golden State is becoming: feudal, super-affluent and with an impoverished interior.  —  California has met the future, and it really doesn't work.
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Big money in politics emerges as a rising issue in 2016 campaign  —  At almost the same time last week that a Florida mailman was landing a gyrocopter in front of the U.S. Capitol to protest the influence of the wealthy on politics, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) was getting pressed …
Washington Post:
‘Free-range’ flap fans the flames of a national debate on parenting  —  Montgomery County police said that a call came in to check on the children's welfare shortly before 5 p.m. (Montgomery County Police)  —  Long before the Meitivs of Silver Spring clashed with Montgomery County …
Jim Yardley / New York Times:
Hundreds of Migrants Are Feared Dead as Ship Capsizes Off Libyan Coast  —  ROME — Hundreds of people were feared dead on Sunday after a ship crowded with migrants capsized and sank in the Mediterranean, as the authorities described a grisly scene of bodies floating and submerging in the warm waters …
 
 
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Christoph Reuter / Spiegel Online:
Secret Files Reveal the Structure of Islamic State
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
McCaul, Chaffetz: Flying mailman exposed security crack
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Diane Cardwell / New York Times:
Solar Power Battle Puts Hawaii at Forefront of Worldwide Changes
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Rand Paul slams GOP foreign policy hawks
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