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9:15 AM ET, April 21, 2015

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Tarini Parti / Politico:
George Soros' son builds a PAC for Jewish voters  —  The son of Democratic mega-donor George Soros is gearing up to play a more active role in the 2016 election with the launch of new political action committee focused on representing the views of Jewish Americans — beyond foreign policy.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
New York Times, Fox News strike deals for anti-Clinton research  —  The New York Times and Fox News have made exclusive agreements with a conservative author for early access to his opposition research on Hillary Clinton, a move that has confounded members of the Clinton campaign and some Times reporters …
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Hillary Clinton Jabs GOP Candidates for Focusing on Her and Not Issues
Discussion: FOX News Radio and CNN
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
David Koch Signals a Favorite: Scott Walker  —  Charles G. and David H. Koch, the influential and big-spending conservative donors, have a favorite in the race for the Republican nomination: Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin.
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
G.O.P. Donors Signal a Favorite: Wisconsin Governor
Tim Teeman / The Daily Beast:
Roseanne Barr on Losing Her Sight, Smoking Weed, Rejecting Feminism, and Not Voting For Hillary  —  As a documentary of her 2012 presidential run is released, Roseanne Barr talks about political power, mortality, and why a Hillary Clinton win wouldn't be as symbolic as many hope.
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Top Christie ally defects to Bush  —  As New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie tries for a political revival with New Hampshire town halls and Iowa diner stops, he won't have one of his longtime friends and political advisers at his side.  —  New Jersey state Sen. Joseph M. Kyrillos …
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David Knowles / Bloomberg Business:
Can Chris Christie Stanch the Bleeding?  —  To put it mildly, this is not the presidential campaign Chris Christie would have envisioned for himself.  —  No wonder the New Jersey governor and one-time Republican rock star is heading to Washington D.C. on Tuesday.
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Sexy Conservatives Will Out-Breed Barren Liberals  —  The last time some Twitter leftist sneered at me and called me a “breeder,” I wondered whether this collectivist genius considered not reproducing to be a wise long-term strategy.  The fact is that in America, most of the time it's the traditional …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
New York Times:
1.5 Million Missing Black Men  —  For every 100 black women not in jail, there are only 83 black men.  The remaining men - 1.5 million of them - are, in a sense, missing.  —  Among cities with sizable black populations, the largest single gap is in Ferguson, Mo.
Discussion: Philly.com
miamiherald:
Give her the job  —  Sometimes it seems as if sanity has returned to Capitol Hill.  Recently, lawmakers approved fast-track authority for the president's trade talks with Pacific nations and passed an important bill on Medicare reimbursement rates.  The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously agreed …
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
U.S. carrier moving off coast of Yemen to block Iranian arms shipments  —  WASHINGTON — The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt has moved off the coast of Yemen to prepare to intercept potential shipments of Iranian weapons to the rebels fighting the U.S.-backed government of Yemen, Pentagon officials said Monday.
Discussion: The Week and NPR
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Fox News:
US aircraft carrier sent to block Iranian shipments to Yemen
Discussion: Reuters, Infowars, PUNDIT PRESS and Niqnaq
Josh Middleton / Philadelphia Magazine:
PA High School Students Organize “Anti-Gay Day” in Response to National Day of Silence  —  McGuffey High School in Claysville, Pennsylvania made headlines over the weekend when a group of students organized an “Anti-Gay Day' in direct retaliation to the LGBT youth-supportive National Day of Silence (NDOS) on Friday.
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Baltimore Sun:
Police report says Freddie Gray had knife, arrested ‘without incident’  —  City police wrote in court documents that Freddie Gray was arrested “without force or incident” for having a switchblade knife and suffered a medical emergency during transport.  —  The documents provide the first account …
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Jon Swaine / Guardian:
Death of Baltimore man Freddie Gray in custody sparks call for independent inquiry
Discussion: CNN, Firedoglake and Daily Kos
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Half of Americans have money worries  —  Half of Americans have deep concerns about their financial situation, according to Gallup.  —  The 50 percent of people in the U.S. who have money worries is basically unchanged from the 49 percent Gallup found in 2014.
Discussion: Gallup
Gaby Wood / Telegraph:
Toni Morrison interview: on racism, her new novel and Marlon Brando  —  Age hasn't dimmed the fire in Toni Morrison, 84.  The unwavering voice of black America talks about her latest novel and what it will take for racism to be a thing of the past  —  Toni Morrison is, without a doubt, a world-class novelist.
Sophie Curtis / Telegraph:
PayPal wants to implant passwords in your stomach and your brain  —  “Natural body identification” could one day replace passwords and other modern methods of identification, claims PayPal developer chief  —  PayPal is working on a new generation of embeddable, injectable and ingestible devices …
Discussion: Infowars and FOX News Radio
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Huffington Post:
John McCain Just Can't Stop Laughing At Ted Cruz  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Monday denied reports that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is pushing him to hold hearings exploring whether soldiers should be able to carry concealed guns on military bases.
Tom Tancredo / WND:
WILL OBAMA ORDER MILITARY ATTACK ON ISRAEL?  —  Exclusive: Tom Tancredo on potential Iran-defending action: ‘Who would stop him?’  —  Tom Tancredo is the founder of the Rocky Mountain Foundation and founder and co-chairman of Team America PAC.  He is also a former five-term congressman and presidential candidate.
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Amir Taheri / New York Post:
Why Arabs distrust Obama
Discussion: RedState
David Martosko / Daily Mail:
Scooby hits the road at 92 MPH!  Secret Service zooms Hillary to dinner through driving rain following secret afternoon house party  — Motorcade raced from Keene to Claremont to Concord, obliterating speed limits as Hillary kept a tight schedule of off-the-books events
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Dana Somberg / Jerusalem Post:
Rivlin refuses meeting in Israel with former US president Jimmy Carter … Diplomatic sources says Foreign Ministry recommended president not meet with Carter in light of his “anti-Israel” positions in recent years.  —  President Reuven Rivlin has refused to meet with former US president Jimmy Carter during …
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
68K sign up during ObamaCare's extra period  —  More than 68,000 people have signed up for healthcare during ObamaCare's extra enrollment period so far this year, the federal government announced Monday.  —  People who lack insurance have 10 more days to buy coverage through the federal marketplace …
New York Times:
Teachers' Unions Fight Standardized Testing, and Find Diverse Allies  —  In Florida, the teachers' union has lobbied to limit the use of standardized tests, and the governor last week signed a bill that limits the number of hours students can spend taking them.
Discussion: Eduwonk and Althouse
 
 
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The Right Scoop:
FRANKLIN GRAHAM: WE NEED TO STOP MUSLIM IMMIGRATION FROM COUNTRIES WITH ACTIVE TERROR CELLS
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Oliver Strand / New York Times:
Tartine Expansion Plans Include New York
Discussion: CBS San Francisco
David Martosko / Daily Mail:
Clinton aide admits they SCREEN ‘everyday Americans’ …
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Republicans look to lift spending caps
Discussion: Daily Kos and BarbWire.com
Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Wildmon: The Left Hates Us Because We 'Represent God's Message Of A Moral Standard Having To Do With Sexuality'
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and FOX News Radio
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Mireya Navarro / New York Times:
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Discussion: New York Magazine
Alexandra Robbins / Washington Post:
Nurses make fun of their dying patients. That's okay.
Discussion: Instapundit and Althouse
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