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3:05 PM ET, April 21, 2015

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kff.org:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: April 2015  —  Bianca DiJulio, Jamie Firth, and Mollyann Brodie … The Public's Views Of The ACA  —  Closely Divided On The Health Care Law  —  This month's Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds American's opinion of the health care law closely divided …
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Caitlin Owens / National Journal:
Poll: More Americans Like Obamacare Than Dislike It
CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Economic optimism hits new peak under Obama
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate reaches deal to vote on AG nominee Loretta Lynch  —  Senate leaders on Tuesday morning announced a deal on a long-stalled anti-human-trafficking bill, setting up a vote to confirm Loretta Lynch as attorney general later this week.  —  “I'm glad we can say there is a bipartisan proposal …
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David Rogers / Politico:
Would Henry Hyde have agreed with today's Republicans on abortion?
Discussion: The Hill
Sarah Mimms / National Journal:
Trafficking Backup Finally Clears
Discussion: Hot Air and Moe Lane
miamiherald:
Give her the job  —  Sometimes it seems as if sanity has returned to Capitol Hill.
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
DC attorney general alerts police to photo of Republicans with assault rifle  —  Police in Washington, D.C., have been referred materials for a possible investigation into two Republican congressmen who posed for a picture with an assault rifle in a House office building.
Mike Allen / Politico:
Koch brothers will offer audition to Jeb Bush  —  Charles and David Koch are considering throwing their massive wealth and sophisticated organization into the Republican presidential primary for the first time, a potentially game-changing boost that could make even a second-tier candidate instantly viable.
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
The GOP Needs to Run against the Last 16 Years
Discussion: alicublog
David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Ted Cruz Says President Obama Is an ‘Unmitigated Socialist’  —  After Texas Senator Ted Cruz addressed the First in the Nation summit in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Saturday, he headed to a basement conference room for a conversation with young Republicans.  There was no filming of the speech …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
A Newcomer to Populism?  Hillary Clinton Campaign Begs to Differ  —  CLAREMONT, N.H. — In her first week as a 2016 presidential candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton seemed to channel another high-profile Democrat.  “The deck is stacked in their favor,” Mrs. Clinton said of the wealthy and powerful.
Kirsten Powers / USA Today:
Christians thrown overboard left to drown by Obama  —  Obama only mentions Christians to lecture them, rather than defend them from persecution.  —  What do you call it when 12 men are drowned at sea for praying to Jesus?  —  Answer: Religious persecution.
Stephen Deere / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Resignations in tiny Parma, Mo., baffle town's first black mayor  —  PARMA, MO.  • The drugstore is long gone.  So, too, are the bank and the barbershop, the opry house and the hardware store.  —  All that is left of downtown are collapsed awnings, caved-in ceilings and broken windowpanes of century-old buildings.
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Bush preparing to delegate many campaign tasks to super PAC  —  3 photos  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Jeb Bush is preparing to embark on an experiment in presidential politics: delegating many of the nuts-and-bolts tasks of seeking the White House to a separate political organization that can raise unlimited amounts of campaign cash.
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National Journal:
Candidates are looking for the political equivalent of a perfect bridge partner, someone with whom …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
BuzzFeed:
U.S. Court Recognizes Chimpanzees As “Legal Persons” For First Time  —  A court has recognized two chimpanzees currently used for biomedical experiments as legal persons, forcing a university to defend keeping them in captivity.  —  Two chimpanzees sit on sand in Kenya in this undated photo.
Discussion: New York Magazine and The Agonist
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NhRp / The Nonhuman Rights Project:
Judge Recognizes Two Chimpanzees as Legal Persons, Grants them Writ of Habeas Corpus
Discussion: Wall Street Journal, NPR and Althouse
Committee to Protect Journalists:
10 Most Censored Countries  —  CPJ's list of 10 Most Censored Countries is part of our annual publication, Attacks on the Press, which will be released in full on Monday, April 27, at 11 a.m. EST.  —  Eritrea and North Korea are the first and second most censored countries worldwide …
Discussion: Common Dreams, Mashable and Poynter.
Geoffrey Skelley / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Clinton's Age: It Probably Doesn't Matter  —  History does not show an edge for the younger presidential candidate  —  When Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) announced his presidential run on April 13, his speech made a point of going after ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D) — and …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Patricia Montemurri / Detroit Free Press:
Ann Arbor Catholic priest tells parishioners to pack heat  —  An Ann Arbor Catholic priest has urged his parishioners to arm themselves and attend classes at Christ the King parish to earn a concealed pistol license (CPL).  —  In a letter sent to Christ the King parishioners recently …
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / GQ:
Anchorman: The Legend of Don Lemon  —  So maybe he's not Walter Cronkite.  Maybe he's done some famously awkward interviews, gotten his facts wrong, and made CNN the butt of more than a few jokes.  But that won't stop Don Lemon.  Because here's the thing: He can fill hours of nothing with a crisp, news-like something.
Guardian:
Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ‘seriously wounded in air strike’  —  Exclusive: Baghdadi no longer in day-to-day control of terror group as he recovers from injuries sustained during attack in March, according to sources  —  The leader of Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi …
Rebecca Kaplan / CBS News:
DEA chief Michele Leonhart expected to resign  —  Shares -  —  Michele Leonhart, the administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), is expected to resign soon, a senior administration official tells CBS News Senior White House Correspondent Bill Plante.
Mary Spicuzza / JSOnline:
Scott Walker suggests limiting legal immigration  —  In the wake of criticism that he has flip-flopped over illegal immigration, Gov. Scott Walker is now wading into the issue of legal immigration.  —  In an interview with conservative talk show host Glenn Beck Monday …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
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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
Eli Lake / Bloomberg View:
Obama Kept Iran's Short Breakout Time a Secret  —  The Barack Obama administration has estimated for years that Iran was at most three months away from enriching enough nuclear fuel for an atomic bomb.  But the administration only declassified this estimate at the beginning of the month …
 
 
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Police Can't Extend Stop for Dog Sniff, U.S. Supreme Court Says
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds seek ‘severe sentence’ for leaker
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Associated Press:
Egyptian Court Sentences Morsi to 20 Years in Prison
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and CNN
Pew Internet:
Americans' Views on Open Government Data
Jacques Billeaud / Associated Press:
Judge Holds Contempt Of Court Hearing For Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Flat tax makes 2016 comeback
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
68K sign up during ObamaCare's extra period
Sophie Curtis / Telegraph:
PayPal wants to implant passwords in your stomach and your brain
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Clinton aide admits they SCREEN ‘everyday Americans’ …
 

 
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