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3:30 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
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
David Koch Signals a Favorite: Scott Walker
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.
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David Grimm / Science:
Judge's ruling grants legal right to research chimps  —  In a decision that seems to recognizes chimpanzees as legal persons for the first time, a New York judge today granted a pair of Stony Brook University lab animals the right to have their day in court.
Discussion: NPR and New York Magazine
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Police Can't Extend Stop for Dog Sniff, U.S. Supreme Court Says  —  Police officers violate the Constitution when they extend an otherwise completed traffic stop to allow time for a trained dog to sniff for drugs, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.  —  The justices, voting 6-3 …
Discussion: Bloomberg View
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Limits Drug-Sniffing Dog Use in Traffic Stops
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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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.
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
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
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.
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.
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 …
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.
 
 
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Mary Spicuzza / JSOnline:
Scott Walker suggests limiting legal immigration
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
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Flat tax makes 2016 comeback
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Half of Americans have money worries
Discussion: Gallup
Sophie Curtis / Telegraph:
PayPal wants to implant passwords in your stomach and your brain
Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Infowars and FOX News Radio