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7:45 AM ET, April 22, 2015

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Mike Devlin / SantaClarita.com:
Congressman Tells Protester: 'Touch me again, and I'll drop your ass'  —  Anti-immigration protesters were on hand to greet Congressman Steve Knight at the open house for his Simi Valley office last week.  And when one got a little too close, the former LAPD cop was having none of it.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Andrew Desiderio / Mediaite:
GOP Rep. Knight to Anti-Immigration Protester: 'I'll Drop Your Ass'
Tim Devaney / The Hill:   'I'll drop your a—,' Republican tells immigration protester
Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Congressman to protester: 'If you touch me again, I'll drop your a—'
Discussion: Washington Post
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Congressman To Protester: 'Touch Me Again, I'll Drop Your A**' (VIDEO)
Discussion: Mashable
Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Charles Koch: We may back several GOP candidates in primaries  —  WICHITA, Kan. — Charles Koch said he is considering throwing his political might into the Republican presidential primary for the first time and is likely to provide financial help to several contenders before settling on a single candidate.
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Liz Mair / The Huffington Post:
Scott Walker Tacks Far Right On Immigration
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
The GOP Needs to Run against the Last 16 Years
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Talented Mr. Rubio  —  Political audiences always …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell builds case for 2016  —  Mitch McConnell is building the case that this Senate is much more productive than the last one.  —  The Kentucky Republican, who ascended to majority leader after repeatedly ripping the Democratic-led Senate as “dysfunctional,” has to show that the GOP can govern.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Kathleen Hunter / Bloomberg Business:
Senate Leaders Reach Deal to Allow Loretta Lynch Confirmation Vote
Discussion: US News
The Hill:
Obama turns up the heat on trade  —  President Obama is ramping up his sales pitch to congressional Democrats on trade, making a full-throated argument that labor unions and liberals should back “fast-track” legislation seen as crucial to cementing international pacts at the top of his agenda.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Reid: I'm a ‘hell no’ on trade bill
Nick Gass / Politico:
Rand Paul: Lindsey Graham, John McCain are ‘lapdogs’ for President Obama's foreign policy  —  Lindsey Graham and John McCain are “lapdogs” for President Barack Obama's foreign policy, Rand Paul said Tuesday, at once firing back at recent remarks from the hawkish Republicans and seeking to distinguish his defense credentials.
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Simon Vozick-Levinson / Rolling Stone:
Waka Flocka Flame for President: Watch His Exclusive Campaign Video  —  Atlanta rapper announces 2016 White House run on 4/20  —  Two years ago, Waka Flocka Flame made a promise.  “I'm dead ass running for president in 2016,” the Atlanta rapper tweeted.  The date was November 6th, 2012.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Watch Out, Hillary: Waka Flocka Flame Is Running for President
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Obama's approval numbers rise; Americans optimistic on economy  —  President Obama's approval ratings have reached their highest mark in almost two years, according to a new poll from CNN/ORC.  —  Forty-eight percent of Americans approve of how Obama is running the country, compared to 47 percent who disapprove.
Discussion: Washington Post, PoliticusUSA and CNN
Krishnadev Calamur / NPR:
N.Y. Judge Grants Legal Rights To 2 Research Chimps  —  A New York judge has granted two research chimps the writ of habeas corpus - a move that allows them to challenge their detention.  —  The decision, says Science magazine, effectively recognizes chimps as legal persons …
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Michael Crowley / Politico:
President Obama to shun saying ‘genocide’ on 100th anniversary of Armenian massacres  —  President Barack Obama will not use the word “genocide” to describe the massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians in his annual statement commemorating the historic atrocity later this month.
James K. Sanborn / Marine Corps Times:
Tough tattoo regs sink stellar Marine's career  —  For Marines employed in what's become a hyper-competitive professional setting, not even multiple meritorious promotions, a combat valor award and a command-endorsed waiver are likely to save one's career if he has run afoul of the service's tattoo policy.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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.
Bryan Denson / Oregonian:
Teacher terrified by surprise ‘active shooter’ drill in eastern Oregon schoolhouse files federal lawsuit  —  The town of Halfway sits a few miles west of the Snake River, in eastern Oregon.  (Richard Cockle/The Oregonian)  —  Elementary school teacher Linda McLean sat at her desk …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
The Media Is Hyping A New, Unreleased Anti-Hillary Book.  Here's What It Really Says.  —  An upcoming book about the Clintons' foreign donors has whipped the media into a frenzy.  After presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) teased for weeks that the book contained scandalous revelations …
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
David Horowitz: ‘Traitor’ Obama Letting Terrorists Bring Nukes Over Southern Border  —  Conservative activist David Horowitz told Florida talk radio host Joyce Kaufman on Friday that President Obama's “heart is with the enemy,” which is why he is allowing terrorists to “walk across” the southern border carrying nuclear weapons.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Patrick Winn / Air Force Times:
Michelle Manhart talks after losing Air Force career  —  Editor's note: This story appeared on the cover of Air Force Times on April 16, 2007.  —  SAN ANTONIO — Something about that swish of dirty blond makes the airman's eyes flicker.  Is it her?  —  She's cruising slow, windows down …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Bill O'Reilly: Pity The Poor Rich Man  —  Bill O'Reilly used his Talking Points Memo to whine about how terribly rich people are being treated in America.  —  From Blue Nation Review: Bill O'Reilly Wants You to Feel Bad for Rich People Like Bill O'Reilly: … Transcript via O'Reilly's site: Income Inequality in America:
Discussion: Daily Kos
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.
 
 
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