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12:35 AM ET, April 23, 2015

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George Packer / New Yorker:
American Politics: Why the Thrill Is Gone  —  Earlier this month, the Upshot—the Times's “politics and policy vertical,” as it's known in the business—ran a lengthy analysis of the Presidential campaign on the Republican side.  The piece came up with three categories of candidates …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Will 2016 be another slog?
Lisa Riley Roche / Deseret News:   Josh Romney: I won't run against Sen. Mike Lee, but another Republican should
Mark J. Perry / AEI:
18 spectacularly wrong apocalyptic predictions made around the time of the first Earth Day in 1970, expect more this year  —  In the May 2000 issue of Reason Magazine, award-winning science correspondent Ronald Bailey wrote an excellent article titled “Earth Day, Then and Now” …
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Carly Fiorina to Launch Presidential Campaign on May 4  —  Former Hewlett-Packard CEO will declare GOP campaign online  —  Carly Fiorina plans to launch her presidential campaign on May 4, in an online announcement that dispenses with the pageantry that has become de rigueur in 2016 White House runs.
Tiffany Craig / KHOU-TV:
Pregnant restaurant worker fired after armed robbery  —  CHANNELVIEW, Texas - A fast food restaurant is robbed and the shift manager says she got fired for refusing to pay the money back.  —  “I told them I'm not paying nothing,” said Marissa Holcomb.  “I just had a gun to me.  I'm not paying the money.”
Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
‘Killing Jews is Worship’ posters will soon appear on NYC subways and buses  —  New Yorkers are used to aggressive advertising.  Banners for breast implants.  Billboards for condoms.  But a federal judge's ruling has opened the door for far more controversial posters on buses and subways across the city.
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Nick Fox / The Official Google Blog:
Say hi to Fi: A new way to say hello  —  In today's mobile world, fast and reliable connectivity is almost second nature.  But even in places like the U.S., where mobile connections are nearly ubiquitous, there are still times when you turn to your phone for that split-second answer and don't have fast enough speed.
The Hill:
Rand Paul yanks Ray-Bans after complaint  —  Ray-Ban has asked Sen. Rand Paul's presidential campaign to quit selling the brand's Wayfarer sunglasses, which Paul had imprinted with the “Rand” logo.  —  The Rand-Ban sunglasses were for sale for $150 on Paul's website as recently as Tuesday.
Dustin Volz / National Journal:
McConnell Introduces Bill to Reauthorize Patriot Act Until 2020  —  The move may thwart any attempt to reform the NSA's mass-surveillance authorities.  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced a bill Tuesday night that would reauthorize a controversial surveillance authority …
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Rory Carroll / Guardian:
NSA surveillance needed to prevent Isis attack, claims former intelligence chair
Discussion: The Hill
Zach Roberts / Mother Jones:
Scott Walker Celebrates Earth Day by Proposing To Fire 57 Environmental Agency Employees  —  Happy Earth Day!  Today is a day we can all band together and share our love for this beautiful planet—or at least drown our sorrows about climate change with nerdy themed cocktails.
Discussion: Moe Lane and PoliticusUSA
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Lindsey Graham, John McCain bite back at Paul over ‘lapdog’ diss  —  The Senate's Two Amigos are firing back at Rand Paul's “lapdog” diss.  —  Paul, the 2016 GOP presidential contender who's tussled with Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain over foreign policy, took aim at the hawkish duo …
Caroline May / BREITBART.COM:
Obama Administration Admits Granting Known Gang Member Amnesty  —  The Obama administration is admitting it granted executive amnesty protections to a known gang member — one charged with four counts of murder — and is now reviewing prior approvals to double check that other gang members …
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Fox News:
Gang member facing murder charges was spared deportation under Obama program
Jessica Roake / Slate:
What is it like to be the neighbor of a “free-range kid”?  —  The Meitiv family of Maryland—scientists Danielle and Alexander, their 10-year-old son, and their 6-year-old daughter—became the national faces of the “free-range parenting” movement in December.
Discussion: Bloomberg View and Unfogged
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Secret Koch memo outlines plans for 2016  —  Documents detail plans to beef up the network's state-of-the-art data system and pay hundreds of staff embedded in local communities across the country.  —  The Koch brothers' political machine is expanding into new states and recruiting new donors …
Luciana Lopez / Reuters:
Presidential hopeful Rubio reaches out to gay Republicans  —  (Reuters) - Marco Rubio, the youthful Republican presidential hopeful who touts himself as the candidate of his party's future, has been making moves to court a socially liberal faction of his party that represents gay conservatives.
Discussion: Daily Kos, Hot Air and The Week
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Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Marco Rubio's Biggest Problem Isn't Jeb Bush
Discussion: Washington Monthly and US News
Bertrand Olotara / Guardian:
I am a cook in the US Senate but I still need food stamps to feed my children  —  I work 70 hours a week doing two jobs but cannot make ends meet.  Presidential hopefuls must make profitable federal contractors pay living wages  —  very day, I serve food to some of the most powerful people on earth …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Addicting Info
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Reminder: Earth Day Co-Founder Killed and Composted His Girlfriend  —  It's Earth Day and millions of people across the world are celebrating with events about global warming.  President Obama will travel to Florida via fossil fuel powered Air Force One to give a speech in the Everglades …
James Hibberd / EW.com:
MUPPETS SCOOP: ABC REVIVAL TO EXPLORE THEIR PERSONAL LIVES IN ‘MORE ADULT’ SHOW  —  Intriguing exclusive details about ABC's revival of The Muppets: EW has learned the project is a mockumentary-style series that goes deeper into the Muppets' personal lives, and promises a “more adult” show than previous incarnations of the franchise.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Ex-Clinton backer switches to O'Malley  —  A former Miami mayor and Hillary Clinton supporter has switched his allegiances and will host an event for her potential challenger, former Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-Md.).  —  The Miami Herald reports that O'Malley's O' Say Can You See PAC is holding …
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Rand Paul Says It's ‘Sexist’ To Think He Was Being Sexist With Female Reporters  —  In an interview with Iowa talk radio host Simon Conway yesterday, Sen. Rand Paul pushed back against claims that he has a pattern of interrupting and acting rudely towards female reporters …
Discussion: WHO Radio, Progress Pond and Hullabaloo
Matt Higgins / CBS DC:
More Than 9,000 Gallons Of Fuel To Be Used On Air Force One For Obama's Trip To Everglades On Earth Day  —  WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — With swampy wetlands and alligators as his backdrop, President Barack Obama will use a visit to Florida's Everglades to warn of the damage that climate change …
Luis Martinez / ABC News:
US Navy Ships Likely Will Not Board Iranian Ships Headed to Yemen … U.S. officials are downplaying the idea that U.S. Navy ships will intercept or board a convoy of nine Iranian ships suspected of carrying weapons to Houthi rebels in Yemen.  —  Officials say the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt …
Discussion: BarbWire.com
Newt Gingrich / New York Times:
Double the N.I.H. Budget  —  MCLEAN, Va. — NO one who lived through the 1990s would have suspected that one day people would look back on the period as a golden age of bipartisan cooperation.  But in some important ways, it was.  Amid the policy fights that followed the Republican victories of 1994 …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Washington Post
Mike Hayes / BuzzFeed:
The Government Shows Photo At Boston Bombing Trial Of Tsarnaev Giving The Finger  —  This image was captured in July 2013 on the day that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was arraigned on charges for the attacks at the Boston Marathon.  —  An image of convicted Boston Marathon bomber giving the middle finger …
Discussion: USA Today, CNN, TalkLeft and Refinery29
Steve Holland / Reuters:
On the hunt for the presidency, Jeb Bush adopts a ‘caveman’ diet  —  (Reuters) - Jeb Bush is eating like a caveman, and he has literally shrunk in size.  —  The former Florida governor, expected to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, is on the popular Paleo diet …
Discussion: BarbWire.com
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
U-Va. Associate Dean Nicole Eramo blasts Rolling Stone in open letter  —  This month, the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism issued a widely read report citing a number of lapses in Rolling Stone's execution of “A Rape on Campus,” the deeply flawed and ultimately retracted story …
 
 
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Jessica Goldstein / ThinkProgress:
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate passes trafficking bill 99-0, ending long abortion fight
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Daily Kos
Caroline Bologna / The Huffington Post:
Lesbian Couple's Side-By-Side Pregnancy Photos Are Truly Aww-Worthy
Discussion: SheWired, PinkNews and FOX2now.com
Ken Belson / New York Times:
N.F.L Concussion Suit Nears Resolution
Discussion: The Week, Daily Kos and NPR
Fox News:
House report: Cash-strapped IRS prioritized bonuses, union activity over helping taxpayers
Henry / Crooked Timber:
Krautmas came two weeks early this year
 Earlier Items: 
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Flies First Class Back to Washington
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Perino: Reid ‘absolutely poisonous’
Discussion: Hot Air, Daily Kos and The Reaction
Doug Sosnik / Politico:
Mitch McConnell Shouldn't Get Comfortable
Discussion: Addicting Info and The Reaction