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8:40 PM ET, April 22, 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
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
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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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.
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.
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.”
Discussion: Raw Story and Addicting Info
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: Addicting Info and PoliticusUSA
Lee Bergquist / JSOnline:
Fifty-seven DNR staff receive layoff notices amid talk of budget cuts  —  Fifty-seven employees of the state Department of Natural Resources began receiving formal notices this week that they might face layoff as part of Gov. Scott Walker's budget for the next two fiscal years.
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Zach Roberts / Mother Jones:
Scott Walker Celebrates Earth Day by Proposing To Fire 57 Environmental Agency Employees
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Moe Lane
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
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 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
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.
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 …
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Ted Cruz Showed Eloquence, and Limits, as Debater at Princeton  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — By the time he was a senior at Princeton University in 1992, Ted Cruz had developed an arsenal of rhetorical skills and theatrical gestures that made him one of the most polished performers on the college debate circuit.
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 …
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: The Daily Caller
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 …
Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
Conservative Republicans Alone on Global Warming's Timing  —  Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — While notable majorities of all other political party/ideology groups say the effects of global warming will happen within their lifetime, fewer than four in 10 conservative Republicans …
Billy House / Bloomberg Business:
Release of Benghazi Report on Hillary Clinton Likely Pushed to Election Season  —  The findings of a Republican-led committee investigating Hillary Clinton's response to the deadly 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, likely will not be released until next year, just months before the 2016 presidential election.
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 …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Perino: Reid ‘absolutely poisonous’  —  Dana Perino, the White House press secretary under President George W. Bush, on Tuesday excoriated Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), calling him “poisonous.”  —  “He's an absolutely poisonous figure in Washington, D.C., he's been a disaster for the country …
Discussion: Hot Air, Daily Kos and The Reaction
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.
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
 
 
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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, FOX2now.com and PinkNews
Ken Belson / New York Times:
N.F.L. Concussion Settlement Is Given Final Approval
Discussion: The Week and NPR
Fox News:
House report: Cash-strapped IRS prioritized bonuses, union activity over helping taxpayers
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