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8:25 AM ET, April 24, 2015

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Disastrous Clinton Post-Presidency
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
5 things we learned about ‘Clinton Cash’ without reading it
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh
ABC News:
Bill Clinton Cashed In When Hillary Became Secretary of State
Lauren French / Politico:
Trey Gowdy asks Hillary Clinton to appear twice on emails, Benghazi
Discussion: Daily Kos and Liberaland
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Ted Cruz Is Guest of Two Gay Businessmen  —  Senator Ted Cruz has positioned himself as a strong opponent of same-sex marriage, urging pastors nationwide to preach in support of marriage as an institution between a man and a woman, which he said was “ordained by God.”
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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Ted Cruz: I still oppose gay marriage  —  Washington (CNN)Ted Cruz was forced to reiterate his stance against same-sex marriage in a Thursday night statement after a news report of comments he made at a fundraising event on Monday in New York City cast some doubt.
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Mike Huckabee Defends Ex-Gay Therapy, Warns Gay Rights Will Outlaw Christianity: ‘God Help Us All’
Discussion: Politico and Joe. My. God.
Bloomberg Business:
Comcast Plans to Drop Time Warner Cable Deal … Fourteen months after unveiling a $45.2 billion merger that would create a new Internet and cable giant, Comcast Corp. is planning to walk away from its proposed takeover of Time Warner Cable Inc., people with knowledge of the matter said.
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USA Today:
Apologetic Petraeus gets probation for leaking secrets to his mistress
Discussion: Common Dreams and The Week
The Hill:
Republicans debate keeping ObamaCare subsidies until 2017  —  Congressional Republicans are locked in a debate about whether to temporarily keep in place the ObamaCare subsidies that are at risk of being struck down at the Supreme Court.  —  More than a half-dozen competing plans have already …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Vincent Schilling / Indian Country Today Media …:
Native Actors Walk off Set of Adam Sandler Movie After Insults to Women, Elders  —  Approximately a dozen Native actors and actresses, as well as the Native cultural advisor, left the set of Adam Sandler's newest film production, The Ridiculous Six, on Wednesday.
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Senate Confirms Loretta Lynch as Attorney General After Long Delay  —  WASHINGTON — After one of the nation's most protracted cabinet-level confirmation delays, the Senate Thursday approved Loretta E. Lynch to be attorney general.  She is the first African-American woman to hold the position.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate votes 56-43 to confirm Lynch as attorney general
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Senate Confirms Loretta Lynch To Be The First Black Female Attorney General
Discussion: RH Reality Check
J.D. Power:
Facing Cost-Sensitive Shoppers, Health Plan Providers Must Demonstrate Value  —  WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.: 23 April 2015 — Satisfaction with the Health Insurance Marketplace exchange enrollment process among new enrollees has significantly increased from 2014, and health plans obtained through …
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Paleo Diet In and Pizza Out, a Slimmer Jeb Bush Seems Intent on Staying That Way  —  Steak Tips Susanne, the $21 entree at the Hilton Garden Inn in Manchester, N.H., arrived as a carefully composed plate: strips of sirloin, sautéed peppers and caramelized onions atop a bed of linguine with a side of garlic bread.
Mark Halperin / Bloomberg Business:
Boehner Opens Door to House Subpoena of Clinton's E-mail Server  —  In his ceremonial office in the Capitol building, the speaker flared with outrage at Clinton's conduct, asserting she broke the law by failing to use a government e-mail account as secretary of state.  —  t MarkHalperin
Discussion: Fox News and OnPolitics
Ashley Goudeau / KVUE-TV:
Video shows DWI suspect knocked unconscious during arrest  —  ROUND ROCK, Texas — Video captured by a man inside the Wing Stop on East Palm Valley in Round Rock Tuesday afternoon shows Officer Ben Johnson arresting Viviana Keith.  —  The video shows Johnson and Keith talking …
Michael Crowley / Politico:
World War O  —  Obama took office vowing to end America's wars.  Now we're in at least five, and U.S. officials are unsure what to do about it.  —  Getty  —  President Barack Obama's expression of remorse on Thursday for the death of two hostages in a U.S. drone strike underscored …
Eli Stokols / Politico:
In fundraising, Jeb is on defense  —  Weekend confab comes as some Bush donors fear his funding edge is slipping.  —  This weekend in Miami Jeb Bush will huddle with a group of his top donors at a brand new “nature-centric,” $700-a-night South Beach hotel, replete with four pools …
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
Scientists find missing link in Yellowstone plumbing: This giant volcano is very much alive  —  Yellowstone National Park is the home of one of the world's largest volcanoes, one that is quiescent for the moment but is capable of erupting with catastrophic violence at a scale never before witnessed by human beings.
Paul Rosenberg / Salon:
Scott Walker, forever tarnished: Republican governors have tanked the GOP brand  —  What do Scott Walker, Chris Christie and Bobby Jindal all have in common?  They're all sitting governors who'd like to be president, sure.  But what else?  —  How about being embarrassingly bad at job creation?
Discussion: The Mahablog
Washington Post:
U.S. drone strike killed al-Qaeda hostages, including American  —  This video showing Warren Weinstein, a U.S. contractor held by al-Qaeda militants, was released in 2013.  The full 13-minute video was sent anonymously by e-mail to several journalists who have reported from Afghanistan.  (As-Sahab/AFP)
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Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg Business:
Two Hostages Killed in Counterterrorism Strike, Obama Says
 
 
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Atlanta students face charges for fight with gay classmates
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Supreme Court Justices Are Getting ‘Grumpier,’ Study Finds
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OMG, Chipotle Is Finally Offering Delivery (Thanks to Postmates)
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
The Many Measures of Hillary Clinton
Discussion: American Spectator
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘F*ck this court — I AM Justice’: Woman uncorks berserk legal rant after civil rights suit tossed
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