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6:05 PM ET, April 28, 2015

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Gay Marriage Arguments Divide Supreme Court Justices  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices on Tuesday clashed during arguments on whether there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.  The session is the last public step before a decision that will resolve one of the great open questions in modern constitutional law.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court Appears Ready To Rule In Favor Of Marriage Equality  —  A 5-4 vote in favor of same-sex couples' marriage rights appears to be the most likely outcome, although Chief Justice John Roberts' vote shouldn't be counted out.  —  Mladen Antonov / Getty Images
Discussion: Frontiers Media and Daily Kos
Bloomberg Business:
Kennedy Sends Mixed Signals as Supreme Court Debates Gay Marriage
Discussion: ABC News, Bloomberg View, Daily Kos and NPR
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why a Ruling for Same-Sex Marriage Would Help Republicans
ABC News:
What They Said: Supreme Court Quotes on Gay Marriage
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court justices skeptical of redefining marriage
Joseph Landau / New York Times:
Why Chief Justice John Roberts Might Support Gay Marriage
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
Nonviolence as Compliance  —  Rioting broke out on Monday in Baltimore—an angry response to the death of Freddie Gray, a death my native city seems powerless to explain.  Gray did not die mysteriously in some back alley but in the custody of the city's publicly appointed guardians of order.
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Rand Paul: Baltimore Violence Is About ‘Lack Of Fathers’ And Morals (AUDIO)  —  Presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) weighed in on the turmoil in Baltimore on Tuesday, standing with police and blaming the violence on a lack of morals in America.  —  “I came through the train on Baltimore …
Bob Kinzel / digital.vpr.net:
Bernie Sanders To Announce Presidential Run  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a luncheon at the National Press Club on Monday, March 9, 2015 in Washington.  VPR has learned that Sanders will announce his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday.  —  ANDREW HARNIK AP
Jacqueline Klimas / Washington Times:
Iran fires at, boards Marshall Islands cargo ship; U.S. sending defense … Iranian troops boarded a cargo vessel early Tuesday morning after firing shots at the ship, prompting the U.S. to send assets to the ship's defense.  —  The Pentagon said at least five Iranian patrol vessels approached …
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Jim Sciutto / CNN:
Iran seizes commercial ship, U.S. forces respond
Discussion: Business Insider and PUNDIT PRESS
BBC:
US military ‘monitoring’ Iran ship seizure
Discussion: American Spectator
The Jakarta Post:
RI executes 8 drug convicts  —  Defying intense pressure from the international community, the government executed eight death row prisoners early on Wednesday on Nusakambangan prison island near Cilacap in Central Java.  —  “We've carried out the executions,” said an Attorney General's Office …
Discussion: NPR, Ultimate Classic Rock and TalkLeft
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Calla Wahlquist / Guardian:
Bali Nine: Indonesia confirms it will execute prisoners tonight - live updates
Discussion: Mashable, Common Dreams and ABC
George Roberts / ABC:
Bali Nine pair Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran ‘dignified’ ahead of executions
Discussion: Common Dreams
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Walker, Clinton lead in Iowa  —  PPP's newest Iowa poll finds Scott Walker well ahead of the rest of the Republican field in Iowa, getting 23% to 13% for Marco Rubio, 12% for Jeb Bush, 10% each for Mike Huckabee and Rand Paul, 8% for Ted Cruz, 7% for Ben Carson, 5% for Chris Christie, and 4% for Rick Perry.
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FiveThirtyEight:
Jeb Bush Has The Cash, But Not The GOP Support  —  Jeb Bush is expected to declare a fundraising total in the “high tens of millions of dollars,” The New York Times reported on Monday.  Any talk of record fundraising totals ought to account for inflation — as well as the fact that it's easier …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jonathan Allen / Vox:
181 Clinton Foundation donors who lobbied Hillary's State Department  —  The size and scope of the symbiotic relationship between the Clintons and their donors is striking.  At least 181 companies, individuals, and foreign governments that have given to the Clinton Foundation also lobbied …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
‘Clinton Cash’ author blasts critics
Discussion: Hot Air
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
That Time Bill Clinton Ran Ads Attacking His Rivals For Taking Money From Foreign Interests
Discussion: RedState
WMAR:
VIDEO: Mom beats child for throwing rocks at Baltimore Police  —  This Baltimore mom saw her son throwing rocks at police on television.  —  That didn't sit well with her.  —  The video shows the mother repeatedly striking her boy, chasing him as he tries to walk away.
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
What the Public Knows — In Pictures, Words, Maps and Graphs  —  Pew Research Center News IQ Quiz  —  The latest Pew Research Center News IQ survey finds that, nearly half a century after the death of Martin Luther King Jr., an overwhelming majority of Americans (91%) are able to identify the civil rights leader from his picture.
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Americans bomb Pew test of basic political knowledge
Discussion: Pew Research Center
Jamie Schram / New York Post:
Why I killed Jeffrey Dahmer  —  Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was done in by his uncontrollable lust for human flesh, the man who whacked him in prison 20 years ago told The Post, revealing for the first time why the cannibal had to die.  —  Christopher Scarver — who fatally beat the serial killer …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Richard Rubin / Bloomberg Business:
NFL Will End Its Tax-Exempt Status, Goodell Tells Owners  —  The National Football League's central office will become a taxable entity, ending its tax-exempt status in a move with minimal financial effect and significant symbolic value.  —  Commissioner Roger Goodell informed team owners …
Benji Hart / Salon:
Baltimore's violent protesters are right: Smashing police cars is a legitimate political strategy  —  As a nation, we fail to comprehend Black political strategy in much the same way we fail to recognize the value of Black life.  —  We see ghettos and crime and absent parents …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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David Ginsburg / ABC News:
Orioles to Play White Sox on Wednesday in Closed Stadium
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
CNN Anchor Brooke Baldwin Blames Military Veterans for Baltimore Riots
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
Mireya Navarro / New York Times:
Italian American Museum Gives a Tenant More Time to Move
Discussion: bizjournals and Gothamist
Telegraph:
Is Barack Obama planning a move to New York to teach at Columbia?
Discussion: Liberaland and Page Six
Yahoo! Finance:
Pole Dancing Robots Draw Crowds to Major London Tech Startup Event
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Baltimore Sun:
Gangs call for calm in Baltimore
Discussion: The Week
 Earlier Items: 
The Missouri Torch:
STUNNING: MO BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER TELLS PARENT “WAR OF NORTHERN AGGRESSION” ENDED STATE SOVEREIGNTY (VIDEO)
Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
The Economic Devastation Fueling The Anger In Baltimore