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Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
What you really need to know about Baltimore, from a reporter who's lived there for over 30 years  —  It was only a matter of time before Baltimore exploded.  —  In the more than three decades I have called this city home, Baltimore has been a combustible mix of poverty, crime, and hopelessness …
Hillary Crosley Coker / Jezebel:
Why Can't Baltimore's Black Female Mayor Stop Saying ‘Thug’?  —  On Monday night, protesters took to the streets of Baltimore hours after the funeral of Freddie Gray, a young man who died following injuries he sustained while in police custody.  Last night, Baltimore's Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake stood …
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Rand Paul: Baltimore Violence Is About ‘Lack Of Fathers’ And Morals (AUDIO)
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
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Mike Segar / Reuters:
Bernie Sanders to launch Democratic presidential bid: Vermont radio
Discussion: WGN-TV and The Nation
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Sanders to launch presidential bid
Discussion: Common Dreams
Julie Bykowicz / Bloomberg Business:
Bernie Sanders to Challenge Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay and Politico
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Holy war against Hillary  —  What have the American people done to deserve the political campaigns that have become a permanent feature of American life, starring politicians who perpetually escalate every unsavory tactic that brings politics into widespread disrepute?
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John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Spokesman Disputes Book: Bill Clinton Not Paid For Series Of Speeches  —  Clinton Cash, the hotly anticipated book about the Clinton Foundation reports that the former president was paid for speeches by a contractor seeking Haiti relief contracts.  —  HECTOR RETAMAL / Getty
TMZ.com:
Joni Mitchell — In a Coma, Unresponsive (Update: With Court Docs)  —  IN A COMA, UNRESPONSIVE  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Joni Mitchell is unconscious in a hospital, unable to respond to anyone, with no immediate prospects for getting better.  —  Joni's close friend of 44 years, Leslie Morris …
Sam Baker / National Journal:
Supreme Court Divided In Same-Sex Marriage Arguments  —  Justice Anthony Kennedy seemed to lean toward same-sex marriage, but not decisively.  —  The Supreme Court divided along traditional partisan lines Tuesday over a historic case that could make same-sex marriage legal in every state.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court Appears Ready To Rule In Favor Of Marriage Equality
Scott Wong / The Hill:
GOP leader: Gas tax hike ‘politically impossible’  —  A gas-tax hike is dead on arrival in Congress, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday.  —  Transportation advocates have pushed to increase or index to inflation the 18.4-cents-per-gallon federal gas tax …
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Thousands of new Lerner emails found  —  An inspector general investigating the IRS's improper scrutiny of Tea Party groups has found thousands of emails from Lois Lerner, the agency official at the center of that controversy, according to committees involved in the probe.
Discussion: Fox News, Hot Air and The Last Refuge
Jessica Oh / KUSA-TV:
Mom claims school did not let child finish lunch  —  Mom claims school did not let child finish lunch.  9NEWS at 9 p.m. 04/27/15.  —  CONNECT  —  AURORA - A mother in Aurora claims a teacher at her child's preschool, Children's Academy, refused to let the little girl eat part of her lunch, because it wasn't nutritious.
Discussion: New York's PIX11
Eli Lake / Bloomberg View:
Marshall Islands Needs U.S. Help in Iran Standoff  —  The Marshall Islands, a small country that gained independence from the U.S. in 1986, will almost definitely have to rely on the U.S. to retrieve a cargo ship flying its flag that was commandeered Tuesday by Iran's Navy, apparently in Iranian waters.
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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 …
Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Hillary Clinton's forgotten death penalty shift  —  Clinton helped save a condemned black man before she went tough on crime.  Where does she stand now?  —  As a young lawyer, Hillary Clinton helped save a mentally handicapped black man from the electric chair.
Jeffrey Leonard / Washington Monthly:
Get the Energy Sector off the Dole  —  Why ending all government subsidies for  —  fuel production will lead to a cleaner energy future—and why Obama has a rare chance  —  to make it happen.  —  ast September, President Obama promised that the cornerstone of his legislative program …
Oregonian:
Kingsmen singer Jack Ely dead at 71  —  Entertainment Photos By Entertainment Photos  —  Jack Ely, the former Portland guitarist and singer best known for the Kingsmen's 1960s hit “Louie, Louie,” has died at age 71.  —  His son Sean Ely confirmed the death Tuesday to The Associated Press …
Discussion: The Week
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
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Walker, Clinton lead in Iowa
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
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Americans bomb Pew test of basic political knowledge
Discussion: Pew Research Center
Calla Wahlquist / Guardian:
Bali Nine: Indonesia confirms it will execute prisoners tonight - live updates  —  Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, convicted in 2006 of drug smuggling in Indonesia, and seven other prisoners, face execution by firing squad early on Wednesday morning after last-ditch pleas for mercy fail
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Ashley Edwards / New York's PIX11:
Mother viciously beats woman over parking space at LI mall as husband, children watch
Discussion: KFOR-TV and WGN-TV
Allie Grasgreen / Politico:
Corinthian's collapse heightens calls for loan forgiveness
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Daily Kos
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
CNN Anchor Brooke Baldwin Blames Military Veterans for Baltimore Riots
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The Missouri Torch:
STUNNING: MO BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER TELLS PARENT “WAR OF NORTHERN AGGRESSION” ENDED STATE SOVEREIGNTY (VIDEO)
Benji Hart / Salon:
Baltimore's violent protesters are right: Smashing police cars is a legitimate political strategy
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Vox Popoli