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8:15 AM ET, May 1, 2015

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Brad Bell / WJLA-TV:
Law enforcement sources say Freddie Gray suffered head injury in police transport van  —  BALTIMORE, Md. (WJLA) — An investigation into the death of Baltimore resident Freddie Gray has found no evidence that his fatal injuries were caused during his videotaped arrest and interaction with police officers …
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Morgan Freeman on Baltimore Protest Coverage: ‘F-ck the Media’  —  The screen icon discussed police brutality and the televised news media's coverage of the Baltimore protests in the wake of Freddie Gray's death while in police custody.  —  “F-ck the media.”
Guardian:
Police van carrying Freddie Gray made previously undisclosed stop after his arrest
Discussion: BBC and Shakesville
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John Dickerson / Slate:
How Bernie Sanders running for president helps Hillary Clinton.  —  When candidates are confronted by ideological opposition from within their own party, they face two options: They can fight it or embrace it.  In 1952 Dwight Eisenhower and Robert Taft fought.  In 1980 Jimmy Carter and Edward Kennedy fought.
Maya Rhodan / TIME:
Watch This 6th Grader Cut Off President Obama for Talking Too Much  —  Somebody get this kid a talk show.  —  “Mr. President, let's move on to the next question,” is not something you hear that often in Washington, especially not on friendly panel discussions.
Discussion: Mediaite, Twitchy, Politico and Mashable
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Deborah Gates / Delmarva Daily Times:
Wicomico 6th-grader to interview Obama
Discussion: Associated Press and Jezebel
Mark C. Urban / Science:
Accelerating extinction risk from climate change  —  Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.  —  Predicting extinction in a changing world  —  There is great interest in understanding …
Charlie Spiering / BREITBART.COM:
Obama Says He Wants To Go Back To Community Organizing After Presidency  —  President Obama spoke about his post-presidency during an event with school children today, saying he wants to go back to his life as a community organizer.  —  “I'll be done being president in a couple years …
Discussion: American Spectator
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama hints at return to community organizing
James Hohmann / Politico:
In early horse race, Marco Rubio threatens Scott Walker  —  In primary within the primary, the Florida senator and the Wisconsin governor fight for the same space.  —  ANKENY, Iowa— Republican insiders in early-voting states say a crucial battle is emerging in the 2016 presidential race between Marco Rubio …
Wall Street Journal:
Roles of Presidential Super PACs Expanding  —  Groups taking on more campaign roles, not just running negative ads; will the FEC approve?  —  When Carly Fiorina announces on Monday that she is running for president, she will do so under the banner of Carly for President.
Rachael Bade / Politico:
House passes final budget deal  —  The House on Thursday passed a final budget deal, bringing Republicans one step closer to enacting a spending blueprint that sets the stage for this summer's spending bills.  —  The chamber passed the framework, 226-197.  It would balance the budget …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
GOP delays vote on first spending bill
Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
Zarif in New York  —  “The devil is in the details.”  —  So said Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister, at an event at the New York University Center on International Cooperation on Wednesday.  Zarif is in New York for another round of talks aimed at finishing an agreement designed to stop …
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Louis Charbonneau / Reuters:
Exclusive: Britain told U.N. monitors of active Iran nuclear procurement - panel
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Indulging the Lunatics on the Right  —  Ask a Republican about the elaborate conspiracy theories that are so popular with many on the far right, and she's likely to respond that, sure, those people are there, but liberals have their wackos, too.  But there is a difference …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Iran bill a mess after Cotton, Rubio try to force votes  —  Republican amendments complicate efforts to secure Democratic support.  —  Sens. Tom Cotton and Marco Rubio used a hardball procedural tactic on Thursday to force contentious votes on a bill allowing congressional review of a nuclear deal …
Ben S. Bernanke / Brookings Institute:
WSJ Editorial Page Watch: The Slow-Growth Fed?  —  For the second year in a row, the first-quarter Gross Domestic Product figures were disappointing.  The Wall Street Journal, in an editorial entitled “The Slow-Growth Fed,” uses the opportunity to argue (again) for tighter monetary policy.
Washington Post:
Koch brothers make push to court Latinos, alarming many Democrats  —  LAS VEGAS — For Republicans, the road to warming the hearts and winning the votes of Latinos may begin at a Las Vegas flea market.  —  On a recent morning, inside the Eastern Indoor Swapmeet Las Vegas …
Discussion: RedState
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
The Clock Didn't Start With the Riots  —  On Thursday, April 30, Ta-Nehisi Coates spoke at Johns Hopkins University in his native city of Baltimore, at the inaugural Forum on Race in America.  This article is an edited transcript of his remarks.  —  About a year ago, I published …
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
Machine Learning:
Fun with ML, Stream Analytics and PowerBI - Observing Virality in Real Time  —  This post is authored by Corom Thompson and Santosh Balasubramanian, Engineers in Information Management and Machine Learning at Microsoft  —  This is a fun story of how we were expecting perhaps 50 users for a test but …
 
 
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
On Trade: Obama Right, Critics Wrong
Discussion: Seeing the Forest
Nick Gillespie / The Daily Beast:
Trigger Warning: College Kids Are Human Veal
Discussion: Hot Air, EconLog and Hit & Run
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Ted Cruz: ‘Absence is the equivalent of a no vote’ on Loretta Lynch
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Washington Post:
John Roberts says people want the ‘democratic process’ to decide gay marriage. He's wrong.
Discussion: New York Times, SCOTUSblog and ACS Blog
Tom LoBianco / Indianapolis Star:
Democrat Gregg enters governor's race, hits Pence on RFRA
BuzzFeed:
The Fight For Pitbull's Political Soul: Republicans Want Pitbull To Join Them
 Earlier Items: 
Pam Key / BREITBART.COM:
New Black Panther Head: Like Founding Fathers, We Are Willing to Kill for Black Nation
Kristen Holloway / WATE-TV:
Hawkins County Schools launch new procedures after serving years-old meat to students
Discussion: WBIR-TV, The Daily Caller and ABC News
Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Lawyer suing Aaron Schock says he can't find former Instagram star
The Fiscal Times:
The Stagnant Economy Spells Trouble for Democrats
Discussion: Washington Post and Hot Air