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6:45 PM ET, May 5, 2015

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Zeke J Miller / TIME:
The GOP's First Big 2016 Test: Fitting Candidates on the Debate Stage  —  From 23 debates in 2012 to as many as 17 candidates in 2016.  —  The Republican Party has a whole new debate problem in 2016.  —  After suffering through a seemingly endless and unwieldy stream of 23 debates in the 2012 cycle …
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Mark Preston / CNN:
First on CNN: Clinton, Democratic presidential opponents to debate six times  —  Washington (CNN)Democrats will announce Tuesday six presidential primary debates, giving long shots a potential opportunity to share the debate stage with frontrunner Hillary Clinton, CNN has learned.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Hillary Clinton's rope-line antagonist  —  Andrea Mitchell's back on the trail, and she's not taking no for an answer.  —  In the usual scrum of reporters crowded around Hillary Clinton, sticking microphones, cameras and phones in the Democratic front-runner's face on her campaign trips to early states …
Elena Schneider / Politico:
DNC will sanction 6 primary debates
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
How Mike Huckabee Became the New Sarah Palin  —  In late January a once-dominant figure in Republican politics suddenly began hinting at a presidential run and got a lot of negative feedback.  It had to make Mitt Romney feel better.  —  Yes, 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin pointedly refused …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Booman Tribune
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James Hohmann / Politico:
The populist 1 percenter  —  As he readies a second presidential bid …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Here's what Americans don't want to see in a president
Discussion: The Week
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Why isn't Huckabee getting more respect?
Holly Yan / CNN:
ISIS claims responsibility for Texas shooting, threatens more attacks  —  Story highlights  —  (CNN)ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack outside a Prophet Mohammed cartoon contest in Texas — and warned of more attacks to come.  —  In a broadcast on its official radio channel Tuesday …
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David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Republicans Tread Carefully as Islamic State Claims Credit for Texas Shooting  —  When is a shooting a terrorist attack?  —  t daveweigel  —  Last week, Iowa Representative Steve King brought Dutch politician and speaker Geert Wilders to Washington for a series of briefings with conservatives.
Dallas Morning News:
2 Garland shooters' lives twined to tragic end
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Lindsey Graham: Everything That Starts With ‘Al-’ In Middle East Is Bad  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is not a linguist.  —  “Everything that starts with ‘Al’ in the Middle East is bad news,” Graham said at a dinner in Boston on Monday with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, according to investigative journalist Uri Blau.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
The Dangerous Myths Surrounding Charlie Hebdo  —  Two recent events—the spectacle of Garry Trudeau, the Doonesbury creator, attacking a group of murdered cartoonists for offending his sensibilities, and the protest organized by a group of bien-pensant writers against the PEN American Center …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Louie Gohmert Sounds The Alarm About Possible Military Takeover Of Texas  —  Tea party darling Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on Tuesday demanded that the U.S. military alter a planned training exercise that some conspiracy theorists believe is cover for a possible takeover of the Lone Star state.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
No, Pentagon says: We're not plotting the military takeover of Texas
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Mayor de Blasio Is Irked by a Subway Delay  —  The email, blunt and to the point, popped into City Hall aides' inboxes at 12:17 p.m., and the subject line said it all: “2 problems today.”  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio, it seemed, was not pleased.  —  In a stern, bullet-pointed missive on Monday …
Alexandra Stevenson / New York Times:
For Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers, a Difficult 2014 Still Paid Well  —  For investors in hedge funds, like big pension funds, 2014 was not a lucrative year.  But for those who managed their money, the pay was spectacular.  —  The top 25 hedge fund managers reaped $11.62 billion in compensation in 2014 …
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The 2015 Rich List: The Highest Earning Hedge Fund Managers of the Past Year
Margaret Newkirk / The Advocate:
Bloomberg: on Bobby Jindal's watch, Louisiana's tattered finances the consequence of two key factors  —  This combination made from file photos shows Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, left, and Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson.  This is name-dropping season for the 2016 presidential hopefuls …
Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
Online activists raised $60K for Tamir Rice's family — so where did all that money go?  —  Shaun King was furious.  —  The author and life coach turned activist has been one of the most prominent online voices in recent months, as protests of police impunity that began in Ferguson, Mo. …
Timothy M. Phelps / Los Angeles Times:
DEA agents jail student 5 days with no food, water; get slap on wrist  —  Federal agents responsible for leaving a 23-year-old UC San Diego engineering student in a holding cell for five days without food or water received only reprimands or short suspensions from the Drug Enforcement Administration, according to the Justice Department.
Kate Irby / Bradenton Herald:
Couple found guilty of having sex on Bradenton Beach  —  MANATEE — After only 15 minutes of deliberation, a jury Monday found a couple guilty of having sex on Bradenton Beach.  —  The convictions carry maximum prison sentences of 15 years.  —  Jose Caballero, 40, and Elissa Alvarez, 20 …
Discussion: NBC News and Raw Story
Politico:
Sources: Grayson's girlfriend wants his House seat  —  Grayson's girlfriend, Dena Minning, has reached out to at least one Democratic-leaning group and clearly expressed her interest in running for his House seat if he runs for Senate.  —  As Florida Rep. Alan Grayson mulls a Senate campaign …
Chris Jose / FOX31 Denver:
Group's prom picture with guns and a Confederate flag causes controversy … PARKER, Colo. — A prom picture is stirring up controversy in Parker.  —  Chaparral High School hosted prom in Denver on Saturday, but it's a picture of students posing with guns and the Confederate flag that is grabbing the town's attention.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Dr. Susan Berry / BREITBART.COM:
FAIL: Only 18 Percent of 8th-Graders Proficient in US History  —  Results of the “Nation's Report Card” released this week by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) show that only 18 percent of 8th-graders are “proficient” or above in U.S. history, and only 23 percent are proficient in civics.
The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid Plans To Block Trade Deal Until The Senate Deals With Surveillance Reform, Highway Funding  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is putting the brakes on a Senate effort to push through a controversial trade deal, saying that Democrats will block the measure until …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Fox News
 
 
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Bloomberg Business:
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‘Clinton Cash’ Author Worries He'll Be Killed By ‘The Clinton Machine’
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Hillary to GOP: You get 1 shot on Benghazi
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