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8:10 PM ET, May 9, 2015

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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
King Blames Obama for Inciting Baltimore Riots  —  The Iowa firebrand takes his hot fire to South Carolina.  —  Representative Steve King was in his element at the South Carolina Freedom Summit on Saturday, saying after a speech to raucous conservatives that the fault for riots in Baltimore lies with President Barack Obama.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Top GOP Pollster Makes Really Weird Joke About Bruce Jenner At 2016 Event  —  A scene from Diane Sawyer's interview with Bruce Jenner.  —  CREDIT: YouTube/ABC News  —  GOP pollster Frank Luntz made an awkward joke about Bruce Jenner during a focus group at the South Carolina Freedom Summit on Saturday afternoon.
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
In South Carolina, a Campaign Pitch for Every GOP Preference
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and ABC News
Jeff Greenfield / The Daily Beast:
Why Character Attacks on Hillary Won't Work  —  Why the former first couple has always survived attacks on their character, and probably always will.  —  If you're Martin O'Malley, or one of the other potential Democrats pondering a race against Hillary Clinton, you've been presented …
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Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
National Media Reporter Admits ‘National Media Primed To Take Hillary Clinton Down’
Discussion: Politico and Hullabaloo
Capper / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Walker Shoots His Campaign In The Foot  —  On Sunday, Sergio Valencia del Toro was upset by an argument with his fiancee.  He chose to deal with his pain and anger by going to a community setting with two hand guns and opening fire, killing three people - including an 11 year old girl - before taking his own life:
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Yahoo:
Why Obama is happy to fight Elizabeth Warren on the trade deal  —  “She's absolutely wrong,” Barack Obama said, before I could even get the question out of my mouth.  —  He was talking about Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts senator and populist crusader whom Obama helped elevate to national prominence.
Sheri Fink / New York Times:
Liberia Is Free of Ebola, World Health Organization Declares  —  The World Health Organization declared Liberia free of Ebola on Saturday, making it the first of the three hardest-hit West African countries to bring a formal end to the epidemic.  —  “The outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Liberia is over …
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Media centre  —  The Ebola outbreak in Liberia is over
Discussion: NBC News, Common Dreams and Mediaite
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Triumph of the Unthinking  —  “Words,” wrote John Maynard Keynes, “ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.”  I've always loved that quote, and have tried to apply it to my own writing.  But I have to admit that in the long slump that followed …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
What Republicans Can Learn From British Conservatives  —  Stephen Harper in Canada.  Tony Abbott in Australia.  John Key in New Zealand.  And now, impressively re-elected, a second-term David Cameron in the United Kingdom.  —  Center-right leaders are in charge of every one of America's closest English-speaking allies.
Discussion: Instapundit, BBC and Washington Post
Charles Murray / Wall Street Journal:
Regulation Run Amok—And How to Fight Back  —  Too many government regulations today are pointless and prevent us from doing our jobs as well as we could, writes Charles Murray.  His modest proposal: Ignore them.  —  America is no longer the land of the free.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Bob Owens / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Why the police shouldn't use Glocks  —  Timothy Stansbury died in a New York housing project stairwell in 2004 because he startled a police officer.  The officer's surprise at encountering Stansbury caused the officer's hand to clench and his weapon to fire.
Discussion: Instapundit
Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
North Korea tests submarine ballistic missile  —  North Korea claims it launched a missile from a submarine.  If true, the launch violates U.N. sanctions and makes the country more of a threat.  Video provided by Newsy Newslook  —  Under the watchful eyes of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un …
Discussion: The Week and NPR
Matthew Pratt Guterl / The New Republic:
What Is David Brooks's Purpose?  —  The Times columnist says moral debate is dying.  He must not be paying attention to #BlackLivesMatter.  —  New York Times columnist David Brooks has a question for you: “What Is Your Purpose?”  That's the title of his latest missive on public morality …
 
 
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FBI agent shot; suspect dead at Essex House Motel near downtown Littleton
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