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1:10 PM ET, May 15, 2015

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fraternity of Failure  —  Jeb Bush wants to stop talking about past controversies.  And you can see why.  He has a lot to stop talking about.  But let's not honor his wish.  You can learn a lot by studying recent history, and you can learn even more by watching how politicians respond to that history.
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Chris Good / ABC News:
Jeb Bush on Disagreeing With Family: ‘I Have a Hard Time With That’ … Jeb Bush seems to have a talking point to explain why he hesitated so long to say, in hindsight, that the Iraq war was a mistake: He won't “go out of [his] way” to disagree with his brother.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Rove declines to endorse Jeb Bush
Tim Weiner / New York Times:
B. B. King, Defining Bluesman for Generations, Dies at 89  —  B. B. King, whose world-weary voice and wailing guitar lifted him from the cotton fields of Mississippi to a global stage and the apex of American blues, died Thursday in Las Vegas, The Associated Press reported.  He was 89.
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Brad Paisley / CNN:
B.B. King, the Beale Street Blues Boy 12 photos  —  The Mississippi native's reign as “king of the blues” lasted more than six decades and straddled two centuries, influencing a generation of rock and blues musicians, from Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan, to Sheryl Crow and John Mayer.
Fox News:
The thrill is gone: Blues legend B.B. King dead at 89
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House sends Iran review bill to Obama  —  The House on Thursday passed legislation requiring congressional review of a nuclear deal with Iran, handing a victory to critics of the talks who demanded that Congress have an oversight role.  —  Passage came easily on a vote of 400-25.
Discussion: Common Dreams and RedState
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
House Passes Defense Policy Bill Opposed by Obama
Discussion: The Hill, Daily Kos and ABC News
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama: Trade spat with Warren ‘has never been personal’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
The Hill:
Obama's Warren attacks backfire
Sarah Mimms / National Journal:
Why Some Male Members of Congress Won't Be Alone with Female Staffers  —  Numerous women who work on the Hill say they've been excluded from solo meetings and evening events, a practice that could be illegal.  —  It's no secret that Congress is dominated by men, but as women work to make inroads …
Discussion: The Week
Matt Friedman / New Jersey Online:
Howard Dean screams about Chris Christie in N.J.: 'You're not gonna win!'  —  ATLANTIC CITY — For the last decade, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean has been the butt of jokes about the “Dean Scream.”  —  On Thursday night, Dean turned the joke on Gov. Chris Christie and his presidential hopes.
Seth Lipsky / Wall Street Journal:
A Liberal Speech Cop Targets Alan Greenspan  —  The former Fed chairman drops out of a monetary conference after he's assailed by Paul Krugman.  —  To the list of questions the left has sought to place off limits to open debate—global warming, same-sex marriage, campaign finance, abortion—add a startling new topic: monetary reform.
Discussion: The Week and New York Times
Peter Jacobs / Business Insider:
Kid who got in to every Ivy League school is going to the University of Alabama — and it's a brilliant decision  —  High-school senior Ronald Nelson had an incredibly hard decision to make this year about college — mainly because he got into all eight Ivy League universities.
Discussion: Instapundit and The College Fix
Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Great Stephanopoulos mess  —  ABC anchor proves to be his own worst enemy.  —  Former Clintonland insider George Stephanopoulos, who has excelled at both politics and journalism, appears to have failed both professions with a single transgression.  —  As my POLITICO colleague Dylan …
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New York Times:
George Stephanopoulos's Gifts to Clinton Foundation Reinforce G.O.P. Doubts
Damon Linker / The Week:
Is Christianity in America doomed?  —  Last month, New Atheist God-hater Daniel Dennett wrote an op-ed column in The Wall Street Journal that used a Pew poll to argue that the future of religion is bleak.  I responded with a column of my own in which I mocked this claim …
Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's litmus test for Supreme Court nominees: a pledge to overturn Citizens United  —  Hillary Clinton told a group of her top fundraisers Thursday that if she is elected president, her nominees to the Supreme Court will have to share her belief that the court's 2010 Citizens United decision must …
Christy Hoppe / Trail Blazers Blog:
Rick Perry to announce presidential run June 4 in Dallas  —  Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry pitches a New Hampshire crowd opn his experience on April 17.  (AP Photo/Jim Cole)  —  Former Gov. Rick Perry has chosen Dallas to officially declare his second run for the Republican presidential nomination in three weeks.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
DHS chief: Drones are threat to 2016 candidates  —  Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Friday he is concerned about drones threatening 2016 presidential candidates.  —  “It is definitely an issue,” Johnson told a news panel on MSNBC's “Morning Joe.”
Discussion: Political Wire
Rob Virtue / Daily Express:
BBC reporter slammed for comparing hate preacher Anjem Choudary to Gandhi and Mandela  —  THE BBC has come under fire after one of its chief reporters shockingly compared extremism preacher Anjem Choudary to civil rights heroes Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi.  —  GETTY  •IG
Abheek Bhattacharya / Wall Street Journal:
China Fires Away at Coal Power  —  Reforms to the electricity sector spell bad news for coal-powered operators  —  China is planning the biggest overhaul of its power industry in over a decade.  And the scope for upheaval is biggest at companies that depend on coal, such as China Resources Power.
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Energydesk and RTCC
 
 
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