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2:25 PM ET, May 19, 2015

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Emily Smith / Page Six:
George Stephanopoulos' future — and $105M contract — in danger  —  ABC has plenty of reasons to be freaking out over the George Stephanopoulos scandal — $105 million, to be exact.  —  The “Good Morning America” and “This Week” anchor renewed his contract last year for $105 million, TV-industry sources told The Post Monday.
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton May Not Need a Second Chance to Make a First Impression  —  Jeb Bush has his famous last name as a calling card, for better or worse.  But Scott Walker's name does not ring many bells outside Wisconsin.  —  Ted Cruz is not even well known in Texas.
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Snoop Dogg: I'll be voting for Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Business Insider
Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton made $3.2 million from the tech sector.  Now she's hitting it up for campaign dollars.
Discussion: The Hill, Mashable and Business Insider
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Stephanopoulos was also involved with offshoot of Clinton Foundation
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge orders ‘rolling’ release of Clinton's State Department emails  —  A federal judge has rejected the State Department's plan to release most of Hillary Clinton's emails as secretary of state in one large batch, insisting that the agency parcel out releases of the records over time.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
State Department plans to release Hillary Clinton's emails in January 2016  —  The State Department is proposing a deadline of January 2016 to complete its review and public release of 55,000 pages of emails former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton exchanged on a private server and turned over to her former agency last December.
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Hillary Clinton on her emails: I want them released ASAP  —  CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said she wants the State Department to publicly release her emails as soon as possible but that she has limited say over the matter.  —  “Anything that they might do to expedite …
Discussion: Daily Kos
New York Times:
Clinton Friend's Memos on Libya Draw Scrutiny to Politics and Business  —  When the Clintons last occupied the White House, Sidney Blumenthal cast himself in varied roles: speechwriter, in-house intellectual and press corps whisperer.  Republicans added another, accusing Mr. Blumenthal …
Simon Maloy / Salon:
David Brooks' sickening Iraq apologia: How the New York Times hack just rewrote history  —  New York Times columnist David Brooks was once an enthusiastic backer of George W. Bush's disastrous invasion of Iraq.  He'd write columns for the Weekly Standard - the official journal …
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Jamie Weinstein / The Daily Caller:
Stop It Liberals: Bush Didn't Lie About Iraq Having WMDs  —  Liberals, please stop it with the Iraq war lies.  —  There is plenty of criticism that can be leveled against George W. Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2003, but he didn't deliberately mislead the country about Iraq possessing weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
Discussion: The Atlantic
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Errors and Lies  —  Surprise!  It turns out that there's something …
Daily Mail:
Iraq braced for the Battle of Baghdad: Chilling images show ISIS victory parade after fanatics seize key city of Ramadi - just 60 miles from the capital - in an orgy of violence and beheadings  —  ISIS militants have held a twisted victory parade after taking the key city of Ramadi in an orgy …
Discussion: CNN, Allen B. West, Infowars and Fox News
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Sarah Almukhtar / New York Times:
ISIS Finances Are Strong
Discussion: Lawfare and The Week
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Obama's Middle East Policy Is In a State of Collapse
Discussion: Israel Matzav
New York Times:
ISIS Fighters Seized Advantage in Iraq Attack by Striking During Sandstorm
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Staff quit Clinton Foundation over Chelsea  —  Chelsea Clinton is so unpleasant to colleagues, she's causing high turnover at the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, sources say.  —  Several top staffers have left the foundation since Chelsea came onBoard as vice chairman in 2011.
Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal:
Behind Apple's Move to Shelve TV Plans  —  Apple had dropped its TV plans, but investor Carl Icahn sees the firm entering the market next year  —  Investor Carl Icahn said he expects Apple Inc. to introduce an ultra-high-definition television in 2016.  But after nearly a decade of research …
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Time for the Press to Start Punishing Clinton  —  The ability of the Clintons to get by on things that would send Republicans to political exile — or jail — is simply a wonder to behold.  But you would think that at some point the political press would start acting like the economic guild I've always thought it to be.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Gloria Steinem to lead women's march in North Korea  —  Gloria Steinem is among 30 women activists marching from Beijing through the demilitarized zone dividing North and South Korea in a call for peace next Sunday.  The event marks the International Women's Day for Peace and Disarmament.
Discussion: Hot Air and The Week
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Sui-Lee Wee / Reuters:
Women activists leave for North Korea and DMZ peace march
Discussion: The Week
Sandra Pedicini / Orlando Sentinel:
Disney World gets stronger with selfie stick warning  —  People just don't seem to get it.  Theme parks don't want you using selfie sticks on their rides.  —  So on Friday, Walt Disney World went a step further to make that point.  It posted a “No Selfie Sticks” sign at the Magic Kingdom's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.
Discussion: Associated Press
Des Moines Register:
Columba Bush: Support Iowa's domestic abuse programs  —  For the past 15 years, I have worked in partnership with the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence to raise awareness regarding the impact of domestic violence in our families while increasing private resources for life-saving services …
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and OnPolitics
Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Harvard professor apologizes to Rick Santorum  —  Harvard professor Robert Putnam apologized Tuesday to former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum for accusing him of saying “all black men are sexual predators.”  —  “Last week I carelessly but seriously misquoted Senator Santorum,” Putnam tweeted.
 
 
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Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Are You Ready for President Biden?
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Democratic House Freshman Aims To Ban LGBT Conversion Therapy As “Fraud”
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Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
The GOP Is the Strongest It's Been in Decades
Discussion: Power Line
Brian Murphy / Washington Post:
Lawyer: Trial of Post reporter held in Iran set to begin next week
Patrice Taddonio / FRONTLINE:
Secrets, Politics and Torture
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James Gallagher / BBC:
‘Home-brewed morphine’ made possible
Discussion: Raw Story, The Week and New York Times
Nick Gass / Politico:
Alan Grayson on his wife: ‘Gold diggers gotta dig’
Discussion: Post On Politics
Sarah Knapton / Telegraph:
Boys who smoke cannabis ‘are four inches shorter’
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Tech giants don't want Obama to give police access to encrypted phone data
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
In Iowa, Hillary vows to fight ‘drug epidemic’
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Republican field is a clown car
Discussion: Daily Kos
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