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7:30 PM ET, May 23, 2015

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New York Times:
In Early Vote Count, Ireland Appears Headed Toward Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage  —  DUBLIN — Ireland appeared poised to become the world's first nation to approve same-sex marriage by a popular vote on Saturday, with early vote counts showing strong and broad support for a measure …
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Chris Johnston / Guardian:
Ireland becomes first country to legalise same-sex marriage by popular vote - live  —  With almost all of the results in, Ireland has voted a historic Yes in its gay marriage referendum … Share  —  With 34 constituencies now declared, the Yes vote is 61.7% and No at 38.3%.
CNN:
Early indications suggest Ireland voters back same-sex marriage referendum  —  Ireland counts ballots in same-sex marriage vote 01:49  —  Story highlights  —  Dublin, Ireland (CNN)Early indications are that Ireland has voted in favor of same-sex marriage, Irish media reported Saturday …
BBC:
Ireland same-sex referendum set to approve gay marriage
Discussion: Chicago Boyz and Mashable
Associated Press:
Both sides say Ireland has voted to legalize gay marriage
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Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Cleveland Police Officer Acquitted of Manslaughter in 2012 Deaths  —  A Cleveland police officer who climbed onto the hood of a car after a chase and fired repeatedly at its unarmed occupants in 2012 was acquitted of manslaughter on Saturday by an Ohio judge.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Mediaite
Kimbriell Kelly / Washington Post:
Cleveland officer Michael Brelo found not guilty in fatal shooting of two people
Discussion: PoliPundit.com and The Week
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Senate adjourns with no clear path forward on Patriot Act  —  The Senate failed to move forward on legislation to reform the National Security Agency or renew the Patriot Act early on Saturday morning, making it almost a sure bet that portions of the Patriot Act expire at the end of the month.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Prairie Weather
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Julia Marsh / New York Post:
City orders Sharpton's daughter to save incriminating hiking pics  —  City lawyers warned Dominique Sharpton not to delete Instagram photos like this one atop an Indonesian mountain — where she trekked while claiming in a lawsuit that she has “permanent” ­injuries.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The GOP's Southern discomfort  —  As the 2016 Republican presidential campaign gets underway, the nation's most reliably red region finds itself yet again without a native son in a leading position.  —  OKLAHOMA CITY — It's the heartland of the modern Republican Party, the most reliably red region in presidential elections.
Discussion: ABC News
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Paul Waldman / The Week:
Fox News is taking control of the Republican primary
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Ben Carson: 'Don't Let The Secular Progressives Drive God Out Of Our Lives'  —  Ben Carson, the 2016 Republican presidential candidate and Tea Party darling, told Republicans on Saturday that they shouldn't allow the government to encroach on their religious liberties.
Discussion: Raw Story
Phillip Inman / Guardian:
Secret Bank of England taskforce investigates financial fallout of Brexit  —  News of undercover project emerges after Bank staff accidentally email details to the Guardian including PR notes on how to deny its existence  —  Bank of England officials are secretly researching the financial shocks …
Discussion: Daily Mail, The Week and NPR
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
What Hillary Clinton's e-mails tell us about her management style  —  The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights  —  For those who have worried that Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign would be a repeat of the chaotic operation she ran eight years ago …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
The Clinton team praises Monica Langley
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Islamic State burned a woman alive for not engaging in an ‘extreme’ sex act, U.N. official says  —  Amid all the Islamic State's atrocities — its massacres of civilians, its beheading of hostages, its pillaging of antiquities — the systematic violence the jihadists have carried …
Discussion: Toronto Star and Weasel Zippers
Suzy Khimm / The New Republic:
The Real Democratic Primary: Hillary Versus the Media  —  Beth Lilly, 29, remembers the first time she felt like the media was doing Hillary Clinton wrong: It was in 1992, when she was just about six years old, and remembers that people weren't happy about Hillary's chocolate-chip cookie recipe.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Mediaite
 
 
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