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Roll Call: Daily News

• Lerner to Invoke the Fifth, Former IRS Commissioner Describes 'Dismay'
• Addressing Military's Sexual-Assault Issues Through Legislation
• Military Sexual Assault Tackled by Flurry of Legislation
• Yep. That's Nats Pitching Coach Steve McCatty in Playgirl
• Who's the Right Watchdog for Nonprofits' Political Activity? | Rules of the Game

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• Congress Can't Seem to Win for Winning | Wolfensberger
• Bachmann Opponent on Term Limits and Tipping Etiquette #MN06 | The Candidate
• Go Fish! With These Senators and Wounded Vets
• From the Trail to the Hill: Does My Campaign Experience Mean Nothing?
• Apple Inc. Increased Lobbying at the Right Time -- Before You Really Need It
• Oklahoma's Clout Tested by Tornado Aid Divide
• Inhofe, Coburn Caution Against Extra Spending in Tornado Aid
• KISS or Dead Presidents -- Decisions, Decisions
• Sponsors of Mental Health Bills Look for Way Forward
• Embroiled GOP Firm Hires Gingrich Operative | Shop Talk

Wonkette

• Tornado Only The Third-Biggest Bag Of Wind In Oklahoma This Week
• True Statements By Democrats Causing Critical Pinocchio Shortage At WaPo’s ‘Fact Checker’
• Exciting New Book Allows You To Imagine Sexing Michele Bachmann While Freezing To Death
• David Koch Won’t Make Sweet Abusive Love To NYC Public Television Any More
• Apple’s iTax: Think Different

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• Michele Bachmann’s God Is One Weird Fella
• Tenn Rep. Stephen Fincher Pocketed $9 Million in Ag Subsidies, Says Jesus Hates Food Stamps

Opinion

• The Starfleet Divide: The 'Star Trek' Universe Revisits One Of Its Great Debates
• At L.A.'s UnCabaret, 25 Years Of Letting It All Hang Out
• Sandwich Monday: The Saltwich
• The Little Metronome That Wouldn't
• Mel Brooks: 'I'm An EGOT; I Don't Need Any More'

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• 'Cheating' Can Be An Effective Learning Strategy
• Reaction Saturation And Sunday Night Television
• Ghost Ships, Murders, Bird Attacks: Stories To Keep You Awake
• She Works: Standing Up And Speaking Out
• Author Elliott Holt Says: 'Go West, Young Woman'
• David Foster Wallace Tells Us About Freedom
• Working Women On Television: A Mixed Bag At Best
• Astronaut Chris Hadfield's Most Excellent Adventure
• Week In Politics: IRS, Benghazi Emails, AP Phone Logs
• Black In America: A Story Rendered In Gray Scale

Public Policy Polling

• Franken favored for reelection
• Tax reform proposals not sitting well with NC voters
• North Carolina and Minnesota Question Suggestions
• 4 way tie for Republicans, Clinton leads Dems
• Americans on the Supreme Court

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• Americans so over hipsters
• Voters trust Clinton over GOP on Benghazi
• Republicans and Democrats divided on music icons
• Music Poll Results - Day One
• Hillary over 50 even in Massachusetts

WSJ.com: Politics And Policy

• Lerner to Decline to Answer Questions
• AP Seizure Could Taint Legal Case
• Apple CEO, Lawmakers Square Off Over Taxes
• Immigration Overhaul Heads to Senate Floor
• Judicial Vacancies Typify Capital Dysfunction

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• The Second-Term Cabinet Shakeup
• Growth Charts

WashingtonWatch.com - Bills with Cost/Savings Data

• S. 954, The Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 - Cost per Average Family: $7748.25
• H.R. 742, The Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00
• S. 306, The Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.01
• H.R. 2019, To eliminate taxpayer financing of presidential campaigns and party conventions and reprogram savings to provide for a 10-year pediatric research initiative through the Common Fund administered by the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes - Savings per Average Family: $0.11
• H.R. 3, The Northern Route Approval Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

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• H.R. 993, The Fruit Heights Land Conveyance Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.00
• H.R. 357, The GI Bill Tuition Fairness Act of 2013 - Savings per Average Family: $0.08
• H.R. 1412, The Improving Job Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2013 - Savings per Average Family: $0.10
• S. 607, The Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Cost per Average Family: $0.01
• H.R. 671, The Ruth Moore Act of 2013 - Savings per Average Family: $0.12
• H.R. 126, The Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.03
• H.R. 862, To authorize the conveyance of two small parcels of land within the boundaries of the Coconino National Forest containing private improvements that were developed based upon the reliance of the landowners in an erroneous survey conducted in May 1960 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00
• H.R. 1405, To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include an appeals form in any notice of decision issued for the denial of a benefit sought - Savings per Average Family: $0.96
• H.R. 1241, To facilitate a land exchange involving certain National Forest System lands in the Inyo National Forest, and for other purposes - Cost per Average Family: $0.00
• S. 545, The Hydropower Improvement Act of 2013 - Cost per Average Family: $0.02
• H.R. 570, The American Heroes COLA Act - Savings per Average Family: $10.17
• H.R. 267, The Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013 - Cost per Average Family: $0.02
• H.R. 674, The Rota Cultural and Natural Resources Study Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.00
• H.R. 1156, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park in order to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain while ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park or the Wilderness, and for other purposes - Cost per Average Family: $0.03
• H.R. 1206, The Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00
• H.R. 1062, The SEC Regulatory Accountability Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.42
• H.R. 701, To amend a provision of the Securities Act of 1933 directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to add a particular class of securities to those exempted under such Act to provide a deadline for such action - Cost per Average Family: $0.00
• H.R. 602, The Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.00
• H.R. 723, The Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Protection Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.00
• H.R. 1947, The Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 - Cost per Average Family: $7626.55

The WashingtonWatch.com Blog

• WashingtonWatch.com Digest – May 20, 2013
• Scandal!
• Because It’s Not Already Wrong…
• WashingtonWatch Digest – May 13, 2013
• Obamacare Repeal, Take Three

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• WashingtonWatch.com Digest – May 6, 2013
• The Next Act in the Budget Battle
• From Farce to Tragedy
• WashingtonWatch.com Digest – April 29, 2013
• Hey, Congress! Think You Passed a Law? We Don’t.

WashingtonWatch.com - New Laws

• P.L. 113-8, The District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer Vacancy Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.00
• P.L. 113-9, The Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013
• P.L. 113-7, A bill to modify the requirements under the STOCK Act regarding online access to certain financial disclosure statements and related forms
• P.L. 113-6, The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 - Cost per Average Family: $12602.15
• P.L. 113-5, The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Cost per Average Family: $98.97

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• P.L. 113-4, The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Cost per Average Family: $23.17
• P.L. 113-3, The No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00
• P.L. 113-2, The Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 - Cost per Average Family: $439.41
• P.L. 112-283, The Department of State Rewards Program Update and Technical Corrections Act of 2012 - Cost per Average Family: $0.08
• P.L. 112-282, A joint resolution granting the consent of Congress to the State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding - Cost per Average Family: $0.00
• P.L. 112-267, To amend title 5, United States Code, to make clear that accounts in the Thrift Savings Fund are subject to certain Federal tax levies - Cost per Average Family: $0.20
• P.L. 112-278, The Uninterrupted Scholars Act
• P.L. 112-281, A bill to make a technical correction to the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973
• P.L. 112-271, The Clothe a Homeless Hero Act
• P.L. 112-268, To authorize the issuance of right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines in Glacier National Park, and for other purpose - Cost per Average Family: $0.00
• P.L. 112-269, The Foreign and Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act of 2012 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00
• P.L. 112-276, The Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00
• P.L. 112-263, To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska - Cost per Average Family: $0.00
• P.L. 112-270, The Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2012 - Cost per Average Family: $0.18
• P.L. 112-264, The North Korean Refugee Adoption Act of 2011
• P.L. 112-277, The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 - Cost per Average Family: $9.37
• P.L. 112-265, The Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act of 2011
• P.L. 112-273, To extend the application of certain space launch liability provisions through 2014
• P.L. 112-266, The Contaminated Drywall Safety Act of 2012
• P.L. 112-279, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 218 North Milwaukee Street in Waterford, Wisconsin, as the "Captain Rhett W. Schiller Post Office"

Care2 Causes » Politics

• 5 Countries That Would Let a Woman Die Before Getting an Abortion
• Has Memorial Day Lost Its Meaning?
• 5 Ways To Talk With Conservatives About Climate Change
• Marine And His Beloved Dog Reunited In Surprise Ceremony
• Migration is Beautiful: Efforts for Humane Immigration Reform

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• Yahoo Increases Maternity Leave, but U.S. Still Hates Working Moms
• Why Is Black-On-Black Violence Considered Unworthy Of Our Attention?
• Peace Begins When the Hungry Can Feed Themselves
• Finally, Some Retailers Agree to Improve Sweatshop Conditions
• Boycott the Koch Brothers? There’s an App for That!

Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem

• Sunlight Foundation: The Political Spending of 501(c)(4) Nonprofits in the 2012 Election
• Sunlight Reporting Group: Health group airs ad backing Obama EPA nominee
• Sunlight Foundation: Watch TransparencyCamp ideas grow!
• Sunlight Foundation: Integrating the US' Documents
• Sunlight Foundation: 2Day in #OpenGov 5/20/2013

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• Sunlight Reporting Group: Apple lobbies on taxes more than any other subject
• Sunlight Foundation: Reflecting on Sunlight
• Sunlight Foundation: Agenda for House's Legislative Data & Transparency Conference
• Sunlight Reporting Group: Reporter's notebook: How we came up with that campaign finance maze
• Sunlight Foundation: 2Day in #OpenGov 5/20/2013

Open Congress : Blog

• OC at Transparency Camp 2013
• OpenGovernment.org at National Conference on Media Reform
• Help OpenGovernment.org - Before 5pm ET Today
• Vote for our Knight NewsChallenge proposal: OpenGovernment.org
• PPF at SxSW Interactive - come say hi

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• CISPA is Back; All Your Data Are Belong to Us
• #SoTU 2013
• Pot Legalization Bills Introduced, and Why Congress Will Not Legalize Pot
• Endless Blockade for the Senate Pussyfooters
• One Year Ago We Killed SOPA -- Happy Internet Freedom Day!

NiemanWatchdog.org

• Intimidation, retaliation and marginalizing of safety at the FDA
• Are the hunger wars coming?
• The Fed's 2% inflation target is a cruel trap
• AT&T should be begging California for forgiveness, not regulatory relief
• Four federal spending myths that won't die

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• Are regulations killing jobs? Here's how to find out.
• Will the reasons for the Iraq war ever be known?
• The primary documents of torture, now with meta tags
• There's a class war, all right. Guess who's winning.
• Lessons on covering politics from the late David Foster Wallace
• Art and Life
• The press needs to expose the siege of democracy, not abet it
• 52 years later, Gary Powers gets a medal
• Do we really want Iowa to be first in 2016?
• What about whistleblowers? And why the big Obama turnaround on state secrets?

Business&Lobby

• How Reagan inspired a buzzword
• Labor unions break ranks with White House on ObamaCare
• K Street lobbyists say their near-term priorities are scandal-proof
• Bottom Line

Politics News Headlines - Yahoo! News

• Protests Against IRS Hit Several Cities Across The Country…Except NYC — Here’s What We Found
• Prosecutors seek retrial in Bell corruption case
• House GOP panel moves on deep budget cuts
• Biden: Jewish leaders drove gay marriage changes
• FBI ID's Benghazi suspects _ but no arrests yet

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• Ark. treasurer resigns amid charges she took cash
• Since When Did It Get So Easy to Pass Immigration Reform?
• IRS official Lerner refuses to testify before Congress
• First Hurdle Cleared in Immigration, but Bigger Ones Remain
• The IRS Doesn't Know How to Hide Bad News
• First Hurdle Cleared in Immigration, Bigger Ones Remain
• Obama announces his election commission team
• Michele Bachmann Has Inspired a Sexy Romance Novel
• Why Oklahoma's Two Republican Senators Are Leery of Unfunded Tornado Relief
• Republican Overreach on IRS
• Don't Hold Your Breath Waiting for Public Opinion to Turn Against Obama
• In tragedy, consolation only goes so far
• Top IRS Official to Invoke Fifth, Issa Subpoenas
• Former IRS commissioner: ‘Not personally responsible’ for creating the ‘Be On The Lookout’ list
• Senator accuses IRS officials of withholding information in 2012 about agency practices
• Why We Can't Forget That Oklahoma's Senators Voted Against Sandy Relief
• Anthony Weiner May Think He's Closer Friends with the Clintons Than They Do
• Immigration reform bill largely untouched going into fifth day of debate
• What Obama Has in Common With Bill Clinton
• Which came first: The chicken, the egg or the 10th Amendment?
• Obama offers prayers, federal support for Oklahoma following deadly tornado
• Jon Stewart Explains The Obama Administration's 'Random Guy' Defense
• Despite Rubio’s wooing, radio hosts protest immigration reform bill
• Obama directs FEMA to ready help for tornado-ravaged Oklahoma
• Obama to meet Chinese President Xi in June
• GOP official: ‘Institutional barriers’ remain for Republican women seeking office
• Christie Stars in NJ Tourism Ads, Dems Cry Foul
• GOP Lieutenant Governor Candidate in Va. Compares Planned Parenthood to KKK
• Republicans Informed of IRS Investigation Last Year
• Obama Pivots to Jobs Tour at End of Scandal Filled Week
• IRS Planted Question About Tax Exempt Groups

RealClearPolitics - Articles

• The New Enemies List
• Learning About Growth from Austerity
• Burma Policy: Lift Sanctions, Ask Questions Later
• How the Affordable Care Act Helps Young Adults
• O'Malley Using Agenda, Fundraising to Explore 2016

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• Former IRS Chief: Can't Say How Targeting Happened
• As Republicans Weigh How Best to Profit From Obama's Problems, Democrats Hope They Overplay Their Hand
• Obama Is Stingy With His Pardons
• It's News, Not Espionage
• On Using Parents of Murdered Children
• Tea Party Rage: Nothing Fails Like Excess
• Obama's Mythic Government
• How Mitzie Got Her -Gate
• Wimps Versus Barbarians
• Undoing the Brainwashing
• Obama's Personal Diplomats?
• Baseless Fears of Common Core
• The Spectator President
• Fueling America's Future
• Putin Versus None-Of-The-Above
• The Ballad Of Barack Obama, Tricky Dick, And Billie Sol
• Back To School For This President?
• Richard Milhous Obama
• U.S. Must Cut Climate Pollutants
• Crossing Sacred Lines in Washington
• Is Democracy in Trouble?
• Incremental Goals Are Key in Kerry's Peace Quest
• Is Health Care's Slowdown for Real?
• IRS and AP Scandals Cast a Big Chill on Free Speech
• The Higher Education Scandal
• President Obama's Incredible "Referent Power"
• The Benghazi Emails' Backside-Covering
• The False Nixon Equivalence
• Obama Administration Told of IRS Probe in June 2012
• Special Counsel Only Way to Clean Up IRS Rat's Nest
• Obama Urged to Create Broad Plan on Veterans Issues
• A Trifecta With Little Payout
• House Chairman Sees Targeting as Part of a Pattern
• Scandals Doom Obama's Effort to Restore Faith in Government
• Obama's No-Magic Metaphor: Useful for Syria Too
• The $642 Billion Excuse
• Fight the Power
• What Should Americans Die For?
• Obama's Emptiest Benghazi Talking Point
• AP Incident: What Will Press Advocate Clinton Say?
• Republicans and the Long Game
• Why Republicans Lost the Vote But Kept the House
• The Government's Chain of Error
• Get the IRS Out of Speech Business
• Too Much Information

Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines

• A Step Closer to Immigration Reform
• The Promise of a Courageous Al-Jazeera America May Be Fading
• Lock Up Washington
• GOP Senator’s Hypocrisy on Tornado Aid, Jon Stewart Hates Washington, and More
• Videos Capture Scary EF-5 Oklahoma Tornado

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• Our God of Imagination
• Genocide Conviction of Efraín Ríos Montt Overturned
• Economic Murder: How and Why Austerity Kills
• Sweden Framing Assange, British Spy Messages Said to Say
• Too Soon to Tell: The Case for Hope, Continued

Politifact.com stories from National

• Fact-checking Michele Bachmann on the IRS and the health care law
• Mailbag, Facebook edition: 'Stick to the definition of investigation'
• TV ad uses gun votes as ammunition
• Fact-checking claims about the attacks in Benghazi
• Fact-checking more claims about the sequester

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• PolitiFact expands to Australia
• Looking for the truth on attacks in Benghazi
• Did crime plummet after U.S. let guns into national parks?
• The Senate takes up immigration
• In Context: Hillary Clinton's 'What difference does it make' comment
• Is the Pentagon court-martialing Christian soliders?
• Is a new study of Medicaid a game changer?
• Fact-checking President Obama's press conference
• A summary of the Manchin-Toomey gun proposal
• Surprising numbers on sexual assault in the military
• Special report: Examining the state of gun research
• Mailbag: 'You fail to be helpful' on amnesty
• Ruh-roh! PolitiFact New Jersey on the Colbert Report!
• Is the U.S. letting terrorists slip through its fingers?
• Get the Truth-O-Meter in your inbox every week

The latest updates from The Obameter

• Promise 371: Big increases envisioned in law never materialized
• Promise 1111: Proposal is mentioned in Obama's 2014 budget
• Promise 1102: Obama administration has approved waivers for many states
• Promise 1109: Obama administration follows campaign script on North Korea
• Promise 1119: Commission formed to study fixes

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• Promise 1096: Making plans for Afghanistan exit at the end of 2014
• Promise 1117: Better enforcement part of Obama plan to reduce gun violence
• Promise 288: Seeing some bipartisanship on immigration
• Promise 1105: Federal money on the way to storm-hit areas
• Promise 1118: Feinstein introduces assault weapons ban
• Promise 148: Pentagon streamlines response to troops’ equipment needs
• Promise 1103: Fiscal cliff deal includes five-year extension
• Promise 203: Work still to be done before U.S. is cyber secure
• Promise 211: White House has yet to implement new type of loan sanction
• Promise 386: New laws, more money support this promise
• Promise 362: Local firms doing better in contracting, but unclear if administration deserves credit
• Promise 357: Added funding, new arbitration process advanced recovery goals
• Promise 390: Online privacy issues still at forefront
• Promise 164: U.S. had some success in curbing restrictions, but point is mostly moot now
• Promise 61: Health care law expands requirements for disease management

ABC News: Politics

• Watch: Scout's Honor? Gay Rights Advocate Seeks to Overturn Ban on Gay Boy Scouts
• Cole: Okla. Needs Help, Not Funding Battle
• Immigration Reform Moves to Senate
• Okla. Sens. Grapple With Disaster Votes
• New Evidence of Iran Support to Assad

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• Gay Marriage Yanked From Immigration Debate
• Citizenship Pathway Survives in Bill
• General in Adultery Probe Suspended
• Lew Defends Handling of IRS Scandal
• IRS Official Lois Lerner to Take the Fifth
• IRS 'Blemish' Prompts Senators' Scorn
• Groups File First Suits Against IRS
• Obama Offers Support to Okla. Victims
• This Week in History
• Watch: President Obama: Tornado Victims 'Will Have Support'
• Caution and Bombast: Two GOP Responses to Scandal
• Obama Floats Above The Fray - For Now
• Public Sharply Critical on IRS, Benghazi
• Rand Paul Calls IRS Scandal Un-American
• Apple Moved 'Golden Goose Offshore'
• Watch: Misconduct at the IRS: Who Knew What When?
• Watch: Misconduct at the IRS: Who Knew What When?
• Watch: DOJ vs. Fox News Reporter James Rosen
• DOJ Goes After Fox News Reporter
• WH Chief of Staff Knew About IRS Probe in April

DownWithTyranny!

• Don't cooks who acknowledge their kitchen bloopers enhance their general credibility?
• Reliving the fight to stop the Stop Online Piracy Act and other recent assaults on the open Internet
• Not Every Vulnerable Candidate Folds And Joins The Enemy-- But A Lot Of Democrats Are Doing That
• Keystone XL Pipeline Gets It's Big House Vote Tomorrow
• Election Day In L.A.: Eric Garcetti Is The Better Candidate... By A Mile

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• Is America The Healthiest Country? Not By A Long Shot
• The New Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment and Training Act-- Robin Hood To The Rescue?
• Virginia Has A Sociopath Pushing Its Reactionary Agenda-- Meet Bishop E.W. Jackson
• Daylin Leach Has Been An Asset For Pennsylvania And He Can Be An Asset For The Whole Country
• Sunday Classics: "Good night, thou false world!" -- (final) exit Papageno?
• Who Does Wall Street Own In Congress?
• What are Boehner and his people doing about this "acute shortage" of luxury housing?
• Midnight Train To Georgia-- Tbilisi Not Safe For Tourists
• Sunday Classics (double) preview: Enter the bird-catcher; exit Sir Colin Davis
• Have New Jersey Democrats Finally Found The Right Man To Defeat Bank Shill Extremist Scott Garrett?
• TV Watch: "Maron" revisited, following an absolutely terrific Episode 3
• Republicans Move To Repay Wall Street For All Those Nice Big Bribes
• How Buck McKeon's Mormonism Played Right Into The Military Rape Epidemic Coverup
• Republicans Led By John Kline (R-MN) Voted Down Elizabeth Warren's Plan To Lower Student Interest Rates
• Arizona Republican Jim Kolbe Is Getting Gay-Married Today
• Justice Stevens's grandkids may not care, but he has some things to get off his chest
• Tea Party Crackpots Shouldn't Be Investigated?
• Corrupt House Agriculture Committee Slashes Food Stamps Unmercifully-- With Help From Ann Kuster
• Boehnercare Passes The House
• Paul Ryan Gets A Letter From A Constituent

Politics

• In U.S., Record-High Say Gay, Lesbian Relations Morally OK
• Americans' Attention to IRS, Benghazi Stories Below Average
• More Americans See Gay, Lesbian Orientation as Birth Factor
• Americans Misjudge U.S. Abortion Views
• U.S. Satisfaction Drops to 24% in May

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• Same-Sex Marriage Support Solidifies Above 50% in U.S.
• Americans' Abortion Views Steady Amid Gosnell Trial
• Americans Down on Congress, OK With Own Representative
• Americans Give Guns, Immigration Reform Low Priority
• Majority in U.S. Still Not Concerned About Sequestration

Michael Moore - Must Read

• Republic Windows Workers Seen in 'Capitalism: A Love Story' Now Opening Worker-Owned Factory in Chicago
• Michigan Families to Rally for Sensible Gun Laws in Lansing
• 'Roger' makes its point with humor
• Roger Ebert and 'Roger & Me'
• Three Actions to Take NOW to Help Reduce Gun Violence

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• Talking Points for Gun Violence Conversations With Friends and Relatives
• Hold Your Own 10th Anniversary 'Bowling for Columbine' House Party and Discussion!
• Jeffrey Toobin on Sandra Day O'Connor's 'Regret' for Her Vote in Bush v. Gore
• Left on the Cutting Room Floor of 'The Gatekeepers'
• Seattle Seahawks Wide Receiver Doug Baldwin Talks About American Consumerism on Twitter
• Statement of Emad Burnat, Co-Director of '5 Broken Cameras,' in Response to February 26th Buzzfeed Story
• From 'Epilogue: The Execution of Michael Moore'
• Statement of Emad Burnat, Co-Director of '5 Broken Cameras,' on Being Detained With His Family at Los Angeles International Airport
• Ten Years Ago Today from the Washington Post: 'EU Leaders Agree: Inspectors Should Get More Time'
• Ten Years Ago Today from the Washington Post: '2-Week Window Frames Bush's Decision on War'

PR-inside.com News

• "ICT procurement trends in Austria - Enterprise ICT investment plans to 2013" is now available at Fast Market Research
• Recent Study: ICT budget and staffing trends in Norway - Enterprise ICT investment plans to 2013
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• MEDIA ADVISORY: PHL Ambassador Manalo Speaks on “Security Challenges in the West Philippine Sea” in London Tonight
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• Philippine Ambassador to the UK to Speak on International Security Issues at SOAS Tomorrow
• Market Report, "U.S. Army Medical Department - Strategic SWOT Analysis Review", published
• Turner urges supporters to support Harold Tillman for Councilman-at-Large
• Equatorial Guinea Making Strides Ahead of Historic Election
• Honolulu news conference – Andy Martin explores President Barack Obama’s marriage
• Social Work Services in Canada: ISIC 853 - New Report Available
• Few Americans see Iraq War as a Victory
• Now Available: Public Administration, Defence and Social Security in Spain: ISIC 75
• New Market Research Report: Trade Unions, Professional, Political Organisations in Spain: ISIC 91
• New Market Research Report: Public Administration, Defence and Social Security in Canada: ISIC 75
• May 25 ‘March Against Monsanto’ planned for over 30 countries

Watching America

• Obama and the Integration Effect
• Intercollegiate Cooperation Strengthens American Higher Education
• Will President Obama Surrender?
• Obama Has a Tricky Balance To Strike
• Apple Shows Need for US Tax Reform

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• Drones Policy in Yemen Flies Blind Without Making the US Safe
• After Attacking the AP, a Peace Offering
• Obama: Proposals and Context
• Only Modernizing Integration Will Assure Us a Full Future
• Guptagate, US Edition: A Parable

Politics : The Atlantic

• Oklahoma Tornado Fallout: Disaster Assistance, Weather Detection Spending Cut in Sequestration
• Life Lessons in Fighting the Culture of Bullshit
• 2 SCOTUS Judges in 1971: Espionage Act Doesn't Apply to the Press
• What the Establishment's Case for Spying on AP Ignores
• 1st Amendment Champion Hugo Black Rebukes Team Obama From the Grave

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• The Impossibility of Being Barack Obama
• If a Senate Candidate Chops a Watermelon with an Ax in the Woods, Does It Make a Sound?
• Beyond Rosen and the AP: Who Else Has the DoJ Put Under Surveillance?
• How the Obama Administration Talks to Black America
• Obama's Troubles Could Put Massachusetts Senate Seat in Play Again
• The Flaw in Many Humanitarian Arguments for War
• Two Takes on the Modern History of the 'Scandal'
• The IRS's Bizarre Parsing of the Word 'Targeted'
• 3 Followups on 3 'Scandals'
• How Obama Has Contributed to His Own Aura of Scandal
• There Was No Surge in IRS Tax-Exempt Applications in 2010
• Obama Goes on the Offensive, Hold the Charm
• The Biggest Obama Scandals Are Proven and Ignored
• How to Prevent the IRS From Abusing Its Power Again
• A Newcomer's Guide to the 3 Obama Scandals
• The Real Benghazi Scandal
• Sympathy for a Thwarted Eric Cantor
• Why It Should Be Harder to Impeach a President
• This Is Congress's Chance to Rein In the War on Terror
• Chris Christie Is the Only Potential Presidential Contender with Crossover Appeal

Open Congress : Blog

• OC at Transparency Camp 2013
• OpenGovernment.org at National Conference on Media Reform
• Help OpenGovernment.org - Before 5pm ET Today
• Vote for our Knight NewsChallenge proposal: OpenGovernment.org
• PPF at SxSW Interactive - come say hi

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• CISPA is Back; All Your Data Are Belong to Us
• #SoTU 2013
• Pot Legalization Bills Introduced, and Why Congress Will Not Legalize Pot
• Endless Blockade for the Senate Pussyfooters
• One Year Ago We Killed SOPA -- Happy Internet Freedom Day!

ProPublica

• More Prose Than Poetry in Obama's 2nd Inaugural Address
• Mexico's Papers Shy From Covering the Drug Gangs Behind Continuing Violence
• Veterans' Day Video Reports
• Why Don't Patients Report Medical Errors?
• Citizens United and the Rise of Secret Campaign Cash

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• Why Medicine Can't Seem to Fix Simple Mistakes
• The New 'Dallas': Sex, Scandal and Energy Policy!
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THEROOT.COM

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• Rand Paul: My colleagues just voted to arm the allies of al Qaeda
• Business crowd gives Thein Sein a warm welcome
• Kerry names partisan gunslinger as special envoy on anti-Semitism
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• Issa subpoenas Pickering on Benghazi

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• Senators introduce bipartisan bill to arm Syrian rebels
• The leak that triggered the AP phone probe scandal
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• Cummings requests Petraeus testify under oath on Benghazi
• Not everyone is out to destroy Hillary Clinton all the time
• Benghazi emails reveal CIA-State Department turf war: Administration officials
• Square swipes U.S. trade negotiator Demetrios Marantis
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• The 6 new things we learned today about Benghazi
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• Syrian opposition rallies behind Menendez bill to arm rebels
• Kerry retreats from U.S. stance that Assad must go
• CIA's new clandestine service chief remains undercover
• U.S. Institute of Peace snags veteran diplomat Princeton Lyman
• U.N. investigator on Syria: Out over her skis yet again?

Newsvine - politics

• Bipartisan Justice Officials Back AP Investigation
• Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Offends Republicans With Truth
• Poll: Hillary's Numbers Remain Strong Despite Benghazi Investigation
• IRS investigation: Who knew what, and when - The Washington Post
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• The IRS controversy isn't about taxes. It's about disclosure.
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• Political Animal - Hitting the Hornet’s Nest
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• Anti-Sandy-relief Senator: Aid for Oklahoma is "totally different"
• Is segregation really bad for everyone? | Bleader
• Court Strikes Down Arizona 20-Week Abortion Ban
• Desperate Rush Limbaugh Makes More Racist Slurs About Obama (AUDIO)
• As the tornado passed, Erick Erickson Tweeted: "I wonder when Obama will find out about Oklahoma."
• Joyner: Timothy McVeigh Was 'Left-Wing'; Media Number One Terrorist Organization In The World
• Sen. Inhofe: Aid for Oklahoma ‘totally different’ from Sandy relief requests
• Former Fox News Reporter Tells All
• Why Fox news Is Losing Its Audience
• Why Is Europe So Messed Up? An Illuminating History : The New Yorker
• Michele Bachmann Presidential Campaign Investigation Joined By FBI
• Warning: You Will Cry a Little When You Watch This Oklahoma Woman Find Her Dog in the Rubble
• Colbert concludes tea partiers are ‘a bunch of pussies’ after consulting his lawyer | The Raw Story

• Frackalypse Now: A Very Timely Battle
• Oklahomans Want Coburn to Take His Thoughts and Prayers and Shove 'Em
• Chase's Dimon Wins Despite (Or Thanks To?) Lengthy Rap Sheet
• This Wall Belongs To Us
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• And Another One
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• Scientists Call on Obama Administration to Keep Gray Wolves Protected Under Endangered Species Act
• Radical Change Needed in Way World Deals With Ever Increasing Numbers of People at Risk of Calamity
• Whistleblower Coleen Rowley on Obama “Transparency”
• With Verdict Annulled, Guatemala Genocide Trial Can Continue
• Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Arizona Abortion Ban

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• NARAL Pro-Choice America & Bridge Project Report: Susan B. Anthony List’s Anti-Choice Machine Ramps Up 2014 Plans
• One Wisconsin Now to Travel to Iowa as Gov. Walker Pursues Presidential Ambitions
• CREW Sues IRS to Revise Rules Governing 501(C)(4) Groups
• Major Victories for Civil Liberties Secured in Today's Immigration Bill Markup

CNN.com - Politics

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• Sessions takes on Senate immigration gang
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• Military joins search
• Obama: Our prayers are with Oklahoma
• Report says prosecutor behind 'Fast and Furious' leak
• What about Obama's promise?
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• Lawmakers grill ousted IRS boss
• Obama to grads: 'No time for excuses'
• Benghazi: GOP digs in for long haul
• From history to Hollywood, Los Angeles mayoral race offers it all
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• Corporations Are Stealing Billions in Tax Breaks, While the Confused, Screwed Citizenry Turn On Each Other
• 60 Minutes and the Billionaire Agenda: Part 1, “Counterinsurgency Cops”
• Obama: partisan battles in Washington holding back US economy
• Apple's Web of Tax Shelters Saved It Billions, Panel Finds
• The Media Equation: Telecom’s Big Players Hold Back the Future
• Being a Democracy Hating, Corporate Power-Defending Newspaper Owner Runs Deep in the Koch Family
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• How the US Turned Three Pacifists Into 'Multiple Felony Saboteurs'
• The money swamp created by Citizens United: Dark Money, corporate shell games, and SuperPAC plutocrats
• Tea party looks to take advantage of moment
• President Obama exercises a fluid grip on the levers of power
• Outrageous Attacks on Supporters of Church-State Separation: Death Threats, Murdered Pets, and Vandalized Property
• Apple CEO Cook to Propose Tax Reform for Offshore Cash
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• At I.R.S., Unprepared Office Seemed Unclear About the Rules
• The IRS and the Real Scandal
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• The Health Toll of Immigration
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From the Dispatch - News

• Setting Up Successful Health Insurance Marketplaces
• Fast-Food Strikes Spread to Midwest as Anti-Worker Efforts Meet Strong Opposition
• What States Stand to Gain from the Marketplace Fairness Act
• More Progressive Victories in Colorado
• Activists Protest North Carolina's Turn to Right-Wing Extremism

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• Congress Acts to Help Frequent Fliers, Leaves States in Lurch
• Backlash Brews Against Corporate Education Reform
• Conservatives vs. Conservatives on Medicaid
• With Congress a Morass, States Continue to Look at Gun Violence and Immigration
• More Positive Signs for Voting Rights Laws

Brennan Center for Justice

• Filibluster: Senate Rules Deal Yields Good and Bad News
• Fourth Circuit Upholds Most of Challenged W. Va. Disclosure Laws
• NY Attorney General Calls for Comprehensive Campaign Finance Reforms
• Governor McDonnell Should Veto Virginia’s GOP Redistricting Gambit
• Tying Presidential Electors to Gerrymandered Congressional Districts will Sabotage Elections

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• Money in Politics This Week
• Voting Rights Cannot Be Ignored
• Money in Politics This Week
• A Step Forward in Virginia on Restoring Voting Rights
• The SEC Takes a Step Toward Transparency in Corporate Political Spending
• Secret Spending in 2012 Election Reinforces Need for DISCLOSE Act
• “Old Bulls” for New Rules
• Spotlight on Ohio: Steps to Cure Disenfranchisement by Typo
• A New Year’s Resolution for the Senate: Fix the Filibuster
• Americans’ Privacy Under Debate in FISA Reauthorization
• Time to Incentivize Federal Prison Funding
• Money in Politics This Week
• A Short History of the Constitutional Option
• Student Location Tracking Has Troubling Implications
• Why We Should Still Pay Attention to Voter Registration Drives
• Three Ways to Fix Our Democracy
• Money in Politics This Week
• California’s Death Penalty Vote: It’s Time to Reconsider “Justice”
• Modernization Can Fix Long Voting Lines
• An Electoral Tragedy
• Money in Politics This Week
• Even If It Ain’t Broke, It Still Might Need Fixing
• We Have to Fix That
• A Vote for American Ideals
• The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: An Opportunity to Limit Data Retention and Sharing

Reports - The Heritage Foundation

• How Congress Can Lower Gas Prices
• EEOC’s New Employment Guidelines and Impact of Barring Criminal Background Checks
• The Real Cost of Public Pensions
• Clinton’s Caucasus and Turkey Trips: What She Should Do
• Understanding Public Pension Costs and Retirement Funds for Public Sector Workers

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• Protecting the American Dream: Sustain the Military and Armed Forces
• Burke Named Skillman Fellow in Education
• China's Excess Liquidity: What It Means for the U.S
• Loris Named Heritage's New Morgan Fellow
• U.S. Policy on Asia: A New Diplomatic Framework Needed
• Alarming Trend of Cybersecurity Breaches and Failures in the U.S. Government
• Extend Whistle-Blower Protections to Union Employees
• Padilla v. Yoo: Ninth Circuit Dismisses Torture Lawsuit Against Yoo
• Pakistan Missed Opportunity to Repair Ties with U.S.
• Boko Haram Should Be Designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
• Centralizing Management of the Military Health System
• Iran Nuclear Talks: US Should Stand Firm
• Chinese Legal Warfare: China's Strategy to Win Without Fighting
• Providing the Capabilities that the Common Defense Requires
• Saving Somalia: Next Steps for the Obama Administration

Christian Science Monitor | Politics

• Who's to blame for murky regulation in IRS scandal: Agency or lawmakers?
• Apple 'tax gimmicks': rotten to the core or sensible business? (+video)
• IRS scandal becomes Republican battering ram against Obamacare (+video)
• Steve Jobs widow: How is Laurene Powell Jobs spending her wealth? (+video)
• Hearing on IRS: What ousted chief offers, Republicans don't buy

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• Tea party investigation: Is the problem the IRS or the tax code? (+video)
• IRS scandal: Reinvigorated tea party eager to seize moment (+video)
• Why federal budget deficit is falling faster than CBO expected
• Why Obama agenda group faces pushback from some Democrats
• When Minnesota approves gay marriage, does Supreme Court listen? Maybe. (+video)
• IRS tea party scandal is 'un-American' and a 'travesty,' lawmakers fume
• Robert Gates: Obama made right decisions night of Benghazi attack
• IRS apologizes for targeting tea party. Should heads roll? (+video)
• Rand Paul for president? Why else is he in Iowa? (+video)
• Team Obama edits to Benghazi talking points: the smoking gun?
• Student loans: Could GOP, White House strike a compromise on interest rates?
• Immigration reformers McCain, Schumer agree on need to halt 'future wave'
• Immigration reform too late to fix one big problem, studies say
• Could a more vigilant public have prevented the Boston Marathon bombing?
• House prioritizes bills to pay if US hits debt ceiling. Is default averted?

GOOD.is

• 20 Years in Prison for a Facebook Post?
• Andy Lipkis on Election Day: A Watershed Moment?
• Did Prison Inmates Make Your Bra?
• Reclaiming Video Games
• Improve our "barrio"

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• No 'Slut's Allowed: Why Slut-Shaming Needs to Stop
• Democracy Means Equality
• What is Approval Voting?
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