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Economics Daily Digest: Fixing the economy first, but not yet

By Rachel Goldfarb, originally published on Next New Deal Click here to receive the Daily Digest via e-mail. What's the best way to pass a climate bill? Fix the economy first. (WaPo) According to Brad Plumer, if we’re serious about climate...Show More Summary

Woman finds her dog in the rubble during live TV interview

You might want to get a tissue ready for this video. A woman finds her dog under the rubble during a live TV interview:

Game of Thrones Recap: Second Sons

After several weeks in which the episode was diced into pieces so small they would pass through a soup strainer, this week's adventures in Westeros made fewer hops while delivering more meaty morsels. We got some direct White Walker action, some Dany sans dragons negotiations, and a royal wedding. Show More Summary

Why did the IRS demand protest info from pro-life groups?

Conservatives have been up in arms about IRS inquires which allegedly were overly intrusive as to the contents of their protest activity. There's actually a common-sense, well-established answer as to why these questions are being asked. Show More Summary

Gabriel Gomez's bad private equity deal

Gomez in his swiftboating days. Republican Gabriel Gomez has a good enough gig as a private equity investor to be taking $280,000 tax scam deductibles, but maybe has had less success in making deals at his company, Advent International,...Show More Summary

Rand Paul says Senate panel should apologize to Apple for bullying it over offshore tax shifting

No tax gimmicks at Apple, says CEO Tim Cook. Apple executives, including CEO Tim Cook, testified before a Senate panel this morning amid revelations Monday that the company has avoided tens of billions of dollars in taxes by settingShow More Summary

Teachers as first responders, as protectors, and as heroes

Plaza Towers Elementary School Too many times, our teachers are called upon to be heroes. And every time, they deliver: [Rhonda Crosswhite], a sixth-grade teacher at the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla. — a building that...Show More Summary

GOP's effort to drag down Obamacare in IRS scandal commences

Dean Heller It might take a while for Republicans to get the message that The Village is trying to send: watch out for overreach on the scandal thing. Case in point, Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) who's combining Obamacare hatred with IRS scandal mongering into one effort. Show More Summary

Oklahoma tornado: Late updates

A rescue worker in front of the now-destroyed Moore Medical Center Updates on the devastating tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma, yesterday: The National Weather Service has confirmed the tornado as an EF-5, the top designation of the Enhanced Fujita scale. Show More Summary

Twenty years

Jon Karl demands answers on why President Obama didn't retroactively stop IRS targeting

ABC's Jonathan Karl moves past "fake but accurate"-gate and demands answers from White House Press Secretary Jay Carney about why President Obama didn't stop the IRS from targeting of conservative 501(c)(4) groups: JON KARL: How wasShow More Summary

Susan B. Anthony List's forced-birthers will fund fellow extremist Cuccinelli for Virginia governor

Extremists will plug hard for an Virginia's premier extremist. The anti-abortion organization Susan B. Anthony List plans to use Virginia's statewide elections this year as a test-run for the nationwide congressional mid-terms in 2014. Show More Summary

NRA goes to war against Dems in Colorado, we go to war against NRA

Wayne LaPierre's NRA trying to oust Democrats in Colorado. Hosting two of the biggest gun massacres in recent years, Colorado decided to get serious about gun safety and passed several strong control measures last March. Colorado Gov. Show More Summary

As scandalgate fizzles, the village talks overreach

Still popular. In the wake of CNN's poll showing the GOP have reached historic unpopularity while the president and his party gained popularity, ABC/Washington Post confirms the trends. The president’s approval rating, at 51 percentShow More Summary

Midday open thread

Today's comic by Matt Bors is IRS destroyers of freedom: Andrew Sullivan just can't let go of IQ disparity by race: Yes, “race” is a social construct when we define it as “white”, “black,” “Asian” or, even more ludicrously, “Hispanic.”...Show More Summary

GOP aide on Benghazi theater: 'You’ve got to be on Mars to come up with some of this stuff'

New bumper sticker: Democrats are from Earth, Republicans are from Mars Couldn't have said it better myself: “We have got to get past that and figure out what are we going to do going forward,” a GOP aide stressed. “Some of the accusations, I mean you wouldn’t believe some of this stuff. Show More Summary

Obama could give these striking low-wage workers the raise they need

The latest round of low-wage workers to stage a one-day strike don't work for Walmart or McDonald's. They work for the federal government, kind of—for federal contractors in landmark Washington, DC, buildings like Union Station and the Smithsonian museums. Show More Summary

Washington police arrest 17 in Occupy Justice foreclosure protests. Actions continue today

They knew some of them would be arrested Monday and 17 of them were. They were homeowners from across the nation demonstrating outside the Department of Justice offices in Washington, D.C., against the government's years-long failure to take legal action against banks. Show More Summary

Medicare and Medicaid spending projection cut by $900 billion

Last week's CBO report popped a big hole in the Austerians' entitlement cuts balloon. The CBO cut its deficit projection for the next decade by $200 billion, with this year's deficit shrinking to $642 billion, the smallest shortfall since 2008. Show More Summary

Coburn already demanding offsets for tornado relief

Sen. Tom Coburn, ghoul The dust in Moore, Oklahoma had barely settled, the search and rescue operations still active, on Monday evening when Sen. Tom Coburn declared that his own state will only get aid if money is taken from someone...Show More Summary