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“Every news organization with a reporter in Washington should dispatch journalists to demand answers from the attorney general and the White House about who knew what, and when, in the authorization and execution of a subpoena that in all likelihood collected phone numbers of sources for every story—hundreds, if not more—that AP reporters were working on during a two-month period in 2012 in Washington, New York, Hartford and at the House of Representatives.”

-Toni Lacy, Journalists beware: You could be next

From The Last Word:

“He stopped his vehicle, and I was about 10-15 yards away. And Tamerlan [Tsarnaev] jumped out and he just started walking toward my cruiser and started firing at me.” — Watertown Police Officer Joe Reynolds http://on.msnbc.com/13jQ3fs

“[Tamerlan] looked at his gun, then threw it at me–hit me in the left bicep here–turned, ran back down the driveway to the street, took a left, running toward the other officers that were on scene. And I holstered up and chased after him and tackled him.”

-Sergeant Jeff Pugliese, one of the five Watertown police officers who joined MSNBC in an exclusive interview about the night of the shootout that ended the manhunt for the Tsarnaev brothers

Marriage equality gained an important foothold in the Midwest on Monday, as the Minnesota Senate voted to approve a historic measure extending marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples.

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From The Last Word:

Watch the complete interview with Sen. Elizabeth Warren: http://on.msnbc.com/10HIpcE

“It is bad to hear horrific news. It’s worst to get used to it.”

-Rev. Al Sharpton, about the gun violence in New Orleans during Sunday’s Mother’s Day parade

From Up:

Some of the most powerful appeals for gun legislation in the wake of Newtown have come from parents, particularly mothers, and moms have joined the fight on issues like immigration reform and health care. As Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director of Moms Rising pointed out on Sunday’s Up with Steve Kornacki, 82% of women will have children by the age of 44.

Officials with the IRS apologized Friday for targeting groups with “Tea Party” and “Patriots” in their titles for non-profit status audits, but senior agency leaders knew the groups were being flagged as early as 2011, the Associated Press reported.

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“I am deeply troubled by the new report from your department this month finding an estimated 26,000 reported cases of sexual assault took place in the military last year–that’s more than 70 instances of sexual assault every day. But what makes those numbers even more troubling is the other news coming out about how sexual assault prevention is being handled.”

-Melissa Harris-Perry, Military sexual assault survivors need more than sound and fury