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9:15 PM ET, April 4, 2008

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HillaryClinton.com:
Hillary and Bill Clinton Tax Returns  —  Statement of Jay Carson  —  Today Senator Hillary Clinton and President Bill Clinton are releasing their tax returns for the years 2000 through 2006, and are providing information regarding their 2007 taxes as well.
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Associated Press:
Clintons made nearly $109M since 2000  —  WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Clinton made nearly $109 million since they left the White House, capitalizing on the world's interest in the former first couple and lucrative business ventures.
Discussion: Hot Air
The Trail:
Clintons Release Tax Returns
Discussion: Fox News
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Clinton Releases Tax Returns
Discussion: Power Line
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard Blog:
Think Progress Screws Up Again  —  Last week Think Progress blogger Amanda accused John McCain of plagiarizing a speech from Admiral Timothy Ziemer only to retract the story hours later.  Amanda, last name unknown, had failed to check with McCain's office before running her “exclusive,” …
Discussion: Don Surber, Hot Air and The Jawa Report
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Amanda / Think Progress:
Rep. McHenry calls U.S. soldier in Iraq a ‘two-bit security guard.’  —  During a public appearance on Saturday, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) belittled a U.S. soldier in Iraq who was following orders and wouldn't let McHenry go to the gym without the proper credentials.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:   “Two-bit security guard”? Update: A contractor, not a soldier
Karl / protein wisdom:   ThinkProgress, Leftosphere get it wrong again; no correction so far
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:   In Which I Answer A Question And Ask One
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Obama Adviser Calls for Troops To Stay in Iraq Through 2010  —  WASHINGTON — A key adviser to Senator Obama's campaign is recommending in a confidential paper that America keep between 60,000 and 80,000 troops in Iraq as of late 2010, a plan at odds with the public pledge of the Illinois senator …
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Jason Horowitz / New York Observer:
Clinton Donors Press Dean at Fifth Avenue Bundler Summit  —  Leading donors to the Clinton and Obama campaigns sat down together last night with DNC chairman Howard Dean at a meeting at the Fifth Avenue apartment of super-bundlers Maureen White and Steven Rattner.
Discussion: Trailhead and TPM Election Central
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Ariel Alexovich / The Caucus:
New Michigan Primary: It's Really Most Sincerely Dead  —  There'll be no primary re-vote in Michigan, the state's Democratic party announced today.  —  In a phone meeting, Michigan party executives decided that such a move “is not practical.”  The decision isn't much of a surprise …
Discussion: MyDD, Salon and The Page
The Hill:
Dean says he is also committed to seating Michigan
Discussion: Wampum
Marian Wright Edelman / The Huffington Post:
Honoring King is Not Enough  —  The day after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot, I went out into the riot-torn Washington, D.C., streets and into schools in those neighborhoods scorched by flames to talk to the children.  I went to tell them not to loot and raid, so that they would not get arrested and ruin their futures.
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Hillary Clinton / Rasmussen Reports:
What If Democrats Used Winner Take All?  —  A Commentary by Wesley Little  —  Even as the Obama and Clinton campaigns fight frantically to establish the appropriate yard-stick by which to judge the will of the American people, one fact has been largely ignored: Obama's significant delegate lead …
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Redstate
jhsph.edu:
Statement Regarding POPLINE Database  —  I was informed this morning that the word “abortion” was blocked as a search term in the POPLINE family planning database administered by the Bloomberg School's Center for Communication Programs.  POPLINE provides evidence-based information …
In An Absolut World:
In an ABSOLUT World according to Mexico  —  The In An Absolut World advertising campaign invites consumers to visualize a world that appeals to them — one they feel may be more idealized or one that may be a bit “fantastic.”  As such, the campaign will elicit varying opinions and points of view.
Susan Dominus / City Room:
This T-Shirt Is About Rape  —  In 2004, Jennifer Baumgardner distributed T-shirts with a bold message across their fronts in blocky blue text: “I Had an Abortion.”  More recently, the Williamsburg-based writer and activist decided to apply her T-shirt approach to consciousness-raising to the subject of rape.
Discussion: Pandagon, Althouse and New York Times
Amanda / Think Progress:
Beck Rants Against Polar Bears: 'They Eat People!  For The Love Of Pete, They're Big, Angry Bears!'  —  Last night on his CNN Headline News show, right-wing pundit Glenn Beck hosted global warming skeptic Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK).  Beck allowed Inhofe to rant about how — with “all the liberals” …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Voodoo Health Economics  —  Elizabeth Edwards has cancer.  John McCain has had cancer in the past.  Last weekend, Mrs. Edwards bluntly pointed out that neither of them would be able to get insurance under Mr. McCain's health care plan.  —  It's about time someone said that and, more generally …
Larry Kudlow / The Corner:
An Economic Cleansing  —  Recessions are part of capitalism.  They happen every so often.  We've had two in the last 25 years.  And it looks like we are entering a third one after today's jobs-loss report.  —  The unemployment rate went up to 5.1 percent.  Non-farm payrolls have fallen for three straight months.
Discussion: Daily Pundit
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton returns: Assets and liabilities  —  A few notes on the Clinton tax returns, all noted by readers who have more eyes than I do.  —  First, a couple of things that could bite Hillary:  —  The returns show more than $50,000 in income (and $40,000 in losses) in 2006 from funds with the name Quellos …
Discussion: Spin Cycle
 
 
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Josh Kraushaar / The Crypt's Blogs:
GOP lands top-tier recruit against Lautenberg
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Ben / Think Progress:
Hagel: McCain too busy campaigning to deal with GI Bill.
USA Today:
IEDs go beyond Iraq, Afghanistan
Discussion: Danger Room
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
STATE DEPT REPLACES TOP PASSPORTS OFFICIAL
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
The Friday Senate Line: Schumer Sets Expectations?
Phillip Inman / Guardian:
Lloyd's warns of a lack of natural disasters
Discussion: Wonk Room and Gristmill
Washington Post:
Administration Asserted a Terror Exception on Search and Seizure
Marc Ambinder:
Is Rove Behind McCain's Tour?
 Earlier Items: 
Todd Beeton / MyDD:
Hillary Clinton Los Angeles Fundraiser
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
When Liberalism's Moment Ended
Tricia Bishop / Baltimore Sun:
Marylander gets big slice of Web pie
City Journal:
The Passivist  —  Heads in the Sand: How the Republicans Screw …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The DOJ comments on the Mukasey controversy
Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Obama cuts into Clinton's superdelegate lead
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
And the next GOP primary begins
Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:
Boehner: ‘We are going to gain seats this year’
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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