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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
In Defense Of The Tax-Day Tea Parties — The of tea-party enthusiasm on the American right has provoked a fairly typical reaction from the organized American left. It's a fake. It involves tea bags and (a) Dick Armey. It's got the consistency of astroturf, not natural grass.
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Jim Iovino / NBC Washington:
1 Million Tea Bags, But No Place to Dump — Permits end dumping before it starts — WASHINGTON — It was a great idea, really. Take a million tea bags and dump them in Lafayette Park to protest government spending. Hip, hip, hoo-ray! — But a funny thing happened en route to a visually pleasing Tax Day protest.
Jane Hamsher / The Huffington Post:A Teabagger Timeline: Koch, Coors, Newt, Dick Armey There From The Start
Fox News:Thousands of Anti-Tax ‘Tea Party’ Protesters Turn Out in U.S. Cities
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David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
Scenes From the DC Tea Party: More Photos! — Here's a supplement to Aaron's great photo spread from this afternoon's rally. — Remember: Fox News reported on these rallies. It didn't promote them! — This was a popular theme, along with references to images of President Obama's bow to the King of Saudi Arabia.
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Michelle Malkin:
Massive: Tax Day Tea Party USA — I just have one word: Wow. More than 800 tea parties across the country. Here's your first photo/vid round-up from the events across the country, large and small, every corner of this great nation (hit your refresh button often...I'll keep updating):
Founding Bloggers:
BREAKING! Chicago Tax Day Tea Party Pictures! — Here are some shots from the tax day tea party in Chicago. More pics and video to come. Check back! — More Chicago pictures here. — Here is Chicago Breaking News coverage with video.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Gov. Perry Talks Secession for Texas at Tea Party: “Texas Can Leave Union If It Wants To” — All the insane talk coming from the Limbaugh National Convention is spreading into the fabric of the entire GOP. Listen to Texas Gov. Rick Perry say: … These republicans are talking treason in my mind.
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Wayne Slater / Associated Press:
Texas Gov. Rick Perry gets crowd boiling at Austin ‘tea party’ — wslater@dallasnews.com — AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry told an anti-tax “tea party” Wednesday the federal government is “rampaging through the halls of Congress” with big-spending programs and only states' rights can stop it.
Texas Politics:
Perry says Texas can leave the union if it wants to — Note to commenters: The comments do not post automatically. I have to read them and post them. Since it is dinner time here, I may be away from the computer for a bit. — Speaking with reporters after a tea party rally in Austin today …
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Media Matters / Media Matters for America:
CNN's Roesgen grills tea party protestor who calls Obama a “fascist,” says protest “highly promoted by the right-wing conservative network Fox” — This whole FARCE is custom made for cable news, not the MSM of network TV. The MSM cant cover something 24/7 like CNN or FOX can.
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New York Times:
N.S.A.'s Intercepts Exceed Limits Set by Congress — WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency intercepted private e-mail messages and phone calls of Americans in recent months on a scale that went beyond the broad legal limits established by Congress last year, according to government officials.
Jimmy Vielkind / Politicker NY:
NY-20 Judge: Most Objections Invalid — ALBANY—Judge James Brands just ruled that most of the over 1,200 contested absentee ballots in the race to replace Kirsten Gillibrand in Congress were objected to improperly based on discrepancies in their applications. This means many more ballots will be counted.
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RushLimbaugh.com:
President Obama Ordered the Killing of Three Black Muslim Kids — BEGIN TRANSCRIPT — RUSH: You know what we have learned about the Somali pirates, the merchant marine organizers that were wiped out at the order of Barack Obama, you know what we learned about them? They were teenagers.
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Limbaugh defends the teenage pirates of Somalia while a US Cargo ship evaded another pirate attack — Without comment: … (h/t Mark Nicholas) — Last night there was a report that another attack had happened on a US Cargo ship:
William Yardley / New York Times:
For Gov. Palin, a Rough Return to the Day Job — JUNEAU, Alaska — Before Tina Fey and “Drill, baby, drill,” there was mud season here in the Alaskan capital. This soggy, socked-in spring has been no exception, but it sure has been different in other ways.
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Alaska_Politics / Anchorage Daily News:Dems won't vote on Palin's three names for Senate seat (Updated)
The White House:
Release of the President and Vice President's Tax Returns — As another demonstration of the President's commitment to openness and transparency, today the White House issued the following releases making the President and Vice President's tax returns public: — For the President: — THE WHITE HOUSE
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Department of Homeland Security:
Statement by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on the Threat of Right-Wing Extremism — The primary mission of this department is to prevent terrorist attacks on our nation. The document on right-wing extremism sent last week by this department's Office …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Top Business Lobbyists Vow To Raise Big Bucks For Coleman Appeal — A group of several dozen of the most influential business lobbyists in Washington is vowing to raise and spend whatever it takes to bankroll Norm Coleman's upcoming appeal fight, in the wake of a three-judge ruling declaring …
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Peter Wehner / Commentary:
Yes, but . . . Obama Is Still the Most Polarizing — Ron Brownstein has responded to pieces by Karl Rove, Michael Gerson, and me regarding the Pew Research Center survey indicating that, in Pew's words, … Brownstein doesn't dispute the Pew poll or its data; he simply goes to great length …
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Charles Bremner / Times of London:
World Agenda: Nicolas Sarkozy puts Barack Obama in the doghouse — Why the master of America's new First Mutt is no longer in good odour with President Sarkozy — France has been cooing along with everyone else over the arrival of Bo Obama at the White House, but the master of America's …
Patrick / Now! Hampshire:
Taxpayers Storm ‘Luxury Lavatory’ at State House — “About seventy women and forty men” visited the Senate President and Speaker of the House's new taxpayer-funded “luxury lavatory” at the State House to relieve themselves all at once today, sources tell NowHampshire.com.
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