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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Wall Street Journal:
Tax Day Becomes Protest Day — How the tea parties could change American politics. — Today American taxpayers in more than 300 locations in all 50 states will hold rallies — dubbed “tea parties” — to protest higher taxes and out-of-control government spending.
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Michelle Malkin:
A Tax Day Tea Party cheat sheet: How it all started — It's here! — For the Johnny-Come-Latelys in the MSM who will be dispatched by their editors to file obligatory stories about the hundreds of Tax Day Tea Party protests across the country today, here is a cheat sheet to get you up to speed.
Matt Taibbi / Taibblog:
The peasant mentality lives on in America — It took a good long while for news of the Teabag movement to penetrate the periphery of my consciousness — I kept hearing things about it and dismissing them, sure that the whole business was some kind of joke. Like a Daily Show invention, say.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
‘TEA PARTIES’: THE NEXT GRASS-ROOTS MOVEMENT? — Yes: We conservatives have decided to take our grievances to the streets — Who is the leader of the conservative movement? Is it Michael Steele at the Republican National Committee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, or even Rush Limbaugh?
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: TEA TIME — From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro — *** Tea time: Who would have ever thought that a discussion of tea bags — even used as a verb, from both the right and left — would become a political topic, let alone a subject we'd mention in First Read.
Lee Fang / Think Progress:FreedomWorks Orchestrates ‘Grassroots’ …
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
In Minnesota, a Battle Without End for a Senate Seat — ST. PAUL — Norm Coleman spends his days in the quiet living room of his small house here, thumbing through stacks of legal papers. His United States Senate staff and offices vanished at the start of the year, as did his salary …
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New York Times:
U.S. Planning to Reveal Data on Health of Top Banks — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is drawing up plans to disclose the conditions of the 19 biggest banks in the country, according to senior administration officials, as it tries to restore confidence in the financial system without unnerving investors.
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama Tilts to CIA on Memos — Top Officials at Odds Over Whether to Withhold Some Details on Interrogation Tactics — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is leaning toward keeping secret some graphic details of tactics allowed in Central Intelligence Agency interrogations …
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Chicago Tribune:
IRS workers see double standard on tax errors — The Treasury secretary, who oversees the IRS, didn't pay all his taxes. Neither did five other top nominees for the Obama administration, or their spouses. — Now, as Wednesday's tax deadline looms, some Americans are wondering …
Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
In shift, Marco Rubio is willing to battle Charlie Crist for Senate — TALLAHASSEE — His approval ratings may be sky high, but if Charlie Crist runs for the U.S. Senate, he still could face a serious primary challenge from former state House Speaker Marco Rubio.
Erika Lovley / The Politico:
Ron Paul's plan to fend off pirates — A little-known congressional power could help the federal government keep the Somali pirates in check — and possibly do it for a discount price. — Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and a growing number of national security experts are calling on Congress …
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Wall Street Journal:
This Tax Is for You — A levy on Joe Six Pack. — Today is the dreaded April 15, but at least in Oregon it's even going to cost you more to drown in your tax sorrows. In their sober unwisdom, the state's pols plan to raise taxes by 1,900% on . . . beer. The tax would catapult to $52.21 from $2.60 a barrel.
Jesse James DeConto / Raleigh News & Observer:
Protest stops Tancredo's UNC speech — CHAPEL HILL — UNC-CH police released pepper spray and threatened to use a Taser on student protesters Tuesday evening when a crowd disrupted a speech by former Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo opposing in-state tuition benefits to unauthorized immigrants.
Colin Clark / DoD Buzz:
SEAL Sniper Details Trickle In — For those Buzz readers hungry for detail about the Somali pirates, my buddy Christian over at DefenseTech offers some details about the techniques behind the SEAL sniper shots. Read on for some info about the firearms used and who probably played in this most satisfying incident at sea.
RushLimbaugh.com:
Obama Report on “Right-Wing Radicals” Timed for Tea Parties — BEGIN TRANSCRIPT — RUSH: I had a report, I got this at 2:30 yesterday afternoon. I just didn't have a chance to work it in yesterday. It's this Department of Homeland Security report, it's nine pages, I've got the PDF here …
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Jon Hilsenrath / Wall Street Journal:
Bernanke's PR Push Rewrites Fed Script — WASHINGTON — Ben Bernanke became Federal Reserve chairman intent on making the central bank less personality-driven than it was under Alan Greenspan and Paul Volcker. But as he confronts an economic crisis that has pushed the Fed to shatter precedent …
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Felix Salmon
New York Times:
An Impressive First Nominee — President Obama has done well with his first judicial nomination — David Hamilton, a well-respected federal district court judge in Indiana — for the Chicago-based United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. After eight years of Bush nominees …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
More Say Low-Income Americans Paying Fair Share of Taxes — No change in perceptions of taxes paid by middle-income Americans — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans' perceptions of the taxes paid by those with lower incomes have shifted in the past year. Now, 41% say lower-income people are paying their …
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