memeorandum: In South Carolina Town, Economic Calamity Since Obama's Inauguration (Eli Saslow/Washington Post)

10:05 PM ET, April 26, 2009

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U.S. Declares Public Health Emergency Over Swine Flu — Tourists on an almost empty tour bus in Mexico City on Sunday. Swine flu has killed more than 80 people in Mexico. More Photos > — American health officials on Sunday declared a public health emergency over increasing cases of swine flu …

Discussion: Associated Press, Top of the Ticket, Daily Kos, San Marcos Daily Record, Gawker, Reuters, HorsesAss.Org and H5N1

Tom Philpott / Grist:

Swine-flu outbreak linked to Smithfield Foods — TWITTER - NEWSVINE - GOOGLE BOOKMARKS - STUMBLEUPON — The outbreak of a new flu strain—a nasty mash-up of swine, avian, and human viruses—has infected 1000 people in Mexico and the U.S., killing 68.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Peak Oil Entrepreneur, Right Pundits, The Huffington Post, At-Largely, Latest Open Salon Blog, Newshoggers.com, Aetiology, H5N1, Reuters and CNN

The Politico:

Administration declares ‘emergency’ — In an unusual Sunday briefing at the White House, administration officials said a “public health emergency” is being declared in the United States in order to mobilize maximum resources to combat fears of a global swine-flu pandemic.

Discussion: The Swamp and PoliGazette

Andrew C. Revkin / Dot Earth:
Contagion on a Small Planet

Discussion: Gothamist, Right Wing Nut House and Daily Kos

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés / The Moderate Voice:
Swine Flu: U.S. Declares Public Health Emergency

Discussion: LGF 2.0 The Blogmocracy and Newshoggers.com

Jim Tankersley / The Swamp:
WH: Don't panic on swine flu

Discussion: The Politico

Thomas H. Maugh II / Los Angeles Times:
11 more suspected swine flu cases in U.S.

Discussion: Townhall.com

Associated Press: US declares public health emergency for swine flu

David Brown / Washington Post:
U.S. Slow to Learn of Mexico Flu

Discussion: Founding Bloggers, Opinio Juris, Wizbang, Blue Crab Boulevard, The Moderate Voice, Effect Measure, NO QUARTER, Wake up America, Jules Crittenden, JustOneMinute, BBC, The Other McCain, Fausta's Blog, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room and New York Times

Satyam Khanna / Think Progress:

Gingrich On Whether Waterboarding Is Torture: 'I Can't Tell You' — On Friday, Fox News's Greta Van Susteren interviewed former House speaker Newt Gingrich regarding President Obama's recent release of Bush-era OLC torture memos. Throughout the interview, Gingrich tried to sit on the fence …

Brian Montopoli / CBS News:

McCain: Don't Investigate Torture Memos — Arizona Sen. John McCain suggested today that the push to investigate and possibly prosecute Bush administration officials who crafted the legal basis for the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques,” such as waterboarding, may have grown from a desire to “settle old political scores.”

Discussion: Think Progress, Hot Air, Washington Monthly and The Page

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:

Nadler on torture investigations: 'There can't be a compromise' — One of the leading voices in Congress for investigating former Bush Administration officials said the impeachment of Judge Jay Bybee wouldn't quiet the calls for prosecution. — John Podesta's letter to John Conyers today calling …

Discussion: Raw Story and AfterDowningStreet.org

The Politico:

In GOP base, a ‘rebellion brewing’ — A quick tour through the week's headlines suggests the Republican Party is beginning to come to terms with the last election and that consensus is emerging among GOP elites that the party needs to move away from discordant social issues.

Discussion: Think Progress, The Daily Dish, Hot Air, DownWithTyranny! and Matthew Yglesias

Kevin Duchschere / Minneapolis Star Tribune:

Minnesota Poll: Most want Coleman to call it quits — The Republican should end his recount fight, most say, and fatigue over the six-month ordeal is clear. — Nearly two-thirds of Minnesotans surveyed think Norm Coleman should concede the U.S. Senate race to Al Franken …

Discussion: Scorecard's Blog and MyDD

Joe Bodell / MN Progressive Project: ABM Poll: Voters want Coleman to concede, Pawlenty to sign certificate

Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:

Antiabortion movement gets a new-media twist — Lila Rose, a UCLA student, goes undercover at Planned Parenthood clinics to pose as an underage girl pregnant by a 31-year-old. Her surreptitious videos go on YouTube, and inspire outrage. — The girl's voice in the videotape is tiny and tentative.

Discussion: Townhall.com, Don Surber and Top of the Ticket

Eli Saslow / Washington Post:

In South Carolina Town, Economic Calamity Since Obama's Inauguration — In a South Carolina Town Where the Downturn Has Deepened Since the Inauguration, Two Obama Supporters Have Struggled, Going From ‘Fired Up’ to Tired Out — GREENWOOD, S.C. Her cordless phone stores 17 voice messages, and tonight the inbox is full.

Discussion: PoliGazette, Don Surber and Blue Crab Boulevard

John F. Burns / New York Times:

At the Polls, Icelanders Punish Conservatives — REYKJAVIK, Iceland — It is a tale of light and dark — of a small but rugged country far from anywhere that has suffered as severely as any in the developed world at the hands of buccaneering free-marketeers, but which is now slowly digging itself out from the financial wreckage.

Discussion: MyDD

ABCNEWS:

‘This Week’ Transcript: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — Exclusive Interview Between ABC's George Stephanopoulos and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — STEPHANOPOULOS: During the last administration, no other world leader next to you was as critical of the American administration as Mr. Chavez.

Discussion: Mideast Peace Pulse, The Raw Story and Harry's Place