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David Frum / FrumForum:
AEI Says Goodbye — I have been a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute since 2003. At lunch today, AEI President Arthur Brooks and I came to a termination of that relationship. — Below is the text of my letter of resignation. … Follow David Frum on twitter: @davidfrum
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Bruce Bartlett / Capital Gains and Games blogs:
David Frum and the Closing of the Conservative Mind — As some readers of this blog may know, I was fired by a right wing think tank called the National Center for Policy Analysis in 2005 for writing a book critical of George W. Bush's policies, especially his support for Medicare Part D. In the years since …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
David Frum: AEI Says They Didn't Axe Me For Slamming GOP — I just got off the phone with writer David Frum, and he says the conservative American Enterprise Institute assured him today that he isn't being fired because of his recent blistering criticism of the GOP, as has been widely speculated this afternoon.
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Sarah Ebner / Times of London:
Binyamin Netanyahu humiliated after Barack Obama ‘dumped him for dinner’ — Giles Whittell, Washington, and James Hider, Jerusalem — For a head of state to visit the White House and not pose for photographers is rare. For a key ally to be left to his own devices while the President withdraws …
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Post poll: Obama still in single digits — 9% of local Jews say US administration pro-Israel; 48% call it pro- Palestinian. — Talkbacks (12) — Make JPOST.COM your Home Page — Iranian Threat — Jewish World — Local Israel — Arts & Culture — Français — Classifieds
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Power Line, Israel Matzav, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Ben Smith's Blog and The Corner on National …
Natasha Mozgavaya / Haaretz:
Nearly 300 Congress members declare commitment to ‘unbreakable’ U.S.-Israel bond
Nearly 300 Congress members declare commitment to ‘unbreakable’ U.S.-Israel bond
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Adrian Blomfield / Telegraph:
Obama snubbed Netanyahu for dinner with Michelle and the girls, Israelis claim
Obama snubbed Netanyahu for dinner with Michelle and the girls, Israelis claim
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YID With LID
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Embracing the freakshow — As Barack Obama's campaign for president heated up, the Secret Service fielded a stream of threats of various seriousness. His canvassers sometimes encountered hostile, even racist, remarks and scary situations. The long, ugly spring of 2008 produced a smashed window …
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New poll finds Obama tied with Anybody in 2012 vote — Here's a closeup photo above of the Republican candidate for president who's currently tied with President Obama for the 2012 White House race. — No one. — Or anyone. — A new CNN / Opinion Research Poll out this afternoon …
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Weasel Zippers
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
President Obama to repeal-minded Republicans: ‘Go for it’
President Obama to repeal-minded Republicans: ‘Go for it’
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Going to Extreme — I admit it: I had fun watching right-wingers …
Going to Extreme — I admit it: I had fun watching right-wingers …
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Prairie Weather
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
What's in the Affordable Care Act?
Washington Post:
Obama readies steps to fight foreclosures, particularly for unemployed — The Obama administration plans to overhaul how it is tackling the foreclosure crisis, in part by requiring lenders to temporarily slash or eliminate monthly mortgage payments for many borrowers who are unemployed, senior officials said Thursday.
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Health bill clears Congress — Congress completed its work Thursday night on the broadest social legislation in almost a half-century, as the House capped the year-long legislative saga over health reform by signing off on a package of fixes to the newly minted law.
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Justin Elliott / TPM LiveWire:
Richmond Police Statement On Cantor Office Vandalism — The Richmond Police Department released the following statement Thursday, along with this incident report: — Richmond Police Investigate Cantor Building Vandalism — March 25, 2010 — The Richmond Police Department is investigating …
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Fox News:
Cantor Says Campaign Office Was Shot At, Accuses Dems of Exploiting Threats
Cantor Says Campaign Office Was Shot At, Accuses Dems of Exploiting Threats
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
In Possible Retirement, the Likelihood of an Election-Year Confrontation — WASHINGTON — No announcement has been made, but the widely anticipated retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens in coming weeks has the White House, Senate and lobbying groups bracing for an election-year confrontation over the future of the Supreme Court.
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“White Powder” Package Sent to Congressman Weiner's Office — Letter references “health care” vote — Law enforcement officials say a package with white powder was sent to Congressman Weiner's Queens office today. — A preliminary review shows the letter in part complained …
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
The Zeitgeist Shifts — The psychology of victory and defeat is a remarkable thing. A week ago, the Democrats were perceived to have an enormous political problem. Their agenda was stalled in Congress. There was a mass groundswell of public anger they had to contend with.
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TPMDC, Ezra Klein, Matthew Yglesias, Washington Post, Riehl World View and Talking Points Memo
Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
2010: A Race Odyssey — Disproving a Negative for Cash Prizes or, How the Civil Rights Movement Jumped the Shark — As I have said over and over and over, the left has one trick that it will use again and again when its back is in the corner: shout ‘racist’ in a crowded country.
Steve Forbes / Fox News:
Could a Chavez-Style Media Crackdown Be Coming Our Way? — Think things are going from bad to worse in Venezuela as Chavez continues to crackdown on his critics? Wait till you hear about plans for “media reform” in the U.S. by Chavez supporter and Free Press founder Robert McChesney.
Capitol Weekly:
Could Goldman Sachs do to California what it did to Greece? — Recent reports that financial legerdemain engineered by Goldman Sachs helped destabilize the Greek economy ought to make Californians nervous. It's time to ask if Goldman could do to us what it appears to have done to the Greeks and, indirectly, to the rest of Europe.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Coburn blocks extension of unemployment benefits, threatens start of recess — Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has blocked passage of a crucial package of expiring provisions, including extended unemployment insurance benefits that are scheduled to run out on April 5.
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Ian Vasquez / Cato @ Liberty:
Chavez Arrests the President of Globovision Television — Today, the Venezuelan government arrested Guillermo Zuloaga, president of Globovision Television, the only remaining television on public airwaves critical of Hugo Chavez. According to the government, Zuloaga made offensive comments about Chavez …
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New York Times:
Pope Was Told Pedophile Priest Would Get Transfer — MUNICH — The future Pope Benedict XVI was kept more closely apprised of a sexual abuse case in Germany than previous church statements have suggested, raising fresh questions about his handling of a scandal unfolding under his direct supervision …
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Brilliant at Breakfast
Tom Lauricella / Wall Street Journal:
Debt Concerns Send Treasury Rates Up — Unease at Deficit Hurts Demand for Treasurys; Mortgage Costs on the Rise — A sudden drop-off in investor demand for U.S. Treasury notes is raising questions about whether interest rates will finally begin a march higher—a climb that would jack …
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