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Matea Gold / Show Tracker:
Fox News yanks Sean Hannity from Cincinnati Tea Party rally he was set to star in — Angry Fox News executives ordered host Sean Hannity to abandon plans to broadcast his nightly show as part of a Tea Party rally in Cincinnati on Thursday after top executives learned that he was set to headline the event …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama ‘amused’ by Tea Party rallies — President Barack Obama struck a hyperpartisan note Thursday, telling Democrats that he was “amused” by the Tax Day Tea Party rallies. — Obama, addressing a Democratic National Committee (DNC) fundraiser in Miami, did little to endear himself …
Michelle Malkin:
How to spot and tag a Tea Party infiltrator
How to spot and tag a Tea Party infiltrator
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Obama orders hospitals to grant same-sex couples visitation rights — President Obama on Thursday signed a memorandum requiring hospitals to allow gays and lesbians to have non-family visitors and to grant their partners medical power of attorney. — The president ordered the Department …
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CNN:
Obama orders hospital visitation rights for gays, lesbians — Washington (CNN) — President Obama has asked the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a rule that would prevent hospitals from denying visitation privileges to gay and lesbian partners.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Obama Widens Medical Rights for Same-Sex Partners — WASHINGTON — President Obama on Thursday ordered his health secretary to issue new rules aimed at granting hospital visiting rights to same-sex partners. — The White House announced the rule changes, which will also make it easier …
Norm Eisen / White House.gov Blog Feed:
President Obama and Vice President Biden's Tax Returns — Today, the President released his 2009 federal income and gift tax returns. He and the First Lady filed their income tax return jointly and reported an adjusted gross income of $ 5,505,409. The vast majority of the family's 2009 income …
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Robert J. Samuelson / Newsweek:
Today Is the Best Tax Day of Your Life — Looking back, we may all remember April 15, 2010, as the day we got off cheaply. Why a growing deficit and increased spending on health care and Social Security nearly guarantee higher tax bills in our future. — Almost nobody likes tax day …
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Clark Hoyt / The Public Editor's Journal:
Dueling Columnists — A surprising disagreement has broken out between two Times columnists, with Paul Krugman demanding an apology from Andrew Ross Sorkin and Sorkin so far refusing to back down. — The argument is over what approach Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who writes …
St. Petersburg Times:
Gov. Crist vetoes teacher tenure bill — TALLAHASSEE — After weeks of protest and a deluge of messages, Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday vetoed a bill that would link teacher pay to student test scores and wipe out tenure for new teachers. — “I know in my heart it's the right thing to do,” Crist said of his veto.
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Brent Kallestad / MiamiHerald.com:
Former Sen. Mack withdraws as Crist campaign chair — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Charlie Crist's political mentor, former U.S. Sen. Connie Mack, resigned Thursday as Crist's campaign chairman in his race for the U.S. Senate. — Mack wrote a terse, two-paragraph letter to his one-time protege …
Victor Zapanta / Think Progress:
Steve King Blows Up, Physically Grabs TP Blogger When Asked About His Justification Of IRS Attack — In February, a software engineer named Joseph Stack flew a small aircraft into an IRS building in Texas, killing two people and leaving another two hospitalized.
Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Poll: “Birther” Myth Persists Among Tea Partiers, All Americans — CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton,Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. — Although the Constitution requires American presidents to be natural born citizens …
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Former NSA executive charged with leaking information to newspaper — A former senior executive with the National Security Agency has been indicted on 10 felony charges related to the alleged leaking of classified information to a national newspaper in 2006 and 2007, the Justice Department announced Thursday morning.
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Former N.S.A. Official Is Indicted in Leak Case
Former N.S.A. Official Is Indicted in Leak Case
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell lacks support to block Wall Street reform bill — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) does not have enough solid commitments from GOP lawmakers to block consideration of a Democratic Wall Street reform bill. — McConnell has circulated a letter within the GOP conference …
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CNN:
Massive fireball reported across Midwestern sky — (CNN) — Authorities in several Midwestern states were flooded Wednesday night with reports of a gigantic fireball lighting up the sky, the National Weather Service said. — The fireball was visible for about 15 minutes beginning about 10 p.m. …
John Blake / CNN:
Socialists weigh in on Obama — (CNN) — Billy Wharton should be happy. — “Socialized health care” is on its way. The “socialist agenda” is taking over America. And best of all, Barack Obama, a “committed socialist ideologue,” is in the Oval Office.
John P. Martin / Philly.com:
Lawyer: Laptops took thousands of images — The system that Lower Merion school officials used to track lost and stolen laptops wound up secretly capturing thousands of images, including photographs of students in their homes, Web sites they visited, and excerpts of their online chats …
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Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Did Glenn Beck just post a new ratings low for 2010? — It sure looks that way, as Beck's ratings continue to sag. — Bottom line: Over the last nine months, Beck gained and then lost nearly one million viewers. Trust me, in the world of cable news, that's not small feat.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Dobbs-Mania Explodes Over Manhattan — TPM's Versha Sharma was minding her own business walking down 8th Avenue when she stumbled upon a Manhattan Tea Party event featuring Lou Dobbs. — Versha reports in by iPhone: “Lou dobbs was just introduced as the brave man who left CNN when it got too liberal.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama, GOP folks knotted up — Our monthly look ahead to the 2012 Presidential race finds Barack Obama more or less tied with all four of the leading candidates for the Republican nomination. He trails Mike Huckabee 47-45 and Mitt Romney 45-44, ties Newt Gingrich at 45-45, and leads Sarah Palin 47-45.
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Tom Madigan / The Hotline's Blogometer:
BLOGGERS POLL: Immigration Hesitation — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says “we're going to have comprehensive immigration reform now.” Top political bloggers don't see it. — Majorities on both the left and the right in this week's NationalJournal.com Bloggers Poll call comprehensive reform unlikely this year.
Lance Burri / The TrogloPundit:
The Madison, Wisconsin, Tax Day Tea Party — More pictures coming soon. I'd put them all up right away, but I had to work late and my wife made barbeque pork chops for dinner. I have my priorities. — And anyway, this is the one you're all waiting for. The crowd shot:
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
C.I.A. Document Details Destruction of Tapes — WASHINGTON — Porter J. Goss, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, in 2005 approved of the decision by one of his top aides to destroy dozens of videotapes documenting the brutal interrogation of two detainees, according to an internal C.I.A. document released Thursday.
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Associated Press:
Obama Sees Manned Missions to Mars — CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama predicted Thursday his new space exploration plans would lead American astronauts to Mars and back in his lifetime, a bold forecast relying on rockets and propulsion still to be imagined and built.
J. Matt Barber / WorldNetDaily:
Barack Obama: Enemy within … We have a president loath to acknowledge American exceptionalism. Indeed, the weight of the evidence suggests that our chief executive, through both word and deed and with malice aforethought, seeks to undermine - if not dismantle - that exceptionalism.
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Oklahoma Catholics Upset Over Perceived Genitalia On Crucifix — I admit that I was never a really devoted Catholic during the time that I identified myself as a Catholic. But I did learn the tenets of the faith and found a place in my heart for Jesus's teachings, which were about love …
mclaughlinonline.com:
McLaughlin & Associates Poll: National Survey of Jewish Voters — Re: National Survey of Jewish Voters — Major Findings: — I. A plurality of Jewish voters would consider someone else for President. — According to the 2008 exit polls, Barack Obama won 78% to 21% among Jewish voters.