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6:55 PM ET, April 5, 2011

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David Brooks / New York Times:
Moment of Truth  —  It was a season of fiscal perestroika.  Last fall, the Simpson-Bowles deficit commission released a bold report on how to avoid an economic catastrophe.  For a few weeks, the think tanks and government offices were alive with proposals to reduce debt and reform entitlements …
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New York Times:
Budget Stances Harden as Deadline Nears for Shutdown  —  WASHINGTON — In dueling news conferences just moments apart, President Obama and the speaker of the House, John A. Boehner, dug in their heels on Tuesday over terms of a budget deal to stave off a partial shutdown of the federal government as early as Saturday.
Free exchange:
Best budget ever  —  PAUL RYAN has officially revealed the House Republicans' budget proposal, and we will have a detailed analysis of it up in short order.  Reactions to the plan will vary (sharply, it's safe to say).  But whatever your take on the policy proposals, it's worth approaching …
David Rogers / The Politico:
New compromise target: $40B in cuts  —  Speaker John Boehner used a White House meeting Tuesday to signal his hope that a deal could be reached on spending if the administration and Democrats were willing to move closer to $40 billion in spending cuts or $7 billion above the target now being used in negotiations.
Paul Krugman:
The Threat Within  —  Josh Marshall, rightly, goes ballistic over the lameness of a supposed Democratic advocate in challenging Ryan's plan.  —  This could, indeed, be the problem.  —  In many ways, this fight resembles the 2005 fight over Social Security.
Tim Fernholz / NationalJournal.com:
The Ryan Budget: Big Cuts, Bigger Questions  —  House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan's 2012 budget is estimated to cost $6.2 trillion less over 10 years than President Obama's plan, with an initial deficit of $950 billion next year that decreases, along with government debt, over time.
Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
The Seriousness Of Cutting Taxes On The Rich  —  This week, Rep. Paul Ryan's budget slashing taxes on the rich and medical aid to the poor, elderly and disabled is getting plaudits for “seriousness” from David Brooks. … Yesterday, I went to Charles Murray's AEI lecture on the State …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Ben Smith's Blog
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Conservative Opposition To Human Happiness
Discussion: American Prospect
James Pethokoukis:
Paul Ryan's revolution would finish Reagan's
Discussion: protein wisdom
Paul D. Ryan / Wall Street Journal:
The GOP Path to Prosperity
Sara Jerome / The Hill:
Ex-NPR chief: House Republicans have thrust NPR into ‘turmoil’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Pajamas Media
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
QUOTE OF THE DAY.... House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan …
Discussion: Salon
The Politico:
Obama: Time to act like ‘grown-ups’
Discussion: The Note and Hot Air
appropriations.house.gov:
Another Continuing Resolution Introduced to Prevent Government Shutdown, Cut $12 billion in Spending
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Wasserman Schultz to lead DNC  —  President Barack Obama has settled on Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) as the new chair of the Democratic National Committee, top Democratic sources said Tuesday.  —  Wasserman Schultz, 44, was chosen for her strength as a fund-raiser and as a television messenger …
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The Hill:
Kaine announcement launches premier Senate race of 2012
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Cowardly, Stupid, and Tragically Wrong  —  The Obama administration's appalling decision to give Khalid Sheikh Mohammed a military trial.  —  Today, by ordering a military trial at Guantanamo for 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-defendants, Attorney General Eric Holder finally put …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
King: Holder should resign for criticizing Gitmo prisoner trial reversal
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
John Cook / Gawker:
CBS News Washington Bureau Chief Was an FBI Snitch  —  The Center for Public Integrity is reporting that an unnamed former ABC News journalist was an FBI informant during and after the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, passing along tips and revealing a source.  We know who it is.  More »
Discussion: Mediaite and Poynter
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The Center for Public Integrity:
Agents treated reporter like informant, raising question: Who else?  —  A once-classified FBI memo reveals that the bureau treated a senior ABC News journalist as a potential confidential informant in the 1990s, pumping the reporter to ascertain the source of a sensational but uncorroborated tip …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Parody gets more views than real Obama launch  —  The National Republican Senatorial Committee's parody of Obama's 2012 campaign, released Friday, now has 665,000 views on YouTube.  —  Obama's real launch video, released yesterday: Just 168,000.  —  YouTube's metrics tend to lag a bit …
Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Bristol Palin's Nonprofit Paid Her Seven Times What It Spent On Actual Teen Pregnancy Prevention  —  In 2009, Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol joined a teen pregnancy prevention nonprofit called the Candie's Foundation.  Today, the Associated Press reported that the Candie's Foundation released …
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Rachel D'Oro / The Huffington Post:
Bristol Palin's Teen Pregnancy Work Earned Her $262K
Discussion: GOP 12
Adam Abrams / White House.gov Blog:
Try the New White House Tax Cut Calculator  —  Given that it's tax season (don't forget, Tax Day is on 4/18 this year), you might be thinking about the bipartisan tax cut compromise from December 2010 and wondering how it affects your household's bottom line.
Discussion: USA Today and The Hill
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Wall Street Journal:
Coburn vs. Norquist
Discussion: The Foundry and Pajamas Media
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Warning Signs Among the GOP  —  It's not inconceivable that Republicans might start seeing things go against them in the court of public opinion, starting with the current spending debate.  —  Until recently, Republicans were taking solace in a number of things as they looked forward to 2012.
Paul Kengor / American Thinker:
Obama, The God That Failed  —  As someone who has studied, taught, and written about the Middle East for years, I'm the first to concede that President Obama has a tough task.  What would I do about Libya if I were president?  How about Egypt?  —  I'm not exactly sure.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney leads in NH, Trump makes things interesting  —  Mitt Romney's still the clear early front runner to take the Republican primary in New Hampshire next year but for the first time in our polling of the race PPP finds someone within single digits of him...Donald Trump.
John Distaso / UnionLeader.com:
Primary Status: Jon Huntsman headed to NH in May to speak at SNHU  —  April 5 UPDATE: HUNTSMAN'S FIRST NH APPEARANCE.  Three weeks after Jon Huntsman officially departs as the U.S. Ambassador to China, the potential Republican presidential candidate will be in New Hampshire.
Discussion: GOP 12 and Salt Lake Tribune
Abby Johnson / Politics:
Exposing the Planned Parenthood business model  —  Myths about Planned Parenthood are spreading like grassfire.  Thanks to a perfect storm of events, the abortion provider is scrambling to cauterize the biggest PR hit it has ever sustained.  November's election of an overwhelmingly pro-life Congress …
Discussion: The Minority Report and Hot Air
 
 
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Edward L. Glaeser / Economix:
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Meredith Shiner / The Politico:
GOPers support Libya resolution
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New York Times:
Under Heavy Assault, Libyan Rebels Flee Brega
Jed Lewison / Daily Kos:
GOP unveils plan to eliminate Medicare, press neglects to ask about it
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Texas, Arizona executions stayed by high court
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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