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9:50 PM ET, April 5, 2011

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Myglesias / Yglesias:
Conservative Opposition To Human Happiness  —  Adam Serwer reports from Charles Murray's “State of White America” address.  Long story short, though, folks have gotten kind of soft: … This put me in mind of Monica Potts' review of Kay Hymowitz: … Hymowitz's argument, essentially …
Discussion: American Prospect and pandagon.net
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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 …
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 Dayen / Firedoglake:
Ryan's Budget Plan Is Ridiculous, But It Could Shift the Debate  —  hugs and kisses in lieu of benefits (photo: bizzlenj)  —  Ezra Klein has helpfully assembled a summary of the Ryan GOP budget.  As you can see, while everyone's talking about the privatization of Medicare and block-grant of Medicaid …
Discussion: The Foundry, Hullabaloo and TPMDC
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Ryan to 32M Americans: No Insurance for You  —  House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan has published his proposal for downsizing the federal government.  In the hours and days to come, you're going to hear a lot of different numbers from his proposal.  But let me draw your attention to a figure that's not in there: 32 million.
Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
The Seriousness Of Cutting Taxes On The Rich
Geoff / Ace of Spades HQ:
Ryan's Plan: Necessary But Not Sufficient (Bumped)
James C. Capretta / National Review:
What Real Leadership Looks Like
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
GOP Budget Ignores CBO To Claim Health Care Repeal Will Reduce The Deficit
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
QUOTE OF THE DAY.... House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan …
Discussion: Salon and HotAirPundit
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.
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Rasmussen Reports:
48% Say Their Views Closer to Tea Party Than Congress  —  In the ongoing budget-cutting debate in Washington, some congressional Democrats have accused their Republican opponents of being held captive by the Tea Party movement, but voters like the Tea Party more than Congress.
The Politico:
Obama: Time to act like ‘grown-ups’
Discussion: Hot Air and The Note
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Boehner's office says no deal was reached in White House talks
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 … Bristol Palin , GuideStar Bristol Palin , Bristol Palin GuideStar , Bristol Palin Teen Pregnancy , Bristol Palin Teen Pregnancy Earnings , Bristol Palin Teen Pregnancy Work , Guidestar , Palin Teen Pregnancy , Politics News
Paul Krugman:
The 2022 Medicare Crisis  —  Matt Yglesias has a very good point: the supposed transition strategy under the Ryan plan, in which everyone currently under 55 gets Medicare as we know it, while everyone younger than that gets vouchers that won't be enough to buy adequate insurance, sets up an unstable political dynamic.
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M.S. / Democracy in America:
You put the load right on me  —  PAUL RYAN'S plan to replace Medicare with a system of vouchers for seniors to buy health care on the private market has only been vaguely described, as of this writing.  But there is one thing about it that's fairly clear, regardless of what's in the details …
Jed Lewison / Daily Kos:
GOP unveils plan to eliminate Medicare, press neglects to ask about it
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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Ben Smith / The Politico:
DWS to DNC  —  Mike Allen scoops:
Romalley / Fox Nation:
Fired NPR CEO Rips Sting Artists, Admits Rest of Establishment is ‘Terrified’  —  Fired NPR CEO Vivian Schiller spoke Tuesday at the Paley Center for Media in New York and lashed out at the videographers who exposed the bigotry in her organization, calling the undercover sting an “abomination.”
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Sara Jerome / The Hill:
Ex-NPR chief: House Republicans have thrust NPR into ‘turmoil’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Pajamas Media
New York Times:
Cowardice Blocks the 9/11 Trial  —  Last year, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. described a federal court trial for the self-professed mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, as “the defining event of my time as attorney general.”  On Monday, Mr. Holder's dream for demonstrating …
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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 …
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.
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
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.
Meredith Shiner / The Politico:
GOPers support Libya resolution  —  Ten Republican senators voted in favor of GOP freshman Rand Paul's non-binding resolution opposing President Barack Obama's use of force in Libya on Tuesday — the first Congressional action of disapproval since Obama launched the attack last month.
 
 
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