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Scott Baker / The Blaze:
Fox News and Mercury Radio Arts Announce New Agreement; Beck to ‘Transition Off’ Daily TV Program — Editor's note: After a great deal of speculation about Glenn Beck's future on television, here is the freshly-inked news release. There will be a couple of key headlines out of this …
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Glenn Beck to End Daily Fox News Program — Updated | Glenn Beck will end his daily Fox News Channel program later this year. — His departure was jointly announced in a statement on Wednesday by Fox and Mr. Beck's company, Mercury Radio Arts. The statement did not specify an end date for the show …
New York Times:
Glenn Beck To ‘Transition Off’ Fox News Program … Fox News , Glenn Beck , Glenn Beck Fox News , Cable News , Fox News Glenn Beck , Glenn Beck Leaving Fox News Show , Glenn Beck Transition , Media News — Fox News and Glenn Beck announced Wednesday that Beck will “transition off of his daily program” later this year.
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Left Coast Rebel, more at Mediagazer »
David Weigel / Weigel:
Glenn Beck Will End Fox News Show — His daily show, which began in January 2009, will end at some point this year. Business Insider has the full release while Beck's news site, The Blaze, is offline. … Beck's ratings had been collapsing, even as he remained one of the most popular hosts on TV.
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Wonkette, Washington Post and AmSpecBlog
Media Matters / Media Matters for America:
Glenn Beck's Fox News Show Ending
Glenn Beck's Fox News Show Ending
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The Washington Note
Jay Yarow / The Wire:
GLENN BECK PULLING SHOW OFF FOX NEWS
GLENN BECK PULLING SHOW OFF FOX NEWS
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AlterNet and The Other McCain
Paul Krugman:
Paul Ryan's Multiple Unicorns — Gosh. For a plan that supposedly sets a new standard of seriousness, Paul Ryan's vision (pdf) depends an awful lot on unicorn sightings — belief in the impossible. Let me review the top three unicorns. — First, the plan assumes that tax cuts will set off a literally unprecedented boom.
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CBO's Latest 10 Documents:
LONG-TERM ANALYSIS OF A BUDGET PROPOSAL BY CHAIRMAN RYAN — ABSTRACT — The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has conducted a long-term analysis of a budget proposal by Chairman Ryan to substantially change federal payments under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, eliminate the subsidies …
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The Atlantic Online, TPMDC, Director's Blog, The Political Carnival, Swampland, Paul Krugman and The New Republic
Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
Republican Paul Ryan's budget proposal is brave, radical, and smart. — For the past 30 years, Republicans have been hypocrites about spending. They've raged against big government without ever proposing the kinds of cuts necessary to bring federal expenditures in line with tax revenues.
CEPR:
Representative Ryan Proposes Medicare Plan Under Which Seniors Would Pay Most of Their Income for Health Care — That is what headlines would look like if the United States had an independent press. After all, this is one of the main take aways of the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) …
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The Huffington Post, Crooks and Liars, Hullabaloo, Guardian and The Raw Story
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Nancy Pelosi Vows To Party Like It's 2005 With Paul Ryan's Draconian Medicare-Ending Budget Proposal
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
‘THIS IS A CAUSE’.... The political world will mull over the details …
‘THIS IS A CAUSE’.... The political world will mull over the details …
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ThinkProgress, New York Times, New York Times, The Impolitic and Booman Tribune
NationalJournal.com:
Ryan Plan Pushes Optimism to the Outer Limits
Ryan Plan Pushes Optimism to the Outer Limits
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The Atlantic Online, The Politico, Hullabaloo, USA Today, The Hill, DCCC, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and Firedoglake
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
CBO: GOP Budget Would Increase Debt, Then Stick It To Medicare Patients
CBO: GOP Budget Would Increase Debt, Then Stick It To Medicare Patients
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Balloon Juice, The Media Consortium, No More Mister Nice Blog, AlterNet, The New Republic and The Huffington Post
JSOnline:
Supreme Court race too close to call; Kloppenburg has narrow lead over Prosser — At left, Justice David Prosser speaks to supporters in Hartland. At right, Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg speaks to supporters in Madison. — By Patrick Marley, Larry Sandler and Jason Stein of the Journal Sentinel
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Randy Radtke / lakemillsleaderonline.com:
Court Race May Come Down to the Town of Lake Mills (Updated) — With fewer than 200 votes separating incumbent Supreme Court Justice David Prosser and his challenger assistant attorney general JoAnne Kloppenburg, the election outcome could be affected by the Town of Lake Mills where all the votes have not yet been counted.
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Swing State Project, Daily Kos, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and WisPolitics Election Blog
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Wisconsin judicial race too close to call
Wisconsin judicial race too close to call
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Riehl World View, CNN, HillBuzz.org, The Other McCain and Washington Post
Associated Press:
Recount deadline will be no later than April 20
Recount deadline will be no later than April 20
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Althouse and American Power
WTMJ:
Elections: Lake Mills Votes Give Kloppenburg Edge
Elections: Lake Mills Votes Give Kloppenburg Edge
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Hotline On Call, Daily Kos, JSOnline, TPMDC and Mother Jones
Ericcompas / It's academic:
Kloppenberg/Prosser Supreme Court election results
Kloppenberg/Prosser Supreme Court election results
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blue cheddar, Firedoglake, Ben Smith's Blog, TPMDC, Swing State Project, The Political Carnival, Althouse and Daily Kos
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner, Obama budget call lasts three minutes — President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) had a brief phone call Wednesday as a government shutdown loomed, and Boehner told the president he is “hopeful” a spending deal can be reached, the Speaker's office said.
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The Gateway Pundit
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
White House Says Shutdown Would Harm the Economy — WASHINGTON — The White House warned on Wednesday that a shutdown of the federal government would threaten the nation's fragile economic recovery. But negotiations over the budget remained stalled amid increasingly sharp rhetoric from lawmakers in both political parties.
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CNN and Calculated Risk
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
DEMANDS FOR AN ‘ALTERNATIVE’.... Yesterday afternoon …
DEMANDS FOR AN ‘ALTERNATIVE’.... Yesterday afternoon …
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The Impolitic and The Page
Susan Crabtree / TPMDC:
White House Prepares For the Worst, Outlines Shutdown Plans
White House Prepares For the Worst, Outlines Shutdown Plans
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The Incidental Economist
Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
Bachmann: Why I'm qualified to be president — Michele Bachmann, after Bill O'Reilly asks her if she has the frame of reference to be the leader of the free world.
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Patterico's Pontifications, CNN and Booman Tribune
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Lauraklairmont / CNN:
Bachmann lists her presidential creds
Bachmann lists her presidential creds
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Cubachi, Taylor Marsh, Liberty Pundits Blog, GOP 12 and Outside the Beltway
KCCI-TV:
Teen Finds Campaign Worker At Back Door At 3AM — ANKENY, Iowa — A 15-year-old girl found a campaign worker from Alabama banging on her Ankeny family's back door early Wednesday morning. — Chloe Steward told KCCI she heard her dog barking around 3 a.m. and went to investigate.
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Ben Smith's Blog, The Atlantic Online, The Daily Caller, Indecision Forever and Wonkette
Conor Dougherty / Wall Street Journal:
New Faces of Childhood — Census Shows Hispanic and Asian Children Surging as Whites, Blacks Shrink — America's child population grew more far diverse over the past decade as a decline in the ranks of white children was offset by surging growth of Asians and Hispanics.
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
West Wing briefing: Obama headed out of D.C. as shutdown looms — A fiery President Obama insisted Tuesday that if he and congressional leaders couldn't reach a deal to avert a government shutdown, “I want a meeting again tomorrow here at the White House.” — “I will invite the same folks that we invited today,” he added.
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Clarion Advisory, The Gateway Pundit, YID With LID, Hot Air, Don Surber, Wizbang, Shakesville, Fox Nation and AMERICAblog News
CBS San Francisco:
Man With Anti-Obama Sign Attacked In San Francisco — SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/ BCN) — A man who set up a table with political literature and a sign opposing President Barack Obama was attacked in San Francisco's North Panhandle neighborhood, police and witnesses said Tuesday.
TODAYMoms:
Is Palin the hot new baby name? — Met any baby Palins lately? No, this isn't some new political joke — “Palin” gained some traction as a girl name in 2009. But naming your child after a living politician is a tricky business these days, one naming expert explains. — By Sue Kidd
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iOwnTheWorld.com, Weasel Zippers and Indecision Forever
Mark Steyn / National Review:
The Right to Offend — When I wrote over the weekend about the trial of Australia's most prominent columnist for expressing his opinions, I did not expect it to be quite so immediately relevant to the United States. But perhaps what's most disturbing about Lindsey Graham's dismal defense …
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Vox Popoli and Cold Fury