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Carl Cameron / Fox News:
Who Won the Shutdown Showdown? It Wasn't Even Close — While Republicans wanted to cut more spending in Saturday's early morning compromise to keep the government open, they think they got the better of the deal. — Here's why: HR1 was originally to seek spending cuts …
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Another Black Conservative, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Pajamas Media and Fox Nation
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Abby Phillip / The Politico:
Budget deal leaves liberals disheartened — The $38.5 billion deal brokered between Republicans and President Barack Obama on Friday night may have resolved the immediate threat of a government shutdown. But it didn't take long for many liberal Democrats to begin to realize that there might …
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The Hill, The Hill and iOwnTheWorld.com
David Weigel / Weigel:
The No-Shutdown Wrap: Boehner Wins, Austerity Wins, and the Social Conservatives Go Home With A “Participant” Trophy — Shortly after 10:50 p.m., Speaker of the House John Boehner was the first budget negotiator to announce that there'd been a deal, and a government shutdown would be averted.
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The Huffington Post, Outside the Beltway, New York Magazine, Washington Post and Balloon Juice
Washington Post:
Budget fight shows Washington still broken — Gallery: Government shutdown 2011: Congressional leaders agreed late Friday to a compromise that will keep the federal government funded for the remainder of the fiscal year. — As the midnight Friday deadline loomed for a possible government shutdown …
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24Ahead, ThinkProgress, The Democratic Daily, Right Wing News, Daily Kos and American Power
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Kyl Walks Back Planned Parenthood Claim: It ‘Was Not Intended To Be A Factual Statement’ — As ThinkProgress reported earlier today, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) defended Republicans' willingness to shut down the government over funding for Planned Parenthood by falsely claiming that abortion is …
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The Huffington Post, Blogcritics, Crooks and Liars, Washington Monthly and ECHIDNE of the snakes
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Debt Jumped $54.1 Billion in 8 Days Preceding Obama-Boehner Deal to Cut $38.5 Billion for Rest of Year
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Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway and Doug Ross
The Politico:
John Boehner closes the deal to avoid government shutdown
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Wall Street Journal, Power Line, Don Surber and Ballot Box
Matthew Cooper / NationalJournal.com:
The Budget Skirmish Ends. The War Begins
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MyDD, Wall Street Journal and The Sundries Shack
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Deal falls short of GOP cut pledge; ‘As good as we could get,’ Boehner says
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American Times and Firedoglake
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Deal curbs D.C. abortions, includes other social issues
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The Caucus, Bloomberg, Firedoglake, Wonk Room, New York Times and TalkLeft
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Minutes to shutdown, Congress strikes budget deal
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Washington Times, Hot Air and Michelle Malkin
Donald J. Trump / New York Times:
Donald Trump Responds — To the Editor: — Re “Donald Trump Gets Weirder,” by Gail Collins (column, April 2): — Even before Gail Collins was with the New York Times, she has written nasty and derogatory articles about me. Actually, I have great respect for Ms. Collins in that she has survived so long with so little talent.
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Cubachi, No More Mister Nice Blog, Mediaite and Runnin' Scared
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Andrew Osborn / Telegraph:
Russia wants ‘red button’ rights for US missile defence system
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Weasel Zippers, That Mr. G Guy's Blog and JOSHUAPUNDIT
Robert Berkvist / New York Times:
Sidney Lumet, Director of American Film Classics, Dies at 86 — Sidney Lumet, a director who preferred the streets of New York to the back lots of Hollywood and whose stories of conscience — “12 Angry Men,” “Serpico,” “Dog Day Afternoon,” “The Verdict,” “Network” — became modern American film classics …
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Pat Dollard, Runnin' Scared, newsfeed.time.com, PopEater, Big Hollywood, Gawker, Gothamist and This Just In
Richard / The Huffington Post:
Why Progressives Keep On Losing and the Right Keeps On Winning — Congratulations! The “grand compromise” will cut nearly thirty nine billion dollars in needed government spending, which proves how “serious” everyone is about reducing the deficit. The grand compromisers could have cancelled …
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The Moderate Voice and TPMDC
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CNN:
Budget deal doesn't thrill some in the Tea Party movement — Washington (CNN) - Some leading national Tea Party organizations are anything but happy with Friday night's deal on the budget that prevented a federal government shutdown. — A spokesman for the Tea Party Express tells CNN the group isn't …
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Politics
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Rep. Allen West will vote no on budget deal — Rep. Allen West is against the bipartisan budget deal struck by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and the Obama administration. — West told The Hill that $39 billion in cuts is insufficient. Asked whether he was pleased with the agreement on policy riders …
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Cubachi, Pat Dollard, Liberty Pundits Blog and Doug Ross
Ynetnews:
Muslims offended by Trinny & Susannah — Channel 10 apologizes for ads showing British fashion advisors in immodest clothing against backdrop of al-Aqsa Mosque — Eran Baron — Channel 10 apologized for the incident on Wednesday evening and promised to change the ads immediately.
Discussion:
Jihad Watch and Weasel Zippers
BooMan / Booman Tribune:
The Aftermath — I have to rescind my assessment last night that John Boehner got nothing out of the late negotiations on the 2011 budget. Apparently, he won the restoration of a ban on the District of Columbia spending its own money to help poor women obtain abortions.
Discussion:
Washington Post, TPMDC, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Eschaton and The Sundries Shack
BBC:
US to fund $20m remake of Sesame Street for Pakistan — The show will be set in a Pakistan village and be mostly in Urdu — The United States is funding a Pakistani remake of the popular TV children's show Sesame Street. — In a new effort to win hearts and minds in Pakistan, USAID …
Associated Press:
Soldiers and Protesters Clash in Cairo — CAIRO (AP) — Demonstrators burned cars and barricaded themselves with barbed wire inside a central Cairo square demanding the resignation of the military's head after troops violently dispersed an overnight protest killing one and injuring 71.
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