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9:35 AM ET, April 13, 2011

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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Left's angst grows over Obama's shift to the political center  —  Anxiety over President Obama's shift to the political center is threatening to alienate the White House's liberal base.  —  As Obama prepares Wednesday to outline his deficit reduction strategy, liberals worry he'll embrace Medicare …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Progressive Group To Supporters: Withhold Donations To Obama If He Cuts Medicare, Medicaid … WASHINGTON — One of the thorniest progressive groups in the side of the Obama administration is launching a new campaign against the president on Tuesday, this time targeting the president's vaunted grassroots donor base.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Politico
Washington Post:
Obama risks losing liberals with talk of cutting budget  —  Alex Wong/ GETTY IMAGES - President Obama's speech Wednesday on how to rein in the nation's debt will be the first in a series of steps he will take in coming weeks to promote fiscal discipline, not just a one-time nod toward cutting spending, the White House said Tuesday.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Back Budget Deal but Declare No Winner  —  Split on whether next year's budget should further cut domestic spending  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Six in 10 Americans approve of the 11th-hour federal budget agreement that congressional leaders reached in time to avert a government shutdown.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Hot Air
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The Hill:
Rand Paul says he's considering filibuster of budget agreement  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that he's considering a filibuster of the budget agreement to fund the government for the remainder of this fiscal year.  —  Paul, who said yesterday that he would vote against the agreement reached …
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Budget deal wins support, but Americans wary
Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
Mitt Romney to birthers: Barack Obama was born here.  Period.  —  Mitt Romney forcefully said Tuesday night that he believes President Barack Obama was born in America and that “the citizenship test has been passed.”  —  “I think the citizenship test has been passed.
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Quotes: Michele Bachmann in her own words on marriage, judges, a stolen election
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Michele Bachmann Calls For Stripping Judges' Power To Enforce Parts Of The Constitution She Doesn't Like
Discussion: Wonk Room and Sky Dancing
Justin Bieber / Haaretz:
Netanyahu cancels Bieber date over refusal to meet kids affected by Gaza rockets  —  PM was scheduled to host pop star at his Jerusalem office; taking advantage of the PR situation, Netanyahu's advisers invited group of kids from communities near Gaza border to attend.
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Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Diplomatic Breakdown Amid Bieber Fever in Israel
Discussion: Global Public Square
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Lobbyists Won Key Concessions in Budget Deal  —  WASHINGTON — At a quarter till midnight last Friday, with a deal to avert a government shutdown barely an hour old, Senator Harry Reid phoned a fellow Democratic senator, Ron Wyden, at home and startled him with some bad news.
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Pawlenty: 'I'm running for president'  —  (CNN) - Former Republican Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty told CNN's Piers Morgan Tuesday he's focused on running for the White House.  —  “I'm running for president,” Pawlenty said in an interview Tuesday on “Piers Morgan Tonight.”
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Piers Morgan:
Tim Pawlenty says “I'm running for President” and comments on Trump as possible opponent
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Ex-Governor Apologizes for Using Song in Ad  —  Some days Charlie Crist is an ally of rock stars, and some days he is their adversary.  —  On Monday, Mr. Crist, the former governor of Florida who, before he left office, helped champion a posthumous pardon for Jim Morrison, the front man of the Doors …
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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
The Real Housewives of Wall Street  —  Why is the Federal Reserve forking over $220 million in bailout money to the wives of two Morgan Stanley bigwigs?  —  By  —  America has two national budgets, one official, one unofficial.  The official budget is public record and hotly debated …
Igor Volsky / Wonk Room:
ThinkProgress Leaves Bachmann Speechless: Doesn't ‘Have An Answer’ On Whether Homosexuality Is A Public Health Hazard  —  Yesterday, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) — who is seriously considering launching a campaign for the presidency — appeared before the FAMiLY Leader, an anti-gay social conservative group in Iowa.
Annie Lowrey / Slate:
How Congress can balance the budget in eight years by literally doing nothing.  This is not a joke.  —  The Simpson-Bowles blue-ribbon deficit commission longs to slash Social Security and defense spending.  The Bipartisan Policy Center's Alice Rivlin and Peter Domenici yearn for a value-added tax.
Steven Edwards / canada.com:
UN document would give ‘Mother Earth’ same rights as humans  —  PHOTOS ( 1 )  —  Bolivia is planning to table a draft United Nations treaty giving “Mother Earth” the same rights as humans.  —  UNITED NATIONS — Bolivia will this month table a draft United Nations treaty giving “Mother Earth” …
Agence France Presse:
US deficit up 15.7% in first half of fiscal 2011  —  WASHINGTON — The US budget deficit shot up 15.7 percent in the first six months of fiscal 2011, the Treasury Department said Wednesday as political knives were being sharpened for a new budget battle.  —  The Treasury reported a deficit …
John Melloy / Fast Money:
Inflation Actually Near 10% Using Older Measure  —  After former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker was appointed in 1979, the consumer price index surged into the double digits, causing the now revered Fed Chief to double the benchmark interest rate in order to break the back of inflation.
Discussion: Doug Ross
Ann Friedman / GOOD:
Equal Pay Day Tips for Working Women  —  Ladies, today we celebrate a great milestone.  As of April 12, 2011, we have officially caught up to what our male counterparts earned in 2010.  It only took us an extra 102 days!  Personally I'm feeling as empowered as a vintage Virginia Slims ad …
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Wisconsin previews 2012 chaos  —  Here we go again.  —  Wisconsin's contested Supreme Court race has set in motion a drama that's by now almost painfully familiar.  It goes something like this: A hard-fought election comes down to a few troublesome precincts.
Amie Parnes / The Politico:
PRESIDENT AND MICHELLE OBAMA APPEARING ON ‘THE OPRAH SHOW’  —  President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are heading back to the Windy City later this month to appear on “The Oprah Show.”  —  The first couple will be in Chicago to tape the show on April 27 (while in town to attend …
Robert Borosage / The Politico:
President Obama doesn't need to be an accountant in chief  —  With his Wednesday address to the nation, President Barack Obama enters the lists in the debate over the nation's deficits.  His path, no doubt, will contrast with the plan offered by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).
Discussion: CNN
Leland Vittert / Fox News:
Hamas' Powerful New Weapon Alters Strategic Calculations Along the Gaza Strip  —  April 7: A wounded Israeli is treated by medics at the site where an Israeli school bus was hit by a mortar shell fired from the Gaza Strip near the border between southern Israel and Gaza Wednesday.
Discussion: American Power
 
 
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