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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Pandemonium! Dems Jam Republicans With Even More Conservative Budget — What was supposed to be a routine vote in the House — to knock down an amendment authored by conservative Republicans — turned into pandemonium on the House floor Friday, as Democrats tried to jam the plan through, and hang it around the GOP's necks.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Drama erupts on House floor as conservative budget goes down — House lawmakers defeated a proposal by conservative Republicans to make deeper cuts to spending and tax rates than those proposed in the Republican budget, but only after last-minute maneuvering by Democrats on the House floor.
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
How Democrats Railroaded Republicans Into Almost Passing A Budget Too Conservative For Them
How Democrats Railroaded Republicans Into Almost Passing A Budget Too Conservative For Them
Discussion:
Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Daily Kos
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
House Democrats Punk Republicans On Budget Vote (VIDEO)
House Democrats Punk Republicans On Budget Vote (VIDEO)
Discussion:
Firedoglake, National Review, Fox News and ThinkProgress
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — GOP and Tea Party deserve kudos …
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — GOP and Tea Party deserve kudos …
Discussion:
Hot Air, The Note and AmSpecBlog
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Obama signs bill to keep government open, but protects ‘czars’ — President Obama signed into law on Friday the hard-fought legislation to fund government and keep it running through the end of September. — The president signed the legislation he negotiated last week with House Speaker John Boehner …
Discussion:
The Politico and Weasel Zippers
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Tucker Reals / CBS News:
Obama: GOP tried to “sneak” agenda into budget — In what he thought was a private chat with campaign donors Thursday evening, President Obama offered the most revealing behind-the-scenes account to date of his budget negotiations with GOP leaders last week.
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Political Punch, New York Times, CBS News, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post, Don Surber, The Hill, The New Republic, Mediaite, Patterico's Pontifications, MyDD, Swampland, JammieWearingFool, Lynn Sweet, Washington Wire, TPMDC, Pajamas Media, Hot Air, The Lonely Conservative, The Raw Story, The Caucus, Weasel Zippers, The Moderate Voice, The Impolitic, FrumForum and Moe Lane
Ed Hornick / CNN:
Political Circus: Barney Frank in Playboy
Political Circus: Barney Frank in Playboy
Discussion:
Washington Post and Mediaite
Political Punch:
Obama Uncensored: President Caught on Open Mic at Fundraiser
Obama Uncensored: President Caught on Open Mic at Fundraiser
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Fox News, Mediaite, The Immoral Minority, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, Washington Post, Daily Kos, The Hill and Wonkette
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
The Cook Report: Trump's a Joke
The Cook Report: Trump's a Joke
Discussion:
The Atlantic Online and Pundits Blog
JSOnline:
Ballots are now totaled: Prosser wins by 7,316 — By Mike Johnson and Larry Sandler of the Journal Sentinel — State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser emerged as the winner Friday over challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg in an election that drew national attention because of the fight …
Discussion:
Hot Air, Daily Kos, Swing State Project, Scared Monkeys, Weigel, Althouse and National Review
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Labor falls short in Wisconsin race — Liberal and pro-union groups failed to oust a conservative judge from Wisconsin's Supreme Court in an April 5 election, according to state vote totals finalized Friday. — Based on county canvassing totals, Judge David Prosser leads challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg …
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CNN
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Game Over - Kloppenburg Loses to Prosser (and Truman)(and Palin)
Game Over - Kloppenburg Loses to Prosser (and Truman)(and Palin)
Discussion:
WisPolitics.com, RedState and TPMDC
David Brooks / New York Times:
Ultimate Spoiler Alert — President Obama and Paul Ryan are two of the smartest, most admirable and most genial men in Washington. It is sad, although not strange, that in today's Washington they have never had a serious private conversation. The president has never invited Ryan over even for lunch.
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Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
Will Anyone Even Insure Seniors if Paul Ryan's Medicare Plan Passes?
Will Anyone Even Insure Seniors if Paul Ryan's Medicare Plan Passes?
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The Mahablog, Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, Yglesias, The Daily Dish and FrumForum
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Ellison Stumps Republican On House Floor By Asking Him When Paul Ryan's Plan Would Balance The Budget
Ellison Stumps Republican On House Floor By Asking Him When Paul Ryan's Plan Would Balance The Budget
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News Hounds, Daily Kos and ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*
CEPR:
Brooks Bemoans the Lack of a Free Lunch for Representative Ryan
Brooks Bemoans the Lack of a Free Lunch for Representative Ryan
Discussion:
Hullabaloo and TalkLeft
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Who's Serious Now? — Paul Ryan, the chairman of the House …
Who's Serious Now? — Paul Ryan, the chairman of the House …
Discussion:
Daily Kos, The New Republic, neo-neocon, Connecting.the.Dots, Prairie Weather, NewsBusters.org, The Mahablog and Outside the Beltway
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
President Obama Issues “Signing Statement” Indicating He Won't Abide by Provision in Budget Bill — In a statement issued Friday night, President Obama took issue with some provisions in the budget bill - and in one case simply says he will not abide by it.
Discussion:
Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Hot Air, protein wisdom, The Gateway Pundit and Althouse
Tiffany Hsu / Money & Company:
Three largest online poker sites indicted and shut down by FBI — The founders of the three largest online poker sites were indicted on Friday in what could serve as a death blow to a thriving industry. — Eleven executives at PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker and a number …
Discussion:
Hit & Run
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Gautham Nagesh / Hillicon Valley:
FBI shuts down poker sites in major online gambling crackdown
FBI shuts down poker sites in major online gambling crackdown
Discussion:
FrumForum
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump takes the lead — Only 38% of Republican primary voters say they're willing to support a candidate for President next year who firmly rejects the birther theory and those folks want Mitt Romney to be their nominee for President next year. With the other 62% of Republicans- 23% of whom …
Discussion:
Doug Ross, Harry's Place, Wake up America, MyDD, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Hot Air, Crooks and Liars, Washington Monthly, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Daily Kos, Left Coast Rebel, GOP 12, Balloon Juice, No More Mister Nice Blog, Wonkette, Taegan Goddard's …, Taylor Marsh, Ballot Box, Weigel, American Times and George's Bottom Line
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Mira Oberman / Agence France Presse:
Republicans will make US ‘Third World’ nation: Obama
Republicans will make US ‘Third World’ nation: Obama
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, Ironic Surrealism and Vox Popoli
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Foolish poll finding of the day
Foolish poll finding of the day
Discussion:
Outside the Beltway and Wake up America
Roger Ebert / Chicago Sun Times:
Atlas Shrugged — I feel like my arm is all warmed up and I don't have a game to pitch. I was primed to review “Atlas Shrugged.” I figured it might provide a parable of Ayn Rand's philosophy that I could discuss. For me, that philosophy reduces itself to: “I'm on board; pull up the lifeline.”
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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Atlas Winced — Ayn Rand's work has been described as …
Atlas Winced — Ayn Rand's work has been described as …
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Outside the Beltway
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
G.O.P.-Led House Votes to Cut Trillions Over 10 Years — WASHINGTON — House Republicans forced through a partisan budget blueprint on Friday that, if enacted into law, would pare federal spending by an estimated $5.8 trillion over the next decade while reshaping Medicare, a proposal certain to instigate a fierce clash with Democrats.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: House Republicans Overwhelmingly Vote To Phase Out Medicare
BREAKING: House Republicans Overwhelmingly Vote To Phase Out Medicare
Discussion:
The Hill, Sky Dancing and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
The Daily Caller:
Jon Huntsman's love letters — Jon Huntsman, President Obama's outgoing ambassador to China, is considering running against his boss in 2012 as a Republican. — But two handwritten letters from Huntsman obtained by The Daily Caller raise the question of why he's not campaigning for Obama instead.
Discussion:
The Caucus, Washington Wire, CNN, TPMDC, Hot Air, GOP 12, Ben Smith's Blog and msnbc.com
CNN:
Security griping a red flag for TSA — Washington (CNN) — Don't like the way airport screeners are doing their job? You might not want to complain too much while standing in line. — Arrogant complaining about airport security is one indicator Transportation Security Administration officers consider …
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Runnin' Scared, The Consumerist, Shakesville, AMERICAblog News, ProfessorBainbridge.com, Gothamist, Pajamas Media and Ron Paul 2012
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Job Approval at 41%, Tying His Low — Independents' approval rating down to 35% — PRINCETON, NJ - The latest Gallup Daily tracking three-day average shows 41% of Americans approving of the job Barack Obama is doing as president. That ties his low as president …
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The Hill, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, Weasel Zippers, The Atlantic Online, Pajamas Media, theblogprof, Mediaite, Michelle Malkin and JammieWearingFool
Adam Winkler / New York Times:
The Guns of Academe — BY Monday, Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona must decide whether to sign a bill partly lifting her state's ban on guns on college and university campuses. Gun advocates insist that will make campuses safer by discouraging mass killers and giving students the ability to fight back.
Discussion:
ACS Blog
Associated Press:
Obama: Raise debt ceiling or risk global recession — CHICAGO (AP) — Failure by Congress to raise the U.S. debt limit “could plunge the world economy back into recession,” President Barack Obama declared Friday, and he acknowledged that he must compromise on spending with Republicans who control the House to avoid such a crisis.
Discussion:
Ballot Box, The Hill and Firedoglake