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2:35 AM ET, April 16, 2011

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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  —  When House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) heard Republicans were going to hold a vote on the extremely conservative Republican Study Committee budget, a lightbulb turned on in his head.
Tucker Reals / CBS News:
Obama: GOP tried to “sneak” agenda into budget
Ed Hornick / CNN:
Political Circus: Barney Frank in Playboy
Discussion: Washington Post and Mediaite
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Boehner responds to Obama's ‘hot mic’ jab
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
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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 …
Discussion: CNN
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Game Over - Kloppenburg Loses to Prosser (and Truman)(and Palin)
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and TPMDC
Associated Press:   Canvass shows conservative wins Wis. court race
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.
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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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL  —  GOP and Tea Party deserve kudos …
Discussion: Hot Air, The Note and AmSpecBlog
ESeifert / Democracy Corps:
Paul Ryan to seniors: Drop Dead.
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 …
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Mira Oberman / Agence France Presse:
Republicans will make US ‘Third World’ nation: Obama
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
The Cook Report: Trump's a Joke
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Foolish poll finding of the day
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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CEPR:
Brooks Bemoans the Lack of a Free Lunch for Representative Ryan
Discussion: Hullabaloo and TalkLeft
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 …
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 “a sermon with a cast”, and now, after 60 years, it finally has one.  Paul Johanssen, whose directorial credits mostly include episodes of CW teen drama “One Tree Hill”, has now brought Atlas Shrugged to the Silver Screen.
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: Weasel Zippers
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.
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 …
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 …
The Right Scoop:
Levin rips Donald Trump to shreds  —  Levin points out many things about Trump that show he is no conservative, but a few of the glaring ones are the fact that he support Charlie Crist over Marco Rubio twice, as well as calling for the impeachment of George W. Bush, accusing him of lying to get us in the war.
Discussion: Hot Air
 
 
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Nouriel Roubini / Project Syndicate:
China's Bad Growth Bet
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Daily Mail:
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Dave Warner / Reuters:
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