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11:50 PM ET, April 18, 2011

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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Boehner Hires $5 Million Lawyer To Defend Unconstitutional Law  —  Earlier today, Speaker John Boehner's (R) office announced that American taxpayers would pay former Bush Solicitor General Paul Clement to defend the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act.  Clement, a former law clerk …
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Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
Lamar Smith Says Founding Fathers Didn't Want Gay Marriage  —  In yet another instance of House Republicans focusing on social rather than fiscal issues, a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee on Friday held a hearing examining the Obama administration's decision not the defend …
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Boehner asks Pelosi to join him in cutting funds from the DoJ to defend DOMA
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, ABCNEWS and CNN
Dylan Smith / TucsonSentinel.com:
Brewer vetoes birther, campus gun bills  —  Also vetoes health care compact law  —  Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a bill Monday that would have required presidential candidates to provide their birth certificates to appear on the ballot, and another that would have allowed guns to be carried on school grounds.
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The Huffington Post:
Jan Brewer Vetoes Presidential Birther Bill  —  AP/The Huffington Post … Jan Brewer , Brewer Arizona Birther Bill , Brewer Birther Bill , Brewer Presidential Birther Bill , Brewer Vetoes Birther Bill , Jan Brewer Arizona Birther Bill , Jan Brewer Birther Bill , Jan Brewer Presidential Birther Bill …
Paul Krugman:
S&P  —  OK, so Standard and Poors has warned that it might downgrade the US one of these days.  At first read, what it says doesn't seem too silly: it lays stress, rightly, on political gridlock.  The point should be that the US is perfectly capable both of running large deficits now and getting …
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Today's (Needless) Hysteria: the S&P Panic
Ben Rooney / CNNMoney.com:
U.S. credit rating outlook lowered by S&P
Jay Carney / White House.gov Blog:
President Obama and Vice President Biden's Tax Returns and Tax Receipts  —  Today, the President released his 2010 federal income and gift tax returns.  He and the First Lady filed their income tax return jointly and reported an adjusted gross income of $1,728,096.
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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Obamas' Tax Return Shows Lower Household Income Than in 2009
Discussion: Pirate's Cove
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama's 2010 return: $454K in federal taxes on $1.7M in income
Discussion: CNN and FrumForum
Yglesias:
Will House Democrats Hold Firm On The Debt Ceiling?  —  In a savvy piece of analysis, Brian Beutler notes that the posture of the usually irrelevant House minority could actually make a big difference in the debt ceiling fight: … That said, it seems to me that it'll be difficult for Pelosi …
Discussion: TalkLeft
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Fox News:
DeMint Threatens Filibuster on Debt Ceiling Vote
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:   How Nancy Pelosi Can Save The Day, And Regain Power, In Debt Ceiling Fight
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Citing immigration reform, liberal House Dem might not back Obama in 2012
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Trump Loses Conservatives Thanks To His Political Past  —  The latest tea leaf in the will-he-or-won't-he drama surrounding Donald Trump these days: the influential Club For Growth, the fiscal purists who were tea party before it was cool, are taking shots at Trump with both barrels.
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The Politico:
What's Donald Trump really after?
Gawker:
Roger Ailes Caught Spying on the Reporters at His Small-Town Newspaper  —  The small-town newspapers in New York's Hudson Valley that Fox News chief Roger Ailes owns with his wife Elizabeth are in a staff revolt after employees caught Ailes spying on them with News Corp. security goons.  More »
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Why did the anti-Palin protesters think it was right and good to shout her down?  —  The more I think about it, the less sense it makes to me.  On Saturday, there was a planned Tea Party rally to take place at the King Street side of the Wisconsin Capitol.  It was the usual “tax day” event …
Discussion: Moe Lane, Nice Deb and POWIP
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Sarah Palin's website sparks White House buzz
Discussion: Cubachi, CNN and Liberty Pundits Blog
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Why Did The Union Fight?  —  I've always thought there was something about the Lincoln administration's determination to fight and win the Civil War that was a bit odd.  Secession gave the regionally based Republican Party large congressional majorities that wouldn't exist if southern states had representation in congress.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced  —  The New York Times won Pulitzer Prizes on Monday for its economics commentary and for its reporting on Russia in 2010, while The Los Angeles Times received the coveted public service Pulitzer.  —  The prizes, which are administered by Columbia University …
CEPR:
Douthat Makes It Up On Median Family Income  —  Ross Douthat struck another blow against fact-based arguments when he told readers that the median family of four has an income of $94,900.  Douthat warned that if the Bush tax cuts are allowed to expire in 24 years the median family would be paying …
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Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu / Arutz Sheva:
Obama, the Interpreter of the Message of Passover  —  Follow Israel news on and .  —  Passover recalls the bondage and suffering of Jews in Egypt and the miracle of the Exodus, but U.S. President Barack Obama says its message is reflected in Muslim uprisings.
Patrick Poole / Pajamas Media:
(UPDATED) DOJ Source: Gov't Muslim ‘Outreach’ Jeopardized Active Terror Investigations  —  (UPDATE: Rep. Peter King demands answers following Poole's previous article on this topic.)  An explosive, must-read interview brings sunlight to our counterproductive “outreach” programs.
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Angelique Chrisafis / Guardian:
Andres Serrano's Piss Christ destroyed by Christian protesters  —  • Intruders vandalise photo day after Christian protest  —  • Exhibitor blames Sarkozy speech for inflaming issue  —  When New York artist Andres Serrano plunged a plastic crucifix into a glass of his own urine …
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
TheDC Exclusive: Conservatives hit Beck for taking content without attribution  —  A number of conservative activists and bloggers say they're furious at media magnate Glenn Beck for what they call content theft.  Over the past several years, Beck has relied on video, audio and written content …
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Krauthammer doubles down on the 'Trump is the GOP's Al Sharpton' claim  —  It turns out that George Will isn't the only conservative who isn't impressed with the Donald's effort to pump himself up for the White House.  —  On last weekend's broadcast of the syndicated weekend public affairs program …
Discussion: Hot Air
Kyle Olson / Big Government:
AFSCME Union Threatens to ‘Weaponize’ Government Jobs  —  It's becoming clearer that the “public service” mentality is quickly slipping way from government employees, if it didn't hit the exits a long time ago.  —  Instead of government employees serving the public, it's clear now their belief is that the public exists to serve them.
 
 
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Arnold Kling / EconLog:
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