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9:35 AM ET, April 19, 2011

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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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FOX 10 News:
Gov. Brewer Vetoes Birther Bill, Guns on Campus  —  PHOENIX - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has vetoed two controversial bills passed by both the Arizona Senate and House — the guns on campus bill and the ‘birther’ bill.  — Would've allowed guns to be carried on public rights …
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Jan Brewer vetoes birther bill, guns bill  —  Calling it “a bridge too far,” Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday vetoed the state legislature's controversial “birther bill” and also rejected a bill that would have permitted guns on college campuses.  —  The Republican governor said the birther bill …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and TPMDC
The Huffington Post:
Jan Brewer Vetoes Presidential Birther Bill
Frances Martel / Mediaite:   Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Vetoes Presidential ‘Birther’ Bill
Associated Press:
Brewer vetoes presidential ‘birther’ bill
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 …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Why Trump Soars  —  Very few people have the luxury of being freely obnoxious.  Most people have to watch what they say for fear of offending their bosses and colleagues.  Others resist saying anything that might make them unpopular.  —  But, in every society, there are a few rare souls …
Ballot Box:
NY's GOP delegation not sold on Trump
Discussion: Prairie Weather
George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Donald Trump's Solution on Gas Prices: Get Tough With Saudi Arabia; Seize Oil Fields in Libya and Iraq?
Discussion: The Note, GOP 12 and The Page
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Today's (Needless) Hysteria: the S&P Panic  —  I agree with Clive Crook's puzzlement about the S&P downgrade “bombshell” today: … And I like James K. Galbraith's derisive guffaw, as reported by Dave Lindorff: … I know that markets run on fear, greed, instinct, and panic as much as on logic.
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Washington Post:
Economic anxiety threatens Obama in 2012, but in poll he edges GOP rivals  —  Deepening economic pessimism has pushed down President Obama's approval rating to a near record low, but he holds an early advantage over prospective 2012 rivals in part because of widespread dissatisfaction …
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Obama's Reelection Report Card
Discussion: Marbury
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 …
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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.
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 …
Dr. Milton R. Wolf / Washington Times:
Molesting kids won't win war on terror  —  Frisking tots while neglecting the border undercuts seriousness of security  —  Our government has become a serial groper.  There's no part of our lives it won't touch.  It insists on putting its insatiable hands on everything from our health care …
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
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Decline to Hear Appeal From Chinese Detainees  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday that it would not hear an appeal from five Chinese Muslims detained at Guantánamo Bay who seek to be released into the United States.  There were no noted dissents …
Discussion: Bloomberg, The Hill and Balkinization
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Paul Bignell / The Independent:
Secret memos expose link between oil firms and invasion of Iraq  —  Plans to exploit Iraq's oil reserves were discussed by government ministers and the world's largest oil companies the year before Britain took a leading role in invading Iraq, government documents show.
Discussion: Truthdig
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 …
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 …
Glenn Blain / NY Daily News:
Classic kids games like kickball deemed unsafe by state in effort to increase summer camp regulation  —  State bureaucrats have created a list of ‘risky activities’ for kids at summer camp.  The list includes freeze tag, Wiffle Ball and kickball, among other games and activities.
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, POWIP, Nice Deb and Pajamas Media
Matt Bradley / Wall Street Journal:
Egyptians Court U.S. Foes  —  CAIRO—Iran and Egypt's new government signaled Monday they were moving quickly to thaw decades of frosty relations, worrying the U.S., Israel and Saudi Arabia that the overtures could upset the Mideast's fragile balance of power.
Discussion: Big Peace and FrumForum
 
 
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
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Leila Fadel / Washington Post:
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