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Trump claims Obama birth certificate ‘missing’ — Washington (CNN) - Real estate mogul Donald Trump's latest claim about President Obama's birth certificate is that it's missing. — “Well I've been told very recently, Anderson, that the birth certificate is missing,” Trump told CNN's Anderson Cooper Monday.
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Donald Trump: How did Barack Obama get into Ivies? — ‘How does a bad student go to Columbia and then to Harvard?’ Trump asked. AP Photo — Donald Trump is upping the ante against President Barack Obama's legitimacy, raising questions on Monday night about how the president was admitted to two Ivy League schools.
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Outside the Beltway and The Page


Poll: What kind of president would Donald Trump make? — WASHINGTON — Republicans may be ready for a fling with Donald Trump, but a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows they have reservations about installing him in the White House. — The real estate developer and reality TV star …
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CNN, Outside the Beltway, Weasel Zippers and The Hill

Trump: How did Obama get into the Ivy League?
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Mediaite and AMERICAblog News

The Left Politicizes the Practice of Law — One of the saddest stories in the news today is King & Spalding's withdrawal, after only a week, from its representation of the U.S. House of Representatives in connection with the Defense of Marriage Act. — In February, Barack Obama's Department …
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Law Firm Won't Defend Marriage Act — WASHINGTON — The law firm hired by Republicans in the House of Representatives to defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act withdrew Monday amid pressure from gay-rights groups. The decision prompted the resignation of a prominent partner …
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Washington Post, Prairie Weather, The Atlantic Online, rubber hose, The Caucus and Fox News

Pressure from Left causes law firm to abdicate responsibility
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Clement Praised by Peers for Leaving King & Spalding Over DOMA
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Lawfare, The Huffington Post, Ben Smith's Blog, AmSpecBlog, Above the Law and ThinkProgress

DOMA defense in turmoil
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Democracy in America, RedState, Lawfare, Poliglot, The Huffington Post and Joe. My. God.


High gas prices cut into driving habits — and Obama's approval rating — Soaring gasoline prices are biting into household incomes and nibbling at Americans' fuel consumption — and support for President Obama, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Boehner: Oil Companies Share Blame for Gas Prices, Open to Cutting Subsidies
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House Speaker John Boehner to President Obama: ‘Come on! Time to Grow Up’ About Deficit and Taxes
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Why Haley Barbour pulled the plug — Haley Barbour had his presidential announcement plan lined up: A May 2 launch, followed by a fly-around to Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada and Florida, before winding up in in Jackson on Saturday the 7th for a big home-state fundraising bash.
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STATEMENT OF GOV. BARBOUR — “I will not be a candidate for president next year. This has been a difficult, personal decision, and I am very grateful to my family for their total support of my going forward, had that been what I decided. — “Hundreds of people have encouraged me to run …
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With Barbour out, new questions for 2012 Republican field
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The Caucus, A plain blog about politics, The Politico and Daily Kos


Financiers Switch to GOP — Hedge-Fund Titans Who Backed Democrats Open Their Wallets for Republicans — Hedge-fund managers made a big bet on Barack Obama and other Democrats in 2008. Now, with the 2012 contest gearing up, some prominent fund managers have turned their backs on the party and are actively supporting Republicans.
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ThinkProgress, Ben Smith's Blog, The Lonely Conservative, National Review and Sunlight Foundation Blog


Ron Paul Launches Presidential Campaign — Rep. Ron Paul's long-held advocacy of smaller government and less taxes has made him a tea party hero. — Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, whose outspoken libertarian views and folksy style made him a cult hero during two previous presidential campaigns …
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Ron Paul Will Launch Presidential Exploratory Committee Tomorrow
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Allen West: Liberal Women Are ‘Neutering American Men’ — Last week, Tea Party favorite Rep. Allen West (R-FL) addressed his base at a Women Impacting Nation (WIN) meeting in Boca Raton, FL. WIN's mission is to “educate and equip women with knowledge of God's truth” and …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Mahablog and Weasel Zippers

Obama revealed: A moderate Republican — America is mired in three wars. The past decade was the hottest on record. Unemployment remains stuck near 9 percent, and there's a small, albeit real, possibility that the U.S. government will default on its debt. So what's dominating the news?
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Weasel Zippers, Climate Progress, National Review and JammieWearingFool

Messina: Obama 2012 will be run as ‘an insurgent campaign’ — Barbour feared race about race that GOP couldn't win - Boehner to Obama: ‘Grow up’ — Marc Short joins Team Koch - Rob Collins free agent — Good Tuesday morning. Mississippi Gov. HALEY BARBOUR's decision not to seek …
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msnbc.com and Taegan Goddard's …


Rachel Maddow: 'I'm definitely not an autocutie' — The top US news anchor on why she prefers jokes to anger and why she is proud to be gay — It's 10.05pm on a rainy Tuesday night in the MSNBC studio in the now famous New York address, 30 Rock, and Rachel Maddow - one of the highest profile news anchors …
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White House to Franklin Graham: You're “Preposterous” — After the evangelist (and son of legendary Billy Graham) played the birther card on ABC, Jay Carney curtly notes that he abused Easter Sunday. — Post Comment — The day after Easter, the Obama White House took a shot …
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Daily Kos

Arizona governor: ‘Birther’ sentiment ‘leading our country down a path of destruction’ — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R), who vetoed a bill last week that would have required presidential candidates to prove they were born in the U.S. to get on the state's ballot, implored members of her party Monday to move on.
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Weasel Zippers


Public Pensions, Once Off Limits, Face Budget Cuts — When an arbitrator ruled this month that Detroit could reduce the pensions being earned by its police sergeants and lieutenants, it put the struggling city at the forefront of a growing national debate over whether the pensions of current public workers can or should be reduced.

House Republicans question Google, Apple on consumer privacy — House Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Committee raised concerns about consumer privacy policies at major technology companies in the aftermath of reports that smart phones collect, store, and sometimes even transmit data about users' whereabouts.


What's Left of the Left — Paul Krugman's lonely crusade. — If you are looking not only for clues into Barack Obama's character but for a definition of what his presidency will mean to the country, then the speech on fiscal policy that he delivered at George Washington University …
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Washington Post and Mother Jones

Judge ends lockout; owners file appeal — MINNEAPOLIS — Seven weeks into the NFL lockout, players have an early triumph over the owners in court. — U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson ordered an immediate end to the lockout Monday, siding with the players in their bitter fight …
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NetRight Daily, Above the Law and Gothamist

Joint Chiefs Staffers Issue Paper Saying America Has Overreacted To Islamic Extremism — Hmm. As I was just saying recently, imagine if we as a country defined national security as the health, well-being, education and gainful employment of our citizens, and not as the ability to deliver bombs on targets.
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Hullabaloo and Suburban Guerrilla


The end of the line: Last typewriter factory left in the world closes its doors — It's an invention that revolutionised the way we work, becoming an essential piece of office equipment for the best part of a century. — But after years of sterling service, that bane for secretaries has reached the end of the line.
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Gawker, The Atlantic Online, iOwnTheWorld.com and Jezebel

Robertson: Left Backs Abortion Rights To Make Straight Women More Like Lesbians — Pat Robertson has figured out why President Obama supports the funding of Planned Parenthood and believes in a woman's right to choose: because progressives want women to have abortions as a way to achieve equality for lesbians.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Shakesville and Sky Dancing


WikiLeaks: Guantánamo Bay terrorists radicalised in London to attack Western targets — At least 35 terrorists incarcerated at Guantánamo Bay were sent to fight against the West after being indoctrinated by extremist preachers in Britain, secret files obtained by The Daily Telegraph disclose.
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EU Referendum, Newshoggers.com, The Lonely Conservative, Weasel Zippers, Guardian and The Gateway Pundit


Syrian tanks, soldiers lay siege to southern towns — View Photo Gallery — Funeral for Lt. Fadi Ismail in Jableh, coastal city on the Mediterranean, following days of unrest. Demonstrations are part of recent shows of political strength throughout North Africa and the Middle East. (Getty Images).
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Hot Air and Outside the Beltway