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Dan Pfeiffer / White House.gov Blog:
President Obama's Long Form Birth Certificate — Ed. Note: Read the transcript of the President's remarks following this release or watch the video below: — var params = { allowscriptaccess: “always”, allowfullscreen: “true” }; swfobject.embedSWF("http://www.youtube- nocookie.com/v …
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
White House releases Obama's birth certificate — (CNN) - President Obama released his original birth certificate Wednesday, saying the controversy surrounding the issue had become a “sideshow.” — Obama's birth certificate — “We do not have time for this kind of silliness.
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Trump Adviser: Even If Long-Form Birth Certificate Is Genuine, It Doesn't Prove Anything — This morning, President Obama released his long-form birth certificate from Hawaii. The conspiracy website World Net Daily has written over 600 articles in the last three years questioning Obama's birthplace.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Trump: ‘Very proud of myself’ — Real estate mogul and possible Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claimed credit Wednesday for President Obama's decision to release his long-form birth certificate. — Trump, speaking in the key GOP primary state of New Hampshire …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Why Did Obama Wait So Long? — So he had the power to get this into the public eye and yet resisted until the country's polity was almost paralyzed with distraction. I know this was an ethically legitimate position after releasing the short-form document proving that he was indeed born in the US.
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Obama Releases ‘Long-Form’ Birth Certificate — President Obama on Wednesday posted online a copy of his “long-form” birth certificate from the State of Hawaii, hoping to finally end a long-simmering conspiracy theory among some conservatives who have asserted that he was not born …
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
TRUMP 1, OBAMA 0: So I was at the gym when they finally caved and released the birth certificate - and on both the Fox and the CNN monitors I saw Donald Trump, who quickly started talking about . . . gasoline prices. See, he knows how to keep the pressure on. Other GOP candidates might want to take a lesson.
David Weigel / Weigel:
The Long-Form Birth Certificate of Barack Obama — Here it is, after Barack Obama himself requested it from the state of Hawaii on April 22. — If you've done something with your life since 2008, and haven't tilled the vineyards of birtherism, I will explain why this matters.
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Gingrich On Birth Certificate Release: ‘Why Did It Take So Long?’ — TPM just caught up with Newt Gingrich after his address at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast on Wednesday morning. We asked about the news of the moment, the release of President Obama's long-form birth certificate.
Byron Tau / Ben Smith's Blog:
Birthers unmoved — The theories about President Barack Obama's birth — as we reported last week — have evolved over time from the idea that he was a Muslim to the modern incarnation that he was smuggled into the U.S. from Kenya. With the release of his long-form birth certificate today, they've evolved again.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
More Fact Check
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Breaking: WH releasing long-form birth certificate
Breaking: WH releasing long-form birth certificate
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Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Trump Says Obama Should ‘Get Off His Basketball Court’
Trump Says Obama Should ‘Get Off His Basketball Court’
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Eric Cantor Criticizes President Obama For Addressing Birth Certificate Controversy
Eric Cantor Criticizes President Obama For Addressing Birth Certificate Controversy
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Fox News: White House Releases ‘What It Says’ Is The President's Birth Certificate
Fox News: White House Releases ‘What It Says’ Is The President's Birth Certificate
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Obama Releases “Long Form” Birth Certificate?
Obama Releases “Long Form” Birth Certificate?
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Bob Unruh / WorldNetDaily:
White House releases Obama ‘birth certificate’
White House releases Obama ‘birth certificate’
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Trump Gets Results!
Trump Gets Results!
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Divided Over Ryan vs. Obama Deficit Plans — Favor congressional Republicans over Democrats on federal budget, generally — PRINCETON, NJ — U.S. adults are evenly split in their reactions to the major deficit-reduction plans being debated in Washington.
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Josh Kraushaar / Hotline On Call:
Gallup: Seniors Most Favorable To Ryan Budget
Gallup: Seniors Most Favorable To Ryan Budget
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Reid: The Senate Will Vote On Paul Ryan's Budget
Reid: The Senate Will Vote On Paul Ryan's Budget
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First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: The heat is on — The town hall heat is on …
First Thoughts: The heat is on — The town hall heat is on …
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Jennifer Steinhauerand Carl Hulse / New York Times:
House G.O.P. Members Face Voter Anger Over Budget
House G.O.P. Members Face Voter Anger Over Budget
Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
House votes to restrict unions — Measure would curb bargaining on health care — Robert J. Haynes, president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, said the union would fight the legislation “to the bitter end.” (M. McDonald for The Boston Globe) — House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Latest state to curtail PEU bargaining rights is ... Massachusetts?
Latest state to curtail PEU bargaining rights is ... Massachusetts?
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Lindsay Powers / Hollywood Reporter:
Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin: First Photo … Check out the first photo of Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin in the upcoming HBO film, Game Change. — The actress nails Palin's look with a bright suit, patriotic flag pin and similar glasses. She also ditched her trademark red hair for Palin's brown style …
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Phillip V. Caruso / People.com:
FIRST PHOTO: Julianne Moore As Sarah Palin — Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin in Game Change — Donning the trademark eyeglasses and up 'do, Julianne Moore is proving she's more than all right as former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. — The The Kids Are All Right actress, 50 …
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Rebecca Keegan / 24 Frames:
‘Atlas Shrugged’ producer: ‘Critics, you won.’ He's going ‘on strike.’ — EXCLUSIVE: Twelve days after opening “Atlas Shrugged: Part 1,” the producer of the Ayn Rand adaptation said Tuesday that he is reconsidering his plans to make Parts 2 and 3 because of scathing reviews and flagging box office returns for the film.
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA — Major changes in leadership of the United States national security apparatus will move CIA director Leon Panetta into the job of Defense Secretary and Gen. David Petraeus, currently commanding forces in Afghanistan, to the helm of the CIA, sources confirm to ABC News.
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New York Times:
Panetta and Petraeus in Line for Top Security Posts
Panetta and Petraeus in Line for Top Security Posts
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Douglas Stanglin / USA Today:
AP: Panetta to take over Pentagon, Petraeus picked for CIA chief
AP: Panetta to take over Pentagon, Petraeus picked for CIA chief
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For immediate release — Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March indicates that the economic recovery is proceeding at a moderate pace and overall conditions in the labor market are improving gradually. Household spending and business investment in equipment and software continue to expand.
Justin Elliott / Salon:
China-bashing Trump's clothing line made in China — Donald Trump has emerged in recent years as the nation's foremost China basher, going after the Asian superpower for undervaluing its currency and for taking American manufacturing and jobs. So it's at least ironic …
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Jeff Burnside / NBC Miami:
Police Confront Broward Judge at Gunpoint — Confusion on Easter Sunday leads BSO to wrong house — Broward Circuit Court Judge Ilona Holmes, her sister and her sister's family says they were ordered at gun point by several Broward Sheriffs Deputies on Easter Sunday to come out of her sister's home with their hands up.
Reuters:
Fatah and Hamas agree to historic Palestinian reconciliation deal — Rival groups will form interim government and then move toward setting a date for a general election, four years after their government collapsed when Hamas overran the Gaza Strip. — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's …
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