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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.

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 …

Discussion: RealClearPolitics Video Log, Scared Monkeys, Weasel Zippers, Harry's Place, CNN and American Power

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 …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Wall Street Journal, TPMDC, Washington Wire, Guardian, Law Blog, Washington Post, Towleroad News #gay, Mediaite, Truthdig, The Daily Caller, Latest Open Salon Blog and Feministe

Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:

More Fact Check — Breaking. Sorta: … My understanding was that it was against the law for a person to give out copies of the literal birth certificate. I just looked up the law: … The law then goes on to define “tangible interests” as essentially the registrant, an agent of the registrant …

Discussion: Associated Press and The Daily Dish, more at Mediagazer »

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

Obama Releases “Long Form” Birth Certificate? — So much for our media, which has been telling us — contrary to the actual law as I explained previously— that Obama could not obtain original documents of his own birth records. — Succumbing to the realization — which I also predicted …

Discussion: The Politico, alicublog and Confederate Yankee

Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:

Fox News: White House Releases ‘What It Says’ Is The President's Birth Certificate — Earlier this morning, the White House distributed copies of President Obama's “long form” birth certificate, an effort to quiet anyone in the delusional birther movement who claims that the President was not born in the United States.

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, msnbc.com, USA Today, Media Matters for America and Talking Points Memo

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.

Discussion: The Daily Dish and Washington Post

Bob Unruh / WorldNetDaily:

White House releases Obama ‘birth certificate’ — Cites Kapiolani as location, father's race as ‘African’ — The White House today released a copy of President Obama's “Certificate of Live Birth,” a document that for the first time claims Kapiolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital as the president's birth place.

Discussion: Wonkette, New York Magazine and Joe. My. God.

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Trump Is Doing Major Damage To Obama

Discussion: CNN, Weasel Zippers and Scared Monkeys

Dan Eggenand T.W. Farnam / Washington Post:
Trump's donation history shows Democratic favoritism

Discussion: Boston Globe, ABCNEWS, The Daily Caller, American Power, Prairie Weather, Connecting.the.Dots, The Lonely Conservative and The Caucus

Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Trump Gets Results!

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and The Blaze

Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Donald Trump Claims Credit for Obama's Releasing Birth Certificate

Discussion: Portsmouth Herald, The Nation, The Note and Daily Kos

Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
TRUMP 1, OBAMA : So I was at the gym when they finally caved …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, ThinkProgress, RealClearPolitics Video Log and Hot Air

Byron Tau / Ben Smith's Blog:
Birthers unmoved — The theories about President Barack Obama's birth …

Discussion: Weigel and Daily Kos

Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Trump Adviser: Even If Long-Form Birth Certificate Is Genuine, It Doesn't Prove Anything

Discussion: Daily Kos and CNN

Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Trump Says Obama Should ‘Get Off His Basketball Court’

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Daily Beast and Politics

Washington Post:
From gulf spills to White House frills, Trump has it covered

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Wonkette

Ari Melber / The Nation:
Confronting the Coded Racism of Donald Trump

Discussion: Mediaite, Jack & Jill Politics, Salon, The Huffington Post and CBS News

Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama releases birth certificate; condemns ‘carnival barkers’

Discussion: Indecision Forever

Douglas Stanglin / USA Today:

AP: Panetta to take over Pentagon, Petraeus picked for CIA chief — CIA director Leon Panetta will be named to succeed Robert Gates as secretary of defense and Gen. David Petraeus will be nominated to replace him as CIA director, The Associated Press reports, quoting unidentified sources.

Discussion: Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, Questions and Observations, Booman Tribune and Oliver Willis

New York Times:

Panetta and Petraeus in Line for Top Security Posts — WASHINGTON — President Obama is expected this week to name Leon E. Panetta, the director of central intelligence, as defense secretary and Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top American commander in Afghanistan, as director of the C.I.A., administration officials said Wednesday.

Discussion: The Awl, The Washington Note, The BLT and Balloon Juice

First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: The heat is on — The town hall heat is on …

Discussion: Gallup and Ben Smith's Blog

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Reports: Panetta to be tapped for Pentagon, Petraeus for CIA

Discussion: The Note, Ben Smith's Blog, The Politico, New York Magazine, The Page and Shakesville

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 …

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, Hit & Run, RedState, Weasel Zippers and National Review

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Latest state to curtail PEU bargaining rights is ... Massachusetts?

Discussion: protein wisdom, Big Government and Pajamas Media

Jennifer Steinhauerand Carl Hulse / New York Times:

House G.O.P. Members Face Voter Anger Over Budget — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In central Florida, a Congressional town meeting erupted into near chaos on Tuesday as attendees accused a Republican lawmaker of trying to dismantle Medicare while providing tax cuts to corporations and affluent Americans.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Huffington Post, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Daily Kos and ThinkProgress

Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Divided Over Ryan vs. Obama Deficit Plans

Discussion: Hotline On Call, Hot Air, James Pethokoukis, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Gawker

The Politico:
Paul Ryan's plan puts 2012 elderly vote in play

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Don Surber, TPMDC, CNN, Washington Wire and Guardian

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 …

Discussion: Gothamist, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and GOP 12

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 …

Discussion: CNN, Big Hollywood, Hollywood Reporter and The Page

Nick Paton Walsh / CNN:

Afghan official: Man opens fire on Americans in Kabul; 9 dead — Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — Eight coalition troops and a civilian were killed Wednesday in a shooting at an Afghan air force compound in Kabul, officials said. — The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force …

Discussion: New York Times, msnbc.com, Scared Monkeys, New York Magazine and The Page

Matthew Rosenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Karzai Told to Dump U.S.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Foundry, Fox News, Global Public Square and The Page

Kevin Johnson / USA Today:

‘Disturbing’ revelations in probe of possible gas price manipulation — An investigation into possible manipulation of gasoline prices has uncovered “disturbing” revelations, Attorney General Eric Holder said today. — “There are a couple things that ... are disturbing,” Holder said, declining to elaborate.

Discussion: Firedoglake

The Shark Tank:

Allen West- “You're Not Going to Intimidate Me”, Heckler Arrested at Townhall — Immediately after Allen West took the stage at his Town Hall meeting on Tuesday Evening in Fort Lauderdale, several hecklers who were planted in the crowd began to jeer and interrupt his remarks …