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The Politico:
A new era of accusation and innuendo — President Barack Obama's appearance Wednesday in the White House briefing room to present a documented rebuttal of suspicions that he was not really born on U.S. soil was more than just a surprise. It was a decisive new turn in the centuries-long American history …
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New York Times:
A Certificate of Embarrassment — With sardonic resignation, President Obama, an eminently rational man, stared directly into political irrationality on Wednesday and released his birth certificate to history. More than halfway through his term, the president felt obliged to prove that he was a legitimate occupant of the Oval Office.
Lynn Sweet:
Valerie Jarrett shutting down Trump: No college transcript release.
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Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and American Power
Tristero / Hullabaloo:
How Quickly We Forget — While this is a pretty good editorial, this paragraph:
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Balloon Juice and Eschaton
Robin Bravender / The Politico:
Ryan calls for ending oil subsidies — House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan called for ending oil subsidies Thursday, further complicating Republican efforts to stay on message about rising gas prices. — The Wisconsin Republican told constituents at a Waterford, Wis. …
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Patrick O'Connor / Washington Wire:
McConnell Turns the Tables on Budget Vote
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Igor Volsky / Wonk Room:
Paul Ryan Endorses Ending Oil Subsidies, Even Though He Voted For Them
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The Hill, ThinkProgress and Swampland
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Boehner rejects Dems' request for vote to end subsidies for oil firms
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The Daily Caller and johnboehner.house.gov
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Dems use royal wedding in effort to tie GOP to oil industry
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The Politico, The Huffington Post and The Daily Caller
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
CBS Reporter Recounts ‘Merciless’ Assault in Egypt — Lara Logan thought she was going to die in Tahrir Square when she was sexually assaulted by a mob on the night that Hosni Mubarak's government fell in Cairo. — Ms. Logan, a CBS News correspondent, was in the square preparing a report for …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Rand Paul has ‘birther’ demand for Trump: Prove you're a Republican — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Thursday took a swipe at billionaire businessman Donald Trump, demanding to see his “Republican registration.” — While speaking at a breakfast with New Hampshire Republicans one day after …
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Rasmussen Reports:
National GOP Primary Poll: Trump 19% Romney 17% Huckabee 15% — Republican primary voters at this early stage of the game now give billionaire developer Donald Trump the edge over presumptive favorites Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee in the race to be the GOP's presidential nominee in 2012.
TMZ.com:
Donald Trump Bristles at Claim He's a Racist — Donald Trump says it's “terrible” the host of CBS' “Face the Nation” accused him of racism. — Trump tells TMZ ... “That is a terrible statement for a newscaster to make. I am the last person that such a thing should be said about.”
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Trump To Black Journalist: 'I Know You're A Big Obama Fan' — Yesterday during his press conference in New Hampshire — after the cable news networks cut to President Obama's remarks regarding the release of his long form birth certificate — potential GOP presidential candiate Donald Trump spent …
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Oklahoma GOP Lawmaker Sally Kern: ‘Blacks’ Don't Work As Hard As White People — The Republican-controlled Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a proposed constitutional amendment yesterday that would eliminate Affirmative Action in state government. The offical GOP reasoning for the change …
Ben Dimiero / Media Matters for America:
Eric Bolling And The Case Of The Time Traveling Doctor — Last night on Fox Business, Eric Bolling hosted Pamela Geller to discuss in all seriousness whether Obama's long-form birth certificate was “photoshopped.” Geller has been making a fool of herself over Obama's birth certificate for three years now …
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John Bingham / Telegraph:
Calling animals ‘pets’ is insulting, academics claim — Animal lovers should stop calling their furry or feathered friends “pets” because the term is insulting, leading academics claim. — The researchers say ‘pet’ is demeaning — Domestic dogs, cats, hamsters or budgerigars should be rebranded as …
Matthew Yglesias / Yglesias:
New Jersey NIMBYs Mad That Photovoltaic Panels Are Marring Their Previously Pristine Utility Polls — One of the most insane things about the contemporary United States of America is the ferocious small-c conservatism that people have adopted about aesthetic matters in which seemingly any change to the built environment is an outrage:
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Mireya Navarro / New York Times:
Solar Panels Rise Pole by Pole, Followed by Gasps of ‘Eyesore’
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City Room, The Reality-Based Community, Booman Tribune and Balloon Juice
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
Gross Domestic Product, 1st quarter 2011 (advance estimate) — Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased at an annual rate of 1.8 percent in the first quarter of 2011 (that is …
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Tory Dunnan / WPBF West Palm Beach's Channel 25:
Several Tossed From Congressman's Town Hall Meeting — Heated Debate Stems From West's Position On Medicaid — BOCA RATON, Fla. — Police escorted a number of people out of a town hall meeting Wednesday night — the second night in a row that U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., held what became a heated event.
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The Shark Tank, The Gateway Pundit, Crooks and Liars, The Raw Story and Raw Replay
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Allen West To Town Hall: ‘If You Support Medicare...You Can Kiss The United States Of America Goodbye’
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WPTV, Weasel Zippers, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and TPMDC
Hamil R. Harris / Washington Post:
Shiloh Baptist Church receives threats after comments from Sean Hannity — Shiloh Baptist Church in the District said it has received threatening phone calls and e-mails after an Easter visit from President Obama and a conservative television commentator's subsequent playing of a videotape …
Laura Hudson / ComicsAlliance.com:
Superman Renounces U.S. Citizenship in ‘Action Comics’ #900 — After recently undertaking a journey to walk — not fly — across the United States in the “Grounded” storyline and reconnect with the country and everyday Americans, Superman appears to be taking another step that could have major implications …
Marist Poll:
4/28: Obama's Handling of the Economy at All-Time Low — Registered voters nationally are not satisfied with how President Barack Obama is handling the nation's economy. According to this McClatchy-Marist Poll, four in ten voters — 40% — approve of how the president is dealing …
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CNN:
Tornado scene described as ‘war zone’ — Read more about this story from CNN affiliates WBMA-TV and WIAT-TV. Is severe weather affecting you? Share stories, photos and video with iReport. — Tuscaloosa, Alabama (CNN) — Public and private assistance — in the form of food, tarps and hugs …
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Bradley Keoun / Bloomberg:
Citigroup Drops Ben Stein Speech After Complaint Jokes Disparaged Women — Citigroup Inc. (C) canceled a planned keynote speech by writer, actor and TV personality Ben Stein after getting a complaint that he told jokes disparaging women at a private-equity conference in Dallas earlier this year.
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Parija Kavilanz / CNNMoney.com:
Wal-Mart: Our shoppers are ‘running out of money’ — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Wal-Mart's core shoppers are running out of money much faster than a year ago due to rising gasoline prices, and the retail giant is worried, CEO Mike Duke said Wednesday. — “We're seeing core consumers under a lot of pressure …
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Atlas Shrugs, Philly.com, Wonkette, Wall Street Journal, Pajamas Media and AMERICAblog News
Garrett Epps / The Atlantic Online:
The Speech Obama Could Give: ‘The Constitution Forbids Default’ — Imagining a presidential address confronting Republicans who want to risk the nation's credit for political reasons — My fellow Americans, I am speaking to you tonight to let you know the steps I have taken to ensure …
RushLimbaugh.com:
Populism is Not Conservatism — BEGIN TRANSCRIPT — RUSH: Libby in Miami. Great to have you. I'm glad you waited. — CALLER: Hey, Rush. A pleasure speaking to you. Thanks for taking my call. — RUSH: Yes, sir. — CALLER: Rush, I have to make a quick comment getting back to Trump.
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Tim Pawlenty / National Review:
The Federal Government vs. Job Creation — President Obama says he wants to “win the future,” but his labor policies are losing new jobs. — Last week, the Obama administration filed a lawsuit to prevent a company, Boeing, from creating new jobs in one state rather than another.
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Katie Zezima / New York Times:
The Case for Cursive — For centuries, cursive handwriting has been an art. To a growing number of young people, it is a mystery. — The sinuous letters of the cursive alphabet, swirled on countless love letters, credit card slips and banners above elementary school chalk boards are going the way of the quill and inkwell.
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