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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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Balloon Juice, ThinkProgress and Outside the Beltway
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Patrick O'Connor / Washington Wire:
McConnell Turns the Tables on Budget Vote — Two can play this budget game. … A day after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) put Republicans on the spot by saying he will bring the House Republicans' budget proposal up for a vote, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R. …
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Igor Volsky / Wonk Room:
Paul Ryan Endorses Ending Oil Subsidies, Even Though He Voted For Them
Paul Ryan Endorses Ending Oil Subsidies, Even Though He Voted For Them
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ThinkProgress, The Hill, Swampland and Daily Kos
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell:
McConnell: Senate Will Vote on the President's Budget
McConnell: Senate Will Vote on the President's Budget
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The Lonely Conservative
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Boehner rejects Dems' request for vote to end subsidies for oil firms
Boehner rejects Dems' request for vote to end subsidies for oil firms
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The Daily Caller and johnboehner.house.gov
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
CBS Reporter Recounts a ‘Merciless’ Assault — 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 …
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 …
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Salon, The Moderate Voice and Weasel Zippers
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Joey Lawrence Says Obama Didn't Bring Change, Endorses Donald Trump Run
EXCLUSIVE: Joey Lawrence Says Obama Didn't Bring Change, Endorses Donald Trump Run
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Mediaite, The Daily Caller and PopEater
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Oklahoma GOP Lawmaker Sally Kern: ‘Blacks’ Don't Work As Hard As White People (Updated) — The Republican-controlled Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a proposed constitutional amendment yesterday that would eliminate Affirmative Action in state government.
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Frank Gaffney Accuses General David Petraeus Of ‘Submission’ To Sharia Law — This afternoon, President Obama announced a shakeup of his national security team, with CIA Director Leon Panetta tapped to head the Department of Defense and Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, to take his vacated intelligence spot.
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Same Guys, New Jobs
Same Guys, New Jobs
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Mother Jones, A plain blog about politics, Towleroad News #gay and Poliglot
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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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Rand Paul Questions Trump's Republican Credentials
Rand Paul Questions Trump's Republican Credentials
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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 …
Nikki Haley / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Silence on Boeing Is Unacceptable — The president's appointees have moved to block the company from building planes in my state. He owes us an explanation. — In October 2009, Boeing, long one of the best corporations in America, made an announcement that changed the economic outlook …
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Lynn Sweet:
Valerie Jarrett shutting down Trump: No college transcript release. — WASHINGTON—White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett said President Obama will not release his academic records, commenting a day after Obama put out his “long form” birth certificate and Donald Trump decided to press …
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Yahoo! News, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, American Power and Guardian
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Tristero / Hullabaloo:
How Quickly We Forget — While this is a pretty good editorial, this paragraph:
How Quickly We Forget — While this is a pretty good editorial, this paragraph:
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Balloon Juice and Eschaton
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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Lisa Lerer / Bloomberg:
Republicans Dismiss Public Attacks on Ryan Medicare Revamp as Orchestrated
Republicans Dismiss Public Attacks on Ryan Medicare Revamp as Orchestrated
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Mother Jones, The Nation, Washington Post, ThinkProgress and The Huffington Post
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Allen West To Town Hall: ‘If You Support Medicare...You Can Kiss The United States Of America Goodbye’
Allen West To Town Hall: ‘If You Support Medicare...You Can Kiss The United States Of America Goodbye’
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Weasel Zippers, WPTV, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and AlterNet
Sen. Marco Rubio / Foreign Policy:
How America Must Respond to the Massacre in Syria — It's time for President Obama to back up his rhetoric with firm action. The first step: Recall the U.S. ambassador from Damascus. — In recent days, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime has used its army to murder hundreds …
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Brian Wedemeyer / AZ-Independent:
EXCLUSIVE: Dad's Immigration File Offers More Evidence Of Obama's Birthplace
EXCLUSIVE: Dad's Immigration File Offers More Evidence Of Obama's Birthplace
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Guardian and Capital New York
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 …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
McConnell pledges to force Senate vote on president's budget — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday pledged that the upper chamber would hold a vote on President Obama's budget proposal in an effort to divide Democrats. — The move came in response to Majority Leader Harry Reid's …
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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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Hullabaloo, Mediaite, Wonkette, Holy Bullies …, Fox News, TPMDC and rubber hose
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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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Gothamist, The Other McCain, The Daily Caller, Salon, Gawker and Dealbreaker
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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The Politico:
A new era of innuendo — President Barack Obama's appearance Wednesday in the White House briefing room to present a documented rebuttal of suspicions that he was not born on U.S. soil was more than just a surprise. It was a decisive new turn in the centuries-long American history of political accusation and innuendo.
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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Philly.com, Atlas Shrugs, Truthdig, Wonkette, Pajamas Media, Wall Street Journal and AMERICAblog News
The Right Scoop:
Matthews: You'd never say that about a white person! — Chris Matthews was talking up the birther thing tonight as if it just started yesterday, arguing that birthers are nothing more than petty racists. He brought Trump into the conversation, of course, noting that Trump was now suggesting …
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Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
U.S. Economic Growth Slows to 1.8% Rate in Quarter — The American economy slowed to a crawl in the first quarter, but economists are hopeful that the setback will be temporary. — Total output grew at an annual pace of 1.8 percent last quarter, the Commerce Department said Thursday …
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