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Donald Trump delivers several F-bombs during his speech in Las Vegas … Also on KTNV.com Local News Headlines — Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) - Real estate mogul Donald Trump may, or may not run for president. But Thursday in Las Vegas, he was sure sounding like a someone who's ready to jump into the race with both feet.
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Donald Trump drops F-bombs on Las Vegas crowd — Donald Trump on Thursday dropped a barrage of F-bombs at a massive Las Vegas rally where he blasted the president repeatedly and slammed politicians as “blood suckers.” — “Our leaders are stupid, they are stupid people,” …
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Trump On China: ‘Listen You Mother F***ers’ (VIDEO) — Donald Trump has found a new way to separate himself from the crowd of would-be Republican presidential candidates. During a Las Vegas stump speech last night, Trump fired off several hearty f-bombs to a group of adoring fans.
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The Jawa Report and GOP 12
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
New Democratic money group to take on Republicans — Democrats with ties to the Obama White House on Friday are launching a two-pronged fundraising effort aimed at countering deep-pocketed GOP groups in 2012 — and adopting some of the same policies on unlimited, secret donations …
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USA Today, TPMDC, Hullabaloo, Ben Smith's Blog, Sunlight Foundation Blog, The Page and msnbc.com
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
New independent group has got Obama's back
New independent group has got Obama's back
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Obama alumni launch new outside group to boost reelection
Obama alumni launch new outside group to boost reelection
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
In U.S., Negative Views of the Tea Party Rise to New High — Republicans and conservatives are the most positive — PRINCETON, NJ — About half of Americans, 47%, now have an unfavorable image of the Tea Party movement, the highest since it emerged on the national scene.
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Firedoglake, Little Green Footballs, CNN, Outside the Beltway, Politics, The Raw Story and The Politico
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Peter Wallsten / Washington Post:
Debt ceiling: More Democrats threaten to vote against raising borrowing limit — A growing number of Democrats are threatening to defy the White House over the national debt, joining Republican calls for deficit cuts as a requirement for consenting to lift the country's borrowing limit.
The Royal Wedding:
Titles announced for Prince William and Catherine Middleton — THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE PRESS SECRETARY TO THE QUEEN — The Queen has today been pleased to confer a Dukedom on Prince William of Wales. His titles will be Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus.
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Paul Krugman:
Flim Flammed — Last year, when I described Paul Ryan as a flim flam man, many Beltway types were deeply annoyed. They had decided that he was serious and sincere — worthy of receiving fiscal responsibility awards — and did not want to hear any negatives.
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Washington Monthly, A plain blog about politics and The New Republic
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Video: Paul Ryan Gets Standing Ovation at Town Hall Meeting — Greenfield, Wisc. — Paul Ryan received a standing ovation Thursday afternoon during the Q&A part of his meeting with constituents at a high school auditorium in a suburb of Milwaukee. — Ryan faced a larger number of hecklers …
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National Review, Weasel Zippers, GayPatriot, TPMDC and The Gateway Pundit
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
How the journalist prom got out of control — On Thursday, the Washington Post editorializes that Donald Trump has been campaigning on “bogus” issues and that he should “cease and desist.” An article in the news pages the same day reports that the great orange charlatan's “simply wild speculation” has “almost no basis in fact.”
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Gawker, Yglesias, The Impolitic, Balloon Juice, No More Mister Nice Blog, The New Republic, The Politico and Poynter
The Smoking Gun:
Deferments Helped Trump Dodge Vietnam — How the presidential aspirant avoided fighting for his country … Despite Donald Trump's claim this week that he avoided serving in the Vietnam War solely due to a high draft number, Selective Service records show that the purported presidential …
Phil Bronstein / SFGate:
Obama Administration punishes reporter for using multimedia — The hip, transparent and social media-loving Obama administration is showing its analog roots. And maybe even some hypocrisy highlights. — White House officials have banished one of the best political reporters in the country …
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Brad Johnson / ThinkProgress:
Storms Kill Over 250 Americans In States Represented By Climate Pollution Deniers … “Given that global warming is unequivocal,” climate scientist Kevin Trenberth cautioned the American Meteorological Society in January of this year, “the null hypothesis should be that all weather events …
New York Post:
‘Change’ via executive power grab — Having lost the House of Representa tives in the last election, the Obama administration is now imposing “fun damental change” via executive order, regulatory fiat and political pressure. Talk about the unitary executive:
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Nikki Haley / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Silence on Boeing Is Unacceptable
Obama's Silence on Boeing Is Unacceptable
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Dale Carpenter / New York Times:
How the Law Accepted Gays — THE prestigious law firm King & Spalding has not fully explained its decision this week to stop assisting Congress in defending the law that forbids federal recognition of same-sex marriage. But its reversal suggests the extent to which gay men and lesbians …
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The Volokh Conspiracy and ACS Blog
Mark Tapscott / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — Virginia AG cancels King & Spalding work for state after “obsequious act of weakness” in DOMA case — Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has terminated his office's relationship with King & Spalding, the Atlanta law firm that abrubtly dropped the U.S. House …
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The Politico, Pajamas Media and Towleroad News #gay
WMUR:
Obama's Approval Ratings Down In Latest Poll — NH Voters Would Pick Romney Over Obama — MANCHESTER, N.H. — A struggling economy and concerns over health care are taking their toll on President Barack Obama's job approval numbers in New Hampshire. — According to the latest WMUR …
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Conservative Congressman's Star Power Extends Beyond Florida District — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Often, the most interesting thing about a person is the characteristic that lies beneath, that hidden thing that bobs up along the waves of time. — But the most compelling part …
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Political Correction RSS:
Rep. Bachmann Expresses “Caution” About GOP Medicare Scheme: “We Must Keep Our Promises” — 2 hours and 46 minutes ago — Matt Finkelstein — All over the country, voters are speaking out against the budget plan authored by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), which would turn Medicare …
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