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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Trump finds White House dinner ‘inappropriate’ — Washington (CNN) - Donald Trump reacted to the onslaught of jokes about him by President Barack Obama and comedian Seth Meyers at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner Saturday with his own view of the events.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Trump says jokes about him by Obama, Meyers were ‘inappropriate’ — Real estate mogul Donald Trump called jokes made about him at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner “inappropriate in certain respects.” — Speaking on Fox & Friends on the Sunday morning after the dinner …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Donald Trump pushes back at prez jokes — Donald Trump pushed back Sunday at President Barack Obama for making him the “focus of the evening” in his White House Correspondents' Dinner speech, and laced into Saturday Night Live comedian Seth Meyers as a “stutterer” whose delivery was lacking.
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
SUCKER: Obama takes bait, embiggens Donald Trump. You don't punish Donald Trump by giving him attention. A more experienced politician would know that. Nor is building Trump up good for Obama — Trump has actually hurt him more than all the others combined.
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Scared Monkeys, The Gateway Pundit, American Power, Pajamas Media, Datechguy's Blog, INSTAPUTZ and Balloon Juice
Jada Yuan / New York Magazine:
Trump Reacts to Mockery From President Obama and Seth Meyers: ‘Not the Greatest’ [Updated] — Trump grimaces at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. — Donald Trump is rarely at a loss for words, but the roasting he got from President Obama and Seth Meyers at last night's White House …
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TPMDC, Raw Replay and The BRAD BLOG
Lucy Madison / CBS News:
McCain: Trump not a “serious” candidate
McCain: Trump not a “serious” candidate
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MyFox Philadelphia, Front Row Washington and Reuters
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
DONALD TRUMP: OBAMA WON'T JOKE ABOUT ME
DONALD TRUMP: OBAMA WON'T JOKE ABOUT ME
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, New York Magazine, Liberal Values, Raw Replay and Gawker
Dylan Stableford / The Wrap:
Donald Trump Shows Up at White House Correspondents Dinner, Is Booed on Arrival
Donald Trump Shows Up at White House Correspondents Dinner, Is Booed on Arrival
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FOK News Channel, Crooks and Liars and NewsBusters.org
Dean Schabner / ABCNEWS:
Osama bin Laden Killed by U.S. Strike — Osama bin Laden, hunted as the mastermind behind the worst-ever terrorist attack on U.S. soil, has been killed, sources told ABC News. — His death brings to an end a tumultuous life that saw bin Laden go from being the carefree son of a Saudi billionaire …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Mediaite, The Lonely Conservative, The Daily Caller, TMZ.com and Left Coast Rebel
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
BIN LADEN DEAD, U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS — Osama bin Laden has been killed, a United States official said Sunday night. President Obama is expected to make an announcement on Sunday night, almost 10 years after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
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TalkLeft, McClatchy Washington Bureau, Politics, Gawker, Liberal Values, Tim Blair, Gothamist and Lawyers, Guns & Money, more at Mediagazer »
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Michael Bloomberg: 'Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free... and I'll Lock ‘em in Detroit’ — Something tells me that if a politician who actually had a label proposed something like this, he or she would be called anti-immigrant and probably even racist …
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Althouse and Pajamas Media
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Erin Einhorn / NY Daily News:
Mayor Bloomberg has solution to immigration problem: Make them live in Detroit
Mayor Bloomberg has solution to immigration problem: Make them live in Detroit
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Gothamist and JammieWearingFool
Debra J. Saunders / Rasmussen Reports:
Intolerant Left Strikes Again — A Commentary By Debra J. Saunders — On April 25, gay-rights advocates — led by the Human Rights Campaign — scored a victory after the HRC applied pressure on a law firm hired to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as a union between …
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Aljazeera:
Scepticism surrounds 'Gaddafi son's death' — Benghazi celebrates report of Gaddafi son's death in air strike, as UK and Italy condemn “attacks” on their embassies. — Libyans in the opposition stronghold of Benghazi have taken to the streets to celebrate the government's announcement …
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CBS News, Yahoo! News Canada, Guardian, Hot Air, Sky Dancing, Booman Tribune, Wall Street Journal, BBC and Scared Monkeys
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Ilya Somin / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Victims of Communism Day — Today is May Day. For the past several years, I have advocated that this date be transformed into Victims of Communism Day. My 2007, 2008, and 2010 posts on the subject explain the rationale for this idea. Here's a summary from my very first post on the subject, which remains equally valid today:
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The Lonely Conservative
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Washington Examiner:
Sunday Reflection: When Jimmy Carter Is your best-case scenario, you're in trouble — People on the right have been comparing President Obama with Jimmy Carter for a while now: The rise from nowhere via inexplicable press adulation, the smarmy moralizing, the excessive faith in his own abilities …
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Scared Monkeys, Pajamas Media, The Lonely Conservative, INSTAPUTZ, Power Line and Instapundit
Carlos Lozano / L.A. NOW:
Small turnout for May Day march — There were American flags, union banners and vendors hawking treats such as ice cream and hot dogs wrapped in bacon. — But what was missing from this year's May Day march on a crystal-clear Sunday morning were the crowds.
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Weasel Zippers, Mudville Gazette and JammieWearingFool
Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog:
NY Times: Law Schools Award Merit Scholarships to Recruit Students (and Goose U.S. News Ranking), And Then Take Them Away With Rigid Grading Curves — New York Times, Law Students Lose the Grant Game as Schools Win: … (Hat Tip: Ann Murphy.) Professor Organ's paper is The Impact …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Yglesias, The Volokh Conspiracy, Overlawyered and Althouse
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David Segal / New York Times:
Law Students Lose the Grant Game as Schools Win
Law Students Lose the Grant Game as Schools Win
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The Volokh Conspiracy, Don Surber and Above the Law