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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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The Moderate Voice, Comments from Left Field and The Political Carnival
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Helene C. Cooper / The Caucus:
Obama Zings Trump at White House Correspondents' Dinner — Joe Biden. Michele Bachmann. Tim Pawlenty. Donald Trump. — Many of President Obama's friends and foes alike got shellacked — as expected — on Saturday night when Mr. Obama took to the stage at the gussied …
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, more at Mediagazer »
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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American Power, The Gateway Pundit and INSTAPUTZ
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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Gothamist
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 …
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
DONALD TRUMP: OBAMA WON'T JOKE ABOUT ME — ‘I was invited. By a lot of people,’ Trump tells the press. Photo by Jay Westcott/POLITICO — In what will surely go down as the night's worst prediction, Donald Trump said that he doubted that his name would come up during President Barack Obama's stand …
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New York Magazine, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Gawker and Raw Replay
Lucy Madison / CBS News:
McCain: Trump not a “serious” candidate
McCain: Trump not a “serious” candidate
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Front Row Washington, Reuters and Fox News
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
Lynn Sweet:
Obama zings Trump at White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Transcript
Obama zings Trump at White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Transcript
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Gothamist, Michelle Malkin and Doug Ross
Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
Birthers, buffoonery and a sad discourse
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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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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Pajamas Media, The Lonely Conservative, Instapundit, Power Line and INSTAPUTZ
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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Yglesias, Lawyers, Guns & Money, 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
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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Mudville Gazette, Weasel Zippers and JammieWearingFool
Aljazeera:
Reports: Saleh refuses to sign exit deal — Yemeni president backs away from signing agreement requiring him to give up power in exchange for legal immunity. — The Yemeni president has refused to sign a Gulf Arab-led agreement to give up power in exchange for legal immunity, sources say.
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Firedoglake and Reuters
Russell Shorto / New York Times:
Marine Le Pen, France's (Kinder, Gentler) Extremist — Step inside an office building in the town of Nanterre, just west of Paris, and you are confronted by what the nostrils register as an odor of the past, for it's a rare thing these days to encounter the lingering taint of cigarette smoke in public spaces.
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Politics and No More Mister Nice Blog