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Sarah Owen / New York Magazine:
David Koch Gives President Obama Zero Credit for Bin Laden's Death — Considering the stark partisan divide over the amount of credit President Obama deserves for the death of Osama bin Laden, it should probably not come as a surprise that billionaire David Koch, a rabidly anti-Obama conservative activist …
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Thomas M. Defrank / NY Daily News:
Bush feels Obama ignoring ex-president's role in Osama Bin Laden strike for ‘victory lap’: source — WASHINGTON - George W. Bush won't be at Ground Zero with President Obama Thursday in part because he feels his team is getting short shrift in the decade-long manhunt for Osama Bin Laden.
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Brent Lang / The Wrap:
Michael Moore: Bin Laden Wasn't Killed, He Was Executed — Osama bin Laden wasn't killed by a Navy SEAL team — he was straight up executed, Michael Moore told TheWrap on Wednesday. — The “Fahrenheit 9/11” director has been setting Twitter aflame Wednesday afternoon urging the Obama administration …
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Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
Franks: Obama Won't 'Do What's Necessary To Protect This Country' After Killing Bin Laden — While most reasonable people are praising President Obama for his “gutsy” call to get Osama bin Laden, some on the right are still harboring partisan grudges. Conservative billionaire David Koch …
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Osama Bin Laden Raiders Encountered False Door, Found Small Arsenal in Compound
Osama Bin Laden Raiders Encountered False Door, Found Small Arsenal in Compound
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Wall Street Journal:
Signs Point to Pakistan Link
Signs Point to Pakistan Link
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Washington Post:
In killing Osama bin Laden, U.S. had the law on its side
In killing Osama bin Laden, U.S. had the law on its side
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Mark Halperin / Reuters:
Five Mistakes the Obama Administration Has Made in the Aftermath of Bin Laden Killing
Five Mistakes the Obama Administration Has Made in the Aftermath of Bin Laden Killing
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Boehner supports Obama decision not to release bin Laden photos
Boehner supports Obama decision not to release bin Laden photos
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Reuters:
No resistance in “cold-blooded” U.S. raid: Pakistan officials
No resistance in “cold-blooded” U.S. raid: Pakistan officials
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Meredith Shiner / The Politico:
McCain: Waterboarding didn't help
McCain: Waterboarding didn't help
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Outside the Beltway
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
In Bin Laden's Compound, Seals' All-Star Team
In Bin Laden's Compound, Seals' All-Star Team
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Monica Morales / Sun-Sentinel:
9/11 Family Invited To Presidential Ground Zero Visit Snubs Obama — pix11.com — NEW YORK (PIX11)— As 50 carefully selected families prepare to join President Barack Obama for a ceremony at the World Trade Center site Thursday, one of the invited 9/11 families have decided to pass on the Commander-in-chief's visit.
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Toby Young / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Jay Carney is floundering under pressure, say Washington insiders — There is increasing concern in Washington that Jay Carney, the new White House Press Secretary, isn't up to the job. Even when faced with an innocuous question that requires only that he trot out the official line …
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Jack Shafer / Slate Magazine:
Release the Dead Laden Photos
Release the Dead Laden Photos
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
CNN Poll: Still no front-runner in the battle for the GOP nomination — Greenville, South Carolina (CNN) - A new national poll indicates the race for the Republican presidential nomination remains wide-open, with none of the probable or potential GOP White House contenders above 20 percent, according to a new national poll.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Fox ends contracts of Gingrich, Santorum — Fox News has terminated its contracts with former Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Senator Rick Santorum after the deadline for them to decide on presidential bids passed on May 1, a source familiar with the move told POLITICO.
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Michael O'Brien / Ballot Box:
Fox denies making ultimatum to Huckabee
Fox denies making ultimatum to Huckabee
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Health Care Repeal Is ‘Dead,’ Says Top Republican, Sights Turned To Repealing Individual Mandate … Dave Camp Reform , Dave Camp , Mandate Repeal , Politics News — WASHINGTON — Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, acknowledged Thursday …
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Boehner: ‘Political Realities’ Make Medicare Privatization Difficult
Boehner: ‘Political Realities’ Make Medicare Privatization Difficult
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Chairman of tax-writing panel puts damper on GOP's Medicare overhaul
Chairman of tax-writing panel puts damper on GOP's Medicare overhaul
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Obama floats plan to tax cars by the mile — The Obama administration has floated a transportation authorization bill that would require the study and implementation of a plan to tax automobile drivers based on how many miles they drive. — The plan is a part of the administration's …
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Matthew Yglesias / Yglesias:
Half Of Adults In Detroit Are Functionally Illiterate — Something that I think drives at least some of my disagreements with other liberals about education policy is that I think a lot of middle class liberals implicitly underestimate the extent of really bad learning outcomes.
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Tonight's GOP Pre-Debate Rally Sponsored By Extremists: John Birch Society And The Oath Keepers — In Greenville, South Carolina tonight, five presidential contenders will meet for the first GOP presidential primary debate. According to the official program of the pre-debate “Freedom Rally …
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Haley to GOP field: 'It's go time' — Greenville, South Carolina (CNN) - South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley urged a crowd of Tea Party activists to hold Republican presidential candidates accountable for their tough rhetoric as they campaign through the early primary state.
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Peter Doocy / Fox News:
Firsts in the South: Debaters Square off in South Carolina
Firsts in the South: Debaters Square off in South Carolina
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Polling Matters and Hit & Run
wisdems.org:
GOP Election Fraud Exposed — Formal Challenge Reveals GOP Recall Petitions Plagued by Pattern of Misconduct and Abuse Tarnished Out-of-State Firm Hired by GOP Uses Systemic Election Fraud to Fill Papers with Invalid Signatures — Hundreds of Claims from Wisconsin Citizens Prove
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RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Burlingame After Meeting With Obama: He Turned His Back On Me — Debra Burlingame, the sister of Charles “Chic” Burlingame (pilot of the plane that crashed into the Pentagon) met with President Obama today, along with other families who were victims of 9/11.
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Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
House GOP rejects effort by Democrats to vote on repealing oil industry tax subsidy — House Republicans rejected an effort by Democrats Thursday to use a procedural maneuver to force a vote on a bill to repeal a key oil industry tax break. — Democrats sought to defeat a procedural motion …
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Brad Johnson / ThinkProgress:
Exxon Makes $30.5 Billion, So GOP Votes Unanimously To Give Them Tax Breaks
Exxon Makes $30.5 Billion, So GOP Votes Unanimously To Give Them Tax Breaks
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Rebecca Frankel / Foreign Policy:
War Dog — There's a reason they brought one to get Osama bin Laden. — Dogs have been fighting alongside U.S. soldiers for more than 100 years, seeing combat in the Civil War and World War I. But their service was informal; only in 1942 were canines officially inducted into the U.S. Army.
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KGTV-TV:
Terrorist Group Setting Up Operations Near Border — Hezbollah Considered To Be More Advanced Than Al-Qaida — SAN DIEGO — A terrorist organization whose home base is in the Middle East has established another home base across the border in Mexico. — “They are recognized by many experts …
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Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
Democrats Love Compromise — Matthew Yglesias flags the latest Pew survey, which attempts to provide a political typology to describe the different ideological groups that reside in each party. Looking at the extent to which Democrats are divided on social issues and immigration …
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Martin S. Feldstein / New York Times:
Raise Taxes, but Not Tax Rates — REDUCING the budget deficit and stopping the explosion of our national debt will require more tax revenue as well as reduced government spending. But the need for more revenue needn't mean higher tax rates. — As the bipartisan fiscal commission appointed …
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Pamela Geller / WorldNetDaily:
An illegitimate child, an illegitimate president — Talk about your proverbial can of worms. It is now clear that Barack Hussein Obama Sr.'s immigration file was the impetus for President Obama to release his “long form” last week. If he thought that release would put the matter to rest, it has had the opposite effect.
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