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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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Fox News:
Sources: Bin Laden Acted ‘Cowardly,’ Confused in Final Moments  —  Sources involved in the operation that took down Usama bin Laden told Fox News the terrorist leader acted “scared” and “completely confused” in his final moments, “shoving his wife” at the Navy SEAL who ultimately shot him.
John / Power Line:
Stop Digging!  Please!  —  Someone needs to explain the First Rule of Holes to the Obama administration.  Military and intelligence professionals executed an important mission brilliantly, carrying out their assigned task of killing Osama bin Laden and dumping his body into the ocean.
Pierre Thomas / ABCNEWS:
Osama Bin Laden Evidence: Al Qaeda Considered 9/11 Anniversary Attack  —  al Qaida leader, Osama bin Laden, left, is seen in this April 1998 file photo in Afghanistan.  The hideout of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is pictured after his death by US Special Forces in a ground operation in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011.
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 …
Associated Press:
Fidel Castro criticizes US for bin Laden kill
Meredith Shiner / The Politico:
McCain: Waterboarding didn't help
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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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.
Igor Volsky / Wonk Room:
Paul Ryan Agrees That His Budget Includes An Individual Mandate  —  Simon Lazarus thinks that Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) proposal to require future retirees to purchase coverage from an exchange of private insurers is reminiscent of the dreaded individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act.
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Health Care Repeal Is ‘Dead,’ Says Top Republican, Sights Turned To Repealing Individual Mandate
Peter Doocy / Fox News:
Firsts in the South: Debaters Square off in South Carolina  —  FOX News is hosting the first 2012 presidential debate in one of the first primary states Thursday night in Greenville, S.C. Five of the men trying to become the next Republican nominee will do their best to be considered the GOP frontrunner …
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Jordan Fabian / Ballot Box:
Cash pours in for Paul's ‘money bomb’  —  An online “money bomb” fundraiser for likely GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul has netted his campaign hundreds of thousands of dollars.  —  As of 4:48 p.m. on Thursday, supporters had donated nearly $590,000 to Paul's campaign, according to his website.
Discussion: Hit & Run
Noah Kristula-Green / FrumForum:
Why is Pawlenty On Stage With These Crazy People?
Discussion: The Nation and Indecision Forever
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.
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Haley to GOP field: 'It's go time'
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
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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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 …
Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld / Algemeiner.com:
Tony Kushner, an Extremist, Can't Represent CUNY  —  Playwright Tony Kushner.  —  Following our consensus decision to table the honorary degree nomination of Mr. Tony Kushner it is worthy to note that Mr. Kushner repeats the ugly charges against Israel for which he is known in a letter …
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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.
Discussion: American Times and Best of
Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:
Sorcery claim in Iran power struggle  —  Iranian power struggle between president and supreme leader sees arrests and claims of undue influence of chief of staff  —  Close allies of Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been accused of using supernatural powers to further his policies amid …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Gawker
Jeb Boone / Washington Post:
U.S. drone strike in Yemen is first since 2002  —  SANAA, Yemen — The United States military used a drone to strike Thursday at an al-Qaeda target in Yemen, the first such American attack using unmanned aircraft in that country since 2002, according to U.S. and Yemeni officials.
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 …
Clifford Krauss / New York Times:
Crude Oil Falls Below $100 a Barrel  —  HOUSTON — Oil prices closed below $100 a barrel on Thursday during a session in which most commodity prices fell sharply.  —  After four months of surging higher, oil prices plummeted by almost 9 percent as traders worried that American drivers …
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Watchdog group is prepared to sue for photos of bin Laden  —  A watchdog group says it is prepared to file a lawsuit to obtain photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse.  —  Judicial Watch, which has sued the government multiple times for documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and FrumForum
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
NPR hires firm to lobby for its taxpayer funding  —  National Public Radio (NPR) is paying the lobbying firm Bracy, Tucker, Brown & Valanzano to defend its taxpayer funding stream in Congress, according to lobbying disclosure forms filed with the Secretary of the Senate.
 
 
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