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Jim Sciutto / ABCNEWS:
Osama Bin Laden Son Missing From SEAL Raid, Pakistan Says — One of Osama bin Laden's sons went missing in the midst of the Navy SEAL raid that took the life of the al Qaeda leader more than a week ago, Pakistani security officials told ABC News today. — The officials said bin Laden's three wives …
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Bin Laden Sons Say U.S. Violated International Law — WASHINGTON — The adult sons of Osama bin Laden have lashed out at President Obama over their father's death, accusing the United States of violating its basic legal principles by killing an unarmed man, shooting his family members and disposing of his body in the sea.
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The Note:
Lawmakers Allowed to Osama Bin Laden Death Photos — Members of two Senate committees can make an appointment with the CIA to view the photos of a dead Osama bin Laden, multiple congressional aides confirmed to ABC News today. — Lawmakers on the Senate Armed Services Committee …
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ABCNEWS:
Osama Bin Laden Raid: Pakistan Hints China Wants a Peek at Secret Helicopter
Osama Bin Laden Raid: Pakistan Hints China Wants a Peek at Secret Helicopter
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Weasel Zippers, Pat Dollard and JOSHUAPUNDIT
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
GOP seeks to redefine war on terror
GOP seeks to redefine war on terror
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Rob Crilly / Telegraph:
Osama bin Laden son ‘disappeared during compound raid’
Osama bin Laden son ‘disappeared during compound raid’
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The Gateway Pundit, Political Punch and TalkLeft
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump collapses — Donald Trump has had one of the quickest rises and falls in the history of Presidential politics. Last month we found him leading the Republican field with 26%. In the space of just four weeks he's dropped all the way down to 8%, putting him in a tie for fifth place with Ron Paul.
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
The myth of American exceptionalism — “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line,” W.E.B. Du Bois wrote in 1903 — and I will not quibble. But the problem of the 21st century is the problem of culture, not just the infamous “culture of poverty” but what I would call the culture of smugness.
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Corry Schiermeyer / Zogby:
Todays Number — IBOPE Zogby Poll: Cain Now Second to Christie …
Todays Number — IBOPE Zogby Poll: Cain Now Second to Christie …
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Red Dog Report and The Hill
Alexander Bolton / Healthwatch:
Republican rift widens on Medicare — A deep rift is opening wider and wider in the Republican Party over controversial proposals to cut Medicare. — Senate Republicans have decided to avoid jeopardizing their chances of capturing the upper chamber in next year's elections and will not echo …
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The Huffington Post:
Reid To Boehner: If You Want $2 Trillion In Cuts, Start With Oil And Gas Tax Breaks
Reid To Boehner: If You Want $2 Trillion In Cuts, Start With Oil And Gas Tax Breaks
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: Boehner's debt-ceiling demands
Wonkbook: Boehner's debt-ceiling demands
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Matthew Yglesias / Yglesias:
The House Republican Budget Privatizes Medicare, It Doesn't Means-Test It
The House Republican Budget Privatizes Medicare, It Doesn't Means-Test It
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Tea Party Leader: We'll Take The Debt Ceiling Hike If You Put Gay Troops Back In The Closet
Tea Party Leader: We'll Take The Debt Ceiling Hike If You Put Gay Troops Back In The Closet
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
GOP Sen. Rand Paul questions whether White House has ‘enemies list’ — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) asked Tuesday if the White House had an “enemies list” in light of the National Labor Relations Board's complaint against Boeing for moving some of its operations to South Carolina.
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Aharding / CNN:
Top Republicans demand Obama weigh in on Boeing dispute
Top Republicans demand Obama weigh in on Boeing dispute
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Washington Wire:
Text of Obama's Speech on Immigration — Here is the White House transcript of President Barack Obama's remarks on immigration as delivered Tuesday in El Paso, Texas. (This post was updated from the text, as prepared for delivery.) — REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT — ON COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM
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Jim DeMint / National Review:
Speeches and Summits Won't Secure the Border
Speeches and Summits Won't Secure the Border
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Pundit & Pundette, Hot Air, theblogprof and The Hill
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama to GOP: Stop moving goalposts on immigration reform
Obama to GOP: Stop moving goalposts on immigration reform
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The Politico
Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:
The Tragedy of Sarah Palin — From the moment Sarah Palin's acceptance speech electrified the Republican convention, she was seen as an unbending, hard-charging, red-meat ideologue—to which soon was added “thin-skinned” and “vindictive.” But a look at what Palin did while in office in Alaska …
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Kris Hundley / St. Petersburg Times:
Billionaire's role in hiring decisions at Florida State University raises questions — A conservative billionaire who opposes government meddling in business has bought a rare commodity: the right to interfere in faculty hiring at a publicly funded university.
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Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
“Very Positive”: Fox News' Smear Of “Vile Rapper” Common Debunked By Own Reporting — Conservatives such as Fox News, the Daily Caller and Sarah Palin are criticizing the White House's invitation to rapper Common for a poetry event over the purported vulgarity of his lyrics.
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Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Palin raps White House rapper
Palin raps White House rapper
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CBS News:
Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver: Behind the split — Time apart since he left office as Calif. governor, and their transitioning to new lives cited by observers — A Hollywood and political dynasty is ending. — Bodybuilder-turned-actor-turned- governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife …
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Senate Democrats set to attack big oil tax subsidies — Washington (CNN) - Senate Democrats will open debate Wednesday on a controversial bill to eliminate several tax subsidies for the five largest oil companies and use the savings to reduce the deficit. While the measure is unlikely …
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The Politico, The Note and The Lonely Conservative
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Budget chief wants 50-50 split between spending cuts, tax hikes
Rasmussen Reports:
59% Favor Cutoff of Federal Funds to Sanctuary Cities — New legislation being considered by the House would stop all federal funding for cities that give sanctuary to illegal immigrants, and most voters like the idea. But very few believe Congress is likely to pass such a measure.
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Corrie MacLaggan / Reuters:
Texas House restricts cities aiding illegal immigrants
Texas House restricts cities aiding illegal immigrants
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Associated Press:
Key senator says Social Security changes off table — WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus says he doesn't think Congress will address Social Security as part of an effort to reduce government borrowing. — The Montana Democrat said Tuesday that Social Security …
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Alan Simpson, Social Security Illiterate
Alan Simpson, Social Security Illiterate
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Brad Poole / Yahoo! News Canada:
Liberals in southern Arizona seek to form new state — TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A long-simmering movement by liberal stalwarts in southern Arizona to break away from the rest of the largely conservative state is at a boiling point as secession backers press to bring their longshot ambition to the forefront of Arizona politics.
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Matt Bai / The Caucus:
Gingrich Run Reflects His Sense of History — Whatever can Newt Gingrich be thinking? — That's the question a lot of political handicappers are asking now that Newt, as he is universally known in Washington, has decided to enter the 2012 campaign, with an announcement expected on Wednesday.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Philly.com and Althouse
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Missing Fifth — In 1910, Henry Van Dyke wrote a book called “The Spirit of America,” which opened with this sentence: “The Spirit of America is best known in Europe by one of its qualities — energy.” — This has always been true. Americans have always been known for their manic dynamism.
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Matthew Yglesias / Yglesias:
Human Capital Can't Explain The Precipitous Rise In Unemployment Across America
Human Capital Can't Explain The Precipitous Rise In Unemployment Across America
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American Prospect, Free exchange, Rortybomb and New Deal 2.0
Al Tompkins / Poynter:
Steve Kroft explains why he broke interviewing rules when questioning Obama about bin Laden death for ‘60 Minutes’ — When Steve Kroft interviewed President Obama last week about the raid on Osama bin Laden's headquarters in Pakistan, the “60 Minutes” veteran violated many of the guidelines …
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Bruce Andriatch / Buffalo News:
Lawn sign advances feud between mosque, neighbor — A feud between two Transit Road neighbors — a homeowner and a mosque — turned ugly this weekend when the homeowner staked a sign on his front lawn insinuating that the new 11,600-square-foot Islamic worship site is home to a “bomb making” operation.
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Patrick Caldwell / American Prospect:
Republican Electoral Strategy: Don't Let the Democrats Vote — The Texas Legislature passed two bills yesterday that on the surface look like good governance measures but are actually efforts to discourage the Democratic base from voting. The state Senate approved a bill requiring voters …
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Trail Blazers Blog and Mother Jones
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Report: Up to 44m more uninsured under GOP budget — WASHINGTON - The House Republican budget would leave up to 44 million more low-income people uninsured as the federal government cuts states' Medicaid funding by about one-third over the next 10 years, nonpartisan groups said in a report issued Tuesday.
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