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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Bin Laden Sons Say U.S. Broke International Law — WASHINGTON — The adult sons of Osama bin Laden have lashed out at President Obama in their first public reaction to their father's death, accusing the United States of violating its basic legal principles by killing an unarmed man …
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The Other McCain, Gothamist, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Runnin' Scared, Israel Matzav and The Daily Beast
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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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ABCNEWS:
Osama Bin Laden Raid: Pakistan Hints China Wants a Peek at Secret Helicopter — Pakistani officials said today they're interested in studying the remains of the U.S.'s secret stealth-modified helicopter abandoned during the Navy SEAL raid of Osama bin Laden's compound, and suggest the Chinese are as well.
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Hot Air, Pat Dollard, Weasel Zippers, Pajamas Media and JOSHUAPUNDIT
Pam Benson / CNN:
Bin Laden death photos to be shown to some members of Congress
Bin Laden death photos to be shown to some members of Congress
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Hot Air, Public Policy Polling and New York Magazine
Rob Crilly / Telegraph:
Osama bin Laden son ‘disappeared during compound raid’
Osama bin Laden son ‘disappeared during compound raid’
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National Review, The Gateway Pundit, TalkLeft and Political Punch
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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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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The Hill, Taylor Marsh, Weasel Zippers and Red Dog Report
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Republican Mitt Romney's first Iowa visit set for May 27
Republican Mitt Romney's first Iowa visit set for May 27
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Ben Smith's Blog and Ballot Box
The Huffington Post:
Reid To Boehner: If You Want $2 Trillion In Cuts, Start With Oil And Gas Tax Breaks … Harry Reid , John Boehner , Debt Ceiling , Boehner Oil And Gas , Debt Reid , Reid Debt Ceiling , Reid Oil And Gas , Politics News — WASHINGTON — Less than a day after House Speaker John Boehner …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Budget chief wants plan with 50-50 split between spending cuts and tax hikes
Budget chief wants plan with 50-50 split between spending cuts and tax hikes
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Senate Democrats set to attack big oil tax subsidies
Senate Democrats set to attack big oil tax subsidies
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The Note and The Lonely Conservative
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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News Hounds, The Lonely Conservative and The Daily Caller
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
GOP Sen. Rand Paul questions whether White House has ‘enemies list’
GOP Sen. Rand Paul questions whether White House has ‘enemies list’
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Mediaite, Barefoot and Progressive and FrumForum
Aharding / CNN:
Top Republicans demand Obama weigh in on Boeing dispute
Top Republicans demand Obama weigh in on Boeing dispute
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Cubachi, The Daily Caller, Sister Toldjah, Mediaite, Shopfloor and Liberty Pundits Blog
Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Palin raps White House rapper
Palin raps White House rapper
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Fox Nation, Big Hollywood, Weasel Zippers, American Glob, Atlas Shrugs and New Hampshire Journal
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: Obama hits Fox News — Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama used an immigration speech Tuesday to take a jab at News Corporation CEO, Rupert Murdoch, who owns Fox News Channel. — Obama quoted the CEO, an Australian native, who said “Immigrants have made America great …
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kff.org:
House Republican Budget Plan: State-By-State Impact of Changes in Medicaid Financing — This analysis projects the state-by-state impact of converting Medicaid into a block grant and eliminating the planned expansion of the program by repealing the health reform law, as called for under the House Budget Plan.
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Hullabaloo, Wonk Room and Online NewsHour
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Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Report: Up to 44m more uninsured under GOP budget
Report: Up to 44m more uninsured under GOP budget
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Washington Monthly and Balloon Juice
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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TPMDC, Talking Points Memo and Eschaton
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, Pajamas Media, theblogprof, Fox Nation and The Hill
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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Ben Smith's Blog, No More Mister Nice Blog, Philly.com and Althouse
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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Washington Post, The New Republic, National Review and Firedoglake
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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Mother Jones and Trail Blazers Blog
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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Mother Jones, Firedoglake, The New Republic, ThinkProgress, The Reid Report, Pharyngula, Slate, Truthdig, National Review and Florida Today
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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The Reality-Based Community, Mediaite and Crooks and Liars
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.
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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msnbc.com, Verum Serum and Jezebel
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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NewsBusters.org and National Review
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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Weasel Zippers, Gawker, Algemeiner.com, EconLog, JammieWearingFool, Pundit Press and PoliPundit.com
Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
‘Maybe he was looking for the bathroom’: Family defends Yemeni passenger who stormed cockpit, shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ as plane came in to land at San Francisco — The Yemeni man who was wrestled to the floor after pounding on the cockpit door of a plane approaching San Francisco may have mistaken it for the bathroom.
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Bookworm Room, Weasel Zippers, theblogprof, American Glob, Jihad Watch, The New Editor and Wizbang
Hannah Hess / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Ill. lawmaker says raising obese kids should cost parents at tax time — • An Illinois lawmaker says parents who have obese children should lose their state tax deduction. — “It's the parents' responsibility that have obese kids,” said state Sen. Shane Cultra, R-Onarga.
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