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Obama's Running Mate — Mitt Romney's ObamaCare problem. — Mitt Romney travels to Ann Arbor today to deliver what his campaign bills as a major address laying out his “2012 principles for health-care reform.” These are likely to be sensible, but what we'll be listening for is how he explains …
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Romney Death Watch, Even Deathier Edition
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Juana Summers / The Politico:
Ron Paul wouldn't have approved Osama bin Laden operation — Ron Paul says he would not have authorized the mission that led to the death of Osama bin Laden, and that President Barack Obama should have worked with the Pakistani government instead of authorizing a raid.
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CNN:
Members of Congress see bin Laden photos — Washington (CNN) — More members of Congress are seeing something cleared for only a select group of Americans: Photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse. — Republican Sen. James Inhofe told CNN's Eliot Spitzer on Wednesday he saw about 15 photos of bin Laden's body …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Ron Paul would not have ordered bin Laden mission — Likely GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul said this week he would not have authorized the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, raising concerns about international law. — Paul, a congressman from Texas with a libertarian bent …
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Weasel Zippers and Hotline On Call
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Palin: ‘Easy’ to criticize W.H. show — Sarah Palin threw some more fuel onto the fire of the Drudge Report-led controversy swirling around the White House's decision to host the rapper Common at a celebration of poetry. — “It is just too easy,” Palin said of criticizing the decision …
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CNN, The Note and Big Hollywood
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Palin: Rapper's invite to White House lacks ‘class and decency’
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Washington Post, Weasel Zippers and Political Punch
Southern Fried Scientist / Southern Fried Science:
Florida Senate fails basic biology, accidentally outlaws sex. — Question: If your elected officials fail basic taxonomy, promote anti-science curriculum, and consistently attempt to undermine the fundamental unpinning of all biology, what happens when they start trying to legislate from this flawed view of reality?
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Weighing a White House Bid as Opening a Door to Past Pain — INDIANAPOLIS — Cheri Daniels has made no secret of her distaste for politics. She did not campaign for her husband, Mitch Daniels, during two races for governor. She did not fully move into the governor's mansion after his election.
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The Note, Ballot Box, Indianapolis Star and Howey Politics Indiana
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Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Am I Running? Ask My Wife — More than 1,000 Republicans will pack an Indianapolis ballroom Thursday night to catch the state's most anticipated political speech in years. — The speaker? Not Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, but his wife, Cheri, a woman who famously hates politics and has long shied from the political spotlight.
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John Cogan / Wall Street Journal:
The Millionaire Retirees Next Door — Typical retired couples will collect $1 million or more in Social Security and Medicare. This is more than they paid in, and the cost will fall on today's workers. — Readers may recall the 1950s TV show, “The Millionaire,” which portrayed stories …
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Right Wing News and The Lonely Conservative
New York Times:
Mr. Gingrich's Intolerant History — Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker and latest entrant in the Republican presidential field, has money, experience and name recognition. His introductory video is all serenity and hope, a deceptively calm way for many voters to meet a splenetic politician …
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Kevin Poulsen / Threat Level:
WikiLeaks Threatens Its Own Leakers With $20 Million Penalty — Julian Assange. Photo: Wikimedia Commons — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange now makes his associates sign a draconian nondisclosure agreement that, among other things, asserts that the organization's huge trove of leaked material is …
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
GOP Freshmen On Medicare Attacks: Let's Let Bygones Be Bygones — House Republican freshmen admit that their so-called “MediScare” attacks on Democrats helped them win a big majority in 2010. Democrats had voted for the health care law, which included $500 billion in “cuts” to Medicare …
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Jack & Jill Politics, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Daily Kos, Wonkette, Washington Monthly, Paul Krugman, The Impolitic and The Politico
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Trump blames Ryan budget for GOP woes in NY special election
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John McCain / Washington Post:
Bin Laden's death and the debate over torture — Osama bin Laden's welcome death has ignited debate over whether the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques used on enemy prisoners were instrumental in locating bin Laden, and whether they are a justifiable means for gathering intelligence.
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The Politico, Wonk Room, Emptywheel, The Gateway Pundit and The Nation
Al Baker / New York Times:
Two Men Arrested in New York Terror Case — Two men who the authorities said intended to carry out a terrorist attack in New York City were arrested late Wednesday, two law enforcement officials said. — Details were not immediately available, and the identities of the men were not released.
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The Jawa Report, Weasel Zippers, Oliver Willis, Pirate's Cove and msnbc.com
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Seeks Reset in Arab World — WASHINGTON — For President Obama, the killing of Osama bin Laden is more than a milestone in America's decade-long battle against terrorism. It is a chance to recast his response to the upheaval in the Arab world after a frustrating stretch in which the stalemate …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and News Desk
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Dan Berman / The Politico:
What to watch when Big Oil testifies — It's a tradition in Washington: the annual Capitol Hill version of the perp walk for Big Oil. — This time, Senate Democrats are hauling the top executives of five major private oil companies to the Finance Committee to rap them on the knuckles …
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CNN, Washington Monthly, New York Times, The Caucus, Don Surber and The Page
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
An Interview With Warren Farrell, The Author Of “Why Men Are the Way They Are.” — I really enjoyed Warren Farrell's incredibly insightful book, Why Men Are the Way They Are. In fact, I liked it so much I put together a list of quotations from the book. I've also just finished one of his other books, The Myth of Male Power.
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YID With LID
Erica Ho / newsfeed.time.com:
Survey: 85% of New College Grads Move Back in with Mom and Dad — The kids are coming home to roost. — Surprise, surprise: Thanks to a high unemployment rate for new grads, many of those with diplomas fresh off the press are making a return to Mom and Dad's place.
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The Talking Dog, Firedoglake and The Lonely Conservative
Greg / New York Communities for Change:
May 12'ers taking over NYC! — Leading up to Thursday, the On May 12 Coalition has been paying surprise visits to JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and House Speaker John Boehner! — The momentum for Thursday's On May 12th actions to hold big banks and corporations accountable for crashing …
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Seeing the Forest
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Melinda Henneberger / Time:
The Cool Kid — Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman has just proved he can keep 1,100 graduating college kids awake for 17 minutes — and even led them in a popular local cheer about kicking ass. But Obama's lean, understated former ambassador to China is really here to prove …
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National Review, msnbc.com and Ballot Box
Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
ACORN's Bertha Lewis Sings ‘Wal-Mart Sucks’ at Church Service — This defies any further explanation.
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Verum Serum and The Other McCain
Washington Post:
Guantanamo Bay detainees' family members may be allowed to visit — The Pentagon is considering allowing the families of detainees at Guantanamo Bay to visit them, an unprecedented step to ease the isolation of inmates who in some cases have been held at the U.S. facility for close to a decade, according to congressional aides.
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Sweetness & Light and FrumForum
The Atlantic Online:
I Feel Like a Black Republican — David White picks up on the Common piece and expounds a bit: … I think that first paragraph captures a lot of what I meant when I asked “Who will they accept? This is different from \"Who will they agree with? " I think Liz Cheney's attacks on Eric Holder …
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Oliver Willis
cbpp.org:
Economic Downturn and Bush Policies Continue to Drive Large Projected Deficits — Economic Recovery Measures, Financial Rescues Have Only Temporary Impact — Some lawmakers, pundits, and others continue to say that President George W. Bush's policies did not drive the projected federal deficits …
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Washington Post:
Bin Laden's preoccupation with U.S. said to be source of friction with followers — Osama bin Laden was preoccupied with attacking the United States over all other targets, a fixation that led to friction with followers, according to U.S. intelligence officials involved in analyzing the trove …
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