Top Items:
Avik Roy / National Review:
Mitt Romney's Illogical, Terrible Health-Care Address — Mitt Romney just gave a more articulate defense of Obamacare than President Obama ever has. He continues to believe that the individual mandate is a good idea, despite the fact that the “free-rider” problem is a myth.
Discussion:
Weigel, New York Times, Hot Air, The Apothecary, Conservatives4Palin and Oliver Willis
RELATED:
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Newt Gingrich Was More Supportive Of Individual Mandates Than Mitt Romney … Elections 2012 , Newt Gingrich , Romney Health Care , Gingrich Mandates , Gingrich Mandates Health Care , Healt Care Reform , Newt Gingrich Individual Mandate , Newt Health Care , Romney Individual Mandates , Politics News
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Scott Brown hails Romney's ‘courage’ in healthcare speech
Scott Brown hails Romney's ‘courage’ in healthcare speech
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Ballot Box and The Lonely Conservative
The Note:
Has Mitt Romney's Massachusetts Health Care Law Worked?
Has Mitt Romney's Massachusetts Health Care Law Worked?
Discussion:
The Politico, Mother Jones, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Taylor Marsh and George's Bottom Line
Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
Mitt Romney: No apologies for Mass. plan
Mitt Romney: No apologies for Mass. plan
Discussion:
The Huffington Post, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and AmSpecBlog
Igor Volsky / Wonk Room:
Romney On Obamacare: ‘President Should Have Been More Attuned To What We Did In Our Own State’
Romney On Obamacare: ‘President Should Have Been More Attuned To What We Did In Our Own State’
Discussion:
Outside the Beltway, ThinkProgress and Salon
David Martin / CBS News:
SEAL helmet cams recorded entire bin Laden raid — More accurate version of what happened includes details that bin Laden first emerged on third floor, retreated to bedroom after shot fired — WASHINGTON - A new picture emerged Thursday of what really happened the night the Navy SEALs swooped …
Discussion:
Hot Air, Scared Monkeys, CNN and Associated Press
RELATED:
Fran Townsend / CNN:
Sources: U.S. grills ‘hostile’ bin Laden wives, via Pakistan officials — (CNN) — Three of Osama bin Laden's wives have been interrogated by U.S. intelligence officers under the supervision of Pakistani's intelligence service, according to sources in both governments.
Discussion:
TalkLeft, Reuters, The Daily Beast, This Just In, Washington Post and Gawker
blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Osama bin Laden to al-Qaeda: 'Don't bother assassinating Joe Biden' — US officials have revealed that Osama bin Laden's diaries contain the rather startling conclusion that he didn't think Vice President Joe Biden was worth bumping off (hat tip: a tweet from my New York colleague Jon Swaine).
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, Pajamas Media and Gawker
RELATED:
Sebastian Rotella / ProPublica:
New Details in the bin Laden Docs: Portrait of a Fugitive Micro-Manager
New Details in the bin Laden Docs: Portrait of a Fugitive Micro-Manager
Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Tom Coburn Helped Cover Up John Ensign Affair: Senate Ethics Report … John Ensign , Senate Ethics Committee , Tom Coburn , C Street , Coburn Ensign Affair , Coburn John Ensign Affair , Cynthia Hampton , Doug Hampton , John Ensign Affair , John Ensign Scandal , John Ensign Tom Coburn …
Discussion:
Alan Colmes' Liberaland
RELATED:
Roll Call:
Ensign Accused of Violating Laws, Senate Rules
Ensign Accused of Violating Laws, Senate Rules
Discussion:
Taegan Goddard's … and Washington Monthly
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Senate ethics committee: Ensign violated federal laws
Senate ethics committee: Ensign violated federal laws
Discussion:
The Reid Report, The Raw Story and Oliver Willis
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
President Obama, Completely Wrong on Reason for High Unemployment — CBS's Mark Knoller, covering a town hall on the economy with the president this morning, reports: “President Obama blames high unemployment rate on ‘huge layoffs of government workers’ at federal, state and local levels.”
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, Sister Toldjah and Pajamas Media
RELATED:
Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Laid-off government worker to Obama: “What would you do, if you were me?”
Laid-off government worker to Obama: “What would you do, if you were me?”
Discussion:
CBS News, Washington Post and The Lonely Conservative
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Rand Paul Is Really Crazy — When the devoted follower of crackpot cult leader Ayn Rand gets elected to the Senate, you wind up having Congressional hearings filled up with feverish reasoning like this: … Except, of course, we already have a system that establishes the right to health care for elderly Americans.
Discussion:
Salon and Top of the Ticket
Stephanie Strom / New York Times:
I.R.S. Moves to Tax Gifts to Groups Active in Politics — Big donors like David H. Koch and George Soros may owe taxes on their millions of dollars in contributions to nonprofit advocacy groups that are playing an increasing role in American politics. — The Internal Revenue Service confirmed …
Discussion:
Truthdig, Ben Smith's Blog and Facing South
Rich Johnston / Bleeding Cool Comic Book …:
Superman Loves America Again - It's Official — In Action Comics #900, a back up strip by David Goyer, showed Superman announcing he was to go to the UN and give up his citizenship of the USA, so to ensure his actions were not mistaken for US government policy. — And the news exploded.
Discussion:
Big Hollywood and Hot Air
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Who you calling ‘un-American’? — ConocoPhillips, one of the world's largest and most profitable oil companies, yesterday said it's “un-American” to take away taxpayer subsidies from the oil industry. This wasn't a verbal slip; the comment was put in a press release.
Discussion:
Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Firedoglake and Paul Krugman
RELATED:
Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
Haley Barbour Shrugs As Mississippi Floods — Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour just gave small government a whole new meaning. Small, as in mean and cold-hearted. While Barbour bows and scrapes to the Conservative God of the Almighty Dollar, people are bracing to lose everything in what could be the worst flooding in history.
Discussion:
ThinkProgress
Michael Moore / MichaelMoore.com:
Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden — “The Nazis killed tens of MILLIONS. They got a trial. Why? Because we're not like them. We're Americans. We roll different.” - Michael Moore in an interview last week — Last week, President Obama fulfilled a campaign promise and killed Osama bin Laden.
Discussion:
Mediaite, Top of the Ticket and The Raw Story
Axel W. Caballero / The Huffington Post:
Immigrants For Sale — Georgia is the latest state to pass an anti-immigrant bill like SB1070, with Governor Nathan Deal expected to sign it tomorrow. Georgia is also home to the largest private prison in the country. Coincidence? Not even close. — It's hardly a secret …
Discussion:
The Nation and Truthdig
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Despite adviser's warnings, Obama calls bin Laden ‘jihad’ leader — It didn't get much attention over the weekend, but, in his interview with “60 Minutes,” President Barack Obama described Osama bin Laden as a leader of a global “jihad.” That's a word that he and his advisers generally avoid.
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
McCain's Rejection of Torture Puts Brakes on Neocon Assault — We heard from Marcy that John McCain had a decent op-ed today in the Washington Post, denouncing torture and laying out the facts on the role of torture. He affirmed that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed lied under torture about key facts related …
Discussion:
CNN, Daily Kos and Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality …
New York Post:
Two men arrested over alleged terror plot in New York — Two men arrested in relation to an alleged terror plot in New York City were of Moroccan and Algerian descent, FOX News reported Thursday. — Moroccan Mohammad Mamdouh and Algerian Ahmed Serhani were arrested late Wednesday …
Discussion:
Datechguy's Blog, Hot Air, National Review, Gothamist and New York Times
Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
Dem Candidate Targets Asian Vote With Bizarre Ad: ‘We Minorities Should Stick Together’ — The jury's out on just how seriously Democratic candidate Dan Adler should be taken in the crowded primary to replace departed Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) in California's 36th district …
Discussion:
Hit & Run, Salon, The Raw Story, Hot Air and Gawker
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Two Years In, Obama Says Full Recovery Will “Take Us Several Years” — PRESIDENT OBAMA: That's exactly right. So — so part of what's happened also is some structural changes in the economy. Where it used to be that there was broad-based shared prosperity, now if companies are doing really well …
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers, Don Surber and The Gateway Pundit
Ian Traynor / Guardian:
Europe moves to close borders in migrant row — European interior ministers agree to ‘radical revision’ of Schengen amid fears of a flood of migrants from north Africa — European nations moved to reverse decades of unfettered travel across the continent when a majority of EU governments agreed …
Discussion:
Instapundit
Jill Dougherty / CNN:
U.S. State Department condemns ‘odious’ Ugandan anti-gay bill — Washington (CNN) — The State Department Thursday condemned a proposed bill in the Ugandan parliament that could make engaging in homosexual acts a capital offense punishable by death. The bill may be debated Friday by the Ugandan parliament.
Discussion:
Towleroad News #gay
Jessica Calefati / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Christie won't say if he believes in evolution or creationism — JERSEY CITY — Gov. Chris Christie refused to comment when asked if he believes in evolution or the theory of creationism when asked at a press conference earlier today. — “That's none of your business,” Christie said.
Discussion:
The Daily Caller, Booman Tribune and Ben Smith's Blog
Wall Street Journal:
Google Near DOJ Settlement Over Online Drug Ads — Google Inc. is close to settling a U.S. criminal investigation into allegations it made hundreds of millions of dollars by accepting ads from online pharmacies that break U.S. laws, according to people familiar with the matter.
Discussion:
Threat Level and New York Times, more at Techmeme »
Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
NBC Planning News Magazine Show With Brian Williams — NBC is developing a new prime-time news magazine show hosted by “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams, according to people familiar with the matter, as the network's new management attempts to buck NBC's prime-time slump.
Discussion:
Media Decoder, Poynter and Deadline.com, more at Mediagazer »
Christopher Shea / Ideas Market:
White Americans See Anti-White Bias on the Rise — Both white Americans and black Americans perceive significant progress in the fight against anti-black bias, but white Americans believe the progress has come at their expense, a new survey finds. — The researchers contacted …
Discussion:
Balloon Juice and Yglesias