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The Note:
Bill Clinton to Paul Ryan on Medicare Election: ‘Give me a Call’ — ABC News' Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) reports: — The day after the stunning upset in the special congressional election in upstate New York, Rep. Paul Ryan is a man under fire. — But ABC News was behind the scenes …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Five GOP senators jump ship in Ryan budget vote — Five Republican senators jumped ship and voted against House Republicans' 2012 budget on Wednesday. — Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) joined four other Republican senators who'd previously announced their opposition to the budget …
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msnbc.com, Weasel Zippers and FrumForum
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate rejects Ryan budget — The Senate on Wednesday resoundingly rejected a budget sponsored by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) that calls for significant cuts to future Medicare benefits. — Five Republican senators voted against the ambitious budget plan …
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Healthwatch, The Hill, Barefoot and Progressive, The Raw Story, Ballot Box and AmSpecBlog
David Frum / FrumForum:
Paul Ryan: 2012's Goldwater? — I used to worry that Sarah Palin would be the Barry Goldwater of 2012. My bad. Paul Ryan is the Barry Goldwater of 2012. — The Goldwater effect continues on this morning after the NY-26 debacle. Henry Olsen of AEI, as smart a political numbers guy …
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Crooks and Liars, The Politico, National Review, The Moderate Voice, The Enterprise Blog, Mother Jones and 24Ahead
David Rogers / The Politico:
Senate rejects Ryan budget — With five Republicans joining Democrats in opposition, the Senate easily rejected a House-passed budget plan Wednesday calling for deep cuts in domestic appropriations and major restructuring of Medicare, the government-backed healthcare program for the elderly.
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The Note, Outside the Beltway and CNN
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich now defending Paul Ryan — Newt Gingrich is resurfacing in the battle over Medicare, but this time on Rep. Paul Ryan's side. — The former House speaker sent a letter to members of Congress Wednesday morning claiming that “Democrats and their allies in the elite media …
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Ryan blames NY-26 on Dem ‘scare tactics’ — Tuesday's special election win by Democrat Kathy Hochul was the result of Democratic scare tactics, and not actually a referendum on the reality of his Medicare plan, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said in his first comments after the polls closed in Western New York.
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Washington Post, FrumForum and Indecision Forever
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Six Months After Midterm Disaster, Hopeful Signs for Democrats — Here's what I wrote two weeks ago about the special election in New York's 26th Congressional District, which was won by the Democrat Kathy Hochul Tuesday night: … Ms. Hochul, with most of the vote counted, has 48 percent of the total, so she has met this threshold.
Peter Orszag / Bloomberg:
About Peter R Orszag — Peter R. Orszag, vice chairman of global banking at Citigroup and an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, was President Obama's director of the Office of Management and Budget. — Sharing Costs Is No Way to Fix Medicare — Chart by Jarrod Barretto.
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Firedoglake, Yglesias, Mother Jones and Wall Street Journal
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Senate Rejects House G.O.P. Medicare Plan by 57-40 Vote
Senate Rejects House G.O.P. Medicare Plan by 57-40 Vote
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Budget Committee:
The Facts on Medicare and How to Save It
The Facts on Medicare and How to Save It
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The Foundry, RedState and TPMDC
Henry Olsen / National Review:
A Blue-Collar Warning Sign
A Blue-Collar Warning Sign
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Weekly Standard, Erick's blog, The New Republic, JSOnline, FrumForum, The Reality-Based Community and Buffalo News
Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Democrat Wins G.O.P. Seat; Rebuke Seen to Medicare Plan
Democrat Wins G.O.P. Seat; Rebuke Seen to Medicare Plan
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Jerry Zremski / The New Republic:
Buffalo Wild Win
Buffalo Wild Win
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Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
UPDATED: MSNBC's Ed Schultz Calls Radio Host Laura Ingraham A ‘Right Wing Slut’ — Late Update [7:08 pm ET]: MSNBC has suspended Schultz for one week. — MSNBC host Ed Schultz is known for his hyperbolic attacks on Republicans but it looks like he may have crossed the line on his show yesterday …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
CNBC Anchor Mark Haines Dies Unexpectedly at Age 65 — Veteran journalist Mark Haines, a fixture on CNBC for 22 years, died unexpectedly Tuesday evening. He was 65 years old. — Haines, founding anchor of CNBC's morning show “Squawk Box,” was co-anchor of the network's “Squawk on the Street” …
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Laura Ingraham / Facebook:
Response to Ed Schultz — Re. the crude comments made about me by Ed Schultz on his radio program: First, I was surprised to learn that Ed Schultz actually hosted a radio show. Is it only available online? Second, I have to get back to recording the audio edition of my new book “Of Thee I Zing.”
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The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite and TPMDC
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Libtalker Ed Schultz Uses Vulgarity To Attack Conservative Host
Libtalker Ed Schultz Uses Vulgarity To Attack Conservative Host
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REPUBLICAN REDEFINED, The Gateway Pundit, The Other McCain and theblogprof
Alana Goodman / Commentary Magazine:
Key Jewish Donor Breaks With Obama — One of the most important Democratic donors in the past two decades, whose generous contributions helped pay for the DNC headquarters in Washington, D.C., has indicated that he will not contribute to President Obama's reelection campaign in 2012, because of the administration's stance on Israel.
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Jeffrey Goldberg / Bloomberg:
About Jeffrey Goldberg — Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent …
About Jeffrey Goldberg — Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Mondoweiss and Unqualified Offerings
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Dems might join rebuff of Obama on Israeli border issue
Senate Dems might join rebuff of Obama on Israeli border issue
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The Politico, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Wake up America, Prairie Weather and HotAirPundit
SpyTalk:
Gingrich wife worked for committee heavily lobbied by Tiffany — At the same time Tiffany & Co. was extending Callista (Bisek) Gingrich a virtual interest-free loan of tens of thousands of dollars, the diamond and silverware firm was spending big bucks to influence mining policy in Congress …
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Marc Lacey / New York Times:
Suspect in Shooting of Giffords Ruled Unfit for Trial — TUCSON, Ariz. — A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that Jared L. Loughner was not mentally competent to stand trial on charges of opening fire at a constituent event for an Arizona congresswoman in January, killing 6 and injuring 13.
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Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
Decorum Breaks Down at House Hearing — WASHINGTON — A House committee hearing into the structure of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau disintegrated into heated accusations of lying to Congress on Tuesday, with the panel's chairman accusing Elizabeth Warren of giving misleading testimony …
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James Hill / ABCNEWS:
John Edwards: U.S. Green-Lights Prosecution for Alleged Campaign Law Violations Tied to Affair Cover-Up — Former Sen. John Edwards speaks at a campaign rally Jan. 26, 2008, in Columbia, S.C. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images) — The United States Department of Justice has green-lighted the prosecution …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Edwards to Face Criminal Charges
Edwards to Face Criminal Charges
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J. Bradford DeLong / Grasping Reality …:
Time to PANIC!!: Second-Quarter Real GDP Growth Looks Slow Enough to Put No Upward Pressure at All on the Employment-to-Population Ratio — Time to push the panic button. — Macroeconomic Advisers is revising their tracking forecast of real GDP growth in the second quarter.
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PERRspectives, Paul Krugman, MarketBeat and Hullabaloo
Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
‘Heckuva Job’ Brownie Criticizes Obama For ‘Toasting The Queen’ During Tornadoes — After violent storms slammed three mid-western states and claimed 14 lives yesterday, President Obama announced he would be returning from his long-planned European trip to visit Missouri on Sunday.
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News Hounds, Prairie Weather and Balloon Juice
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Walker's numbers continue to get worse — Scott Walker's popularity has continued to decline over the last three months and Wisconsin voters now say they would vote to recall him if there was an election today. They also say they would pick either Russ Feingold or Tom Barrett over Walker in a head to head match up.
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama miscues on toast — Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, and U.S. President Barack Obama during a state banquet in Buckingham Palace, London, on Tuesday May 24, 2011. — AP Photo — LONDON - It was all going so well. — But when the time came for President Obama to deliver his toast …
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Katie Roiphe / Slate Magazine:
“Love Child” … Like This Story … - Shafer: Bloomberg's New Opinion Site Is Stocked With Talent. But Is It Any Good? - Finally, a New Website That Takes the Tedium and Pain Out of Filing Expense Reports- The Surprisingly Avant-Garde Debut Season of Dynasty- The Idiotic Proposal …
Spencer Ackerman / Danger Room:
There's a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says — You may think you understand how the Patriot Act allows the government to spy on its citizens. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) says it's worse than you've heard. — Congress is set to reauthorize three controversial provisions of the surveillance law as early as Thursday.
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TPMDC, Emptywheel and Cato @ Liberty
First Read / msnbc.com:
Vitter blocks Salazar's scheduled pay increase — President Obama's Interior secretary is due for a raise, but Louisiana GOP Sen. David Vitter threatened to block that pay increase unless the Interior Department opens more access to Gulf drilling. Democrats say that Vitter's opposition amounts to coercion.
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Frances Cronin / BBC:
Egyptian pyramids found by infra-red satellite images — Two new finds are at Saqqara, an older but lesser known pyramid site than Giza — Seventeen lost pyramids are among the buildings identified in a new satellite survey of Egypt. — More than 1,000 tombs and 3,000 ancient settlements …
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Gawker, Guardian, The Mary Sue and msnbc.com