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11:00 PM ET, March 29, 2012

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Washington Post:
Tracy Martin recounts police version of son Trayvon's death  —  A police detective told the father of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin that his son initiated two confrontations with the neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot him.  —  Tracy Martin, describing the police version of events …
David Remnick / News Desk:
Bruce and Trayvon: American Skin  —  Last night, I bolted work to catch the first show of two by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band in Philadelphia.  I first saw Springsteen when he was the opening act for Chicago, in 1973 (which means I saw him even before Jon Landau branded him, indelibly, as “rock and roll's future").
Extra:
‘Extra’ Exclusive: Oprah Winfrey Sounds-Off on Trayvon Martin Tragedy  —  “Extra's” AJ Calloway sat down exclusively with Oprah Winfrey in St. Louis, where she spoke for the first time about the tragic death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.  She also talked about cancelling Rosie O'Donnell's show …
Valerie Boey / Orlando and Central Florida News …:
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Zimmerman interview
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How did legal observers and Obamacare backers get it so wrong?  —  I didn't mention this yesterday, but in his interview with me about the limiting principle, former Reagan Solicitor General Charles Fried was scaldingly critical of the willingness of the conservative bloc of Supreme Court justices …
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Health Care at the High Court:
GOP Ad Uses Doctored SCOTUS Audio  —  The GOP ad released online earlier this week makes it appear Solicitor General Donald Verrilli gave a worse presentation than he did, a Bloomberg News analysis of the ad and the court's official audio recording shows.  The full story follows:
Discussion: SCOTUSblog, The Raw Story and Daily Kos
New York Post:
A supreme shock for ‘La-La’ libs  —  The panicked reception in the mainstream media of the three-day Supreme Court health-care marathon is a delightful reminder of the nearly impenetrable parochialism of American liberals.  —  They're so convinced of their own correctness …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Overconfidence: the fatal flaw  —  Overconfidence  —  Greg Sargent has a good piece up about the political myopia of the Democrats toward the possibility that the Supreme Court conservatives would be hostile to Obamacare. … I've already said what I think of this: after Bush vs Gore …
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
A Moment of Silence for Obamacare  —  Prayers, depression, and Latin phrases.  Obamacare looks to have had another very bad day.  —  The Supreme Court heard three days of oral argument on the Affordable Care Act  —  Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.  —  It bears pointing out that for all …
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Tony Scalia's Retirement Has Started Early  —  Here's the deal.  I think Justice Antonin Scalia isn't even really trying any more.  It's been clear for some time now that he's short-timing his job on the Supreme Court.  The job bores him.  All these inferior intellects coming before him.
Byron Tau / Politico:
John Kerry: They're swiftboating Obama  —  Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) has lent his name to a fundraising solicitation that raises the specter of millionaires and billionaires funding an outside effort against President Obama.  —  “When I was the Democratic nominee for president in one of the closest …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Logan Smith / Palmetto Public Record:
Haley indictment imminent?  Stay tuned...  Two well-placed legal experts have independently told Palmetto Public Record they expect the U.S. Department of Justice to issue an indictment against South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on charges of tax fraud as early as this week.
David Rogers / Politico:
Paul Ryan budget passes on partisan vote  —  Split along party lines, the House approved a new Republican-backed budget Thursday that promises to cut by half the 10-year deficits forecast by President Barack Obama but also walks away from the landmark debt accords hammered out last summer.
Discussion: The Hill and Indecision Forever
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
House Passes Budget Blueprint
Discussion: Truthdig
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
House approves Ryan budget plan to cut spending, taxes
Discussion: Slate and Firedoglake
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House approves 90-day highway bill, dares Senate to reject it  —  The House on Thursday morning approved a 90-day extension of federal highway programs over the objections of angry Democrats, a move that dares Senate Democrats to reject the bill just days before federal authorization expires.
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Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Early Outlook for the 2012 Congressional Elections: A Forecasting Perspective
Discussion: RedState and Ezra Klein
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi: Pray for transportation bill
Discussion: Politico
Democracy in America:
Just a flesh wound  —  NEWT GINGRICH does not eat sandwiches; he fundamentally transforms them, radically changing them from solid foodstuff to masticated bolus to energy.  Last summer, Mr Gingrich fundamentally transformed the nature of modern political campaigning.  How did he do that?
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ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney Confirms Secret Meeting With Newt Gingrich Last Week
Discussion: Campaign 2012 and Hot Air
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Gingrich says no deal after a secret talk with Romney
Paul Thompson / Telegraph:
Parents of murdered British students criticise Barack Obama  —  The parents of two British students murdered in Florida have criticised President Barack Obama for his lack of compassion over their son's deaths.  —  Shawn Tyson  —  His failure to respond to three letters sent to the White House …
Brian Brown / NOM Blog:
“Gay Marriage has Backfired...”, NOM Marriage News  —  “Gay marriage has backfired on the Democratic Party.”  —  With those words one of my personal heroes, New York State Sen Rev. Rubén Díaz (a Democrat from the Bronx) opened his press release titled, “What you should know.”
Discussion: Good As You and Holy Bullies …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Paul Ryan: 'We don't think the generals are giving us their true advice' on budget  —  House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) expressed skepticism Thursday that U.S. military leaders were being honest in their budget requests to Congress.  —  “We don't think the generals …
Apickering / Fair Labor Association:
Foxconn Investigation Report  —  Publication date:  —  Thursday, March 29, 2012  —  On February 13, FLA launched an independent investigation into labor rights allegations at Foxconn, an Apple supplier in China.  FLA assessors logged more than 3,000 staff hours inside the factories.
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
The Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Month for the Left  —  It is typical for politically-engaged people to note the weaknesses and defects of their own side, while overestimating the strength and prowess of their opponents.  This is not a bad instinct, but sometimes it's worth stepping back and trying …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Limbaugh sees heat over comments turn down to a simmer
George H.W. Bush / CNN:
Time to fold 'em, Bush 41 says to Romney's rivals  —  Houston (CNN) - Spouting some home-grown Texas wisdom, President George H. W. Bush urged his party to coalesce behind GOP candidate Mitt Romney with a formal endorsement Thursday.  —  “'It's time when to hold 'em and time when to fold 'em …
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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ABCNEWS:
Obama Faced Tougher Decisions Than FDR, Biden Says
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Associated Press:
Okla. court strikes down ultrasound abortion law
Harry J Enten / Guardian:
Rubio's Romney endorsement and the vice-presidential calculus | Harry J Enten
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Irin Carmon / Salon:
How to kill an abortion bill
Discussion: Ezra Klein and Shakesville
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Nicolle Wallace: Palin Will Shadow 2012 Veepstakes
Discussion: Salon and Jezebel
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Report: House Democrat spent campaign funds on numerous California trips
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Timothy Dolan: Expanding Access To Birth Control Would Undermine ‘The American Enterprise,’ Spread ‘Secularism’
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Confluence
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Subway Kills Five-Dollar Footlongs in S.F. Due to “Higher Cost of Doing Business”
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