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New York Times:
Behind Richard Grenell's Departure, a Right-Wing Storm — It was the biggest moment yet for Mitt Romney's foreign policy team: a conference call last Thursday, dialed into by dozens of news outlets from around the globe, to dissect and denounce President's Obama record on national security.
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ThinkProgress, Catholic Bandita, The Caucus, The Daily Dish, ABCNEWS, Daily Kos, Box Turtle Bulletin, Towleroad News #gay and Balloon Juice
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Meets With Conservative Media Off The Record … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Video, Ann Romney, Daily Caller, National Review, Washington Examiner, Conservative Media, Media News, Mitt Romney 2012, Powerline, Reince Priebus, Right Wing News …
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BuzzFeed, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, TBogg, ThinkProgress, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Suburban Guerrilla
Melinda Liu / The Daily Beast:
Activist Chen Guangcheng: Let Me Leave China on Hillary Clinton's Plane — In an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast's Melinda Liu, blind dissident Chen Guangcheng says he's been abandoned by American officials at a Chinese hospital and begs to leave the country on Hillary Clinton's plane.
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Jane Perlez / New York Times:
Activist, Out of Embassy, Now Says He Wants to Leave China
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msnbc.com, Guardian and Taylor Marsh
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Barry's Imaginary Girlfriend — There has been a lot of hilarity today over the revelation that the “New York girlfriend” who plays a significant role in Barack Obama's autobiography Dreams From My Father did not, strictly speaking, exist. Rather, she was a composite or “compression” …
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Politico:
The dangerous new Obama book — Months before Barack Obama knew Mitt Romney would be his political opponent in 2012, the president knew the identity of his foremost literary challenger: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Maraniss, who had been reaching out to Obama's old friends, classmates and lovers for the past several years.
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National Review, Reuters and Vanity Fair
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite:
On Hannity, Michelle Malkin Tears Into Juan Williams' Comparing Occupy Violence To Tea Party ‘Racism’ — Sean Hannity brought in Michelle Malkin and Juan Williams to discuss the Occupy movement on Wednesday night. As Hannity and Malkin criticized the movement's violence, Williams defended it …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: The freaky quadruple deaky “tanning mom” clip — It's come to this. — Via Mediaite, I've been looking around all day for a palate cleanser. And now, at last, I've found it. Trust me: Whatever you have on your news palate right now, this'll clean it right out. Doesn't matter how important it is.
Jada Wong / Styleite:
Ann Romney's Reed Krakoff Bird T-Shirt Costs $990 — Today Mitt and Ann Romney appeared on CBS's This Morning to talk about Barack Obama, Osama bin Laden, and a slew of other political things. Sharp eyes over at The Cut noticed that Ann was wearing a bird-printed t-shirt by Reed Krakoff.
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Mediaite, Suburban Guerrilla, BAGnewsNotes, Politico, The Political Carnival, Indecision Forever, Taylor Marsh and Wonkette
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Arizona Republic:
Gilbert mass killing: Border militia leader identified as shooter — A border militia leader on Wednesday shot and killed four people at a Gilbert home, including a toddler, before committing suicide, sources said. — Sources identified the shooter as Jason “J.T.” Ready …
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ThinkProgress, Crooks and Liars, msnbc.com, Balloon Juice, Los Angeles Times and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
John Sexton / BREITBART.COM:
FRIENDLY FIRE: OCCUPIER HITS OCCUPIER WITH BRICK TO FACE — Yesterday afternoon, San Francisco protesters returned to 888 Turk Street, a vacant building they briefly occupied last month. After re-occupying the vacant building Tuesday, some members of the group climbed onto the roof …
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Weasel Zippers and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
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Sarah B. Boxer / CBS News:
Bachmann to endorse Romney — (CBS News) Former GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., plans to endorse the party's presumptive nominee Mitt Romney at a campaign event in Portsmouth, Va., on Thursday, Romney campaign officials say. — As competitors on the stump …
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The Daily Caller, Deseret News and Politico
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Jonathan Karl / Yahoo! News:
Bachmann: 'He Can't Beat Obama ... Not Going to Happen'
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Washington Wire, ABCNEWS, Deseret News and Politico
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Catholics' Presidential Pick Differs by Ethnicity, Religiosity — Catholics overall are evenly split between Obama and Romney — PRINCETON, NJ — Catholic voters in the United States are evenly split in their support for Barack Obama and Mitt Romney for president, mirroring the national trend.
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American Prospect, Washington Post, Catholic Bandita, Hot Air and Bloomberg
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Dubious donations (gangster government edition) — We have published a series of posts on Obamae's “dubious donations” — i.e., the Obama campaign's invitation of fraudulent and illegal giving through the disabling of basic credit card/debit card verification devices.
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National Review
New York Post:
OWS bums are a big joke — MELEE: A cop, facing a threat from behind him, wields his club at OWS protesters in Greenwich Village yesterday amid rallies that were far from crippling. — Occupy Wall Street's call for May Day mayhem largely fizzled yesterday — but at least provided a good laugh …
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Runnin' Scared and Jammie Wearing Fools
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Amitai Etzioni / CNN:
Why Occupy May Day fizzled — Occupy Wall Street participants stage …
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CANNONFIRE, Guardian, Wonkette and New York Times
Jonathan Martinand Alexander Burns / Reuters:
The state both parties want — The verdict is in: Barack Obama's 2008 victory in Virginia was not a fluke. For the once reliably Republican state, competitive presidential elections are the new normal. — Just look at the candidates' schedules. President Obama will make Richmond …
Rebel Pundit / BREITBART.COM:
MAY DAY PROTESTORS CANNOT EXPLAIN THEIR SIGNS OR THEIR CAUSE — Yesterday at Chicago's Union Park for the May Day march, I found group of protesters from the Asociación de Vendedores Ambulantes (Street Vendors Association) holding signs from the Chicago Community and Workers' Rights.
Glenn Thrush / Reuters:
Rumsfeld scrapped raid - 6 years before calling OBL kill ‘easy call’ — My colleague Mackenzie Weinger just posted a comment from former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld questioning just how tough a call President Obama made when he gave the kill order to the SEAL team targeting Osama bin Laden.
Politico:
GOPers flock to Ailes's Fox office — When politicians head to New York, it's often to fill their campaign coffers with Wall Street cash. — But there's another important stop for Republicans in the Big Apple: the second floor office of Fox News chief Roger Ailes.
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ThinkProgress
U.Va. Center / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Readers React: Sloganeering on the Road to the White House — U.Va. Center for Politics — In 2008, Barack Obama used the phrase “Yes We Can” as part of his effort to energize millions of voters to support his presidential bid. On Monday, the Obama campaign revealed its 2012 slogan …
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The Moderate Voice and Betsy's Page
DealBook:
Progress Is Seen in Advancing a Final Volcker Rule — A major new rule that has drawn the ire of Wall Street is on track for completion sooner than some bankers had expected, dashing the hopes of financial industry lobbyists, who have pressed for a delay. — Regulators are making significant progress …
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, Bloomberg and Washington Post
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
GOP seeks to portray President Obama as nation's divider-in-chief — Republicans are seeking to portray President Obama as the divider-in-chief, arguing the presidential candidate who trumpeted hope and change four years ago is now running an increasingly negative campaign.
Discussion:
The Moderate Voice
CBS News:
Schieffer: Gingrich knew his bid was long shot — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — (CBS News) After bowing out from the Republican presidential race Wednesday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is no worse off than he was before he ran for president, says CBS News chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer.
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Washington Post, The Reaction and Michelle Malkin
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