After A Twitter Win, Romney Meets The Online Right  —  A united front against Obama and the liberal media.  But: Huffington Post broke news of the meeting.  —  At the Republican National Committee yesterday, conservative online writers and bloggers who arrived to meet with Romney were also shown …

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.

Letters from Abbottabad: Bin Ladin Sidelined?  —  Authors: Don Rassler, Gabriel Koehler-Derrick, Liam Collins, Muhammad al-Obaidi, Nelly Lahoud  —  This report is a study of 17 de-classified documents captured during the Abbottabad raid and released to the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC).

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.

Horror!... Neo-Nazi #Occupy Phoenix Protester Goes On Shooting Rampage - 5 Dead  —  Back in October we reported that Neo-Nazi Jason Todd Ready was patrolling the #Occupy Phoenix camp with AR-15′s.  —  Neo-Nazi Jason Todd (J.T.) Ready pictured on left patrolling the Occupy Phoenix protest …

CNN Feels Heat on Ratings  —  Cable Pioneer Rarely Beats Rivals Fox and MSNBC; Spotlight on Network Chief  —  The last time there was a presidential election, CNN made television history by beating every other network in the ratings on election night.  —  It is shaping up to be a different story this year.

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.

Issa sends out draft contempt order against Holder, says ‘Furious’ response ‘cannot stand’  —  Republican Rep. Darrell Issa has circulated a lengthy pair of documents making the case for holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over his “refusal” to cooperate in an investigation …

Bachmann: 'He Can't Beat Obama ... Not Going to Happen'  —  Michele Bachmann has finally decided to endorse Mitt Romney - 119 days after she dropped out of the race.  —  The endorsement will come at a joint Romney-Bachmann appearance on Thursday.  No doubt Bachmann will talk about the importance …

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 …

Mitt Romney Commissioned Pro-America Pins, Made Them In China  —  At a fundraiser in Virginia last night, Mitt Romney touted his experinece running the Salt Lake City Olympic Games in 2002 — a familiar refrain — but also introduced a new rhetorical line about something more specific: lapel pins.

Sen. Kirk leaving rehab facility three months after suffering stroke  —  Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) is leaving the rehabilitation facility where he had most recently been recovering from a stroke he suffered in January.  —  He will continue his recovery at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago while living at home.

Jon Will's gift  —  When Jonathan Frederick Will was born 40 years ago — on May 4, 1972, his father's 31st birthday — the life expectancy for people with Down syndrome was about 20 years.  That is understandable.  —  The day after Jon was born, a doctor told Jon's parents that the first question …

AP survey: Steady job gains to sustain US recovery  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Hiring through the rest of 2012 will lag the brisk pace set early this year.  But it will be strong enough to push the unemployment rate below 8 percent by Election Day.  —  That's the view that emerges …

Explaining High Health Care Spending in the United States: An International Comparison of Supply, Utilization, Prices, and Quality  —  Contact: David A. Squires, M.A., Senior Research Associate, International Health Policy, The Commonwealth Fund, ds@cmwf.org  —  Overview

Another Misleading Edit Costs Another NBC News Employee Her Job  —  Lilia Luciano, a Miami-based NBC News correspondent, is no longer working for the network, TVNewser has learned.  —  Luciano last reported for NBC News March 31.  Until that point, she had been reporting mainly on the Trayvon Martin story.

EXAM ROOM: Obamacare Funnels Taxpayer Dollars to Grant Program that Funds Pet Neutering, Bike Clubs, and Lobbying Efforts to Increase Taxes  —  Bearing out the infamous declaration that we would have to pass the health care law to find out what was in it, Congress and the American people …