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New York Times:
G.O.P. ‘Super PAC’ Weighs Hard-Line Attack on Obama — WASHINGTON — A group of high-profile Republican strategists is working with a conservative billionaire on a proposal to mount one of the most provocative campaigns of the “super PAC” era and attack President Obama in ways that Republicans have so far shied away from.
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Romney ‘Repudiates’ Conservative Group's Planned Rev. Wright Attacks — In an exclusive interview with Townhall, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney rebuked a conservative group that is reportedly planning to assail President Obama over his 20-year relationship …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Statement: Ricketts rejects ‘Ricketts plan’ — Brian Baker, president of the Ending Spending Action Fund, has released the following statement on behalf of Joe Ricketts, the conservative billionaire behind the proposal to attack President Obama's connections to Rev. Jeremiah Wright,:
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nation.foxnews.com and CBS Chicago
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Ricketts flack says Wright attack plan has been rejected — TD Ameritrade billionaire and super PAC financier Joe Ricketts has rejected a plan to attack President Barack Obama for his association with the firebrand preacher Jeremiah Wright, according to a spokesman for Ricketts.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Romney Raises $40.1 Million in April, Nearly Matching Obama — Mitt Romney almost matched President Obama in fund-raising during April after securing his party's presidential nomination and joining forces with the Republican National Committee, the campaign will announce on Thursday.
Jim Rutenberg / The Caucus:
Billionaire Rejects Proposal to Revive Jeremiah Wright Controversy
Billionaire Rejects Proposal to Revive Jeremiah Wright Controversy
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ABCNEWS, Towleroad News #gay, Business Insider and The Stranger …
New York Times:
‘Super PAC’ Plan to Link Obama to Rev. Wright
‘Super PAC’ Plan to Link Obama to Rev. Wright
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Business Insider, Washington Post, The Stranger …, Guardian and Towleroad News #gay
Jeremiah Wright / CNN:
Billionaire denounces potential Rev. Wright ad
Billionaire denounces potential Rev. Wright ad
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ABCNEWS, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Caucus and The Daily Caller
Politico:
Romney repudiates Jeremiah Wright plan
Romney repudiates Jeremiah Wright plan
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ABCNEWS, Washington Wire, msnbc.com and The Raw Story
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
McCain, Romney Camps Decry Super-PAC Proposal to Attack Obama on Rev. Wright
McCain, Romney Camps Decry Super-PAC Proposal to Attack Obama on Rev. Wright
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The Daily Caller, Washington Post and Daily Kos
ABCNEWS:
Senators to Unveil the ‘Ex-Patriot Act’ to Respond to Facebook's Saverin's Tax ‘Scheme’ — Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has a status update for Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin: Stop attempting to dodge your taxes by renouncing your U.S. citizenship or never come to back to the U.S. again.
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Quentin Hardy / New York Times:
A Facebook Co-Founder Reflects on the Path Forward — Eduardo Saverin can escape the United States, but he can't slip Facebook. — “Everything I do in my personal life, in my professional life, it's completely there,” said Mr. Saverin, a Facebook co-founder, in his first major interview.
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Politico, CNNMoney.com, Wonkette, Mashable!, The Caucus, DealBook, TechCrunch, New York Magazine, Bark Bark Woof Woof, Talking Points Memo and Balloon Juice
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Dems take aim at Facebook founder for renouncing citizenship
Dems take aim at Facebook founder for renouncing citizenship
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ABCNEWS, Bloomberg and New York Magazine
Kyle Clark / KUSA-TV:
Rep. Mike Coffman: Obama in his heart ‘not an American’ — “I don't know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. I don't know that,” Coffman said. “But I do know this, that in his heart, he's not an American. He's just not an American.”
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Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress, Addicting Info, Livewire, Mediaite, The Raw Story, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and New York Magazine
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
WASHINGTON — After years of speculation, estimates and projections, the Census Bureau has made it official: White births are no longer a majority in the United States. — Non-Hispanic whites accounted for 49.6 percent of all births in the 12-month period that ended last July …
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Washington Post:
Census: Minority babies are now majority in United States — For the first time in U.S. history, most of the nation's babies are members of minority groups, according to new census figures that signal the dawn of an era in which whites no longer will be in the majority.
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Booman Tribune, National Review, Feministe and Althouse
TMZ.com:
Donna Summer Dead — Disco Legend Dies After Battle with Lung Cancer — DEAD AT 63 — EXCLUSIVE — 9:27 AM PST- TMZ has learned ... Donna died from lung cancer. Several sources are telling us Donna believed she contracted it by inhaling toxic particles after the 9/11 attack in New York City.
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Mediaite, Rolling Stone, The Moderate Voice, Gawker, Runnin' Scared, Althouse, Boing Boing and Towleroad News #gay
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Kiki Von Glinow / The Huffington Post:
Donna Summer Dead: Queen Of Disco Dies At 63
Donna Summer Dead: Queen Of Disco Dies At 63
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Mediaite and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
New York Post:
RFK Jr.'s wife hangs herself — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife Mary arrive at Sen. Ted Kennedy's funeral in 2009. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife, Mary, who battled her husband's rumored philandering by turning to alcohol and prescription drugs, hanged herself in a barn …
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Politico, americanthinker.com, Althouse, iOwnTheWorld.com and Gothamist
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Estranged Wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Found Dead at Home in Westchester
Estranged Wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Found Dead at Home in Westchester
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Truthdig and Sky Dancing
DealBook:
JPMorgan's Trading Loss Is Said to Rise at Least 50% — The trading losses suffered by JPMorgan Chase have surged in recent days, surpassing the bank's initial $2 billion estimate by at least $1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the losses. — When Jamie Dimon …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Romney Registers Personal Best 50% Favorable Rating — Up from 39% in February, but one of lowest for a presumptive nominee — PRINCETON, NJ — Fifty percent of Americans now have a favorable opinion of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, up from 39% in February and his highest by 10 percentage points.
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Firedoglake, GOP 12 and Campaign 2012
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Federal court enjoins NDAA — An Obama-appointed judge rules its indefinite detention provisions likely violate the 1st and 5th Amendments — A federal district judge today, the newly-appointed Katherine Forrest of the Southern District of New York, issued an amazing ruling …
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The Hill, Firedoglake, Lawfare, Guardian, Unqualified Offerings, emptywheel and The Volokh Conspiracy
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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
THE VETTING - EXCLUSIVE - OBAMA'S LITERARY AGENT IN 1991 BOOKLET: ‘BORN IN KENYA AND RAISED IN INDONESIA AND HAWAII’ — Note from Senior Management: — Andrew Breitbart was never a “Birther,” and Breitbart News is a site that has never advocated the narrative of “Birtherism.”
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Little Green Footballs and The Camp Of The Saints
Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
Ryan: GOP won't offer Obamacare substitute in 2012 — House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on Thursday said Congressional Republicans would not unite around specific legislation to replace President Obama's national health care law this year, but would instead present an alternative market-based “vision.”
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New York Magazine and Daily Kos
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Jake Shermanand Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Health care reform: GOP preps plan for ruling on law
Health care reform: GOP preps plan for ruling on law
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BuzzFeed, American Prospect, Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress, Erick's blog, Hot Air, RedState, New York Times and nation.foxnews.com
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
A Pro-Austerity Chart, and Why the President Is Touting It — This chart, put together by Michael Linden at the Center for American Progress, shows the Obama Administration's performance on fiscal policy over his term in office. It shows that spending, taxes and the deficit are all lower …
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Hullabaloo, BBC and Bark Bark Woof Woof
Jim Tankersley / NationalJournal.com:
Too Hot for TED: Income Inequality — If you're plugged into the Internet, chances are you've seen a TED talk - the wonky, provocative web videos that have become a sort of nerd franchise. TED.com is where you go to find Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg explaining why the world has too few female leaders …
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Restoration Roundtable, Business Insider, Ezra Klein, Wonkette, Gawker, Mother Jones, The Raw Story, The Stranger …, Balloon Juice and Guardian
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden Calls Himself ‘Middle Class Joe,’ Owns Mansion — Joe Biden, speaking in Ohio today, said that he is “tired of being called a ‘Middle Class Joe.’” — While it's not clear who actually calls the vice president that, it is clear that his house and finances tell a different story.
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Weasel Zippers
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney talks ‘character assassination’ by Obama — In a pool report from his Florida fundraiser, The Washington Post's Nia-Malika Henderson flags this comment he made about the state of the narrative: … Obama's campaign's attacks have been about Bain Capital, which has been a key element …
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Daily Kos