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Elizabeth Flock / US News:
Mitt Romney Calls U.S.A. a ‘Foreign Country’ in His Tax Returns — Maybe Mitt Romney thinks he lives in Switzerland? — When the former Massachusetts governor released his official 2011 tax return Friday, he (or whoever actually filled out the form) appeared to have mistakenly referred to the United States as a foreign country.
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Outside the Beltway, The Reaction and The New Civil Rights Movement
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Associated Press:
US State Dept. blasts CNN report on Christopher Stevens' diary — April 11, 2011: U.S. envoy Chris Stevens, center, speaks to Council member for Misrata Dr. Suleiman Fortia, right, at the Tibesty Hotel where an African Union delegation was meeting with opposition leaders in Benghazi, Libya.AP
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protein wisdom and Althouse
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Mike Allen / Politico:
State Department: CNN ‘indefensible’ on late ambassador Christopher Stevens's diary — The State Department - in a harsh, detailed statement - is accusing CNN of an “indefensible” invasion of the privacy of Christopher Stevens, the late U.S. ambassador to Libya, after finding his seven-page journal in the consulate where he was killed.
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Towleroad News #gay, New York Magazine and Mediaite
Wall Street Journal:
Family Protests CNN's Use of Slain Envoy's Journal — CNN obtained a personal journal that belonged to the slain American ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and broadcast reports based on its contents against the wishes of the Stevens family, according to relatives and State Department officials …
Carlo Munoz / The Hill:
GOP pushes Romney to break from White House's Afghan strategy — Some Republican defense hawks are urging Mitt Romney to separate himself from President Obama on Afghanistan and back an extended presence for U.S. troops in the country. — The advice comes as the White House hits …
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The Moderate Voice, CNN, New York Times, americanthinker.com, The Agonist and Prairie Weather
Amie Parnes / Ballot Box:
RNC chair: ‘Not the best week’ for Romney — Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus acknowledged Sunday that it was “probably not the best week” for the Romney campaign. — “It wasn't the best said moment in the campaign and probably not the best week in the campaign,” …
Elizabeth Drew / New York Review of Books:
Voting Wrongs — Voters make their choices at voting booths set up on the stage of the auditorium at East High School, in Cleveland, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004. — The Republicans' plan is that if they can't buy the 2012 election they will steal it. — The plan, long in the making …
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Corrente and Connecting.the.Dots
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan Tells Florida Seniors That Obamacare Includes Death Panels — Paul Ryan likened a mechanism to control health care spending to “death panels,” during a town hall at the University of Central Florida in Orlando on Saturday. — After listening to Ryan repeatedly call for the repeal …
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Bluestem Prairie and The Mahablog
New York Times:
Egypt's New Leader Spells Out Terms for U.S.-Arab Ties — CAIRO — On the eve of his first trip to the United States as Egypt's new Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi said the United States needed to fundamentally change its approach to the Arab world, showing greater respect for its values …
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protein wisdom, BBC, The PJ Tatler, The Times of Israel, Booman Tribune, Israel Matzav, Wake up America and American Power
James Glanz / New York Times:
The Cloud Factories: Data Centers Waste Vast Amounts of Energy, Belying Industry Image — SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jeff Rothschild's machines at Facebook had a problem he knew he had to solve immediately. They were about to melt. — The company had been packing a 40-by-60-foot rental space …
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Cafe Hayek and Gizmodo
Daily Mail:
More Americans now commit suicide than die in car crashes as miserable economy takes its toll — Suicide is a bigger killer than car crashes, according to an alarming new study. — The number of people dying from suicide has drastically increased, while car accident deaths haven lessened …
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Babalú Blog
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Exploiting the Prophet — “PISS CHRIST,” a famous photograph partly financed by taxpayers, depicted a crucifix immersed in what the artist said was his own urine. But conservative Christians did not riot on the Washington Mall. — “The Book of Mormon,” a huge hit on Broadway, mocks the church's beliefs as hocus-pocus.
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Gothamist