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4:10 AM ET, April 4, 2013

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Chairman Reince Priebus / RedState:
Media Covers up Democrat-Backed Planned Parenthood's Support for Infanticide  —  For almost as long as there have been two parties, there have been accusations of mainstream media bias.  Conservatives know it's real.  Liberals insist it's imagined.  Bias is evident not only in how events …
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Chair Priebus Suggests Democrats Support Infanticide
New York Times:
In a Budget Gesture, Obama Will Return 5% of His Salary  —  President Obama plans to return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in solidarity with federal workers who are going to be furloughed as part of the budget cutting process known as sequester, an administration official said Wednesday.
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Hagel: No budget cuts off-limits
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama to take sequester pay cut
Discussion: Politico and Algemeiner.com
Jung Ha-Won / Agence France Presse:
N. Korea approves nuclear strike on United States  —  SEOUL — North Korea dramatically escalated its warlike rhetoric on Thursday, warning that it had authorised plans for nuclear strikes on targets in the United States.  —  “The moment of explosion is approaching fast,” the North Korean military said …
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BBC:
US boosts defences amid Korea threat
Discussion: KUOW
Alex Pareene / Salon:
One thing we don't know about Hillary  —  Did she learn any lessons from 2008?  —  Hillary Clinton made her first public speech since leaving the State Department last night, addressing the Vital Global Leadership Awards at the Kennedy Center.  She did not say she is running for president in 2016.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Paul on the rise, Hillary at new high
Discussion: Hot Air and Outside the Beltway
Lou Chibbaro Jr / Washington Blade:
Cuccinelli challenges Va. sodomy ruling  — Stumble upon something good?  Share it on StumbleUpon  — Send via Email  — Send this page to Print Friendly  —  Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli is challenging a ruling that overturned the state's sodomy law.
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Allison Sherry / The Spot:
As lead sponsor in House on gun legislation, Rep. Diana DeGette appears to not understand how they work  —  Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette didn't appear to understand how guns work Tuesday at a forum on gun control.  In two different Congresses, she has been the lead sponsor on legislation to ban high-capacity ammunition magazines.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama in California for Congressional Fund-Raisers  —  WASHINGTON — As he battles to advance legislative priorities on gun control and taxes, President Obama opened a multimillion-dollar fund-raising drive Wednesday in the hope of winning a friendlier Congress for his final two years in office.
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Politico:
Anti-Keystone billionaire rattles Democrats
Discussion: Macleans.ca, Hullabaloo and Reuters
Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
STUDY: States With Loose Gun Laws Have Higher Rates Of Gun Violence  —  The National Rifle Association (NRA) and its allies in Congress frequently claim that gun violence is highest in places with the toughest crime laws.  But a new study from the Center for American Progress (CAP) …
Discussion: American Power
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John Celock / The Huffington Post:
North Carolina May Declare Official State Religion Under New Bill  —  Republican North Carolina state legislators have proposed allowing an official state religion in a measure that would declare the state exempt from the Constitution and court rulings.  —  The bill, filed Monday …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Eleven North Carolina Republicans Sponsor Resolution Saying Their State Can Ignore The Constitution
Discussion: @NCCapitol
Laura Leslie / @NCCapitol:
Proposal would allow state religion in North Carolina
CNN:
Sanford says fiancée surprised him at victory event  —  (CNN) - Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who resigned because of an extramarital affair with Maria Belen Chapur, told CNN in an interview Wednesday he was “completely” surprised when Chapur - now his fiancée …
Roger Ebert / Roger Ebert's Journal:
A Leave of Presence  —  Thank you.  Forty-six years ago on April 3, 1967, I became the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times.  Some of you have read my reviews and columns and even written to me since that time.  Others were introduced to my film criticism through the television show …
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama: ‘No conflict’ between gun control and gun rights  —  President Obama on Wednesday will argue there is “no conflict” between tougher gun control measures and protecting the right to bear arms.  —  In a speech just miles from the Aurora, Colo. movie theater where 12 people were killed …
Discussion: CNN
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Allison Sherry / Denver Post:
President Obama in Colorado on Wednesday to push national gun-control
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
If Election Were Held Today, Democrats Would Win House In A Landslide — And Only Win A 5 Seat Majority  —  According to a Quinnipiac poll released today, if the election were held today 43 percent of the electorate would support a Democratic U.S. House candidate, as opposed to just 35 percent who would back a Republican.
Joe Klein / TIME:
Obamacare Incompetence  —  Let me try to understand this: The key incentive for small businesses to support Obamacare was that they would be able to shop for the best deals in health care super-stores—called exchanges.  The Administration has had 3 years to set up these exchanges.  It has failed to do so.
David Cameron / Telegraph:
We need a nuclear deterrent more than ever  —  As Britain marks the 100th Vanguard patrol, Prime Minister David Cameron explains why he believes it is vital to renew Trident  —  HMS Victorious, the Royal Navy's Trident submarine, sailing up Gareloch, on the West Coast of Scotland
Discussion: Guardian and BBC
Adam Mann / Wired:
Scientists Find Signal in Space That Could Be Dark Matter  —  A search for the collision of matter and antimatter in our galaxy has turned up a signal that might be the best direct evidence of dark matter to date.  —  These are the first findings to come from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment …
Discussion: Macleans.ca and The Week
Carlos Maza / Equality Matters:
Are The Chicago Bears Supporting NOM's Anti-Gay Student Conference?  —  The Chicago Bears provided autographed memorabilia to support an anti-gay student conference that depicts LGBT people as sinners, pedophiles, and sexual deviants, according to conference organizers.
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
You Don't Want to Balance the Budget for the Sake of Balancing the Budget  —  A remarkable series of tweets Obviously, Dan Pfeiffer is correct about this.  —  If you want to see why, just consider that there is some level of government spending that you consider appropriate.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Angry Bear
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Gay son of Rep. Salmon defends father  —  Rep. Matt Salmon's son defended his father a few days after the Arizona Republican said he did not support same-sex marriage even though his son is gay.  —  Over the weekend Rep. Salmon said he opposed same-sex marriage despite his son's sexuality.
Discussion: Politico
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Michael K. Lavers / Washington Blade:
Ariz. congressman's gay son defends father
Discussion: Politico and Advocate
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
House Group's Immigration Bill Takes Shape  —  WASHINGTON — In the shadow of a bipartisan Senate group preparing to roll out broad immigration legislation next week, shortly after Congress returns from its holiday break, a bipartisan group of eight House members is readying its own bill.
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Damien Cave / New York Times:
New Wave of Mexican Immigrants Seems Unlikely
 
 
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Sam Cholke / DNAinfo.com New York:
Ronald Reagan's Boyhood Home Being Demolished by University of Chicago
Laura Leslie / @NCCapitol:
Senate bill seeks to curb college vote
Discussion: Daily Kos and southernstudies.org
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Sen. Paul to deliver speech in New Hampshire
Discussion: CNN
Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Tennessee May Deliberately Exclude Muslim Schools From New Voucher Program
Jeff Spross / ThinkProgress:
More Sandy-Style Superstorms Likely Headed For Europe, Thanks To Global Warming
Mark Murray / First Read:
Morning Joe poll: 60 percent of Americans want stricter gun laws
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Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Embassy Cairo shuts down Twitter feed after Muslim Brotherhood spat
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Obama seeks to shift conservative tilt of key court
Discussion: The Fix
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Happily Never After?  —  I'm worried about the Supreme Court.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and msnbc.com
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Obama administration pushes banks to make home loans to people with weaker credit
 

 
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