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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
In Obama Budget, Social Programs Face a Cutback — WASHINGTON — President Obama next week will take the political risk of formally proposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare in his annual budget in an effort to demonstrate his willingness to compromise with Republicans and revive prospects …
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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Bad News Friday — The two biggest pieces of news today are that President Obama's budget will reflect the tax and spending deal he offered House Speaker John Boehner last year — i.e. it will include the so-called Chained-CPI Social Security benefit cut — and that the March jobs numbers came in way lower than expected.
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Peter King to Marco Rubio: ‘Stay home’
Peter King to Marco Rubio: ‘Stay home’
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Obama budget would cut entitlements in exchange for tax increases
Obama budget would cut entitlements in exchange for tax increases
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama Budget: Administration Explains Why It Started With A ‘Compromise Proposal’
Obama Budget: Administration Explains Why It Started With A ‘Compromise Proposal’
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Boehner rejects Obama cuts-revenue proposal
Boehner rejects Obama cuts-revenue proposal
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Lawmakers, progressives blast Obama's expected proposal to cut entitlements
Lawmakers, progressives blast Obama's expected proposal to cut entitlements
Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
Why Obama's ‘Best-Looking Attorney General’ Comment Was a Gaffe — The system of beauty, the system of power, and Kamala Harris — President Obama's biggest gaffe yesterday when speaking of California Attorney General Kamala Harris was not in flirtatiously complimenting her as …
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Irin Carmon / Salon:
How to talk about a woman's looks — The president of the United States fails the test — again — There were, perhaps, stupider things said recently than “How did it become so difficult to call a woman good-looking in public?” but I didn't happen to hear them. So congratulations, Dylan Byers of Politico.
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Alan B. Krueger / White House.gov Blog:
The Employment Situation in March — While more work remains to be done, today's employment report provides further evidence that the U.S. economy is continuing to recover from the worst downturn since the Great Depression. It is critical that we continue the policies that are helping …
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Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
People Not In Labor Force Soar By 663,000 To 90 Million, Labor Force Participation Rate At 1979 Levels
People Not In Labor Force Soar By 663,000 To 90 Million, Labor Force Participation Rate At 1979 Levels
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James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas:
Heading backward: The miserable March jobs report
Heading backward: The miserable March jobs report
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Jobs report: Only 88,000 jobs added; Update: “This is a punch to the gut”
Jobs report: Only 88,000 jobs added; Update: “This is a punch to the gut”
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Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
Hiring in U.S. Tapers Off as Economy Fails to Gain Speed
Hiring in U.S. Tapers Off as Economy Fails to Gain Speed
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Conservative Democrats Take Joint Plunge On Gay Marriage — North Dakota's Heitkamp and Indiana's Donnelly decided to support marriage equality together. — Image by Will Kincaid, File / AP — WASHINGTON — While America was talking about the latest unemployment numbers Friday …
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Senator Joe Donnelly · 3,458 like this
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Two more Democratic senators endorse gay marriage
Two more Democratic senators endorse gay marriage
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Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Judge Orders Morning-After Pill Available for All Ages — A federal judge has ruled that the Unites States government must make the most common morning-after pill available over the counter for all ages, instead of requiring a prescription for girls 16 and under.
Reuters:
North Korea asks embassies to consider moving diplomats out — (Reuters) - North Korea has asked embassies to consider moving staff out and warned it cannot guarantee the safety of diplomats after April 10, Britain said, amid high tension and a war of words on the Korean peninsula.
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
North Korea Sets Deadline For Diplomats To Leave: Next Wednesday
North Korea Sets Deadline For Diplomats To Leave: Next Wednesday
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Biden not giving back pay, at least for now — Vice President Joe Biden won't be following the president's lead and returning some of his pay to the Treasury, but may if his staff faces furloughs. — “The vice president is committed to sharing the burden of the sequester with his staff,” his office said in a statement Friday.
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
As Federal Furloughs Loom, Administration and Congressional Officials Take Pay Cuts
As Federal Furloughs Loom, Administration and Congressional Officials Take Pay Cuts
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Brian Hughes / Washington Examiner:
Democrats have doubts about Obamacare too … President Obama is eager to build public support for his health care overhaul in the few months remaining before its implementation, but waning enthusiasm from Democrats threatens his effort right out of the gate.
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Judge Andrew P. Napolitano / Fox News:
FoxNews.com's Jana Winter should be praised, not threatened with jail time — While the press in Colorado is consumed with its coverage of the capital murder prosecution of James Holmes for the slaughter he perpetrated in a movie theater in the town of Aurora on July 20, 2012 …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Urge to Purge — When the Great Depression struck, many influential people argued that the government shouldn't even try to limit the damage. According to Herbert Hoover, Andrew Mellon, his Treasury secretary, urged him to “Liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate the farmers. ...
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David Skolnick / Vindicator:
Worry about government secrecy, Woodward tells Youngstown crowd — After four decades of being one of the nation's best known and widely respected journalists, you'd think Bob Woodward has seen it all. — “But I wake up every morning haunted by what we don't know,” he said Thursday …
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Allen Reed / The Eagle:
Texas A&M student body president to veto ‘Religious Funding Exemption Bill’ — Texas A&M student body president John Claybrook has vetoed legislation from the student senate aimed at letting students opt out of funding the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Resource Center …
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Lisa Desjardins / CNN:
Now out of Senate, Snowe supports same-sex marriage — (CNN) - Olympia Snowe, who after serving three terms in the U.S. Senate did not seek re-election last year, said in an interview Friday that as public opinion has shifted on same-sex marriage, so have her views.
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Steven Nelson / US News:
The Associated Press Revises Another Politically Charged Term — Stylebook entry for ‘Islamist’ revised two days after ‘illegal immigrant’ dropped — Following on the heels of the Tuesday decision by The Associated Press to discontinue use of the term “illegal immigrant,” …
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Why Facebook Home bothers me: It destroys any notion of privacy — One of the great things about attending Facebook's events is that one gets to see Mark Zuckerberg mature as a chief executive and hone his presentation skills. And today, he didn't disappoint in his ability to spin the media corps.
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