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3:20 PM ET, April 5, 2013

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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.
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Lawmakers, progressives blast Obama's expected proposal to cut entitlements  —  Progressive groups and lawmakers, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), are blasting the Obama administration for cuts to Social Security and other programs expected to be unveiled in the president's budget next week.
Discussion: Reuters and Politico
Paul Krugman:   Desperately Seeking “Serious” Approval
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama Budget: Administration Explains Why It Started With A ‘Compromise Proposal’
Discussion: New York Times and Yahoo! News
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Jim DeMint: ‘69.5 Million Americans’ Are Dependent On Government
CEPR:
President Obama Proposes a Bigger Hit to Seniors Than to the Rich
Discussion: Firedoglake
Politico:
Boehner rejects Obama cuts-revenue proposal
Discussion: CNN, Firedoglake, First Read and CBS News
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.
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Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Federal court rules emergency contraceptives needs to be sold over the counter
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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Michael Winter / USA Today:
Holmes' doctor warned police before Colo. theater attack
John Ingold / Denver Post:
CENTENNIAL — Soon after a gunman killed 12 people and wounded …
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Obama rekindles talk about boys club after comment about California attorney general  —  President Obama reopened the debate Thursday over whether his administration is too influenced by men after praising the looks of Kamala Harris, California's attorney general and a possible future gubernatorial candidate.
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Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
Why Obama's ‘Best-Looking Attorney General’ Comment Was a Gaffe
Discussion: Yahoo! News and PostPartisan
Peter Baker / The Caucus:
Obama's Remarks About California's Attorney General Raise Eyebrows
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
People Not In Labor Force Soar By 663,000 To 90 Million, Labor Force Participation Rate At 1979 Levels  —  Things just keep getting worse for the American worker, and by implication US economy, where as we have shown many times before, it pays just as well to sit back and collect disability …
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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.
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 …
Discussion: msnbc.com and Taylor Marsh
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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,” …
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. ...
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
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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 …
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.
Discussion: Yahoo! News, TechCrunch, The Verge and BBC
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.
John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
Hillary Clinton Keeps Up the Good Fight for Women Worldwide  —  Through 20 years of tireless work, Clinton has become a symbol for something larger than herself.  John Avlon reports on her address at the Women in the World Summit.  —  “Extremism thrives on anger and ignorance,” …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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 …
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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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
“Clearing the Field” Redux
Discussion: New Republic and Booman Tribune
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Zuckerberg group seeks its footing
Discussion: TechCrunch and The Verge
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
As Federal Furloughs Loom, Administration and Congressional Officials Take Pay Cuts
Reed Hundt / Washington Post:
Dan Snyder should change his team's name
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Aylssa Edes / Boston Globe:
Contrary to online job posting, you don't need a college degree to work at Mass. McDonald's
Discussion: Via Meadia and ABCNEWS
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Peter King to Marco Rubio: ‘Stay home’
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Former Mass. US senator not ruling out run in NH
Discussion: Daily Kos, ABCNEWS and The Week
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Debbie Dingell tests support for Senate in Michigan
Ronald Brownstein / NationalJournal.com:
Why the Culture Wars Now Favor Democrats
Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Cuccinelli Campaign Won't Say If He's Committed Any Crimes Against Nature
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Elizabeth Colbert Busch: Spring training over for rookie
Discussion: msnbc.com and CNN
Stephanie Baker / Bloomberg:
Blair Scorned at Home Builds Business Empire Abroad
Discussion: Press Association, Telegraph and BBC
 

 
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