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8:35 PM ET, April 7, 2013

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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Can We Get Hillary Without the Foolery?  —  PLEASE don't ask me this anymore.  —  It's such a silly question.  Of course Hillary is running.  I've never met a man who was told he could be president who didn't want to be president.  So naturally, a woman who's told she can be the first commandress in chief wants to be.
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Toby Harnden / The Sunday Times:
Hunger grows for President Hillary  —  Plans by a team of admirers for a run in 2016 are gathering pace as a top fundraiser lends his support, says Toby Harnden in Washington  —  A TOP Democratic fundraiser and confidant of Bill and Hillary Clinton for more than two decades is advising …
Discussion: Ballot Box
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Huffington: Hillary Clinton ‘obviously running’ in 2016  —  Arianna Huffington, the editor-in-chief of the liberal-leaning Huffington Post, said on Sunday it's “obvious” that Hillary Clinton is running for president in 2016.  —  “She's obviously running,” Huffington said on ABC's “This Week.”
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Connecticut Governor Compares NRA Vice President To ‘Clown At The Circus’  —  Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy (D) tore into the National Rifle Association during an appearance on CNN's State Of The Union on Sunday.  The NRA this week introduced its legislative response to the massacre in Malloy's home state.
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Malloy: NRA's LaPierre acts like a circus clown
Discussion: Politico and rubber hose
Ashley Killough / CNN:
McCain: 'I don't understand' threats to block gun bill debate
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Weasel Zippers
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Secrets of Princeton  —  SUSAN PATTON, the Princeton alumna who became famous for her letter urging Ivy League women to use their college years to find a mate, has been denounced as a traitor to feminism, to coeducation, to the university ideal.  But really she's something much more interesting: a traitor to her class.
James Hohmann / Politico:
Libertarianism goes mainstream  —  Stereotyped for decades as pro-pot, pro-porn and pro-pacifism, libertarians are becoming mainstream.  —  Fair or not, Ron Paul epitomized to a swath of voters the caricature of a goofy grandpa who invests in gold, stockpiles guns, sees black helicopters whirling overhead and quotes Friedrich Hayek.
New York Post:
Weiner eye on mayor bid: sources  —  Former Rep. Anthony Weiner is laying the groundwork for a political comeback, possibly as a startling addition to this year's mayoral race, sources said yesterday.  —  Political insiders were abuzz at news that Weiner and his wife, Huma Abedin …
Gil Ronen / Arutz Sheva:
Hackers Target Website for Children with Cancer  —  Hackers' group ‘Anonymous’ prides itself on repeatedly bringing down Larger than Life's website.  —  The hackers' group Anonymous said Saturday that its planned attack on Israel has begun and will intensify Sunday.
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ABCNEWS:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Obama Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer; Two Powerhouse Roundtables  —  President and Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post Media Group Arianna Huffington, New York Times Columnist and Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Paul Krugman, Former Reagan Budget Director David Stockman …
Discussion: NewsBusters
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Pfeiffer defends budget, says Obama won't ‘enact’ a Romney plan
Discussion: The Week and Politico
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Sen. McCain: I 'don't understand' GOP threats to filibuster Senate gun bill  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sunday expressed opposition to possible GOP efforts to filibuster a Senate gun-control measure, saying he did not “understand” the move to block debate.  —  “I don't understand it,” said McCain on CBS's “Face the Nation.”
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Politico
The Independent:
Nato airstrike ‘kills 11 Afghan civilians’  —  A Nato airstrike killed 11 Afghan civilians, including 10 children, during a fierce weekend gunbattle with Taliban militants that also left one US civilian adviser dead in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said today.
Detroit Free Press:
Guest commentary: Michigan can be testing ground for a refocused GOP  —  After losing the popular vote in five out of the last six presidential elections, the Republican Party has engaged in some needed soul searching.  GOP leaders know big changes are required.
Discussion: The Reaction
James Delingpole / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
An English class for trolls, professional offence-takers and climate activists  —  Should Michael Mann be given the electric chair for having concocted arguably the most risibly inept, misleading, cherry-picking, worthless and mendacious graph - the Hockey Stick - in the history of junk science?
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Taping of Farm Cruelty Is Becoming the Crime  —  On one covert video, farm workers illegally burn the ankles of Tennessee walking horses with chemicals.  Another captures workers in Wyoming punching and kicking pigs and flinging piglets into the air.  And at one of the country's largest egg suppliers …
Discussion: Gawker and The Verge
Snejana Farberov / Daily Mail:
Revealed: New York City councilman in corruption plot is a tribal PRINCE in bizarre PAGAN sect where members dress in medieval garb, make sacrifice and have spear-throwing contests  —  New York City Councilman Dan Halloran may be a suspect in a bribery plot to fix the upcoming mayoral election …
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M.L. Nestel / New York Post:
Councilman busted in bribery probe was flogged by leaders of his heathen religion
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Associated Press:
Authorities: At least 11 killed by Islamic extremists in attack on northeast Nigeria village
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Ashraf Fahim / Reuters:
Five die in Christian-Muslim clashes in Egypt
Erica Goode / New York Times:
In Mass Attacks, Public Now Advised to Take Action
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Tax Lobby Builds Ties to Chairman of Finance Panel
Discussion: Wonkblog and susiemadrak.com
Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:
The Only Age Group With Higher Unemployment Than a Year Ago Is ... 20somethings
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Reps. Gutierrez, Diaz-Balart: No ‘amnesty’ in House immigration plan
Discussion: CNN
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Report: US delays missile test amid rising tensions with N. Korea
Discussion: Politico
 Earlier Items: 
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Rick Warren mourning for son
Opinionator:
Suburban Disequilibrium  —  A little pocket of Los Angeles …
Monica Lempert / ABC15 Arizona:
Arizona Rep. Bob Thorpe recommends tactical vests for lawmaker safety
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Ben Geman / E2-Wire:
Keystone pipeline fight heats up as foes look to rally Democratic donors
Sarah Oliver / Daily Mail:
Pictured on her first day at work: WPC who tripped on 999 call is now suing her own force for a prang in her Panda car
Discussion: Guardian and BBC
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Democrats push problem solvers in House contests
Discussion: NewsBusters and Prairie Weather
Russell Myers / Daily Mail:
Is this foul-mouthed, self-obsessed Twitter teen really the future of British policing?
Discussion: Guardian and BBC