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12:25 PM ET, April 8, 2013

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BBC:
Margaret Thatcher dies  —  Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died “peacefully” at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her family has announced.  —  David Cameron called her a “great Briton” and the Queen spoke of her sadness at the death.  —  Lady Thatcher was Conservative prime minister from 1979 to 1990.
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Daily Mail:
‘Tramp the dirt down’: George Galloway's extraordinarily crass tweet leads the Left's sickening ‘celebration’ just minutes after Baroness Thatcher's death  —  George Galloway has provoked criticism after writing a ‘distasteful’ comment following the death of former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Andrew Sparrow / Guardian:
Margaret Thatcher dies: live reaction and updates  —  Sort by:  —  5.17pm BST  —  Reaction from India  —  My colleague Jason Burke has sent me this on the reaction from India. … 5.14pm BST  —  Earlier I quoted a spokesman from the UN Environment Programme saying that Lady Thatcher …
Telegraph:
Margaret Thatcher dies of stroke aged 87  —  Baroness Thatcher, Britain's greatest post-war prime minister, has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her family has announced.  —  Her son, Sir Mark, and daughter Carol confirmed that she died this morning.
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Three Who Saved the West  —  And now the last of them is gone.  Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, and Pope John Paul II—three who won the Cold War and, it isn't too much to say, saved the West (at least for a while!)—are no longer with us.  Their examples remain.
Discussion: Power Line
Joseph R. Gregory / New York Times:
Margaret Thatcher, Who Remade Britain, Dies at 87  —  Margaret Thatcher, the “Iron Lady” of British politics who pulled her country back from 35 years of socialism, led it to victory in the Falklands war and helped guide the United States and the Soviet Union through the cold war's difficult last years, died Monday.
Michael White / Guardian:
Margaret Thatcher dead at 87 following stroke  —  The first woman elected to lead a major western state changed way Britons viewed politics and economics  —  Margaret Thatcher, the most dominant British prime minister since Winston Churchill in 1940 and a global champion of the late 20th-century free market economic revival, has died.
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
No, Margaret Thatcher Wouldn't Have Been a Liberal Now
Discussion: Eschaton
David Weigel / Slate:
Margaret Thatcher vs. Pop Culture
Discussion: msnbc.com and Hullabaloo
Guardian:   Margaret Thatcher: a life in quotes
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister, dead at 87
Fox News:
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies after suffering stroke
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and protein wisdom
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister, dies at age 87
Discussion: Politico, Reuters, Associated Press and CNN
Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Hill holds Obama's legacy in its hands  —  It's now or never for the White House.  —  President Barack Obama's second-term agenda is in doubt as Congress returns to Washington this week for a spring and summer stretch that could go a long way to define the scope of Obama's legacy.
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Washington Post:
Gun legislation's prospects improve
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Obama Must Walk Fine Line as Congress Weighs Agenda
Politico:
Immigration debate: 5 things to watch
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:   Obama Takes Control In The Second Term
Washington Post:
Gun legislation's prospects improve
Politico:
Obama's make-or-break week on guns
Hollywood Reporter:
Westboro Baptist Church to Picket Roger Ebert's Funeral  —  The anti-gay group says it will protest outside the movie critic's memorial service Monday in Chicago.  —  Leaders of Kansas' Westboro Baptist Church, notorious for picketing at the funerals of soldiers and gay teenagers …
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Chelsea Clinton opens door to run  —  Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton said Monday she would consider running for office if she could make a “meaningful” impact on the country.  —  “Right now, I'm grateful to live in a city and a state and a country where I strongly support my mayor …
Discussion: Ballot Box
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Chelsea Clinton doesn't shoot down talk of political office
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Insurance and Freedom  —  President Obama will soon release a new budget, and the commentary is already flowing fast and furious.  Progressives are angry (with good reason) over proposed cuts to Social Security; conservatives are denouncing the call for more revenues.  But it's all Kabuki.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Public Sector Unions Reeling In Wisconsin  —  Sean Higgins of the Washington Examiner had this story on Friday, but for some reason I haven't seen it widely reported or commented on.  Since Wisconsin stopped forcing public employees to pay union dues against their will, union membership in that state has plummeted:
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans' Concerns About Global Warming on the Rise  —  Majority believe global warming is happening, but many still say it's exaggerated  —  PRINCETON, NJ — U.S. worry about global warming is heading back up after several years of expanded public skepticism.
Discussion: Firedoglake, Post Politics and Politico
Jeff Mapes / Oregonian:
Gay marriage opponents lose first round of fight over ballot title for Oregon initiative  —  The Oregon attorney general's office isn't buying an attempt by gay marriage opponents to radically rewrite the ballot title for a proposed initiative that would allow same-sex marriages in Oregon.
 
 
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