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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.
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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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Andrew Sparrow / Guardian:
Margaret Thatcher dies: live reaction and updates — Sort by: — 5.51pm BST — Earlier I mentioned Charles Moore, who is writing the authorised biography of Lady Thatcher. (See 3.19pm.) I've just had this news release from Allen Lane, who says the first volume will be published straight after the funeral.
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
No, Margaret Thatcher Wouldn't Have Been a Liberal Now — Margaret Thatcher bids farewell after a visit to the United States. — Since Obama entered office, liberals have developed a rhetorical trick meant to highlight the extremism of his opponents. When Mitch McConnell or John Boehner …
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David Weigel / Slate:
Margaret Thatcher vs. Pop Culture — She was the longest-serving post-WWII prime minister of Great Britain, and that leads people to forget when she governed. It's hilariously wrong to say that U.K. punk was a “response” to Margaret Thatcher's Hayekian policies, as one obiturary writer claimed upon …
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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.
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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Why The Modern Republican Party Would Reject Margaret Thatcher
Why The Modern Republican Party Would Reject Margaret Thatcher
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Wonkblog, david-frum and Applesauce
Richard Allen Greene / CNN:
Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female PM, dead at 87
Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female PM, dead at 87
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, ABCNEWS, The Moderate Voice, Feministing, Applesauce, Associated Press and Hot Air
Congressman Steve Stockman:
Stockman: Thatcher would want us to ‘fight on, fight to win’ and crush liberalism
Stockman: Thatcher would want us to ‘fight on, fight to win’ and crush liberalism
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Business Insider and msnbc.com
Sky News:
Margaret Thatcher Dies After Stroke
Margaret Thatcher Dies After Stroke
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Taylor Marsh, americanthinker.com, The PJ Tatler and Vox Popoli
Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
Margaret Thatcher and misapplied death etiquette
Margaret Thatcher and misapplied death etiquette
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Michael White / Guardian:
Margaret Thatcher dead at 87 following stroke
Margaret Thatcher dead at 87 following stroke
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Associated Press:
Margaret Thatcher, Iron Lady, dead at 87
Margaret Thatcher, Iron Lady, dead at 87
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister, dead at 87
Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister, dead at 87
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The Fix, Outside the Beltway and Booman Tribune
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
Gun legislation's prospects improve
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Washington Monthly, The Hill and Prairie Weather
Politico:
Immigration debate: 5 things to watch
Immigration debate: 5 things to watch
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Washington Monthly, Roll Call and Washington Post
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Obama Must Walk Fine Line as Congress Weighs Agenda
Obama Must Walk Fine Line as Congress Weighs Agenda
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American Prospect, The Fix and Prairie Weather
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Obama Takes Control In The Second Term
Politico:
Obama's make-or-break week on guns
Obama's make-or-break week on guns
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Washington Post, Roll Call, Daily Kos, Hartford Courant and msnbc.com
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 …
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The Hinterland Gazette and Ballot Box
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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com Blogs:
Chelsea Clinton: I may run for public office one day — After staying out of the spotlight for years, Chelsea Clinton is raising her profile with the Clinton Global Initiative. But along with talking about her work spotlighting such issues as human trafficking and child mortality …
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Washington Wire, Taegan Goddard's …, msnbc.com and Post Politics
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Chelsea Clinton doesn't shoot down talk of political office
Chelsea Clinton doesn't shoot down talk of political office
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Shakesville
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 …
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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:
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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.
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Prairie Weather
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.
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Alastair Beach / The Independent:
Coptic Christians under siege as mob attacks Cairo cathedral — Alastair Beach sees gunfire exchanged as armed gang descends on funeral of five Christians killed in recent sectarian clashes — Hundreds of Christians were under siege inside Cairo's Coptic cathedral last night as security forces …
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FP Passport, americanthinker.com and Jihad Watch