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1:30 PM ET, April 8, 2013

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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.
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Why The Modern Republican Party Would Reject Margaret Thatcher  —  Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom, died on Monday, leaving behind her a legacy of conservative values that American politicians still cite to this day.  Upon learning of her death …
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.
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 and Washington Monthly
Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
Margaret Thatcher and misapplied death etiquette  —  The dictate that one ‘not speak ill of the dead’ is (at best) appropriate for private individuals, not influential public figures  —  News of Margaret Thatcher's death this morning instantly and predictably gave rise to righteous sermons on the evils of speaking ill of her.
Joseph R. Gregory / New York Times:
Margaret Thatcher, Conservative Who Reforged Britain, Dies
David Weigel / Slate:
Margaret Thatcher vs. Pop Culture
Discussion: msnbc.com, BuzzFeed and Hullabaloo
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
No, Margaret Thatcher Wouldn't Have Been a Liberal Now
Discussion: Hit & Run and Eschaton
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Pols laud Reagan-Thatcher legacy
Discussion: The Hill and CNN
Congressman Steve Stockman:
Stockman: Thatcher would want us to ‘fight on, fight to win’ and crush liberalism
Discussion: Business Insider and msnbc.com
Michael White / Guardian:
Margaret Thatcher dead at 87 following stroke
Guardian:   Margaret Thatcher: a life in quotes
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister, dead at 87
Washington Post:
Gun legislation's prospects improve  —  If Manchin succeeds in striking a deal, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) plans to move quickly to include that language in the bill, according to top aides.  Those aides caution that Republicans could force the process to extend into next week by exercising various procedural rules.
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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.
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Obama to bring some Sandy Hook families on AF1
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Daily Kos
Politico:
Immigration debate: 5 things to watch
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:   Obama Takes Control In The Second Term
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Obama Must Walk Fine Line as Congress Weighs Agenda
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 …
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Chelsea Clinton doesn't shoot down talk of political office
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:
Discussion: UrbanGrounds
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
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.
Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
Special ops veterans' group calls for select probe of Benghazi attack  —  More than 700 Special Operations veterans are urging members of Congress to back a select committee to investigate last year's Benghazi terrorist attack, according to a letter first obtained by Fox News.
 
 
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