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2:40 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 …
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.
Andrew Sparrow / Guardian:
Margaret Thatcher dies: live reaction and updates  —  Sort by:  —  7.02pm BST  —  Before Lady Thatcher died there were predictions that, in some parts of the country, the news would be greeted with dancing in the street.  —  I haven't seen much evidence of that so far …
Joseph R. Gregory / New York Times:
Margaret Thatcher, Conservative Who Reforged Britain, Dies  —  Margaret Thatcher, the “Iron Lady” of British politics, who turned her country in a sharply conservative direction, 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 on Monday.
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Three Who Saved the West
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Power Line
Congressman Steve Stockman:
Stockman: Thatcher would want us to ‘fight on, fight to win’ and crush liberalism
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
No, Margaret Thatcher Wouldn't Have Been a Liberal Now
Discussion: Hit & Run and Eschaton
David Weigel / Slate:
Margaret Thatcher vs. Pop Culture
Discussion: msnbc.com, BuzzFeed and Hullabaloo
Guardian:   Margaret Thatcher: a life in quotes
David Frum / david-frum:
Margaret Thatcher Sounded the Alarm on Climate Change
Michael White / Guardian:
Margaret Thatcher dead at 87 following stroke
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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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Reid Threatens Filibuster Reform With Nuclear Option
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Plum Line
Washington Post:
Gun legislation's prospects improve
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 …
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 and The Mahablog
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.
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Sen. Tim Johnson Endorses Gay Marriage  —  Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD), one of the last remaining Democratic holdouts to oppose same-sex marriage, announced Monday that he now supports gay nuptials.  —  “After lengthy consideration, my views have evolved sufficiently to support marriage equality legislation,” Johnson said in a statement.
Michael Tackett / Bloomberg:
Texas Turns Battleground as Cowboy Boots Win Hispanics  —  Alex Steele begins his pitch on how to turn Texas into a Democratic state like any good politician, with the story of how he got to this place.  —  It begins in California's Central Valley, where he grew up: his father working …
Discussion: Yahoo! News
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:
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
As Media Coverage Of A Female Candidate's Appearance Go Up, Her Chances Of Winning Go Down  —  When President Obama elicited outrage for saying that Attorney General Kamala Harris was “by far the best-looking attorney general in the country,” his defenders jumped to say that people offended …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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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