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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.
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.
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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 …
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Andrew Sparrow / Guardian:
Margaret Thatcher dies: live reaction and updates — Sort by: — 7.27pm BST — Early evening summary — The death of a major political figure in old age is not always a matter of surprise or shock, but it is always a moment for reflection. Politicians shape our destiny and …
Joseph R. Gregory / New York Times:
Margaret Thatcher, Conservative Who Reforged Britain, Dies
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Three Who Saved the West
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The White House:
Statement from the President on the Passing of Baroness Margaret Thatcher
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Richard Allen Greene / CNN:
Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female PM, dead at 87
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The Review:
Associated Press: Praise Chavez, Grouse About Thatcher
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Sky News:
Margaret Thatcher Dies After Stroke
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Mark Steyn / National Review:
The Anti-Declinist — Mrs Thatcher's predecessor as Prime Minister …
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Congressman Steve Stockman:
Stockman: Thatcher would want us to ‘fight on, fight to win’ and crush liberalism
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
MARGARET THATCHER, RIP
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David Weigel / Slate:
Margaret Thatcher vs. Pop Culture
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David Frum / david-frum:
Margaret Thatcher Sounded the Alarm on Climate Change
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Taylor Marsh
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Reid Threatens Filibuster Reform With Nuclear Option — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) threatened in his most explicit terms yet to use the so-called nuclear option to weaken the filibuster if Republicans keep blocking judicial and other nominees from coming to a vote.
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Daily Kos and The Plum Line
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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.
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Washington Post:
Gun legislation's prospects improve
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Politico:
Obama's make-or-break week on guns
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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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Taylor Marsh, The Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Scared Monkeys, Guardian, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth and Mashable
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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msnbc.com, Firedoglake, E2-Wire, Post Politics and Politico
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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CNN, The Hinterland Gazette and Ballot Box
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.
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Joe. My. God. and Outside the Beltway
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 and The Mahablog
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 …
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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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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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