memeorandum: Margaret Thatcher's death greeted with street parties in Brixton and Glasgow (Barry Neild/Guardian)

8:45 AM ET, April 9, 2013

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Barry Neild / Guardian:

Margaret Thatcher's death greeted with street parties in Brixton and Glasgow — Crowds shout ‘Maggie Maggie Maggie, dead dead dead’ during impromptu events — Several hundred people gathered in south London on Monday evening to celebrate Margaret Thatcher's death with cans of beer …

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Hugo Young / Guardian:

Margaret Thatcher left a dark legacy that has still not disappeared — Days before he died in 2003, Guardian columnist and Thatcher biographer Hugo Young wrote an epitaph for the prime minister who changed Britain forever — The first time I met Margaret Thatcher, I swear she was wearing gloves.

Discussion: Telegraph, BBC, Balloon Juice, The Sun, The Reaction, The Hinterland Gazette, Taylor Marsh and Joe. My. God.

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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Jerusalem Post:
PM: Thatcher a true friend of Jewish People, Israel

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Sarah Palin / National Review:
The Grocer's Daughter — Today we say goodbye to a towering figure of the 20th century.

Discussion: Conservatives4Palin, Business Insider and Twitchy

Andrew Sullivan / The Dish:
Thatcher, Liberator — [Re-posted from earlier today.]

Discussion: Washington Post, americanthinker.com, Slate, Hot Air, Informed Comment, Daniel W. Drezner, Hit & Run, No More Mister Nice Blog and Guardian

Daily Mail:
‘Tramp the dirt down’: George Galloway's extraordinarily crass tweet leads the Left's sickening …

Discussion: Business Insider, BBC, The Gateway Pundit, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Rush Limbaugh, The Other McCain, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Taylor Marsh, National Review, The Moderate Voice and The Impolitic

Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
MARGARET THATCHER, RIP

Discussion: Firedoglake, Guardian, WorldViews, Washington Monthly and National Review

Megan Garber / The Atlantic Online:
Margaret Thatcher May Have Helped Invent Soft-Serve Ice Cream

Discussion: The Week

New York Times:
News Analysis: Thatcher Policies Still Resisted by Europe

Discussion: IHT Rendezvous, News Desk, DownWithTyranny! and New York Magazine

Fox News:

Colorado judge defers ruling on whether Fox News reporter must testify on sources — The Colorado judge who will decide whether a Fox News reporter must reveal news sources or face possible jail time has deferred that decision to a later date. — District Court Judge Carlos Samour Jr. ruled …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Gawker and Politico, more at Mediagazer »

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Jana Winter trial deferred by judge — The fate of Jana Winter, the Fox News reporter who is facing jail time over of her refusal to reveal her sources, has been deferred to a later date, according to a report by FoxNews.com. — Winter has been on trial for refusing to name …

Discussion: Fox News Insider and NewsBusters

John Ingold / Denver Post:
Fox News' Jana Winter wins reprieve in theater shooting case

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Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:

Bobby Jindal's Political Collapse Is Dangerous News For The National GOP — Sure the GOP may need a little outreach here and a little fine tuning there, but Republicans in Washington say they're confident that a principled message of low taxes and cuts to social services will eventually propel them back to victory.

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Little Green Footballs

Talking Points Memo:
Bobby Jindal Pulls Tax Plan After Outcry

Discussion: New Orleans Times-Picayune

Jeff Adelson / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Jindal gives up on tax swap plan in speech to lawmakers, calls on Legislature for alternative plan …

Discussion: Reuters, Washington Monthly and ThinkProgress

Ginger Gibson / Politico:

Mitch McConnell joins Senate gun filibuster — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would join a group of Senate Republicans threatening a filibuster to oppose a cloture vote if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid moves a gun bill to the floor this week.

Discussion: The Week, The Fix, Mother Jones, The Moderate Voice and Weasel Zippers

Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Reid Threatens Filibuster Reform With Nuclear Option

Discussion: Firedoglake, Daily Kos, PostPartisan, The Impolitic and The Plum Line

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Sen. Enzi joins GOP group threatening to filibuster gun control

Discussion: Hot Air and Politico

Douglas Martin / New York Times:

Annette Funicello, Mouseketeer and Beach Movie Actress, Dies at 70 — Annette Funicello, who won America's heart as a 12-year-old in Mickey Mouse ears, captivated adolescent baby boomers in slightly spicy beach movies and later championed people with multiple sclerosis, a disease from which she suffered …

Discussion: CBS Boston, The Impolitic, She The People, DailyFinance and Balloon Juice

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

Michael Bloomberg group's gun-control scorecard will give lawmakers letter grades — New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, one of the nation's most committed and deep-pocketed gun-control proponents, is ratcheting up pressure on lawmakers by launching a new system to grade them based on their votes and statements on gun issues.

Discussion: The Hill and Prairie Weather

Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:

Uh-O: Jon Stewart Tears Into Obama's ‘Attractive’ AG Comment And Michelle's ‘Single Mom’ Gaffe — Jon Stewart kicked off The Daily Show Monday night by looking at some of the more troubling aspects of President Obama's difficult weekend. From his unfortunate remarks about California Attorney …

Discussion: The Raw Story

David S. Cohen / Variety:

News Corp. Threatens to Make Fox Cable-Only Amid Aereo Dispute … LAS VEGAS-News Corp. president and COO Chase Carey told the opening gathering at the NAB Show Monday that if Fox does not prevail in the Aereo case, it will consider turning its network into a subscription service.

Discussion: Mashable, The Hill, Mediaite, Business Insider and AllThingsD, more at Mediagazer »

Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:

Gun Control Package Gets Some Rare Good News — WASHINGTON — Gun legislation is still hanging by a few political threads. But prospects of passing something of substance began to improve, albeit gradually, over the weekend. — The most important of those developments were reports that Sen. Pat Toomey …

Discussion: Daily Kos, Yahoo! News and Politico

New York Times:
Congress Returns, With Focus on Guns and Immigration Legislation

Discussion: The Caucus, msnbc.com and CNN

John Hinderaker / Power Line:

A Futile Protest — Femen is a feminist group that began in Ukraine but seems to have spread to other European countries. It is known for staging topless protests, and is distinguished from some others of this ilk by the fact that many of its members are quite fetching.

Discussion: PhotoBlog

Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

Republican Congressman's Gay Son Says CNN, MSNBC Cancelled Interviews When He Wouldn't Bash His Father — The networks dispute Matt R. Salmon's story. Via KPNX — View Video › — Image by — Rep. Matt Salmon's (R-Ariz.) gay son told local news channel KPNX Sunday that CNN …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Mediaite, NewsBusters and National Review

Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:

A Republican website without “Republicans” — The buzzy new website from House Republicans doesn't mention its party affiliation. The brand has seen better days — The new website for the National Republican Congressional Committee, the campaign arm of House Republicans …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Daily Kos

CNN:
First on CNN: Santorum to focus on GOP's future in Iowa

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Dylan Matthews / Wonkblog:

Why do people hate deficits? — People really don't like deficits. Polls measuring national priorities tend to find that the deficit/debt is the second most important issue to voters, after “the economy” generally and ahead of health care, guns, foreign policy and immigration.

Discussion: Mother Jones and A plain blog about politics