memeorandum: Harry Reid: ‘Pause and freeze’ on gun control (Tarini Parti/Politico)

6:55 PM ET, April 18, 2013

Top Items:

Teen: I Am Not the Boston Marathon Bomber — The teenage boy authorities once investigated as possibly being connected to the Boston Marathon bombing told ABC News today he was shocked to see his face pop up on television and all over social media. — Salah Barhoun, 17 …

Discussion: Daily Kos, FP Passport, Business Insider, Outside the Beltway, The Week, ABCNEWS, Pat Dollard, BuzzFeed, The PJ Tatler and Mediaite

New York Post:

Authorities circulate photos of two men spotted carrying bags near site of Boston bombings — Investigators probing the deadly Boston Marathon bombings are circulating photos of two men spotted chatting near the packed finish line, The Post has learned. — In the photos being distributed …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Mediaite, Infowars, Poynter, ABCNEWS, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Riehl World News, Israel Matzav, The Gateway Pundit, New York Times, Michelle Malkin, Business Insider, Doug Ross, Blazing Cat Fur, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air and Los Angeles Times

MyFoxBoston:

FBI releases images of two marathon bombing suspects — The FBI released images and surveillance video of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. — In a press conference Thursday, FBI officials said the public will play a critical role in identifying the men accused of committing the bombings.

Discussion: Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, Pat Dollard, Weasel Zippers and The Right Scoop

Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:

The Boston Bombing Witch Hunt Bags Another Innocent Kid — On Monday, the New York Post doggedly stuck to its claim that 12 were killed in the Boston Marathon bombings. On Tuesday, CNN (among others) reported that a suspect had been arrested, before walking that all the way back.

Discussion: Salon, The Week, Infowars, No More Mister Nice Blog, Poynter, Gawker, The Hinterland Gazette, Joe. My. God., CBS DC, The Dish and Charles Apple

Boston Globe:

Authorities have clear video images of two suspects in Boston Marathon bombings, official says — Authorities have clear video images of two separate suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings carrying black bags at each explosion site and are planning to release the images today in an appeal …

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Max Read / Gawker:

The Post's ‘Person of Interest’ Is a Local High-School Track Runner — “BAG MEN,” the New York Post's front cover brays this morning, underneath a photo of two Boston Marathon spectators. “Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon.” After its embarrassing performance on Monday …

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FBI:

Resources — If you have visual images, video, and/or details regarding the explosions along the Boston Marathon route and elsewhere, submit them on https://bostonmarathontips.fbi.gov/. No piece of information or detail is too small. — You can also call 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), prompt #3, with information.

Josh Margolin / New York Post:

Two men probed in Boston Marathon bombings cleared by investigators — Investigators have now cleared the two men whose pictures were circulated last night in an email among law enforcement officials, sources told The Post today. — Authorities determined neither had any information or role …

Discussion: Politico

Jake Tapper / The Lead with Jake Tapper:
Confusion over Saudis in Boston following marathon attack

Discussion: Salon, The PJ Tatler and Hullabaloo

New York Times:
F.B.I Releases Video of Boston Bombing Suspects

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Outside the Beltway and Mashable

Daniel D'Addario / Salon:
Post editor on “Bag Men” cover: “We did not identify them as suspects”

Discussion: Gawker, Infowars, Mediaite, Poynter, Pat Dollard and Capital New York, more at Mediagazer »

Justin Sink / The Hill:
Report: FBI to release video of two suspects in Boston bomb attack

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:

Morning Joe Host Shames Senators Who Killed Gun Reform: 'We're The 90 Percent And We're Going To Win' — The morning after the U.S. Senate failed to pass a bipartisan compromise to expand background checks to gun shows and online sales, MSNBC's ‘Morning Joe’ host Joe Scarborough raged against the lawmakers who blocked the bill.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Crooks and Liars and Rumproast

ThinkProgress: The Senators Who Supported Background Checks Represent Nearly Two-Thirds Of Americans

Jonathan Cohn / New Republic:
The Angriest Obama We've Ever Seen

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Wonkblog, The Week, The Monkey Cage, The Other McCain, The Plum Line and Ballot Box

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress: Gun Violence Victims Detained, Put Through Background Check For Yelling ‘Shame On You’ At Senators

Gabrielle Giffords / New York Times:
A Senate in the Gun Lobby's Grip

Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
A Shameful Day in the Senate — The NRA got its victory …

Discussion: First Read, New Republic, The Hinterland Gazette and The Dish

Tarini Parti / Politico:

Harry Reid: ‘Pause and freeze’ on gun control — President Barack Obama and Democrats have decided to “hit a pause and freeze” on gun control legislation, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday afternoon. — Reid officially pulled gun legislation from the floor …

Discussion: CNN and The Plum Line

Politico:
Gang of Eight aims to stop conservative attacks

Discussion: CNN, TIME, The Plum Line and The Maddow Blog

Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Next Up: The Gauntlet Facing Immigration Reform

Discussion: Mother Jones and Politico

Anne Bartlett / Post Politics:
Reid pulls gun bill from consideration

Discussion: Althouse, Washington Post, Weasel Zippers and The Spectacle Blog

Todd Eastham / Reuters:

George Soros, enigmatic financier, liberal philanthropist dies at XX — (Reuters) - George Soros, who died XXX at age XXX, was a predatory and hugely successful financier and investor, who argued paradoxically for years against the same sort of free-wheeling capitalism that made him billions.

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Weasel Zippers, The Dish, Outside the Beltway, Business Insider and Ed Driscoll

Senator Max Baucus / Mike Pompeo:

Pompeo writes to Senator Baucus about Obamacare “Train Wreck” — “No one in the country bears more responsibility for the complexity of this law than you.” — 107 Cannon House Office Building — Washington, DC 20515 — 511 Hart Senate Office Building — Washington, DC 20510

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, The Hill, Hit & Run and Great Falls Tribune

The Huffington Post:
Regal Entertainment Group's Obamacare Policy Leads To Facebook Backlash (PHOTOS)

Discussion: Crooks and Liars and ThinkProgress

Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Obamacare Has Its Problems, But It's Basically On Track

Discussion: Hit & Run, The Hill, Via Meadia and The PJ Tatler

Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:

Biden Pledges More Executive Action On Guns “Later This Week” — On conference call with stakeholders, Biden says Obama will carry the gun control fight forward on his own. Updated: The White House says it is only implementing some of the executive actions Obama announced in January.

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Infowars, Mediaite, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and Pat Dollard

Politico:
Gun control: Obama's biggest loss

Discussion: NationalJournal.com, New Republic, Power Line, Roll Call, ThinkProgress, JustOneMinute, Lynn Sweet, Hot Air, Right Wing News, The PJ Tatler, Twitchy, New York Times and American Power

Scott Wong / Politico:

Roger Wicker had hired ‘Elvis’ facing threat charges — Sen. Roger Wicker said he had once hired and met the Elvis impersonator who was charged Thursday with sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and the senator. — Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, told reporters the suspect …

Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
MIND-BOGGLING DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT RICIN LETTER SUSPECT: 'I'M ON THE HIDDEN FRONT LINES OF A SECRET WAR'

Discussion: BuzzFeed, The Week, Infowars, New York Times, Fox News, The PJ Tatler, The Gateway Pundit, No More Mister Nice Blog, Restoring Liberty, Ed Driscoll and The Daily Caller

Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Ricin suspect charged, faces up to 15 years

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and CNN

Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:

EXCLUSIVE: SAUDI NATIONAL ONCE CONSIDERED ‘PERSON OF INTEREST’ MAY BE DEPORTED ON ‘SECURITY’ GROUNDS — AND HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FRAMED — Editor's note: Please see the Editors' UPDATES we will be placing in order of most-recent below. TheBlaze's Jonathon M. Seidl contributed to this report.

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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Saudi student hurt in Boston bombing not a suspect, not being deported

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, BREITBART.COM and The Daily Caller

Evan Hurst / Truth Wins Out:

Former ‘Ex-Gay’ Superstar John Paulk Finally Renounces His ‘Ex-Gay’ Past — Paulk Must Now Begin The Hard Work Of Atoning For The Damage He Has Done To LGBT People, And Anne Paulk And The Religious Right Must Stop Peddling The Lie Of The Paulks' “Fairy-Tale ‘Ex-Gay’ Marriage” Immediately, Says Truth Wins Out

Discussion: Joe. My. God.

PQ Monthly:
Is John Paulk ready to renounce his ex-gay gospel?

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Advocate, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Queerty

KWTX-TV:

EMS Director Says 60 To 70 Dead In West Explosion — West EMS Director Dr. George Smith says as many as 60 or 70 people died and hundreds were injured Wednesday night in a fertilizer plant explosion in West. — A rescuer earlier said he knew of five deaths.

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Randy Lee Loftis / Dallas Morning News:
West fertilizer plant said in report that it presented no risk

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Chicago Tribune:

Sinkhole swallows 3 cars on Southeast Side: ‘I am lucky’ — A sinkhole on the Southeast Side of Chicago swallowed three cars this morning, one of which was caught on tape. (WGN-TV) — Staff report — One person was hospitalized after a sinkhole swallowed three cars in the South Deering neighborhood …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, BuzzFeed, U.S. News and Riehl World News

David Edwards / The Raw Story:

Oklahoma lawmaker: ‘I apologize to the Jews’ for ‘Jew me down’ slur — An Oklahoma lawmaker who was advocating that the state drop a 70-year-old law protecting small businesses from large retails stores apologized on Wednesday after he used the slur “Jew me down” during a debate on the state House floor.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Michael McNutt / Daily Oklahoman:
Oklahoma lawmaker apologizes for ethnic slur

Discussion: Mediaite and The Maddow Blog

Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:

Krauthammer Got Played — Gang of 8 Fakery, Part 1: Remember that wacky Charles Krauthammer column from a month ago-the one that began by shredding the Marco Rubio amnesty plan but wound up endorsring it? Krauthammer's reasoning at the time was strange, but (barely) defensible.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Hot Air and Mediaite

Rebecca Schoenkopf / Wonkette:

‘Instapundit’ Tells Whats-Her-Name, That Lady Who Got Shot In The Face, To Stop ‘Bullying’ People — Of the many, many, many fine citizens who have sorely tested our hippie nonviolent ways this week, we may have finally found a winner. See that tweet up there?

Discussion: Riehl World News, Pharyngula, The Raw Story and No More Mister Nice Blog