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5:50 PM ET, April 21, 2013

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Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Harris-Perry: Bombers' Muslim Faith As Relevant To Bombing As Ben Affleck Movies About Violence In Boston  —  Making the point that the Tsarnaev brothers' Muslim faith at the moment bears little relevance to the investigation into the brothers' decision to attack the Boston Marathon last week …
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NY Daily News:
Friends of accused Boston bomber taken into custody in New Bedford, Mass.  —  Azmat and Diaz — as they're known to their neighbors — were cuffed and hauled out of their apartment shortly before 4 p.m. on Saturday.  —  The vanity plate on the front of the suspects' BMW SUV reads “TERRORISTA #1.
CBS News:
Boston bombing suspect in serious condition  —  (CBS News) BOSTON - We are Boston.  We are strong.  We are Boston strong.  —  That was the message of an emotional ceremony at Fenway Park before the Boston Red Sox game Saturday afternoon — and the feeling throughout the city after the capture …
Aaron Couch / Hollywood Reporter:
FCC Blesses Red Sox Player's F-Bomb: He ‘Spoke From the Heart’ (Video)  —  David Ortiz's emotional Fenway Park speech included the line “This is our f—ing city!”  —  If ever there were an excuse for on-air f-bomb, this is it.  —  When the Boston Red Sox returned to Fenway Park Saturday …
Christopher Bucktin / Mirror.co.uk:
Boston bombers: FBI hunting 12-strong terrorist “sleeper cell” linked to brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev  —  Police believe the pair were specially trained to carry out the devastating attack  —  Covered boat: Fugitive was found in back yard  —  The FBI was last night hunting …
Los Angeles Times:
FBI: Boston suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev followed ‘radical Islam’  —  A sign outlining “obligatory prayers” hangs on the sanctuary at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center in Cambridge, Mass., where the Tsarnaev brothers had attended.  (Allen Breed / Associated Press / April 19, 2013)
Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
Top Democrat Slams GOP's Islamophobia After Boston Bombing  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) smacked down Rep. Peter King's (R-NY) attempt to link Boston bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to Islamic extremists based in the American Muslim community with no evidence …
Discussion: JIHADOLOGY and The Gateway Pundit
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Top Conservatives Admit Boston Bombing Suspect Cannot Be Tried In Military Tribunal
Discussion: Reuters and The Other McCain
Washington Post:
Conflict in the Caucasus reflected in suspect's YouTube playlist
Discussion: Infowars and New York Times
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
McCaul: Older Boston suspect likely ‘received training’ on Russia trip
Discussion: Politico
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Arkansas Republicans: Shoot Lawmakers For Expanding Medicaid  —  Republicans in Benton County, Arkansas are not happy that their state legislators have agreed to expand Medicaid under Obamacare.  In this month's newsletter, columnist Chris Nogy encouraged his fellow Republicans to utilize …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Jason Tolbert / Talk Business:   Benton County GOP Newsletter Article Suggests “Shooting” Legislators
Donovan Slack / Politico:
Rogers blames Russians  —  The FBI did a “very thorough job” of checking out Tamerlan Tsarnaev after being tipped off to his potential extremism, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said on Sunday, blaming Russia for failing to provide any further information.
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:   Lindsey Graham blames FBI for Boston bombing: ‘The ball was dropped’
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Schumer, Graham spar over ‘enemy combatant’ designation for suspect
Discussion: Politico
Ashley Killough / CNN:
House Homeland Security chairman believes suspect trained in Russia
Discussion: Politico, Foreign Policy and The Hill
Ben Goad / The Hill:
Rep. Peter King: Bombing suspect may hold ‘treasure trove of intelligence’
Discussion: Newsday, Politico and Guardian
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
No Bully in the Pulpit  —  THE graying man flashing fury in the Rose Garden on behalf of the Newtown families, the grieving man wiping away tears after speaking at the Boston memorial service, is not the same man who glided into office four years ago.  —  President Obama has watched …
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Koch Brothers Making Play for Tribune's Newspapers  —  Three years ago, Charles and David Koch, the billionaire industrialists and supporters of libertarian causes, held a seminar of like-minded, wealthy political donors at the St. Regis Resort in Aspen, Colo. They laid out a three-pronged …
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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Koch Brothers Plan To Buy Up Eight Major Newspapers
Suzanne Daley / New York Times:
Danes Rethink a Welfare State Ample to a Fault  —  COPENHAGEN — It began as a stunt intended to prove that hardship and poverty still existed in this small, wealthy country, but it backfired badly.  Visit a single mother of two on welfare, a liberal member of Parliament goaded …
Alyssa Kilzer / Fox News:
I know the Boston bombers  —  The FBI released images of the pair of suspects believed to be responsible for the bombing attack near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.  Investigators are asking for the public's help with any information leading to their whereabouts.
Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
FREEJAHAR HASHTAG HITS TWITTER AS PEOPLE SYMPATHIZE WITH BOSTON TERROR SUSPECT WHO ALLEGEDLY PLACED BOMB THAT KILLED 8-YEAR-OLD  —  Despite the mounting evidence against him, there are actually people who believe that Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar “Jahar” Tsarnaev is an innocent patsy being framed by the government.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Ed Driscoll
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Gang of Eight senators: Boston is reason for urgency on immigration reform  —  The Boston Marathon tragedy is a reason for Congress to move faster - not slower - to overhaul the nation's immigration system, according to two co-authors of a Senate reform package.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Macleans.ca
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dems scramble to change the subject after collapse of gun control bill
Discussion: The Hope For America
Ruth O'Brien:
A Day of Terror  —  I always know it's my birthday when things start blowing up.  A close friend from Germany would telephone, and for the life of me, I was flattered and impressed: How did she remember?  That was until I recalled that the New York Times covered the Jewish cemetery in Iselin …
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Washington Post:
Police, citizens and technology factor into Boston bombing probe
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Rewinding History, Bush Museum Lets You Decide  —  UNIVERSITY PARK, Tex. — More than four years after leaving office, former President George W. Bush has a question for America: So what would you have done?  —  In a new brick-and-limestone museum, visitors to an interactive theater …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Discourse.net
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Stephen F. Knott / Washington Post:
George W. Bush is victim of a rush to judgment
 
 
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Dylan Matthews / Wonkblog:
Americans who distrust Muslims are likelier to back the war on terror
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