memeorandum: Danes Rethink a Welfare State Ample to a Fault (Suzanne Daley/New York Times)

3:05 PM ET, April 21, 2013

Top Items:

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 …

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, The Gateway Pundit and CNN

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 …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Daily Mail, Riehl World News and Infowars

Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:

Top Conservatives Admit Boston Bombing Suspect Cannot Be Tried In Military Tribunal — On Friday, while the manhunt for suspected Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev continued, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) published a series of tweets suggesting that he wanted to revive the George W. Bush-era debates …

Discussion: Reuters, The Other McCain and Liberal Values

Daily Mail:

Owners of ‘Terrorista #1’ BMW taken into custody over Boston bombings AGAIN: Feds arrest two men ‘who were friends with suspect for immigration violation’ — The two men who own a BMW with the license plate ‘Terrorista #1’ and who are said to be friends with the younger Boston bombing suspect were taken into custody again on Saturday.

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, The PJ Tatler, The Gateway Pundit, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Hinterland Gazette

Daily Mail:

Was Boston bomber inspired by Russia's Bin Laden? FBI tracked radicalised older brother ‘for five years’ after being told of his links to Chechen terrorists — But FBI later discounted Tamerlan as a threat, despite telling his mother he was an ‘extremist leader’

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Telegraph, Pat Dollard, Patterico's Pontifications and New York Times

Ashley Killough / CNN:
House Homeland Security chairman believes suspect trained in Russia

Discussion: Politico and The PJ Tatler

Los Angeles Times:
FBI: Boston suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev followed ‘radical Islam’

Discussion: Daily Mail, The Boston Globe, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Atlas Shrugs, Power Line, The Lonely Conservative and Telegraph

Wall Street Journal:
Focus Turns to Hunt for Bombing Motive

Discussion: Red Alert Politics, New York Times and The Reaction

Ben Goad / The Hill:
Rep. Peter King: Bombing suspect may hold ‘treasure trove of intelligence’

Discussion: Politico, Newsday and Guardian

Mike Lillis / The Hill:
McCaul: Older Boston suspect likely ‘received training’ on Russia trip

Discussion: Politico

New York Post:
Tamerlan Tsarnaev: Fighter with a hidden hatred

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Atlas Shrugs, Weasel Zippers, Pat Dollard and Jihad Watch

NPR:
Older Suspect Described As Controlling, Manipulative

Discussion: TODAY.com, Hot Air, The Jawa Report, The Lead with Jake Tapper and National Review

Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Obama thanks Putin for help in Boston

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Amazing New Details from the Chase for the Boston Bombers

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers and TIME

Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Home-grown terrorist attack threatens to disrupt Obama's second-term agenda

Discussion: CNN, Politico, The Moderate Voice, Taylor Marsh, The Hill, The Reaction and Pat Dollard

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 …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Political Carnival, Gawker, Business Insider, The Reaction, Via Meadia, Althouse, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times and Deadline.com, more at Mediagazer »

Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:

Koch Brothers Plan To Buy Up Eight Major Newspapers — The millionaire oil moguls Charles and David Koch are pushing ahead with their plans to purchase several news outlets across the United States, according to a detailed report in the New York Times on Sunday.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

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: Macleans.ca

Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Schumer, Graham spar over ‘enemy combatant’ designation for suspect

Discussion: Politico

BBC:
London Marathon: Runners and crowds mark Boston attack

Discussion: The Week and msnbc.com

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 …

Discussion: Firedoglake and The Spectacle Blog

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 …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Zandar Versus The Stupid and Daily Kos

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 …

Discussion: CNN, The Hinterland Gazette, Politico, Scared Monkeys, CBS Boston, Mediaite, NewsBusters and CBSSports.com

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

Stephen F. Knott / Washington Post:
George W. Bush is victim of a rush to judgment

Discussion: Booman Tribune, Ed Driscoll and Althouse

nogy.net:

Republican Party of Benton County Newsletter — A newsletter for Members, Republican Elected Officials, — Candidates and Friends — Benton County Republican Committee Members, — I am very excited to announce confirmation of Governor Nikki R. Haley from South Carolina …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Talk Business, Wonkette, The Raw Story and PoliticusUSA

Associated Press:

Hagel: Israel, US see ‘exactly same’ Iran threat — TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday the United States and Israel see “exactly the same” threat from Iran, but differ on when it may reach the point of requiring U.S. or Israeli military action.

Discussion: The Hill and Associated Press