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10:40 AM ET, April 22, 2013

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Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
Make No Mistake, It Was Jihad  —  Let's hope the administration gets over its reluctance to recognize attacks on the U.S. for what they are.  —  If your concern about the threat posed by the Tsarnaev brothers is limited to assuring that they will never be in a position to repeat their grisly acts, rest easy.
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New York Times:
Suspects Seemed Set for Attacks Beyond Boston  —  WASHINGTON — The two men suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings were armed with a small arsenal of guns, ammunition and explosives when they first confronted the police early Friday, and were most likely planning more attacks, the authorities said Sunday.
Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
Boston bombing suspects did not have valid handgun licenses  —  (Reuters) - The two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings, who police say engaged in a gun battle with officers early Friday after a frenzied manhunt, were not licensed to own guns in the towns where they lived, authorities said on Sunday.
Discussion: The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
Enemy Combatants in Boston  —  Was there a FISA order issued for Tamerlan Tsarnaev?  —  A row has broken out over whether the Obama Administration is violating the legal due process of Boston terror suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev by not reading him his Miranda rights before questioning.
U.S. News:
Badly wounded Boston Marathon bombing suspect responding to questions
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Report: Suspects not licensed for guns
Discussion: Hot Air
New York Times:
How to Handle a Terrorism Case
Discussion: Mediaite
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Report: Suspects not licensed to own guns
United States Senator Lindsey Graham, South Carolina:
Graham, McCain, Ayotte and King Statement On Enemy Combatant Status For Boston Suspect
Discussion: American Prospect and Right Turn
Tom Curry / NBC Politics:
Terrorist suspect may have traveled to Russia in 2012 under alias
USA Today:
No charges to be filed in Boston bomb case today
Discussion: Guardian, The Raw Story and The Hill
Arsen Mollayev / Associated Press:   Chechen Terrorist Group Denies Involvement In Boston Attack
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE - How doctor's daughter became the Muslim convert widow of Boston bomber: Terrorist husband ‘brainwashed’ her and she gave up her dreams of college to have his baby at 21  — Schoolfriend tells MailOnline how Katherine Russell had dreams of joining the Peace Corps - but was ‘totally transformed’ by Tamerlan Tsarnaev
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Jobless Trap  —  F.D.R. told us that the only thing we had to fear was fear itself.  But when future historians look back at our monstrously failed response to economic depression, they probably won't blame fear, per se.  Instead, they'll castigate our leaders for fearing the wrong things.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Why Does Evil Make Liberals Stupid?  —  In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, we are suffering through the inevitable period of liberal hand-wringing.  Liberals can't help themselves: while normal people are reviling the bombers, celebrating their capture or death …
Discussion: Betsy's Page, Daily Kos and NewsBusters
Jonathan Strong / Roll Call:
Boehner Faces Competing Immigration Paths  —  Two immigration trains have left the station in the House, but no one knows which one Speaker John A. Boehner wants to eventually arrive on the floor.  —  A secretive bipartisan working group — akin to the Senate-side “gang of eight” — is trying to finalize its “comprehensive” proposal.
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Memories of the First Earth Day  —  43 years ago today, America celebrated the first Earth Day.  And in the public high school I attended in conservative Cobb County, Georgia, we had a big Earth Day program, complete with a speech by actor Hal Holbrook, who had identified with the environmentalist cause …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Jia Lynn Yang / Washington Post:
Senate planning vote on Internet sales tax bill  —  The days of tax-free online shopping could finally be numbered.  —  The Senate is planning to vote on a bill as soon as Monday that would give states the authority to collect sales taxes on all Internet purchases, handing local governments …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Hot Air
Arutz Sheva:
Kerry Compares Boston Victims, Marmara Terrorists  —  At Istanbul, Secretary of State makes jarring comparison between Boston Marathon terror victims, IHH terror activists killed by Israel.  —  Speaking at Istanbul, Turkey, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made a jarring comparison between …
Alyssa Brown / Gallup:
In U.S., Most Oppose State Gas Tax Hike to Fund Repairs  —  Democrats and Westerners more supportive of gas tax increase in states  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two-thirds of Americans would vote against a state law that would increase the gas tax by up to 20 cents a gallon …
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Obama political arm strikes fear in GOP  —  As if President Barack Obama's political machine hasn't left them battered and bruised enough, Republicans are fretting that it could help Democrats win the House next year.  —  The president's deep-pocketed political arm, Organizing for Action …
Discussion: Reuters
 
 
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