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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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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
After Boston: Don't Get Fooled Again by the ‘War on Terror’ Hawks — Yes, of course terrorism is real. But that doesn't mean the hawkish approach to counterterrorism hasn't been discredited. — The self-assurance of War on Terror hawks is one of the most peculiar phenomena in our politics.
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The Mahablog
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
The Conservative Paranoid Mind — There's a common thread linking conservatives' positions on gun control, immigration, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: the constant need to stoke fear. By Michael Tomasky. — Liberals and civil libertarians shouldn't yet be saying that there's utterly …
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The Week, Washington Monthly and American Spectator
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Lindsey Graham: Wrong name hid Russia trip — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday that the FBI did not know that Tamerlan Tsarnaev — the deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect — went on a six-month overseas trip in 2011 because his name was misspelled.
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Los Angeles Times, emptywheel, neo-neocon, Riehl World News, ABCNEWS, Business Insider, National Review and Associated Press
Mark Arsenault / Boston Globe:
Dead suspect broke angrily with Muslim speakers — Evidence mounts of radical turn — Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the brothers accused of bombing the Boston Marathon, angrily disrupted a January talk at a Cambridge mosque when a speaker compared the Prophet Mohammed and the peace activist …
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U.S. News, Business Insider, Power Line, No More Mister Nice Blog, msnbc.com and Telegraph
Wall Street Journal:
Enemy Combatants in Boston
Enemy Combatants in Boston
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The Hugh Hewitt Show, Infowars, CNN, TheBlaze.com and The Raw Story
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
White House: Dzhokar Tsarnaev not ‘an enemy combatant’
White House: Dzhokar Tsarnaev not ‘an enemy combatant’
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Reuters, PJ Media, CBS News, Sky Dancing and Daily Kos
John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Republican Lawmaker — And Former FBI Agent — Defends Bureau's Handling Of Boston Bombing
Republican Lawmaker — And Former FBI Agent — Defends Bureau's Handling Of Boston Bombing
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Los Angeles Times and Riehl World News
Wall Street Journal:
Boston Marathon Bombings: Turn to Religion Split Bomb Suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Home
Boston Marathon Bombings: Turn to Religion Split Bomb Suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Home
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The Dish, Wired, Mother Jones, New York Times, National Review, Business Insider, Hot Air, Daily Mail, Gawker and RT
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
White House: Boston suspect will not be treated as combatant
White House: Boston suspect will not be treated as combatant
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Reuters, The Hill and The Lonely Conservative
Daily Mail:
How much did homeland security know about dead ‘bomber?’: …
How much did homeland security know about dead ‘bomber?’: …
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Rush Limbaugh, New York Times, ThinkProgress, The PJ Tatler, Infowars, Riehl World News and ImmigrationProf Blog
Greg Weston / CBC News:
Alleged terror plot thwarted by arrests in Ontario, Quebec — RCMP to outline joint operation involving CSIS, U.S. authorities and local police at 3:30 ET — Canadian police and intelligence agencies will announce later today they have thwarted a plot to carry out a major terrorist attack …
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Israel Matzav, The Gateway Pundit, Michelle Malkin and Blazing Cat Fur
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Reuters:
Canada to announce arrests after thwarting ‘major terrorist attack’ - CBC
Canada to announce arrests after thwarting ‘major terrorist attack’ - CBC
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Mediaite
Reuters:
RCMP thwart ‘major terrorist attack’ in Canada
RCMP thwart ‘major terrorist attack’ in Canada
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Weasel Zippers and Business Insider
Stewart Bell / National Post:
Two suspects in custody over alleged Canadian terror plot
Two suspects in custody over alleged Canadian terror plot
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Jihad Watch
Rand Paul:
Sen. Paul Issues Letter to Majority Leader Reid Regarding Consideration of Immigration Bill — In the wake of the Boston Marathon Bombings, focus should be on National Security — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today issued a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urging …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Top Opponent Of Immigration Reform Totally Loses It During Immigration Hearing — Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) tore into conservative critics who have sought to exploit the Boston bombings to delay immigration reform, eliciting a strong rebuke from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA).
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Hinterland Gazette
Talking Points Memo:
‘I Never Said That!’: Chuck Grassley And Chuck Schumer Argue Over Boston
‘I Never Said That!’: Chuck Grassley And Chuck Schumer Argue Over Boston
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msnbc.com and Business Insider
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Rubio: Immigration bill should take Boston attack into account
Rubio: Immigration bill should take Boston attack into account
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CNN, Associated Press, The Political Carnival and Hot Air
The United States Department of Justice:
Suspect in Boston Marathon Attack Charged with Using a Weapon of Mass Destruction — Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, a U.S. citizen and resident of Cambridge, Mass., has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction against persons and property …
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Mother Jones, Connecting.the.Dots, The Week, Hot Air, BBC, Gothamist and Lawfare
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Unsealed Complaint and Affidavit - U.S. v Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Unsealed Complaint and Affidavit - U.S. v Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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Hot Air
New York Times:
Bomb Suspect Is Charged and Will Be Tried in Civilian Court
Bomb Suspect Is Charged and Will Be Tried in Civilian Court
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The Hill, Capital New York, The Lede, Taking Note and The Dish
Erica Ritz / TheBlaze.com:
BECK BREAKS EXCLUSIVE INFORMATION ON SAUDI NATIONAL ONCE CONSIDERED A PERSON OF INTEREST IN BOSTON BOMBINGS — Editor's Note: We'll be discussing this story and all the day's news during our live BlazeCast at 12pm ET...including your questions, comments & live chat: — Background points:
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Right Wing Watch, The Lonely Conservative, Israel Matzav and Atlas Shrugs
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Todd Starnes / Townhall.com:
Saudi National Questioned in Boston Attack was on Terror Watch List — The Saudi national who was initially detained and then ruled out as a suspect in the Boston Marathon terrorist attack had been flagged on a terror watch list and was granted a student visa without being properly vetted, sources have told me.
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Riehl World News
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Colbert Busch expands lead — PPP's newest poll on the special election in South Carolina finds Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch expanding her lead to 9 points over Mark Sanford at 50/41. Green Party candidate Eugene Platt polls at 3%. — Colbert Busch's lead is on the rise for several reasons.
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Daily Kos and Outside the Beltway
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.
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Washington Monthly, National Review, The Moderate Voice and naked capitalism
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Report: Bomb suspects' carjack victim spared because he wasn't American — The two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon's finish line told the man they carjacked on Thursday night that they only decided not to kill him because he “wasn't an American,” according to a report Monday.
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National Review
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Senator Told Shooting Victim's Mother He Supported Background Checks, Then Voted Against Them — Shortly before the a crucial Senate vote to expand background checks in gun transactions, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) sent a letter to the mother of a shooting victim claiming that he was “truly sorry” …
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Crooks and Liars and Daily Kos
Joncgabriel / FreedomWorks blogs:
13 Worst Predictions Made on Earth Day, 1970 — The 1970s were a lousy decade. Embarrassing movies, dreadful music and downright terrifying clothes reflected the national mood following an unpopular war, endless political scandals and a faltering economy. — Popular culture was consumed with decline, especially Hollywood.
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Power Line, AMERICAN.COM, Ed Driscoll, The PJ Tatler and Vodkapundit
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
A red state/blue state chasm — In the week since modest gun control died in the Senate, those of us who don't think guns make the country safer have been inclined to blame a few cowardly senators whose votes could have shifted the outcome. — Unfortunately, the problem is bigger than that.
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Hullabaloo
Politicker:
Anthony Weiner Is Back on Twitter — He's back. — Former Congressman Anthony Weiner, who infamously sent lewd photos from his @RepWeiner Twitter account two years ago—ultimately leading to his resignation—has signed back up on the social media service. He's now under the handle @AnthonyWeiner.
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ABCNEWS, The Daily Caller, Metropolis and Post Politics