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Chris Cassidy / Boston Herald:
Tamerlan Tsarnaev got Mass. welfare benefits — By: — Marathon bombings mastermind Tamerlan Tsarnaev was living on taxpayer-funded state welfare benefits even as he was delving deep into the world of radical anti-American Islamism, the Herald has learned.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WHOA!... Zubeidat Tsarnaeva Tells CNN: “I Don't Care if My Youngest Son Is Killed. I Don't Care If I Am Killed. I Will Say Allahu Akbar!" (Video) — Whoa! — Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, the mother of Boston Marathon bombers Tamerlan and Tzhokhar Tsarnaevso, made these shocking statements on CNN tonight:
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The Jawa Report, International Business Times, Jihad Watch and Riehl World News
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Boston bomb suspect's name was on classified government watch lists — (Reuters) - The name of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was listed on the U.S. government's highly classified central database of people it views as potential terrorists.
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American Prospect, The Hinterland Gazette, Wake up America, Business Insider, BuzzFeed, Jihad Watch and Hot Air
The Boston Globe:
Russia contacted US government ‘multiple’ times — WASHINGTON — Russian authorities alerted the US government not once but “multiple” times over their concerns about Tamerlan Tsarnaev — including a second time nearly a year after he was first interviewed by FBI agents in Boston …
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The Gateway Pundit, Weekly Standard and Weasel Zippers
bigstory.ap.org:
Bomb suspect influenced by mysterious radical
Bomb suspect influenced by mysterious radical
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Firedoglake, msnbc.com, Gawker, BuzzFeed, Sky Dancing, The Week, Deadspin, CANNONFIRE, U.S. News, Mediaite, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, BuzzFeed, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, CNN, The Gateway Pundit, BBC, Religion Dispatches, Gothamist, Riehl World News, EBL, New York Times, The Lead with Jake Tapper and Associated Press
Adrienne Mong / U.S. News:
Boston bomb suspect's aunt: Mosque won't bury Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Boston bomb suspect's aunt: Mosque won't bury Tamerlan Tsarnaev
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Washington Post, Mediaite, Hot Air, Los Angeles Times and The Daily Beast
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Hillary Clinton hits the speaking circuit — Hillary Clinton's next chapter — the paid speaking circuit — begins today. — The former first lady, senator and secretary of state has overnight become one of the most in-demand speakers in the world — as a a reported $200,000-a-pop fee attests …
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CNN and Taylor Marsh
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Why the American public isn't mad as hell about the failure of the gun bill (in numbers) — Not so much, according to a new Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll. Yes, a plurality (47 percent) describe themselves as either “angry” or “disappointed” about the failure of the gun legislation …
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National Review, WHAS-TV, CNN, BuzzFeed, The Daily Caller and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Republican report says Obama, Clinton blew Benghazi response
Republican report says Obama, Clinton blew Benghazi response
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Gawker, Scared Monkeys, The Lonely Conservative, Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
House GOP report says Clinton rejected plea for more security in Libya
House GOP report says Clinton rejected plea for more security in Libya
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Washington Monthly, Taylor Marsh and The Hill
FBI:
New York Man Charged with Internet Extortion and Cyber Stalking … A 21-year-old Great Neck, New York man was charged in a criminal complaint in the Eastern District of Michigan with Internet extortion and cyber stalking, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
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Crooks and Liars, The Other McCain, The Raw Story and Twitchy
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NY Daily News:
Former Romney campaign intern busted in nude-pics blackmail scheme — Adam Savader, who also interned for Newt Gingrich and Paul Ryan, is charged with illegally obtaining nude photos of 15 women and threatening to make them public unless they sent more. He is currently being held pending his bail hearing.
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
House GOP Seeks To Trap Dems On Preexisting Conditions — House Republicans have set up a Wednesday vote on legislation designed to simultaneously undermine a piece of Obamacare and give themselves a pretext to say they're interested in helping people with preexisting conditions.
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Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Mixed Reactions to Senate Gun Vote — Democrats More Disappointed than Angry — OVERVIEW — The key Senate vote that halted gun control legislation last week is drawing a mixed reaction from the American public: 47% express negative feelings about the vote while 39% have a positive reaction …
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The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, The Plum Line, Weasel Zippers, Business Insider and CNN
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Gun Vote and 2014: Will There Be an Electoral Price?
The Gun Vote and 2014: Will There Be an Electoral Price?
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Ballot Box, Yahoo! News, Joe. My. God., The Week, Zandar Versus The Stupid and Wake up America
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Meet The New Man At The Center Of The Ricin Case — As the case against Paul Kevin Curtis for allegedly mailing ricin was unraveling Tuesday afternoon, FBI agents were already searching the house of another man in connection with the ongoing investigation. — Their focus has shifted …
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Hit & Run, Gawker, Tupelo Daily Journal and Associated Press
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Robbie Brown / New York Times:
Focus Shifts in Ricin Case as Charges Are Dropped
Focus Shifts in Ricin Case as Charges Are Dropped
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emptywheel and msnbc.com
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Poll finds Pelosi best known, but least liked congressional leader — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is the most well-known but least-favored of the four Congressional leaders, according to a new poll. — The Gallup poll released Wednesday found that only 11 percent …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Turbulence at The Times — One Monday morning in April, Jill Abramson called Dean Baquet into her office to complain. The executive editor of The New York Times was upset about the paper's recent news coverage — she felt it wasn't “buzzy” enough, a source there said — and placed blame on Baquet, her managing editor.
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Poynter, Guardian, Taylor Marsh, Betsy's Page, Gawker and Riehl World News, more at Mediagazer »
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Obama's tattoo threat — President Barack Obama revealed he and first lady Michelle Obama have a master plan to prevent their two daughters from getting tattoos. — “What we've said to the girls is that 'If you guys ever decide to get a tattoo, then Mommy and me will get the exact same tattoo …
Associated Press:
WH knew electric car maker Fisker was faltering: AP — Newly obtained documents show the Obama administration was warned as early as 2010 that electric car maker Fisker Automotive Inc. was not meeting milestones set up for a half-billion dollar government loan, nearly a year before U.S. officials froze …
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“The Lid”, Hot Air, Scared Monkeys and Right Wing News
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Bill Vlasic / New York Times:
Breaking Down on the Road to Electric Cars
Breaking Down on the Road to Electric Cars
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Power Line, Wall Street Journal, Hit & Run, CBS DC and E2-Wire
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Bush on Cheney: 'It's been cordial' — Former President George W. Bush is in the midst of a media blitz to promote the Thursday opening of his presidential library and has generally projected a jaunty, at-peace air as he takes questions about his tumultuous eight years in the White House.
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The Maddow Blog, First Read, Taegan Goddard's … and msnbc.com
John Hudson / FP Passport:
Ron Paul fans furious over Rand Paul's drone flip-flop — Ron Paul's vibrant fan base is in open rebellion today over Rand Paul's perceived reversal on domestic drone strikes. The Kentucky senator, whose famous 13-hour Senate floor filibuster did much to strengthen his ties …
New York Times:
Budget Cuts, Minus the Inconvenience — On Monday, after the sequester cuts forced the Federal Aviation Administration to begin furloughs for air traffic controllers, delays began to build up at airports around the country. Travelers had to wait, but nothing delayed Republicans from scurrying away from all responsibility.
Meredith Shiner / Roll Call:
Will Wyden's Rise Create More Democratic Headaches? — Liberals may have cheered when Montana Sen. Max Baucus announced he would retire in 2014 and give up his stranglehold on the Senate Finance Committee gavel. But the likely ascent of Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden to the top of the committee creates its own problems for Democrats.
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Taylor Marsh, The Maddow Blog and Post Politics
Tyler Kingkade / The Huffington Post:
Ray Canterbury On School Lunches: West Virginia Republican Proposes Making Kids Work For Food — A West Virginia lawmaker floated the idea during floor debate in the state's House of Delegates of having school children work as janitors, the Associated Press reports.
Ned Resnikoff / msnbc.com:
Hundreds of service workers strike in Chicago — Hundreds of fast food and retail workers went on strike in Chicago Wednesday morning in a labor action consciously modeled on New York City's fast food workers campaign and the nationwide Walmart strike which occurred last Thanksgiving.
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The Raw Story