memeorandum: Counting by States — The Democrats' Senate problem. (Jay Cost/Weekly Standard)

11:10 AM ET, April 5, 2014

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Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:

Why Mozilla's Chief Had to Resign — What conclusions should we draw about Silicon Valley from what happened at Mozilla? — Two weeks ago, Brendan Eich was appointed as chief executive of the open-source software company that makes the Firefox Web browser, among other products.

Discussion: Bloomberg View, National Review and Fox News

James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:

Citizens United and the defenestration of Brendan Eich. — (Best of the tube this weekend: Catch us on “The Journal Editorial Report” discussing the GOP's 2014 Senate prospects and the Supreme Court's latest free-speech case. Fox News Channel, Saturday at 2 p.m. ET, with a repeat showing Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.)

Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com, JustOneMinute, RealClearPolitics Video Log, CBS San Francisco, Instapundit, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Firedoglake and The PJ Tatler

Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Mozilla's Gay-Marriage Litmus Test Violates Liberal Values

Discussion: Booman Tribune, Post Politics, Gay Star News, his vorpal sword, Hot Air, USA Today, Power Line, American Prospect and Hit & Run

Andrew Sullivan / The Dish:
Dissents Of The Day — Among the scores of upset readers rattling the in-tray:

Discussion: The Daily Beast, CANNONFIRE, National Review, American Spectator, Daily Kos, Valleywag, Althouse, Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller

CNN:

Report: Chinese ship hears pulse signal in south Indian Ocean — (CNN) — A Chinese patrol ship searching for signs of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean discovered Saturday the pulse signal used by so-called black boxes, state news agency Xinhua reported.

Discussion: Liberaland, Mediaite and Gawker

Jose A. Rodriguez Jr / Washington Post:

I ran the CIA interrogation program. No matter what the Senate report says, I know it worked. — Jose A. Rodriguez Jr. is the former head of the CIA's National Clandestine Service and the author of “Hard Measures: How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives.”

ABC News:

ABC News Exclusive: Grand Jury Convened in Christie Bridge Scandal Probe … The U.S. Attorney in New Jersey has convened a grand jury to investigate the involvement of Governor Chris Christie's office in the George Washington Bridge scandal, ABC News has learned.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Taylor Marsh, Daily Kos, Liberaland, The Raw Story and Booman Tribune

Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Spokesman Bails On Christie To Become Scott Brown's Campaign Manager

Discussion: ABC News, Washington Monthly and WMUR

Brian Beutler / Salon:

Greediest family on earth: Proof Koch brothers have just one political principle — Would you believe me if I told you that the Koch brothers actively participate in, and benefit from, a healthcare system in which the government subsidizes private insurance; carriers are prohibited …

Discussion: The Huffington Post

WTSP.com:

EXCLUSIVE: Fiancée of murdered Ft.Hood solider speaks — Sgt. First Class Danny Ferguson just returned from Afghanistan. The movement specialist was working at Ft. Hood when 34-year-old Ivan Lopez snapped and opened fire. — STORY: Fort Hood shooter had mental health problems

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, CNN, Washington Post, ABC News, Liberaland and New York Times

Josh Dickey / Mashable:

Stephen Colbert Is CBS' Top Choice to Succeed Letterman, and He's Into It — Stephen Colbert is CBS' top choice to replace the retiring David Letterman, and has indicated that he's willing to take over the Late Show when the time comes, people familiar with both sides of the discussions tell Mashable.

Discussion: Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, Mediaite, Althouse, The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, Gawker, Liberaland and The Week, more at Mediagazer »

Frank Newport / Gallup:

Americans Show Low Levels of Concern on Global Warming — Worry about other environmental problems increasing … PRINCETON, NJ — The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a new report this week warning of the existing and potentially severe adverse future impact …

Discussion: Informed Comment, Climate Depot and Hot Air

Marc Morano / Climate Depot:
Shock peer-reviewed paper provides ‘rationale’ …

Discussion: National Review, Power Line, Rush Limbaugh, The Daily Caller and Watts Up With That?

Detroit Free Press:

Muslim parent upset over school flyer promoting church's Easter egg hunt — Some Muslim parents are concerned about public schools in Dearborn handing out flyers to all students advertising an Easter egg hunt, saying it violates the principle of church and state separation.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller, Fox News and The Gateway Pundit

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:

Paul Ryan Accidentally Reveals The Truth About The GOP's Obamacare Replacement — House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) admitted on Friday that Republicans would not be able to preserve the most popular elements of Obamacare if they repeal the law as a whole.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog

Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Paul Ryan: Popular parts of Obamacare too costly to keep, alternatives needed

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Daily Kos

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:

Illinois Residents Least Trusting of Their State Government — North Dakota, Wyoming, and Utah rank at the top — PRINCETON, NJ — Illinois residents trust their state government to handle their state's problems far less than residents in any other state.

Discussion: Business Insider and GovBeat

Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Counting by States — The Democrats' Senate problem.

Discussion: Power Line

David Freedlander / The Daily Beast:

Pro-Pot, Pro-Gay, Anti-NSA... and Running for Senate — Meet Shenna Bellows, Maine's former ACLU chief who's looking to unseat Susan Collins with a mix of left and right issues that might appeal to millennials. — The baby boomers had John F. Kennedy—young, charismatic, and TV ready.

Discussion: Hit & Run

Scott Stump / Today:

Bush: Putin ‘dissed’ our pet, said his dog was ‘bigger, stronger, faster’ — When former president George W. Bush unveiled his paintings of world leaders during an interview with daughter Jenna Bush Hager on TODAY Friday, it brought back memories of an encounter with Vladimir Putin that revealed …