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2:40 PM ET, April 16, 2009

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
“Tea Party” Protests Appear to Draw At Least 250,000  —  This is an update and probably the last one.  Those of you who are interested in extending the analysis (there are undoubtedly many events missing, although most of the major ones should now be covered) are encouraged to do so at Wikipedia or elsewhere.
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Ross Douthat:
The Tea Parties  —  They resemble nothing so much as the anti-war protests during Bush's first term.  The claim that they don't have an organizing premise strikes me as obviously wrong: They're anti-bailout, anti-stimulus, anti-deficit, and anti- the tax increases that will eventually …
Byron York / www.washingtonexaminer.com:
Small-town rally shows true meaning of tea parties
Discussion: Hot Air
Chris Good / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Tea Pary Turnout: A Rundown of Estimates
Discussion: Washington Monthly and MyDD
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Wag the Blog: Did the Tea Parties Succeed?
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Obama's huge test today: do we believe in secret law?  —  (updated below - Update II)  —  Today is the most significant test yet determining the sincerity of Barack Obama's commitment to restore the Constitution, transparency and the rule of law.  After seeking and obtaining multiple extensions …
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Mark Mazzetti / The Caucus:
Secret Interrogation Memos to Be Released  —  After a tense internal debate, the Obama administration this afternoon will make public a number of detailed memos describing the harsh interrogation techniques used by the Central Intelligence Agency against al Qaeda suspects in secret overseas prisons.
fra.dot.gov:
High-Speed Rail  —  Vision of High-Speed Rail in America  —  President Obama proposes to help address the nation's transportation challenges by launching new an efficient, high-speed passenger rail network in 100-600 mile corridors that connect communities across America.
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The White House:
A Vision for High Speed Rail  —  “I'm happy to be here.  I'm more happy than you can imagine,” said the Vice President, a noted rail enthusiast, before introducing the President for the release of his strategic plan for high speed rail in America.  Revolving around the $8 billion …
Discussion: MoJo Blog Posts and Wonkette
Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
Obama Unveils High-Speed Rail Plan  —  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday highlighted his ambition for the development of high-speed passenger rail lines in at least 10 regions, expressing confidence in the future of train travel even as he acknowledged that the American rail network …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:   Obama's High-Speed Rail Plan
George F. Will / Washington Post:
America's Bad Jeans  —  On any American street, or in any airport or mall, you see the same sad tableau: A 10-year-old boy is walking with his father, whose development was evidently arrested when he was that age, judging by his clothes.  Father and son are dressed identically — running shoes, T-shirts.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:   WILL TACKLES FASHION.... The Washington Post's George Will tends …
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:   George Will - Never in Blue Jeans
Fox News:
Napolitano Apologizes for Offending Veterans After DHS Eyes Them for ‘Rightwing Extremism’  —  Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano apologized to veterans in a FOX News interview after a DHS report labeled returning troops at risk for embracing right-wing extremism.  —  FOXNews.com
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Matt Corley / Think Progress:
Politico's Mike Allen claims that author of DHS report on right-wing extremism couldn't be from ‘real America.’  —  On Tuesday, the Washington Times revealed a recent Department of Homeland Security assessment that warned about increased activity by “rightwing extremists.”
David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:   Shepard Smith blows the ‘DHS is picking on the Tea Parties’ meme out of the water
Edwin Mora / CNSNews:
Georgetown Says It Covered Over Name of Jesus to Comply With White House Request  —  (CNSNews.com) - Georgetown University says it covered over the monogram “IHS”—symbolizing the name of Jesus Christ—because it was inscribed on a pediment on the stage where President Obama spoke at the university …
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Scott / Power Line:   Is Obama the way?  —  On Tuesday President Obama visited …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Checking The Blogosphere  —  Only a day after a massive, sustained and widespread outcry on the bloggy right about the DHS convening a study to worry about right-wing extremism, we get news of illegal and excessive wire-tapping under Bush.  Not a single right-wing blog I can find via Memeorandum has commented.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The NYT's predictable revelation: new FISA law enabled massive abuses
New York Post:
CNBC SWEATS ‘OBAMA-BASHING’  —  THE top suits and some of the on-air talent at CNBC were recently ordered to a top-secret meeting with General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt and NBC Universal President Jeff Zucker to discuss whether they've turned into the President Obama-bashing network, Page Six has learned.
Paul Haven / Associated Press:
Spanish AG says no torture probe of US officials  —  MADRID - Spanish prosecutors will recommend against opening an investigation into whether six Bush administration officials sanctioned torture against terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, the country's attorney-general said Thursday.
Mike Madden / Salon:
“On 9/11, I think they hit the wrong building”  —  A woman participates in a Tax Day rally in Lafayette Park in Washington Wednesday.  —  WASHINGTON — The gathering in Lafayette Square, in honor both of tax day and of a generalized fury at Barack Obama, his budget, the Federal Reserve …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Obama Is Just Not Their Cup of Tea
ginandtacos.com:
ED GOES UNDERCOVER TEABAGGIN'  —  So my good friend Scott pointed out that for all of my talk about Teabaggin', I was strangely ambivalent about the opportunity to see one in the flesh.  Well, my inner anthropologist and innate love of freaks won out in the end.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Race at the Tea Party
Discussion: TalkLeft
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Gotcha TV: Crews Stalk Bill O'Reilly's Targets  —  When Bill O'Reilly's camera crew ambushed Mike Hoyt at a bus stop in Teaneck, N.J., a few months ago, the on-camera confrontation and the microphone in his face reminded him, oddly enough, of the “60 Minutes” interviewer Mike Wallace.
The Independent:
1,500 farmers commit mass suicide in India  —  Over 1,500 farmers in an Indian state committed suicide after being driven to debt by crop failure, it was reported today.  —  The agricultural state of Chattisgarh was hit by falling water levels.  —  “The water level has gone down below 250 feet here.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Jonathan Martin / Ben Smith's Blog:
Elephant agonistes (cont.)  —  The proprietor of this here blog, one Ben Smith, had a smart story in early March about how the GOP was still, in market parlance, “looking for the bottom.”  —  The search continues.  —  Mark Halperin tallies up the reasons why:
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
 
 
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