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3:10 AM ET, April 5, 2011

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Paul D. Ryan / Wall Street Journal:
The GOP Path to Prosperity  —  Our budget cuts $6.2 trillion in spending from the president's budget over the next 10 years and puts the nation on track to pay off our national debt.  —  Congress is currently embroiled in a funding fight over how much to spend on less than one-fifth of the federal budget for the next six months.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Truly Pathetic  —  Why on earth did the Democrat speaking for the Democrats just now on Hardball say it was “courageous” but “politically stupid” for Paul Ryan to put up a plan to abolish Medicare and other federal social programs?  That's the best he can do?  “Courageous”?  That's simply amazing.
Discussion: That Mr. G Guy's Blog
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
House GOP's ‘Radical’ Plan For Medicare, Medicaid  —  If anything will make it easier for House conservatives to back off on shutting down the government this week, it's the prospect of a different, and much larger fight over the federally funded social safety net.
David Brooks / New York Times:
Moment of Truth  —  It was a season of fiscal perestroika.  Last fall, the Simpson-Bowles deficit commission released a bold report on how to avoid an economic catastrophe.  For a few weeks, the think tanks and government offices were alive with proposals to reduce debt and reform entitlements …
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Will Paul Ryan Propose a Giant Tax Hike To Make Tax Cuts For the Rich Affordable?
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Bring on the Bamboozlement  —  As House Republicans cue …
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Bloody pig's foot sent to Rep. Peter King  —  Authorities intercepted a parcel this morning addressed to Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) containing a bloody pig's foot and a derogatory message, a source has confirmed to CBS News.  —  The parcel was intercepted at the Congressional mail facility in Landover …
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Source: Pig's foot sent to congressman's office  —  Washington (CNN) - A frozen pig's foot and a note laced with anti-Semitic rants were sent to Rep. Peter King's Capitol Hill office, a congressional source familiar with the situation confirmed to CNN Monday.
Discussion: American Power and GayPatriot
First Read / msnbc.com:
Cops investigating pig's foot sent to Rep. Peter King's office
Discussion: Runnin' Scared
The Note:   Bloody Pig's Foot Mailed to Top House Republican
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
In a Reversal, Military Trials for 9/11 Cases  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, ending more than a year of indecision with a major policy reversal, will prosecute Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other people accused of plotting the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks before a military commission …
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Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
KSM to be tried by military commission at Gitmo; Holder set to make announcement today
Chris Good / The Atlantic Online:
A Hamstrung Eric Holder Blasts Critics of Civilian Trials
Discussion: Hot Air and Flopping Aces
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed / Fox News:
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Accused 9/11 Co-Conspirators to Face Military Trial
Michelle Malkin:
Obama administration retreats (again) on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed civilian trial; Holder blames Congress
Discussion: UrbanGrounds
Robert Costa / National Review:
Graham Responds to Steyn, Stuttaford  —  In response to the criticism by Mark Steyn and Andrew Stuttaford about his weekend comments on free speech and Koran burning, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) called me this afternoon to flesh out his thoughts on the matter.  —  Here is the transcript:
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JSOnline:
No degree, little experience pay off big  —  Just in his mid-20s, Brian Deschane has no college degree, very little management experience and two drunken-driving convictions.  —  Yet he has landed an $81,500-per-year job in Gov. Scott Walker's administration overseeing environmental …
Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
House GOP to distribute shutdown plan  —  Republican leaders are preparing the House for a government shutdown, as they plan to distribute a pamphlet about the mechanics of a partial congressional work-stoppage to all lawmakers' offices Tuesday morning, according to several senior House aides.
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JSOnline:
Campaign to recall Wirch says it has enough signatures  —  The head of the campaign to recall Sen. Robert Wirch (D-Pleasant Prairie) says the group has gathered enough signatures to force a recall election.  —  Dan Hunt, chairman of Taxpayers to Recall Robert Wirch, says his organization has …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Wisconsin Dem senator could face recall  —  A petition against Wisconsin Democratic state senator is on the verge of triggering a recall against him amid fallout of the passage of the state's controversial union law.  —  The petition against state Sen. Robert Wirch has gathered …
Discussion: TPMDC
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Tax Credit for Religious Tuition  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday effectively upheld an Arizona program that aids religious schools, saying in a 5-to-4 decision that the plaintiffs had no standing to challenge it.  —  The program itself is novel and complicated …
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Doug Kendall / The Huffington Post:   McComish, the Supreme Court and the Fiesta Bowl Scandal
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
MONEY TALKS  —  Eight of the current Supreme Court Justices …
Discussion: Law Blog and Taegan Goddard's …
Kenneth Rogoff / Financial Times:
History will rue US and Europe debt woes  —  Will 23rd-century historians look back on today's fiscal follies with the same mixture of bemusement and disdain with which we now view the financial affairs of 18th-century French kings?  Policymakers throughout the world are trying to find ways …
Kathleen Lucadamo / NY Daily News:
No fried food: Health Dept. workers cringe at new rules restricting foods, fragrances, decorations  —  No overbearing perfume.  No obscene pictures.  And definitely no French fries for work lunches.  —  That's the new edict for employees of the same city Health Department that brought …
Ynetnews:
ElBaradei: We'll fight back if Israel attacks Gaza  —  In interview with Arab newspaper, former IAEA chief says if elected as Egypt's next president he will open Rafah crossing in case of an Israeli attack  —  Former International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei …
Associated Press:
John Adler, Former New Jersey Congressman, Dies at 51  —  TRENTON (AP) — John Adler, a New Jersey politician who worked his way up from town councilman to a term in Congress, died on Monday.  He was 51.  —  A spokeswoman for Mr. Adler, a Democrat, confirmed the death.
Discussion: The Page
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
March Madness: U.S. Gov't Spent More Than Eight Times Its Monthly Revenue  —  (CNSNews.com) - The U.S. Treasury has released a final statement for the month of March that demonstrates that financial madness has gripped the federal government.  —  During the month, according to the Treasury …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and protein wisdom
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Public Would Blame Both Sides if Government Shuts Down  —  Tea Party Reps Say Stand on Principle Even If It Means a Shutdown  —  With an April 8 deadline approaching for a possible shutdown of the federal government, the public remains divided over whether congressional Republicans …
Margot Roosevelt / Los Angeles Times:
Critics' review unexpectedly supports scientific consensus on global warming  —  A UC Berkeley team's preliminary findings in a review of temperature data confirm global warming studies.  —  A team of UC Berkeley physicists and statisticians that set out to challenge the scientific consensus …
 
 
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Nancy Folbre / Economix:
Tax Havens and Treasure Hunts
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
GOP keeps its powder dry as Obama runs unopposed
Discussion: The Hoosierpundit
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Wisconsin union battle ‘helped define’ Democrats, Trumka says
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Ivory Coast Leader Cornered After U.N. and France Strike
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Maine GOP Legislators Publicly Rebuke Gov. Paul LePage
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Next E! True Hollywood Story subject: Sarah Palin?
Discussion: Mediaite
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Erika Gudmundson / U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Secretary Geithner Sends Debt Limit Letter to Congress
Edwin Mora / CNSNews:
60% of U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan Have Occurred Since Obama Was Inaugurated in 2009
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
For the War Before He Was Against It  —  Rush Limbaugh's cynical …
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Four Hidden Messages In Obama's 2012 Reelection Launch
 

 
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