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9:05 PM ET, April 4, 2011

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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.
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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.
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Will Paul Ryan Propose a Giant Tax Hike To Make Tax Cuts For the Rich Affordable?  —  Based on Carl Hulse's reporting from yesterday it's clear that Rep Paul Ryan (R-WI) intends to go through with his plan to replace Medicare with vouchers to buy private health insurance, and then cut spending on the vouchers.
Naftali Bendavid / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Aim: Cut $4 Trillion  —  Budget Plan Would Transform Medicare, Reset Budget Debate; Democrats Balk  —  Republicans will present this week a 2012 budget proposal that would cut more than $4 trillion from federal spending projected over the next decade and transform the Medicare health program …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems ‘likely’ to offer budget alternative to Rep. Ryan's plan
Discussion: The Politico and FrumForum
Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
Rep. Paul Ryan's Medicaid gamble
Discussion: Hit & Run and Opinion L.A.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Bring on the Bamboozlement  —  As House Republicans cue …
Discussion: That Mr. G Guy's Blog and MyDD
Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
KSM to be tried by military commission at Gitmo; Holder set to make announcement today  —  Attorney General Eric Holder today will announce that self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad will be tried in a military commission, CBS News has learned.
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed / Fox News:
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Accused 9/11 Co-Conspirators to Face Military Trial
Chris Good / The Atlantic Online:
A Hamstrung Eric Holder Blasts Critics of Civilian Trials
Discussion: Hot Air and Flopping Aces
Michelle Malkin:
Obama administration retreats (again) on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed civilian trial; Holder blames Congress
Discussion: UrbanGrounds
The United States Department of Justice:
Statement of the Attorney General on the Prosecution of the 9/11 Conspirators
Discussion: TalkLeft and Blog of Rights
Lauraklairmont / CNN:   Gitmo commission move the latest in a long line of Obama shifts
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner digs in on spending cuts, saying $33B is ‘not enough’  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Monday that a spending accord with the Senate and White House must contain more than the $33 billion in immediate cuts Democrats have said the two sides already agreed upon.
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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 …
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Top Republicans: There Is No Budget Deal
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Obama invites leaders to budget talks
Discussion: The Politico and FrumForum
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 …
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Wisconsin union battle ‘helped define’ Democrats, Trumka says
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
MONEY TALKS  —  Eight of the current Supreme Court Justices …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Law Blog
The Note:
Bloody Pig's Foot Mailed to Top House Republican  —  ABC News' John R. Parkinson reports:  —  A bloody pig's foot was sent to the chairman of the House committee on Homeland Security, Rep. Pete King, R-New York, along with an anti-Semitic note referencing King's contentious hearings …
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Source: Pig's foot sent to congressman's office
Discussion: American Power
Mark Steyn / National Review:
Re: Lindsey Graham and the First Amendment  —  Andrew, ever since I ran into a spot of bother in Canada, I've found myself giving speeches in defense of freedom of expression in Toronto, London, Copenhagen, etc.  I did not think it would be necessary quite so soon to take the same stand …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
John Phillips: Why Hillary Clinton must run in 2012  —  If Hillary Clinton's primary voters and President Obama had their relationship status listed on their Facebook pages, it would change from “Married” to “It's complicated.”  —  To be fair, Hillary voters never fell in love with Obama, they just fell in line.
Michael Scherer / Swampland:
Four Hidden Messages In Obama's 2012 Reelection Launch  —  If you haven't yet seen it, here is the video that President Obama is using to launch his 2012 campaign.  —  Notice anything?  Here's what I saw:  —  1. The new slogan—"It begins with us"—is not a statement of fact.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
41 senators vow to oppose Planned Parenthood rider  —  Forty-one senators have pledged to filibuster any bipartisan spending bill that includes an amendment to strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood, threatening an impasse with House conservatives.  —  The group, led by Sen. Barbara Boxer …
Fortune:
The truth about GE's tax bill  —  Did GE pay U.S. income taxes in 2010?  The company known for minimizing its tax bill made a muddled situation worse responding to a New York Times report suggesting it might get a refund.  GE now says it has a small tax liability for 2010.
Andrew Goldman / New York Times:
Katie Couric Has a Few Regrets  —  When you started hosting the “CBS Evening News” in 2006, there was a lot of talk about mold-breaking.  Now the show looks very much like the other network broadcasts.  —  In retrospect I would have given people what they were used to, a traditional newscast.
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
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
For the War Before He Was Against It  —  Rush Limbaugh's cynical dissent from Pres. Obama's ill-conceived military adventure.  —  PRESIDENT OBAMA'S DECISION to wage war in Libya without Congressional authorization is the worst abuse of power we've seen in his administration …
 
 
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