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3:50 PM ET, April 4, 2011

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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.
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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 …
Paul Krugman:
Privatizing Medicare  —  So they're really going to propose it.  —  More when we have some details.  But two key points:  —  1. Privatizing and voucherizing Medicare does nothing whatsoever to control costs.  We've seen that from the sorry history of Medicare Advantage.
Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
Rep. Paul Ryan's Medicaid gamble
Discussion: Opinion L.A.
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
House GOP's ‘Radical’ Plan For Medicare, Medicaid
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Hullabaloo
Fox News:
(CROSSTALK)  —  WALLACE: Are we talking 20 percent?
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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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
In Reversal, 9/11 Plotter to Be Tried by Military Panel  —  WASHINGTON — In a major reversal, the Obama administration has decided to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for his role in the attacks of Sept. 11 before a military commission at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and not in a civilian courtroom.
Lauraklairmont / CNN:   TRENDING: Gitmo commission move the latest in a long line of Obama shifts
ABCNEWS:
9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to be Tried by Military Commission
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Weigel
CNN:
Accused 9/11 terrorists to face military tribunals
Discussion: Oliver Willis
Michael Muskal / Los Angeles Times:
Obama launches reelection campaign with e-mail, web video  —  The president pledges to focus on his job, but will pick up the tempo of campaigning this month with several fundraisers.  The campaign is hoping to raise a record $1 billion.  —  President Obama speaking in March (Jewel Samad / AFP/Getty Images))
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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 …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Obama to host budget talks Tuesday
Discussion: FrumForum
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
41 Senate Dems oppose GOP Planned Parenthood cuts
Discussion: Cubachi and Weasel Zippers
John T. Bennett / The Hill:
The Hill Poll: Likely voters are wary of Libyan mission cost  —  Only a quarter of Americans believe the Obama administration's military intervention in Libya is worth the cost, and even fewer support arming anti-regime fighters, according to a new poll for The Hill.
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Jon Walker / Firedoglake:
By Two-to-One Margin, Voters Think Libya Not Worth the Cost
Discussion: Eschaton
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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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.
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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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Truth, Still Inconvenient
Discussion: AmSpecBlog
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 …
Discussion: Wonkette, The Raw Story and Daily Kos
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
MONEY TALKS  —  Eight of the current Supreme Court Justices are known for their zeal in questioning lawyers.  That tendency was on display last week during the oral argument over the constitutionality of an Arizona law known as the Citizens Clean Elections Act, a law that attempts …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Law Blog
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.
ProPublica:
Setting The Record Straight on GE's Taxes  —  There's a heated debate over General Electric's taxes in places ranging from the front page of the New York Times to the blogosphere to, of all places, “The Daily Show.”  In the 10 days since the Times touched off this debate …
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Now Libya steps on President Obama's message  —  President Barack Obama's decision to intervene in Libya has presented him with a whole new set of political problems with members of both parties.  But its most worrisome effect for the White House is the way it's undermining his efforts …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Clinton: Shutdown would hurt GOP but might not be ‘traumatic’ for economy  —  A government shutdown might not have a “traumatic” effect on the economy, former President Bill Clinton said Monday.  —  Clinton, who faced a shutdown during his 1995 budget negotiations with congressional Republicans …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
DNC lays off regional staffers, plans expanded operation  —  The Democratic National Committee laid off half a dozen more staffers on its regional political desks Friday afternoon — but the committee appears likely to actually wind up with an expanded political operation as the campaign season approaches.
 
 
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
OBAMA 2012 LAUNCH VIDEO: ‘IT BEGINS WITH US’ — …
Mark S. Smith / Associated Press:
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John E. Sununu / Boston Globe:
Presidential feints by two media stars
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Myglesias / Yglesias:
The Case For Freshman Ineligibility
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
GOP shouldn't panic if whites become a minority
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Rich Are Targeted in IRS Audit Offensive
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Paul Krugman:
Diminished Individualism Watch
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