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9:55 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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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 …
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.
The Huffington Post:
Budget Deal Would Give Pentagon Extra Funds In Exchange For Social Program Cuts … WASHINGTON — While media attention focuses on the cuts to government spending demanded by House Republicans and broadly accepted by Democrats, the Pentagon is poised to reap billions more in federal funds, according to sources close to the discussions.
Discussion: Daily Kos and AMERICAblog News
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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.
Andrew Stiles / National Review:
BREAKING: GOP Readies Short-Term CR as Budget Talks Break Down  —  House Republicans are preparing a third short-term spending resolution in the event that a long-term compromise cannot be reached with Senate Democrats and the White House before April 8, GOP aides confirm.
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Santorum to make first stop in Nevada  —  (CNN) - The man who is arguably the most frequent flyer of the early stages of the battle for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination is making his first visit this cycle to Nevada.  —  Former Sen. Rick Santorum will head to Reno …
Discussion: The Page
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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First Read / msnbc.com:
Cops investigating pig's foot sent to Rep. Peter King's office
Discussion: Runnin' Scared
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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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Mitch Daniels to give education speech in Washington  —  Mitch Daniels has been mostly tethered to Indianapolis during a contentious legislative session, but he's planning a trip to Washington next month to deliver what's sure to be a high-profile speech on education.
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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Maine Mural Controversy: U.S. Labor Department Says Put It Back Up Or Repay The Money … Department Of Labor , Department Of Labor Maine , Labor Mural , Labor Protests , Maine Mural , Paul Lepage , Paul Lepage Maine , Paul Lepage Maine Governor , Paul Lepage Mural , Politics News
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Portland Press-Herald:
Maine Voices: LePage rhetoric interferes with goals, say GOP senators
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Maine GOP Legislators Publicly Rebuke Gov. Paul LePage
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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
Discussion: TPMDC
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Warning Signs Among the GOP  —  It's not inconceivable that Republicans might start seeing things go against them in the court of public opinion, starting with the current spending debate.  —  Until recently, Republicans were taking solace in a number of things as they looked forward to 2012.
Discussion: msnbc.com and Daily Kos
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 …
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 …
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Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Ivory Coast Leader Cornered After U.N. and France Strike
Randal C. Archibold / New York Times:
Singer Elected Haiti's President  —  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — One of Haiti's most popular entertainers, a provocative Carnival singer previously best known for disrobing and swearing on stage, was elected president in a landslide, according to results announced Monday, placing him at the helm …
Discussion: The Daley Gator and UN Dispatch
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 …
Ronald Bailey / Hit & Run:
Anti-Fracking Enviros Attempt to Silence NY State's Top Staff Geologist  —  Claiming that hydro-fracking harms aquifers, environmental activist groups have managed to scare New York State legisiators and regulators into a moratorium on using the technology that enables the production …
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Unrest in Yemen Seen as Opening to Qaeda Branch  —  WASHINGTON — Counterterrorism operations in Yemen have ground to a halt, allowing Al Qaeda's deadliest branch outside of Pakistan to operate more freely inside the country and to increase plotting for possible attacks against Europe and the United States …
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Sanders: Rich ‘Have Not Contributed One Nickel To Deficit Reduction’  —  Bernie, put down the bong!  —  On Cenk Uygur's MSNBC show this evening, Bernie Sanders, the socialist senator from Vermont who caucuses with the Dems, claimed that rich Americans “have not contributed one nickel to deficit reduction.”
Bloomberg:
Google Said to Be Possible Target of U.S. FTC Antitrust Probe  —  Google Inc. (GOOG)'s dominance of the Internet-search industry is being considered for a broad antitrust investigation by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, two people familiar with the matter said.
 
 
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Boston Globe:
Targets set high for Obama reelection
Discussion: msnbc.com
Amelia Hill / Guardian:
News of the World arrests in phone-hacking case
Discussion: The Wire
Tom Lauricella / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Crunched in Nasdaq Rebalance
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Religion Does Its Worst
Discussion: Vox Popoli and The Huffington Post
Jack Khoury / Haaretz:
Israeli actor Juliano Mer-Khamis shot dead in Jenin
Discussion: Israel Matzav and TPMCafe
Associated Press:
John Adler, Former New Jersey Congressman, Dies at 51
Discussion: The Page
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
GOP keeps its powder dry as Obama runs unopposed
Discussion: The Hoosierpundit
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