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8:35 PM ET, April 11, 2011

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Juli Weiner / Vanity Fair:
“Best Wishes, Donald Trump”: A Future President's Letter to Vanity Fair  —  The Donald has inveighed (in Sharpie!) against our intrepid blogger.  We found his comments so delightful, we had to share.  —  It was with great delight and a sense of kinship that we at Vanity Fair read Donald Trump's letter …
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Lukas I. Alpert / NY Daily News:
Donald Trump fires back after White House aide declares that he has ‘zero chance’ to be President  —  The White House stopped just short of dismissing Donald Trump as a clown Sunday - calling him a “sideshow” act with “zero chance” of becoming president.  —  Chief Obama adviser David Plouffe unleashed …
Richard Dunham / Texas on the Potomac:
Hearst exclusive: Obama talks about his golf habit, his favorite magazines and personal frustrations  —  President Obama makes a surprise visit to the Lincoln Memorial this weekend.  —  President Obama wants you to know that he is not a golf addict.  —  He simply spends so much time unwinding …
David Brody / The Brody File:
Exclusive: Donald Trump to Brody File: ‘I believe in God. I am Christian.’
Discussion: Don Surber, GOP 12 and The Page
Myglesias / Yglesias:
A Debt Ceiling Hostage Rescue Strategy  —  As Jon Chait and Josh Marshall write this morning, the way the tax cut deal and the appropriations deal went down makes it clear that the White House needs a better hostage rescue strategy heading into the debt ceiling fight.  Fortunately, I think one is available.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Boehner: Relationship with Obama improved after budget battle
The Note:
Mitt Romney Announces 2012 Presidential Exploratory Committee: 'Obama's Policies Have Failed'  —  ABC News' Michael Falcone reports:  —  UPDATED: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney formally launched his 2012 presidential exploratory committee on Monday in a Web video, declaring that “President Obama's policies have failed.”
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama Puts Taxes on Table
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
Trump: White House's ‘Worst Nightmare?’
Margo D. Beller / CNBC:
Trump: Obama Is to Blame For High Oil Prices
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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JSOnline:
Democrat on Waukesha County vote panel speaks out  —  By Laurel Walker of the Journal Sentinel  —  Waukesha - The Democrat on the Waukesha County Board of Canvassers who was widely quoted as endorsing Waukesha County's official ballot count that flipped the Supreme Court winner last week has more to say.
Chicago Tribune:
Chicago school bans some lunches brought from home  —  To encourage healthful eating, Chicago school doesn't allow kids to bring lunches or certain snacks from home — and some parents, and many students, aren't fans of the policy  —  A Little Village Academy student cringes at an enchilada dish served at his school.
Washington Post:
Appeals court upholds Justice challenge on Ariz. immigration law  —  A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a lower court decision that blocked the most contested provisions of Arizona's immigration law from taking effect.  —  A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
REPORT: U.S. Military Spending Has Almost Doubled Since 2001  —  A new report released today by SIPRI, a Swedish-based think tank, reveals that U.S. military spending has almost doubled since 2001.  The U.S. spent an astounding $698 billion on the military last year, an 81% increase over the last decade.
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Greg Scoblete / RealClearWorld:   U.S. Military Spending vs. the World
Debbie Siegelbaum / The Hill:
Capitol Police arrest DC mayor at rally against budget deal
Discussion: CNN and Weasel Zippers
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO OFFER THE LOW-WAGE WORKFORCE FOR FOREIGN COMPANIES.... Ikea's labor dispute in Southern Virginia should be a bigger story. … It's quite an ordeal.  Workers are forced to work overtime, often with little notice, and those who don't go along face disciplinary action.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The President Is Missing  —  What have they done with President Obama?  What happened to the inspirational figure his supporters thought they elected?  Who is this bland, timid guy who doesn't seem to stand for anything in particular?  —  I realize that with hostile Republicans controlling the House …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WHAT PAUL RYAN'S CONSTITUENTS THINK, AND WHY IT MATTERS.... Rep. Paul Ryan's (R) Wisconsin district isn't competitive.  Over the last decade, his most competitive race was the one he won by “only” 26 points.  Last year, the margin was 38 points.  —  But when the Associated Press checked …
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Revolver  —  Why do some of the most capable public servants in America, people like economist Peter Orszag, keep circling back from Washington to Wall Street?  One guess.  —  When Peter Orszag left his post as White House budget director last summer, it made perfect sense, on several levels …
Charles Ommanney / Newsweek:
What's Really Going On With Gabby Giffords?  —  The untold story of the congresswoman's struggle, her husband's faith, and their long, hard road to recovery.  —  PHOTOS: According to doctors, Sen. Gabrielle Giffords has made significant advances.  But they caution that injuries to the brain …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Republican lawmakers sour on 2012 field  —  A presidential primary favorite is emerging among the ranks of congressional Republicans: none of the above.  —  The dissatisfaction with the likely GOP field — long whispered among party activists, operatives and elected officials — is growing more audible in the House and Senate.
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Alan Simpson On GOP: ‘We Have Homophobes In Our Party’  —  On MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews today, former Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY), co-chair of President Obama's debt commission, railed against the social conservatives in the Republican party.  He admonished male legislators …
The Right Scoop:
Beck: Draft Allen West for Pres but Sarah Palin not so much  —  Glenn Beck rarely talks politics on his radio or tv show but he did spend a good bit of time on it this morning.  Turns out he really wants to start a ‘draft Allen West campaign’ for President with Michele Bachmann as his VP.
Discussion: Ballot Box
Jessica Simeone / New York Post:
His students know ‘squat’  —  What's next, extra credit for going freegan?  —  An eccentric SUNY Purchase art professor held a “class” yesterday in SoHo where he instructed his hipster students on how to illegally squat in condos around the city.  —  Chris Robbins organized the seminar …
Discussion: Moonbattery and Runnin' Scared
Bill Carter / New York Times:
Couric's Rocky Path to a Likely Parting With CBS  —  For Katie Couric, the offer in 2006 to become the anchor of “CBS Evening News” came with another incentive, one she prized almost as highly, according to two of her friends: the chance to report for “60 Minutes,” the newsmagazine …
New York Times:
Egypt Sentences Blogger to 3 Years  —  CAIRO — An Egyptian blogger was sentenced Monday to three years in prison for criticizing the military in what human rights advocates called one of the more alarming violations of freedom of expression since a popular uprising led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak two months ago.
Discussion: Runnin' Scared
New York Review of Books:
Private Manning's Humiliation  —  Bruce Ackerman and Yochai Benkler  —  Bradley Manning is the soldier charged with leaking US government documents to Wikileaks.  He is currently detained under degrading and inhumane conditions that are illegal and immoral.
New York Times:
Democrat in Missouri to Oppose Health Care Law  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri's Democratic attorney general broke with his party on Monday and urged a federal judge to invalidate the central provision of the new health care law.  —  The filing of the court brief by Attorney General Chris Koster …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Pajamas Media
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Where Hippie Punching Gets You  —  Jonathan Cohn makes the good point that Obama's speech on Wednesday is unfortunately going to be seen as the left most position in the debate which makes a compromise between his plan and Ryan's the “juuust right” sweet spot.
Discussion: Eschaton and Shakesville
Dan Levine / Reuters:
Winklevoss twins must accept Facebook deal - court  —  (Reuters) - Mark Zuckerberg won a legal battle against former Harvard classmates who accuse him of stealing their idea for Facebook, but the feud made famous on the silver screen is not over yet.  —  Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss must accept …
 
 
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Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Jonathan Alter out at Newsweek
Elizabeth Dickinson / FP Passport:
Gbagbo arrested in Ivory Coast
New York Times:
Pakistan Tells U.S. It Must Sharply Cut C.I.A. Activities
Adam Rawnsley / Danger Room:
American Terrorist Proves He Still Can't Rap
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Blaze
CBS Chicago:
Gas Prices Climbing Toward $5 Per Gallon
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
In Iowa, Bachmann blasts GOP on budget deal
Discussion: The Politico, CNN and Radio Iowa
William Rhodes / Foreign Policy:
There's no time to lose on Korea
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 Earlier Items: 
Byron Tau / Ben Smith's Blog:
2012 candidates stake out positions on sharia
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Why the debt limit fight will be different
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KARE-TV:
Arsonist sets Jesus statue on fire
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
The Ayers campaign  —  There's an oft-broken rule of self …
Discussion: Swampland, The Hill, CNN, TPMDC and msnbc.com
Gerald E. Scorse / Los Angeles Times:
Roth IRAs: A real ‘fiscal Frankenstein’