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7:25 AM ET, April 15, 2011

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George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Obama Exclusive: I Was Born in Hawaii and I Don't ‘Have Horns’  —  I thought the president would take a pass when I asked him about Donald Trump's rise to the top of the Republican field in my exclusive interview today.  —  Far from it.  —  He grabbed at the chance with a big smile …
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George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Obama Exclusive: Concedes Senate Vote Against Raising Debt Limit Was ‘Political’  —  In my exclusive interview with President Barack Obama, the president acknowledged that Democrats are going to bear the “burden” of extending the national debt limit later this spring - and he explained …
Juana Summers / The Politico:
Tim Pawlenty: Obama gives ‘false choice’ on debt limit  —  NASHUA, N.H. — Tim Pawlenty endeared himself to enthused Republican activists here Thursday with an impassioned attack against President Barack Obama's rhetoric on the looming debt-ceiling fight, accusing him of misleading on the issue.
Discussion: AMERICAblog News, The Page and The Hill
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Obama's Insane Hostage Bargaining Strategy
Discussion: Mother Jones, MyDD, Yglesias and Reuters
Jonathon M. Seidl / The Blaze:
OLBERMANN: S.E. CUPP SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN BORN, PROVES ‘NECESSITY’ OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD  —  Keith Olbermann is not known for his candor.  In a sense, it's what's made him a popular figure on the left.  And sure, he makes off-the-wall comments sometimes in order to evoke a response.
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Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
Olbermann says S.E. Cupp demonstrates the ‘necessity’ of Planned Parenthood  —  The leviathan of all things wise, former MSNBC host and Current TV's chief news officer Keith Olbermann, tried to cover his tracks Thursday afternoon after implying on Twitter that he wished Planned Parenthood …
Discussion: Mediaite
CNN:
JOY BEHAR SHOW
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Pajamas Media
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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Palin Headed To Madison, Wisconsin This Weekend
Discussion: Wonkette
Sara Murray / Washington Wire:
Gov. Walker Gets Some Awkward Questions
Discussion: Sky Dancing, Althouse and The Hill
The Politico:
Obama puts GOP in no mood to deal  —  President Barack Obama extended a fiscal olive branch to Republicans on Wednesday.  Then he beat them up with it.  —  Obama's long-anticipated speech on the deficit at George Washington University was one of the oddest rhetorical hybrids of his presidency …
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The Politico:
Labor leaders tee off on Barack Obama, Harry Reid  —  Top labor leaders excoriated President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in a closed session of the AFL-CIO's executive board meeting in Washington Wednesday, three labor sources said.  —  Furious union presidents complained …
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Defunding healthcare, Planned Parenthood passes House, fails Senate  —  The House on Thursday afternoon approved two resolutions that would amend the FY 2011 spending bill to block funding designated for Planned Parenthood and last year's healthcare law.  But House passage is largely symbolic …
Discussion: Cubachi and Weasel Zippers
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Azi Paybarah / New York Observer:
Trump: ‘Always Had a Great Relationship With The Blacks’  —  You are missing some Flash content that should appear here!  Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly.  —  Donald Trump speaking with Fred Dicker.  —  Donald Trump shot down a report claiming …
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Chris Moody / The Daily Caller:
Trump/West 2012? Allen West not closed to idea of being Donald Trump's VP
Jonathan Schwarz / A Tiny Revolution:
Then They Came for Dana Milbank  —  For the past 20 years, as the U.S. middle class has quietly collapsed, Dana Milbank has made a great living as a media liberal who constantly ridicules liberals.  But recently it seemed as though he'd suddenly noticed something was going on.  Why?
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Who's Serious Now?  —  Paul Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, sounds upset.  And you can see why: President Obama, to the great relief of progressives, has called his bluff.  —  Last week, Mr. Ryan unveiled his budget proposal, and the initial reaction of much of the punditocracy …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Steven L. Taylor / Outside the Beltway:
The Ryan Plan's Political Problem  —  I have been meaning to write about the Ryan Plan for days, but have not gotten around to it (although, in general, I think that both James Fallows and Michael Kinsely are largely on target).  This post is less about the plan itself than about the politics of the plan.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Tom A. Peter / Christian Science Monitor:
Afghan mullahs push peaceful protest in wake of Quran-burning violence  —  More Qurans were inadvertently burned during recent Afghan protests than by the US pastor Terry Jones.  Spiritual leaders in Kandahar called a meeting to teach Afghans how to channel their passions peacefully.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
New York Times:
Libya's Pathway to Peace  —  Together with our NATO allies and coalition partners, the United States, France and Britain have been united from the start in responding to the crisis in Libya, and we are united on what needs to happen in order to end it.  —  Even as we continue …
Discussion: Aljazeera, Hot Air, CNN and normblog
Jon Terbush / TPMDC:
Poll: Floridians Have Strong Buyers Remorse After Electing GOP Gov. Scott  —  Only three months removed from Governor Rick Scott's (R) inauguration, a majority of Florida voters now say the state is headed in the wrong direction and that, if they could do it all over again …
Derek Hunter / The Daily Caller:
Righteous Indignation: Andrew Breitbart is out to save the world (and he just might)  —  You won't find too many people who are indifferent toward Andrew Breitbart.  But love him or hate him, you can't ignore him.  With his ever-growing collection of “Big” websites (Big Government …
Discussion: Big Government and American Power
Alia Beard Rau / Arizona Republic:
Arizona lawmakers OK requiring proof of citizenship to run for president  —  The Arizona Legislature has become the first in the nation to pass a measure requiring presidential candidates to provide proof of citizenship in order to get on the state's ballot.  —  House Bill 2177 got final approval Thursday night from the House.
Discussion: Gawker
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org:
Joy Behar Bizarrely Blames Reagan in 1981 for Sleeping Air Traffic Controllers in 2011  —  Sleeping air traffic controllers in 2011 are the fault of Ronald Reagan firing striking workers in 1981, according to liberal comedienne Joy Behar.  The View co-host on Thursday managed to blame …
NBC New York:
Bill Clinton Recalls “Romantic” Days of Prostitutes in Times Square  —  Former President Bill Clinton fondly remembers a “romantic” time when you could still get a prostitute in Times Square.  —  Clinton was at a news conference in Times Square with Mayor Bloomberg on Wednesday when a reporter asked …
Reuters:
U.S., allies see Libyan rebels in hopeless disarray  —  (Reuters) - Too little is known about Libya's rebels and they remain too fragmented for the United States to get seriously involved in organizing or training them, let alone arming them, U.S. and European officials say.
Discussion: Guardian and LewRockwell.com Blog
LoHud.com:
Georgia blogger claims hate letter sent to Ball, says he is ‘using Muslims’  —  A Georgia grandmother who says she sent state Sen. Greg Ball a Curious George monkey with a label saying it was bound for Auschwitz, cheap perfume and an anger-filled, anti-Semitic letter also laid claim Wednesday …
sciencemag.org:
Phonemic Diversity Supports a Serial Founder Effect Model of Language Expansion from Africa  —  1Department of Psychology, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand.  —  2Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford, 64 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PN, UK.
Discussion: New York Times and Washington Post
 
 
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BBC:
Libya: Nato appeals for more planes
Discussion: FrumForum
Reuters:
Special report: In cyberspy vs. cyberspy, China has the edge
Discussion: Firedoglake and ParaPundit
Gallup:
Americans Trust Governors, Business Leaders Most on Economy
Discussion: The Daily Caller and RedState
Aaron Morrissey / DCist:
D.C. Abortion Funding Ban Begins To Rear Its Ugly Head
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Wonk Room
George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Exclusive Interview with President Barack Obama: Transcript Part One
Discussion: Washington Wire
epi.org:
Taxes on the wealthy have gone down dramatically
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Joan Biskupic / USA Today:
Health care law gets day in court
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and Wonk Room
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
How do $38.5 billion in cuts become $350 million?
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Torture Apologists Who Corrupted America's Youth
Discussion: Guardian
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Just the Simple Truth  —  Have I mentioned my favorite part of Obama's speech yesterday?
Discussion: The White House
Kelly Chernenkoff / Fox News:
GWU Suicide Tragically Coincides with Obama Speech
Alan J. Kuperman / Boston Globe:
False pretense for war in Libya?