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11:40 PM ET, April 14, 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: The Page
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Obama's Insane Hostage Bargaining Strategy
Discussion: Mother Jones, Reuters and Yglesias
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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The Politico:
Nancy Pelosi snaps at White House adviser Gene Sperling  —  In a tense moment that may well have encapsulated the frustrations of three-plus months in the minority, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi snapped at a top presidential economic adviser, Gene Sperling, during a closed-door meeting …
New York Times:
Congress Passes Budget Bill, but Some in G.O.P. Balk
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
GOP reached out to Steny Hoyer for help on budget vote
Discussion: AmSpecBlog
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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Washington Post:
House approves budget deal that averted shutdown  —  Alex Wong/ GETTY IMAGES - U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), chairman of the House Budget Committee, holds up a copy of the 2012 Republican budget proposal.  —  Eliminating any threat of a government shutdown until the fall …
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 …
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
Discussion: Mediaite
CNN:
JOY BEHAR SHOW
Discussion: Pajamas Media and The Daily Caller
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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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Trump and the blacks
Discussion: TPMDC, CNN, Salon and Gawker
Chris Moody / The Daily Caller:
Trump/West 2012? Allen West not closed to idea of being Donald Trump's VP
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:   Palin Headed To Madison, Wisconsin This Weekend
Sara Murray / Washington Wire:
Gov. Walker Gets Some Awkward Questions
Discussion: Sky Dancing, The Hill and Althouse
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
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
How do $38.5 billion in cuts become $350 million?  —  (By Mark Wilson/Getty Images) So how do the $38.5 billion in 2011 cuts become $352 million when the CBO looks at them?  Well, they don't, not really.  They become more like $20-$25 billion.  But that's still a lot less than $38.5 billion.
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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 …
Henry Blodget / The Business Insider:
PROFESSOR: Sarah Palin Probably Staged A Gigantic Hoax About Being Trig's Mother  —  An interesting footnote has emerged to a theory that raged around the Internet during Sarah Palin's candidacy for Vice President:  —  The theory is that Sarah Palin is actually the grandmother of her purported son Trig …
maannews.net:
Gaza fighter died in ‘jihad mission’  —  GAZA CITY (Ma'an) — The armed wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine said one of the group's fighters was killed Thursday morning, when an explosive device detonated while the young man was on a “jihad mission,” a statement said.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Elder of Ziyon
Dennis Cauchon / USA Today:
Share of population working  —  Roll over each state to see the share of the population working in 2010:  —  Sources: USA TODAY, Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics  —  The share of the population that is working fell to its lowest level last year since women started entering the workforce …
Alan J. Kuperman / Boston Globe:
False pretense for war in Libya?  —  EVIDENCE IS now in that President Barack Obama grossly exaggerated the humanitarian threat to justify military action in Libya.  The president claimed that intervention was necessary to prevent a “bloodbath” in Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city and last rebel stronghold.
Derek Tang / Macroadvisers:
The Economic Effects of the Ryan Plan: Assuming the Answer?  —  Last week the House Budget Committee, chaired by Congressman Paul Ryan (R, WI) issued a Budget Resolution for fiscal year 2012 along with a Republican blueprint for addressing the nation's long-term fiscal imbalance.
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
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 …
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Torture Apologists Who Corrupted America's Youth  —  3 in 5 teens believes it's acceptable to abuse captive enemy soldiers - and a long list of Americans shares blame for a generation less enlightened than their elders … Three-in-five teenagers thinks it's sometimes acceptable …
Discussion: Guardian
 
 
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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
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org:
Joy Behar Bizarrely Blames Reagan in 1981 for Sleeping Air Traffic Controllers in 2011
Daily Mail:
Briton ‘beaten to death’ in a Dubai police cell after being arrested for swearing
epi.org:
Taxes on the wealthy have gone down dramatically
Joan Biskupic / USA Today:
Health care law gets day in court
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Just the Simple Truth  —  Have I mentioned my favorite part of Obama's speech yesterday?
Discussion: SEIU and The White House
 Earlier Items: 
Paul Ryan / Washington Post:
A budget for the 21st century
Laurence J. Kotlikoff / CNN:
Obama kicks budget can down the road
Discussion: Hot Air and Scared Monkeys
Kelly Chernenkoff / Fox News:
GWU Suicide Tragically Coincides with Obama Speech
iowahawk:
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New York Times:
In Financial Crisis, No Prosecutions of Top Figures
 

 
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