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9:55 AM ET, April 19, 2011

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Dylan Smith / TucsonSentinel.com:
Brewer vetoes birther, campus gun bills  —  Also vetoes health care compact law  —  Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a bill Monday that would have required presidential candidates to provide their birth certificates to appear on the ballot, and another that would have allowed guns to be carried on school grounds.
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Jan Brewer vetoes birther bill, guns bill  —  Calling it “a bridge too far,” Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday vetoed the state legislature's controversial “birther bill” and also rejected a bill that would have permitted guns on college campuses.  —  The Republican governor said the birther bill …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and TPMDC
FOX 10 News:
Gov. Brewer Vetoes Birther Bill, Guns on Campus
The Huffington Post:
Jan Brewer Vetoes Presidential Birther Bill
Associated Press:
Brewer vetoes presidential ‘birther’ bill
Washington Post:
Economic anxiety threatens Obama in 2012, but in poll he edges GOP rivals  —  Deepening economic pessimism has pushed down President Obama's approval rating to a near record low, but he holds an early advantage over prospective 2012 rivals in part because of widespread dissatisfaction …
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Obama's Reelection Report Card
Discussion: Marbury
David Brooks / New York Times:
Why Trump Soars  —  Very few people have the luxury of being freely obnoxious.  Most people have to watch what they say for fear of offending their bosses and colleagues.  Others resist saying anything that might make them unpopular.  —  But, in every society, there are a few rare souls …
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Ballot Box:
NY's GOP delegation not sold on Trump
Discussion: msnbc.com and Prairie Weather
George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Donald Trump's Solution on Gas Prices: Get Tough With Saudi Arabia; Seize Oil Fields in Libya and Iraq?
Discussion: The Note and GOP 12
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Today's (Needless) Hysteria: the S&P Panic  —  I agree with Clive Crook's puzzlement about the S&P downgrade “bombshell” today: … And I like James K. Galbraith's derisive guffaw, as reported by Dave Lindorff: … I know that markets run on fear, greed, instinct, and panic as much as on logic.
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Dave Lindorff / This Can't Be Happening:
An ‘Oh Please!’  Moment: Is S&P Running Interference for the Right to Help Crush Social Security and Medicare?  —  by:  —  Today'sbreathless anxiety-inducing headline was that Standard & Poors, the rating agency, has issued a “negative outlook” warning on US sovereign debt, claiming that the US …
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Rand Paul files for reelection race five years away  —  Barely into his first term, Sen. Rand Paul has already filed for reelection, signaling that he won't be running for president in 2012 but does plan to stick it out in Washington.  —  The Kentucky Republican filed for reelection …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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Associated Press:
Rand Paul files for re-election to US Senate
Discussion: FrumForum
Angelique Chrisafis / Guardian:
Andres Serrano's Piss Christ destroyed by Christian protesters  —  • Intruders vandalise photo day after Christian protest  —  • Exhibitor blames Sarkozy speech for inflaming issue  —  When New York artist Andres Serrano plunged a plastic crucifix into a glass of his own urine …
Dr. Milton R. Wolf / Washington Times:
Molesting kids won't win war on terror  —  Frisking tots while neglecting the border undercuts seriousness of security  —  Our government has become a serial groper.  There's no part of our lives it won't touch.  It insists on putting its insatiable hands on everything from our health care …
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Krauthammer doubles down on the 'Trump is the GOP's Al Sharpton' claim  —  It turns out that George Will isn't the only conservative who isn't impressed with the Donald's effort to pump himself up for the White House.  —  On last weekend's broadcast of the syndicated weekend public affairs program …
Paul Bignell / The Independent:
Secret memos expose link between oil firms and invasion of Iraq  —  Plans to exploit Iraq's oil reserves were discussed by government ministers and the world's largest oil companies the year before Britain took a leading role in invading Iraq, government documents show.
Discussion: Truthdig
New York Times:
Syria Issues Stern Warning After Shooting Protesters  —  BEIRUT — The beleaguered government in Syria bluntly warned its people to end more than a month of demonstrations Tuesday, just hours after it marshalled police, army and the other forces of an authoritarian state to crush …
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Aljazeera:
Gunfire in locked-down Syrian city
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced  —  The New York Times won Pulitzer Prizes on Monday for its economics commentary and for its reporting on Russia in 2010, while The Los Angeles Times received the coveted public service Pulitzer.  —  The prizes, which are administered by Columbia University …
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Myglesias / Yglesias:
Why Did The Union Fight?  —  I've always thought there was something about the Lincoln administration's determination to fight and win the Civil War that was a bit odd.  Secession gave the regionally based Republican Party large congressional majorities that wouldn't exist if southern states had representation in congress.
Jay Carney / White House.gov Blog:
President Obama and Vice President Biden's Tax Returns and Tax Receipts  —  Today, the President released his 2010 federal income and gift tax returns.  He and the First Lady filed their income tax return jointly and reported an adjusted gross income of $1,728,096.
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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Obamas' Tax Return Shows Lower Household Income Than in 2009
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Why P.J. Crowley went rogue  —  To friends, colleagues and even critics, there are few more unlikely candidates than P.J. Crowley to become a free speech martyr and a darling of the left.  A veteran of three decades in the Air Force public affairs division, Crowley was a notoriously tight-lipped spokesman …
Discussion: The Nation
Joe Nocera / New York Times:
Letting the Banks Off the Hook  —  Judging by last week's performance, it sure looks as though the country's top bank regulator is back to its old tricks.  —  Though, to be honest, calling the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency a “regulator” is almost laughable.  The Environmental Protection Agency is a regulator.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Glenn Blain / NY Daily News:
Classic kids games like kickball deemed unsafe by state in effort to increase summer camp regulation  —  State bureaucrats have created a list of ‘risky activities’ for kids at summer camp.  The list includes freeze tag, Wiffle Ball and kickball, among other games and activities.
Matt Bradley / Wall Street Journal:
Egyptians Court U.S. Foes  —  CAIRO—Iran and Egypt's new government signaled Monday they were moving quickly to thaw decades of frosty relations, worrying the U.S., Israel and Saudi Arabia that the overtures could upset the Mideast's fragile balance of power.
Discussion: Big Peace and FrumForum
Sharon Terlep / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Hurries to Sell GM Stake  —  The U.S. government plans to sell a significant share of its remaining stake in General Motors Co. this summer despite the disappointing performance of the auto maker's stock, people familiar with the matter said.  —  A sale within the next several months …
Discussion: Right Wing News
 
 
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Barry Eichengreen / New York Times:
Is Anyone Listening to the S.&P.?  —  Stocks fell on Monday …
Discussion: New Deal 2.0 and The Big Picture
CNN:
Duke lacrosse accuser charged with murder in boyfriend's stabbing
Discussion: Pundit Press
Susan Page / USA Today:
GOP presidential hopefuls try to defuse their ‘fatal flaws’
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Leila Fadel / Washington Post:
In besieged Misurata, nowhere to run
Discussion: Right Wing News and Guardian
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
U.S. Gov't Agency Plans $2.84 Billion Loan for Oil Refinery—In Colombia
Clyde Wayne Crews / cei.org:
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Jim Manzi / National Review:
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Decline to Hear Appeal From Chinese Detainees
Discussion: Bloomberg, New York Times and The Hill
Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter Tries to Widen Appeal to More Users
The Note:
Fmr President Bush Hosts 100km Bike Ride with Wounded Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans
Discussion: TigerHawk
Yglesias:
Will House Democrats Hold Firm On The Debt Ceiling?
Discussion: Washington Post, TalkLeft and TPMDC
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Why did the anti-Palin protesters think it was right and good to shout her down?
Discussion: Moe Lane, POWIP, Nice Deb and Pajamas Media