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4:45 PM ET, April 19, 2011

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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Barack Obama Chides Local Reporter For His Interruptive And Combative Interview  —  President Barack Obama conducted interviews with a number of reporters yesterday at the White House, talking up his administration's efforts to reduce the budget deficit.  One lucky reporter to get the plum assignment …
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Brad Watson / WFAA-TV:
News 8 goes one-on-one with President Obama  —  NEWS 8 EXCLUSIVE  —  WASHINGTON — News 8 sat down with President Barack Obama at the White House Monday afternoon to discuss the economy, immigration and his approval rating.  —  The president this week is talking up his deficit reduction plan …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama revives immigration reform  —  In the face of mounting political pressure, President Obama will focus on the issue at a White House meeting Tuesday.  —  President Obama is reviving the issue of immigration reform in the face of mounting political pressure as he readies his bid for reelection.
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
‘Let Me Finish My Answers’  —  President Obama did sit-down interviews with four Texas TV stations at the White House yesterday.  Beforehand, Mike Allen at Politico explained why these kinds of interviews are conducted: … In other words, it's a good way to be seen by a lot of people …
Discussion: The Politico
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Is Obama Messing With Texas?  —  President Obama's political advisers often talk about how population shifts in the country could create new electoral battlegrounds, pointing specifically to Arizona, Georgia and Texas.  —  There are several signs that aides to the president have Texas on their minds.
Discussion: RedState, bizjournals and HotAirPundit
Ed Hornick / CNN:
Political Circus: Obama to reporter: ‘Let me finish’
Discussion: Pundit Press
David Jackson / USA Today:
Obama the media critic: Say something mean, get on TV
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Shakesville
James Oliphant / Los Angeles Times:
Obama to Texas reporter: ‘Let me finish my answers’
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and FrumForum
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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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 …
First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Did last week's speech backfire?  —  Did Obama's tough speech last week backfire?... New Washington Post/ABC poll shows his approval rating upside down... Obama to address the deficit/debt in Northern Virginia at 10:15 am ET... Standard & Poor's wake-up call …
George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Trump: I'll Release My Tax Returns When Obama Releases His Birth Certificate
Discussion: Washington Post, The Note, GOP 12 and TPMDC
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Huckabee up in Iowa, Romney otherwise
Jan Moller / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Gov. Jindal will sign ‘birther’ bill if it reaches his desk  —  BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal would sign a bill requiring presidential candidates to provide a copy of their birth certificate to qualify for the Louisiana ballot if it reaches his desk, a spokesman said Monday.
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Fox News:
Why Gov. Brewer Vetoed Arizona's ‘Birther’ Bill: ‘It Serves No Purpose’ | On the Record
Discussion: Ballot Box and Washington Wire
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
McCain applauds veto of ‘birther’ bill
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.
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Donald Trump: Reagan Was A Con Man Who Couldn't ‘Deliver The Goods’  —  Today, real estate mogul Donald Trump proudly declares that Ronald Reagan is the President he admires most.  Here's Trump on the April 14 edition of Hannity: … Watch it:  —  But in his bestselling book, Art of the Deal …
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Proper Reaction to S&P Credit Downgrade Threat: Bursting Out Laughing  —  Dave Lindorff managed to scrounge up the best quote from an economist in reaction to S&P's threatened US credit downgrade: … That's about the right reaction to have.  As James Fallows points out …
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Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
House sets $500K, $520-an-hour contract for DOMA defense  —  Leaders in the House have agreed to pay up to $520 an hour and up to $500,000 to a law firm retained to defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act after President Barack Obama instructed the Justice Department not to defend a key part of the law.
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CBS News:
Obama invokes bridge collapse in criticizing GOP budget plan  —  President Obama invoked the 2007 collapse of the Interstate 35-W bridge in Minneapolis while criticizing cuts to infrastructure in the Republican budget plan at a town hall meeting on Tuesday.  —  “According to the Republican budget …
Discussion: Hot Air and Pajamas Media
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Obama warns students GOP wants to reduce deficit ‘on your backs’
Discussion: AmSpecBlog and The Gateway Pundit
Igor Volsky / Wonk Room:
VIDEO: New Hampshire Tea Party Activists Don't See Harm From State Same-Sex Marriage Law  —  ThinkProgress filed this report from Concord, New Hampshire.  —  During a recent trip to Concord, New Hampshire, to cover a Tax Day Tea Party sponsored by Americans for Prosperity …
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Lauraklairmont / CNN:
Poll: More Americans favor same-sex marriage
Andy Rathbun / TwinCities.com:
Petition to recall Wisconsin GOP Sen. Sheila Harsdorf to be filed Tuesday  —  More than enough signatures have been collected in an effort to recall Republican Wisconsin state Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, organizers announced Monday.  —  Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesman Graeme Zielinski …
Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Poll: Best way to fight deficits: Raise taxes on the rich  —  WASHINGTON — Alarmed by rising national debt and increasingly downbeat about their country's course, Americans are clear about how they want to attack the government's runway budget deficits: raise taxes on the wealthy and keep hands off of Medicare and Medicaid.
Myglesias / Yglesias:
People Want To Tax The Rich  —  This is a well-known poll result, but the latest from Marist (PDF) confirms it:  —  One of the most striking aspects of American politics over the past decade has been the unwillingness of moderate/vulnerable Democratic Party members of congress to embrace the median voter's view of this issue.
Discussion: Economix and The New Republic
Sal Bommarito / PolicyMic.com:
A Sense Of Entitlement  —  The federal government offers numerous entitlement programs to assist the needy and the aged.  The principal ones include Social Security (which is self-funded for the most part), Medicare, and Welfare.  These programs have been installed by acts of Congress motivated …
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Climate Denialism Promoter Fred Hiatt Hits American Conservatives For Embrace of Climate Denialism  —  The earth's climate is shifting.  Most generally, the planet is getting warmer.  And while many factors contribute to the earth's climate, the key factor in the warming trend is human industrial activity.
TBogg:
“How much more black could this be?  And the answer is none.  None more black.”  —  Having been forced by the EPA to ship her signature little black dress (seen here and here and here) to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory where it will be processed and incinerated, Ann Coulter announces …
Discussion: Rising Hegemon
Jim Stratton / Orlando Sentinel:
State launches probe into campaign to provide superhero capes to jobless  —  State labor officials asked their inspector general Monday to investigate why a Central Florida agency wants to spend public money to furnish the unemployed with capes.  —  Dubbed the “Cape-A-Bility Challenge,” …
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.
Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
Arab American Group Praises Mitch Daniels As ‘The Adult In The Room’  —  While some GOP presidential contenders ratchet up their anti-Muslim rhetoric to toxic levels, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniel (R) is set to accept a prestigious award next month from the Arab American Institute.
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Club for Growth to Sen. Lugar: Retire  —  The president of the Club for Growth encouraged longtime Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) to retire Tuesday rather than seek another term in 2012, warning that the group could get involved in the effort to oust Lugar in a primary.
Discussion: The Note
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
A year after spill, BP gives political contributions to GOP leaders  —  BP has broken a moratorium on political giving by making contributions to Speaker John Boehner and other GOP leaders nearly a year after its massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  —  BP Corp. North America gave $5 …
Discussion: The Politico
 
 
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Steve Kornacki / Salon:
The decade the GOP hopes you've forgotten
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Tania Branigan / Guardian:
Ai Weiwei lawyer reappears in China
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
DCCC WASTES NO TIME, LAUNCHES MEDICARE ADS.... On Friday …
Discussion: The Mahablog, TPMDC and Oliver Willis
Victor Davis Hanson / Pajamas Media:
Patient Obama  —  Last week the president gave a speech …
Discussion: The Other McCain
Don Loos / Big Government:
Former SEIU Official Appointed by Obama to Investigate Union Corruption, Cuts Number of Investigators
Discussion: Pajamas Media and Weasel Zippers
Monty Pelerin / American Thinker:
It's All Coming Apart
Discussion: FrumForum
Jonathan Macey / Wall Street Journal:
Deconstructing the Galleon Insider Trading Case
 Earlier Items: 
Rasmussen Reports:
61% Oppose U.S. Citizenship for Children Born to Illegal Immigrants
Brad DeLong / Financial Times:
S&P aims to whip Congress into debt action
Discussion: MyDD and The Atlantic Online
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Thought the financial crisis was bad? Wait till the debt ceiling caves in.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Mark McDonald / New York Times:
Grete Waitz, Marathon Champion, Dies at 57
Discussion: Runnin' Scared and Gothamist
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Durbin warns Gang of Six deficit plan could produce Social Security cuts
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
There was a time when Paul Ryan thought the Federal Debt was too small